CN1836249B - Method for receiving page data, method for providing page data, device and program thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Even if the first request signal requesting the source code of the top page and the second request signal requesting the source code of the CD sales page of company A are transmitted from the client terminal 2, if the source code of the information page is stored in the portal server 4, Then, the source code of the information page is sent from the portal server 4 to the client terminal 2 before the source code of the front page or the source code of the CD sales page of company A is sent from the portal server 4 or the content sales server 5 .

Description

Method for receiving page data, method for providing page data, device and program thereof

technical field

The present invention relates to a method for receiving page data, a method for providing page data, an apparatus and a program thereof, and is suitably applied to a case where an operator operating a system established by a server and a predetermined network notifies a user, for example, of some information.

Background technique

In recent years, it has become popular for users to purchase CDs without going to a CD store (see Patent Document 1, for example). This is realized by the shop by using a server connected to a network such as the Internet to establish a Web page (hereinafter, simply referred to as a page) selling, for example, a CD (Compact Disc).

Patent Document 1—Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No.: 2003—44484

Also, in this system, it is necessary to frequently perform maintenance while stopping the system server. In this case, it is preferable to notify the user of information on the maintenance schedule (hereinafter referred to as maintenance information) in advance.

Hitherto, this maintenance information has been notified on a predetermined portion on a Web page (hereinafter referred to as a top page) usually first accessed by a user to notify the user of the above maintenance information.

However, it is considered that there are many users who do not carefully look at the top page. Therefore, in such a conventional method, there is a problem that the notification of the above-mentioned maintenance information to the user cannot be ensured.

Contents of the invention

In view of the above points, the present invention has been made, and provides a method for receiving page data, a method for providing page data, and an apparatus and program thereof capable of surely notifying users of relevant information to let them know.

In order to solve the above problems, according to the present invention, in the page data receiving method, a first step of sending a first request signal requesting the first page data, a second step of sending a second request signal requesting the second page data, A third step of receiving the first page data after receiving the notification page data indicating predetermined notification information according to the first request signal and a fourth step of receiving the second page data after receiving the notification page data according to the second request signal.

In addition, according to the present invention, in the page data providing method for providing a page data providing apparatus storing notification page data indicating predetermined notification information and first page data, it is provided that when the apparatus receives a request from a terminal device the first When the first request signal of the page data is sent, the first step of sending the notification page data to the terminal device before sending the first page data and when the device sends the second request signal requesting the second page data to provide the second page The second step of sending the notification page data to the terminal device before sending the second page data from the above other page data providing means according to the second request signal.

In addition, according to the present invention, in the terminal device, there are provided transmitting means for transmitting a second request signal requesting the first page data and requesting the second page data and for receiving a notification indicating a reservation according to the first request signal. A receiving device for receiving the first page data after receiving the notification page data of information and receiving the second page data after receiving the notification page data according to the second request signal.

In addition, according to the present invention, in the page data providing means storing notification page data indicating predetermined notification information and first page data, receiving means for receiving a first request signal requesting first page data from a terminal device and For sending the notification page data to the terminal device before sending the first page data according to the first request signal received by the receiving means and sending the second request signal requesting the second page data to the provider at the terminal device The other page data providing means of the second page data is sending means for sending the notification page data to the terminal device before sending the second page data from the above another page data providing means according to the second request signal.

In addition, according to the present invention, in the page data providing method of the page data providing means for storing predetermined page data, when the page data providing means receives from the terminal device When the required information is received, the page data providing means receives the above request signal and sends the page data to the terminal device.

In addition, according to the present invention, in the page data providing means storing predetermined page data, when the page data providing means receives from the terminal device information required for requesting the page data and reception necessary for receiving the above request signal, The page data providing means receives the above request signal and sends the page data to the terminal device.

In addition, according to the present invention, in the page data receiving program for causing the terminal device to perform reception, a first step of transmitting a first request signal requesting first page data, a second step of transmitting a second request signal requesting second page data are provided. Two steps, a third step of receiving the first page data after receiving the notification page data indicating predetermined notification information according to the first request signal and a fourth step of receiving the second page data after receiving the notification page data according to the second request signal.

As a result, the terminal device receives notification page data indicating notification information before receiving the first page data or the second page data according to the first request signal or the second request signal. Therefore, only the notification information can be preferentially displayed.

According to the present invention, the terminal unit may display notification page data in which notification information is indicated before displaying according to the first page data or the second page data. As a result, the user can be surely notified of the above notification information.

Brief description of the drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the entire configuration of a content sales system in a first embodiment according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a basic picture (1).

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a basic picture (2).

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a basic picture (3).

Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a basic picture (4).

Fig. 6 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the portal server.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a content selling server.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a client terminal.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing a folder structure.

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing program modules of a client terminal.

Fig. 11 is a program diagram showing the page display processing program (1).

Fig. 12 is a program diagram showing the page display processing program (2).

Fig. 13 is a schematic diagram showing a basic picture (5).

Fig. 14 is a program diagram showing the page display processing program (3).

Fig. 15 is a program chart showing the page display processing program (4).

Fig. 16 is a program chart showing the page display processing program (5).

Fig. 17 is a schematic diagram showing a basic picture (6).

Fig. 18 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the client terminal in the second embodiment according to the present invention depicted by functional circuit blocks.

Fig. 19 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the portal server described by functional circuit blocks.

FIG. 20 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of the content sales server depicted by functional circuit blocks.

Fig. 21 is a program chart showing a page display processing procedure for the CD sales page of company A through the top.

FIG. 22 is a procedure chart subsequent to FIG. 21 showing the page display processing procedure for the CD sales page of Company A through the header.

Fig. 23 is a procedure chart showing a page display processing procedure for displaying a CD sale page for Company A from a bookmark.

FIG. 24 is a procedure diagram showing a procedure diagram subsequent to the procedure diagram of FIG. 23 showing a page display processing procedure for a company A CD sales page displayed from a bookmark.

Detailed ways

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(1) The first embodiment

(1-1) The overall configuration of the content sales system

Referring to Fig. 1, reference numeral 1 represents the whole content sales system, and the client terminal 2 of the user who is allowed to join the content sales system 1 is connected with the portal server 4 that manages the client terminal 2 through a predetermined network 3, and various contents are recorded therein The content sales server 5 that sells CD (Compact Disc)/DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) is connected.

When the user turns on the switch, the client terminal 2 displays the basic picture DP1 as shown in FIG. 2 in the display section. This basic picture DP1 has a page display area AR1 to display various pages according to source codes described in a language such as XML (Extensible Markup Language), and a bookmark display area AR2 to display bookmarks registered in advance by the user.

For example, when performing a top page display operation for displaying the top page of the content sales system 1, the client terminal 2 transmits a request signal requesting to send the source code of the top page and the user ID and password registered in advance to the computer storing the source code. Portal Server 4.

If the request signal and the ID and password are received, the portal server 4 performs predetermined user authentication processing based on the ID and password.

Then, when the user of the client terminal 2 is confirmed as a registered user as a result of the user authentication process, the portal server 4 generates a time indicating the result of the authentication and the completion of the authentication (hereinafter referred to as the authentication completion time). ), and send the generated authentication result information and the source code of the home page to the client terminal 2 according to the request signal from the client terminal 2.

If the authentication result information and the source code of the top page are received from the portal server 4, the client terminal 2 displays the top page in the page display area AR1 according to the source code as shown in FIG. In the top page, a title of "top page" is displayed on the upper part, and a plurality of buttons including a button BT1 assigned a link to the CD sales page of Company A and button links assigned to other pages are displayed below it.

For example, when the button BT1 in the top page is selected by the user's operation, after recognizing the URL (Uniform Resource Code Locator) of Company A's CD sales page with reference to the source code of the top page, the client terminal 2 sends a request based on the recognition A request signal for the CD sales page of Company A and the authentication result information recently acquired from the portal server 4 are sent to the content sales server 5 managed by Company A.

The content sales server 5 having received the request signal and the authentication result information is set to distinguish whether the user of the client terminal 2 has recently been authorized as a registered user (for example, in the past 1 year) by referring to the authentication completion time in the authentication result information, etc. minutes). For example, if it is recognized that the user of the client terminal 2 has recently been authenticated as a registered user as a result of the discrimination, the content sales server 5 transmits the source code of the CD sales page of Company A to the client terminal 2 according to the request signal.

As a result of the discrimination, if it is recognized that the user of the client terminal 2 has not been authorized as a registered user recently, the content sales server 5 does not transmit the source code of the CD sales page of Company A to the client terminal 2 .

As shown in FIG. 4, the client terminal 2 that has received the source code of the company A CD sales page from the content sales server 5 displays the company A CD sales page in the page display area AR1 according to the source code. Thus, the user of the client terminal 2 can utilize the CD sales service provided by the content sales server 5 through the company A CD sales page.

In this regard, in the source code of Company A's CD sales page described by XML, not only the title information about the page: "Company A's CD sales page", etc. The service identification information for .

Thereafter, if the user performs a bookmark setting operation for bookmarking the CD sales page of Company A, the client terminal 2 stores the title information described in the source code of the CD sales page of Company A in correspondence with the URL of the CD sales page "Company A CD sales page" and service identification information, then only the title information "Company A CD sales page" is displayed in the bookmark display area AR2 as shown in FIG.

In this way, the client terminal 2 can display the company A CD sales page provided by the content sales server 5 in the display section, and can set a bookmark for the displayed company A CD sales page.

(1-2) Portal server configuration

As shown in FIG. 6, as a result of various processing such as user authentication processing performed by the portal server 4, a control section 10 composed of a CPU (Central Processing Unit) suitably develops data stored in a ROM (read-only The basic program and various programs in a memory) 11 or a hard disk drive 12 are transferred to a RAM (Random Access Memory) 14 . The IDs and passwords of the respective users who are allowed to participate in the content sales system 1 have been stored in the hard disk drive 12 in advance.

For example, if the user's ID and password are received from the client terminal 2 through the network 3 and the data communication processing section 15 in sequence, the control section 10 of the portal server 4 starts user authentication processing to determine whether the user's ID and password have been stored in hard drive 12.

Then, if the user's ID and password have been stored in the hard disk drive 12 as a result of the determination, the control section of the portal server 4 authenticates the user of the client terminal 2 as a registered user, and will indicate the authentication result and the authentication completion time The authentication result information is sent to the client terminal 2. On the other hand, if it is recognized that the user's ID and password are not stored in the hard disk drive 12, the control section 10 does not authenticate the user of the client terminal 2 as a registered user, and transmits authentication result information indicating the authentication result to client terminal 2.

(1-3) Configuration of content sales server

As shown in FIG. 7, as a result of the CD sales process and other various processes performed by the content sales server 5 for making the user purchase a CD, the control section 20 composed of a CPU suitably develops the data stored in the ROM (read-only A basic program and various programs in a memory) 11 or a hard disk drive 12 are transferred to a RAM (Random Access Memory) 14, and the programs are executed. Source codes of various pages including the CD sales page of company A have been stored in the hard disk drive 12 in advance.

If the request signal requesting the authentication result information and the source code of the CD sales page of Company A are received from the client terminal 2 through the network 3 and the data communication processing section 25 in sequence, the control section 20 of the content sales server 5 first passes the authentication result information by referring to The authentication completion time and the like in determine whether the user of the client terminal 2 has recently been authenticated as a registered user (for example, within the past 1 minute).

In practice, in the hard disk drive 22 of the content sales server 5, definition information in which authentication result information is defined to be valid for 1 minute after completion of user authentication is stored in advance. If it is recognized from the definition information that the authentication result information from the client terminal 2 is valid, the control section 20 of the content sales server 5 determines that the user of the client terminal 2 has recently been authenticated as a registered user. In addition, for example, when the portal server 4 generates the authentication result information, validity period information indicating the validity period may be included in the authentication result information, and the control section 20 of the content sales server 5 may determine the authentication result based on the validity period information in the authentication result Information Validity.

If it is recognized that the user of the client terminal 2 has recently been authenticated as a registered user as a result of the above determination, the control section 20 of the content sales server 5 reads the source code of the CD sales page of Company A according to a request signal from the hard disk drive 22 , and send the source code to client terminal 2.

