Information providing system, program, information storage medium, and user interface setting method

• US 20020154160A1
• Filed: 03/19/2002
• Published: 10/24/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Hosokawa, Matsuhisa
• Application Number:
  US10/099,967
• Publication Number:
  US 20020154160A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/738
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Abstract

The invention provides an information providing system that is capable of providing information that is appropriate for attributes of a terminal device, a program, an information storage medium, and a user interface setting method. An information providing device that provides operation information to a portable phone is provided with a printer operation program group, containing a plurality of types of printer operation programs, and a selection section that selects a program on the basis of attribute information from the portable phone.

Claims

1. An information providing system that provides operation information to perform a predetermined operation in a predetermined terminal device, said information providing system comprising:

an acquiring device that acquires attribute information indicating attributes of said terminal device;

a selection device that selects, based on the acquired attribute information, operation information that is appropriate for said terminal device from a plurality of types of operation information stored in a predetermined storage area; and

a providing device that provides the selected operation information to said terminal device,

said attribute information indicating a plurality of attributes, a priority being set for each attribute, and said selection device selecting said operation information on the basis of said priority.

2. The information providing system according to claim 1, said providing device providing, to said terminal device, priority setting information to prompt a user of said terminal device to set the priority for each attribute.

3. The information providing system according to claim 1, said acquiring device acquiring only the attribute information that indicates said attribute having a high priority from said terminal device.

4. A computer-usable program for use with an information providing system that provides operation information to perform a predetermined operation in a predetermined terminal device, said program implementable by a computer and comprising:

an acquiring program for acquiring attribute information indicating attributes of said terminal device;

a selection program for selecting, based on the acquired attribute information, operation information that is appropriate for said terminal device from a plurality of types of operation information stored in a predetermined storage area; and

a providing program for providing the selected operation information to said terminal device,

said attribute information indicating a plurality of attributes, a priority being set for each attribute, and said selection program selecting said operation information on the basis of said priority.

5. The program according to claim 4, said providing program providing, to said terminal device, priority setting information to prompt a user of said terminal device to set a priority for each attribute.

6. The program according to claim 4, said acquiring program acquiring only the attribute information indicating said attribute having a high priority from said terminal device.

7. A computer-usable information storage medium, comprising:

the program according to claim 4 stored therein.

8. A user interface setting method that sets a user interface in a predetermined terminal device, said user interface setting method comprising:

acquiring attribute information indicating a plurality of attributes of said terminal device in order to set said user interface;

selecting, based on the acquired attribute information, setting information that is appropriate for said terminal device from a plurality of types of setting information of a plurality of types of user interfaces; and

providing the selected setting information to said terminal device,

said attribute information indicating a plurality of attributes, a priority being set for each attribute, and said selection step selecting said setting information on the basis of said priority.

9. The user interface setting method according to claim 8, said providing step providing, to said terminal device, priority setting information to prompt a user of said terminal device to set a priority for each attribute.

10. The interface setting method according to claim 8, said acquiring step acquiring only the attribute information indicating said attribute having a high priority from said terminal device.