JP2001128242A - File transfer system between mobile terminals - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide a file transfer system in which file transfer between portable information terminals can be directly performed without the intervention of a file server, and operation input of a file transfer request can be performed only on the telephone side. SOLUTION: A mobile phone file receiving application means 8 for requesting a download destination of a target file and transmitting a target file name selected from a list including the target file to the destination, and selectively inputting a transfer file name. A mobile phone terminal 1 on the receiving side, a mobile information terminal 2 on the receiving side, a mobile phone terminal on the transmitting side, and a mobile phone terminal on the transmitting side provided with a mobile phone input unit 6 and a mobile phone display unit 7 A portable information terminal on the transmission side provided with a portable information terminal file transmission application means for transferring a transfer file list and a designated file in close proximity connection.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for transferring (downloading) a remote file to a nearby portable information terminal or personal computer using a portable telephone. In particular, the present invention relates to an apparatus for transferring (downloading) a file using a mobile phone having both a wireless function for mobile phone communication and another short-range wireless communication function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 71 shows a conventional portable telephone, in which a file placed on a remote file server is transferred to a portable information terminal connected by a communication cable (download). FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration in the case of FIG. In the figure, 101 is a mobile phone X used by a user X, 102 is a mobile information terminal X, 103 is a mobile phone wireless communication network to which the mobile phone X 101 has subscribed, 10
Reference numeral 4 denotes a wired telephone communication network connected to a mobile telephone wireless communication network. Reference numeral 105 denotes a file server connected to the wired telephone communication network 104 and having a file to be transferred (downloaded). The portable information terminal may be a portable personal computer.

Reference numeral 110 denotes a central processing unit of the mobile telephone X101, which is a central processing unit of the mobile telephone X101; 111, a mobile telephone wireless communication unit for performing wireless communication with the mobile telephone wireless communication network 103; , A mobile phone input unit 113 for inputting a dial or the like of the mobile phone X101, and 114 a mobile phone X10.
1 is a mobile phone serial port communication unit that realizes serial port communication with the mobile information terminal X102. Reference numeral 119 denotes a mobile phone radio path between the mobile phone X 101 and the mobile phone wireless communication network 103. 120
Is a central processing unit of a mobile phone which is a central processing unit of the mobile information terminal X 102, 122 is a mobile information terminal display unit which takes charge of display of the mobile information terminal X 102, and 123 is a file receiving the input to the mobile information terminal X 102. A portable information terminal instruction input unit 124 for inputting a transfer instruction is provided on the portable information terminal X 102 and the portable telephone X 101
This is a portable information terminal serial port communication unit that realizes serial port communication with the portable information terminal. 125 is transfer (download)
The receiving directory that receives the file to be tried, 1
Reference numeral 26 denotes a file transfer application C which is a file transfer (download) program executed by the portable information terminal central processing unit 120. 127
Is a serial port communication activation procedure used in the file transfer application C126, and 128 is
The received file designation procedure X is also used in the file transfer application C 126. Reference numeral 129 denotes a serial communication cable for serial port communication between the mobile phone X101 and the mobile information terminal X102.

Reference numeral 130 denotes a file server central processing unit which is a central processing unit of the file server 105;
Reference numeral 4 denotes a data communication unit 134, 135 for performing communication with the wired data communication network 104 on the file server. Reference numeral 136 denotes a transfer file directory in which a transfer file to be transferred (downloaded) is located in the file server 105. Is a file transfer application S which is a file transfer (download) program executed by the file server central processing unit 130. 138 is a file transfer application S 13
6 shows a transfer file list creation procedure shown in FIG.

Next, the user X enters the file server 10
The operation when a file is received from portable information terminal 5 to portable information terminal X 102 will be described with reference to FIG. 71 and FIGS. Now, consider a case where a file T is placed in a transfer (file) directory 135 on the file server 105, the file T is transferred to the portable information terminal X 102, and downloaded to the reception directory 125. The file server 105 allows the administrator of the file server 105 to perform the transfer regardless of the file transfer (download) request at S7001.
Is turned on, and then the file transfer application S 136 is started. The file transfer application S 136 is moved to an execution state by the file server central processing unit 130. Also, the file transfer application S 136 uses the data communication unit 134 in S7002.
Is set to a request waiting state so that a request from the wired data communication network 104 can be accepted at any time, and a file transfer request is waited.

[0006] Further, the user of the portable information terminal X 102 requesting the file transfer must first enter the serial communication cable 12.
9, a physical connection is made between the mobile phone serial port communication unit 114 of the mobile phone X 101 and the mobile information terminal serial port communication unit 124 of the mobile information terminal X 102,
The electric signal is transmitted between the mobile phone X101 and the portable information terminal X10.
It is set so that it can be exchanged between the two. Then, S600
2. Turn on the power of the mobile phone X 101 in S6003,
The mobile phone input unit 113 instructs the mobile phone serial port communication unit 114 to start operating. Subsequently, the user X
After turning on the power of the portable information terminal X 102, input the address or telephone number of the file server 105,
The procedure proceeds to a procedure for establishing a data communication channel between the mobile phone X 101 and the file server 105. There are two methods for inputting an address or a telephone number as follows. That is, method A: a method in which a user inputs an address or a telephone number of the file server 105 from the mobile phone input unit 113 of the mobile phone X 101. In this method, the user inputs the address of the file server 105 or the telephone number.

In the method A, in S6005, the user operates the mobile phone input unit 113 on the mobile phone X 101 to first establish a data communication channel between the mobile phone X 101 and the file server 105, and then the user sets the data communication channel. Information terminal X 1
02 from the portable information terminal input instruction unit 123. That is, based on the address or telephone number of the file server 105 input from the mobile phone input unit 113, the mobile phone central processing unit 110 communicates with the mobile phone wireless communication network 103 using the mobile phone wireless communication unit 111. A data communication channel is set by the mobile phone radio 119. When the user inputs the address or telephone number of the file server 105 from the mobile phone input unit 113, the user gives an instruction from the mobile phone input unit 113 that the communication is not a voice call but data communication. The mobile phone wireless communication network 103, which has received the data communication channel setting request and the address or telephone number of the file server 105 from the mobile phone X 101, sets the data communication channel via the wired data communication network 104 to the mobile phone of the mobile phone X 101. A data communication channel is established between the telephone wireless communication unit 111 and the data communication unit 134 of the file server 105.
In step S6007, the portable information terminal X 102 receives the file transfer application C from the portable information terminal input instruction unit 123.
Activate 126 to move to the file transfer procedure.
That is, when the file transfer application C 126 starts executing on the portable information terminal central processing unit 120, the serial port communication activation procedure 127 of the file transfer application C 126 is performed by the portable information terminal serial port communication unit 124 and the portable telephone serial port. Communication unit 1
When an instruction to establish a data communication channel is issued between the devices 14 and the serial port communication activation procedure 127 confirms that data communication has become possible, the process proceeds to a file reception procedure.

[0008] In the system B, the user issues a subsequent instruction, including input of an address or a telephone number, to the portable information terminal X.
This is a method of inputting through the portable information terminal input instruction unit 123 of FIG. In S6034, the user X activates the file transfer application C 126 from the portable information terminal input instruction unit 123 on the portable information terminal X 102,
The file transfer application C 126 is executed on the portable information terminal central processing unit 120. Subsequently, the user X inputs the address of the file server 105 or the telephone number according to the instruction of the file transfer application C 126. File transfer application C 12
6 is obtained by the serial port communication activation procedure 127
The mobile information terminal serial port communication unit 124 is requested to start communication with the mobile phone serial port communication unit 114. When a data communication channel is set between the portable information terminal serial port communication unit 124 and the mobile phone serial port communication unit 114, the file transfer application C12
6 requests the mobile phone central processing unit 110 of the mobile phone X 101 to start data communication by the mobile phone wireless communication 119 between the mobile phone wireless communication unit 111 and the mobile phone wireless communication network 103. Information terminal input instructing unit 12
The mobile phone central processing unit 110 is notified of the address or the telephone number of the file server 105 input from 3. The mobile phone central processing unit 110 makes the mobile phone wireless communication unit 111 communicate with the mobile phone wireless communication network 103 in the same manner as when the address or the telephone number of the file server 105 is input from the mobile phone input unit 113 in the method A. A request for setting a data communication channel by the mobile phone wireless communication 119 is made between the request and the mobile phone wireless communication network 103 for setting a data communication channel with the file server 105.
Data communication channel setting request and file server 105
The mobile phone wireless communication network 103, which has received the address or telephone number of the mobile phone X 101 from the mobile phone X 101, sets the data communication channel via the wired data communication network 104 to the mobile phone wireless communication unit 111 of the mobile phone X 101 and the file server 105. A data communication channel is established between the data communication units 134, and the fact that data communication with the file server 105 has been enabled is indicated by the file transfer application C12.
Notify 6. With this, the file transfer application C 126 shifts to the file receiving procedure.

[0009] In either of the methods A and B,
After a data communication channel is established between the mobile phone X 101 and the file server 105, the mobile phone X 101
Means that the mobile information terminal X 102 transmits the mobile phone wireless communication network 1
03 and vice versa only to provide a relay function for transferring data.
10 is executed in the upper layer of communication such as whether file transfer is being performed during data communication, or whether other operations are being performed, for example, whether an Internet homepage is being accessed or whether mail communication is being performed. It does not need to know software that performs the control operation for file transfer. The mobile phone display unit 112 displays the connection status of the mobile phone wireless 119.

[0010] File transfer application C 126
Is transmitted to the file server 10 via the mobile phone X101.
5 is connected to the file transfer application C 1 on the file server 105 in step S7003 or S7033.
26 and start data exchange. The file transfer application C 126 shifts to a file reception procedure,
From the user X through the portable information terminal input instruction unit 123,
The instruction of the receiving directory 125 is received. At this point, for example, the file transfer application C 126 and the file transfer application S 136 are connected by a communication protocol called TCP / IP to more reliably exchange information on file transfer. The file transfer application C 126 requests the file transfer application S136 to receive a file (download), and declares that the operation shifts to a file reception operation. Note that the mobile phone wireless communication network 103
And the wired data communication network 104, like the mobile phone X101, are not involved in applications on TCP / IP,
It is only responsible for bidirectional transmission of data.

