WO1998013761A1 - Terminal which stores information on communication network in local memory automatically - Google Patents
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- Terminal that saves information on a communication network to a local memory
- the present invention relates to a terminal device that receives information selected from a communication network such as the Internet and stores the information in a local memory.
- a communication network such as the Internet
- This application is related to the following five Japanese applications. For those designated countries for which incorporation by reference to a document is explicitly permitted, the contents described in the following application are incorporated into this application by reference and are incorporated as a part of the description of this application.
- the Internet browser of NETS CAPE (trademark) automatically caches the information once accessed to the terminal device, and when the same information is requested, reads the information from the cache stored in the terminal device and displays it on the screen. Displayed., If you are reading only the information that has already been cached, you can use the information provided on the communication network without connecting to the communication network.
- An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, in the case where the information provider is repeatedly exposed, the information provider cannot grasp the frequency of using the information.
- a terminal device is a terminal device connected to a communication network, wherein the terminal device specifies a message to be transmitted to the terminal.
- a designated information receiving unit for receiving information from the communication network
- a message receiving means for receiving the message from the communication network based on the message instruction information
- a message receiving unit for receiving the information from the communication network.
- the storage unit determines whether to store the message based on information included in the message designation information.
- the storage unit determines whether to store the message based on information included in the message. .
- the terminal device is the terminal device according to the first aspect, wherein the storage unit further includes a storage setting unit configured to set whether to store the message.
- the storage unit determines whether to store the message based on the setting by the storage setting unit.
- a terminal device is the terminal device ft according to the first aspect, further comprising: display means for displaying the message received by the receiving means; and the message displayed by the display means. Further comprising an input -f-stage for manually inputting whether or not to save the message, wherein the storage unit determines whether or not to store the message based on an input from the previous input ⁇ stage.
- a terminal device is the terminal device according to the first aspect, further comprising: means for transmitting user identification information for identifying a user of the terminal to the communication network; And receiving, from the communication network, message designation information designating a message selected based on the user identification information.
- a terminal device is the terminal device according to the first to sixth aspects, wherein the means for deleting the message stored in the storage means based on a command received from the communication network. Having.
- the terminal device is the terminal device according to any one of the sixth to eighth aspects, wherein the storage period input-stage for inputting the period information that defines the period for storing the plurality of messages, And deleting means for deleting the message based on time limit information.
- the “expiration date information” may be information that directly specifies a date on the calendar, or “information indicating a period” based on the date when storage is started.
- a terminal device is the terminal device according to the eighth aspect, wherein the storage time limit input means receives the time limit information using the designated information receiving means.
- the terminal device is the terminal device according to the eighth aspect, wherein the storage time limit input means receives the time limit information using the message receiving means.
- a storage expiration date human input means inputs the expiration date information from a user of the terminal.
- a terminal device is the terminal device according to the eighth aspect, wherein the term The information is information indicating a period.
- the terminal device is the terminal device according to the eighth aspect, wherein the time limit information is information indicating 1 ⁇ 1 o'clock.
- a terminal device is the terminal device according to the eighth aspect, wherein the storage means sets a limit on a capacity capable of storing the message, and the deletion means stores the message in the storage means. When the content of the message is approaching the limit, the message is deleted based on the deadline information.
- the terminal device according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the terminal device according to the eighth aspect, wherein the capacity limit is set by the user.
- a terminal device is the terminal device according to the eighth aspect, wherein the deleting means is configured to store the! If: approaches the 13 ⁇ 4 limit, delete the oldest message to lllfi from the oldest message.
- a terminal device is the terminal device according to the eighth aspect, wherein the deletion unit is configured to execute the processing when the capacity of the message stored in the storage unit approaches the limit. The messages are deleted in order from the one with the closest deadline.
- the time limit information includes a specified end time for ending the storage of the previous iici message and a time limit for storing the message.
- the message is deleted based on the earlier of the addition of the period 11 when the storage of the message is started or the end of the designation.
- the terminal device according to a ninth aspect of the present invention is the terminal device according to the eighth aspect, wherein the same type of information as the message received from the communication network is stored in the storage unit.
- the message of M ⁇ stored in the communication network is deleted, and the message received from the communication network is stored in the storage unit.
- the terminal device is the terminal device according to the eighth aspect, further comprising a step of displaying the message stored in the storage unit when the terminal device is not connected to the communication network; Means for connecting to the communication network when operated.
