Information communication system

• US 20030105869A1
• Filed: 09/23/2002
• Published: 06/05/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi, Matsui, Toshio
• Granted Patent: US 6,975,283 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2871 Implementation details of single intermediate entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5651 Reducing the amount or size of exchanged application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

The user has access to a data communication network through a communication device (101). Titles of content and summary of information on the communication network are displayed on a display screen (102) of communication device (101) so that the user can check the presence of the necessary data. When the user has found the necessary data, the user makes instructions of downloading the data through a control portion (103) to start the downloading of the data to an information device. When no necessary data is found, the user can continue to search the necessary data or cut off the data communication network.

Claims

1. An information communication system comprising:

a communication device having a communication unit for connection to a communication network, a small display screen and a control portion;

an information device having a large display screen, a storage memory and a control portion; and

a connecting means for enabling data exchange between the communication device and the information device, characterized in that the communication device enables content data and/or summary of information to be checked on the display screen when content data and/or information is downloaded via the communication network, and the data body of the content and/or detailed information of which download is wanted is downloaded to the information device utilizing the connecting means so that the data and/or the information is stored in a storage memory area of the information device and displayed on the display screen of the information device.

2. The information communication system according to claim 1, wherein the connecting means keeps electrical connection between the communication device and the information device, enables data exchange between them and enables the information device to send request information, such as content selection, to the data communication network.

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6. (After amendment) An information communication system comprising:

a communication device having a communication unit for connection to a communication network, a small display screen and a control portion;

an information device having a large display screen, a storage memory and a control portion; and

a connecting means for enabling data exchange between the communication device and the information device, characterized in that the connecting means keeps electrical connection between the communication device and the information device, enables data exchange between them and enables the information device to send request information to the data communication network via the communication device;

the communication device enables content data and/or summary of information to be checked on the display screen when content data and/or information is downloaded via the communication network, and the data body of the content and/or detailed information of which download is wanted is downloaded to the information device utilizing the connecting means so that the data and/or the information is stored in a storage memory area of the information device and displayed on the display screen of the information device; and

a piece of content information is designated through the communication device, and while the content information is downloaded to the information device, the content information is displayed on the display screen of the information device at the same time as the content information is downloaded to the information device.

7. The information communication system according to claim 6, wherein based on the information included in the downloaded information, it is determined whether the information should be displayed on the display screen of the communication device or should be displayed on the display screen of the information device.

8. The information communication system according to claim 6, wherein it is determined whether the received information should be displayed on the display screen of the communication device or should be displayed on the display screen of the information device based on the size of the received information.

9. The information communication system according to claim 6, wherein, when the size of information being downloaded to the information terminal exceeds a predetermined level, the information is determined to be displayed on the information device.

10. (After amendment) An information communication system comprising:

a communication device having a communication unit for connection to a communication network, a small display screen and a control portion;

an information device having a large display screen, a storage memory and a control portion; and

a connecting means for enabling data exchange between the communication device and the information device, characterized in that the connecting means keeps electrical connection between the communication device and the information device, enables data exchange between them and enables the information device to send request information to the data communication network via the communication device;

the communication device enables content data and/or summary of information to be checked on the display screen when content data and/or information is downloaded via the communication network, and the data body of the content and/or detailed information of which download is wanted is downloaded to the information device utilizing the connecting means so that the data and/or the information is stored in a storage memory area of the information device and displayed on the display screen of the information device; and

apiece of content information is designated through the communication device and the downloading is requested by the communication device, and when the data is downloaded to the information device using the connecting means, only the data displayable on the display screen of the communication device is extracted from the downloaded content information so as to be displayed on the display screen on the communication device while the whole data is downloaded to the information device and stored into the storage memory in the information device.