Distribution system and distribution method
First Claim
1. A distributing system comprising:
- a base apparatus having distributive information storage means for storing a piece of informational data to be distributed and individual identification data storage means for storing pieces of individual identification data beforehand, said base apparatus performing wireless communication including transmission of said piece of informational data; and
a portable terminal apparatus having individual identification information acquiring means for acquiring user'"'"'s individual identification information and means for transmitting the individual identification information acquired by said individual identification information acquiring means, said portable terminal apparatus performing wireless communication including reception of said piece of informational data from said base apparatus with said base apparatus within a predetermined area around said base apparatus, wherein said base apparatus compares said individual identification information received from said portable terminal apparatus to said pieces of individual identification data stored in said individual identification data storage means; and
wherein when any one of said pieces of individual identification data matching said individual identification information is specified, said base apparatus transmits said piece of informational data stored in said distributive information storage means to said portable terminal apparatus.
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Abstract
Since an individual can be identified according to the invention, one portable terminal apparatus is available by plural users. This invention also enables the portable terminal apparatus to be downsized and the power dissipation thereof to be saved. Making information relative to materials displayed on a large-sized image apparatus accessible to user enhances convenience of accessing information.
Portable terminal apparatus (13) includes an individual identification acquiring means and means for transmitting individual identification information. Central controller (12) allows for comparing a piece of individual identification data stored in the storage means (31C) to the received individual identification information and, if an individual identification code could be specified, the portable terminal apparatus (13) obtains information from the base apparatus (2). Further, distributive information storage means (31A) stores information to be distributed. Information relative to a material displayed on a large-sized image display apparatus (5) is transmitted from the base apparatus (2) to the portable terminal apparatus (13) through a communication line.
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1. A distributing system comprising:
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a base apparatus having distributive information storage means for storing a piece of informational data to be distributed and individual identification data storage means for storing pieces of individual identification data beforehand, said base apparatus performing wireless communication including transmission of said piece of informational data; and
a portable terminal apparatus having individual identification information acquiring means for acquiring user'"'"'s individual identification information and means for transmitting the individual identification information acquired by said individual identification information acquiring means, said portable terminal apparatus performing wireless communication including reception of said piece of informational data from said base apparatus with said base apparatus within a predetermined area around said base apparatus, wherein said base apparatus compares said individual identification information received from said portable terminal apparatus to said pieces of individual identification data stored in said individual identification data storage means; and
wherein when any one of said pieces of individual identification data matching said individual identification information is specified, said base apparatus transmits said piece of informational data stored in said distributive information storage means to said portable terminal apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A distributing method for wirelessly transmitting to a portable terminal apparatus a piece of informational data from a base apparatus having distributive information storage means for storing said piece of informational data to be distributed, said method comprising the steps of:
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acquiring user'"'"'s individual identification information using individual identification information acquiring means implemented in said portable terminal apparatus and then wirelessly transmitting said individual identification information thus acquired to said base apparatus;
receiving at said base apparatus said individual identification information transmitted from said portable terminal apparatus and then comparing said individual identification information to pieces of individual identification data stored beforehand in individual identification data storage means implemented in said base apparatus; and
transmitting said piece of informational data stored in said distributive information storage means to said portable terminal apparatus when any one of said pieces of individual identification data matching said individual identification information is specified. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A distributing system comprising:
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plural base apparatuses each for performing wireless communication including data transmission;
a central processing station including distributive information storage means for storing a piece of informational data to be distributed and individual identification data storage means for storing pieces of individual identification data beforehand, said central processing station being connected with each of said plural base apparatuses through a communication line to distribute said piece of informational data to each of said base apparatuses; and
a portable terminal apparatus including individual identification information acquiring means for acquiring user'"'"'s individual identification information and means for transmitting to said base apparatuses the individual identification information acquired by said individual identification information acquiring means, said portable terminal apparatus performing wireless communication with the base apparatuses within a predetermined area around each of said base apparatuses, said communication including reception of said piece of the informational data obtained from said central processing station through the communication line,wherein said central processing station further comprises central control means for allowing said individual identification information transmitted from said portable terminal apparatus to said base apparatus, said individual identification information being then received through said communication line, to be compared to said pieces of individual identification data stored in said individual identification data storage means; and
wherein said central control means allows said piece of informational data to be distributed to said base apparatuses for transmitting said piece of informational data to said portable terminal apparatus when any one of said pieces of individual identification data matching said individual identification information is specified. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A distributing method for wirelessly transmitting a piece of informational data to be distributed to portable terminal apparatus separately from plural base apparatuses each connected through a communication line to central processing station having distributive information storage means for storing said piece of informational data, comprising the steps of:
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acquiring individual identification information of a user using individual identification information acquiring means implemented in said portable terminal apparatus and then wirelessly transmitting to said base apparatus said individual identification information thus acquired;
receiving at said base apparatus said individual identification information thus transmitted from said portable terminal apparatus and then transmitting said individual identification information to said central processing station through said communication line;
comparing at said central processing station said individual identification information transmitted from said base apparatus to pieces of individual identification data stored beforehand in individual identification data storage means implemented in said central processing station;
allowing said piece of informational data stored in said distributive information storage means to be distributed through said communication line to said base apparatuses when any one of said pieces of individual identification data matching said individual identification information is specified; and
transmitting said piece of informational data to said portable terminal apparatus from said base apparatus receiving said piece of informational data distributed through said communication line. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A distributing system comprising:
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a base apparatus including large-sized image display means and distributive information storage means for storing a piece of informational data to be distributed in relation to each material displayed on said large-sized image display means, said base apparatus performing wireless communication including transmission of said piece of informational data; and
a portable terminal apparatus for performing wireless communication with said base apparatus, said wireless communication including reception of said piece of informational data transmitted from said base apparatus within a predetermined area around said base apparatus, wherein when any one of said materials is being displayed on said large-sized image display means, said base apparatus transmits to said portable terminal apparatus said piece of informational data stored in said distributive information storage means, said informational data corresponding to said material. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A distributing method for wirelessly transmitting to a portable terminal apparatus a piece of informational data from a base apparatus including a large-sized image display and distributive information storage means for storing said piece of informational data to be distributed in relation to each material displayed on said large-sized image display means, comprising the steps of:
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displaying any one of said materials on said large-sized image display means;
acquiring individual identification information of a user using individual identification information acquiring means implemented in said portable terminal apparatus, and then wirelessly transmitting said individual identification information thus acquired to said base apparatus;
receiving at said base apparatus said individual identification information transmitted from said portable terminal apparatus to compare said individual identification information to pieces of individual identification data stored beforehand in individual identification data storage means implemented in said base apparatus; and
allowing said piece of informational data corresponding to said material displayed on said large-sized image display means, said piece of informational data being stored in said distributive information storage means, to be transmitted to said portable terminal apparatus when any one of said pieces of individual identification data matching said individual identification information is specified. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. A distributing system comprising:
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plural base apparatuses each having large-sized image display means and performing wireless communication including, a central processing station including distributive information storage means for storing a piece of informational data to be distributed in relation to each material displayed on said large-sized image display means, said central processing station being connected with each of said base apparatuses through a communication line to distribute said informational data to each of said base apparatuses; and
portable terminal apparatus performing wireless communication with said base apparatuses within a predetermined area around each of said base apparatuses, said communication including reception of said piece of informational data obtained from said central processing station through said communication line, wherein when any one of said materials is being displayed on said large-sized image display means, said base apparatus transmits said piece of informational data stored in said distributive information storage means, said informational data corresponding to said material. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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68. A distributing method, using comprised of plural base apparatuses each having a large-sized image display means and a central processing station having distributive information storage means for storing a piece of informational data to be distributed in relation to each material displayed on said large-sized image display means, for wirelessly transmitting said piece of informational data to portable terminal apparatus separately from said plural base apparatuses each connected through a communication line to said central processing station, comprising the steps of:
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displaying any one of said materials on said large-sized image display means;
acquiring individual identification information of a user using individual identification information acquiring means implemented in the portable terminal apparatus, and then wirelessly transmitting said individual identification information thus acquired to said base apparatus;
receiving at one of said base apparatuses said individual identification information transmitted from said portable terminal apparatus and then transmitting said individual identification information to said central processing station through said communication line;
comparing, at said central processing station, said individual identification information transmitted from said base apparatus to pieces of individual identification data stored beforehand in individual identification data storage means implemented in said central processing station;
distributing said piece of informational data stored in said distributive information storage means to said base apparatuses through said communication line when any one of said pieces of individual identification data matching said individual identification information is specified; and
transmitting said piece of informational data from said base apparatus transmitted through said communication line to said portable terminal apparatus, said piece of informational data corresponding to said material displayed on said large-sized image display means. - View Dependent Claims (69, 70, 71, 72)
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