(1-4) Configuration of the client terminal

(1-4-1) Circuit configuration

As shown in FIG. 8, the CPU 30 of the client terminal 2 performs overall control based on basic programs such as OS (Operating System) and various application programs to be developed in the RAM 33 read from the ROM 32 connected through the bus 31. and scheduled data processing, etc. For example, the CPU performs communication operations, user's input/output operations, reproduction of contents from media, and writing of contents downloaded from radio stations in a hard disk drive (HDD) 34 and their management through the network 3 .

The operation input section 35 sends input information to the input processing section 36 in accordance with user's operations on various operation elements attached to the housing surface of the main body section and the remote controller. This input information is subjected to predetermined processing in the input processing section 36, and is sent to the CPU 30 as an operation command, so that the CPU 30 can execute processing according to the operation command.

The display section 37 , which may be, for example, a display such as a liquid crystal display directly attached to the housing surface of the main body section or a display mounted externally, displays various information input through the display processing section 38 . In the case of the present embodiment, the display portion 37 is smaller (about 5 inches) than displays used for ordinary televisions and personal computers.

The media drive 39 is, for example, a drive for reproducing a CD, a memory stick (registered trademark) including flash memory, etc., and the reproduction result is subjected to digital/block conversion processing by an audio data processing section, and then output from the two-channel speaker 41 .

When the data reproduced through the media drive 39 is audio content of a musical composition, the CPU 30 also enables the data to be stored in the hard disk drive 34 as an audio data file.

In addition, the CPU 30 can also read out a plurality of still images stored in a memory stick (registered trademark) through the media drive 39 to display them as a slide show on the display 37 through the display processing section 38 .

In addition, the CPU 30 can read a plurality of musical compositions stored in the hard disk drive 34 by random access to reproduce and output them in the order requested by the user like a jukebox.

The tuner section 42 is, for example, an AM or FM radio tuner and demodulates a broadcast signal received with the antenna 43 under the control of the CPU 30 to output the demodulated result from the speaker 41 through the data processing section 40 as broadcast audio.

Under the control of the CPU 30, the communication processing section 44 performs encoding processing of transmission data to transmit data to an external network compatible device through the network interface 45 and the network 3 in sequence, and to receive data received from the external network compatible device through the network interface 45. Decoding processing is performed, and the data is sent to the CPU 30 .

(1-4-2) Directory management

The CPU 30 of the client terminal 2 manages the content stored in the hard disk drive 34 in the directory structure shown in FIG. 9 . First, as a lower level of the "root" directory, any number of "folder" directories can be created within stated limits. The created "folder" directory corresponds to the category to which the content belongs, or to the owner user of the content.

As a lower layer of the "folder" directory, any number of "album" directories can be created within prescribed limits, and the "album" directories correspond to, for example, individual album titles. As a lower layer of the "album" directory, one or more "track" files set to belong to the "album" directory are stored, and one "track" file includes one musical piece, that is, content.

Directory management of such content will be performed by database files stored in the hard disk drive 34 .

(1—4—3) Program module configuration

As shown in FIG. 10, the program modules installed in the client terminal 2 are run on the OS. Specifically, the program modules are exchanged between the content sales server 5 for selling CDs, the Internet radio server, the music distribution operation server, the portal server 4, the related information providing server, and other various servers and the like.

The HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) message program 50 is exchanged between various servers such as the content sales server 5 and the portal server 4 by HTTP communication. The communicator program 51 is a program module for exchanging data with the HTTP message program 50 .

As an upper layer of the communicator program 51, a content reproduction module 52 that interprets compression/decompression (Compression/DECompression) of content and reproduces content and a copyright protection information management module 53 that processes information about copyright protection are provided. For the content reproduction module 52 and the copyright protection information management module 53, an Internet radio channel selection reproduction module 54 for performing Internet radio channel selection and reproduction and a music purchase reproduction module 55 for performing purchase of music and reproduction of audition music are respectively provided.

The XML browser 56 that is arranged as the upper layer of the Internet radio channel selection reproduction module 54 and the music purchase reproduction module 55 translates the source code described in a language such as XML and HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), and displays it in the display part according to the result. A Web page (hereinafter referred to as a page for short) is displayed in 37 .

For example, the music works selected by the user through the XML browser 56 are purchased in the music purchase and playback module 55 , so as to be written into the hard disk drive 34 through the hard disk content controller 57 .

Note that the communicator program 51 is connected to the authentication library 58A of the library 58, and the authentication library 58A executes authentication processing and the like with the portal server.

In addition, a database access module 59 , a content data access module 60 and a hard disk content controller 57 are provided at an upper layer of the communicator program 51 .

The database access module 59 accesses various databases built in the hard disk drive 34 . The content data access module 60 accesses content data stored in the hard disk drive 34 . And the hard disk content controller 57 manages the content data stored in the hard disk drive 34 .

As the upper layer of the hard disk content controller 57, a related information display module 61 for displaying titles and artist names of musical works broadcast by radio stations, etc. and a module for selecting radio stations and musical works to be received from radio stations are provided. The content is recorded in the tuner channel selection reproduction/sound recording module 62 on the hard drive 34 .

For example, a musical composition received from a radio station selected through the audio user interface 63 is written to the hard disk drive 34 by the content data access module 60 .

The relevant information display module 61 receives relevant information including the title and the artist name of the music work broadcast by the radio station etc. from the relevant information distribution server by the HTTP message program 50 according to the tuner channel selection reproduction/sound recording module 62, and passes An audio user interface (UI) 63 displays the relevant information in the display section 37 .

The relevant information displayed in the display part 37 through the audio user interface 63 can also be temporarily stored in the clip library 58B in the library 58, and finally stored in the hard disk drive 34 through the database access module 59 according to user instructions.

In addition, as program modules of the client terminal 2, a CD reproduction module for reproducing CDs and an HDD reproduction module 65 for reproducing the hard disk drive 34 are included, and the reproduction results are output through the audio data processing section 40 and the speaker 41 in sequence.

(1-5) Page display processing program

A processing procedure (hereinafter referred to as a page display processing procedure) for finally displaying various pages such as a company A CD sales page provided from the content sales server 5 in the display section 37 of the client terminal 2 will be described below.

(1—5—1) Display the company’s CD sales page through the homepage

If the button BT1 in the top page shown in FIG. 3 is selected, the client terminal 2 of this embodiment displays a company A CD sales page corresponding thereto. Here, the page display processing procedure in this example will be described using the procedure diagrams shown in FIGS. 11 and 12. FIG.

In FIGS. 11 and 12 and FIGS. 14 , 15 and 16 described below, the application module 2A and the communication module 2B in the client terminal 2 are specifically shown. The application module 2A corresponds to the above-mentioned XML browser 56 and the like and the communication module 2B corresponds to the above-mentioned communicator program 51 and the like. The application module 2A exchanges commands and data with the portal server 4 and the content sales server 5 at the application level through the communication module 2B which is in the lower layer of the application module 2A.

In the following description, for convenience of explanation, the application module 2A and the communication module 2B in the client terminal 2 will be mainly explained. However, it goes without saying that the CPU 30 of the client terminal 2 specifically executes various processes in accordance with the application module 2A and the communication module 2B.

If an operation for displaying the top page in the display section 37 is recognized, the application module 2A of the client terminal 2 transmits a request signal (hereinafter referred to as a first request signal) requesting the source code of the top page to the communication module 2B, and then Proceed to step SP2.

In step SP2, the communication module 2B of the client terminal 2 transmits the user's ID and password to the portal server 4 together with the first request signal transmitted from the application module 2A.

If the user's ID and password and the first request signal are received from the client terminal 2, in step SP3, the control section 10 of the portal server 4 executes user authentication processing based on the user's ID and password. Then, as a result of the user authentication process, the user can be authenticated as a registered user, and the control section 10 of the portal server 4 generates authentication result information indicating the authentication result and the authentication completion time. If the generation is completed, the control section 10 of the portal server 4 proceeds to the next step SP4 to determine whether the source code of the notification page has been stored in a predetermined storage unit in the hard disk drive 12 .

In the case of the present embodiment, the notification page will be appropriately created by the operator operating the content providing system, and there will be explained, for example, maintenance information on the portal server 4 and the like.

If an affirmative result is obtained in step SP4, this means that the source code of the notification page created by the operator has been stored in a predetermined storage unit in the hard disk drive 12. Then, the control section 10 of the portal server 4 proceeds to step SP5, and sends the authentication result information generated in step SP3 to the client terminal 2, so that the communication module 2B of the client terminal 2 acquires the authentication result information (step SP6) , and then proceed to step SP7 to transmit to the client terminal 2 storage unit information (for example, path, URL, etc.) indicating a storage unit of the source code of the notification page.

If the storage unit information sent from the portal server 4 is received by the communication module 2B, the application program module 2A in the client terminal 2 enters step SP8, and generates a request signal ( hereinafter referred to as a notification page request signal), and send the request signal to the portal server 4 through the communication module 2B.

The control section 10 of the portal server 4 having received the notification page request signal proceeds to step SP9, and reads the source code of the notification page from a predetermined storage unit in the hard disk drive 12, and sends the source code to the client terminal 2.

If the source code of the notification page sent from the portal server 4 is received through the communication module 2B, the application module 2A in the client terminal 2 proceeds to step SP10 to display, for example, in the page display area AR1 according to the source code The notification page shown. In the notification page, maintenance information on the portal server 4 and a button BT2 for displaying the top page are displayed.

In this way, in the content sales system 1, information about server maintenance and the like that should be notified to the user can be forcibly notified from the portal server 4 side through the notification page.

Then, if the button BT2 in the notification page is selected by the user's operation, the application program module 2A of the client terminal 2A enters the next step SP11, and sends the first request signal requesting to send the source code of the home page again through the communication module 2B to portal server 4.

Then, if the first request signal is received again, the control section 10 of the portal server 4 proceeds to step SP12 (FIG. 12), and reads the source code of the top page from the hard disk drive 12, and sends the source code to the client terminal 2. .

If the source code of the top page sent from the portal server 4 is received through the communication module 2B, the application module 2A of the client terminal 2 goes to step SP13 to display the top page (FIG. 3) according to the source code.

Then, for example, if the button BT1 in the top page is selected by the user's operation, the application module 2A of the client terminal 2 proceeds to step SP14, and will request a request signal (hereinafter referred to as a second request signal) of the A company CD sales page. Send to communication module 2B.

In step SP15, the communication module 2B transmits the authentication result information acquired in step SP6 together with the second request signal to the content sales server 5 storing the source code of the CD sales page of Company A.

If the second request signal and the authentication result information are received from the client terminal 2, the control section 20 of the content sales server 5 proceeds to step SP16 and refers to the authentication completion time and the like in the authentication result information, and determines the recent (for example, in the past 1 minutes) whether the user of the client terminal 2 has been authenticated as a registered user. As a result of the determination, for example, if it is recognized that the user of the client terminal 2 has recently been authenticated as a registered user, the control section 20 of the content sales server 5 proceeds to step SP17 and sends the information on the CD sales page of Company A to The source code is sent to the client terminal 2 .

If the source code of the A company's CD sales page sent from the content sales server 5 is received through the communication module 2B, the application module 2A of the client terminal 2 enters step SP18 to display the A company's CD sales page according to the source code (Fig. 5).

As described above, in the content sales system 1, although the source code of the top page has been requested from the client terminal 2, if the source code of the notification page describing the information to be notified to the user exists on the portal server 4 side, the portal server 4 transmits Before the source code of the top page, the source code of the notification page is transmitted to the client terminal 2 with priority.

Therefore, the notification page is displayed preferentially over the top page in the display section 37 of the client terminal 2, so that the operator of the content sales system 1 can ensure that the user is notified of information to be notified to the user by using the above notification page.

At this point, if a negative result is obtained in the above step SP4, this means that the source code of the notification page does not exist in the predetermined storage unit in the hard disk drive 12. The control section 10 of the portal server 4 proceeds to step SP5 and sends the authentication result information generated in step SP3 to the client terminal 2, so that the communication module 2B of the client terminal 2 acquires the authentication result information (step SP6), and then enters Step SP12 (FIG. 12) to send the source code of the front page to the client terminal 2 according to the first request signal.

(1—5—2) Display Company A’s CD sales page from the bookmark

For example, if the title information "Company A CD sales page" displayed in the bookmark display area AR2 as shown in FIG. 5 is selected, the client terminal 2 of this embodiment displays the company A CD sales page accordingly. Here, the page display processing procedure in this example will be explained by using the procedure diagrams shown in FIGS. 14, 15 and 16.