- the terminal device is a communication network for storing a plurality of pieces of information to be provided to the terminal device, and indicates whether the information is stored in the terminal device of the user. Means for transmitting information to the terminal device.
- a terminal device is the communication network according to the twenty-first aspect, further comprising: means for transmitting, to the terminal device, information indicating a time limit for storing each of the messages in the terminal device. Having.
- a terminal device is a terminal device having a function of receiving and storing a plurality of pieces of information from a communication network, the information device being associated with each of the plurality of pieces of information. Save the information based on the information indicating whether to save
- a terminal device is a terminal device having a function of receiving and storing a plurality of eligibility reports from a communication network, and stores information associated with each of the plurality of pieces of information. Save the information based on the information that defines the storage period
- a terminal device comprising a display device connected to the first and second host computers via a communication network.
- Active information for receiving the first image from the I-th host computer based on a user operation of the terminal device specifying one of the first images stored in the computer Receiving means; sequentially receiving, from the second host computer, designation information for specifying a second image not specified by the use ⁇ operation; designated information receiving means; and the second information by the active information receiving means.
- passive information receiving means for sequentially receiving, via the communication network, a message that is information including the second W image based on the designation information,
- the first and second images are referred to A storage means for storing the location, the first ## and before 3 ⁇ 4 second image, and a Viewing means for displaying each of the first and second display Eria provided on the display device.
- the “host computer” in the claims means a device that provides information such as images and instructions to a terminal device via a communication network, and each of the host computers 30 in the embodiment includes a plurality of host computers.
- the “image” in the claims includes a homepage received through the Internet 32 and a message received from the message distribution device 24 in the embodiment.
- the message may include link information that is information for identifying one of the first images, and the image may be a display of the ⁇ ′.
- the user inputs a request for the first image specified by the link information from the user, and is specified by the link information based on the input from the user.
- the first image is received from the first host computer, and the first image received by the link image receiving means is displayed on the first display area.
- the terminal device in the case where a request for the first image specified by the link information is input from the user, the request for the first image is requested. Information is stored in association with the second image displayed in the second display.
- the terminal device further comprising: a list table displaying means for displaying a list of the second images stored by the storage means, wherein the list display means includes: Information indicating whether or not the specified first image has been requested by the user is displayed in association with the second image included in the message having the link information.
- the list display means displays the second image included in a message for which the first image linked by the link information is not requested. , Displayed above other second images.
- the terminal device in a case where a request for the first image specified by the link information is manually input from the user, a time when the first image is requested is determined.
- the stored information is stored in association with the second image displayed in the second display area.
- the list display means includes the other The images of the ' ⁇ are displayed in descending order of the time when the first image requested by the message having the second image is requested.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the entire communication system according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the terminal 10.
- FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the functional configuration of software executed by the CPU 40 of the main unit 4.
- ⁇ 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a display on the display ⁇ 2
- Figure 5 is a block diagram showing the connection management apparatus 2 3, message management instrumentation 2 4, and the hardware configuration of the host Tokonbi Interview one capacitor 3 0 c
- FIG. 6 is an illustration showing the hardware configuration of the message distribution system 39
- III 7 is an explanation
- FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the message user database 34.
- 3 ⁇ 49 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the message transmission condition database 36.
- FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the message transmission condition database 36.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the terminal 10, the Internet 32, and the message distribution system:
- FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a connection sequence of 9 28
- FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing the structure of an II IML document.
- FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a process for storing a message.
- FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of an index of a message stored on a hard disk.
- FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the stored message dialog.
- Fig. 6 shows the operation when the message view 76 is activated by the user. It is a flowchart that shows
- FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the message reception operation of the message view- ⁇ 7 fi.
- Reference numeral 119 denotes a flowchart showing details of a process for starting the save message dialog.
- FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing details of the connection process.
- FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the connection operation of the connection management device 23.
- FIG. 22 is a flow chart showing the connection operation of the message management device 24.
- FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the operation of the message distribution device :: 9.
- 13 ⁇ 41 24 is a block diagram that does not have the configuration of the entire system in the first embodiment
- FIG. 25 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the entire system according to the third embodiment.
- FIG. 26 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the entire system according to the fourth embodiment. ⁇ ) Best Mode for Carrying Out the Invention
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the entire communication system according to the present embodiment.