The file transfer application S 136 that has received the file reception (download) request in S7003 or S7033 generates a file list in the transfer directory 135 by the transfer file list creation procedure 138, and the file transfer application C The file list is transferred to 126. The file list includes the file T, and the file list is sent to the portable information terminal X 102 via the wired data communication network 104, the mobile phone wireless communication network 103, and the mobile phone X 101. The file transfer application C 126 can execute S6011 or S60
When the file list is received at 40, the file list is displayed on the portable information terminal display unit 122 by the received file designation procedure X128. Mobile information terminal X 10
2 from the transfer directory as a file list displayed on the portable information terminal display unit 122,
In step 6012 or S6041, a file to be transferred (downloaded), that is, a file T is selected, and the instruction of the selected file is transmitted to the reception file designation procedure X128 through the portable information terminal input instruction unit 123. The selected file name is sent to the file server 105 by following the same data communication channel in the reverse direction by the received file designation procedure X128, and sent from the file server central processing unit 130 via the data communication unit 134 to the file transfer application. Delivered to S136.

File transfer application S 136
Receives this instruction in S7004 or S7034,
The designated file T in the transfer directory 135 is
The transmission to the file transfer application C 126 is started. That is, the file T is sent to the portable information terminal X 102 via the wired data communication network 104, the mobile phone wireless communication network 103, and the mobile phone X 101,
In the portable information terminal X 102, the file data to be received is written in the reception directory 125 in accordance with the instruction of the file transfer application C 126. When the transfer is completed in S6016 or S6045, it is stored in the reception directory 125 together with the file name. This allows
The file T in the transfer directory 135 on the file server 105 is transferred (downloaded) to the reception directory 125 on the portable information terminal X 102. When the transfer (download) of the file is completed, the communication channels are sequentially opened in the reverse order of the setting. First, the communication channel TCP between the file transfer application C 126 and the file transfer application S 136 shifts to a release procedure from the file transfer application C 126 side. With this, the file transfer application C
126 and the communication channel of the file transfer application S136 are released. Subsequently, the file transfer application S 136 releases the data communication channel between the file server 105 and the wired data communication network 104. In parallel with this operation of the file transfer application S 136, the file transfer application C 12
6 instructs the cellular phone central processing unit 110 to release the data communication channel by the cellular phone radio 119 to release the data communication channel on the cellular phone radio 119, and the cellular phone central processing unit 110 The wireless communication unit 111 is instructed to open a communication channel. When the file transfer application C 126 confirms the release of the data communication channel by the mobile phone radio 119, the file transfer application C 126 releases the communication channel between the mobile phone serial port communication unit 114 and the mobile information terminal serial port communication unit 124. When the operation is completed, the user is notified through the portable information terminal display unit 122 that the serial port communication cable 129 may be disconnected.

Up to this point, a conventional example of a procedure for transferring (downloading) a file from the file server 105 connected to the wired data communication network 104 to the portable information terminal X 102 via the portable telephone X 101 will be described. However, next, there are two users, a user X and a user Y, who use the mobile phone and the mobile information terminal as one set. The file T on the mobile information terminal of the user Y is It is assumed that the data is transferred to a mobile information terminal via a mobile phone, that is, by using the mobile phone wireless communication network 103. In this case, first, the user Y registers (uploads) the file T in the transfer directory 135 of the file server 105. Thereafter, the user X accesses the file server 105 and transfers (downloads) the file T from the transfer directory 135 in the above-described procedure, so that the file T held by the user Y on the portable information terminal is obtained.
The data can be transferred to the portable information terminal of the user X by using the portable telephone and the portable telephone wireless communication network 103. That is, the file transfer is performed by using the transfer directory 135 on the file server 105 as a relay location for transferring the file T. Incidentally, the procedure for the user Y to register (upload) the file T to the transfer directory 135 of the file server 105 is as follows, as described below.
From the mobile information terminal X 102 via the mobile phone X 101
A data communication channel is established in the same manner as in the procedure of transferring (downloading) a file to a file, and the file data is merely reversed. Regarding the registration (upload) of the file T, similarly to the transfer (download), the mobile phone instructs the establishment of the data communication channel of the mobile phone wireless communication network 103, and then the mobile information terminal registers the file (upload). Upload), and the mobile information terminal sends an instruction to the mobile phone by an electric signal via a serial port to establish a data communication channel of the mobile phone wireless communication network 103. Then, the mobile information terminal X
Method B to move to file registration with software on 102
However, here, only the method B will be described.

FIG. 72 shows a case where a file is registered from the portable information terminal Y 202 used by the user Y to the remote file server 105 via the portable telephone Y 201 connected by the communication cable 129 ( FIG. 14 is a configuration diagram illustrating a configuration when uploading is performed. In the figure, 20
1 is a mobile phone Y used by the user Y, and 202 is a mobile information terminal Y. A cellular phone wireless communication network to which the cellular phone Y 201 of 103 is subscribed, a wired telephone communication network connected to the cellular phone wireless communication network 104, and a file registration (upload) connected to the wired telephone communication network 104 of 105
The preceding file server and the like are the same as those in FIG.

A central processing unit indicated by 110 on the mobile phone Y 201, a mobile phone wireless communication unit of 111, 11
2 mobile phone display unit, 113 mobile phone input unit, 114
71, all of which are the same as or similar to those in FIG. 71. Further, on the portable information terminal Y 202, the portable telephone central processing unit 120, the portable information terminal display unit 122,
A portable information terminal instruction input unit 23 for inputting a file registration instruction 23 and a portable information terminal serial port communication unit 124 are the same or similar to those in FIG. 22
Reference numeral 5 denotes a transmission directory in which a file T to be registered (uploaded) is placed, and 226, a file registration application Y which is a file registration (upload) program executed by the portable information terminal central processing unit 120. Reference numeral 127 denotes a serial port communication activation procedure in the file registration application Y 226, which performs the same operation as that of the file transfer (download) shown in FIG. 228 is a file registration application Y 22
6 is a transmission file designation procedure Y in FIG. 129 is also shown in FIG.
Mobile phone Y201 and portable information terminal Y202 similar to
Is a serial communication cable. Further, the file server central processing unit 130 and the data communication unit 134 are the same as those in FIG. Reference numeral 135 denotes a transfer file directory in the file server 105 in which a file is registered (uploaded). This directory is used for file transfer (download) by the other user X.
Used as a directory for A file registration application R 137 is a file registration (upload) program executed by the file server central processing unit 130.

Next, the file registration operation will be described with reference to FIG. 72 and FIGS. 79 to 81. First, the file server 105 turns on the power of the file server 105 by the administrator so that the transfer can be realized regardless of the file registration (upload) request in S7061.
Then, the file registration application R 137 is activated. The file registration application R 137 is moved to an execution state by the file server central processing unit 130. In addition, the file registration application R 1
37 sets the data communication unit 134 to a request waiting state so that the request from the wired data communication network 104 can be accepted at any time in S7062, and waits for a file registration request. Further, the user Y of the portable information terminal Y 202 requesting file registration first uses the serial communication cable 129 to connect the portable telephone serial port communication unit 1 of the portable telephone Y 201.
14 and the portable information terminal serial port communication unit 124 of the portable information terminal Y 202 are physically connected to each other so that electric signals can be exchanged between the portable telephone Y 201 and the portable information terminal Y 202. Subsequently, in S6062, the mobile phone Y
The power of 201 is turned on, and the mobile phone input unit 113 instructs the mobile phone serial port communication unit 114 to start operating. Subsequently, the user of the portable information terminal Y 202 checks in S60
After the power of the portable information terminal Y 202 is turned on at 63, the address or telephone number of the file server 105 is input, and the procedure proceeds to the procedure for establishing a data communication channel between the portable telephone Y 201 and the file server 105. The method of inputting the number is as follows: Method A: a method in which the user inputs the address or the telephone number of the file server 105 from the mobile phone input unit 113 of the mobile phone Y 201; There is a method in which the user inputs the address of the file server 105 or the telephone number from the information terminal input instruction unit 123.

Here, only the file registration procedure in the method B will be described. In method B, user Y:
The subsequent instructions, including the input of the address or telephone number, are sent to the portable information terminal input instructing unit 1 of the portable information terminal Y 202.
Input through 23. The user Y enters the portable information terminal input instruction unit 12 on the portable information terminal Y 202 in S6064.
3 starts the file registration application Y 226, and the file registration application Y 226 is executed on the portable information terminal central processing unit 120. Subsequently, the user inputs the address or the telephone number of the file server 105 from the portable information terminal input instruction unit 123 according to the instruction of the file registration application Y 226. Like the file transfer application C 126, the file registration application Y 226 sends the mobile information terminal serial port communication unit 124 to the mobile phone serial port communication unit 114 by the serial port communication activation procedure 127.
Request to start communication with When a data communication channel is set between the portable information terminal serial port communication unit 124 and the mobile phone serial port communication unit 114, the file registration application Y 226 then proceeds to the mobile phone Y 2
01 to the mobile phone central processing unit 110
Requesting that the data communication according to No. 9 be started between the mobile phone wireless communication unit 111 and the mobile phone wireless communication network 103;
Further, it notifies the mobile phone central processing unit 110 of the address or telephone number of the file server 105 input from the mobile information terminal input instruction unit 123.

The portable telephone central processing unit 110 transmits the portable telephone wireless communication unit 111 to the portable telephone wireless communication network 103 in the same manner as when the address of the file server 105 or the telephone number is inputted from the portable telephone input unit 113. A request for setting a data communication channel by the mobile phone wireless communication 119 is made between the request and the mobile phone wireless communication network 103 for setting a data communication channel with the file server 105.
Data communication channel setting request and file server 105
The mobile phone wireless communication network 103, which has received the address or the telephone number of the mobile phone Y 201 from the mobile phone Y 201, sets the data communication channel via the wired data communication network 104 to the mobile phone wireless communication unit 111 of the mobile phone Y 201 and the file server 105. A data communication channel is established between the data communication units 134, and the fact that data communication has become possible with the file server 105 is notified to the file registration application Y22.
Notify 6. With this, the file registration application Y 226 shifts to the file registration procedure.
After a data communication channel is established between the mobile phone Y 201 and the file server 105, the mobile phone Y 201
Is transmitted from the mobile information terminal Y 202 to the mobile phone wireless communication network 1
03 and vice versa only to provide a relay function for transferring data.
Reference numeral 10 indicates that during data communication, a file is registered or other operations are performed in an upper layer of communication such as whether Internet homepage access is performed and whether mail communication is performed. It is the same as in the case of file transfer (download) that it does not need to know software that performs a control operation for file transfer. Also,
The mobile phone display unit 112 displays the connection status of the mobile phone radio 119 in the same manner as in the case of file transfer (download).

