Information delivery system and server

• US 6,792,280 B1
• Filed: 07/05/2000
• Issued: 09/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Hioki, Toshiaki, Hori, Yoshihiro, Kanamori, Miwa, Makino, Megumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Trost, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Miller, Brandon J
• Application Number:
  US09/610,639
• Time in Patent Office: 1,532 Days
• Field of Search: 455/405, 455/406, 455/412, 455/413, 455/422, 455/466, 455/414, 455/414.1, 455/412.1, 455/517, 455/419, 455/426.1, 455/414.4, 705/40
• US Class Current: 455/517
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/1086 Superdistribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1059 End-user terminal functionalities specially adapted for real-time communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/08 specially adapted for optional reception of entertainment or informative matter
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/487 Arrangements for providing information services, e.g. recorded voice services or time announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/493 Interactive information services, e.g. directory enquiries ; Arrangements therefor, e.g. interactive voice response [IVR] systems or voice portals
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5307 for recording messages comprising any combination of audio and non-audio components

Abstract

An information delivery system includes a delivery server and two cellular phones. For example, when one cellular phone accesses the delivery server and requests a delivery of content data such as music data, desired music data is delivered from the delivery server onto the one cellular phone. Meanwhile, if the one cellular phone accesses the delivery server and designates a destination (the other portable phone) and a day and hour of delivery and then executes a schedule of delivery, music data is delivered on a scheduled day and hour from the delivery server to the other cellular phone.

Claims

1. An information delivery system, comprising:

at least two portable communication terminals having a first portable communications terminal and a second portable communications terminal; and

a delivery server for delivering content data to the portable communication terminal, wherein

said at least two portable communication terminal each include content data selection means to select content data, delivery information input means to input delivery information including destination terminal information representative of at least said portable communication terminal as a destination, a delivery information transmitting means to transmit the delivery information input by said delivery information input means to said delivery server, delivery data receiving means to receive the content data delivered from said delivery server, and recording means to record the content data received by said delivery data receiving means; and

said delivery server including delivery information receiving means to receive the delivery information from any of said portable communication terminals, and delivery means to deliver the content data to said portable communication terminal as the destination based on the delivery information received by said delivery information receiving means, wherein said server holds a plurality of content data being able to be delivered, and said server further includes menu transmitting means to transmit a menu by which one or more content data can be selected to first portable communication terminal, and said at least two portable communication terminal each include menu receiving means to receive the menu transmitted by said menu transmitting means, the first portable communications terminal selects by said content data selection means the content data to be transmitted to the second portable communications terminal.

2. An information delivery system according to claim 1, wherein

said delivery server includes notifying means to notify said destination portable communication terminal of a presence of data to be delivered, and

said delivery means delivering the data when there is a response to a notification of said notifying means from said destination portable communication terminal.

3. An information delivery system according to claim 1, wherein

said portable communication terminal further includes message input means to input a message, and message transmitting means to transmit the message inputted by said message input means to said delivery server,

said delivery server further including message receiving means to receive the message transmitted by said message transmitting means, and notifying means to notify said destination portable communication terminal of a presence of the message received by said message receiving means and data to be delivered, and

said delivery means delivering the data when there is a response to a notification of said notifying means from said destination portable communication terminal.

4. An information delivery system according to claim 1, wherein

the delivery information further includes delivery day and hour information representative of a day and hour of delivery for the data.

5. An information delivery system according to claim 4, wherein

said delivery server includes notifying means to notify said destination portable communication terminal of a presence of data to be delivered on the delivery day and hour, and

said delivery means delivering the data when there is a response to said notification of said notifying means from said destination portable communication terminal.

6. An information delivery system according to claim 5, wherein

said delivery server includes managing means to manage said delivery information, and

said managing means postponing the delivery day and hour when there is no response to the notification of said notifying means from said destination portable communication terminal.

7. An information delivery system according to claim 4, wherein

said portable communication terminal further includes message input means to input a message, and message transmitting means to transmit the message inputted by said message input means to said delivery server,

said delivery server further including message receiving means to receive the message transmitted by said message transmitting means, and notifying means to notify said destination portable communication terminal of a presence of the message received by said message receiving means and data to be delivered on the delivery day and hour, and

said delivery means delivering the data when there is a response to a notification of said notifying means from said destination portable communication terminal.

8. An information delivery system according to claim 7, wherein

said delivery server further includes managing means to manage the delivery information, and

said managing means postponing the delivery day and hour when there is no response to said notification of said notifying means from said destination portable communication terminal.

9. An information delivery system according to claim 4, wherein

said delivery server includes transmitting means to perform automatic transmission to said destination portable communication terminal on the delivery day and hour, and

said delivery means delivering the data when there is a response to automatic transmission from said destination portable communication terminal.

10. An information delivery system according to claim 9, wherein

said delivery server further includes managing means to manage the delivery information,

said managing means postponing the delivery day and hour when there is no response to the automatic transmission from said destination portable communication terminal or when there is a response to the automatic transmission from said destination portable communication terminal but the data cannot be recorded to said recording medium of said destination portable communication terminal.

