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Information link service system, electronic equipment, mobile terminal, authentication apparatus and communication method

  • US 7,636,564 B2
  • Filed: 08/26/2005
  • Issued: 12/22/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An information link service system comprising:

  • a server;

    a mobile terminal which can receive an e-mail from the server, where the mobile terminal is configured to be carried by a user; and

    electronic equipment which is communicable with the mobile terminal over a predetermined local network;

    a table in the server configured to include information relating to the mobile terminal, and which is associated with information relating to the electronic equipment, wherein;

    the server transmits to the mobile terminal an information link mail as a type of e-mail in a PUSH-type service format, where the information link mail includes information identifying the e-mail as an information link mail and a description for executing a predetermined application in the electronic equipment, the server referring to the table to facilitate transmission of the e-mail;

    the mobile terminal has a mail discriminating portion for discriminating whether a received e-mail is an information link mail or not by referring to the identifying information and a mail transferring portion for, if the e-mail is an information link mail, transferring the information link mail to the electronic equipment;

    the electronic equipment has an application executing portion for executing a predetermined application based on the described information in the information link mail transferred from the mobile terminal;

    the application executing portion is configured to facilitate automatic updating of the predetermined application if the described information in the information link mail indicates an update version; and

    the server updates the information in the table after the predetermined application is executed.

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