Mobile communication terminal unit, enjoyment data receiving system and method thereof

• US 20040260789A1
• Filed: 06/16/2004
• Published: 12/23/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Ikejiri, Akihiro
• Application Number:
  US10/867,840
• Publication Number:
  US 20040260789A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/0457 the tickets being sent electronically
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/326 Payment applications installed on the mobile devices
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/00 Arrangements or apparatus for collecting fares, tolls or entrance fees at one or more control points handling coins or valuable papers, e.g. banknotes, G07D; apparatus for vending or hiring articles or services activated by coins, credit cards, paper currency or the like G07F7/00, G07F17/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/27 with central registration
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0014 for vending, access and use of specific services not covered anywhere else in G07F17/00 meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity G07F15/00

Abstract

A spectator accesses an enjoyment data providing server 2 providing enjoyment data by using a communication terminal unit 1, and transmits match watching allowing data for obtaining enjoyment data to a mobile communication terminal unit 2 carried by the spectator. On the basis of the match watching allowing data received from the enjoyment data providing server 2, an entrance allowing process for allowing entrance in enjoyment facility is executed between the mobile communication terminal unit 3 and the entrance allowing unit 4 installed in the enjoyment facility via short-distance radio. Also, on the basis of the match watching allowing data received by the mobile communication terminal unit 3, the spectator can access the enjoyment data providing server 2 providing the enjoyment data for obtaining data concerning the enjoyment facility for a predetermined period of time.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal unit for obtaining utilization data necessary for its utilization from an enjoyment data providing server managing the utilization data, comprising:

a utilization data transmitting means for transmitting the utilization data obtained from the enjoyment data providing server via short-distance radio to an entrance allowing unit for managing the utilization of the enjoyment facility;

a connection data receiving means for receiving connection data for the connection to a data providing site provided by the enjoyment data providing server from the entrance allowing unit with the utilization data transmitted via the short-distance radio from the utilization data transmitting means; and

a data site connecting means for connection to the data providing site provided by the enjoyment data providing server on the basis of the connection data received from the connection data receiving means.

2. The mobile communication terminal unit according to claim 1, which further comprises:

a route guide retrieving process obtaining means for obtaining, when the connection to the enjoyment data providing means has been made by the data site connecting means, a retrieval program for retrieving the route guide up to a predetermined position in the enjoyment facility from the data providing site on the basis of the utilization data obtained from the enjoyment data providing server;

wherein;

the movable communication terminal unit executes a retrieval program obtained by the route guide retrieving process obtaining means, and a route guide up to a predetermined position in the enjoyment facility is retrieved on the basis of the utilization data and displayed in a display of the mobile communication terminal unit.

3. The movable communication terminal unit according to claim 1, wherein the utilization data is obtained from the enjoyment data providing server by an obtaining request from an external communication terminal unit connected to the enjoyment data providing serer.

4. The movable communication terminal unit according to claim 1, which further comprises:

a requesting means for obtaining the utilization data from the enjoyment data providing server;

the requesting means serving to obtain the utilization data from the enjoyment data providing server.

25. The movable communication terminal unit according to claim 2, wherein the utilization data is obtained from the enjoyment data providing server by an obtaining request from an external communication terminal unit connected to the enjoyment data providing serer.

26. The movable communication terminal unit according to claim 2, which further comprises:

a requesting means for obtaining the utilization data from the enjoyment data providing server;

the requesting means serving to obtain the utilization data from the enjoyment data providing server.

5. An enjoyment data receiving system comprising an enjoyment data providing server for managing utilization data necessary for utilizing enjoyment facility, a movable communication terminal unit for obtaining the utilization data, and a communication terminal unit for executing a registration process for causing the mobile communication terminal unit to obtain the utilization data, and an entrance allowing unit for managing the utilization of the enjoyment facility, wherein:

the communication terminal unit includes;

a utilization data transmission requesting means for transmitting a transmission request for transmitting the utilization data to the mobile communication terminal unit to the enjoyment data providing server;

the enjoyment data providing server includes;

a utilization data transmitting means for transmitting the utilization data to the mobile communication terminal unit on the basis of a transmission request transmitted from the communication terminal unit; and

a data providing site connecting means for connecting the movable communication terminal unit to a data managing site managed by the enjoyment data providing server by accessing from the mobile communication terminal unit with the utilization data transmitted thereto from the utilization data transmitting means;

the mobile communication terminal unit includes;

a utilization data receiving means for receiving the utilization data transmitted from the enjoyment data providing server;

a utilization data transmitting means for transmitting the utilization data received from the utilization data receiving means via short-distance radio to the entrance allowing unit; and

a connection data obtaining means for obtaining, from the entrance allowing unit with the utilization data transmitted thereto from the utilization data transmitting means, connection data or connection to the data providing site managed by the enjoyment data providing server; and

the entrance allowing unit includes;

a utilization data checking means for checking the justice of the utilization data transmitted via short-distance radio from the movable communication terminal unit; and

a connection data providing means for providing, when the justice of the utilization data has been proved by the utilization data checking means, the connection data for connection to the data providing site managed by the enjoyment data providing server.