- each of a plurality of information providing apparatuses 20 includes one or more terminals 10, a modem 16, 18, a public network (communication network) 17, and a public network gateway 9. Connected through.
- the information providing device 20 is managed by a so-called Internet provider, and is connected to a plurality of host computers 30 via the Internet 32.
- the information providing device 20 has a dedicated line. Connected to payment system 35 through 29
- the message distribution system $ 9 is connected to a credit card company computer 28 via a closed network 27 such as CAFIS.
- the message distribution system 39 is connected to a plurality of information providing devices 20 via a dedicated line, and provides information (such as advertisements) provided by a store that sells products on a communication network. Is transmitted to the terminal 10 via the information providing device 20.
- the message can be a static statue, a moving image, the old days 7 or any combination of them ; each message contains the retailer's Red Wide Web (WWW).
- WWW Red Wide Web
- the data indicating the address of the above home page is described.
- the message pipe S device 24 of the information providing device 20 associates the message received from the message distribution system 39 with the ⁇ message identification number ⁇ ⁇ (message UR) and sends the message message.
- C to be stored in database 2 6
- the home page (and lower pages) of each store is stored in the host computer 30.
- the terminal 10 can receive information such as a home page from the internet 32 via the internet gateway 22 of the information providing device 20. Users order products by accessing the home page and subordinate pages of the store.
- the terminal 10 can receive a message from the message management device 24.
- the message management device 24 transmits the message read from the message database 26 to the terminal J 0 based on the request from the terminal 10.
- the user has an ID (provider user I 13) and a bus card for connecting to the Internet gateway 22 via the public line gateway 19, and a message for obtaining a message from the message management device 24. It has ID (message ID 1D) and password.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the main body 14 of the terminal 10 shown in FIG. 1.
- the CPU 40 operates according to the programs stored in the KOM 42 and the RAM 44. I do.
- the timer 46 counts a predetermined time. Data is manually input from the user via the human input device 48 .
- the hard disk drive 5 as an example of the storage device stores data such as images, information about users, and programs for operating the CP 40.
- the calendar IC 51 has been overhauled by the battery and provides the current date and time to the CPU 40-')-''.
- the floppy disk drive 52 has data or data from the floppy disk 56. Read the program and provide it to CPU 40, CD-ROM drive 54 reads C1) —reads data or program from ROM 58 and provides it to CP 4.0. Providing an interface for connection to modem 16 and display I2;
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of software executed by the PU 40 shown in FIG.
- These softwares are stored on a recording medium such as floppy disk 56 or CD-ROM 58 and provided to the user.
- the software stored on the recording medium is uncompressed even if it is compressed. There may be.
- Software Touea is installed from record medium to the hard disk drive 5 0, it is executed by being out read in R ⁇ ⁇ 4 4 c I 3 ⁇ 4 ().
- the software stored in the recording medium that is, the software installed in the hard disk drive 50 is a communication module 73 having a driver ⁇ 0 and a TCV / 1 ⁇ driver 7 as functional components. , A browser 74, and a message view 76.
- ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ The driver 70 generates a data link on a physical line between the public line gateway 19 and the public line gateway 19 (FIG. 1). It communicates with the Internet gateway ' ⁇ 2' via the TC TC / 1F driver 72 on the generated data link, and displays the received image on the display 12. For example, Netscape (Trademark) or mosaic (trademark) can be used.
- the message view 76 communicates with the message management device 24 via the TCPZIP driver 72 on the data link generated by the PPP printer 70, and displays the received ghost image on the display 12. indicate.
- the message view 76 has a functional configuration that includes a connection module 80 that connects to the message management device 24, an input processing module 82 that processes user input, and a request from an internal or communication line *. to process the event Installing the resulting by the event processing module - c to ⁇ Le 8 4
- FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the display 12 shown in FIG.
- a window 74 (browser window) 60 and a window 62 (message view) are opened on the display 1. 2.
- information such as the home page received from the internet 3 is displayed, and in the message view-window 62, the message received from the message management device 24 is displayed. Is displayed.
- the message window 62 displays a new message for a predetermined period of time, for example, every minute.
- the message viewer window 62 has a home page button 64, a document request button 66, a connect button 6, a disconnect button 67, a save message button 68, and a setting button 69. Each message has a home page associated with it.
