Server system, method of transmitting contents, and program

• US 20050176425A1
• Filed: 09/29/2004
• Published: 08/11/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dwango Co., Ltd. (Kadokawa Dwango Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Dwango Co., Ltd. (Kadokawa Dwango Corp.)
• Inventors: Kawakami, Nobuo, Sato, Daiki
• Application Number:
  US10/951,586
• Publication Number:
  US 20050176425A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/432.300
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

Providing content, such as a favorite ringing melody of user, to a mobile terminal by only accessing a server system via a mobile terminal without manipulation by the user. A user of the mobile phone registers a profile, including the artist whom the user likes, in the web server in advance. An application of the mobile phone is automatically activated every update time interval to access the web server. The web server reads out a ringing melody of the user'"'"'s favorite artist from a database that contains a favorite ringing melody set of the user obtained from the user profile of the mobile phone, according to a request for downloading contents from the mobile phone, and transmits it to the mobile phone.

Claims

1. A server system that communicates with a mobile terminal through a network, comprising:

a content storage device that stores content information by relating the content to an attribute of the content information;

a profile storage device that stores user specific information by relating the user specific information profile information that contains the attribute of content information, arbitrarily set to each user;

a reader that reads said profile information that corresponds to the user specific information with reference to said profile storage device based on an access from the mobile terminal;

a content determiner that determines content information that corresponds to the attribute contained in the profile information read by said reader; and

a transmitter that reads the determined content information to transmit said content information to the mobile terminal.

2. The server system of claim 1, further comprising:

a setting device that sets profile information stored in the profile storage device based on an access from the mobile terminal.

3. A server system that communicates with a mobile terminal through a network, the mobile terminal being capable of activating content based on time, comprising:

a content storage device that stores content information by relating the content information to an attribute of the content information;

a profile storage device that stores user specific information by relating the user specific information to profile information that contains the attribute of content information, arbitrarily set to each user;

a reader that reads profile information corresponding to the user specific information with reference to the profile storage device based on an access from the mobile terminal;

a content determiner that determines a plurality of content information that corresponds to the attribute contained in the profile information read by the reader;

a set data generator that reads, from the content storage device, the plurality of content information determined by the content determiner and generates a set data that makes the plurality of read content information correspond to information that represents a time for the content information to be activated for the mobile terminal; and

a transmitter that transmits the set data generated from the set data generator to the mobile terminal.

4. The server system of claim 3, further comprising:

a setting device that sets the profile information stored in the profile storage device based on the access from the mobile terminal.

5. A method for transmitting content to a mobile terminal through a network, comprising:

storing, into a first memory, user specific information by relating the user specific information to profile information that contains an attribute of content information, arbitrarily set to each user, and reading the profile information that corresponds to the user specific information with reference to the memory, based on an access from the mobile terminal;

determining content information that corresponds to the attribute contained in the read profile information; and

storing, into a second memory, content information corresponding to the attribute of the content information, and reading the determined content information for transmission to the mobile terminal.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

setting profile information stored in the first memory based on the access from the mobile terminal.

7. A method for transmitting content to a mobile terminal through a network, the mobile terminal being capable of activating the content based on time, comprising:

storing, into a first memory, user specific information by relating the user specific information to profile information that contains an attribute of content information, arbitrarily set to each user, and reading the profile information that corresponds to the user specific information with reference to the memory based on an access from the mobile terminal;

determining a plurality of content information that corresponds to the attribute contained in the read profile information;

storing, into a second memory, content information corresponding to the attribute of the content information, and reading from the second memory the determined plurality of content information;

setting the plurality of content information read from the second memory correspond to information that represents a time for each content information to be effectively activated for the mobile terminal; and

transmitting the set data to the mobile terminal.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

setting profile information stored in the first memory based on the access from the mobile terminal.

9. A program that executes a process that transmits content to a mobile terminal through a network using a computer of a server, the program:

storing, into a first memory, user specific information relating the user specific information to profile information that contains an attribute of content information, arbitrarily set to each user, and reading the profile information that corresponds to the user specific information with reference to the memory based on an access from the mobile terminal;

determining the content information that corresponds to the attribute contained in the read profile information; and

storing, into a second memory, content information corresponding to the attribute of the content information, and reading the determined content information for transmission to the mobile terminal.

10. The program of claim 9, further comprising:

setting profile information stored in the first memory based on the access from the mobile terminal.

11. A program that executes a process that transmits content to a mobile terminal capable of activating the content based on time, through a network, using a computer of a server, the program:

storing, into a first memory, user specific information relating the user specific information to profile information that contains an attribute of content information, arbitrarily set to each user, and reading the profile information that corresponds to the user specific information with reference to the memory based on an access from the mobile terminal;

determining a plurality of content information that corresponds to the attribute contained in the read profile information;

storing, into a second memory, content information by relating the content information to the attribute of the content information, and reading from the second memory the determined plurality of content information;

setting the plurality of content information read from the second memory to correspond to information that represents a time for each content information to be effectively activated for the mobile terminal; and

transmitting the set data to the mobile terminal.

12. The program of claim 11, further comprising:

setting profile information stored in the first memory based on the access from the mobile terminal.