Information communication terminal, mobile telephone, contents distributing apparatus, contents distributing system, and program product

• US 8,045,979 B2
• Filed: 12/07/2006
• Issued: 10/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Hirano, Toshie
• Primary Examiner(s): Rego; Dominic E
• Application Number:
  US12/086,690
• Publication Number:
  US 20090163135A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,783 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.2, 455/456.3, 455/408, 455/410, 455/411, 455/414.1, 455/414.3, 455/422.13, 455/432.3, 709/203, 709/217, 709/219, 709/226, 370/235
• US Class Current: 455/432.3
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/576 associated with a pictorial or graphical representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations

Abstract

Provided is a mobile telephone easily associating ringing tones and an address book. A control unit implementing the mobile telephone includes an input unit accepting input of data, an instruction detecting unit detecting an instruction for executing an action specific to the mobile telephone based on the input data, a flag setting unit setting for each address a flag for discriminating an address to be assigned a ringing tone from an address not to be assigned the ringing tone, a ringing tone retrieving unit retrieving the ringing tones assignable to the address book, a registrant-by-registrant basis ringing tone assigning unit executing an operation for assigning the ringing tone to each address book based on an entered instruction and the result of the retrieval by the ringing tone retrieving unit, and an output unit writing the flag set by the flag setting unit in a storage unit.

Claims

1. An information communication terminal comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive a signal including a communication data or a contents data, the contents data being associated with a first assignment data for assigning the contents data to a communication other-end party beforehand, the first assignment data being one of a first group of data predefined as the contents data'"'"'s attribute;

a memory, said memory storing multiple kinds of contents data obtained from the signal received by said receiving unit, the first assignment data associated with each of the contents data, an identification data for identifying each of the plurality of communication other-end parties, and a second assignment data for assigning a contents data a communication other-end party, said identification data and said second assignment data being associated, said second assignment data being one of a second group of data predefined as the communication other-end party'"'"'s attribute, the first group of data and the second group of data including the same data; and

a controller configured to assign said contents data to the communication other-end party based on the first assignment data associated with the contents data and the second assignment data associated with the identification data.

2. The information communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said controller is configured to assign the contents data to the communication other-end party when the associated first assignment data and the second assignment data are the same.

3. The information communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein

a genre for classifying items is associated with said contents data and said communication other-end party, and

said controller is configured to assign said contents data to said communication other-end party based on said genre.

4. The information communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said controller is configured to assign said contents data to said communication other-end party based on a history of communications between said communication other-end party and said information communication terminal.

5. The information communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said controller is configured to set, in the assigned contents data, a flag representing the fact that the contents data is already assigned to the communication other-end party.

6. The information communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising an operation unit configured to accept an operation for associating the contents data with the communication other-end party, wherein

said controller is configured to produce, based on said operation, data representing the fact that said contents data is associated with said communication other-end party, and configured to associate the data produced by said producing unit with said contents data.

7. The information communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said controller is configured to associate said identification data with said contents data based on a random number data.

8. The information communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said controller is configured to associate said contents data with said communication other-end party according to an arrangement defined based on each of said plurality of identification data items and an arrangement defined based on each of said plurality of contents data items.

9. The information communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said controller is configured to associate said contents data with said communication other-end party when said controller detects an update of data in said information communication terminal.

10. The information communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said controller is configured to assign said contents data to said communication other-end party when said controller detects that elapse of a predetermined period.

11. The information communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein, in response to the detection of an incoming call, said controller is configured to assign said contents data to said communication other-end party.

12. The information communication terminal according to claim 1, further comprising an output unit configured to perform an output operation based on said contents data.

13. The information communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said controller is configured to change all of said contents data stored in said memory.

14. The information communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said controller is configured to select said plurality of contents data items stored in said memory and changes the selected contents data items collectively and simultaneously.

15. A content distributing device for transmitting a content to the information communication terminal according to claim 1, comprising:

a communication unit configured to communicate with each of a plurality of information communication terminals, said communication unit receiving information from each information communication terminal;

a storing unit configured to store a plurality of distribution data items for distribution, and a database including attribute data associated with each of said distribution data items, said attribute data being associated with information for identifying an other-end party of the communications performed by said information communication terminal; and

a controller configured to control the content distributing device;

said controller being configured to detect a request for distribution of the distribution data stored in said storing unit based on the information received by said communication unit, said request including sender information for specifying the information communication terminal requesting said distribution, wherein

said communication unit is configured to transmit said distribution-requested distribution data to the information communication terminal specified by said sender information,

said controller is configured to detect reception of feedback information transmitted from each of said information communication terminals based on the information received by said communication unit, said feedback information including attribute data associated with the distribution data stored in the information communication terminal having sent said request, and

said controller is configured to update said database based on said attribute data included in said feedback information.

16. A method for communicating information, comprising the steps of:

receiving a signal including a communication data or a contents data, the contents data being associated a first assignment data for assigning the contents data to a communication other-end party beforehand, the first assignment data being one of a first group of data predefined as the contents data'"'"'s attribute;

loading multiple kinds of contents data obtained from the signal received, the first assignment data associated to each of the contents data, an identification data for identifying each of the plurality of communication other-end parties, and a second assignment data for assigning a contents data a communication other-end party, said identification data and said second assignment data being associated, said second assignment data being one of a second group of data predefined as the communication other-end party'"'"'s attribute, the first group of data and the second group of data including the same data; and

assigning said contents data to the communication other-end party based on the first assignment data associated with the contents data and the second assignment data associated with the identification data.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the step of assigning includes the step of assigning the contents data to the other-end party when the associated first assignment data and the second assignment data are the same.

18. The method according to claim 16, wherein

a genre for classifying items is associated with said contents data and said communication other-end party, and

the step of assigning includes the step of said contents data to communication other-end party based on said genre.

19. The method according to claim 16, wherein the step of assigning includes the step of assigning said contents data to said communication other-end party based on a history of communications between said communication other-end party and said information communication terminal.

20. The method according to claim 16, wherein the step of assigning includes the step of setting, in the assigned contents data, a flag representing the fact that the contents data is already assigned to the communication other-end party.