Communication system and communication terminal

• US 20090265432A1
• Filed: 08/31/2006
• Published: 10/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Access Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Access Company Limited
• Inventors: Suehiro, Noriyuki
• Application Number:
  US11/991,324
• Publication Number:
  US 20090265432A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality

Abstract

There are provided a communication terminal and a communication system as follows. In a communication network connected to the communication terminal having an address book, an access right to a content disclosed on the network by a user of the communication terminal is judged according to the address book data of the communication terminal.

Claims

1. A communication system in which a communication terminal having address book data and a server storing a duplicate of the address book data are interconnected within a network,

wherein the communication terminal is provided with:

a data storing unit to store the address book data;

a data updating unit to update the address book data; and

a communication unit to communicate with another communication terminal by using communication destination information which is stored in the address book data, and

wherein the server is provided with;

a duplicate storing unit to store the duplicate of the address book data;

a content storing unit to store contents being associated with a user of the communication terminal;

a user identifying information obtaining unit to obtain user identifying information which identifies a user of an external device, being other than the communication terminal, in response to a permission request to obtain the contents from the external device; and

a judging unit to judge permissibility of obtaining the contents based on the user identifying information obtained by the user identifying information obtaining unit, the communication destination information included in the duplicate of the address book data, and/or information in association with those.

2. The communication system according to claim 1,

wherein the communication terminal is a telephone terminal;

and

wherein the communication destination information included in the address book data is a telephone number.

3. The communication system according to claim 1,

wherein the communication terminal is an e-mail terminal;

and

wherein the communication destination information included in the address book data is an e-mail address.

4. The communication system according to claim 1,

wherein the user identifying information is a device identifying number which is assigned to the external device.

5. The communication system according to claim 1,

wherein the contents are created by the user of the communication terminal by using the communication terminal.

6. The communication system according to claim 1,

wherein each of the communication terminal and the server is provided with a synchronization unit, which conforms the address book data and the duplicate with each other.

7. A communication system in which a communication terminal and a server are interconnected within a network,

wherein the communication terminal is provided with:

a data storing unit to store the address book data;

a data updating unit to update the address book data; and

a communication unit to communicate with the server and with another communication terminal by using communication destination information which is stored in the address book data,

wherein the server is provided with;

a content storing unit to store contents being associated with a user of the communication terminal;

a user identifying information obtaining unit to obtain user identifying information which identifies a user of an external device, being other than the communication terminal, in response to a permission request to obtain the contents from the external device; and

a judging unit to transmit the user identifying information to the communication terminal to inquire about as to whether the communication destination information corresponding to the user identifying information is included in the address book data and judge permissibility of obtaining the contents based on a result of the inquiry.

8. The communication system according to claim 7,

wherein the communication terminal is a telephone terminal;

and

wherein the communication destination information included in the address book data is a telephone number.

9. The communication system according to claim 7,

wherein the communication terminal is an e-mail terminal;

and

wherein the communication destination information included in the address book data is an e-mail address.

10. The communication system according to claim 7 wherein the user identifying information is a device identifying number which is assigned to the external device.

11. A communication terminal with an address book, comprising:

an address book search unit to search through the address book in response to a permission request for permission to execute a predetermined process, which includes obtaining and browsing predetermined data, from an external device; and

a permissibility judging unit to judge permissibility of the predetermined process based on a search result from the address book search unit.

13. The communication terminal according to claim 11, comprising:

a server, which includes a content creation unit to create contents being the predetermined data and a content storing unit to store the created contents in a predetermined data area, to publish contents in the network.

14. The communication terminal according to claim 13, wherein the contents are blog data which are deliverable by an RSS.

15. The communication terminal according to claim 14, further comprising:

an operation unit to achieve various functions through user operations,

wherein the blog created in the contents creation unit is stored in the predetermined data area to be published in response to a predetermined user operation.

16. The communication terminal according to claim 15, further comprising:

an image capturing unit to capture an image of an object,

wherein the content creation unit stores the image captured by the image capturing unit as the blog data in response to a predetermined user operation.

30. A communication system comprising a plurality of communication terminals according to claim 13, which are inter connected within the network.

12. (canceled)

17-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A communication terminal with an address book, comprising:

a relationship judging unit to judge relationship between the external device and the communication terminal itself based on the address book when the external device requests for permission to execute a predetermined process;

a permission judging unit to judge as to whether the predetermined process is permitted based on a judgment result made by the relationship judging unit; and

a permissible level setting unit to set a permissible level to permit the predetermined process,

wherein the relationship with the communication terminal itself can be arbitrarily configured in the address book; and

wherein the permission judging unit judges as to whether the predetermined process is permitted based on the permissible level being set and the judgment result made by the relationship judging unit.

24. The communication terminal according to claim 21,

wherein the permission level setting unit sets the permissible level based on the address book.

25. The communication terminal according to claim 21, further comprising:

a short-range communication unit to communicate with the external device in a short range,

wherein the predetermined process includes a short-range communication with the external device.

26. The communication terminal according to claim 21, comprising:

a network communication unit to be connected with a network; and

a content storing unit to store contents of the communication terminal itself in a predetermined location in the network,

wherein the predetermined process includes assigning access authority to the external device to access the contents.

27. The communication terminal according to claim 26,

wherein, when the contents are configured with a plurality of pages, the permissible level setting unit sets the permissible levels to assign access authorities to access each page independently on a page basis.

28. The communication terminal according to claim 26, further comprising a server to store and publish the contents to the network.

29. A communication system comprising a plurality of communication terminals according to claim 21, which are interconnected within the network.

22-23. -23. (canceled)

31. A communication system comprising a plurality of communication terminals, each of which is provided with an address book, and which are interconnected within a network,

wherein the communication terminal is provided with:

an address book judging unit to judge as to whether information concerning the other communication terminal is included in the address book when the other communication terminal requests for permission to execute a predetermined process;

a relationship information requesting unit to request the other communication terminal for relationship information concerning relationship between the other communication terminal and itself when it is judged that the information concerning the other communication terminal is not included in the address book;

an issuance requesting unit to request an issuance-capable communication terminal for issuing the relationship information when the relationship information is requested;

a relationship information issuing unit to issue the relationship information to the other communication terminal in response to the issuance request;

a relationship information transmitting unit to transmit the issued relationship information to the communication terminal which requested the relationship information; and

a permissibility judging unit to judge permissibility of the predetermined process based on the relationship information transmitted from the requested communication terminal.

32. The communication system according to claim 31,

wherein each of the communication terminals is further provided with:

a communication terminal information requesting unit to request the other communication terminals other than the requested communication terminal for the relationship information when the relationship information transmitted from the requested communication terminal meets a predetermined criterion; and

a communication terminal information transmitting unit to transmit the information to the communication terminal which requested the information when the information is requested; and

a communication terminal information register unit to register the information transmitted from the requested communication terminal in the address book.

33. The communication system according to claim 31,

wherein at least one of the communication terminals is provided with a server to store and publish contents of itself in the network;

and

wherein the predetermined process includes assigning access authority to the other communication terminals to access the contents.