For example, if it is recognized by the user's operation that the title information "A company CD sales page" displayed in the bookmark display area AR2 is selected, the application module 2A of the client terminal 2 proceeds to step SP21 to The URL stored in "company CD sales page" accordingly generates a second request signal requesting the source code of company A's CD sales page, and sends the second request signal to the communication module 2B, and proceeds to step SP22.

In step SP22, the communication module 2B of the client terminal 2 transmits, for example, the authentication result information acquired from the portal server 4 one hour ago together with the second request signal transmitted from the application module 2A to the source storing the CD sales page of Company A. Code for Content Sales Server 5.

If the second request signal and the authentication result information are received from the client terminal 2, the control section 20 of the content sales server 5 proceeds to step SP23 and refers to the authentication completion time in the authentication result information (in this case, the time is about one hours ago), etc., and determine whether the user of the client terminal 2 has been authenticated as a registered user recently (for example, within the past 1 minute). As a result of the determination, if the user of the client terminal 2 has not been authenticated as a registered user recently, the control section 20 of the contents sales server 5 proceeds to step SP24 to generate a request rejection signal rejecting the second request signal from the client terminal 2 , and send the request rejection signal to the client terminal 2.

If the denial of the request to the content sales server 5 is recognized from the request rejection signal sent from the content sales server 5, the communication module 2B of the client terminal 2 proceeds to step SP25 to send the user's ID and password to the portal server 4.

If the user's ID and password are received from the client terminal 2, the control section 10 of the portal server 4 goes to step SP26 to execute user authentication processing based on the user's ID and password. As a result of the user authentication process, if the user can be authenticated as a registered user and authentication result information indicating the authentication result and the authentication completion time is generated, the control section 10 of the portal server 4 determines whether or not in a predetermined storage unit in the hard disk drive 12 The source code of the notification page exists.

Here, if it is determined that the source code of the notification page exists in a predetermined storage unit, the control section 10 of the portal server 4 proceeds to step SP40 in FIG. 16 (described below). Alternatively, if it is determined that the source code of the notification page is not in the predetermined storage unit, the control section 10 of the portal server 4 proceeds to step SP27 in FIG. 15 .

In step SP27 in FIG. 15, the control section 10 of the portal server 4 sends the generated authentication result information to the client terminal 2, so that the communication module 2B of the client terminal 2 acquires the authentication result information (step SP28).

The communication module 2B of the client terminal 2 enters step SP29 to send the latest authentication result information acquired in step SP28 to the content sales server 5 together with the second request signal for acquiring the source code of the CD sales page of company A.

If the second request signal and the latest authentication result information are received from the client terminal 2, the control section 20 of the content sales server 5 proceeds to step SP30 to refer to the authentication completion time and the like in the authentication result information, and determine whether the The user of the client terminal 2 is determined as a registered user. As a result of the determination, if it is recognized that the user of the client terminal 2 has recently been determined as a registered user, the control section 20 of the content sales server 5 proceeds to step SP31 to receive a second request signal from the client terminal 2, and The source code of the CD sales page of company A is sent to the client terminal 2 .

If the source code of the A company's CD sales page sent from the content sales server 5 is received through the communication module 2B, the application program module 2A of the client terminal 2 enters step SP32 to display the A company's CD sales page according to the above source code (Fig. 5).

In this way, the content sales server 5 receives only requests (second request signals) made by client terminals 2 of users who have been authenticated as registered users within a predetermined period of time (here, within the past 1 minute).

In the client terminal 2, the communication module 2B itself executes processing for causing the portal server 4 to authenticate the user of the client terminal 2 as a registered user (steps SP25, SP28, etc.) The acquired authentication result information of the authentication result accepts the processing of the request (steps SP21, SP29, etc.).

Therefore, the application module 2A of the client terminal 2 can be dedicated to application-limited processing (steps SP21 and SP32).

As a result, the structure of the application module 2A operating on the upper layer of the communication module 2B can be greatly simplified.

Next, the case where the control section 10 of the portal server 4 proceeds to step SP40 in FIG. 16 after determining in the above step SP26 that the source code of the notification page exists in a predetermined storage unit in the hard disk drive 12 is described.

Specifically, in this step SP40, the control section 10 of the portal server 4 sends the generated authentication result information to the client terminal 2, and causes the communication module 2B of the client terminal 2 to acquire the authentication result information (step SP41). In the next step SP42, the control section 10 of the portal server 4 transmits to the client terminal 2 storage unit information indicating a storage unit of the source code of the notification page.

If the storage unit information sent from the portal server 4 is received through the communication module 2B, the application module 2A of the client terminal 2 proceeds to step SP43 to generate a notification page request signal requesting to send the source code of the notification page based on the storage unit information , and send the notification page request signal to the portal server 4 through the communication module 2B.

Simultaneously, the application module 2A also sends to the portal server 4 the service identification information and the URL of the CD sales page of the company A stored when the bookmarking of the CD sales page of the company A is performed. As described above, the service identification information indicates that Company A's CD sales page is a page intended to provide CD sales services.

If the service identification information and the URL of the CD sales page of Company A and the notification page request signal are received from the client terminal 2, then in step SP44, the control section 10 of the portal server 4 makes a request to the content sales server 5 regarding the service identification information provided by the above service identification information. An inquiry for the current availability of the CD sales service in the indicated content sales server 5 .

The control section 10 of the portal server 4 proceeds to step SP45 to add the above query result and the received URL of Company A's CD sales page to the source code of the notification page, thereby generating a notification for displaying such as shown in FIG. 17 The source code of the page.

Then, the control section 10 of the portal server 4 proceeds to step SP46 to transmit the above added source code of the notification page to the client terminal 2 in accordance with the received notification page request signal.

If the source code of the above added notification page is received through the communication module 2B, the application module 2A of the client terminal 2 displays the notification page in step SP47 (FIG. 17).

This notification page also indicates current status information INF1 representing the current status of the CD sales service queried by the portal server 4 based on the service identification information from the client terminal 2. This current status information INF1 indicates that the CD sales service in the content sales server 5 is currently active, or the CD sales service is suspended, or the like.

This enables the client terminal 2 to notify the user of the current status of the CD sales service through the notification page before displaying the company A CD sales page for using the CD sales service.

Because the button BT3 in the notification page is linked to the URL of the CD sales page of Company A, for example, if the button BT3 is selected by the user's operation, the application module 2A of the client terminal 2 proceeds to step SP48 to generate a request to Company A based on the above URL. The second request signal of the source code of the CD sales page, and transmits the request signal to the communication module 2B.

In step SP49, the communication module 2B transmits the latest authentication result information acquired in step SP41 to the content sales server 5 together with the transmitted second request signal.

If the second request signal and the latest authentication result information are received from the client terminal 2, then in step SP50, the control section 20 of the content sales server 5 refers to the authentication completion time and the like in the authentication result information, and determines the latest (for example, at within the past 1 minute) whether or not the user of the client terminal 2 has been authenticated as a registered user. For example, as a result, if it is recognized that the user of the client terminal 2 has recently been authenticated as a registered user, the control section 20 of the content sales server 5 proceeds to step SP51 to accept the second request signal from the client terminal 2, and transfer A The source code of the company's CD sales page is sent to the client terminal 2 above.

If the source code of the A company's CD sales page sent from the content sales server 5 is received by the communication module 2B, the application module 2A of the client terminal 2 displays the A company's CD sales page in step SP52 according to the above source code (Fig. 5 ).

Therefore, in the content sales system 1, even if the operation of displaying the CD sales page of company A with a bookmark is performed, in the case where the source code of the notification page exists in the portal server 4, the notification page is displayed in the display section 37 of the client terminal 2 more than Company A's CD sales page is displayed first.

Therefore, the operator of the content sales system 1 can surely notify the user of the information to be notified to the user by utilizing the above notification page.

(1-6) Operation and effect

According to the above configuration, even in the case where the first request signal requesting the source code of the top page or the second request signal requesting the source code of the CD sales page of Company A is transmitted from the client terminal 2, if the portal server 4 has stored the notification page source code, then before the source code of the home page is sent from the portal server 4 or before the source code of the CD sales page of company A is sent from the content sales server 5, the source code of the notification page is sent to the client terminal 2 from the portal server 4.

Therefore, in the display section 37 of the client terminal 2, the notification page is displayed preferentially over the top page and the company A CD sales page. Therefore, the operator of the content sales system 1 can surely notify the user of the information to be notified to the user by using the notification page.

According to the above configuration, the client terminal 2 can display the notification page preferentially over the top page and the company A CD sales page. Accordingly, it is possible to securely notify the user of maintenance information and the like.

(2) The second embodiment

Next, a content sales system employing the system according to the present invention will be described as a second embodiment.

The client terminal 1002 in FIG. 18 in the second embodiment corresponds to the client terminal 2 in FIG. 1 in the above-mentioned first embodiment, and the portal server 1003 in FIG. 19 corresponds to the portal server 4 in FIG. 1 , and the content sales server 1005 in FIG. 20 corresponds to the content sales server 5 in FIG. 1 .

(2-1) Functional circuit block structure of client terminal

First, the hardware configuration of the client terminal 1002 represented by functional circuit blocks will be described below. As shown in FIG. 18, if the user operates the operation input section 1020 composed of various operation buttons formed on the surface of the casing and a remote controller (not shown), the client terminal 1002 recognizes the operation input section 1020 through the operation input section 1020. operation, and sends a control input signal to the input processing section 1021 according to the operation.

The input processing section 1021 converts the control input signal supplied from the operation input section 1020 into a specific operation command, and sends it to the control section 1023 through the bus 1022 .

The control section 1023 controls the operation of each circuit in accordance with an operation command and a control signal supplied from each circuit connected through the bus 1022 .

The display control section 1024 performs digital/analog conversion processing on the video data supplied via the bus 1022 , and transmits the analog video signal thus obtained to the display section 1025 .

For example, the display portion 1025 is a display such as a liquid crystal display that can be directly attached to the surface of the housing or provided externally.

If the processing result of the control section 1023 and various video data are supplied as an analog video signal through the display control section 1024, the display section 1025 displays an image based on the analog video signal.

The audio control section 1026 performs digital/analog conversion processing on audio data supplied via the bus 1022 , and sends the analog audio signal thus acquired to the speaker 1027 . The speaker 1027 emits sound according to the analog audio signal supplied from the audio control section 1026 .

The external recording medium recording/reproducing section 1028 is to read and reproduce content data recorded in an external recording medium such as a CD and a memory stick (registered trademark) having a flash memory included in an outer casing, or to record A recording/reproducing portion of content data in an external recording medium.

If video data is read from an external recording medium as content data, the external recording medium recording/reproducing section 1028 supplies the read video data to the display control section 1024 via the bus 1022 .

Thus, the display control section 1024 converts the video data read from the external recording medium as content data by the external recording medium recording/reproducing section 1028 into an analog video signal, and supplies this signal to the display section 1025 .

If audio data is read from an external recording medium as content data, the external recording medium recording/reproducing section 1028 supplies the read audio data to the audio control section 1026 via the bus 1022 .

Thus, the audio control section 1026 converts voice data read from the external recording medium as content data by the external recording medium recording/reproducing section 1028 into an analog audio signal, and supplies this signal to the speaker 1027.

In addition, the control section 1023 can transfer the content data read from the external recording medium by the external recording medium recording/reproducing section 1028 to the storage medium 1029 in the client terminal 1002 through the bus 1022, and store the content data in the storage medium 1029. (Storage of such content data in the storage medium 1029 is hereinafter referred to as ripping).

When reading video video data such as image data or moving image data from the storage medium 1029 as content data, the control section 1023 supplies the read video data to the display control section 1024 via the bus 1022 .

When reading audio data such as sound data from the storage medium 1029 as content data, the control section 1023 supplies the read audio data to the audio control section 1026 via the bus 1022 .

In addition, the control section 1023 can also read music data from the storage medium 1029 and can transfer the data to the external recording medium recording/reproducing section 1028 . Thus, the music data can be recorded in an external recording medium by the external recording medium recording/reproducing section 1028 .

