Information providing system, information providing apparatus, information providing method, portable terminal, information outputting method, and computer program
First Claim
1. An information providing system, comprising:
- a portable terminal including an IC chip configured to communicate with an other device wirelessly in accordance with Near Field Communication standard and to send chip identification information identifying the IC chip; and
an information providing apparatus configured to carry out wireless communications with the IC chip included in the portable terminal, the information providing apparatus includinga browser configured to read content transmitted via a network from an external apparatus and to output the content on a screen based on screen-output control information embedded in data of the content, the screen-output control information defining at least a format for outputting the content on the screen or a data structure of the content, anda wireless communication unit configured to carry out wireless communications with the IC chip included in the portable terminal, to receive the identification information from the IC chip, and to identify the IC chip in the portable terminal based on the received identification information,wherein transmission target information that is to be transmitted to the portable terminal, and transmission control information instructing transmission of the transmission target information to the portable terminal, are also embedded in the data of the content,wherein the browser instructs the wireless communication unit to transmit the transmission target information to the portable terminal based on the transmission control information embedded in the content that has been read, andwherein the wireless communication unit, by wireless communications, transmits the transmission target information to the IC chip, identified by the received identification information, included in the portable terminal based on the instruction from the browser.
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Abstract
An information providing system includes a portable terminal including an IC chip, and an information providing apparatus that carries out wireless communications with the IC chip and includes a browser that reads content and outputs the content on a screen based on screen-output control information embedded in the content data and defines an output format or a data structure of the content, and a wireless communication unit that carries out wireless communications with the IC chip. In the content data, transmission target information to be transmitted to the portable terminal, and transmission control information instructing transmission of the transmission target information, are also embedded. The browser instructs the wireless communication unit to transmit the transmission target information to the portable terminal, and the wireless communication unit transmits the transmission target information to the IC chip based on the instruction.
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21 Claims
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1. An information providing system, comprising:
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a portable terminal including an IC chip configured to communicate with an other device wirelessly in accordance with Near Field Communication standard and to send chip identification information identifying the IC chip; and an information providing apparatus configured to carry out wireless communications with the IC chip included in the portable terminal, the information providing apparatus including a browser configured to read content transmitted via a network from an external apparatus and to output the content on a screen based on screen-output control information embedded in data of the content, the screen-output control information defining at least a format for outputting the content on the screen or a data structure of the content, and a wireless communication unit configured to carry out wireless communications with the IC chip included in the portable terminal, to receive the identification information from the IC chip, and to identify the IC chip in the portable terminal based on the received identification information, wherein transmission target information that is to be transmitted to the portable terminal, and transmission control information instructing transmission of the transmission target information to the portable terminal, are also embedded in the data of the content, wherein the browser instructs the wireless communication unit to transmit the transmission target information to the portable terminal based on the transmission control information embedded in the content that has been read, and wherein the wireless communication unit, by wireless communications, transmits the transmission target information to the IC chip, identified by the received identification information, included in the portable terminal based on the instruction from the browser. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An information providing apparatus that carries out wireless communications with an IC chip included in a portable terminal, the IC chip configured to communicate with an other device wirelessly in accordance with Near Field Communication standard and to send chip identification information identifying the IC chip, the information providing apparatus comprising:
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a browser configured to read content transmitted via a network from an external apparatus and to output the content on a screen based on screen-output control information embedded in data of the content, the screen-output control information defining at least a format for outputting the content on the screen or a data structure of the content; and a wireless communication unit configured to carry out wireless communications with the IC chip included in the portable terminal, to receive the identification information from the IC chip, and to identify the IC chip in the portable terminal based on the received identification information; wherein transmission target information that is to be transmitted to the portable terminal, and transmission control information instructing transmission of the transmission target information to the portable terminal, are also embedded in the data of the content, wherein the browser instructs the wireless communication unit to transmit the transmission target information to the portable terminal based on the transmission control information embedded in the content that has been read, and wherein the wireless communication unit, by wireless communications, transmits the transmission target information to the IC chip, identified by the received identification information, included in the portable terminal based on the instruction from the browser. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A computer program stored in a storage unit of an information providing apparatus including a wireless communication unit that carries out wireless communications with an IC chip included in a portable terminal, the IC chip configured to communicate with an other device wirelessly in accordance with Near Field Communication standard and to send chip identification information identifying the IC chip, the computer program causing the information providing apparatus to execute processing comprising the steps of:
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reading content transmitted via a network from an external apparatus; outputting the content on a screen based on screen-output control information embedded in data of the content, the screen-output control information defining at least a format for outputting the content on the screen or a data structure of the content; reading transmission target information that is to be transmitted to the portable terminal and transmission control information instructing transmission of the transmission target information to the portable terminal, the transmission target information and the transmission control information also being embedded in the data of the content; and instructing the wireless communication unit to transmit the transmission target information to the portable terminal, identified by the identification information, based on the transmission control information. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. An information providing method that is implemented using a portable terminal including an IC chip configured to communicate with an other device wirelessly in accordance with Near Field Communication standard and to send chip identification information identifying the IC chip, and an information providing apparatus that carries out wireless communications with the IC chip included in the portable terminal, the information providing method comprising the steps, executed by the information providing apparatus, of:
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reading content transmitted via a network from an external apparatus; parsing transmission target information that is to be transmitted to the portable terminal and transmission control information instructing transmission of the transmission target information to the portable terminal, the transmission target information and the transmission control information being embedded in the content that has been read; transmitting the transmission target information by wireless communications to the IC chip, identified by the received identification information, included in the portable terminal based on the transmission control information. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A portable terminal, comprising:
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an IC chip configured to communicate with an information providing apparatus in accordance with Near Field Communication standard, to send chip identification information identifying the IC chip, and to receive transmission target information from the information providing apparatus, the transmission target information is embedded in content received by a service providing apparatus, the content contains transmission control information; and a controller configured to receive the transmission target information from the IC chip and output display information based on the transmission target information received by the IC chip on a screen. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer program that causes a portable terminal including an IC chip configured to communicate with an information processing apparatus in accordance with Near Field Communication standard, to send chip identification information identifying the IC chip, and to execute processing for outputting transmission target information based on transmission control information embedded in content received by the IC chip from the information providing apparatus by wireless communications.
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20. An information outputting method for a portable terminal including an IC chip configured to communicate wirelessly with an information providing apparatus in accordance with Near Field Communication standard and to send chip identification information identifying the IC chip, the information outputting method comprising:
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receiving, in the IC chip by wireless communication, transmission target information and transmission control information embedded in content, and type information representing a type of the transmission target information from the information providing apparatus; and displaying the transmission target information and an image corresponding to the type information on a display screen.
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21. An information providing system, comprising:
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a portable terminal including an IC chip configured to communicate with an other device wirelessly in accordance with Near Field Communication standard and to send chip identification information identifying the IC chip; a reader/writer device configured to communicate with an information providing apparatus and to communicate with the portable terminal, the reader/writer device including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with the IC chip included in the portable terminal, to receive the identification information from the IC chip, and to identify the IC chip in the portable terminal based on the received identification information; and an information providing apparatus configured to communicate with the reader/writer device, the information providing apparatus including a browser configured to read content transmitted via a network from an external apparatus and to output the content on a screen based on screen-output control information embedded in data of the content, the screen-output control information defining at least a format for outputting the content on the screen or a data structure of the content, wherein the portable terminal is configured to receive transmission target information that is transmitted from the reader/writer device, and transmission control information instructing transmission of the transmission target information to the portable terminal and the transmission target information are embedded in the data of the content, and wherein the browser controls transmission of the transmission target information to the portable terminal based on the transmission control information embedded in the content that has been read.
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