- the homepage button 64 When the homepage button 64 is pressed, the homepage corresponding to the message displayed in the message viewer window 62 is displayed in the browser window 60. Press the Request Document button 6 6 to display the message window.
- the materials of various products related to the message displayed in the message 62 are transmitted from the message management device 24 and displayed on the message viewer window 62.
- the message or the material is provided with a button for ordering the displayed product.
- the connect button 65 is pressed, the call is connected to the terminal 10 or the information providing device 20.
- the disconnect button 67 When the disconnect button 67 is pressed, the call is disconnected.
- the save message button 68 When the save message button 68 is pressed, a list of the messages stored in the terminal 1 is displayed. be able to
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the connection management device ' ⁇ 3, the message management device 24, and the host computer 30 shown in FIG. 1 ( ; FIG. Operates according to the programs stored in the R-channel 92 and the R-layer 94.
- the timer 96 counts a predetermined time.
- the ⁇ -interference 98 is a communication line. Data input from Ishikawa via the input device 100.
- the database interface I 02 is connected to each rare database composed of a hard disk or the like.
- 3 ⁇ 416 shows the configuration of the message distribution system: 9 shown in Figure 1.
- Figure 5 is a portion corresponding to the configuration of FIG. 5 [since ⁇ one code are denoted These descriptions are omitted c message temporary distribution system 3 9, the terminal 1 0 message temporary user User database 34 for storing information about the message, a message transmission condition database 36 for storing transmission conditions of each message, and a connection port 38 for storing communication history.
- the communication interface 98 instead of the communication interface 98, a communication interface for connecting to the closed network 27 and a communication interface for connecting to the information providing device 20 are provided. Even if each has a communication interface,
- Figure 7 shows the message usage shown in 16 * The structure of database 3
- the message user database 3 shows the [D (message user ID)] of the user who uses each message. And the password (message user password), the provider I1 that identifies one information provider 20), and the user ⁇ accesses the Internet using the provider.
- 1 1) (provider user ID), message display time, date of birth H 12, gender 3 14, marital status: 3 16, occupation 3 18, and address 3 2 0 And so on (referred to as user information).
- FIG. 8 shows an arrangement of the message user database 34 other than that shown in FIG.
- the message user database: 3 4 also provides the credit card used by the user—the number of the card and the expiration date, name, and last communication time. For each user, a message viewer window 6 2 A parameter is given according to the amount of the message displayed inside.
- the message database 34 stores the previous, previous Jj, and the parameters 332, 334, and 336 of this month.
- the user inputs the user information to the terminal 1 when the message view # 76 is used for the first time or when the message view # 76 is installed on the terminal 1.0.
- Terminal 1 Omega message transmits the user information inputted to the message a temporary management device 2 4 while store in Haiti Dodeisuku drive 5 0 - - di manager 'lambda 4 is received from ⁇ lj for business
- the transmitted user information is transmitted to the message distribution system 39.
- the message distribution system 39 stores the user information in the message user database 34. Age, occupation, income, hobbies, etc. may also be stored as user information. 1.1.8 Configuration of message transmission condition database 36
- FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the message transmission condition database 36.
- the message transmission condition database 36 contains a message UR that identifies each message. L and the conditions for sending the message are stored in association with each other.
- the message sending conditions are: display frequency restriction for each user, display frequency restriction for all users, message Stores the time when the message is to be displayed, and the age range, gender, marriage history, occupation, and address of the user for whom the message should be displayed.
- Fig. 10 shows the configuration of the message transmission condition database 36 other than that shown in Fig. 9.
- the message is charged each time a message is displayed on the user's message view window 62.
- a charge limit 210 for each message is provided for each information providing device 20.
- the limit '210' stores the limit of a section for providing a message to the user of the information providing device 20.
- the total limit 20 stores the limit of the total value of charging for the handling of the message to the user of the all information providing device i 20.
- the limit amount 210 is set to the message unit price 2 1 2 charged to the message, and the button of each message is pressed.
- the message distribution system 39 In response to a request from the terminal 10, the message distribution system 39 reads the user information from the message recommendation database 34, ffls the user recommendation information, and reads out the message transmission condition database 36 from the message transmission condition database 36. Search for messages. Then, the URL of the retrieved message is transmitted to the terminal 10. Therefore, a message ⁇ RL of a message suitable for the user (for example, advertisement of a product related to the user) can be sent to each terminal ⁇ ().