The broadcast signal receiving section 1030 receives radio broadcast waves transmitted from various radio stations, and supplies them to the tuner section 1031 .

Under the control of the control section 1023, the tuner section 1031 extracts, for example, a radio broadcast signal at a broadcast frequency corresponding to a radio station specified by the operation input section 1020, from the radio broadcast wave received by the broadcast signal receiving section 1030, to The extracted radio broadcast signal is subjected to predetermined reception processing, and the audio data thus obtained is sent to the audio control section 1026 via the bus 1022 .

The audio control section 1026 converts the audio data supplied from the tuner section 1031 into an analog audio signal and sends the signal to the speaker 1027 so that the speaker 1027 emits the sound of a broadcast program being broadcast by a radio station. Therefore, the user can listen to the sound of the broadcast program.

The control section 1023 also transmits the audio data acquired in the tuner section 1031 to and stores in the storage medium 1029, so that the sound of a broadcast program can be recorded.

In addition, the control section 1023 can be connected to a predetermined network through the communication control section 1032 and the network interface 1033, and can access the portal server 1003, the content sales server 1005, etc. on the above network. Accordingly, various information and various data can be sent to and received from these portal servers 1003, content sales server 1005, and the like.

The encoder/decoder section 1034 decodes the compression-encoded content data received from the network via the network interface 1033 and the communication control section 1032 or the compression-encoded content data read from the storage medium 1029 and an external recording medium in sequence, and The decoded data is sent to the display control section 1024 and the audio control section 1026 .

In addition, the encoder/decoder section 1034 compressively encodes uncompressed-encoded content data read from an external recording medium, audio data supplied from the tuner section 1031, etc., and transmits the above compression-encoded content data to storage medium 1029.

Thus, the content data compression-decoded in the encoder/decoder section 1034 is stored in the storage medium 1029 under the control of the control section 1023 .

The copyright management section 1035 generates copyright management information corresponding to the content data downloaded from the network through the network interface 1033 and the communication control section 1032 in sequence, and corresponding to the content data read out from the external recording medium through the external recording medium recording/reproducing section 1028. Corresponding copyright management information.

Copyright management information generated by the copyright management section 1035 under the control of the control section 1023 is registered in the storage medium 1029 in association with content data.

In addition, when the content data associated with the copyright management information is checked out and registered between the storage medium 1029 and a specific external recording medium, the copyright management section 1035 updates the contents of the copyright management information associated with the above content data appropriately. Copyright protection of content data.

The page information generating part 1036 translates successively through the network interface 1033 and the communication control part 1032 from the page information that is XML (extensible markup language) file or HTML (hypertext markup language) file etc. that the communication control part receives from the network, produces for displaying part 1025 to display the video data, and send the generated video data to the display control part 1024.

Authentication processing section 1037 executes authentication processing such as sending authentication information to portal server 1003 and content sales server 1005 connected on the network via network interface 1033 in sequence through communication control section 1032 and network interface 1033 .

The authentication information storage section 1038 stores authentication information to be required when the authentication processing section 1037 accesses the portal server 1003, the content sales server 1005, and the like.

The radio broadcast display control section 1039 sequentially transmits a request signal requesting radio broadcast information on the radio broadcast currently being listened to by the user to the radio broadcast corresponding to the radio station which is broadcasting the currently received radio broadcast via the communication control section 1032 and the network interface 1033. Information distribution server (not shown).

As a result, the radio broadcast display control section 1039 sequentially receives the radio broadcast information transmitted from the radio broadcast information distribution server connected to the network via the network interface 1033 through the network interface 1033 and the communication control section 1032, and transmits the received radio broadcast information to the display control section 1024 . Thus, in the display section 1025, radio broadcast information including the program name of the currently received broadcast program, the title and artist name of the received musical composition, etc. (corresponding to the above-mentioned related information) is displayed.

(2-2) Portal server configuration

Next, the hardware configuration of the portal server 1003 represented by functional circuit blocks will be described with reference to FIG. 19 . The control section 1050 in the portal server 1003 controls the operations of the respective circuits connected through the bus 1051 .

Under the control of the control section 1050, the communication control section 1052 transmits and receives various information to and from the client terminal 1002, the content sales server 1005, etc. through the network interface 1053.

In the customer database section 1054, user ID (identification) information and password information on users who have concluded a contract with the operator of the content sales system are registered as customer information to be associated with each other.

In the page information storage section 1055, page information managed by the operator of the content sales system or the like has been stored.

Note that this page information is described by a language such as XML, and includes a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for accessing the content sales server 1005 or the like.

If the user ID information and password information transmitted from the client terminal 1002 are received sequentially through the network interface 1053 and the communication control section 1052, as user authentication processing, the authentication processing section 1056 determines whether the received user ID information and password information have been It is registered in the customer database section 1054 as customer information.

If the user authentication process ends, the authentication processing section 1056 issues authentication result information (authentication session ID information described below) indicating the result of the above authentication process, and temporarily stores the issued port authentication result information in the authentication information storage section 1057.

At this time, if the user is authenticated as a registered user as a result of the user authentication processing by the authentication processing section 1056, the control section 1050 transfers the information about the user stored in the page information storage section 1055 through the communication control section 1052 and the network interface 1053 in sequence. The page information on the contractor's page (for example, the top page in the first embodiment described above) is sent to the client terminal 1002 together with the port authentication result information.

Note that when the user is not authenticated as a registered user as a result of user authentication processing by the authentication processing section 1056, the control section 1050 may store authentication error information and instructions in the page information storage via the communication control section 1052 and the network interface 1053 in sequence. The authentication failure notification page information of the authentication failure in section 1055 is sent to the client terminal 1002 together.

As a result of the user's authentication process performed by the content sales server 1005, etc., if the port authentication result information (authentication ticket described below) transmitted and acquired from the client terminal 1002 of the above user is received through the network interface 1053 and the communication control section 1052 in sequence ), the authentication processing section 1056 compares the above received port authentication result information with the port authentication result information corresponding to the above user temporarily stored in the authentication information storage section 1057.

As the authentication processing of the port authentication result information received from the contents selling server 1005 etc., the authentication processing part 1056 executes the confirmation processing of confirming whether it is the normal port authentication result information, and confirms in order through the communication control part 1052 and the network interface 1053 In the confirmation result information of the result, a reply is sent to the above content sales server 1005 and the like.

In the frequency information storage section 1058, area codes such as zip codes that can specify the area, frequency information indicating broadcast frequencies of radio broadcasts that can be received in the area indicated by the area codes, numbers of radio stations that broadcast radio broadcasts A name (hereinafter referred to as a radio station name) and a call sign which is identification information unique to each radio station are stored in association with each other.

In the URL storage section 1059, the call sign of each radio station used for radio broadcasting makes it possible to acquire the program name and the name of the program currently in the broadcast program related to and including the above broadcast program currently being broadcast by the radio station corresponding to the above call sign. The URL information of the radio broadcast information of the title of the musical piece being broadcast has been stored in association with each other (hereinafter specifically referred to as real-time broadcast information).

(2-3) Functional circuit block structure of content sales server

Next, the hardware configuration of the content sales server 1005 represented by functional circuit blocks will be described with reference to FIG. 20 . A control section 1090 in the content sales server 1005 controls the operations of the respective circuits connected through the bus 1091 .

Under the control of the control section 1090, the communication control section 1092 transmits and receives various information to and from the client terminal 1002, the portal server 1003, etc. through the network interface.

In the customer database section 1094, user ID information and password information on users who have made a contract with the operator of the content sales server 1005 are registered as customer information in association with each other. However, the authentication processing section 1095 is provided with a function of performing user's authentication processing based on the port authentication result information issued by the portal server 1003 and transmitted from the client terminal 1002, and the customer database section 1094 may not be provided.

In the page information storage section 1096, page information and the like on a media package sales page for introducing media packages such as CDs and DVDs for sale managed by the content sales server 1005 have been stored.

At this point, page information on the media pack sales page is described by a language such as XML, and a user using the client terminal 1002 can select media packs such as CDs and DVDs he/she wishes to purchase.

If a request signal is received requesting page information about the media pack sales page sent from the client terminal 1002 sequentially through the network interface 1093 and the communication control part 1092, the control part 1090 passes the communication control part 1092 sequentially according to the received request signal. And network interface 1093 transmits to client terminal 1002 page information on the media pack sales page stored in the page information storage section.

If the user ID information and password information about the user using the client terminal 1002 are sent from the above client terminal 1002 sequentially through the network interface 1093 and the communication control section 1092, as user authentication processing, the authentication processing section 1095 confirms whether the above received The received user ID information and password information are registered in the customer database section 1094 as customer information.

In addition, as a user authentication method different from user authentication processing using user ID information and password information, the authentication processing section 1095 receives port information sent from the portal server 1003 sequentially transmitted from the client terminal 1002 through the network interface 1093 and the communication control section 1092. Authentication result information (authentication ticket described below), and the port authentication result information received above is sent to the portal server 1003 through the communication control part 1092 and the network interface 1093 in sequence.

By transmitting the port authentication result information to the portal server 1003, authentication processing of the port authentication result information (ie, the above-mentioned confirmation processing) is performed. As a result, confirmation result information is replied from the above portal server 1003 . Authentication processing section 1095 receives this confirmation result information through network interface 1093 and communication control section 1092 in sequence, and confirms whether the user is a registered user who has concluded a contract with the operator of the content sales system based on the confirmation result information received above.

If the user authentication processing is completed as above, the authentication processing section 1095 issues server authentication result information (service session ID information described below) indicating the result of the user authentication processing.

At this time, as a result of the user authentication processing of the authentication processing section 1095, if the user is authenticated as a registered user, the control section 1090 sequentially passes the communication control section 1092 and the network interface 1093 about the information stored in the page information storage section 1096. The page information of the media package sales page provided for the contracting party is sent to the client terminal 1002 together with the server authentication result information.

On the contrary, as a result of the user authentication processing of the authentication processing part 1095, if the user is not authenticated as a registered user, the control part 1090 can store authentication error information and instructions in the page information storage via the communication control part 1092 and the network interface 1093 in sequence. The authentication failure notification page information of the authentication failure in section 1095 is sent to the client terminal 1002 together.

In addition, in the authentication information storage section 1097, server authentication result information issued by the authentication processing section 1095 is temporarily stored, and various pieces of information acquired when the authentication processing section 1095 performs user authentication processing of a user using the client terminal 1002 are also stored. authentication information.

In the media package information storage section 1098, information on a plurality of media packages such as CDs and DVDs for sale (hereinafter referred to as media packages) is stored in association with a search key and the like of each media package ID information. information).

If the request transmitted from the client terminal 1002 as a result of transmitting the page information on the media package sales page to the above client terminal 1002 is received through the network interface 1093 and the communication control section 1092 in sequence about media such as a specific CD or DVD If the media information request signal of the media package information of the package is received, the retrieval part 1099 extracts a search key for retrieving the above specific media package from the above received media information request signal.

Then, the retrieval section 1099 retrieves media package information about a specific media package corresponding to the search condition indicated by the above search key from among a plurality of media package information in the media package information storage section 1098 according to the search key.

The control section 1090 transmits the retrieved media package information to the client terminal 1002 through the communication control section 1092 and the network interface 1093 in sequence. Thus, media package information about a particular media package is displayed to the user.

As a result, if a purchase request signal from the client terminal 1002 is received through the network interface 1093 and the communication control section 1092 sequentially to request the purchase of the above-mentioned specific media package, the control section 1090 executes such as converting the above specific media package to the above client terminal 1002. Purchase processing such as a delivery program delivered to the user.

On the other hand, related to the purchase of a specific media package, the control section 1090 sends the billing information to be used in the billing process to the user to a predetermined billing server (not shown) through the communication control part 1092 and the network interface 1093 in turn. ), so that the accounting server performs accounting processing corresponding to the purchase of a specific media package for the above user.

In addition, if the billing process for the user is completed by this billing server, the control section 1090 transmits purchase completion page information indicating completion of the media pack purchase process to the client terminal 1002 through the communication control section 1092 and the network interface 1093 in sequence.

(2—4) Display the CD sales page of company A through the home page

Next, the display processing procedure of the media pack sale page (here, company A CD sale page) by the home page in the second embodiment will be described with reference to the procedure charts shown in FIGS. 21 and 22 .

