INFORMATION ACQUIRING TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING AN INFORMATION ACQUISITION

• US 20110078180A1
• Filed: 09/29/2010
• Published: 03/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: NAKAYAMA, Tomofumi
• Application Number:
  US12/894,103
• Publication Number:
  US 20110078180A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/085 involving remote charge determination or related payment systems

Abstract

An information acquiring terminal apparatus that acquires information through a line that charges on basis of a given charge system based on at least one of a communication distance and a communication time, includes: an acquisition subject attribute setting portion that sets an attribute of information to acquire depending on input by a user; an acquisition condition setting portion that sets an acquisition condition including a condition on a maximum charge amount at information acquisition depending on input by the user; an acquisition subject determining portion that based on a communication condition in a case of acquiring each acquisition candidate information matching an attribute set by the acquisition subject attribute setting portion, determines the acquisition candidate information satisfying the acquisition condition to be acquisition subject information; and an acquiring portion that acquires the acquisition subject information through the line.

Claims

1. An information acquiring terminal apparatus that acquires information through a line that charges on basis of a given charge system based on at least one of a communication distance and a communication time, comprising:

an acquisition subject attribute setting portion that sets an attribute of information to acquire depending on input by a user;

an acquisition condition setting portion that sets an acquisition condition including a condition on a maximum charge amount at information acquisition depending on input by the user;

an acquisition subject determining portion that based on a communication condition in a case of acquiring each acquisition candidate information matching an attribute set by the acquisition subject attribute setting portion, determines the acquisition candidate information satisfying the acquisition condition to be acquisition subject information; and

an acquiring portion that acquires the acquisition subject information through the line.

2. The information acquiring terminal apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the communication condition includes a charge amount that is calculated on basis of the given charge system based on at least one of a communication distance in communication for acquiring the acquisition candidate information and a communication time calculated based on a communication rate and a size of the acquisition candidate information.

3. The information acquiring terminal apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the acquisition condition set by the acquisition condition setting portion includes at least one of number of files as the information and properties of the information.

4. The information acquiring terminal apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the attribute set by the acquisition subject attribute setting portion is associated information associated in advance with the information.

5. The information acquiring terminal apparatus of claim 1, wherein

the acquisition subject determining portion comprises:

an acquisition candidate information extracting portion that extracts information matching the attribute set by the acquisition subject attribute setting portion from acquirable information stored in advance, as acquisition candidate information; and

a communication condition calculating portion that based on the given charge system stored in advance, calculates the communication condition including the charge amount in a case of acquiring the each acquisition candidate information.

6. An information acquiring method of acquiring information through a line that charges on basis of a given charge system based on at least one of a communication distance and a communication time comprising:

an acquisition subject attribute setting step of setting an attribute of information to acquire;

an acquisition condition setting step of setting an acquisition condition including a condition on a charge amount at information acquisition,

an acquisition subject determining step of determining each acquisition candidate information satisfying the acquisition condition to be acquisition subject information, based on a communication condition in a case of acquiring the each acquisition candidate information matching an attribute set by the acquisition subject attribute setting step; and

an acquiring step of acquiring the acquisition subject information through the line.

7. A recording medium storing an information acquiring program that causes a computer to acquire information through a line that charges on basis of a given charge system based on at least one of a communication distance and a communication time, the information acquiring program causing the computer to function as:

an acquisition subject attribute setting portion that sets an attribute of information to acquire;

an acquisition condition setting portion that sets an acquisition condition including a condition on a charge amount at information acquisition;

an acquisition subject determining portion that based on a communication condition in a case of acquiring each acquisition candidate information matching an attribute set by the acquisition subject attribute setting portion, determines the acquisition candidate information satisfying the acquisition condition to be acquisition subject information; and

an acquiring portion that acquires the acquisition subject information through the line.