- connection management device 23 inquires whether the received provider user ID and provider user password are registered in the provider user database 2 (S104). ),
- the connection management device 2 ′ transmits a ⁇ ⁇ connection permission to the terminal 10 (SI 06), and also notifies the message management device ⁇ S 24 4 of the provider user ID. (S108).
- the browser 74 of the terminal 1 makes a TC ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ / I 2 connection to the Internet gateway 22 (S 110), and connects the Internet gateway 22. that communicates with the Internet 3 2 through (S 1] 2) the connection module 8 0 of message one Jibyu Ichiwa 7 6, message management apparatus 2 4 and TC l J to ZIP connect (S 1 1 4 ) :;
- the message management device 24 requests authentication information from the message view # 76 of the terminal 10 (S118).
- the connection module of the message view # 76 Upon receiving the authentication information request, the connection module of the message view # 76 transmits the message usage ffl user I1 :) and the passcode to the message management device 24 as authentication information (S120).
- the message management device 24 includes the provider user ID received from the connection management device, the message user 1D and the message user password received from the message view 76, and the information providing device 20. transmits the provider ID in message temporary distribution system 3 9 (S -1 2]) upsilon then message temporary distribution system 3 9, message temporary use 1 I received) and message temporary use bus Wa one It is determined whether the message is registered in the message user DB 34 (S122). If these are registered, the connection permission is transmitted to the message view 76 (S.124).
- the browser 74 and the Internet gateway 22 and the message view-76 and the message management device g2 can communicate independently of each other by logically independent calls using different TCPZIP boat numbers. it can. For this reason, the message view 76 can display the message without impairing the function of the existing browser.
- the communication method between the browser 74 and the Internet 32 is well known.
- the message view 76 uses the timer 46 to periodically request a message UR from the message distribution system 39 (S1 34). After the distribution system 3 9 receives and 1 R Mr main Tsu cell temporarily retrieved, its main Tsu Se - requesting di UR's message temporarily message temporary tube Present apparatus 2 4 (S 1 6). ,
- the message management device 24 retrieves the received message UR message from the message database 26 and sends it to the message viewer 76 (S 13) 6) As this message, for example, a person who can send an advertisement for a product can order the product that is advertised. Communication between the Internet 32 and the browser 74 is inexpensive, but the reliability is low because communication is performed via many computers within the Internet. On the other hand, for communication between the message management system i 24 and the message distribution system 39, the reliability is high because the -line is used.
- 3 ⁇ 41 12 shows the structure of the 11 TML sentence in the message received by the terminal 10 at S 16 in FIG. 11.
- the HTML document in each message includes a “message title”, a “client name” indicating the provider of the message, and a “save flag” indicating whether or not to save the message on the terminal 10. , "Start date” indicating the date on which the display of the message is started on terminal 10, "H” to end the saving on terminal 0, "End of storage” indicating the period for storing the message It has a "preservation period” and "link information” indicating the address of the internet net 32h of the home page linked from the message power. If the save flag of the message received by the terminal 10 in S136 is S ⁇ ⁇ S, the message view of the terminal 10 ⁇ 76 stores the received message in the hard disk 50. Do
- FIG. 13 shows a process performed when the message view ⁇ 76 saves a message to the hard disk.
- the message view 76 determines whether or not the save end is specified in the HTML document (S202). ⁇ Save end ⁇ is specified. In this case, it is further determined whether or not the storage period is specified (S204). If the storage period is also specified, the storage period is added to ⁇ of the current -to: to save. The end of the period is calculated (S206). Next, it is determined whether the end of the storage period ⁇ or the specified end of storage ; (S208). If the specified save end date is shorter, the specified end date is set as the end date for storing data on the hard disk (S210), while the specified save end date is set. If 1: is later, the storage in the hard disk 50 is ended, and the end of the storage period calculated in S208 is set as ⁇ (S210).
- the preservation period is set to a predetermined period, for example, 30 1 (S 2 14). Then, the preservation period is added to the current H to calculate the end of the preservation period (S 2 (16), the date is used as the end to save to disk 50 (S218) NO--Save message index indicating messages stored in disk 50 However, it is stored separately on the hard disk 50. Therefore, a new record is added to the message index, and the title of the message to be saved, the name of the client, the save F1 time, the start, the I, the end, and the pointer to the message And so on (S220). In addition, ⁇ to store the message temporarily to ⁇ specified by the pointer
- Fig. 14 shows the structure of the stored message index.