Note that the application module 1002A of the client terminal 1002 in FIGS. 21-24 corresponds to the control section 1023, the input processing section 1021, the display control section 1024, and the page information generation section 1036 in FIG. 18, and the communication module 1002B corresponds to the 18 communication control section 1032 and authentication processing section 1037.

If it is recognized that an operation for displaying the top page in the display section 1025 is performed, the application module 1002A of the client terminal 1002 proceeds to step SP1000 to send a request signal (hereinafter referred to as is the homepage request signal) and is sent to the communication module 1002B.

If the top page request signal is received in step SP1001, the communication module 1002B of the client terminal 1002 reads the authentication session ID information temporarily stored in the authentication information storage section 1038 in advance, and transmits the authentication session ID information through the network interface 1033. etc. and the home page request signal is sent to the portal server 1003.

At this point, this authentication session ID information is issued by the portal server 1003 for identification every time the client terminal 1002 and the portal server 1003 establish a communication link for performing various processing such as user authentication processing. Identification information of the state of a single communication link (ie, session).

For use in user authentication processing and the like, the authentication session ID information is also provided with an expiration date predetermined by the portal server 1003 based on the time when the authentication session ID information is issued.

Therefore, when the client terminal 1002 that has received the authentication session ID information from the portal server 1003 cannot present the authentication session ID information to the portal server 1003 within the validity period, the state of the communication link specified by the authentication session ID information is determined to have been authenticated by the portal server 1003. Server 1003 cuts off.

This enables the portal server 1003 to prevent previously issued authentication session ID information from being illegally used for user authentication processing or the like by a user who has not concluded a contract with the operator of the content sales system.

The authentication session ID information temporarily stored in the authentication information storage section 1038 of the client terminal 1002 is an authentication session issued by the portal server 1003 when the client terminal 1002 and the portal server 1003 previously established a communication link for performing user authentication processing, etc. ID information.

If the authentication session ID information and the like and the top page request signal are transmitted from the client terminal 1002, in response thereto, in step SP1002, the control section 1050 of the portal server 1003 receives the authentication session ID information and the like through the network interface 1053 and the communication control section 1052 sequentially. and the top page request signal, and send the authentication session ID information and the like to the authentication processing section 1056.

The authentication processing section 1056 executes user authentication processing based on the received authentication session ID and the like under the control of the control section 1050 .

As a result, if the user using the client terminal 1002 cannot be authenticated as a registered user due to the expiration of the validity period of the authentication session ID information received from the client terminal 1002, the authentication processing section 1056 determines that the authentication from the client terminal 1002 Home page request is not an authorized request.

In this case, the control section 1050 transmits authentication error information indicating an authentication error to the client terminal 1002 through the communication control section 1052 and the network interface 1053 in this order.

In step SP1003, if authentication error information is received through the network interface 1033, the communication module 1002B of the client terminal 1002 reads out user ID information, password information, etc. The user ID information, password information, etc. read above are sent to the portal server 1003 .

In step SP1004, the control section 1050 of the portal server 1003 receives user ID information, password information, etc. through the network interface 1053 and the communication control section 1052 in sequence, and transmits them to the authentication processing section 1056.

As user authentication processing, the authentication processing section 1056 determines whether user ID information, password information, etc. received from the client terminal 1002 are included in customer information registered in the customer database section 1054 under the control of the control section 1050 .

As a result, if the user using the client terminal 1002 is authenticated as a registered user, the authentication processing section 1056 transmits authentication session ID information and the like related to the state of the communication link between the client terminal 1002 and the portal server 1003 as a port authentication result information.

At this time, the authentication processing section 1056 temporarily stores the authentication session ID information and the like transmitted to the client terminal 1002 in the authentication information storage section 1057 under the control of the control section 1050 .

In the next step SP1005, the control section 1050 of the portal server 1003 determines whether page information on the notification page exists in the page information storage section 1055 or not. In this regard, similar to the first embodiment described above, the notification page is a page in which, for example, maintenance information on the portal server 1003, the current status of the CD sales service in the content sales server 1005, and the like are described.

If an affirmative result is obtained in this step SP1005, the control section 1050 proceeds to step SP1006 to transmit the authentication session ID information transmitted to the client terminal 1002 by the authentication processing section 1056 and, for example, an instruction regarding The URL of the storage unit of the page information of the notification page is transmitted to the client terminal 1002 .

In step SP1007, the communication module 1002B of the client terminal 1002 receives the authentication session ID information and the like and the URL of the notification page transmitted from the portal server 1003 through the network interface 1033, and temporarily stores the above-received authentication session ID information and the like in the authentication information storage part 1038, and transmit the URL of the notification page to the application program module 1002A. At this point, it is assumed that the URL of the notification page indicates the portal server 1003 .

In step SP1008, the application module 1002A of the client terminal 1002 generates a request signal (hereinafter referred to as a notification page request signal) requesting page information on the notification page based on the URL of the notification page received from the portal server 1003 through the communication module 1002B. , and transmit the request signal to the communication module 1002B.

If the notification page request signal is received in step SP1009, the communication module 1002B of the client terminal 1002 reads out the authentication session ID information etc. temporarily stored in the authentication information storage section 1038, and passes the authentication session ID information through the network interface 1033. Waiting and notification page request signal is sent to portal server 1003.

In step SP1010, the control section 1050 of the portal server 1003 receives the authentication session ID information and the like and the notification page request signal transmitted from the client terminal 1002 through the network interface 1053 and the communication control section 1052 in sequence, and transmits the authentication session ID information and the like to Authentication processing part 1056 .

The authentication processing section 1056 executes user authentication processing under the control of the control section 1050 to associate the received authentication session ID information and the like with the information transmitted to the client terminal 1002 in the above-mentioned step SP1004 and temporarily stored in the authentication information storage section 1057. Authentication session ID information etc. are compared.

As a result, if the user using the client terminal 1002 is authenticated as a registered user in step SP1011, the authentication processing section 1056 determines that the notification page request from the client terminal 1002 is an authorized request, and transmits the request to the client terminal 1002. Validity period of authentication session ID information etc. is extended.

At this time, the control section 1050 of the portal server 1003 reads the page information about the notification page requested by the user from the page information storage section 1055, and sequentially passes the communication control section 1052 and the network interface 1053 the page information read above and the authentication processing Part 1056 is sent to the client terminal 1002 together with authentication session ID information with an extended validity period.

In step SP1012, the communication module 1002B of the client terminal 1002 receives, through the network interface 1033, the page information on the notification page and the authentication session ID information with an extended validity period, etc. transmitted from the portal server 1003, and transmits the above received page information to application module 1002A. In addition, the communication module 1002B of the client terminal 1002 temporarily stores the authentication session ID information and the like with the extended validity period in the authentication information by rewriting the authentication session ID information and the like before the validity period extension with the authentication session ID information with the extended validity period. In the storage section 1038, the authentication session ID information and the like temporarily stored in the above-mentioned step SP1007 are updated to the authentication session ID information and the like whose validity period has been extended. Then, the communication module 1002B of the client terminal 1002 proceeds to the next step SP1016 (FIG. 22). Note that step SP1015 in FIG. 22 is a step executed only when a negative result is obtained in step SP1005 in FIG. 21 .

In step SP1013, the application module 1002A displays the notification page in the display section 1025 based on the page information on the notification page supplied from the communication module 1002B.

On the other hand, when a negative result is obtained in the above step SP1005, that is, when there is no page information about the notification page in the page information storage section 1055, the control section 1050 of the portal server 1003 proceeds to step SP1014 (FIG. 22). In this step SP1014, the control section 1050 of the portal server 1003 transmits the authentication session ID information and the like transmitted to the client terminal 1002 by the authentication processing section 1056 in the above-mentioned step SP1004 to the client through the communication control section 1052 and the network interface 1053 in sequence. Terminal 1002.

In step SP1015, the communication module 1002B of the client terminal 1002 receives authentication session ID information and the like transmitted from the portal server 1003 through the network interface 1033, and temporarily stores the received authentication session ID information and the like in the authentication information storage section 1038 , and enter the next step SP1016.

In step SP1016, the communication module 1002B reads the authentication session ID information etc. temporarily stored in the authentication information storage section 1038, and transmits the authentication session ID information etc. and the top page request signal acquired in step SP1001 to the portal server through the network interface 1033 1003.

If the authentication session ID information and the like and the top page request signal are transmitted from the client terminal 1002, in response thereto, in step SP1017, the control section 1050 of the portal server 1003 receives the authentication session ID information and the like through the network interface 1053 and the communication control section 1052 sequentially. and the top page request signal, and send the authentication session ID information and the like to the authentication processing section 1056.

The authentication processing section 1056 executes user authentication processing based on the received authentication session ID information under the control of the control section 1050 .

As a result, if the user using the client terminal 1002 is authenticated as a registered user, the authentication processing section 1056 determines that the top page request from the client terminal 1002 is an authorized request, and sends the authentication session ID information etc. to the client terminal 1002. The validity period is extended.

At this time, in the next step SP1018, the control section 1050 of the portal server 1003 reads the page information about the top page requested by the user from the page information storage section 1055, and sequentially passes the above-read information through the communication control section 1052 and the network interface 1053. The page information is sent to the client terminal 1002 together with the authentication session ID information and the like whose validity period has been extended by the authentication processing section 1056 .

In step SP1019, the communication module 1002B of the client terminal 1002 receives, through the network interface 1033, the page information about the top page and the authentication session ID information with an extended validity period transmitted from the portal server 1003, and transmits the above received page information to Application Module 1002A. In addition, the communication module 1002B of the client terminal 1002 temporarily stores the authentication session ID information and the like with the extended validity period in the authentication information by rewriting the authentication session ID information and the like before the validity period extension with the authentication session ID information with the extended validity period. In the storage section 1038, the authentication session ID information and the like temporarily stored in the above step SP1012 or SP1015 are updated to the authentication session ID information and the like whose validity period has been extended.

In step SP1020, the application module 1002A displays the notification page in the display section 1025 based on the page information on the notification page supplied from the communication module 1002B.

If the link button (such as the button BT1 in FIG. 3 ) that causes the current display of the CD sales page of Company A in the home page is pressed, the application module 1002A will request page information about the CD sales page of Company A according to the URL embedded in the link. The request signal is sent to the communication module 1002B. Then, the application module 1002A executes the same processing as steps SP1051-SP1081 in the display processing program of the CD sales page of company A from the bookmark described below (however, steps SP1057-SP1065 are omitted), and displays company A in the display section 1025. CD sales page.

(2—5) Display the CD sales page of company A from the bookmark

Next, the display processing procedure of the CD sales page of company A executed from the bookmark in this second embodiment will be described with reference to the program charts shown in FIGS. 23 and 24. FIG.

If, for example, an operation of displaying a company A CD sales page in which a URL is registered as a bookmark in the display section 1025 is recognized, the application module 1002A of the client terminal 1002 proceeds to step SP1050 to request sales on the company A CD sales page The page request signal is sent to the communication module 1002B.

If a sales page request signal is recognized in step SP1051, the communication module 1002B of the client terminal 1002 reads the service session ID information that has been temporarily stored in the authentication information storage section 1038 in advance, and sends the service session ID information through the network interface 1033. Waiting and sales page request signal is sent to content sales server 1005.

In this regard, the service session ID information is the content accessed by the client terminal 1002 every time the client terminal 1002 and the content sales server 1005 establish a communication link for performing various processing such as user authentication processing. The identification information sent by the sales server 1005 to identify the state of each communication link (that is, the dialogue).

Note that, similarly to the authentication session ID information described above, the above service session ID information is provided with a predetermined validity period (for example, about one minute) based on the time issued by the content sales server 1005 for user authentication processing and the like.

Therefore, if the client terminal 1002 that has acquired the service session ID information from the content sales server 1005 cannot present the service session ID information to the content sales server 1005 that issued the service session ID information within the validity period, then it is determined that the service session ID information obtained by the above service session ID information The specified communication link status has been cut off by this content selling server 1005.

In this way, the content sales server 1005 prevents service session ID information issued in the past from being illegally used by users who have not concluded a contract with the operator of the content sales system in user authentication processing or the like.

In addition, the service session ID information temporarily stored in the authentication information storage section 1038 is accessed by the client terminal 1002 when the client terminal 1002 and the content sales server 1005 established a communication link for performing user authentication processing and the like in the past. The service session ID information sent by the content sales server 1005.