In step S6068, when the file registration application Y 226 is connected to the file server 105 via the mobile phone Y 201, the file registration application R
7 starts data exchange with the file registration application Y 226. Here, the file registration application Y 226 and the file registration application R
137 are connected by a communication protocol, for example, TCP / IP, so that information exchange regarding file transfer can be more reliably performed. Subsequently, the file registration application Y 226
Shifts to the file registration procedure, and in the transmission file designation procedure Y 228, the user Y transmits the transmission directory 2 in S 6070 through the portable information terminal input instruction unit 123.
25 and an instruction of the transmission file name are received. Further, the file registration application Y 226 requests the file registration application R 137 to transmit (upload) a file. Mobile phone wireless communication network 10
3 and the wired data communication network 104 are also, for example, TCP / IP
It is similar to the case of file transfer (download) in that it is not involved in the above application but only handles bidirectional data transmission.

Subsequently, the file registration application Y
226 stores the specified file T in the transmission directory 225 in the file registration application R
The process proceeds to the procedure of transmitting (registering) the message to 137. From the mobile information terminal Y 202, via the mobile phone Y 201 and the mobile phone wireless communication network 103, and further to the wired data communication network 10
4 and sent to the file server 105, and S70
64, the file data to be registered is transferred to the transfer directory 1 according to the instruction of the file registration application R 137.
35 is written. File registration application R
When the data transfer for registering the file is completed in S7065, the file 137 stores the file T in the transfer directory 135. Thereby, portable information terminal Y 202
The file T in the transmission directory 225 is registered (uploaded) to the transfer directory 135 on the file server 105. When the file registration (upload) is completed, the communication channel is sequentially opened in the reverse order of the setting, but since this procedure is exactly the same as the file transfer (download) already described, Omitted.

[0021]

A conventional file transfer using a portable telephone and a portable information terminal is performed in the above-described configuration, and a file server connected to a network from a pair of the portable telephone and the portable information terminal. File registration (upload), and then, from the other mobile phone and mobile information terminal pair, make a download request to this file server,
As a result, since the file was transferred, there was a problem that an upload, a check after confirming the download, and a download later, and two operations shifted in time were required. Alternatively, there is a problem that the file transfer cannot be performed if there is no file server that can be commonly accessed by the transmission side and the reception side due to different providers. Looking at the download request operation on the receiving side, the user sets the phone number of the terminal with the mobile phone and sets the information related to the file with the mobile information terminal. There is a problem that bothersome operations with the portable information terminal are required.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and it is possible to directly transfer a file between portable information terminals without using a file server, and to input a file transfer request only on the telephone side. Get a file transfer system that can do it.

[0023]

A file transfer system between portable terminals according to the present invention comprises a portable telephone terminal having a wireless communication unit connected to a network via a wireless line and a short-range communication unit connected to a portable information terminal. Requesting the destination of the target file to download the target file to the portable information terminal to which the target file is connected in a short distance, and the target file name selected from the list including the target file as the mobile phone terminal. A mobile phone file receiving application means for transmitting to the mobile phone, a mobile phone input section for selecting and inputting an address and a transfer file name of a source mobile information terminal to which the target file is to be communicated, and displaying information including the transfer file name A receiving-side mobile phone terminal having a mobile phone display unit to be connected to the mobile phone, The portable information terminal on the receiving side provided with a portable information terminal file receiving application means for downloading the target file selected by the talk terminal, and the transfer file list relayed in response to the download request from the receiving side, and the selected A transmitting-side mobile phone terminal having a mobile-phone file transmission application means for relaying a file transfer operation of a transfer file name, and a close connection to the transmitting-side mobile phone terminal to transfer a transfer file list and a designated file And a transmitting-side portable information terminal provided with a portable information terminal file transmission application means.

Still further, the portable telephone file receiving application means determines a file to be downloaded in advance, omits selection, and determines a target file by a download request.

Further, the mobile phone terminal on the receiving side has a multiplex communication function capable of simultaneous communication of voice communication and data communication, and performs input from the mobile phone input section during voice communication.

Further, the portable telephone terminal on the receiving side is provided with a temporary file storage unit, and the portable telephone file receiving application means downloads the target file to the temporary file storage unit.

Further, the portable telephone terminal on the receiving side stores the receivable size in the portable telephone file receiving application means, and compares the receivable size with the target file size from the portable information terminal on the transmitting side. If it is bigger, download the target file.

Further, the transmitting-side mobile phone terminal is connected to a plurality of mobile information terminals in a short distance, and the mobile-phone file transmission application means responds to a download request from the receiving-side mobile phone terminal by a plurality of mobile information terminals. The target candidate file name of the information terminal is transmitted, and the file transfer operation from the portable information terminal corresponding to the target file selected by the receiving side is relayed.

[0029]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a system for directly transmitting and receiving files between portable information terminals,
2 and FIG. 3 and FIGS. 4 to 11 showing the operation flow. FIGS. 1 and 2 show a file on the file transmitting portable information terminal connected to the file transmitting portable telephone terminal according to an instruction input from the file receiving portable telephone terminal in the present embodiment. FIG. 2 shows a system configuration diagram for transferring (downloading) to a terminal. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a receiving side showing a file receiving side portable telephone terminal and a file receiving side portable information terminal which receive a file by inputting a file receiving instruction. FIG.
Is located at a remote location from the file receiving portable telephone terminal and the file receiving portable information terminal shown in FIG. 1, and transmits a file transfer instruction input from the file receiving portable telephone terminal via the portable telephone wireless communication network. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a transmission side showing a file transmission side mobile phone terminal and a file transmission side portable information terminal which receive and transmit a file; FIG.
FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing the concept of the operation and operation sequence of the present system. The transmitting side is not the conventional file server but directly the portable information terminal B of the other party, and the receiving operation is performed only from the portable telephone terminal A1.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a file receiving side portable telephone terminal A. This portable telephone adopts a digital data communication system capable of transmitting both voice and data through a portable telephone wireless communication network. It is a telephone terminal.
The mobile phone has a digital data communication function based on a short-range wireless system in addition to the mobile phone wireless communication, and can execute the mobile phone wireless communication and the short-range wireless communication in parallel. Reference numeral 2 denotes a file receiving portable information terminal A. Reference numeral 3 denotes a mobile phone central processing unit A of the file receiving side mobile phone terminal A1, and reference numeral 4 denotes a mobile phone wireless communication unit A which is a mobile phone wireless communication unit of the file receiving side mobile phone terminal A1, and reference numeral 5 denotes a file receiving side mobile phone. A mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit A, 6 that realizes wireless communication between the telephone terminal A1 and a device at a short distance is a mobile phone instruction input unit A that provides an input to the file receiving mobile phone terminal A1. , 7
Is a mobile phone display section A, which is a display section of the file receiving mobile phone terminal A1, and 8 is a file receiving mobile phone terminal A.
1 to control data communication by short-range wireless communication between the file receiving side mobile phone terminal A1 and the file receiving side mobile information terminal A2,
1 and the file receiving portable information terminal A2, and also controls the data communication with the file transmitting portable telephone terminal B21 through the portable telephone wireless communication network 13 to control the file transmitting portable telephone terminal B21. B21 is a mobile phone file receiving application A for transferring a file from the mobile phone terminal A1 to the file receiving side mobile phone terminal A1, and reference numeral 80 denotes a short-range wireless communication activation procedure A in the mobile phone file receiving application A8; ,
This is also a reception file designation procedure in the mobile phone file reception application A8.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a portable information terminal central processing unit of the file receiving portable information terminal A2, and reference numeral 10 denotes a portable telephone short-range wireless communication on the file receiving portable information terminal A2. The portable information terminal short-range wireless communication units A and 11 for realizing wireless communication with the communication unit A5 control data communication by short-range wireless communication between the file-receiving portable information terminal A2 and the file-receiving portable telephone terminal A1. The portable information terminal file receiving applications A and 12 for realizing file reception are reception directories A on the file receiving portable information terminal A2 for receiving files using short-range wireless communication. Reference numeral 13 denotes a mobile phone wireless communication network to which a mobile phone subscribes, 14 denotes a mobile phone wireless path between the mobile phone wireless communication network and the file receiving side mobile phone terminal A1, and 15 denotes a mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit. A5 and portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit A10
It is a short-range wireless path between the two.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 21 denotes a file transmission side portable telephone terminal B. This portable telephone transmits both voice and data through a portable telephone wireless communication network, similarly to the file receiving side portable telephone terminal A1. It is a mobile phone that employs a digital data communication system that has the capability. In addition to the mobile phone radio, the mobile phone also has a digital data communication function based on the short-range wireless method, and can execute the mobile phone wireless communication and the short-range wireless communication in parallel. It is the same as the telephone terminal A1. 22
Is a portable information terminal B on the file transmitting side, 23 is a cellular phone central processing unit B in the cellular phone terminal B 21 on the file transmitting side, and 24 is a cellular phone wireless communication unit of the cellular phone terminal B 21 on the file transmitting side. Telephone wireless communication section B, 25
Is a mobile phone short-range wireless communication section B for realizing wireless communication between the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B 21 and a device at a short distance, and 28 is a file transmission side mobile phone terminal B.
21 and the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B 21
To control the data communication by short-range wireless communication between the file transmitting side portable information terminal B 22 and the file transmitting side portable information terminal B 22 to realize the file transfer between the file transmitting side portable telephone terminal B 21 and the file transmitting side portable information terminal B 22. It also controls data communication with the file receiving side mobile phone terminal A1 through the wireless communication network 13 to control the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B.
A mobile phone file transmission application B, 82 for realizing a file transfer from the mobile phone terminal 21 to the file receiving mobile phone terminal A1 is a short-range wireless communication activation procedure B in the mobile phone file transmission application B28.

