Information collecting apparatus, receiving information processing apparatus and information transmitting apparatus

• US 5,987,029 A
• Filed: 03/20/1997
• Issued: 11/16/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Kotani, Seigo, Suzuki, Toshimitsu
• Primary Examiner(s): Olms, Douglas W.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sam, Phirin
• Application Number:
  US08/821,727
• Time in Patent Office: 971 Days
• Field of Search: 370/338, 370/401, 370/402, 370/349, 455/45, 455/66, 455/154, 455/158.4, 455/557, 455/517, 455/418, 455/507, 455/31.3, 348/7, 348/8, 348/12, 348/13, 348/552, 348/570, 348/730, 348/739, 348/751
• US Class Current: 370/389
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

An information collecting apparatus comprises a reception-only communication unit and a two-way communication unit. The information collecting apparatus extracts an address to be accessed by the two-way communication unit from data received by the reception-only communication unit and fetches a file stored at the address. The information collecting utilizes the two-way communication unit. An information transmitting apparatus transmits data, having standards including a dummy area to transmit the data, after the address of the file accessed by the two-way communication system independent of the transmitting system is described in the dummy area.

Claims

1. An information collecting apparatus comprising:

reception-only communication means for receiving data, said data including an address and index information, said reception-only communication means configured to receive the data from a first medium of communication;

two-way communication means for receiving the data and for transmitting data including the address and the index information and obtaining detail information based upon the index information, said two-way communication means configured to interact with a second medium of communication different than the first medium of communication;

access processing means for extracting the address to be accessed by said two-way communication means from the data received by said reception-only communication means and for using the address to fetch files existing in said address using said two-way communication means;

keyword registering means for registering a retrieving keyword; and

retrieving means for storing said registered keyword and retrieving said received data using said keyword, wherein said access means extracts the address corresponding to said received data including said registered keyword for access from said two-way communication means.

2. An information collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said reception-only communication means comprises a memory storing said received data;

and

a driving power supply driving said reception-only communication means and said retrieving means independent of a driving power supply for said two-way communication means, said keyword registration means, and said access means.

3. An information collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein said retrieving means drives said access means when the received data including said registered keyword is extracted.

4. An information collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

display means for displaying one of said received data retrieved by said retrieving means and the data as a part of said received data; and

input means for accepting an instruction input for selecting data displayed on said display means, wherein said access means extracts the address corresponding to the received data selectively instructed by said input means for access by said two-way communication means.

5. An information collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said reception-only communication means comprises a receiver receiving FM teletext data specified by DARC standards, and wherein said page header comprises a header character string and a message content character string;

said information collecting apparatus further comprising;

display means for displaying a uniform resources locator (URL) described in the dummy area of the page data and the button linked to the uniform resources locator (URL), in addition to the header character string and the message content character string of said page header of said FM teletext data;

input means comprising a pointing device detecting that one of said displayed uniform resources locator (URL) and said button linked to said uniform resources locator (URL) is pointed to as input; and

said access means executes fetches a uniform resources locator (URL) file corresponding to and based on the point input.

6. An information collecting apparatus as claimed in claim 5, wherein reception-oily communication means comprises:

a memory storing said received data; and

power supply driving means for driving said reception-only communication means and said retrieving means, independent of the driving power supply for said two-way communication means, said keyword registration means, said input means and said access means.

7. An apparatus comprising:

an information processing apparatus comprising;

two-way communication means configured to access a first medium of communication,

an access means for executing communication utilizing said two-way communication means, and

a keyword registration means for accepting keyword registration input;

a reception-only communication unit configured to receive information from a second medium of communication different than the first medium of communication; and

a receiving information processing apparatus, inserted and connected between the information processing apparatus and the reception-only communication unit, and comprising;

means for storing the keyword registered to said keyword registration means,

means for retrieving data received by said reception-only communication means using said keyword, and

means for transferring the received data comprising said keyword to said information processing apparatus.

8. An apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the access means thereof is controllably driven when the received data including said registered keyword is extracted.

9. An apparatus as claimed in claim 7, wherein the data received by said reception-only communication means is in a data format, and said receiving information processing apparatus further comprises:

data format converting means for converting the data format of the data received by said reception-only communication means to a data format for information processing by said information processing apparatus.

10. An apparatus as claimed in claim 9, wherein said data format converting means converts the FM teletext data specified by the DARC standards into hypertext markup language (HTML) text.