Radio communication system for push information delivery
First Claim
1. A push-type function server operating in a radio communication system comprised by a plurality of radio servers connectable to the Internet;
- at least one type of a function server connected to said radio servers and connectable to the Internet;
a radio base station connected to said radio server for radio communication;
a mobile radio device for radio communication with the radio base station; and
a terminal device connected to the mobile radio device;
so that the terminal device can connect to the Internet by communication with the mobile radio device within an area managed by the radio base station connected to the radio server;
wherein the push-type function server is comprised by;
an information accumulation section for accumulating information to be distributed to the terminal device and an identifier information for identifying the terminal device and a processing section;
wherein the processing section is comprised by;
a mobile device address information acquiring section for acquiring address information of a mobile radio device connected to a destination terminal device from a home radio server that manages the mobile radio device according to the identifier information; and
an information distribution section for distributing information to the radio server connected to the destination terminal device according to the address information.
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Abstract
To realize real-time information distribution and a server that reliably delivers information to a mobile terminal and a push-type control method for an information monitoring device.
The push-type function server of this invention accumulates information to be distributed and identifier information of destination terminal devices; obtains address information of a terminal device from a home radio server that manages the terminal device according to the identifier information, and transfers distributed information to a radio server connected to a destination terminal device based on the address information, and the information monitoring device monitors whether or not data to be distributed to a specified terminal device have been delivered to other information-storing severs.
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1. A push-type function server operating in a radio communication system comprised by a plurality of radio servers connectable to the Internet;
- at least one type of a function server connected to said radio servers and connectable to the Internet;
a radio base station connected to said radio server for radio communication;
a mobile radio device for radio communication with the radio base station; and
a terminal device connected to the mobile radio device;
so that the terminal device can connect to the Internet by communication with the mobile radio device within an area managed by the radio base station connected to the radio server;
wherein the push-type function server is comprised by;an information accumulation section for accumulating information to be distributed to the terminal device and an identifier information for identifying the terminal device and a processing section;
wherein the processing section is comprised by;
a mobile device address information acquiring section for acquiring address information of a mobile radio device connected to a destination terminal device from a home radio server that manages the mobile radio device according to the identifier information; and
an information distribution section for distributing information to the radio server connected to the destination terminal device according to the address information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
an information monitoring section for detecting changes in information accumulated in other function servers; and
an information transfer section for transferring a new piece of information in the accumulated information to the push-type function server according to claim 1.
- at least one type of a function server connected to said radio servers and connectable to the Internet;
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3. An information monitoring device according to claim 2, wherein
the information monitoring section is further provided with an information extraction section for building information to be transferred according to an amount/contents of information accumulated in other function servers; - and
the information transfer section transfers information built by the information extraction section.
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4. A broadcasting terminal device for broadcasting identical information to computers and terminals connected to specified networks simultaneously, operating in the terminal device for receiving information from the push-type function server that receives the information from the information monitoring device according to claim 2, wherein
the broadcasting terminal device attaches an identifier to identifier to indicate that said information is broadcasting information and a network addresses of a network to be broadcasted; - and
further distributes the information to the network indicated by said network address after classifying said information by the destination to which it is broadcast.
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5. A terminal device for receiving information from the push-type function server that received the information from the information monitoring device according to claim 2 and for displaying for network broadcast information broadcasted after classified into each destination to be broadcasted, wherein
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a broadcast information receiving section for receiving broadcast information and establishing communication with a computer server by communicating with a radio base station connected to the computer server by radio communication;
a broadcast level defining section defined with a broadcast level, corresponding to the terminal device, of the broadcast levels classified into each destination to be broadcasted; and
a broadcast information extraction section for extracting from the broadcast information received only the information necessary for the terminal device according to the broadcast level.