Reference numeral 29 denotes a file transmitting side portable information terminal B 2.
The mobile information terminal central processing units B and 30 are located on the file transmission side mobile information terminal B 22 and the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit B on the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B 21.
The portable information terminal short-range wireless communication units B and 31 for realizing wireless communication with the file 25 control short-range wireless data communication between the file transmission side portable information terminal B 22 and the file transmission side portable telephone terminal B 21 to transmit the file. The portable information terminal file transmission application B 83 for realizing reception is a transfer file list generation procedure in the portable information terminal file transmission application B. Reference numeral 32 denotes a transmission file directory B on the file transmission side portable information terminal B 22 for transmitting a file using short-range wireless communication. Reference numeral 13 denotes a mobile phone wireless communication network to which the same file receiving mobile phone terminal A1 and file transmitting mobile phone terminal B21 as in FIG. 1 subscribe, and reference numeral 34 denotes the mobile phone wireless communication network and the file transmitting mobile phone. The mobile phone wireless path between the terminal B 21 and the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit 35
25 is a short-range wireless path between the mobile information terminal short-range wireless communication unit B30.

Next, the operation of the system having the configuration shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 will be described with reference to FIG. 3 showing an operation / operation sequence and FIGS. 4 to 11 showing an operation flow. In the operation sequence diagram of FIG. 3, the connection relationship between the receiving side receiving the file transfer in the case of downloading and each terminal of the transmitting side which is the file transmission source is shown in the horizontal direction, and the operation relationship of the application in each terminal is indicated by an arrow. The elapsed time is shown in the downward direction. Step numbers in the operation flow, which will be described in detail later, are represented as S1016 and the like to indicate the correspondence with the operation flow. The display of an oval in the figure indicates an operation input. As can be seen from this operation / operation sequence diagram, the user's operations and the output display for them are all performed only on the mobile phone terminal side, and both the mobile phone and the mobile information end need to read and operate as in the past. In contrast, the operability has been significantly improved. Further, in order to enable direct file transfer between terminals, the mobile phone file receiving application A 8 and the mobile phone file transmitting application B 28 are important components. Of course, a buffering function that matches transmission speed with each portable information terminal installed in a short distance and takes into consideration retransmission corresponding to the quality of a short distance transmission path is naturally required. Further, the mobile phone file transmission application B 28 on the transmission side as a server has a function of accepting a download request, confirming a destination, and instructing transmission. In each of the following embodiments, this operation sequence can be expressed in almost the same manner, and therefore, will be described with reference to an operation flow diagram while avoiding duplication of description. However, in the second embodiment, a file to be transferred is determined in advance. Therefore, the list transmission and selection sequence are omitted, and in the fifth embodiment, S103
0 to the mobile information terminal A
The file is downloaded to the temporary file storage unit in the server. Improvement in operability is common to all the embodiments.

The user A of the portable telephone terminal A1 on the file receiving side who wants to transfer (download) the file turns on the portable information terminal A2 on the file receiving side in advance in S1001 in FIG. 4 before performing the file transfer. And S100
2 and the mobile information terminal file receiving application A 1
1 is started by the portable information terminal central processing unit A9, and the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit A is started in S1003.
10 is set in a receivable state by the short-range wireless path 15,
In step S1004, the portable information terminal A2 on the file receiving side is set in a range where communication from the portable telephone terminal A1 on the file receiving side via the short-range wireless path 15 is possible. Similarly,
The user B of the file transmission side portable information terminal B 22 assumes that a file transfer (download) is requested from the transmission file directory B 32 in S20.
01 turns on the power of the file transmission side portable information terminal B 22
N, the portable information terminal file transmission application B 31 is activated by the portable information terminal central processing unit 29 in S2002, and the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit B 30 is set in a receivable state by the short-range wireless path 15 in S2003. It is assumed that the setting is made and the S2004 file transmission side portable information terminal B 22 is placed in a range where the file transmission side portable telephone terminal B 21 can communicate with the short distance wireless path 15. In the present embodiment, the user A of the file-receiving mobile phone terminal A 1
The file T in the transmission file directory B 32 in the file 22 is transferred (downloaded) to the reception directory A 12 of the portable information terminal A 2 on the file receiving side.

First, the user A enters the mobile phone instruction input section A
6 to S1005 to transfer (download) the file, and to download the file to the receiving directory A 12 of the portable information terminal A2 on the file receiving side.
Is entered. In step S1006, the mobile phone central processing unit A3 receives the file transfer (download) from the mobile phone instruction input unit A6, and the mobile phone file receiving application A8 enters an execution state.
In S1008, the short-range wireless communication activation procedure A80 is performed by the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit A5, the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit A5, and the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit A10.
Requires that a communication channel be established between S10
At 09, the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit A 5 uses the short-range wireless path 15 and the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit A 10, that is, the file receiving side portable information terminal A 2 is within the communicable range of the short-range wireless path 15. If there is, establish a communication channel. Subsequently, the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit A 1
0 notifies the portable information terminal central processing unit A 9 that a communication channel has been established with the portable telephone short-range wireless communication unit A 5 in S1012, and the portable information terminal file reception application A 11 performs short-range wireless communication. Know that a data communication channel has been established.

On the other hand, the file receiving side portable telephone terminal A 1
The mobile phone file receiving application A8 on the mobile phone central processing unit A3 establishes a communication channel of the short-range wireless path 15 from the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit A5 to the file receiving side portable information terminal A2. When it is confirmed that the portable information terminal file receiving application A11 on the file receiving portable information terminal A2 is in the execution state, the receiving directory previously input to the portable information terminal file receiving application A11 in S1013. A12 is specified as a file receiving location. After receiving instructions on where to receive this file,
Portable information terminal file receiving application A 11
Enters the file receivable state in S1014. Subsequently, the mobile phone file receiving application A 8 executes S
At 1015, the mobile phone display unit A7 is urged to input the telephone number of the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B21.
At this time, the telephone number of the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B21 is in the vicinity of the file transmission side mobile information terminal B22 having the file to be downloaded in the transmission file directory B32, and is communicable with the short distance wireless path 15. The telephone number of the file transmission side mobile telephone terminal B 21 in the range is assumed to be known to the user A in advance. For example, the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B2
1 and the user of the file transmission side portable information terminal B 22 are the same person B, and the file transmission side portable telephone terminal B 21
This is a case where it can be assumed that the file transmission side portable information terminal B 22 is within the range of the short-range wireless path 15.

When the user A inputs the telephone number of the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B 21 from the mobile phone instruction input section A 6 in S 1016, the mobile phone file receiving application A 8 on the mobile phone central processing unit A 3 becomes FIG.
In step S1019, the mobile phone wireless communication unit A4 requests the mobile phone wireless communication unit A4 to set a communication channel with the mobile phone terminal B21 on the mobile phone wirelessly. At this time, the file receiving side mobile telephone terminal A1 makes a call for the purpose of data communication instead of voice communication for the purpose of file reception, so that the communication channel to be set is for data communication. . The mobile phone wireless communication section A 4 is connected to the mobile phone wireless path 14.
A call is made to the mobile phone wireless communication network 13 through the network, and a communication channel for data communication is set with the file sending mobile phone terminal B 21 subscribed to the same mobile phone wireless communication network 13. File transmission side mobile phone terminal B 2
When a call for data communication is received from the mobile phone wireless communication network 13 through the mobile phone wireless path 34, a file transmission side mobile phone terminal B which has been set in advance to permit the incoming call for data communication. Reference numeral 21 denotes the mobile phone wireless communication network 13 through the mobile phone wireless communication unit B 24 in S1021.
A communication channel for data communication is established between the mobile phone terminal A1 and the mobile phone terminal A1 on the file transmission side, and the mobile phone terminal B21 on the file transmission side is connected by a wireless communication channel for data communication. That is, when the portable telephone central processing unit B23 is notified of the establishment of the data communication channel from the portable telephone wireless communication unit B24 in S2011 of FIG. 9, the portable telephone file transmission application B28 is shifted to the execution state. Subsequently, using the data communication channel established in S1023, the mobile phone file receiving application A 8 on the file receiving mobile phone terminal A1 is used by the mobile phone file transmitting application B on the file sending mobile phone terminal B 21. At 28, a file transfer (download) is requested. Then, it waits for a response in S1024 of FIG.

Mobile phone file transmission application B
28, upon receiving a file transfer (download) request of the mobile phone file receiving application A8 in S2012, firstly, a short-range wireless communication activation procedure B82.
Then, the process proceeds to the setting of the communication channel by the short-range wireless path 35 with the portable information terminal B22 on the file transmission side.
That is, in S2013, the central processing unit B 23 of the mobile phone is used.
The short-range wireless path 3 from the mobile phone file transmission application B 28 above to the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit B 25
5 requests establishment of a communication channel with the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit B30. In S2014, when a communication channel by the short-range wireless path 35 is established between the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit B25 and the mobile information terminal short-range wireless communication unit B30, the mobile phone file transmission application B28 and the mobile information terminal file transmission The application B 31 is ready to communicate. Here, the mobile phone file transmission application B 28 notifies the portable information terminal file transmission application B 31 that there is a file transfer (download) request in S2016 by using the established communication channel of the short-range wireless path 35. .

In response to this, the portable information terminal file transmission application B 31 creates a list of transferable files placed in the transmission file directory B 32 in accordance with the transfer file list generation procedure 83 in step S2017. List of names in XML (ex
Using the description of “tended Markup Language”, the tag is described as “FileName” and the data content is described as each file name, and using the communication channel of the short-range wireless path 35 to the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B21,
That is, the mobile phone file transmission application B
28, the list of files that can be transferred in S2018 is transmitted in the XML format. In step S2020, the mobile phone file transmission application B 28 receives
In step S2021, the list of files that can be transferred is transferred to the mobile phone wireless path 34, the mobile phone wireless communication unit B 24, the mobile phone wireless communication network 13, the mobile phone wireless path 14, and the like. File receiving mobile phone terminal A
1 to the mobile phone wireless communication unit A4. This list is further transmitted to the mobile phone file receiving application A 8 through the mobile phone central processing unit A 3 as shown in S2021, and the mobile phone file receiving application A 8 waits for the response of FIG. S10
As a state following S24, according to the received file designation procedure 81 in S1025, the list of received (transferable) files that can be transferred is stored in the mobile phone display A7.
To be displayed.

