COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND CONTENT UPDATE METHOD

• US 20130145013A1
• Filed: 05/29/2012
• Published: 06/06/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Docomo Incorporated (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Murakami, Keiichi, Yamaki, Taeko
• Application Number:
  US13/816,849
• Publication Number:
  US 20130145013A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests

Abstract

A communication terminal and a content update method in a communication terminal that can update content at the optimum time according to the content type, the communication terminal includes a content storage unit that stores content containing first time information indicating the maximum time unit of information representing a time, a terminal information storage unit that stores terminal information containing second time information indicating a time unit shorter than the maximum time unit and assigned to each communication terminal, a time determination unit that determines whether it has reached a time consisting of the first and the second time information, and a content update unit that updates content when the time determination unit determines that it has reached a time consisting of the first and the second time information, thereby delivering content at the optimum time according to the content type.

Claims

1. A communication terminal comprising:

a content storage means for storing content containing first time information indicating a specified time unit of information representing a time;

a terminal information storage means for storing terminal information containing second time information indicating a time unit shorter than the specified time unit and assigned to each communication terminal;

a time determination means for determining whether it has reached a time consisting of the first time information and the second time information; and

a content update means for performing a content update process when the time determination means determines that it has reached a time consisting of the first time information and the second time information.

2. The communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

a communication state determination means for determining whether the communication terminal is in a communication-enabled state;

a random number generation means for generating random numbers; and

a waiting time decision means for deciding a waiting time within a specified length of time based on the random numbers generated by the random number generation means,

wherein, in a case where the communication state determination means determines that the communication terminal is in a communication-disabled state when the time determination means determines that it has reached a time consisting of the first time information and the second time information, the content update means performs the content update process upon lapse of the waiting time decided by the waiting time decision means after the communication terminal returns to the communication-enabled state.

3. The communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

a communication restriction determination means,

wherein, in a case where the communication restriction determination means determines that the communication terminal is under communication restriction when the time determination means determines that it has reached a time consisting of the first time information and the second time information, the content update means performs the content update process upon reaching a time indicated by the second time information after the communication restriction is disabled.

5. The communication terminal according to claim 2, further comprising:

a communication restriction determination means,

wherein, in a case where the communication restriction determination means determines that the communication terminal is under communication restriction when the time determination means determines that it has reached a time consisting of the first time information and the second time information, the content update means performs the content update process upon reaching a time indicated by the second time information after the communication restriction is disabled.

4. A content update method in a communication terminal, comprising:

a content storage step of storing content containing first time information indicating a specified time unit of information representing a time;

a terminal information storage step of storing terminal information containing second time information indicating a time unit shorter than the specified time unit and assigned to each communication terminal;

a time determination step of determining whether it has reached a time consisting of the first time information and the second time information; and

a content update step of performing a content update process when the time determination means determines that it has reached a time consisting of the first time information and the second time information.