Communication information sharing system, communication information sharing method, communication information sharing program

• US 20050144219A1
• Filed: 12/04/2002
• Published: 06/30/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: CYBIRD Co., Ltd. (Aeria, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: CYBIRD Co., Ltd. (Aeria, Inc.)
• Inventors: Terada, Shinji
• Application Number:
  US10/497,919
• Publication Number:
  US 20050144219A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A communication information sharing system according to the invention includes a first user terminal which first transmits a conversational sentence, a second user terminal which first receives a conversational sentence, and a management server which perform information management so that both terminals can display their mutual characters on the respective terminals.

Claims

1. A communication information sharing system which enables data to be communicated between at least two user terminals comprising:

a management server which manages identifiers added to information symbolic of the respective user terminals,

the management server including identifier sharing means for causing an identifier to be used by one of the user terminals for transmission of data and an identifier to be used by another user terminal for reception of data to coincide with one another.

11. A communication information sharing system according to claim 1, wherein said the management server includes issuing means for issuing identifiers to identify the respective user terminals.

12. A communication information sharing system according to claim 11, wherein said the management server includes registering means for registering an identifier transmitted from any of the user terminals in predetermined identifier storing means when the identifier is not stored in the identifier storing means.

13. A communication information sharing system according to claim 12, wherein said the management server includes updating means for updating registration of identifiers.

14. A communication information sharing system according to claim 13, wherein said the management server displays a character symbolic of one of the user terminals on a display device of another of the user terminals.

15. A communication information sharing system according to claim 14, wherein said the identifier storing means stores identifiers which identify the respective user terminals.

16. A communication information sharing system according to claim 15, wherein said the identifier storing means stores identifiers which associate the user terminals with one another.

17. A communication information sharing system according to claim 16, wherein said the identifier storing means stores an identifier of a link to another server which manages characters associated with the respective identifiers.

18. A communication information sharing system according to claim 1, wherein said the at least two user terminals enable conversational sentences and characters to be communicated in real time.

2. A communication information sharing system including at least two user terminals connected via a network to perform communication of data therebetween, and a management server which performs management of identifiers added to information symbolic of the respective user terminals comprising:

transmitting means for transmitting the identifiers together with the data;

receiving means for receiving the identifiers;

identifier sharing means for causing an identifier to be returned to another of the user terminals to coincide with an identifier transmitted from one of the user terminals;

replying means for returning the coincident identifier;

receiving means for receiving the identifier;

acquiring means for acquiring information associated with the identifier; and

outputting means for outputting the information.

3. A management server in a communication information sharing system which manages identifiers respectively added to information symbolic of at least two user terminals which perform communication of data therebetween comprising:

receiving means for receiving an identifier transmitted from a remote communication terminal;

identifier sharing means for causing the identifier and an identifier to be returned to coincide with each other;

guiding means for performing guidance for acquiring, on the basis of the coincident identifier, information associated with the identifier; and

replying means for transmitting the coincident identifier to another of the user terminals.

4. A user terminal in an information communication system, which constitutes each of at least two transmission-and reception-side user terminals which perform communication of data therebetween via a network comprising:

identifier storing means for storing information symbolic of a remote communication terminal and an identifier associated with the information; and

comparing means for comparing the information with information stored previously in the identifier storing means

the user terminal acquiring predetermined information on the basis of a comparison result.

5. A communication information sharing system which constitutes a communication system which enables conversational sentences to be communicated between at least two user terminals comprising:

a management server which manages identifiers added to characters symbolic of the respective user terminals,

the management server including identifier sharing means for causing an identifier to be used by one of the user terminals for transmission of a conversational sentence and an identifier to be used by another of the user terminals for reception of the conversational sentence to coincide with each other.

6. A communication information sharing system which constitutes a communication system including at least two user terminals connected via a network to perform communication of conversational sentences therebetween, and a management server which performs management of identifiers added to a character symbolic of the respective user terminals comprising:

transmitting means for transmitting the identifiers together with the conversational sentences;

receiving means for receiving the identifiers;

identifier sharing means for causing an identifier to be returned to another of the user terminals to coincide with an identifier transmitted from one of the user terminals;

replying means for returning the coincident identifier;

receiving means for receiving the identifier;

acquiring means for acquiring the character associated with the identifier; and

display means for displaying the character.

7. A communication information sharing system which constitutes a communication system which enables conversational sentences to be communicated between at least two user terminals comprising:

a management server which manages links to databases which store personal information on users,

the management server including identifier sharing means for causing identifiers of both user terminals to coincide with each other so that personal information having an identifier transmitted from one of the user terminals can be outputted at another of the user terminals.

8. A communication information sharing system according to claim 7, wherein said the personal information is information relative to schedules.

9. A communication information sharing system according to claim 7, wherein said the personal information is information relative to addresses.

10. A communication information sharing system according to claim 7, further comprising identifier storing means which stores identifiers of links to servers or databases which manage personal information associated with identifiers.

19. A communication information sharing method to be performed by at least two user terminals connected via a network to perform communication of conversational sentences therebetween, and a management server which performs management of identifiers added to a character symbolic of the respective user terminals comprising:

a step of transmitting the identifiers together with the conversational sentences;

a step of receiving the identifiers;

a step of causing an identifier to be returned to another of the user terminals to coincide with an identifier transmitted from one of the user terminals;

a step of returning the coincident identifier;

a step of receiving the identifier;

a step of acquiring a character associated with the identifier; and

a step of displaying the character on a display device of said another user terminal.

20. A communication information sharing program computer-executable by at least two user terminals connected via a network to perform communication of conversational sentences therebetween, and a management server which performs management of identifiers added to a character symbolic of the respective user terminals comprising:

a step of transmitting the identifiers together with the conversational sentences;

a step of receiving the identifiers;

a step of causing an identifier to be returned to another of the user terminals to coincide with an identifier transmitted from one of the user terminals;

a step of returning the coincident identifier;

a step of receiving the identifier;

a step of acquiring a character associated with the identifier; and

a step of displaying the character on a display device of said another user terminal.

21. A communication information sharing method to be performed by at least two user terminals connected via a network to perform communication of a conversational sentence therebetween, and a management server which performs management of an identifier added to personal information inputted from each of the user terminals comprising:

a step of transmitting personal information to which an identifier is added, together with the conversational sentence;

a step of receiving the personal information;

a step of causing the identifier added to the personal information to coincide with an identifier of personal information to be returned to another of the user terminals;

a step of returning personal information based on the coincident identifier;

a step of receiving the personal information;

a step of editing the personal information;

a step of transmitting the personal information to another of the user terminals; and

a step of displaying the personal information on a display device of the user terminal.

22. A communication information sharing program to be executed by a computer of a management server which performs management of identifiers added to personal information inputted from at least two user terminals connected via a network to perform communication of conversational sentences therebetween comprising:

a step of transmitting personal information to which an identifier is added, together with the conversational sentence;

a step of receiving the personal information;

a step of causing the identifier added to the personal information to coincide with an identifier of personal information to be returned to another of the user terminals;

a step of returning personal information based on the coincident identifier;

a step of receiving the personal information;

a step of editing the personal information;

a step of transmitting the personal information to another of the user terminals; and

a step of displaying the personal information on a display device of the user terminal.