11. An information delivery system according to claim 9, wherein

said delivery server further includes notifying means to notify a presence of data to be delivered, and

said notifying means notifying said destination portable communication terminal of a presence of data to be delivered when there is no response to the automatic transmission from said destination portable communication terminal or when there is a response to the automatic transmission from said destination portable communication terminal but the data cannot be recorded to said recording medium of said destination portable communication terminal.

12. An information delivery system according to claim 1, wherein

said portable communication terminal further includes message input means to input a message, and message transmitting means to transmit a message inputted through said message input means to said delivery server,

said delivery server further including message receiving means to receive the message transmitted by said message transmitting means, and

said delivery means delivering the data and the message received by said message receiving means to said destination portable communication terminal.

13. An information delivery system according to claim 1, wherein

said delivery information receiving means further includes producing means to produce a coupon based on the delivery information, and delivery guide transmitting means to transmit a delivery guide including the coupon produced by said producing means to said destination portable communication terminal,

said portable communication terminal further including delivery guide receiving means to receive the delivery guide, and coupon transmitting means to transmit the coupon included in the delivery guide to said delivery means, and

said delivery means including a coupon receiving means to receive the coupon from said portable communication terminal, and data delivery means to deliver the data to said destination portable communication terminal based on the coupon received by said coupon receiving means.

14. An information delivery system according to claim 13, wherein

said delivery guide includes connection information to said delivery means, and

said coupon transmitting means transmitting the coupon to said delivery means based on the connection information.

15. An information delivery system according to claim 13, wherein

said delivery means further includes comparing means to compare between the coupon produced by said producing means and the coupon received by said coupon receiving means, and

said data delivery means delivering data depending upon a result of comparison by said comparing means.

16. An information delivery system according to claim 13, wherein

said portable communication terminal further includes message input means to input a message, and message transmitting means to transmit the message inputted by said message input means to said delivery server, and

said delivery server further including message receiving means to receive the message transmitted by said message transmitting means, and

said delivery guide transmitting means transmitting the delivery guide and the message received by said message receiving means to said destination portable communication terminal.

17. An information delivery server according to claim 1, wherein

said delivery information receiving means further includes producing means to produce a coupon based on the delivery information, determining means to determine in response to connection of said portable communication terminal whether said portable communication terminal is a terminal to be delivered with the data or not, and delivery guide transmitting means to transmit a delivery guide including the coupon to said portable communication terminal when determined as a terminal to be delivered with the data,

said portable communication terminal further including establishing means to establish a connection state with said delivery information receiving means, delivery guide receiving means to receive the delivery guide including an own-directed coupon in a presence of the own-directed coupon when connection state is established by said establishing means, and coupon transmitting means to transmit the coupon included in the delivery guide to said delivery means, and

said delivery means including coupon receiving means to receive the coupon from said portable communication terminal, and data delivery means to deliver the data based on the coupon received by said coupon receiving means.

18. An information delivery system according to claim 17, wherein

said portable communication terminal further includes message input means to input a message, and message transmitting means to transmit the message inputted by said message input means to said delivery server,

said delivery server further including message receiving means to receive the message transmitted by said message transmitting means, and

said delivery guide transmitting means transmitting the delivery guide and the message received by said message receiving means to said portable communication terminal.

19. An information delivery system according to claim 17, wherein

the delivery guide includes connection information to said delivery means, and

said coupon transmitting means transmitting the coupon to said delivery means based on the connection information.

20. An information delivery system according to claim 1, further comprising a mail server to transmit and receive an electronic mail between said portable communication terminals, wherein

said delivery information receiving means includes producing means to produce a coupon based on the delivery information, and delivery guide transmitting means to transmit a delivery guide including a coupon produced by said producing means to said portable communication terminal,

said portable communication terminal including delivery guide receiving means to receive the delivery guide, establishing means to establish a connection state to said mail server, registering means to register in said mail server an electronic mail directed to said destination portable communication terminal including the delivery guide received by said delivery guide receiving means, electronic mail receiving means to receive the electronic mail from said mail server, and coupon transmitting means to transmit the coupon included in the delivery guide included in the electronic mail to said delivery means,

said mail server including arrival notifying means to receiving registration of the electronic mail from said portable communication terminal and notify of a presence of the electronic mail to said destination portable communication terminal, and electronic mail transmitting means to transmit the electronic mail to said destination portable communication terminal come into connection in response to a notification by said arrival notifying means, and said delivery means including coupon receiving means to receive the coupon from said portable communication terminal, and

said data delivery means to deliver the data based on the coupon received by said coupon receiving means.

21. An information delivery system according to claim 20, wherein

said portable communication terminal further includes message input means to input a message, and

said registering means registering in said mail server the electronic mail including the delivery guide and the message input by said message input means.

22. An information delivery system according to claim 20, wherein

said delivery guide includes connection information to said delivery means, and

said coupon transmitting means transmitting the coupon to said delivery means based on the connection information.