The user A selects the file T to be actually transferred from the list of receivable (downloadable) files displayed on the mobile phone display section A7 in S1026, and inputs the instruction by the mobile phone instruction. Input from section A6. The selected file name T is the received file designation procedure 81 in the mobile phone file receiving application A8.
Is transmitted again to the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B 21 via the mobile phone wireless path 34 and the mobile phone wireless communication network 13 and the mobile phone file transmission application B 28. , S10
In step S2023, the name of the file to be transferred is transmitted to the state where the instruction is waiting in step S2022 in FIG. Mobile phone file transmission application B 28
Replaces the file name T with the short-range wireless path 3 in S2024.
5, and is transmitted to the portable information terminal file transmission application B31 via the portable telephone short-range wireless communication unit B25 and the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit B30.
The portable information terminal file transmission application B31 receives the file in S2025, and transmits the transmission file directory B32.
, The file transmission is started to the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B21, that is, the mobile phone file transmission application B28 in S2026.

Mobile phone file transmission application B
28, the contents of the file T sent in S2027 are transferred to the mobile phone wireless communication network 13 via the mobile phone wireless path 34 via the mobile phone wireless communication section B 24 and further via the mobile phone wireless path 14. Mobile phone wireless communication section A4,
The file is transferred to the mobile phone file receiving application A8. The mobile phone file receiving application A8 that has received the data of the file T in S1029 of FIG.
A short-distance wireless path 15 is connected to the portable information terminal short-distance wireless communication unit A10 through the mobile phone short-distance wireless communication unit A5.
The content is sent to the portable information terminal file receiving application A11 using the communication channel already established above. The portable information terminal file receiving application A11 writes the file T in the receiving directory A12 in S1030 of FIG. 8, and by the above procedure, the file placed in the transmission file directory B32 in the file transmitting portable information terminal B22. T has been transferred to the receiving directory A 12 on the file receiving portable information terminal A 2 only by the user A's instruction to the mobile phone instruction input section A 6 on the file receiving portable telephone terminal A 1 become. Thereafter, an operation leading to channel release up to S1039 and S2036 is performed.

Since the present invention is configured and operates as described above, it has a short-range wireless communication function in addition to the mobile phone wireless communication function shown by the file receiving mobile phone terminal A1 and the file transmitting mobile phone terminal B21. By using a mobile phone, you can read files on a mobile information terminal without hitting an input key, and without having to remove the mobile information terminal itself from your bag or pocket. You can directly transfer (download) files to. In the present embodiment, the file receiving side portable telephone terminal A1 and the file receiving side portable information terminal A
2. Communication between the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B21 and the file transmission side portable information terminal B22 is performed by the short distance wireless path 15 and the short distance wireless path 35, respectively. The communication method of the distance wireless path 35 may be completely different. In addition, even when one or both are wired, that is, when the serial communication cable 129 shown in the conventional example is used, by using this method, the user can touch the mobile information terminal only by inputting an instruction to the mobile phone. Files can be downloaded to portable information terminals.

Embodiment 2 In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which a file to be transferred is selected and designated from a list and transferred. In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which the number of files to be transferred is one, and therefore, only one file transfer request is sent to the transmitting side. The system configuration in the present embodiment is shown as a receiving side in FIG. 12 and a transmitting side in FIG. FIG. 12 is a diagram in which the reception file designation procedure 81 is omitted from the configuration of FIG. 1 described above, and FIG. 13 is a diagram in which the transfer file list generation procedure 83 is omitted from FIG.
All other components are the same as those in FIGS. 1 and 2. 14 to 21 are operation flowcharts in the present embodiment.

The operation of the system having this configuration will be described. In the operation flow diagram, steps performing the same operation as in the previous embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals. In the present embodiment, before the user A of the file receiving side mobile phone terminal A1 receives a file, the power of the file receiving side mobile information terminal A2 is turned on in advance (S1001), and the mobile information terminal file receiving application is executed. Start A11 (S
1002), the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit A10 is set to a receivable state (S1003), and the file receiving portable information terminal A2 is set to the file receiving portable telephone terminal A.
1 is set in a communicable range (S1004), as in the first embodiment. In addition, the file transmission side portable information terminal B 22 is also a file transmission side portable information terminal B 2.
2 is turned on (S2001), and the portable information terminal file transmission application B 31 is started (S200).
2) The mobile information terminal short-range wireless communication unit B30 is set to a receivable state (S2003), and the file transmission side mobile information terminal B22 is set to the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B2.
The same applies to the case where it is set in a range where it can communicate with No. 1 (S2004). Also in the present embodiment, the user A of the file receiving mobile phone terminal A1
The file T in the transmission file directory B 32 in the file 22 is transferred (downloaded) to the reception directory A 12 of the portable information terminal A 2 on the file receiving side. However, the file T to be transferred
Is determined in advance regardless of the selection.

The user A inputs that a file is to be received (downloaded) from the mobile phone instruction input unit A6 in S1105 of FIG. In the present embodiment, regarding the file to be transferred, the receiving destination is the receiving directory A12 of the portable information terminal A2 on the file receiving side, and the transmission source is the transmitting file directory B32 of the portable information terminal B22 on the file transmitting side. In addition, since it is determined in advance that all files placed in the transmission file directory B32 are to be transferred, the input from the mobile phone instruction input unit A6 is no longer required. Mobile phone file receiving application A 8 running on mobile phone central processing unit A 3
Is S1107, and the user A enters the mobile phone instruction input unit A 6
Recognize the file reception request input from step S10 and
In step 08, a short-range wireless communication activation procedure A80 requests that a communication channel be established between the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit A5 and the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit A10. The steps for establishing are the same as in the first embodiment. Further, the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit A10 is connected to the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit A5.
After confirming that a communication channel has been established with
That is the mobile information terminal file receiving application A
11 is also notified in the same manner as in the first embodiment. On the other hand, the mobile phone file receiving application A8 on the mobile phone central processing unit A3 of the file receiving mobile phone terminal A1 is the mobile information terminal file receiving application on the file receiving mobile information terminal A2 in S1012 of FIG. When confirming that A11 is in the data receivable state, the mobile phone display unit A7 prompts the user to input the telephone number of the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B21 in S1015, and in S1016, the user A knows in advance. The telephone number of the file-sending mobile phone terminal B21 is input.

The subsequent operation is the same as that of the first embodiment, except that the portable telephone terminal A1 and the file transmitting portable telephone terminal B 21 transmit data by portable telephone wireless communication through the portable telephone wireless communication network 13 in the same manner as in the first embodiment. A communication channel is established,
Further, between the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B21 and the file transmission side mobile information terminal B22, using the short distance wireless path 35 according to the short distance wireless communication activation procedure B82 on the mobile phone file transmission application B28. The wireless data communication channel is established, and S1 in FIG.
At 124, a transfer wait state is set. Here, when the mobile phone file transmission application B 28 and the portable information terminal file transmission application B 31 start communication,
Mobile information terminal file transmission application B 31
Immediately starts transmission of the files in the transmission file directory B 32 as previously determined in S2118 of FIG. That is, the transmission of the file is started immediately without the transfer file list generation procedure 83 shown in the first embodiment. Therefore, it is not necessary to execute the received file specification procedure 81 on the mobile phone file receiving application A8, and the operation immediately proceeds to the file data receiving operation, and the transferred file data is transferred to the mobile phone on the file receiving side portable information terminal A2. The file is transferred to the information terminal file receiving application A11 (S17 in FIG. 17).
1029). The subsequent operations are performed as shown in FIGS. 18 and 21 on the file transmission side of the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B21 and the file transmission side portable information terminal B22, and on the file reception side mobile phone terminal A1 and the file reception side mobile phone. The file receiving side of the information terminal A2 is completely the same as the first embodiment shown in FIGS.

As described above, the user A of the portable telephone terminal A1 on the file receiving side does not need to confirm the file to be received on the portable telephone display unit A7, and therefore, the portable telephone instruction input unit A6 can be used. File identification work is no longer necessary. In the communication procedure, the procedure of sending the list of the transmission file directory B 32 in the file transmission side portable information terminal B 22 from the file transmission side portable telephone terminal B 21 to the file receiving side portable telephone terminal A 1 can be omitted. This has the effect that the time for file transfer (download) can be reduced. In the above procedure, the timing of inputting the telephone number may be the same as the time when the user A requests the file reception, and the file reception side mobile telephone terminal A1 and the file reception side If the user A does not need to confirm the establishment of the communication channel of the information terminal A2, the mobile phone display A7
It is possible to omit the procedure for confirming the establishment of the communication channel by the short-range wireless path 15 in the above.

Embodiment 3 A case where simultaneous voice communication is performed in addition to file transfer between terminals will be described. FIG. 22 shows a receiving side as a system configuration diagram in the present embodiment. The transmitting side is, for example, FIG. 2 or FIG. 13, and the other side of the voice may be an arbitrary telephone number. However, in developing and applying the invention, the transmitting side mobile phone terminal B to which the file is transferred is assumed. The configuration shown in FIG. 22 is different from the configuration of FIG. 1 in that a telephone dial storage unit 84 is provided, and a microphone receiver 71 shown in FIG. Further, the file receiving mobile phone terminal A 1b and the file transmitting mobile phone terminal B 21b used by the user A and the user B communicate with each other by two or more lines capable of simultaneously performing both voice communication and data communication. A mobile phone with the ability. That is, the mobile phone wireless communication unit A
4b and the mobile phone wireless communication unit B 24b have a multiplex communication function.

The operation will be described below with reference to FIGS. The same step numbers in the figure represent the same numbers and the same operations in the previous embodiment. In the present embodiment,
Before the user A of the file-receiving mobile phone terminal A1 and the user B of the file-sending mobile phone terminal B 21b attempt to transfer a file, the user A uses the two mobile phone terminals to establish a communication between the two. Assume that you have already made a voice call. When a user A and a user B start a voice call using the mobile phone terminal A 1b on the file receiving side and the mobile phone terminal B 21 on the file transmitting side, a) when a call is made from the user A, the mobile phone The other party's telephone number input from the instruction input unit A6 is stored in the busy dial storage unit 84 by the mobile phone central processing unit A3. b) When a call is made from the user B, the mobile phone central processing unit A3 stores the caller number notified from the mobile phone wireless communication network 13 in the talking dial storage unit 84 before the call enters the talking state. I do.