- the stored message index identifies the message, "Message ID”, “Title”, “Client name”, and starts displaying each message. "Start” indicating the date to be saved, ending the save to the hard disk 50 ": indicating" End j, the message was saved [Small 1-"Saved”", the date on the hard disk 50 "HTML pointer” indicating the location where the HTML file of the message is stored, “display record” indicating the number of times each message was displayed, and the home page associated with each message was displayed last Stores “Home Page Display ⁇ ⁇ ” that indicates To the message If the association is coercive one-time pages have not yet displayed, 0 to the home page display 0.0 0.0 0 (0 year () month 0) e The hard disk 5 is stored 0 indicates whether the message displayed in the message view 62 is to be saved and exited: 1, or whether to sort the message based on the home page display level or deviation. To type ",
- Fig. 15 shows an example of the display on the display 12h .
- Message view window Save message button for two-branch
- save button 68 When save button 68 is pressed, a save message showing a list of save messages is displayed.
- the dialog 63 is displayed on the display ⁇ 2 h, so that whether the terminal 10 and the information providing device 20 are connected or not, A list of messages stored on the hard disk is displayed.
- the save message dialog 6 3 is provided with a “table small-button” 57, a “delete button” 59, and a ⁇ close button ”61, which was displayed in the save message dialog 63. Select one message and press the ⁇ button 5 7 to display the message in the message display area of the message view 62.Select a message and delete it Pressing button 5 9 deletes that message from hard disk 50. When the Close button 6] is pressed, the Save Message dialog 6 3 closes.
- a red asterisk flashes to the right of the message list. Also, a yellow asterisk will blink on the right side of the message after a predetermined period has elapsed since the corresponding homepage was displayed.
- a case where the period in which the home page associated with the message has not been displayed in the browser window 60 exceeds a predetermined period is set. Only the asterisk "*" may flash on the right side of the message list.
- the predetermined period may be determined in advance, or may be described in a message file in the form of TM1 shown in FIG. 12 and transmitted from the information providing apparatus 20 to the terminal 10. In the latter case, the message In the Sage Index (Fig. 14), a column for describing the predetermined period is provided, and the predetermined period of each message is recorded.
- Fig. 16 shows the process when the user starts the message view ⁇ 7 ().
- the message view- ⁇ 76 starts, (S 402, the message view-6 76 Open the saved message dialogue window 63 (S404).
- the messages stored in advance on the disk 50 are sorted in the order in which they should be displayed. Display the message in the message viewer window 6 2 (S 406) 0 If the message received from the message management device ⁇ 24 is in the buffer in R ⁇ M 44, If there is no message in the buffer of R ⁇ 4 44, a message of saved message saved on hard disk 50>: ! is displayed.
- the message is stored in the message buffer provided in the RAM 44, and if that message is displayed, the message is not stored in the message buffer.
- the messages sorted in S404 are displayed in order. At this time, the display index data corresponding to the message in the message index II is incremented. However, if there is no message in the message buffer and all the messages stored in advance on the hard disk 50 are already displayed, the sorted message is displayed on the request from the beginning again.
- the information indicating the displayed message is transmitted to the message management device '24. However, if no call has been generated in response to the inquiry to the information providing device, information (display message information) corresponding to the displayed message is stored in the hard disk 50.
- a timer 1 for counting a predetermined period is set (S410).
- the flow returns to S406 and the next message is displayed.
- the next message is sequentially displayed for each timer 1 period. If the timer has not timed out in S41 (), it is determined whether or not the display button 57 on the message dialog window 63 has been pressed (S4 ⁇ 6). When 5 7 is pressed, the selected message is displayed in the message viewer window.
- a message is selected on the message dialog window and the delete button 59 is pressed, or the message distribution system 39 TIL or information 3 ⁇ 4 Receives a command to delete a message from the device 20. If, message deletion is instructed -. it determines whether containing the message being displayed on the '1 1 di, if included messages while browsing delete the message temporarily (S 4 2 8 ) Up to S 406 If the message to be deleted is not included in the message to be deleted, delete the message (S 430) and close it with!>! _! Judgment as to whether or not 6.1 was pressed (S43)
- the browser 74 is started (S 4 6 2), and the URL associated with the pressed button (identification information for specifying information on the Internet) Is passed to the browser 74 (S464), the browser 74 receives the homepage corresponding to the received UR from the information providing device, and the browser window.
