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 information providing apparatus wirelessly in accordance with Near Field Communication standard and to send chip identification information identifying the IC chip; and
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 the wireless communications in accordance with Near Field Communication 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 in accordance with Near Field Communication, 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. The information providing apparatus includes a browser that reads content and that outputs the content on a screen based on screen-output control information embedded in the content data and defining 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 based on the transmission control information. The wireless communication unit transmits the transmission target information to the IC chip based on the instruction.
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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 information providing apparatus wirelessly in accordance with Near Field Communication standard and to send chip identification information identifying the IC chip; and 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 the wireless communications in accordance with Near Field Communication 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 in accordance with Near Field Communication, 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)
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6. 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 in accordance with Near Field Communication standard with the IC chip included in the portable terminal, the method comprising:
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reading, on a browser of the information providing apparatus, content transmitted via a network from an external apparatus and 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, and carrying out wireless communications, with a wireless communication unit in the information providing apparatus, in accordance with the Near Field Communication 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 in accordance with Near Field Communication, 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 (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A portable terminal, comprising:
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an IC chip configured to communicate with an information providing apparatus wirelessly in accordance with Near Field Communication standard, to send chip identification information identifying the IC chip to the information providing apparatus, and to receive transmission target information from the information providing apparatus, the transmission target information is embedded in content received by an external apparatus, the content contains transmission control information; and a controller configured to receive the transmission target information from the IC chip identified by the identification information and output display information based on the transmission target information received by the IC chip on a display screen of the portable terminal. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, storing computer instructions which when executed by an information providing apparatus including a processor, executes a method for communicating wirelessly in accordance with Near Field Communication standard with a portable terminal including an IC chip which is configured to send chip identification information identifying the IC chip, the method comprising:
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reading, on a browser of the information providing apparatus, content transmitted via a network from an external apparatus and 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, and carrying out wireless communications, with a wireless communication unit in the information providing apparatus, in accordance with the Near Field Communication 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 in accordance with Near Field Communication, 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 (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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