Now, users A and B who were in a call
If it is determined that the file T on the file transmitting portable information terminal B 22 is to be transferred to the file receiving portable information terminal A 2, even if the user A requests the file reception, the mobile phone file Receiving application A 8
Uses the telephone number of the other party stored in the in-call dial storage unit 84, so that there is no need to request the user A to input a telephone number from the mobile phone instruction input unit A6. It is only necessary to request the establishment of a data communication channel to the same mobile phone. That is, according to the procedures of the first and second embodiments, the short-range wireless communication activation procedure A80 in the mobile phone file receiving application A8 is performed between the file receiving mobile phone terminal A1b and the file receiving mobile information terminal A2. After the data communication channel using the short-range wireless path 15 is established, when the portable information terminal file reception application A11 on the file reception side portable information terminal A2 is in a file receivable state in S1012 of FIG. The mobile phone file receiving application A 8 of the receiving mobile phone terminal A 1b does not request the user A to input a telephone number from the mobile phone instruction input unit A 6 in S1213, but is immediately stored in the busy dial storage unit 84. Using the telephone number provided, the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B2
It is possible to request establishment of a data communication channel by mobile phone wireless communication via the mobile phone wireless communication network 13 with the wireless communication network 1 (S1019 in FIG. 25).

The subsequent procedure, that is, S1023 and subsequent steps are exactly the same as those in the first or second embodiment. According to the present invention, the transmission file directory B32 of the file transmitting side portable information terminal B22 of the user B while the conversation between the user A and the user B who are talking on the mobile phone terminal is continued through the telephone. User A
Can be transferred to the receiving directory A12 of the portable information terminal A2 on the file receiving side, so that the two parties on the call can proceed with the conversation while confirming the file contents together. The user does not need to re-enter the telephone number of the other party.

Embodiment 4 A configuration for power saving will be described. In this embodiment, the configuration and operation will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13 as an example of the configuration. The operation is shown in FIG.
1 to FIG. 38, as follows. That is, before the user A requests file reception, both the file receiving portable information terminal A2 and the file transmitting portable information terminal B 22 are in a standby state, that is, accept short-range wireless communication. However, it is assumed that other power is being saved. That is, from S1001 to FIG.
Until S1309a, only the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit A10 is in the energized state.

When the user A of the mobile phone terminal A1 on the file receiving side requests file reception at S1305 in FIG. 31, the mobile phone file reception application A8 receives the application at S1307, and according to the short-range wireless communication activation procedure A80, In step S1008, the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit A
A request for establishing a communication channel via the short-range wireless path 15 between the mobile information terminal 5 and the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit A 10 is requested. At this time, the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit A10 receives the activation from the portable telephone short-range wireless communication unit A5, and changes the file-receiving-side portable information terminal A2 from the standby state (power saving state) to normal traveling. It requests the portable information terminal file receiving application A11 on the portable information terminal central processing unit A9 to shift to the state. S130 in FIG. 32
At 9b, the portable information terminal file receiving application A11 on the portable information terminal central processing unit A9 changes the power of the portable information terminal A2 on the file receiving side to be supplied in the same manner as in the normal running state. The portable information terminal file receiving application A 11 receives the directory A 12
Is confirmed to be in a file receivable state, and informs the file receiving side portable telephone terminal A1 of the normal traveling state to the file receiving portable telephone terminal A1 via the short distance wireless path 15 through the portable information terminal short distance wireless communication unit A10. .

Thereafter, in step S1313, the mobile phone file receiving application A 8 directs the user A to the file transmitting mobile phone terminal B 21 on the mobile phone display A7.
Prompting the user to input the telephone number is the same as the procedure described in the first embodiment. When the user A inputs the telephone number, the mobile phone file receiving application A 8 on the mobile phone central processing unit A 3 makes a call to the file transmitting mobile phone terminal B 21 via the mobile phone wireless communication unit A 4. Then, the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B 21
And establish a data communication channel via the mobile telephone wireless communication network 13. When communication between the mobile phone file receiving application A 8 and the mobile phone file transmitting application B 28 becomes possible through the communication channel, the mobile phone file transmitting application B 28 becomes available.
In step S2013 of FIG. 36, the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit B25 executes the short-range wireless communication activation procedure B82.
Of the portable information terminal B22 of the file transmitting portable information terminal B22 and the establishment of a communication channel by the short-range wireless path 35.

Portable information terminal short-range wireless communication section B 30
In response to this, the portable information terminal B22 on the portable information terminal central processing unit 29 switches from the standby state of saving power to the portable information terminal file transmission application B31 to the traveling state of supplying electric power. Request for migration, mobile information terminal file transmission application B 3
1 sets the file transmission side portable information terminal B 22 to the running state. Thereafter, the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit B25
When a communication channel by the short-range wireless path 35 is established between the mobile information terminal short-range wireless communication unit B 30 and Yes in S2014, the mobile phone file transmission application B 28 and the portable information terminal file transmission application are used using the communication channel. B31 enables data communication, and in step S2318, the portable information terminal file transmission application B31 transmits the transmission file directory B3.
The procedure moves to the procedure for transmitting the file No. 2. After that, the file in the transmission file directory B32 of the file transmission side portable information terminal B22 is stored in the file transmission side portable telephone terminal B21, in exactly the same manner as the procedure described in the first or second embodiment. Telephone wireless communication network 13,
Via the file receiving side portable telephone terminal A1, the receiving directory A12 of the file receiving side portable information terminal A2.
To, is transferred. When the file transfer process is completed, the portable information terminal file receiving application A 1
1 and mobile information terminal file transmission application B
31 resets the file-receiving portable information terminal A2 in S1336 in FIG. 35 and the file transmitting portable information terminal B22 in S2337 in FIG. 38, respectively, to save power. The above procedure is performed in the first embodiment.
Obviously, the same can be applied to.

According to the present invention, the file receiving portable information terminal A 2 and the file transmitting portable information terminal B 22
Is set to a standby state for saving power, the user A simply inputs a file reception request from the file receiving mobile phone terminal A1 to the mobile phone instruction input section A6. File transfer is performed from the portable information terminal B 22 to the file receiving portable information terminal A 2,
The user A does not need to operate the file receiving portable information terminal A2, and at the same time, the file transmitting portable information terminal B
The user B of the user 22 does not need to operate the file transmitting portable information terminal B 22 at all.

Embodiment 5 FIG. A description will be given of a system configuration in which a temporary file storage unit is provided in the mobile phone terminal on the receiving side, and early data reception or file download reception from the transmitting side before completion of data reception input preparation on the receiving side is possible. FIG. 39 shows the receiving side and FIG. 40 shows the transmitting side as the configuration in the present embodiment. In FIG. 39, 2 to 15
Are exactly the same as the components shown in FIG.
Reference numeral 16 denotes a file on the file receiving portable information terminal A, which is located on the file receiving portable telephone terminal A 1c.
2 is a temporary file storage unit for temporarily storing data in place of the file 2.

Next, the operation will be described with reference to FIGS.
9 will be described. The user A of the file receiving portable telephone terminal A1c who desires to transfer (download) the file receives the file receiving portable information terminal A2 within a range where the file receiving portable information terminal A2 can communicate with the short-range wireless path 15. Or whether the file receiving portable information terminal A2 is powered on, etc.
No prior confirmation is made. However, regarding the file transmission side portable information terminal B22, the user B assumes that a file transfer (download) is requested from the transmission file directory B32. When the power is turned on, the portable information terminal file transmission application B31 is executed by the portable information terminal central processing unit 29, and the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit B30 is set in a receivable state. It is assumed that B22 is located within a range that allows communication from the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B21. In the present embodiment, as in the first embodiment, the user A of the file receiving mobile phone terminal A1c transfers the file T in the transmission file directory B32 to the receiving directory A12 of the file receiving mobile information terminal A2. And file transfer (download).

First, as in the other embodiments, the user A inputs a command to transfer (download) a file or the like from the mobile phone instruction input unit A6 in S1005 of FIG. The mobile phone file receiving application A 8
Recognizing this, in accordance with the short-range wireless communication activation procedure A80, the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit A5 and the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit A5 of the file receiving side portable information terminal A2 and the mobile information terminal close. A request is made to attempt to establish a communication channel between the distance wireless communication units A10. The mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit A5 attempts to communicate with the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit A10, that is, the file reception-side portable information terminal A2 via the short-range wireless path 15, but the file reception-side portable information terminal A2. 2 is not within the communication range of the short-range wireless path 15, or when the file receiving side portable information terminal A2 is in a state where the short-range wireless path 15 cannot be established, the short-range wireless path 15 The communication channel is not established, and the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit A5
42 indicates that the establishment of the communication channel by the short-range wireless path 15 was not possible in the short-range wireless communication activation procedure A 80 of the mobile phone file receiving application A 8 in S1 of FIG.
Responds with No of 010.

Then, the mobile phone terminal A 1 on the file receiving side
c mobile phone file receiving application A 8 is S
At 1411, the temporary file storage unit 16 determines to temporarily receive the file in place of the receiving directory A12 of the portable information terminal A2 on the file receiving side.
2. Thereafter, as in the first embodiment, the operation shifts to the operation of establishing a communication channel with the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B21 via the mobile phone wireless communication network 13 through the mobile phone wireless communication network 13. That is, in S1015, the user is prompted to input the telephone number of the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B21 to the mobile phone display section A7 of the file reception side mobile phone terminal A1c. In S1016, the user A enters the mobile phone instruction input unit A
When the telephone number of the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B21 is input from 6, the mobile phone central processing unit A3 sends the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B2 to the mobile phone wireless communication unit A4.
1 and a request for setting a communication channel by mobile phone wireless communication. At this time, the file receiving side mobile telephone terminal A1 makes a call for the purpose of data communication instead of voice communication for the purpose of file reception, so that the communication channel to be set is for data communication. .