In step SP1052, the control section 1090 of the content sales server 1005 receives the service session ID information etc. and the sales page request signal transmitted from the client terminal 1002 through the network interface 1093 and the communication control section 1092 in sequence, and transmits the service session ID information etc. Go to authentication processing part 1095.

Under the control of the control section 1090 , the authentication processing section 1095 performs user authentication processing by comparing the received service session ID information and the like with the service session ID information and the like that have been temporarily stored in the authentication information storage section 1097 .

As a result, if the user using the client terminal 1002 cannot be authenticated as a registered user due to, for example, the expiration of the validity period of the authentication session ID information received from the client terminal 1002, the authentication processing section 1095 determines that the user from the client terminal 1002 The sales page information request for is an unauthorized request.

In this case, control section 1090 transmits authentication error information indicating an authentication error and a shop code for identifying content sales server 1005 to client terminal 1002 through communication control section 1092 and network interface 1093 in this order.

In step SP1053, the communication module 1002B of the client terminal 1002 receives the authentication error information and the store code transmitted from the content sales server 1005 through the network interface 1033.

Here, if a user who is not authenticated in the content sales server 1005 is identified based on the authentication error information received from the content sales server 1005, the communication module 1002B generates an authentication ticket issuing request requesting an authentication ticket for accessing the content sales server 1005. signal, and send the authentication ticket sending request signal together with the received store code and the authentication session ID information temporarily stored in the authentication information storage part 1038 to the portal server 1003 through the network interface 1033.

At this time, the communication module 1002B temporarily stores the received store code in the authentication information storage section 1038 .

In step SP1054, the control section 1050 of the portal server 1003 receives, through the network interface 1053 and the communication control section 1052, the authentication ticket issue request signal, shop code, authentication session ID information, etc. transmitted from the client terminal 1002 in sequence, and transmits them to Authentication processing part 1056 .

The authentication processing section 1056 executes user authentication processing by comparing this authentication session ID information and the like with the authentication session ID information that has been temporarily stored in the authentication information storage section 1057 under the control of the control section 1050 .

As a result, if the user using the client terminal 1002 cannot be authenticated as a registered user due to, for example, the expiration of the validity period of the authentication session ID information received from the client terminal 1002, the authentication processing section 1056 determines that the user from the client terminal 1002 The authentication ticket issued for the request is an unauthorized request.

In this case, the control section 1050 transmits authentication error information indicating an authentication error to the client terminal 1002 through the communication control section 1052 and the network interface 1053 in this order.

If authentication error information is received from the portal server 1003 through the network interface 1033, then in step SP1055, the communication module 1002B of the client terminal 1002 reads user ID information, password information, etc. stored in the authentication information storage section 1038, and passes The network interface 1033 sends the read user ID information and password information to the portal server 1003 .

In step SP1056, the control section 1050 of the portal server 1003 receives user ID information, password information, etc. through the network interface 1053 and the communication control section 1052 in sequence, and sends them to the authentication processing section 1056.

As user authentication processing, the authentication processing section 1056 determines whether user ID information, password information, etc. received from the client terminal 1002 are included in customer information registered in the customer database section 1054 under the control of the control section 1050 .

As a result, if the user using the client terminal 1002 is authenticated as a registered user, the authentication processing section 1056 sends out authentication session ID information and the like related to the current communication link state between the client terminal 1002 and the portal server 1003 as port authentication result information.

At this time, the authentication processing section 1056 also temporarily stores this authentication session ID information and the like transmitted to the client terminal 1002 in the authentication information storage section 1057 under the control of the control section 1050 .

In the next step SP1057, the control section 1050 of the portal server 1003 determines whether there is page information on the notification page in the page information storage section 1055.

If an affirmative result is acquired in this step SP1057, the control section 1050 proceeds to step SP1058. In step SP1058, the control section 1050 of the portal server 1003 transmits, through the communication control section 1052 and the network interface 1053, the authentication session ID information and the like transmitted to the client terminal 1002 by the authentication processing section 1056 and, for example, information indicating the page information on the notification page. The URL of the storage unit is sent to the client terminal 1002 .

In step SP1059, the communication module 1002B of the client terminal 1002 receives the authentication session ID information and the like and the URL of the notification page transmitted from the portal server 1003 through the network interface 1033, and temporarily stores the above-received authentication session ID information and the like in the authentication information storage part 1038, and transmit the URL of the notification page to the application program module 1002A.

In step SP1060, the application module 1002A of the client terminal 1002 generates a notification page request signal based on the URL of the notification page received from the portal server 1003 through the communication module 1002B, and transmits the notification page request signal to the communication module 1002B .

If the notification page request signal is received, then in step SP1061, the communication module 1002B reads the authentication session ID information etc. temporarily stored in the authentication information storage section 1038, and transfers the authentication session ID information etc. to the notification page via the network interface 1033. The request signal is sent to the portal server 1003 .

In step SP1062, the control section 1050 of the portal server 1003 receives the authentication session ID information and the like and the notification page request signal transmitted from the client terminal 1002 through the network interface 1053 and the communication control section 1052 in sequence, and transmits the authentication session ID information and the like to the authentication processing section 1056 .

The authentication processing section 1056, under the control of the control section 1050, combines the received authentication session ID information and the like with the authentication session ID information transmitted to the client terminal 1002 in the above-mentioned step SP1056 and temporarily stored in the authentication information storage section 1057. etc. to perform user authentication processing.

As a result, if the user using the client terminal 1002 is authenticated as a registered user, then in step SP1063, the authentication processing section 1056 determines that the request from the notification page of the client terminal 1002 is an unauthorized request, and will send the request to the client terminal 1002. The validity period of the authentication session ID information and the like of the terminal 1002 is extended.

At this time, the control section 1050 of the portal server 1003 reads the page information about the notification page from the page information storage section 1055, and sequentially passes the page information read by the communication control section 1052 and the network interface 1053 together with the information extended by the authentication processing section 1056. The authentication session ID information and the like with the expiration date are sent to the client terminal 1002.

In step SP1064, the communication module 1002B of the client terminal 1002 receives, through the network interface 1033, the page information about the notification page and the authentication session ID information with an extended validity period transmitted from the portal server 1003, and transmits the received page information. to application module 1002A. In addition, the communication module 1002B of the client terminal 1002 temporarily stores the authentication session ID information and the like with the extended validity period in the authentication information in such a manner that the authentication session ID information and the like before the validity period extension are overwritten with the authentication session ID information and the like with the validity period extended. In the storage section 1038, the authentication session ID information and the like temporarily stored in the above-mentioned step SP1059 are updated to the authentication session ID information and the like whose validity period has been extended. Then, the communication module 1002B of the client terminal 1002 proceeds to the next step SP1068 (FIG. 24). Note that step SP1067 in FIG. 24 is a step executed only when a negative result is obtained in step SP1057 in FIG. 23 .

In step SP1065, the application module 1002A displays the notification page in the display section 1025 based on the page information on the notification page supplied from the communication module 1002B.

On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in the above step SP1057, that is, if there is no page information about the notification page in the page information storage section 1055, the control section 1050 of the portal server 1003 proceeds to step SP1066 (FIG. 24). In this step SP1066, the control section 1050 of the portal server 1003 transmits the authentication session ID information and the like transmitted to the client terminal 1002 by the authentication processing section 1056 in the above-mentioned step SP1054 to the client via the communication control section 1052 and the network interface 1053 in sequence. Terminal 1002.

In step SP1067, the communication module 1002B of the client terminal 1002 receives authentication session ID information and the like transmitted from the portal server 1003 through the network interface 1033, and temporarily stores the received authentication session ID information and the like in the authentication information storage section 1038 , and then go to the next step SP1068.

In step SP1068, the communication module 1002B generates an authentication ticket issue request signal again requesting the portal server 1003 to issue an authentication ticket, and passes the authentication ticket issue request signal and the store code temporarily stored in the authentication information storage section 1038 through the network interface 1033 and The authentication session ID information is sent to the portal server 1003 together.

In this embodiment, the shop code is temporarily stored in the authentication information storage section 1038 of the client terminal 1002. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and when the processing in steps SP1051-SP1068 is performed between the above client terminal 1002 and portal server 1003, it is also possible to sequentially send and receive store codes, so that the store codes can be transferred in step SP1068 to the portal server 1003 without temporarily storing the store code in the authentication information storage section 1038 of the client terminal 1002.

In step SP1069, the control section 1050 of the portal server 1003 receives the authentication ticket issue request signal, store code, authentication session ID information, etc. transmitted from the client terminal 1002 through the network interface 1053 and the communication control section 1052 in sequence, and transmits them to Authentication processing part 1056 .

The authentication processing section 1056 performs user authentication processing by comparing the received authentication session ID information and the like with the authentication session ID information that has been temporarily stored in the authentication information storage section 1057 under the control of the control section 1050 .

As a result, if, for example, the user using the client terminal 1002 is authenticated as a registered user due to reasons such as that the validity period of the authentication session ID information received from the client terminal 1002 has not expired, the authentication processing section 1056 determines that the user from the above client terminal The 1002 authentication ticket issue request is an authorized request. In the next step SP1070, the authentication processing section 1056 issues an authentication ticket, etc. As the port authentication result information.

The authentication processing section 1056 temporarily stores this authentication ticket etc. in the authentication information storage section 1057 under the control of the control section 1050 and extends the validity period of the authentication session ID information etc. which have been sent to the client terminal 1002 .

The control section 1050 of the portal server 1003 sends the authentication ticket etc. issued by the authentication processing section 1056 together with authentication session ID information with an extended validity period to the client terminal 1002 through the communication control section 1052 and the network interface 1053 in sequence.

In step SP1071, the communication module 1002B of the client terminal 1002 receives the authentication ticket etc. and authentication session ID information etc. whose validity period was extended from the portal server 1003 through the network interface 1033, and proceeds to the next step SP1072.

In step SP1072, the communication module 1002B transmits the received authentication ticket and the like together with an authentication request signal to the content sales server 1005 through the network interface 1033.

At this time, the communication module 1002B also rewrites the authentication session ID information before the extension of the validity period with the received authentication session ID information with the extension of the validity period, and transfers the authentication session with the extended validity period received from the portal server 1003 ID information and the like are temporarily stored in the authentication information storage section 1038 to update the authentication session ID information and the like temporarily stored in the above-mentioned step SP1064 or SP1067 to authentication session ID information and the like with an extended validity period.

In step SP1073, if an authentication request signal, an authentication ticket, and the like transmitted from the client terminal 1002 are received through the network interface 1093 and the communication control section 1092 in sequence, the control section 1090 of the content sales server 1005 sequentially passes through the communication control section 1092 and the network. The interface 1093 transmits the received authentication ticket and the like to the portal server 1003 together with an authentication ticket confirmation request signal requesting confirmation of the authentication ticket.

In step SP1074, the control section 1050 of the portal server 1003 receives the authentication ticket confirmation request signal and the authentication ticket, etc. sent from the content sales server 1005 through the network interface 1053 and the communication control section 1052 in order, and sends them to the authentication processing section 1056.

The authentication processing section 1056 under the control of the control section 1050 executes confirmation processing by comparing the received authentication ticket etc. with the authentication ticket etc. temporarily stored in the authentication information storage section 1057 according to this authentication ticket confirmation request signal.

If the authentication processing section 1056 confirms the received authentication ticket or the like as a registered authentication ticket or the like, the control section 1050 confirms that the authentication ticket or the like has been confirmed as a normal authentication ticket or the like through the communication control section 1052 and the network interface 1053 in sequence. The result information is sent to the content sales server 1005 .

In step SP1075, control section 1090 of content sales server 1005 receives confirmation result information sent from portal server 1003 through network interface 1093 and communication control section 1092 in sequence, and sends the information to authentication processing section 1095.

The authentication processing section 1095 sends out service session ID information etc. related to the status of the current communication link between the client terminal 1002 and the content sales server 1005 according to the confirmation result information under the control of the control section 1090, and sends the issued service session ID information. ID information and the like are stored in the authentication information storage section 1097 .

The control section 1090 of the content sales server 1005 transmits the issued service session ID information and the like to the client terminal 1002 through the communication control section 1092 and the network interface 1093 in sequence.

