Information providing apparatus, provided information presenting apparatus, and information providing method

• US 7,949,713 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2003
• Issued: 05/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Naito, Eiichi, Ozawa, Jun
• Primary Examiner(s): Vaughn, Jr.; William C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cloud; Joiya M
• Application Number:
  US10/485,068
• Publication Number:
  US 20040233908A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,022 Days
• Field of Search: 709/206
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/16 Sequence circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2016 Call initiation by network rather than by subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2072 Schedules, e.g. personal calendars
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42008 Systems for anonymous communication between parties, e.g. by use of disposal contact identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42102 Making use of the called party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4211 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42365 Presence services providing information on the willingness to communicate or the ability to communicate in terms of media capability or network connectivity
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/46 Arrangements for calling a number of substations in a predetermined sequence until an answer is obtained
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/487 Arrangements for providing information services, e.g. recorded voice services or time announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4872 Non-interactive information services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/54 Arrangements for diverting calls for one subscriber to another predetermined subscriber based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; to voice mail H04M3/53308
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

In order to achieve secure provision of appropriate information according to the status of a plurality of terminal apparatuses, a status detecting section detects the status of a cellular mobile phone, and the like, and a communication destination apparatus determining section selects a terminal apparatus with which communication can be established and at which received information can be presented according to the priority for transmission of the provided information. A content DB retrieves information to be provided. A server communication section transmits retrieved provided information to the selected terminal apparatus. With such a structure, the provided information is presented at another terminal apparatus when a terminal apparatus having a high priority is impossible to establish communication or is unsuitable for presentation of the provided information. Thus, provision of information is securely achieved.

Claims

1. An information providing apparatus for transmitting provided information which is to be presented at a provided-information presenting apparatus, the information providing apparatus comprising:

destination information storage device including a processor that stores destination information indicative of one or more provided-information presenting apparatuses for each one of a plurality of information recipients;

communication capability detecting section that detects whether or not communication with the provided-information presenting apparatuses can be performed;

presentation functionality determining section that determines whether or not presentation of the provided information at the provided-information presenting apparatuses can be performed;

destination determining section that selects a destination of the provided information among provided-information presenting apparatuses which have been detected by the communication capability detecting section to be available for communication, according to a predetermined priority, based on a determination result by the presentation functionality determining section;

transmission device that transmits the provided information to the provided-information presenting apparatus selected by the destination determining section; and

operation status detecting section that detects the operation status of the provided information presenting means,

wherein;

(a) the presentation functionality determining section determines whether or not presentation of the provided information can be performed based on the operation status;

(b) the operation status detecting section detects whether or not a battery of each of the provided-information presenting apparatuses is being charged with electric power; and

(c) the destination determining section selects, among provided-information presenting apparatuses based on whose battery is not being charged with electric power, a provided-information presenting apparatus having a high priority as the destination.