23. An information delivery system according to claim 1, wherein

said delivery server further includes billing means for data deliveries, and

said billing means charging on a source of said delivery information.

39. The information delivery system recited in claim 1, wherein the data is digital content selected by the first portable communications terminal from a menu.

40. The information delivery system recited in claim 39, wherein the digital content is music.

43. The information delivery system as recited in claim 13, wherein said coupon includes a content ID, a delivery destination, and debtor information.

24. A delivery server, comprising:

content data holding means to hold a plurality of content data being able to be delivered;

menu transmitting means to transmit a menu by which one or more content data can be selected to a first arbitrary portable communication terminal;

content data selection means to select data to be transmitted to a second arbitrary portable communication terminal on the basis of menu selection sent by said first arbitrary portable communication terminal;

delivery information receiving means for receiving, from said first arbitrary portable communication terminal, delivery information including destination terminal information representing at least a second destination portable communication terminal; and

delivery means for delivering the selected data to said destination portable communication terminal based on the delivery information received by said delivery information receiving means.

25. A delivery server according to claim 24, further including notifying means to notify said destination portable communication terminal of a presence of data to be delivered, wherein

said delivery means delivers when there is a response to a notification of said notifying means from said destination portable communication terminal.

26. A delivery server according to claim 24, wherein the delivery information further includes delivery day and hour information representative of a day and hour on which the data is to be delivered.

27. A delivery server according to claim 26, further including notifying means to notify on the delivery day and hour said destination portable communication terminal of a presence of data to be delivered, wherein

said delivery means delivers the data when there is a response to a notification of said notifying means from said destination portable communication terminal.

28. A delivery server according to claim 27, further including managing means to manage the delivery information, wherein

said managing means postpones the delivery day and hour when there is no response to a notification of said notifying means from said destination portable communication terminal.

29. A delivery server according to claim 26, further including transmitting means to perform automatic transmission to said destination portable communication terminal on the delivery day and hour;

and

said delivery means delivering the data when there is a response from said destination portable communication terminal.

30. A delivery server according to claim 24, wherein

said delivery information receiving means further includes producing means to produce a coupon based on the delivery information, and delivery guide transmitting means to transmit a delivery guide including the coupon produced by said producing means to said destination portable communication terminal, and including

coupon receiving means to receive the coupon from said portable communication terminal, and data delivery means to deliver the data to said destination portable communication terminal based on the coupon received by said coupon receiving means.

31. A delivery server according to claim 30, wherein the delivery information includes connection information to said delivery means.

32. A delivery server according to claim 30, wherein

said delivery means further includes comparing means to compare between the coupon produced by said producing means and the coupon received by said coupon receiving means, and

said data delivery means delivering the data depending upon a result of comparison by said comparing means.

33. A delivery server according to claim 24, further including message receiving means to receive a message from said portable communication terminal, and notifying means to notify said destination portable communication terminal of a presence of the message received by said message receiving means and data to be delivered.

34. A delivery server according to claim 24, further including message receiving means to receive a message from said portable communication terminal, wherein

said delivery means delivers the data and the message received by said message receiving means to said destination portable communication terminal.

35. A delivery server according to claim 24, wherein

said delivery information receiving means further includes producing means to produce a coupon based on the delivery information, determining means to determine responsive to connection of said portable communication terminal whether or not said portable communication terminal is a terminal to be delivered with the data, and delivery guide transmitting means to transmit a delivery guide including the coupon to said portable communication terminal when determined as a terminal to be delivered with the data, and

said delivery means including coupon receiving means to receive the coupon from said portable communication terminal, and data delivery means to deliver the data based on the coupon received by said coupon receiving means.

36. A delivery server according to claim 35, further including message receiving means to receive a message from said portable communication terminal, wherein

said delivery guide transmitting means transmit the delivery guide and the message received by said message receiving means to said portable communication terminal.

37. A delivery server according to claim 24, further including electronic mail managing means to transmit and receive an electronic mail, wherein

said delivery information receiving means further includes producing means to produce a coupon based on the delivery information, and delivery guide transmitting means to transmit a delivery guide including the coupon produced by said producing means to said portable communication terminal,

said electronic mail managing means including arrival notifying means to receive registration of an electronic mail including the delivery guide and directed to said portable communication terminal from said portable communication terminal and notify said destination portable communication terminal of a presence of the electronic mail, and electronic mail transmitting means to transmit the electronic mail to said destination portable communication terminal come into connection responsive to a notification from said arrival notifying means, and

said delivery means including coupon receiving means to receive the coupon from said portable communication terminal, and data delivery means to deliver the data based upon the coupon received by said coupon receiving means.

38. A delivery server according to claim 24, further including billing means concerning data delivery, wherein

said billing means charging on a source of the delivery information.

41. The information delivery system recited in claim 24, wherein the data is digital content selected by the first portable communications terminal from a menu.

42. The information delivery system recited in claim 41, wherein the digital content is music.

44. The delivery server as recited in claim 30, wherein said coupon includes a content ID, a delivery destination, and debtor information.