Mobile telephone, and advertisement distributing method and distributing system for its use

• US 20040038665A1
• Filed: 08/13/2003
• Published: 02/26/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Hosono, Shizu
• Application Number:
  US10/639,519
• Publication Number:
  US 20040038665A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/404.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4878 Advertisement messages

Abstract

An advertisement distributing-functioned mobile telephone produces with an application in its own terminal an advertisement to be distributed, finds its position with a position finding mechanism such as a GPS, and registers its position with a data management server via a positional information server. A control unit controls other circuits in its own terminal, and selects users to whom the advertisement is to be distributed on the basis of user information acquired from the positional information server. A radio control unit acquires user information from the positional information server and distributes the advertisement.

Claims

1. A mobile telephone having a position finding circuit for finding its own position, further provided with:

a control circuit for generating advertising information to be distributed, wherein;

said control circuit has a distributing circuit for distributing said advertising information which has been generated to terminals which fit preset conditions.

2. The mobile telephone, as claimed in claim 1, further including:

a circuit for acquiring positional information on said terminals from a positional information server providing positional information service.

3. The mobile telephone, as claimed in claim 2, wherein:

said distributing circuit distributes said advertising information to said terminals via said positional information server.

4. The mobile telephone, as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

said control circuit can freely set the timing of distributing said advertising information.

5. The mobile telephone, as claimed in claim 2, wherein:

said control circuit can freely set the timing of distributing said advertising information.

6. The mobile telephone, as claimed in claim 3, wherein:

said control circuit can freely set the timing of distributing said advertising information.

7. The mobile telephone, as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

said position finding circuit finds the position of the mobile telephone by using a Global Positioning System (GPS).

8. The mobile telephone, as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

said preset conditions permit designation as desired of at least one of the factors including the distance from said position of the mobile telephone, a preset area and domiciles.

9. The mobile telephone, as claimed in claim 2, wherein:

said preset conditions permit designation as desired of at least one of the factors including the distance from said position of the mobile telephone, a preset area and domiciles.

10. The mobile telephone, as claimed in claim 3, wherein:

said preset conditions permit designation as desired of at least one of the factors including the distance from said position of-the mobile telephone, a preset area and domiciles.

11. An advertisement distributing method for a mobile telephone having a function to find its own position, comprising a step of generating advertising information to be distributed, and a step of distribution said advertising information that has been generated to terminals which fit preset conditions.

12. The advertisement distributing method as claimed in claim 11, further including:

a step of acquiring positional information on said terminals from a positional information server providing positional information service.

13. The advertisement distributing method as claimed in claim 12, whereby:

said advertising information is distributed to said terminals via said positional information server at the step of distributing said advertising information.

14. The advertisement distributing method as claimed in claim 11, whereby:

the distribution timing of said advertising information can be freely set.

15. The advertisement distributing method as claimed in claim 12, whereby:

the distribution timing of said advertising information can be freely set.

16. The advertisement distributing method as claimed in claim 13, whereby:

the distribution timing of said advertising information can be freely set.

17. The advertisement distributing method as claimed in claim 11, whereby:

said function to find its own position uses a Global Positioning System (GPS).

18. The advertisement distributing method as claimed in claim 11, whereby:

said preset conditions permit designation as desired of at least one of the factors including the distance from said position of the mobile telephone, a preset area and domiciles.

19. The advertisement distributing method as claimed in claim 12, whereby:

said preset conditions permit designation as desired of at least one of the factors including the distance from said position of the mobile telephone, a preset area and domiciles.

20. The advertisement distributing method as claimed in claim 13, whereby:

said preset conditions permit designation as desired of at least one of the factors including the distance from said position of the mobile telephone, a preset area and domiciles.

21. A distributing system including a mobile telephone having a position finding circuit for finding the position of the mobile telephone and a control circuit for generating an advertisement, and

a positional information server for providing positional information service, wherein:

said positional information server provides positional information on terminals which fit conditions set by said mobile telephone, and

said mobile telephone distributes said advertisement that has been generated to terminals which fit said conditions.

22. The distributing system as claimed in claim 21, wherein:

said mobile telephone includes a distributing circuit for distributing said advertising information to said terminals via said positional information server.

23. The distributing system as claimed in claim 21, wherein:

said control circuit can freely set the timing of distributing said advertising information.

24. The distributing system as claimed in claim 22, wherein:

said control circuit can freely set the timing of distributing said advertising information.

25. The distributing system as claimed in claim 21, wherein:

said position finding circuit uses a Global Positioning System (GPS) to find the position of the mobile telephone.

26. The distributing system as claimed in claim 21, wherein:

said preset conditions permit designation as desired of at least one of the factors including the distance from said position of the mobile telephone, a preset area and domiciles.

27. The distributing system as claimed in claim 22, wherein:

said preset conditions permit designation as desired of at least one of the factors including the distance from said position of the mobile telephone, a preset area and domiciles.