6. The enjoyment data receiving system according to claim 5, wherein:

the communication terminal unit includes;

a settling means for executing a fee payment process necessary when transmitting the utilization data to the mobile communication terminal unit; and

a payment completion reporting means for transmitting, to the enjoyment data providing server, a report that the fee payment process in the settling means has been completed; and

the utilization data transmitting means;

transmits the utilization data to the mobile communication terminal unit when the fee payment process completion report has been transmitted from the communication terminal unit.

7. The enjoyment data receiving system according to claim 5, wherein:

the utilization data checking means checks the justice of the utilization data by checking whether the utilization data managed by the entrance allowing unit and the utilization data transmitted via short-distance radio from the mobile communication terminal unit are identical and, when it has been determined that the two utilization data are identical, the justice of the utilization data is proved.

8. The enjoyment data receiving system according to claim 7, wherein:

the utilization data managed by the entrance allowing unit is the utilization data transmitted from the enjoyment data providing server.

9. The enjoyment data receiving system according to claim 5, wherein:

the mobile communication terminal unit further includes;

a route guide retrieving process obtaining means for obtaining, when connection to the enjoyment data providing site has been made on the basis of the connection data obtained from the connection data obtaining means, a retrieving program for retrieving the route guide up to a predetermined position in the enjoyment facility from the data providing site on the basis of the utilization data obtained from the enjoyment data providing server;

the retrieving program obtained by the route guide retrieving process obtaining means being executed in the mobile communication terminal unit, the route guide up to a predetermined position in the enjoyment facility being retrieved for, the retrieved route guide being displayed on a display of the mobile communication terminal unit.

10. An enjoyment data receiving system comprising an enjoyment data providing server for managing utilization data necessary for utilizing enjoyment facility, a mobile communication terminal unit for obtaining the utilization data, and an entrance allowing unit for managing the utilization of the enjoyment facility, wherein:

the mobile communication terminal unit includes;

a utilization data obtaining requesting means for transmitting an obtaining request for obtaining the utilization data to the enjoyment data providing server;

a utilization data transmitting means for transmitting the utilization data obtained from the enjoyment data providing server with the obtaining request transmitted thereto from the utilization data obtaining requesting means via short-distance radio to the entrance allowing unit; and

a connection data obtaining means for obtaining, from the entrance allowing unit with the utilization transmitted thereto from the utilization data transmitting means, connection data for connection to a data providing site managed by the enjoyment data providing server;

the enjoyment data providing server includes;

a utilization data transmitting means for transmitting the utilization data to the mobile communication terminal unit on the basis of a transmission request transmitted from the communication terminal unit; and

a data providing site connecting means for connecting the movable communication terminal unit to a data managing site managed by the enjoyment data providing server by accessing from the mobile communication terminal unit with the utilization data transmitted thereto from the utilization data transmitting means; and

the entrance allowing unit includes;

a utilization data checking means for checking the justice of the utilization data transmitted via short-distance radio from the movable communication terminal unit; and

a connection data providing means for providing, when the justice of the utilization data has been proved by the utilization data checking means, the connection data for connection to the data providing site managed by the enjoyment data providing server.

11. The enjoyment data receiving system according to claim 10, wherein:

the mobile communication terminal unit further includes;

a payment data reporting Means for transmitting, to the enjoyment data providing server, payment data for executing fee settlement necessary for the utilization data from the enjoyment data providing server; and

the utilization data transmitting means;

transmits the utilization data to the mobile communication terminal unit when the fee settlement has been completed on the basis of the payment data transmitted from the mobile communication terminal unit.

12. The enjoyment data receiving system according to claim 10, wherein:

the utilization data checking means checks the justice of the utilization data by checking whether the utilization data managed by the entrance allowing unit and the utilization data transmitted via short-distance radio from the mobile communication terminal unit are identical and, when it has been determined that the two utilization data are identical, the justice of the utilization data is proved.

13. The enjoyment data receiving system according to claim 12, wherein:

the utilization data managed by the entrance allowing unit is the utilization data transmitted from the enjoyment data providing server.

14. The enjoyment data receiving system according to claim 10, wherein:

the mobile communication terminal unit further includes;

a route guide retrieving process obtaining means for obtaining, when connection to the enjoyment data providing site has been made on the basis of the connection data obtained from the connection data obtaining means, a retrieving program for retrieving the route guide up to a predetermined position in the enjoyment facility from the data providing site on the basis of the utilization data obtained from the enjoyment data providing server;

the retrieving program obtained by the route guide retrieving process obtaining means being executed in the mobile communication terminal unit, the route guide up to a predetermined position in the enjoyment facility being retrieved for, the retrieved route guide being displayed on a display of the mobile communication terminal unit.

