Content delivery apparatus and content reproduction apparatus
First Claim
1. A content delivery apparatus which is connected, through a communication network, to a mobile terminal for reproducing a content and to a ticket gate machine, said apparatus comprising:
- a user information storing unit operable to hold user information in which information for identifying a mobile terminal to which a content is delivered is associated with each user ID;
a travel duration calculating unit operable to calculate a travel duration for a user traveling by vehicle, based on a boarding zone notified from a ticket gate machine which identifies at least the boarding zone by detecting the user'"'"'s entrance into a station area or boarding onto the vehicle;
a content determining unit operable to determine a content to be reproduced whose reproduction completes within the calculated travel duration; and
a delivery unit operable to identify, based on the user information stored in said user information storing unit, a mobile terminal corresponding to the user ID notified from the ticket gate machine, and to deliver the content determined by said content determining unit.
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Abstract
A server apparatus 20 that is connected, through a communication network 11, to a mobile terminal 40 for reproducing a content and to a ticket gate machine 30. The ticket gate machine 30 detects that a user'"'"'s entrance into a station area or boarding onto a vehicle, identifies at least a boarding zone, and notifies the identified boarding zone to the server apparatus 20. The server apparatus 20 includes a required duration calculating unit 22 which calculates, based on the boarding zone notified by the ticket gate machine 30, a duration for a user traveling by the vehicle, a content selecting unit 23 which determines a content whose reproduction is completed within the calculated duration, and a data transmitting/receiving unit 21 which delivers the determined content to the mobile terminal 40.
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18 Claims
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1. A content delivery apparatus which is connected, through a communication network, to a mobile terminal for reproducing a content and to a ticket gate machine, said apparatus comprising:
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a user information storing unit operable to hold user information in which information for identifying a mobile terminal to which a content is delivered is associated with each user ID;
a travel duration calculating unit operable to calculate a travel duration for a user traveling by vehicle, based on a boarding zone notified from a ticket gate machine which identifies at least the boarding zone by detecting the user'"'"'s entrance into a station area or boarding onto the vehicle;
a content determining unit operable to determine a content to be reproduced whose reproduction completes within the calculated travel duration; and
a delivery unit operable to identify, based on the user information stored in said user information storing unit, a mobile terminal corresponding to the user ID notified from the ticket gate machine, and to deliver the content determined by said content determining unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A content delivery method for use in a server apparatus to deliver a content, the server apparatus being connected, through a communication network, to a mobile terminal for reproducing the content and to a ticket gate machine,
wherein the server apparatus includes a user information storing unit operable to store user information in which information for identifying a mobile terminal to which a content is delivered is associated with each user ID, said content delivery method comprises: -
calculating a travel duration for a user traveling by vehicle, based on a boarding zone notified by the ticket gate machine which identifies at least the boarding zone by detecting the user'"'"'s entrance into a station area or boarding onto the vehicle;
determining a content whose reproduction completes within the calculated travel duration;
identifying, based on the user information stored in the user information storing unit, a mobile terminal corresponding to the user ID notified from the ticket gate machine; and
delivering, to the identified mobile terminal, the content determined in said determining. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A content delivery system comprising:
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a content reproduction apparatus that is placed at a seat;
a ticket gate machine; and
a server apparatus that is connected, through a communication network, to said content reproduction apparatus and said ticket gate machine, wherein said ticket gate machine is operable to at least identify a boarding zone and a seat when detecting a user'"'"'s entrance into a station area or boarding onto a vehicle, and to transmit, to said server apparatus, the identified boarding zone and the seat, said server apparatus includes;
a travel duration calculating unit operable to calculate a travel duration for the user traveling by vehicle, based on the boarding zone notified from said ticket gate machine;
a content determining unit operable to determine a content whose reproduction is completed within the calculated travel duration; and
a delivery unit operable to deliver the determined content to said content writing apparatus corresponding to the seat notified from said ticket gate machine, and said content reproduction apparatus is operable to receive the content delivered from said server apparatus, and to reproduce the received content.
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