BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE OF BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM, AND SERVER DEVICE OF BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM

• US 20100192206A1
• Filed: 11/13/2009
• Published: 07/29/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Company Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Consumer Electronics Company Limited (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Aoyama, Kazuaki
• Application Number:
  US12/617,917
• Publication Number:
  US 20100192206A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/5
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1818 Conference organisation arrangements, e.g. handling schedules, setting up parameters needed by nodes to attend a conference, booking network resources, notifying involved parties
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23473 by pre-encrypting
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25816 involving client authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• 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 21/4786 e-mailing message switching systems, e.g. electronic mail systems H04L51/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A unique authentication ID is given to a television to automatically log in a server by using the ID. A password used for logging in the server is registered to the server from the television for each mobile phone of sub-users who share the television. A message may be input from both of the television and the mobile phone. The authentication ID, the password, a message, a user name, and an input date are stored in the server. When being accessed from the television or the mobile phone, the server generates and transmits an HTML to be displayed on the television or the mobile phone, and thus, a message is displayed in a predetermined display format for each of the television and the mobile phone.

Claims

1. A bulletin board system comprising:

a television device which is connected to a network and includes an identification ID storing unit which stores an identification ID for identifying a device, a first character information inputting unit which accepts inputting of character information, a first communication processing unit which transmits the character information and the identification ID to the network and receives information from the network, and a first display unit which displays the information received from the network;

a mobile information terminal device which is connected to the network and includes a second character information inputting unit which accepts inputting of character information, a second communication processing unit which transmits the character information to the network and receives information from the network, and a second display unit which displays the information received from the network; and

a server device which is connected to the network and includes a database storing unit which stores information, an application server unit which has a function of identifying the television device on the basis of the identification ID transmitted from the television device to determine whether or not to connect the television device, a login function for an access from the mobile information terminal device, and a function of reading or writing the information from/to the database storing unit, a web server unit which stores an HTML to be used for video display of the information on the first display unit by the television device and an HTML to be used for video display of the information on the second display unit by the mobile information terminal device, and generates an HTML of the information read by the application server unit on the basis of the stored HTML, and a third communication processing unit which transmits the HTML of the information generated by the web server unit to the network and receives information from the network, wherein

in the case where connection of the television device to the server device is authenticated by the application server unit of the server device, the information received from the network is displayed on the first display unit, and in the case where login of the mobile information terminal device is authenticated in the application server unit of the server device, the information received from the network is displayed on the second display unit.

2. The bulletin board system according to claim 1, wherein

a plurality of passwords are given for the identification ID of the television device, one of the plurality of passwords is given to the mobile information terminal device, and the mobile information terminal device logs in the application server unit of the server device on the basis of the password.

3. The bulletin board system according to claim 1, wherein

all pieces of information related to the identification ID of the television device are displayed on the first display unit of the television device and the second display unit of the mobile information terminal device.

4. The bulletin board system according to claim 1, wherein

in the case where the information related to the identification ID of the television device stored in the database storing unit of the server device is updated, notification of the update is displayed on the first display unit of the television device and the second display unit of the mobile information terminal device.

5. The bulletin board system according to claim 1, wherein

the application server unit of the server device reads or writes the information from/to the database storing unit on the basis of the received identification ID.

6. The bulletin board system according to claim 2, wherein

the application server unit of the server device reads or writes the information from/to the database storing unit on the basis of the received password.

7. A terminal device of a bulletin board system for exchanging information among a plurality of users, the device being connected to a server device storing information via a network and comprising:

an identification ID storing unit which stores an identification ID for identifying a device;

a character information inputting unit which accepts inputting of character information by a user;

a communication processing unit which transmits the character information and the identification ID to the network and receives information from the network; and

a display unit which displays the information received from the network, wherein

information related to the transmitted identification ID is received from the server device to be displayed on the display unit.

8. The terminal device of a bulletin board system according to claim 7, wherein

in the case where the information related to the identification ID of the television device stored in a database storing unit of the server device is updated, notification of the update is displayed on the display unit.

9. A server device of a bulletin board system for exchanging information among a plurality of users, the device being connected to a network and comprising:

a database storing unit which stores information;

an application server unit which has a function of determining whether or not to accept an access of a device on the basis of an identification ID of the device transmitted from the device connected via the network, and a function of reading or updating the information from the database storing unit;

a web server unit which stores an HTML to be used for video display of the information by the device connected via the network, and generates an HTML of the information read by the application server unit on the basis of the stored HTML; and

a communication processing unit which transmits the HTML of the information generated by the web server unit to the network, and receives information from the network, wherein

the HTML of the information related to the identification ID transmitted from the device connected via the network is transmitted to the network.