Thereafter, in step S1021 in FIG. 43, the file receiving portable telephone terminal A1 and the file transmitting portable telephone terminal B 21 establish a wireless communication channel through the portable telephone wireless communication network 13, and Cellular phone terminal B21 and file transmitting portable information terminal B2
2 establishes another communication channel using the short-range wireless path 35, as in the first embodiment. Further, the mobile phone file receiving application A 8 and the mobile phone file transmitting application B 28 perform communication regarding data transfer on the established wireless communication channel, and the mobile phone file transmitting application B 28 and the mobile information terminal file transmitting application B 31 Performs the transfer of the file T in the transmission file directory B 32 using the wireless communication channel on the short-range wireless path 35 in exactly the same procedure as in the first embodiment. As in the first embodiment, the file transmission side portable information terminal B 22
The file T in the transmission file directory B 32 above is transmitted to the mobile phone file transmission application B28 of the mobile phone terminal B21 on the file transmission side via the short-range wireless path 35, and further to the mobile phone wireless path 34 of the mobile phone wireless communication network 13 and The file is transferred to the mobile phone file receiving application A8 of the mobile phone terminal A1c on the file receiving side via the mobile phone radio path 14.

In the portable telephone file receiving application A8 of the portable telephone terminal A1c on the file receiving side, since the short-distance wireless channel 15 communication channel with the portable information terminal A2 on the receiving side of the file has not been established, S1 in FIG.
429 stores the file contents received in temporary file storage unit 1
Accumulate in 6. Thus, all of the files T in the transmission file directory B32 of the file transmission side portable information terminal B22 are stored in the file reception side portable telephone terminal A1.
c received in the temporary file storage unit 16 of FIG.
031, the mobile phone file receiving application A
8 ends the file transfer operation with the mobile phone file transmission application B 28, and the mobile phone file transmission application B 28 communicates with the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit B 25 through communication with the mobile information terminal file transmission application B 31. The communication channel between the information terminal short-range wireless communication units B30 is released. Subsequently, the wireless data communication channel between the mobile phone wireless communication unit A4 and the mobile phone wireless communication unit B24 is also opened.

Subsequently, the file receiving side portable telephone terminal A
1c is a mobile phone file receiving application A 8
The short-range wireless communication activation procedure A 80 of FIG.
1 at a fixed time interval, or the communication of the file receiving portable telephone terminal A 1c and the file receiving portable information terminal A 2 via the short distance wireless path 15 by the next short distance wireless communication activation procedure A80. At an opportunity, a communication channel is established between the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit A5 and the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit A10, and S2 is performed.
If the communication channel is successfully established in Yes in step 442, the mobile phone file receiving application A is subsequently executed.
8 and mobile information terminal file receiving application A1
Communication between the file receiving applications is realized. The mobile phone file receiving application A 8
Since the received file T exists in the temporary file storage unit 16, the file receiving side portable information terminal A2 is immediately
Of the portable information terminal A2 of the portable information terminal A2 of the file receiving side and the portable information terminal file receiving application A11 of the portable information terminal A2 of the portable information terminal A2 of the file receiving side. Accept receipt of T. At this time, the file receiving portable information terminal A2 stores the file T in the temporary file storage unit 1 of the file receiving portable telephone terminal A1c.
6 or the mobile telephone wireless communication network 13 and the file transmission side mobile telephone terminal B 21
It is not necessary to recognize whether the file T is transmitted from the file transmitting side portable information terminal B 22 through the file T, and the file T is transferred to the receiving directory A 1 as in the first embodiment.
2 to receive. All files T are received directory A
When transferred to the mobile communication terminal 12, the communication channel is opened through communication between the mobile phone file receiving application A8 and the mobile information terminal file receiving application A11.

According to the present embodiment, even if the short-range wireless path 15 between the file receiving portable telephone terminal A 1c and the file receiving portable information terminal A 2 is not established, temporary file storage is performed. By receiving the file T on behalf of the unit 16, the file A placed in the transmission file directory B 32 on the file transmission side portable information terminal B 22 can be received when the user A intends.

Embodiment 6 FIG. The data reception capacity of the portable information terminal A on the receiving side is limited. The file transfer in consideration of the file size will be described. That is, file transfer is performed only when the transfer capacity is sufficient. FIG. 50 shows the configuration of the present embodiment as the receiving side, and FIG.
Shown in FIG. 50 shows a procedure 85 for confirming the receivable file size in the portable information terminal file receiving application A11 on the file receiving portable information terminal A 2d in the configuration of FIG. This is a configuration in which a receivable size storage unit 86 is added to the file reception application A8, and all the other components having the same numbers are the same as those in FIG. FIG. 51 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the file transmission side portable telephone terminal and the file transmission side portable information terminal shown in FIG. The procedure is provided, and the other components with the same numbers are the same as those in FIG.

This operation will be described with reference to FIGS. 52 to 60. In the sixth embodiment, S100 in FIG.
4. File receiving side mobile phone terminal A up to S2004
Before the user A of 1d receives the file, the power of the file receiving side portable information terminal A 2d is turned on in advance, the portable information terminal file receiving application A 11d is started, and the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit A 10 is activated. Is set in a receivable state, and the file receiving portable information terminal A2 is set within a range where communication can be performed from the file receiving portable telephone terminal A1d, as in the first and second embodiments. is there. In addition, the file transmission side portable information terminal B 2
As for 2d, assuming that a file transmission is requested from the transmission file directory B 32, the power of the file transmission side portable information terminal B 22d is turned on, and the portable information terminal file transmission application B 31d is activated.
It is also possible to set the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit B30 in a receivable state and to keep the file transmitting portable information terminal B 22d in a range where communication can be performed from the file transmitting portable telephone terminal B21. This is the same as Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2. Also in the present embodiment, the user A transfers (downloads) the file T in the transmission file directory B32 in the file transmitting portable information terminal B 22d to the receiving directory A12 of the file receiving portable information terminal A2. ).

In step S1005, the user A inputs, for example, receiving (downloading) a file from the mobile phone instruction input unit A6. The mobile phone file reception application A 8d recognizes the file reception request input by the user A, and according to the short-range wireless communication activation procedure A 80, the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit A5 and the portable information terminal short-range wireless. The request for establishing a communication channel between the communication units A10 is the same as in the first embodiment. Further, when the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit A10 confirms that a communication channel has been established with the portable telephone short-range wireless communication unit A5, the portable information terminal file reception application A 11d can receive a file. The state is set as in the first embodiment. The mobile phone file receiving application A 8d gives the portable information terminal file receiving application A 11d the maximum size of a file that can be received in the receiving directory A 12 by using the communication channel established using the short-range wireless path 15. Inquiry, the portable information terminal file receiving application A 11d obtains the receivable file size of the receiving directory A12 using the receivable file size confirmation procedure 85, and then, in S1514 in FIG. It responds to the mobile phone file receiving application A8 using the wireless path 15.
File receiving mobile phone terminal A 1d receiving this response
The mobile phone file receiving application A 8d of
After storing the receivable file size in the receivable size storage unit 86 in S1515, the user A is prompted to input the telephone number of the file transmission side mobile telephone terminal B 21 in the mobile telephone display unit A7, and the user A transmits the file. The telephone number of the mobile phone terminal B21 is input.

The subsequent operation is the same as in the first and second embodiments, and the mobile phone terminal A 1d and the file sending mobile phone terminal B 21 pass through the mobile phone radio communication network 13 between the file receiving mobile phone terminal A 1d and the file transmitting mobile phone terminal B 21. A data communication channel by mobile phone radio is established. Subsequently, the mobile phone file transmission application B28 executes a short-range wireless communication activation procedure B82.
File transmitting side mobile phone terminal B
A wireless data communication channel is established between the mobile information terminal 21 and the file transmission side portable information terminal B 22d. Here, when the mobile phone file transmission application B 28 and the mobile information terminal file transmission application B 31d start communication, first, the mobile information terminal file transmission application B 31d includes a transfer file list with file size generation procedure 90. According to the procedure, the file names and the file sizes of the transmission candidates on the transmission file directory B32 are generated in a list, and the list is generated in S2 of FIG.
At 518, the transfer file list with the file size is transmitted to the mobile phone file transmission application B28. The file name and the file size are, for example, as shown in FIG. 60, XML (extended Markup).
Language) description and tag as FileNa
me, data contents to file T, and FileSiz
The file size of the file T is described as a data content using e as a tag to form a list, which is transmitted to the mobile phone file transmission application B28.

Mobile phone file transmission application B
28 transmits this transmission file name and its file size to the mobile phone file receiving application A8 via the data communication channel of the mobile phone wireless communication network 13 in S2021 of FIG. The mobile phone file receiving application A 8d obtains the receivable file size of the receiving directory A 12 previously received from the mobile information terminal file receiving application A 11d and stored in the receivable size storage unit 86 in S1524 of FIG.
The file size of the file T sent from the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B 21 is compared. If the receivable file size of the receiving directory A12 is larger than the size of the file T, the file T is transferred to the file transmitting side portable information terminal B in the same procedure as in the first embodiment.
From the transmission file directory B 32 of 22d, through the mobile phone file transmission application B 28 of the mobile phone terminal B 21 on the file transmission side, and via the data communication channel of the mobile phone wireless communication network 13, the mobile phone terminal A 1d of the file reception side The file is sent to the mobile phone file receiving application A 8d, and is further transferred to the receiving directory A 12 of the file receiving portable information terminal A 2d via the short-range wireless path 15.

When the mobile phone file receiving application A 8d determines in S1524 that the receivable file size of the receiving directory A12 is smaller than the size of the file T, the mobile phone file transmitting application B28 immediately receives the file in S1525. , And a data communication channel by the mobile phone radio path 14 using the mobile phone radio communication network 13 is opened.
Then, the reception directory A is displayed on the mobile phone display A7.
12 that the receivable file size is smaller than the size of the file T on the transmission file directory B 32 to be received, and that the file cannot be received.
Displayed at 1526, after notifying the user that the file cannot be received, the portable information terminal file receiving application A 11d is also notified of the stop of the file reception, and the procedure proceeds to the procedure for releasing the communication channel by the short-range wireless path 15.

In the present embodiment, since the operation is performed according to the above procedure, the portable telephone wireless communication is performed immediately when it is determined that the file size of the file T to be received is larger than the file size that can be received in the reception directory A12. The data communication channel of the mobile phone radio path 14 using the network 13 is released, and unnecessary data transfer is omitted, and communication cost and communication traffic can be reduced, as compared with the case where a file is received halfway and eventually fails.