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6. A computer server operating in the push-type function server that receives information from the information monitoring device according to claim 2, for distributing the broadcast information to terminal devices under own control after receiving broadcast information classified into each destination to be broadcasted, wherein
the computer server is further comprised by: -
a broadcast information receiving section for receiving broadcast information;
a broadcast level defining section defined with a broadcast level corresponding to the terminal device connected to the compute server of broadcast level classified into each destination to be broadcasted;
a broadcast information reconstruction section for reconstructing received broadcast information for each broadcast level according to said broadcast level; and
a radio base station;
whereinradio communication with the terminal device is established via the radio base station, and the broadcast information reconstructed in the broadcast information reconstruction section is distributed to the terminal device.
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7. A radio server operating in a radio communication system comprised by a plurality of radio servers connectable to the Internet;
- at least one type of function server connected to the radio server, a base station radio connected to the radio server for radio communication with the radio server;
a mobile radio for radio communication with the base station radio; and
a terminal device connected to the mobile radio;
so that the mobile terminal can be connected to the Internet by radio communication with the mobile radio within a district under control of the base station radio connected to the radio server, wherein the radio server includes;an address conversion section for responding to a service request issued from a terminal device controlled by other radio server connected to the push-type function server that receives information from the information monitoring device, according to claim 2, and converting a destination address included in the service request to an address of a function server connected to the radio server and having an identical function as the push-type function server, and converting the address of the terminal device to a corresponding address in own network.
- at least one type of function server connected to the radio server, a base station radio connected to the radio server for radio communication with the radio server;
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8. A computer-readable recording medium containing a push-type program for the information monitoring device according to claim 3, including the steps of:
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detecting changes in information accumulated in other function servers;
building information to be transferred in accordance with the volume/content of the information; and
transferring the built information.
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9. A computer-readable recording medium containing a push-type program for the information monitoring device according to claim 3, comprising the steps of;
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detecting changes in information accumulated in other function servers;
building information to be transferred in accordance with the volume/content of the information; and
transferring the built information.
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10. A broadcasting terminal device in said terminal device which is distributed information by the push-type function server according to claim 1, said broadcasting terminal device for simultaneously distributing identical information to computers and terminals connected to specified networks,
wherein the broadcasting terminal device attaches an identifier to identifier to indicate that said information is broadcasting information and a network addresses of a network to be broadcasted; - and
further distributes the information to the network indicated by said network address after classifying said information by the destination to which it is broadcast.
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11. A terminal device for receiving information distributed by the push-type function server according to claim 1 and displaying broadcasting information broadcasted after classifying the broadcasting information into each destination to be broadcasted, wherein the terminal device is comprised by:
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a broadcast information receiving section for receiving broadcast information and establishing communication with a computer server by communicating with a radio base station connected to the computer server by radio communication;
a broadcast level defining section defined with a broadcast level, corresponding to the terminal device, of the broadcast levels classified into each destination to be broadcasted; and
a broadcast information extraction section for extracting from the broadcast information received only the information necessary for the terminal device according to the broadcast level.
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12. A method for communication based on the push-type function server according to claim 1 and the terminal device according to claim 11, including the steps of:
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in the push-type function server, acquiring address information from a home radio server that manages a mobile radio connected to the destination terminal device, based on the identifier information; and
transferring distribution information to a radio server connected to the destination terminal device, based on the address information; and
in the terminal device, receiving broadcast information;
extracting information necessary only to the terminal device from the broadcast information received, by referring to contents defined in a broadcast level defining section; and
displaying only the information extracted from the broadcast information.
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13. A computer server operating in the push-type function server according to claim 1 for receiving broadcast information classified into each destination to be broadcasted and distributing to terminal devices that are under own control;
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a broadcast information receiving section for receiving broadcast information;
a broadcast level defining section defined with a broadcast level corresponding to the terminal device connected to the compute server of broadcast level classified into each destination to be broadcasted;
a broadcast information reconstruction section for reconstructing received broadcast information for each broadcast level according to said broadcast level; and
a radio base station;
whereinradio communication with the terminal device is established via the radio base station, and the broadcast information reconstructed in the broadcast information reconstruction section is distributed to the terminal device.
