APPLICATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICES, SERVER DEVICE, APPLICATION PROVIDING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS

• US 20070203969A1
• Filed: 08/28/2006
• Published: 08/30/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FeliCa Networks, Inc
• Original Assignee: FeliCa Networks, Inc
• Inventors: Wakasa, Shigeki, Shimizu, Takahiro, Ogishima, Jun
• Granted Patent: US 7,881,709 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/200
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/0031 for data transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice 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 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

An application providing system is provided. The application providing system includes a portable terminal device having an IC chip configured to perform radio communications; and a server device; the application providing system connecting the portable terminal device and the server device through a communication network, wherein the portable terminal device includes a transmitted message receiver section, an application determination section, an application transmission request generation section, and an application storage section, wherein the server device includes a transmitted message generation section, a transmitted message sender section, an application transmission request receiver section, an application storage section, and an application sender section.

Claims

1. An application providing system comprising:

a portable terminal device having an IC chip configured to perform radio communications; and

a server device;

wherein said portable terminal device and said server device are connected through communication network;

wherein said portable terminal device includes a transmitted message receiver section provided inside said IC chip configured to receive a transmitted message including parameter information and identification information of an application to be executed by said portable terminal device on the basis of said parameter information from said server device,

an application determination section configured to determine whether or not said application corresponding to said identification information of the application included in said transmitted message exists in said portable terminal device,

an application transmission request generation section configured to generate a request for transmission of said identified application from said server device to said portable terminal device if the application determination section determines that said application does not exist in said portable terminal device, and

an application storage section configured to store an application transmitted by said server device,

wherein said server device includes

a transmitted message generation section configured to generate a transmitted message to be transmitted to said portable terminal device,

a transmitted message sender section configured to transmit said transmitted message to said portable terminal device in accordance with a request made by said portable terminal device,

an application transmission request receiver section configured to accept a request transmitted by said portable terminal device as a request for transmission of an application from said server device to said portable terminal device if said application to be executed in said portable terminal device does not exist in said portable terminal device,

an application storage section configured to store applications and application identity information by associating said applications with their respective application identity information each used for identifying said associated one of said applications, and

an application sender section configured to transmit an application according to a request accepted by said application transmission request receiver section from said portable terminal device to said portable terminal device.

2. A portable terminal device connected to a server device through a communication network, the portable terminal device comprising:

an IC chip configured to perform radio communications;

a transmitted message receiver section provided inside said IC chip configured to receive a transmitted message including parameter information and identification information of an application to be executed by said portable terminal device on the basis of said parameter information from said server device;

an application determination section configured to determine whether or not said application corresponding to said identification information included in said transmitted message exists in said portable terminal device;

an application transmission request generation section configured to generate a request for transmission of said identified application from said server device to said portable terminal device if said application determination section determines that said application does not exist in said portable terminal device; and

an application storage section configured to store an application transmitted by said server device.

3. The portable terminal device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a display section configured to display a result of execution of an application executed on the basis of parameter information included in a transmitted message.

4. The portable terminal device according to claim 2, further comprising:

a controller configured to control execution of predetermined applications;

wherein said controller controls execution of said application, which corresponds to said identification information of said application, on the basis of said parameter information included in said transmitted message.

5. The portable terminal device according to claim 4, wherein said IC chip comprises:

a first communication section for carrying out a near-field non-contact communication with an external communication device also connected to said server device through said communication network; and

a second communication section for carrying out a communication with said controller;

wherein a transmitted message received by said first communication section from said external communication device is sent to said controller via said second communication section.

6. The portable terminal device according to claim 2, wherein said transmitted message includes pieces of identification information used for identifying a plurality of applications according to the specifications of said portable terminal device;

and

wherein said application determination section determines whether or not each of said applications corresponding to one of said pieces of identification information included in said transmitted message exists in said portable terminal device.

7. A server device connected through a communication network to a portable terminal device having an IC chip configured to perform radio communications, said server device comprising:

a transmitted message generation section configured to generate a transmitted message to be transmitted to said portable terminal device, the transmitted message including parameter information and identification information of an application to be executed by said portable terminal device on the basis of said parameter information;

a transmitted message sender section configured to transmit said transmitted message to said portable terminal device in accordance with a request made by said portable terminal device;

an application transmission request receiver section configured to accept a request transmitted by said portable terminal device as a request for transmission of an application from said server device to said portable terminal device if said application to be executed in said portable terminal device does not exist in said portable terminal device;

an application storage section configured to store applications and application identity information by associating said applications with their respective application identity information each used for identifying said associated one of said applications; and

an application sender section configured to transmit an application according to a request accepted by said application transmission request receiver section from said portable terminal device to said portable terminal device.

8. The server device according to claim 7 wherein said application sender section acquires an application according to a request made by said portable terminal device from said application storage section and transmits said application to said portable terminal device.

9. The server device according to claim 7 wherein said transmitted message generation section generates a transmitted message including pieces of identification information used for identifying a plurality of applications according to the specifications of said portable terminal device.

10. An application providing method comprising:

connecting through a communication network a portable terminal device;

receiving a transmitted message in the IC chip, the transmitted message including parameter information and identification information of an application to be executed by said portable terminal device on the basis of said parameter information from said server device;

determining by an application determination section of said portable terminal device, if said application corresponding to said identification information included in said transmitted message exists in said portable terminal device;

generating in said portable terminal device a request for transmission of said application corresponding to said identification information;

transmitting said request to said server device in order to request said server device to transmit said application corresponding to said identification information to said portable terminal device if said determination result indicates that said application corresponding to said identification information does not exist in said portable terminal device; and

storing said application transmitted from said server device.

11. A computer program to be executed for driving a portable terminal device having an IC chip configured to perform radio communications and a server device connected to said portable terminal device through a communication network, said computer program comprising:

receiving a transmitted message including parameter information and identification information of an application to be executed by said portable terminal device on the basis of said parameter information from said server device;

determining if said application corresponding to said identification information included in said transmitted message exists in said portable terminal device;

generating a request for transmission of said application corresponding to said identification information from said server device to said portable terminal device and transmitting said request to said server device in order to request said server device to transmit said application corresponding to said identification information to said portable terminal device said identification information does not exist in said portable terminal device; and

storing said application received from said server device.

12. A computer program to be executed for driving a portable terminal device having an IC chip configured to perform radio communications and a server device connected to said portable terminal device through a communication network, said computer program comprising:

generating a transmitted message including parameter information and identification information of an application to be executed by said portable terminal device on the basis of said parameter information;

transmitting said transmitted message to said portable terminal device in accordance with a request made by said portable terminal device;

accepting said request transmitted by said portable terminal device as a request for transmission of an application from said server device to said portable terminal device if said application to be executed in said portable terminal device on the basis of parameter information does not exist in said portable terminal device; and

transmitting said application according to said request made by said portable terminal device to said portable terminal device.