Information distribution system and method for distributing content information

• US 20080077501A1
• Filed: 10/04/2007
• Published: 03/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kimio Maki, Mihoko Kamei, Shiro Miyagi
• Original Assignee: Kimio Maki, Mihoko Kamei, Shiro Miyagi
• Inventors: Miyagi, Shiro, Maki, Kimio, Kamei, Mihoko
• Granted Patent: US 8,862,499 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0255 based on user history
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0257 User requested
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0271 Personalized advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0276 Advertisement creation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/70 Media network packetisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/765 intermediate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00209 Transmitting or receiving image data, e.g. facsimile data, via a computer, e.g. using e-mail, a computer network, the internet, I-fax
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00244 with a server, e.g. an internet server fax-servers or the like for store and forward H04N1/324
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00307 with a mobile telephone apparatus constructional features of portable telephone sets H04M1/0202; mobile radio systems H04W84/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0035 : User-machine interface; Control console input or output arrangements for computers G06F3/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 : attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234363 : by altering the spatial resolution, e.g. for clients with a lower screen resolution
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25825 : involving client display capabilities, e.g. screen resolution of a mobile phone optimising the visualisation of content during browsing in the Internet G06F16/9577; processing of terminal status or physical abilities in wireless networks H04W8/22; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25875 : involving end-user authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2662 : Controlling the complexity of the video stream, e.g. by scaling the resolution or bitrate of the video stream based on the client capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 : embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 : Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4402 : involving reformatting operations of video signals for household redistribution, storage or real-time display details of conversion of video standards at pixel level H04N7/01; video transcoding H04N19/40; adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal G09G5/005; media handling at the source in data packet switching networks H04L65/764
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6582 : Data stored in the client, e.g. viewing habits, hardware capabilities, credit card number arrangements where receivers interact with the broadcast H04H20/38
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0065 : Converting image data to a format usable by the connected apparatus or vice versa
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3245 : of image modifying data, e.g. handwritten addenda, highlights or augmented reality information
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3249 : data relating to a linked page or object, e.g. hyperlink
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3273 : Display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3278 : Transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 : Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

This invention provides an information distribution system comprising an image data processing device (11), a server (12), and a portable telephone unit (15 having image data acquisition means for acquiring image data with a destination address attached thereto and display means for displaying the image data, wherein the image data is distributed from the image data processing device (11) to the portable telephone unit (15), and advertisement information based on user information is extracted from an advertisement information storage unit (29) and appended to image/text data by an advertisement information appending unit (30) provided in the server 12.

Claims

1-33. -33. (canceled)

34. An information providing device comprising:

image data transmission/reception means for transmitting and receiving image data from an image data processing terminal through a network;

image data saving means for saving the received image data;

address information appending means for appending to said image data a destination address for referring to said image data from outside;

storage means for storing user information;

content information storing means for storing content information; and

content information attaching means for attaching the content information to said image data on the basis of said user information;

wherein content information selected on the basis of user information identifying said user is transmitted to said user.

35. The information providing device as claimed in claim 34, wherein content information is attached to said image data and is thus transmitted.

36. The information providing device as claimed in claim 34, wherein said content information contains a destination address of a saving portion where details of predetermined information are saved, image information or character information.

37. The information providing device as claimed in claim 34, further comprising identification means for identifying connection from said image data processing terminal by using identification information,

wherein said storage means stores said user information and said identification information in association with each other.

38. The information providing device as claimed in claim 34, wherein said image data is data comprising image data and text data.

39. The information providing device as claimed in claim 34, wherein said image data is converted at said image data processing terminal to a data size and an image data file format corresponding to the image display ability of a distribution destination and is thus saved.

40. The information providing device as claimed in claim 38, wherein said image data file format is the GIF (graphics interchange format) format.

41. The information providing device as claimed in claim 40, wherein said text data contains text data with options, and content information attaching means attaches content information to said image data in accordance with information contained in a selected text.

42. The information providing device as claimed in claim 40, wherein said image data is data of the HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) format.

43. The information providing device as claimed in claim 34, wherein said destination address is a URL (uniform resource locator).

44. The information providing device as claimed in claim 34, wherein said content information is advertisement information.

45. An information providing method comprising:

transmitting and receiving image data from an image data processing terminal through a network;

saving the received image data;

appending to said image data a destination address for referring to said image data from outside;

storing user information; and

attaching content information to said image data on the basis of said user information;

wherein content information selected on the basis of user information identifying said user is transmitted to said user.

46. The information providing method as claimed in claim 45, wherein content information is attached to said image data and is thus transmitted.

47. The information providing method as claimed in claim 45, wherein said content information contains a destination address of a saving location where details of predetermined information are saved, image information or character information.

48. The information providing method as claimed in claim 45, further comprising step of identifying connection from said image data processing terminal by using identification information,

wherein at said storing step, said user information and said identification information are stored in association with each other.

49. The information providing method as claimed in claim 45, wherein said image data is data comprising image data and text data.

50. The information providing method as claimed in claim 45, wherein said image data is converted at said image data processing terminal to a data size and an image data file format corresponding to the image display ability of a distribution destination and is thus saved.

51. The information providing method as claimed in claim 50, wherein said image data file format is the GIF (graphics interchange format) format.

52. The information providing method as claimed in claim 51, wherein said text data contains text data with options, and at said content information attaching step, content information is attached to said image data in accordance with information contained in a selected text.

53. The information providing method as claimed in claim 51, wherein said image data is data of the HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) format.

54. The information providing method as claimed in claim 47, wherein said destination address is a URL (uniform resource locator).

55. The information providing method as claimed in claim 45, wherein said content information is advertisement information.