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14. A network address conversion device for converting an original sender address or a destination address included in data exchanged between a mobile terminal operating in a radio communication network and the push-type function server, according to claim 1, connected to the Internet, said radio communication network comprised by subnetworks, each of which includes at least one mobile terminal and radio server connected to the mobile terminal by radio communication, said mobile radios being mobile among the plurality of subnetwork, and each radio server, serving as a home radio server for mobile terminal, stores and manages Internet IP addresses of radio servers managing subnetwork which said mobile terminals exists;
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the network address conversion device is provided in each radio server, and, in response to receiving a location identifier of a specific mobile terminal from the push-type function server to a home server of the specific mobile terminal, the network address conversion device notifies an Internet IP address of radio server managing a subnetwork currently in which the specific mobile terminal exists to the push-type function server; and
,in response to receiving an Internet IP address allocation request from the push-type function server, the network address conversion device allocates an Internet IP address to the specific mobile terminal and notifies the push-type function server of the allocated Internet IP address; and
in response to receiving data addressed to the allocated Internet IP address as its destination Internet IP address, the network address conversion device converts the destination address of the received data to a local address within the subnetwork in which the mobile terminal is currently operating.
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15. A network address conversion device for an original sender address or a destination address included in data exchanged between a mobile terminal and the push-type function server, according to claim 1, operating in a radio communication network, connected to the Internet, comprised by subnetworks, each of which includes at least one mobile terminal and one radio server connected to the mobile terminal by radio communication in such a way that mobile radios are free to operate within any subnetwork and each radio server serving as a home radio server stores and manages Internet IP addresses of radio servers managing mobile terminals that are currently operating in the subnetworks;
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the network address conversion device is provided in each radio server, and, each network address conversion device is comprised by;
a data analysis section for receiving the data exchanged between the mobile terminal and the push-type server connected to the Internet and analyzing a type, original sender and destination;
a current location search/notify section for finding, when the data analysis section judges that the received data is a location identifier for a specific mobile terminal sent from the push-type function server, an Internet IP address of a subnetwork in which the specific mobile terminal is operating and an Internet IP address of a radio server under which the mobile terminal is currently operating, by searching through Internet IP addresses of individual mobile terminals stored in respective radio servers and of radio servers managing subnetworks that mobile terminals belong, and sending a searched Internet IP address to the original sender of the inquiry signal;
an Internet IP address allocation section for allocating one Internet IP address chosen from a plurality of Internet IP addresses to the mobile terminal requesting an Internet IP addresses using the Internet IP addresses allocation request signal, when the data analysis section indicates that the received data is an Internet IP addresses allocation request sent from the push-type function server;
an address conversion table preparation section for matching an address of a mobile radio in a subnetworks to which the mobile radio belongs and an Internet IP address allocated to the mobile terminal and storing the matched addresses in an address conversion table for each allocation of an Internet IP address to a mobile terminal by the IP address allocation section;
an address conversion section for sending the allocated Internet IP address to the original sender of the Internet IP address request signal, for each allocation of an Internet IP address to a mobile terminal, and for converting the destination Internet IP address of the data to an address within the necessary subnetwork corresponding to the destination Internet IP address by referring to the address conversion table, when it is judged by the data analysis section that the received data is to be delivered to the mobile terminal having the allocated Internet IP address.
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16. A network address conversion device for converting an original sender address or a destination address included in data exchanged between a mobile terminal and the push-type function server, according to claim 1, operating in a radio communication network, connected to the Internet, comprised by subnetworks, each of which includes at least one mobile terminal and one radio server connected to the mobile terminal by radio communication in such a way that mobile radios are free to operate within any subnetwork and each radio server serving as a home radio server stores and manages Internet IP addresses of radio servers managing mobile terminals that are currently operating in the subnetworks;
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the network address conversion device is provided in each radio server, and, in response to receiving a location identifier from the push-type function server addressed to a specific home radio server of a specific mobile terminal, the network address conversion device notifies an Internet IP address of a subnetwork currently managing the mobile terminal to the push-type function server; and
,in response to receiving an Internet IP address allocation request from the push-type function server, the network address conversion device allocates an Internet IP address to the specific mobile terminal and notifies the push-type function server of the Internet IP address; and
in response to receiving data addressed to the Internet IP address as its destination address, the network address conversion device converts a destination address of the received data to a local address within a subnetwork in which the mobile terminal is currently operating.