- FIG. 18 shows details of the process (S490) for receiving a message from the message management device 24.
- the message view message 76 receives the message finger information (S504), and requests the message management device 24 for the message specified by the message designation information (S504). ), When the message is received (S508), it is stored in the message buffer (S510). The messages stored in the message buffer are selected as the next message to be displayed in the order in which they were stored, and are displayed as S40 (Fig. 16). If it is not YES (S 5 12), jump to S 5 2 () If the save flag is YES (S 5 14), the message with the same title and client already exists. Keep on hard disk 50 .: Judge whether or not the same message has been saved, and delete the old message if the same message is saved (S5 16), add new message to history Save The message saving process (Fig.
- the storage capacity of the new message is compared by comparing the storage capacity of the already stored message with the storage capacity set by the user. It is determined whether or not there is. If there is not enough free storage space, select and delete the message with the highest number of display times from the messages stored in hard disk 5 () by referring to the display number data in the message index. .
- the message may be deleted when the message is displayed once. If there are multiple messages with the same display number, refer to the end of each message (t: j at the end of saving) provided in the message index, and delete messages in order from the one with the closest end. ., This allows free storage Even if there is a shortage of messages, it is possible to prevent messages that should be kept for a long time from being deleted. However, in other embodiments, messages with older storage numbers may be deleted in order from older messages.
- Fig. 19 is a flowchart showing details of the stored message gateway process (S404, S472).
- the "sort type" indicating the order in which the messages stored in the hard disk 50 are to be displayed is read out from the hard disk 50- c .
- the messages are sorted in ascending order using the end ⁇ in the message index, that is, the messages are sorted in order from the message with the end 11 closest (S522): The message is saved. If it is, sort the messages in descending order, that is, save the messages in order from the newest message.
- FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the details of the message view- ⁇ 76 operation in the connection processing (S455, S460).
- the connection process is started, first, the saved message dialog is closed (S600), and then a title message is displayed in the display message area of the message viewer window # 62 (S602).
- ActiveA a title message, for example, the service provider's mouth mark may be displayed.
- the timer is reset (S604), and the ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ I) If the PF is connected before the time is reached (S 606), the message view- ⁇ 76 is TC ⁇ / I ⁇ connection using TC ⁇ I I driver 72 (S 608) When the authentication information is requested from the information providing device 20 (S 609), the message user ⁇ D and the message user password are transmitted (S 6) 0 and a response is waited for.
- an ACK is transmitted (S612).
- the message viewer 76 displays the display message data (offline) stored in the hard disk drive 50. At times, information indicating the content of the message displayed in the message window 62 and the number of times the message was displayed) is transmitted to the information providing apparatus 20. This sending (S 6 1 8) of the, or each message temporarily is provided to many times the user offline, the message management 3 ⁇ 4 ⁇ 24 or the message distribution system 3 9 can grasp. If the information providing device 20 does not permit the connection, NA is transmitted (S614). In this case, message view ⁇ 76 disconnects PPP (S6 16), and returns to the processing in FIG.
- FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing the operation of the connection management device 23 in the connection sequence with the terminal 10.
- the connection management unit 23 requests the terminal 10 for the provider user ID and password and receives them. Yes (S3 ⁇ 2)
- the provider user database 25 stores a provider user ID (provider user 1D) and a password (provider user password). If the received provider user ID and provider user bus card are not registered in the provider user database 25, the connection / device 23 disconnects the line (S3 18) and ends the processing ( S 330);, if it is registered in the provider user ID and Hasuwa Ichidogabu port provider user database 2 5, permits the PP connection to terminal 1 0 (S 3 22), message management instrumentation ⁇ ⁇ A connection notification is sent to 24 (S3 24), and the process ends (S330) c
- FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing the operation of the message management device 24 in the connection sequence with the terminal 10.
- the message management device 24 Upon receiving the connection notification from the connection management device 23 (S8 ⁇ 0), the message management device 24 records the received provider user ID in the RAM 94 (S812).