In step SP1076, the communication module 1002B of the client terminal 1002 receives the service session ID information etc. sent from the content selling server 1005 through the network interface 1033, and temporarily stores the received service session ID information etc. in the authentication information storage section 1038 , and then go to the next step SP1077.

In step SP1077, the communication module 1002B transmits the sales page request signal acquired in the above-mentioned step SP1051 together with the service session ID information and the like temporarily stored in the authentication information storage section 1038 in step SP1076 to the content sales via the network interface 1033 again. Server 1005.

In step SP1078, the control section 1090 of the content selling server 1005 receives the sales page request signal and the service session ID information etc. transmitted from the client terminal 1002 through the network interface 1093 and the communication control section 1092 in sequence, and transfers the service session ID information etc. Sent to the authentication processing part 1095.

The authentication processing section 1095, under the control of the control section 1090, combines the received service session ID information and the like with the service session ID information that has been transmitted to the client terminal 1002 in the above-mentioned step SP1075 and temporarily stored in the authentication information storage section 1097. etc. to perform user authentication processing.

As a result, if, for example, the user using the client terminal 1002 is authenticated as a registered user due to reasons such as service session ID information received from the client terminal 1002 has not expired, the authentication processing section 1095 determines that the user from the client terminal 1002 The request for the CD sales page of Company A is a request for authorization, and the validity period of the service session ID information and the like transmitted to the client terminal 1002 is extended.

At this time, in the next step SP1079, the control section 1090 reads the page information on the CD sales page of Company A requested by the user from the page information storage section 1096, and sequentially passes the above-read information through the communication control section 1092 and the network interface 1093. The page information is sent to the client terminal 1002 together with service session ID information and the like whose validity period has been extended by the authentication processing section 1095 .

In step SP1080, the communication module 1002B of the client terminal 1002 receives, through the network interface 1033, the page information on the CD sales page of Company A and the service session ID information with an extended validity period transmitted from the content sales server 1005, and transmits the above received The page information about company A's CD sales page is sent to the application program module 1002A. In addition, the communication module 1002B of the client terminal 1002 temporarily stores the service session ID information and the like with the extended validity period in the authentication information in such a manner that the service session ID information and the like before the validity period extension are overwritten with the service session ID information with the extended validity period. In the storage section 1038, the service session ID information and the like temporarily stored in the above-mentioned step SP1076 are updated to the service session ID information and the like whose validity period has been extended.

In step SP1081, the application module 1002A displays the company A CD sales page in the display section 1025 based on the page information on the company A CD sales page supplied from the communication module 1002B.

According to the above configuration, the same effects as those of the above-described first embodiment can also be obtained in the content sales system according to this second embodiment.

In addition, among the program modules (FIG. 10) of the client terminal 2 described in the above-mentioned first embodiment, the HTTP message program 50 and the communicator program 51 are capable of communicating with the client terminal 1002 described in this embodiment. The control section 1032 (FIG. 18) is a program module of the same function.

The content reproduction module 52 (FIG. 10) is a program module capable of realizing the same functions as the encoder/decoder section 1034 (FIG. 18).

In addition, the copyright protection management module 53 (FIG. 10) is a program module capable of realizing the same functions as the copyright management section 1035 (FIG. 18).

In addition, the Internet radio channel selection reproduction module 54 (FIG. 10) is a program module capable of realizing the same functions as the control section 1023 and the audio control section 1026 (FIG. 18).

In addition, the music purchase reproduction module 55 (FIG. 10) is a program module capable of realizing the same functions as the control section 1023 and the audio control section 1026 (FIG. 18).

In addition, the XML browser 56 (FIG. 10) is a program module capable of realizing the same functions as the input processing section 1021 and the page information generating section 1036 (FIG. 18).

In addition, the hard disk content controller 57, the database access module 59 and the content data access module 60 (FIG. 10) are program modules capable of realizing the same functions as the control section 1023 (FIG. 18).

In addition, the authentication library 58A (FIG. 10) of the library 58 is a program module capable of realizing the same functions as the authentication processing section 1037 and the authentication information storage section 1038 (FIG. 18).

In addition, the clip library 58B (FIG. 10) of the library 58 is a program module capable of realizing the same function as the control section 1023 (FIG. 18).

In addition, the radio broadcast information display module 61 (FIG. 10) is a program module capable of realizing the same functions as the radio broadcast display control section 1039 (FIG. 18).

In addition, the tuner channel selection reproduction/sound recording module 62 (FIG. 10) is a program module capable of realizing the same functions as the control section 1023, audio control section 1026 and tuner section 1031 (FIG. 18).

In addition, the audio user interface 63 (FIG. 10) is a program module capable of realizing the same functions as the input processing section 1021, the control section 1023, and the display control section 1024 (FIG. 18).

In addition, the CD reproducing module 64 (FIG. 10) is a program module capable of realizing the same functions as the control section 1026 and the external recording medium recording/reproducing section 1028 (FIG. 18).

In addition, the HDD reproduction module 65 (FIG. 10) is a program module capable of realizing the same functions as the control section 1023 and the audio control section 1026 (FIG. 18).

Therefore, in the client terminal 2 having the hardware circuit block structure in the above-mentioned first embodiment using various program modules, the client terminal 2 can also execute and have the functional circuit block structure in this second embodiment The client terminal 1002 of the same processing.

In addition, in the portal server 4 (FIG. 6) of the above-mentioned first embodiment, the various program. Thereby, control part 10 has played the similar function with the control part 1050 of portal server 1003, communication control part 1052 and authentication processing part 1056 according to above-mentioned various program realization, can also be with the customer database part 1054 of portal server 1003, page information The storage section 1055 , authentication information storage section 1057 , frequency information storage section 1058 , and URL storage section 1059 similarly use the ROM 11 , RAM 14 , and hard disk drive 12 .

In addition, in the content sales server 5 (FIG. 7) in the above-described first embodiment, each of the contents to be stored in the ROM 21 and the hard disk drive 22 is appropriately selected according to the function of the content server 1005 (FIG. 20) in the above-described second embodiment. kind of program. Thereby, control part 20 realizes the function similar to the control part 1090, communication control part 1092, authentication processing part 1095 and retrieval part 1099 of above content sale server 1005, can also be with the customer database part 1094, page information of above sale content server 1005. The storage section 1096 , the media package information storage section 1098 and the authentication information storage section 1097 similarly use the ROM 21 , the RAM 24 and the hard disk drive 22 .

(3) Other embodiments

In the above-described embodiments, the case where the client terminal 2 having the music reproduction function is applied to the terminal unit has been described. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and other various information processing units such as a personal computer can also be applied to the case if a page is displayed according to a source code described by a language such as XML.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, it is described that the communication processing section 44, the network interface 45, etc. of the client terminal 2 are applied to transmit the request first page after receiving the notification page data (source code of the notification page) according to the above request signal A case of sending means for request signal of data (source code of first page) and second page data (source code of Company A CD sales page) and receiving means for receiving first page data, second page data, etc. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and other various structures can also be applied to this case.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, a page data providing system in which the portal server 4 is applied to store notification page data (source code of the notification page) and first page data (source code of the top page) indicating predetermined notification information is described situation. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and information processing units formed of other various structures can also be applied to this case.

In addition, in the first embodiment described above, a receiving device and an application of applying the data communication processing section 15 of the portal server 4 to receive a request signal requesting the portal server 4 to transmit the first page data (source code of the front page) have been described In the case of the transmission device that transmits the notification page data (source code of the notification page) before transmitting the first page data (source code of the top page) according to the request signal. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and other various structures can also be applied to this case.

In addition, in the above-mentioned second embodiment, it is described that a data communication control section 1052 of the portal server 1003 is applied to the receiving device of the request signal requesting the portal server 4 to send the first page data and the application of the data communication control section 1052 in sending the first page data according to the request signal. In the case of the transmitting device that transmits the notification page data (source code of the notification page) before the first page data (source code of the first page). However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and other various structures can also be applied to this case.

In addition, in the above-mentioned embodiment, it is described that if the acceptance information (authentication result information) and the request signal requesting the content sales server 5 to transmit the page data from the terminal unit are received, the application of the content sales server 5 to the page data supply is described. Means for a case where the page data is sent to the terminal device in response to the request signal. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and information processing units formed of other various structures can also be applied to this case.

In addition, in the above-described embodiments, a program (hereinafter referred to as "Program") for executing the page display processing shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 or FIGS. 19-16 and FIGS. In the case of the page data receiving program). However, the present invention is not limited thereto, for example, a page data receiving program distributed from a predetermined server through a network may be installed at an arbitrary time determined by a user.

In addition, in the above-described embodiments, the radio broadcast broadcast by the radio station can be applied to the broadcast that the client terminals 2 and 1002 can receive, but there may be other cases such that the client terminals 2 and 1002 receive Internet radio broadcasts and satellite broadcasts. A case of radio broadcasting to obtain related information (radio broadcast information), or receiving a TV broadcast broadcast by a TV broadcasting station to obtain various broadcast information related to a TV program of a TV broadcast from a server on a network.

In addition, in the above-described embodiments, a case has been described in which hardware circuit blocks, functional circuit blocks, and program modules are installed in the client terminals 2 and 1002 . However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and they may also be installed in various terminals other than the client terminals 2 and 1002, such as portable phones and personal computers. Thus, if these hardware circuit blocks, functional circuit blocks, and program modules are installed in the terminal, the same processing as that of the client terminals 2 and 1002 described above can be realized.

Industrial applicability

The present invention can be applied to, for example, a case where a Web page is displayed in a display section of a client terminal based on XML source code data supplied from a server.

Claims (30)

1. page data method of reseptance comprises:

Send the first step of first request signal of request first page data;

Send second step of second request signal of request second page data;

After the Notifications page data that receiving indicating predetermined announcement information according to said first request signal, receive the third step of said first page data; With

After receiving said Notifications page data, receive the 4th step of said second page data according to said second request signal,

When said second request signal that the second page data generator refusal that said second page data is provided sends in said second step; The 5th step of the information that the acceptance that request provides the first page data generator of said first page data to send to make the said second page data generator accept said second request signal is required and

According to described request, receive the required said information of the acceptance of sending from the said first page data generator and about the 6th step of the address information of said Notifications page data; And

In said the 4th step,

According to the said address information that receives about said Notifications page data, receive said Notifications page data through visiting the said first page data generator,

According to the said Notifications page data that receive, in the display part, show the said announcement information of indication Notifications page and

Operation according to the said Notifications page that in said display part, shows receives said second page data through sending said second request signal once more and accepting required said information from the said second page data generator.

2. page data method of reseptance as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that,

When visiting the said first page data generator according to said address information about the Notifications page data; Be sent to the above-mentioned first page data generator with the corresponding address information of said second page data, to receive the said Notifications page data that comprise with the corresponding address information of said second page data from the said first page data generator.

3. page data method of reseptance as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that,

When visiting the said first page data generator according to said address information about the Notifications page data; The service identifiers information that identifies said second page data is sent to the above-mentioned first page data generator, to receive the said Notifications page data that comprise with the corresponding additional information of said service identifiers information from the said first page data generator.

4. page data method of reseptance comprises:

Send the first step of first request signal of request first page data;

Send second step of second request signal of request second page data;

After the Notifications page data that receiving indicating predetermined announcement information according to said first request signal, receive the third step of said first page data; With

After receiving said Notifications page data, receive the 4th step of said second page data according to said second request signal,

When said second request signal that the second page data generator refusal that said second page data is provided sends in said second step; Request provides the first page data generator transmission of said first page data to make the said second page data generator accept the 5th step of the required information of the required acceptance of said second request signal

When the said first page data generator rejecting said request with user totem information and password be sent to the said first page data generator the 6th step and

The authentication dialog ID that reception is sent from the said first page data generator and about the 7th step of the address information of the said Notifications page data obtained through said user totem information and the password of the said first page data generator authentication, and

In said the 4th step,

According to about the said address information that receives of said Notifications page data through adding said authentication dialog ID and receive said Notifications page data through visiting the said first page data generator,

In the display part, show the Notifications page of indicating said announcement information according to the said Notifications page data that receive,

The signal of request being accepted required said information is sent to the said first page data generator once more,

Reception according to described request by the said first page data generator being used to of sending accept required said information and

Through being sent from the said second page data generator with the required said information of acceptance together once more, said second request signal receives said second page data.