15. An enjoyment data providing method carried out with an enjoyment data providing server for managing utilization necessary for utilizing enjoyment facility, a mobile communication terminal unit for obtaining the utilization data, a communication terminal unit for executing a registering process to let the mobile communication terminal unit obtain the utilization data and an entrance allowing unit for managing the utilization of the enjoyment facility, wherein:

the communication terminal unit executes;

a utilization data transmission requesting process of transmitting, to the enjoyment data providing server, a transmitting request for transmitting the utilization data to the mobile communication terminal unit;

a utilization data transmitting process, in which the enjoyment data providing server having received the transmitting request in the utilization data transmitting requesting process transmits the utilization data to the mobile communication terminal unit on the basis of the received transmitting request; and

a short-distance radio transmitting process, in which the mobile communication terminal unit having received the utilization data in the utilization data transmitting process transmits the utilization data via short-distance radio to the entrance allowing unit; and

the entrance allowing unit executes;

a connection data providing process of checking the justice of the utilization data transmitted from the mobile communication terminal unit in the short-distance radio transmitting process and, when the justice of the utilization data has been proved, providing connection data for connection to a data providing site managed by the enjoyment data providing server to the mobile communication terminal unit; and

the mobile communication terminal unit executes;

a data providing site connecting process of effecting connection to the data providing site managed by the enjoyment data providing server by using connection data provided in the connection data providing process.

16. The enjoyment data providing method according to claim 15, wherein:

the communication terminal unit executes;

a fee payment process necessary when transmitting the utilization data to the mobile communication terminal unit and, when it completes the fee payment process, transmits to the enjoyment data providing server a report that the fee payment process has been completed; and

in the utilization data transmitting process;

when the report of the fee payment process completion has been made in the fee payment completion reporting process, the utilization data is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal unit.

17. The enjoyment data providing method according to claim 15, wherein:

the connection data providing process checks the justice of the utilization data by checking whether the utilization data managed by the entrance allowing unit and the utilization data transmitted via short-distance radio from the mobile communication terminal unit are identical and, when it has been determined that the two utilization data are identical, the justice of the utilization data is proved.

18. The enjoyment data providing method according to claim 17, wherein:

the utilization data managed by the entrance allowing unit is the utilization data transmitted from the enjoyment data providing server.

19. The enjoyment data providing method according to claim 15, wherein:

when the mobile communication terminal unit has been connected to the data providing site in the data site connecting process, a retrieving program for retrieving a route guide up to a predetermined position in the enjoyment facility is transmitted from the data providing site to the mobile communication terminal unit on the basis of the utilization data and executed in the mobile communication terminal unit, the route guide up to the predetermined position in the enjoyment facility is retrieved for on the basis of the utilization data, and the retrieved route guide is displayed on a display of the mobile communication terminal unit.

20. An enjoyment data providing method carried out with an enjoyment data providing server for managing utilization necessary for utilizing enjoyment facility, a mobile communication terminal unit for obtaining the utilization data, and an entrance allowing unit for managing the utilization of the enjoyment facility, wherein:

the mobile communication terminal unit executes;

a utilization data obtaining requesting process of transmitting, to the enjoyment data providing server, a obtaining request for transmitting the utilization data to the mobile communication terminal unit;

a utilization data obtaining process, in which the enjoyment data providing server having received the obtaining request in the utilization data transmitting requesting process transmits the utilization data to the mobile communication terminal unit on the basis of the received obtaining request; and

a short-distance radio transmitting process, in which the mobile communication terminal unit having received the utilization data in the utilization data transmitting process transmits the utilization data via short-distance radio to the entrance allowing unit; and

the entrance allowing unit executes;

a connection data providing process of checking the justice of the utilization data transmitted from the mobile communication terminal unit in the short-distance radio transmitting process and, when the justice of the utilization data has been proved, providing connection data for connection to a data providing site managed by the enjoyment data providing server to the mobile communication terminal unit; and

the mobile communication terminal unit executes;

a data providing site connecting process of effecting connection to the data providing site managed by the enjoyment data providing server by using connection data provided in the connection data providing process.

21. The enjoyment data providing method according to claim 20, wherein:

the mobile communication terminal unit executes;

a fee payment data reporting process of transmitting, fee payment data for fee settling necessary when obtaining the utilization data from the enjoyment data providing server to the enjoyment data providing server; and

in the utilization data reporting process;

when the fee settling has been complete on the basis of the fee payment data transmitted in the payment data reporting process, the utilization data is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal unit.

22. The enjoyment data providing method according to claim 20, wherein:

the connection data providing process checks the justice of the utilization data by checking whether the utilization data managed by the entrance allowing unit and the utilization data transmitted via short-distance radio from the mobile communication terminal unit are identical and, when it has been determined that the two utilization data are identical, the justice of the utilization data is proved.

23. The enjoyment data providing method according to claim 22, wherein:

the utilization data managed by the entrance allowing unit is the utilization data transmitted from the enjoyment data providing server.

24. The enjoyment data providing method according to claim 20, wherein:

when the mobile communication terminal unit has been connected to the data providing site in the data site connecting process, a retrieving program for retrieving a route guide up to a predetermined position in the enjoyment facility is transmitted from the data providing site to the mobile communication terminal unit on the basis of the utilization data and executed in the mobile communication terminal unit, the route guide up to the predetermined position in the enjoyment facility is retrieved for on the basis of the utilization data, and the retrieved route guide is displayed on a display of the mobile communication terminal unit.