Data transmission-reception system and data transmission-reception method
First Claim
1. A server device comprising:
- a communication unit configured to receive, from a first terminal device, content for use as a ring tone for an incoming call, and content provider identification data identifying the provider of the content;
a storage unit configured to store the content received through the communication unit and the corresponding content provider identification data; and
a controller configured to transmit the content through the communication unit to a second terminal device based on user identification data received from the second terminal device;
wherein the storage unit stores first account information corresponding to the content provider identification data and second account information corresponding to the user identification data;
wherein the controller increments first amount information in the first account information when receiving the content from the first terminal device through the communication unit, decrements second amount information in the second account information when transmitting the content to the second terminal device through the communication unit, and further decrements the second amount information based on the number of times the content is reproduced as a ring tone of an incoming call on the second terminal device.
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Abstract
A data communication system is disclosed which comprises: first terminal devices for transmitting contents and content provider identification data identifying the providers of the contents; a server device for receiving and storing the transmitted contents and content provider identification data; and second terminal devices which transmit user identification data to the server device, which receive and store the contents from the server device based on the user identification data, and which reproduce the stored contents upon detection of an incoming call. The server device stores first account information corresponding to the content provider identification data and second account information corresponding to the user identification data. The server device increments first amount information in the first account information when receiving the contents from the first terminal devices; the server device decrements second amount information in the second account information when transmitting the contents to the second terminal devices.
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10 Claims
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1. A server device comprising:
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a communication unit configured to receive, from a first terminal device, content for use as a ring tone for an incoming call, and content provider identification data identifying the provider of the content; a storage unit configured to store the content received through the communication unit and the corresponding content provider identification data; and a controller configured to transmit the content through the communication unit to a second terminal device based on user identification data received from the second terminal device;
wherein the storage unit stores first account information corresponding to the content provider identification data and second account information corresponding to the user identification data;
wherein the controller increments first amount information in the first account information when receiving the content from the first terminal device through the communication unit, decrements second amount information in the second account information when transmitting the content to the second terminal device through the communication unit, and further decrements the second amount information based on the number of times the content is reproduced as a ring tone of an incoming call on the second terminal device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-readable media storing a program for causing a computer to execute a data communication method, the method comprising:
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allowing a server device to receive from a first terminal device a content for use as a ring tone for an incoming call and content provider identification data identifying the provider of the content, and to receive and store user identification data from a second terminal device; and allowing the server device which stores first account information corresponding to the content provider identification data and second account information corresponding to the user identification data;
to increment first amount information in the first account information when receiving the content from the first terminal device;
to transmit the content to the second terminal device based on the user identification data;
to decrement second amount information in the second account information upon transmission of the content to the second terminal device; and
to further decrement the second amount information based on the number of times the content is reproduced as a ring tone of an incoming call on the second terminal device.
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