- the timer 96 is started (S 814), and it is determined whether or not a TCP / IP connection has been made from the message management device 24 (S 816). (S816, S8.1_8). Waiting If the timer 96 times out during the flight (S8 18), the processing ends 40)
- the provider user I1) is read from the RAM 94 (S832), and the provider ID for identifying the relevant provider, the message user ID received from the message view ⁇ 76, and the message Icheon pass are displayed. Is transmitted to the message distribution system 39 (S834). Thereafter, the user passes through the message view message 76 and the message distribution system 3 (S836).
- FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing the operation of the message distribution system 39.
- the provider 1D, the message user ID, and the bus card are received from the message management and concealment 24 (S900). ), Search them from the message database 34) (S 902) .. If not registered, send N N (S 902)
- FIG. 24 shows the configuration of the entire system in the present embodiment.
- the message database 26 is connected to the message distribution system 39 instead of the message management device 24.
- the message request from the message-view message 76 is transmitted to the message distribution system 39 via the message management device 24 c
- the message management concealment 24 Simply connects the message distribution system 39 to the message view ⁇ 76 and communicates between them.
- the present embodiment there is no need to provide a message database 26 in a plurality of information providing devices' 0, and the configuration of the message management device can be simplified. Therefore, the whole at a low cost can be configured c
- the single main Tsu cell one Jideta base system - - Since only scan 2 6 is provided, it is possible to maintain the message database 2 easily.
- the message distribution system 39 and the information provision equipment ⁇ 3 ⁇ 4 20 are installed in physically separated places such as different countries, the location where the message distribution system 39 is installed Only the message database 26 can be maintained. As a result, maintenance costs can be reduced.
- the loads on the message distribution system 39 and the dedicated line 2 can be reduced. Therefore, when the access frequency to the message database 26 is high, the configuration of the embodiment can operate more efficiently.
- FIG. 25 shows the configuration of the entire system in the present embodiment. Described in Embodiment 3 Compared with the configuration of this embodiment, in the present embodiment, the message component
- the message management device 24 is not required in the plurality of information providing devices 20, the entire system can be configured at low cost.
- the existing Internet providing device can be used as the information providing device 20, the system can be quickly spread.
- the message distribution system is provided only in a limited country. However, it can provide services to countries all over the world where Internet provision equipment exists.
- the message distribution system On the other hand, according to the configuration of Embodiment 1 or 2, the message distribution system:;! The load on 9 and the lead line 2 9 can be reduced. Therefore, when the access frequency to the message database 26 is high, the configuration of the first or second embodiment can operate more efficiently.
- FIG. 26 shows the configuration of the entire system according to the present embodiment.
- Combusserve trademark
- Niftyserve trademark
- BBS such as AO (trademark)
- the information providing device 20 requests the message distribution system 39 for the usage_B of each user.
- the information in BBS is stored in the terminal device 10 for a period suitable for each information. For example, the latest information can be provided to users by assigning a short retention period to information such as news that is updated frequently. On the other hand, the frequency of access to the BBS can be reduced by assigning a long storage period to information that is updated less frequently, such as items described in the historical items and the S encyclopedia.
- the browser 74 displays homepage information of the Internet 32 and the like. Is the browser 74 an Internet that communicates voice via the Internet?
- the message user database 34, the message transmission condition database 36, and the connection port 38 may be provided as independent disk devices. As shown in the figure above, they can be stored in the same disk device and only one length is required.
- the relationship of the data phase II of each field can be expressed by various file configurations. For example, a message user database 34, a message transmission condition database 36, and a connection port 38 may be configured in different areas in the file M.
- a floppy disk 56 or C ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ ) ROM 58 as an example of a recording medium can store part or all of the operation of the terminal 1.0 described in the present application.
- the floppy disk 10 (or some or all of the functions of other devices can be stored. These programs may be directly read from a recording medium into a RAM and executed).
- Recording media include floppy disks, C1:)-KOM, optical recording media such as I.) VI), magnetic recording media such as MD, magneto-optical recording media such as PD, Media, magnetic recording media, f. Conductor memory such as IC force miniature force force, etc. can be used.
- Such storage media is only used to manufacture terminals .10, message managers [128], or message distribution systems 39, and is a business of such storage media. It is clear that the manufacture and edition of the product constitute infringement of the patent right based on the present application.
- the user can determine whether the data of the communication network is displayed or the information saved in the local memory is displayed. Even if the information stored in the oral memory is displayed to the user, the user can obtain the latest information by pressing the aperture button for connecting to the communication network.
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