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17. A network address conversion device for converting an original sender address or a destination address included in data exchanged between a mobile terminal and the push-type function server, according to claim 1, operating in a radio communication network, connected to the Internet, comprised by subnetworks, each of which includes at least one mobile terminal and one radio server connected to the mobile terminal by radio communication in such a way that mobile radios are free to operate within any subnetwork and each radio server serving as a home radio server stores and manages Internet IP addresses of radio servers managing mobile terminals that are currently operating in the subnetworks;
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the network address conversion device is provided in each radio server, and, each network address conversion device is comprised by;
a data analysis section for receiving data exchanged between the mobile terminal and the push-type server connected to the Internet and analyzing a type, original sender and destination;
a current location search/notify section for finding, when the data analysis section judges that the received data is a location identifier for a specific mobile terminal sent from the push-type function server, an Internet IP address of a subnetwork in which the specific mobile terminal is operating and an Internet IP address of a radio server under which the mobile terminal is currently operating, by searching through Internet IP addresses of individual mobile terminals stored in respective radio servers and of radio servers managing subnetworks that mobile terminals belong, and sending a searched Internet IP address to the original sender of the inquiry signal;
an Internet IP address allocation section for allocating one Internet IP address chosen from a plurality of Internet IP addresses to the mobile terminal requesting an Internet IP addresses by the Internet IP addresses allocation request signal, when the data analysis section indicates that the received data is an Internet IP addresses allocation request sent from the push-type function server;
an address conversion table preparation section for matching an address of a mobile radio in a subnetworks to which the mobile radio belongs and an Internet IP address allocated to the mobile terminal and storing the matched addresses in an address conversion table for each allocation of an Internet IP address to a mobile terminal by the IP address allocation section;
an address conversion section for sending the allocated Internet IP address to the original sender of the Internet IP address request signal, for each allocation of an Internet IP address to a mobile terminal;
, and for converting a destination Internet IP address of the data to an address within the necessary subnetwork corresponding to the destination Internet IP address by referring to the address conversion table, when it is judged by the data analysis section that the received data is to be delivered to the mobile terminal having the allocated Internet IP address as the destination address.
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18. A radio server in a radio communication system comprised by a plurality of radio servers connectable to the Internet;
- at least one type of function server connected to the radio server, a base station radio connected to the radio server for radio communication with the radio server;
a mobile radio for radio communication with the base station radio; and
a terminal device connected to the mobile radio;
so that the mobile terminal can be connected to the Internet by radio communication with the mobile radio within a district under control of the base station radio connected to the radio server, wherein the radio server includes;an address conversion section for responding to a service request issued from a terminal device controlled by other radio server connected to the push-type function server, according to claim 1, and converting a destination address included in the service request to an address of a function server connected to the radio server and having an identical function as the push-type function server, and converting the address of the terminal device to a corresponding address in own network.
- at least one type of function server connected to the radio server, a base station radio connected to the radio server for radio communication with the radio server;
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19. A method for push-type control of the push-type function server according to claim 1, including the steps of:
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acquiring address information of a mobile radio connected to a destination terminal device from a radio server that manages the mobile radio, based on the identifier information; and
transferring distribution information to a radio server connected to the destination terminal device according to the address information.
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20. A computer-readable recording medium containing a push-type program for the push-type function server according to claim 1, comprising the steps of;
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acquiring address information from a home radio server that manages a mobile radio connected to the destination terminal device, based on the identifier information; and
transferring distribution information to a radio server connected to the destination terminal device, based on the address information.
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