5. page data method of reseptance as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that,

When visiting the said first page data generator according to said address information about the Notifications page data; Be sent to the above-mentioned first page data generator with the corresponding address information of said second page data, to receive the said Notifications page data that comprise with the corresponding address information of said second page data from the said first page data generator.

6. page data method of reseptance as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that,

When visiting the said first page data generator according to said address information about the Notifications page data; The service identifiers information that identifies said second page data is sent to the above-mentioned first page data generator, to receive the said Notifications page data that comprise with the corresponding additional information of said service identifiers information from the said first page data generator.

7. page data method of reseptance as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that,

In said Notifications page data, also indicate state with the corresponding service of said second page data.

8. page data method of reseptance as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that,

In said first page data, also be included in the link information of said second page data.

9. the page data of the page data generator of the Notifications page data that are used to store indicating predetermined announcement information and first page data provides method, comprising:

If said device receives first request signal of said first page data of request from terminal unit, before sending said first page data, said Notifications page data are sent to the first step of said terminal unit; With

If said terminal unit will ask second request signal of second page data to be sent to another page data generator of said second page data is provided; Before sending said second page data from said another page data generator, said Notifications page data are sent to second step of said terminal unit, wherein according to said second request signal

In said second step,

Behind said second request signal of said another page data generator refusal from said terminal unit; Accept required information if make said another page data generator accept required being used to of said second request signal from said terminal unit request; Then will be used to accept required said information and be sent to said terminal unit about the address information of said Notifications page data, and

If exist from of the visit of said terminal unit basis about the address information of said Notifications page data; Said terminal unit receives and is used to accept required information and above-mentioned address information; Then said Notifications page data are sent to said terminal unit, thereby in the display part of said terminal unit, show Notifications page based on said Notifications page data.

10. page data as claimed in claim 9 provides method, it is characterized in that,

If exist from of the visit of said terminal unit basis about the address information of said Notifications page data; If receive and the corresponding address information of said second page data, will comprise that then the said Notifications page data with the corresponding address information of above-mentioned second page data are sent to said terminal unit from said terminal unit.

11. page data as claimed in claim 9 provides method, it is characterized in that,

If exist from of the visit of said terminal unit basis about the address information of said Notifications page data; If receive the service identifiers information of said second page data of sign from said terminal unit, will comprise that then the said Notifications page data with the corresponding additional information of above-mentioned service identifiers information are sent to said terminal unit.

12. the page data of the page data generator of the Notifications page data that are used to store indicating predetermined announcement information and first page data provides method, comprising:

If said device receives first request signal of said first page data of request from terminal unit, before sending said first page data, said Notifications page data are sent to the first step of said terminal unit; With

If said terminal unit will ask second request signal of second page data to be sent to another page data generator of said second page data is provided; Before sending said second page data from said another page data generator, said Notifications page data are sent to second step of said terminal unit according to said second request signal; Wherein

In said second step,

Behind said second request signal of said another page data generator refusal from said terminal unit; Request makes above-mentioned another page data generator accept required being used to of said second request signal and accepts the signal and the authentication dialog ID of required information and receive together

When the term of validity of said authentication dialog ID had expired, the authentication response that the indication authentication is made mistakes was sent to said terminal unit,

Receive user totem information and password from said terminal unit,

Carry out authentication processing according to said user totem information and password, send authentication dialog ID, and if have said Notifications page data, with authentication dialog ID and about the address information of above-mentioned Notifications page be sent to together said terminal unit and

In response to visit to the address of the said Notifications page data of having added said authentication dialog ID, carry out authentication processing through said authentication dialog ID, and if this authentication be allowed to, above-mentioned Notifications page data are sent to said terminal unit.

13. page data as claimed in claim 12 provides method, it is characterized in that,

When existing from said terminal unit according to the time about the visit of the address information of said Notifications page data; If receive and the corresponding address information of said second page data, will comprise that then the said Notifications page data with the corresponding address information of above-mentioned second page data are sent to said terminal unit from said terminal unit.

14. page data as claimed in claim 12 provides method, it is characterized in that,

When existing from said terminal unit according to the time about the visit of the address information of said Notifications page data; If receive the service identifiers information of said second page data of sign from said terminal unit, will comprise that then the said Notifications page data with the corresponding additional information of above-mentioned service identifiers information are sent to said terminal unit.

15. page data as claimed in claim 12 provides method, it is characterized in that,

In said Notifications page data, also indicate state with the corresponding service of said second page data.

16. page data as claimed in claim 12 provides method, it is characterized in that,

In said first page data, also be included in the link information of said second page data.

17. a terminal unit comprises:

Be used to send first request signal of request first page data and the dispensing device of second request signal of request second page data;

And be used for receiving said first page data after the Notifications page data that receive indicating predetermined announcement information according to said first request signal and after receiving said Notifications page data according to said second request signal, being used to receive the receiving system of said second page data, wherein:

Said dispensing device,

If said second request signal that provides the second page data generator refusal of said second page data to send by said dispensing device; The first page data generator that sending a request provides said first page data sends and makes the said second page data generator accept the request signal that required information is accepted in required being used to of said second request signal

Said receiving system,

The said information that the acceptance that reception is sent from the said first page data generator according to described request is required and about the address information of said Notifications page data,

According to said receive about the address information of said Notifications page data through visit the said first page data generator receive said Notifications page data and

According to the said Notifications page data that receive, the Notifications page of wherein indicating announcement information is sent to the display part; With

Said dispensing device,

According to operation, send said second request signal once more and be used for the required information of said acceptance the said Notifications page that in said display part, shown; With

Said receiving system,

Receive said second page data in response to said the transmission once more from the said second page data generator.

18. terminal unit as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that,

Said receiving system,

When visiting the said first page data generator about the address information of said Notifications page data; To be sent to the above-mentioned first page data generator with the corresponding address information of said second page data, to receive the said Notifications page data that comprise with the corresponding address information of said second page data from the said first page data generator.

19. terminal unit as claimed in claim 17 is characterized in that,

Said receiving system,

When visiting the said first page data generator about the address information of said Notifications page data; The service identifiers information of said second page data of sign is sent to the above-mentioned first page data generator, to receive the said Notifications page data that comprise with the corresponding additional information of said service identifiers information from the said first page data generator.

20. a terminal unit comprises:

Be used to send first request signal of request first page data and the dispensing device of second request signal of request second page data;

And be used for receiving said first page data after the Notifications page data that receive indicating predetermined announcement information according to said first request signal and after receiving said Notifications page data according to said second request signal, being used to receive the receiving system of said second page data, wherein:

Said dispensing device,

If said second request signal that provides the second page data generator refusal of said second page data to send by said dispensing device; The first page data generator that then sending a request provides said first page data sends and makes the said second page data generator accept the request signal of the required information of the required acceptance of said second request signal, and

In addition, if the said first page data generator rejecting said request is then sent user totem information and password to the above-mentioned first page data generator;

Said receiving system,

The authentication dialog ID that reception is sent as the result of said first said user totem information of page data generator authentication and password and from the above-mentioned first page data generator and about the address information of said Notifications page data,

According to said receive about the address information of said Notifications page data through adding said authentication dialog ID and receive said Notifications page data through visiting the said first page data generator, and

To wherein indicate the Notifications page of said announcement information to be sent to the display part according to the said Notifications page data that receive;

Said dispensing device,

The said signal that to ask once more to accept required information is sent to the said first page data generator;

Said receiving system,

The required said information that is used to accept that reception is sent by the said first page data generator according to described request;

Said dispensing device,

With said second request signal be used to accept required said information and send once more together;

Said receiving system,

Receive said second page data according to said the transmission once more from the said second page data generator.

21. terminal unit as claimed in claim 20 is characterized in that,

Said receiving system,

When visiting the said first page data generator about the address information of said Notifications page data; To be sent to the above-mentioned first page data generator with the corresponding address information of said second page data, to receive the said Notifications page data that comprise with the corresponding address information of said second page data from the said first page data generator.

22. terminal unit as claimed in claim 20 is characterized in that,

When dress being provided according to visit said first page data about the address information of said Notifications page data; The service identifiers information that said receiving system will identify said second page data is sent to the said first page data generator, to receive the said Notifications page data that comprise with the corresponding additional information of said service identifiers information from the said first page data generator.

23. the Notifications page data of the indicating predetermined announcement information of storage and the page data generator of first page data comprise:

Be used for receiving the receiving system of first request signal of said first page data of request from terminal unit; With

Dispensing device,

Be used for before sending said first page data, said Notifications page data being sent to said terminal unit according to said first request signal that receives by said receiving system, and

If said terminal unit will ask second request signal of second page data to be sent to another page data generator of said second page data is provided; Be used for before said another page data generator sends said second page data, said Notifications page data being sent to said terminal unit according to said second request signal, wherein:

Said dispensing device,

Behind said second request signal of said another page data generator refusal from said terminal unit; Accept required information if make above-mentioned another page data generator accept required being used to of said second request signal from said terminal unit request; Then will be used to accept required said information and be sent to said terminal unit about the address information of said Notifications page data, and

Saidly be used to accept required information and visit said receiving system according to said address information if receive about the said terminal unit of the address information of said Notifications page data; Then said dispensing device is sent to said terminal unit with said Notifications page data, thereby in the display part of said terminal unit, shows the Notifications page based on said Notifications page data.

24. page data generator as claimed in claim 23 is characterized in that;

When from said terminal unit when visiting said receiving system about the address information of said Notifications page data, if said receiving system receives and the corresponding address information of said second page data from said terminal unit,

Said dispensing device,

To comprise that the said Notifications page data with the corresponding address information of above-mentioned second page data are sent to said terminal unit.

25. page data generator as claimed in claim 23 is characterized in that:

When from said terminal unit when having visited said receiving system about the address information of said Notifications page data, if said receiving system receives the service identifiers information that is used to identify said second page data from said terminal unit,

Said dispensing device,

To comprise that the said Notifications page data with the corresponding additional information of above-mentioned service identifiers information are sent to said terminal unit.

26. the Notifications page data of the indicating predetermined announcement information of storage and the page data generator of first page data comprise:

Be used for receiving the receiving system of first request signal of said first page data of request from terminal unit; With

Dispensing device,

Be used for before sending said first page data, said Notifications page data being sent to said terminal unit according to said first request signal that receives by said receiving system, and

If said terminal unit will ask second request signal of second page data to be sent to another page data generator of said second page data is provided; Be used for before said another page data generator sends said second page data, said Notifications page data being sent to said terminal unit according to said second request signal, wherein:

Said receiving system,

Behind said second request signal of said another page data generator refusal from said terminal unit, reception makes above-mentioned another page generator accept the request signal and the authentication dialog ID of the required information of the required acceptance of said second request signal;

Said dispensing device,

When the term of validity of said authentication dialog ID had expired, the authentication response that the indication authentication is made mistakes was sent to said terminal unit;

Said receiving system,

Receive user totem information and password from said terminal unit; With

Said dispensing device,

Carry out authentication processing according to said user totem information and password; Send authentication dialog ID, and if have said Notifications page data, be sent to said terminal unit together with said Notifications page data with about the address information of above-mentioned Notifications page data; According to visit to the said Notifications page data of having added said authentication dialog ID; Carry out authentication processing through said authentication dialog ID, and if allow authentication, then above-mentioned Notifications page data are sent to said terminal unit.

27. page data generator as claimed in claim 26 is characterized in that,

When from said terminal unit when having visited said receiving system about the address information of said Notifications page data, if said receiving system receives and the corresponding address information of said second page data from said terminal unit,

Said dispensing device,

To comprise that the said Notifications page data with the corresponding address information of above-mentioned second page data are sent to said terminal unit.

28. page data generator as claimed in claim 26 is characterized in that:

When from said terminal unit when having visited said receiving system about the address information of said Notifications page data, if said receiving system receives the service identifiers information that is used to identify said second page data from said terminal unit,

Said dispensing device will comprise that the said Notifications page data with the corresponding additional information of above-mentioned service identifiers information are sent to said terminal unit.

29. page data generator as claimed in claim 26 is characterized in that,

In said Notifications page data, also indicate state with the corresponding service of said second page data.

30. page data generator as claimed in claim 26 is characterized in that,

In said first page data, also be included in the link information of said second page data.

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