Embodiment 7 Here, a system in which a receiving side selects and transfers a file from a plurality of transmitting sides will be described. The receiving side has the configuration of FIG. 1 and the transmitting side has the configuration of FIG. 40. Here, the case where the transmitting side portable information terminals B and C are present will be described. In FIG. 40, 13, 21 to 25, 28 to 32,
Reference numerals 34 to 35 and 82 to 83 are the same as the components having the same numbers shown in FIG. Reference numeral 42 denotes a file transmitting side portable information terminal C different from the file transmitting side portable information terminal B 22, 49 denotes a portable information terminal central processing unit C, and 50 denotes a portable information terminal of the file transmitting side portable information terminal C 42. The communication units C and 51 are portable information terminal file transmission applications C and 52 that are executed by the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit C50.
File transmission directories C and 45 for storing files to be transmitted on 42 are short-range wireless paths for realizing data communication between the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit B 25 and the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit C 50, for example, Short-range wireless path 35
Wireless using the same medium.

Subsequently, the operation will be described with reference to FIGS. 61 to 70. Now, the file transmission side portable information terminal B22 and the file transmission side portable information terminal C of FIG.
Reference numeral 42 denotes a file transmission side mobile phone terminal B21.
c through the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit B25 and the mobile information terminal short-range wireless communication unit B30 and the mobile information terminal short-range wireless communication unit C50, respectively.
It is assumed that data communication is set to be possible between the communication path 5 and the short-range wireless path 45. That is, the file transmission side portable information terminal B 22 can transmit the file in the transmission file directory B 32 to the portable telephone file transmission application B 28c of the file transmission side portable telephone terminal B 21c through the short distance wireless path 35. The file transmission side portable information terminal C 42 can transmit the file in the transmission file directory C 52 to the portable telephone file transmission application B 28 c of the file transmission side portable telephone terminal B 21 c via the short-range wireless path 45. And

The user A of the file receiving side portable telephone terminal A1 instructs the start of file reception from the portable telephone instruction inputting section A6. It requests the establishment of a communication channel between the distance wireless communication unit A5 and the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit A10, and when the communication channel is established, the mobile phone file receiving application A8 and the portable information terminal file receiving application A11. Starts data communication, and becomes ready to receive files in the receiving directory A12, as in the first embodiment. Further, in S1016 of FIG. 62, the user A inputs the telephone number of the file transmission side mobile phone terminal B21, and thereby, the mobile phone file reception application A 8
Requests the mobile phone wireless communication network 13 to establish a data communication channel by mobile phone wireless communication with the mobile phone terminal B 21 on the file transmission side.
In response to this, the data communication channel between the file-receiving mobile phone terminal A1 and the file-transmitting mobile phone terminal B21 is established through the mobile phone wireless communication network 13. This is the same as in the first embodiment. Subsequently, “Yes” in S2014 of FIG. 66, the mobile phone file reception application A 8 and the mobile phone file transmission application B are performed using the established data communication channel on the mobile phone wireless communication network 13.
28. Data communication is started.

Then, the short-range wireless communication activation procedure B 82 in the mobile phone file transmission application B 28
However, in S2013 in FIG. 66, the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit B25 calls for another file transmission-side mobile information terminal capable of short-range communication with the file transmission-side mobile phone terminal B 21c. In the case of the example shown in FIG. 40, the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit B30 of the file transmission side portable information terminal B22 and the portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit C50 of the file transmission side portable information terminal C42 respond, In S2613, a data communication channel is established on the short-range wireless path 35 and the short-range wireless path 45, respectively. The portable information terminal file transmission application B 31 of the file transmission side portable information terminal B 22 generates a list of files that can be transmitted on the transmission file directory B 32 according to the transfer file list generation procedure 83, and in step S 2018, transmits the list. Send to the telephone file transmission application B28. Based on the request of S2616, the portable information terminal file transmission application C51 of the file transmission side portable information terminal C42 similarly performs the processing of S51 of FIG.
In step 3021, a list of transmittable files on the transmission file directory C 52 is generated according to the transfer file list generation procedure 83, and is transmitted to the mobile phone file transmission application B 28. S261 of FIG. 67
8 and mobile phone file transmission application B 28
Receives these, in step S2621, the file transmission side portable information terminal B22 and the file transmission side portable information terminal C42.
The list of transmittable files in the transmission file directory B 32 and the transmission file directory in the transmission file directory C 52 sent from the mobile phone wireless communication network 13
Is transferred to the mobile phone file receiving application A8 by using the mobile phone wireless data communication channel via.

In step S1025 of FIG. 64, the mobile phone file receiving application A8 displays the received two transmittable file lists on the mobile phone display unit A7 according to the received file specification procedure 81. The user A of the mobile phone terminal A1 on the file receiving side selects a file to be received from the list of receivable files displayed on the mobile phone display A7. In step S1028, the reception file specification procedure 81 of the mobile phone file reception application A8 transmits the instruction to the mobile phone wireless communication unit A.
4 and to the mobile phone file transmission application B 28 via the mobile phone wireless communication unit B 24. FIG.
8, the mobile phone file transmission application B 28 receives the file name specified by the mobile phone file reception application A 8 of the file reception side mobile phone terminal A 1 and the file transmission side mobile information in S 2624. The information is transmitted to the portable information terminal file transmission application B31 of the terminal B22 and to the portable information terminal file transmission application C51 of the file transmission side portable information terminal C42.

Assuming that the designated files are a file T in the transmission file directory B 32 and a file R in the transmission file directory C 52, first, the mobile phone file transmission application B
28 requests the portable information terminal file transmission application B 31 to transfer the file T in the transmission file directory B 32. When this is received in S2625, the file T is stored in S2 in the same manner as in the first embodiment.
At 626, the portable information terminal file transmission application B
31 and mobile phone file transmission application B2
8. The file is transferred to the receiving directory A12 through the mobile phone file receiving application A8 and the portable information terminal file receiving application A11. Subsequently, the mobile phone file transmission application B 28 instructs the mobile information terminal file transmission application C 51 to transmit the file R in S2628 of FIG. The information is received in step S3023 in the same manner as in the first embodiment. This time, the portable information terminal file transmission application C51 and the portable telephone file transmission application B are used.
28. Mobile phone file receiving application A
8. Portable information terminal file receiving application A1
1, the file R is stored in the receiving directory A 12
Is forwarded to When the transfer of the file T is completed, the mobile phone file transmission application B 28
Is the mobile information terminal file transmission application B 3
1 is notified that the short-range wireless data channel may be released.

When the transfer of the file R is completed in S2631 of FIG. 70, the mobile phone file transmission application B
28 instructs the portable information terminal file transmission application C51 to open the short-range wireless data communication channel in S2632, and notifies the portable telephone file reception application A8 of the completion of the transmission data. Subsequent operations, that is, the mobile phone file reception application A 8 and the mobile phone file transmission application B
The release of the mobile phone wireless data communication channel between the mobile phone 28 and the short-range wireless data communication channel between the mobile phone file reception application A 8 and the mobile information terminal file reception application A 11 is the same as in the first embodiment. is there.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the file receiving portable information terminal capable of short-range wireless communication with the file transmitting portable telephone terminal B 21 is the file transmitting portable information terminal B 22 and the file transmitting portable information terminal B 22. Mobile information terminal C 4
2, the mobile phone short-range wireless communication unit B 2
5, the mobile phone file transmission application B 28 collects information on files that can be transmitted in each transmission file directory, and transmits the collected information to the mobile phone file reception application A 8 of the mobile phone terminal A 1 on the file receiving side. Is displayed on the mobile phone display section A7. By specifying a file to be received from the displayed file names from the mobile phone instruction input unit A6, the reception directory A12 of the mobile information terminal A2 on the file receiving side is designated.
Can be received.

[0081]

As described above, the file transfer system between portable telephone terminals according to the present invention is provided with portable telephone file receiving application means for requesting a list and transmitting a selection input in the portable telephone terminal. , Which enables the transfer of files between portable information terminals directly without the use of a file server that can be used in common, and the request operation from only the telephone terminal. This has the effect of improving operability.

Further, since the receiving side mobile phone file receiving application selects a predetermined file, the operability is further improved.

Further, since the multi-simultaneous communication function is provided, the contents of transmission can be confirmed and the convenience is improved.

Further, since the file receiving portable telephone terminal has the temporary file storage unit, there is an effect that the file can be transferred even if the receiving portable information terminal is not operating.

Further, since the receivable size and the transfer file size are compared, there is an effect of preventing useless transfer.

Further, since the configuration can be downloaded from a plurality of portable information terminals on the transmitting side, there is an effect that the range of transferable files is expanded.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a receiving portable telephone terminal and a receiving portable information terminal according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a transmitting-side mobile phone terminal and a transmitting-side mobile information terminal according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an outline of a communication sequence and input operation points according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 9 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 10 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a configuration diagram of a receiving portable telephone terminal and a receiving portable information terminal according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram of a transmitting-side mobile phone terminal and a transmitting-side portable information terminal according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 15 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 16 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 17 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 18 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 19 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 20 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 21 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a configuration diagram of a receiving-side mobile phone terminal and a receiving-side mobile information terminal according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 23 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 24 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 25 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 26 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 27 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 28 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 29 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 30 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 31 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 32 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 33 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 34 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 35 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 36 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 37 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 38 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 39 is a configuration diagram of a receiving-side portable telephone terminal and a receiving-side portable information terminal according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention.

FIG. 40 is a configuration diagram of a transmitting-side mobile phone terminal and a transmitting-side portable information terminal according to Embodiments 5 and 7 of the present invention.

FIG. 41 is an operation flowchart of an application in the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 42 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 43 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 44 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 45 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 46 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 47 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 48 is an operation flowchart of an application in the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 49 is an operation flowchart of an application in the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 50 is a configuration diagram of a receiving-side portable telephone terminal and a receiving-side portable information terminal according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention.

FIG. 51 is a configuration diagram of a transmitting-side mobile phone terminal and a transmitting-side mobile information terminal according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention.

FIG. 52 is an operation flowchart of an application in the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 53 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 54 is an operation flowchart of an application in the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 55 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 56 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 57 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 58 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 59 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the sixth embodiment.

FIG. 60 is a diagram illustrating an example of transmission information including a file size according to Embodiment 6.

FIG. 61 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 62 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 63 is an operation flowchart of an application in the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 64 is an operation flowchart of an application in the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 65 is an operation flowchart of an application in the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 66 is an operation flowchart of an application in the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 67 is an operation flowchart of an application according to the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 68 is an operation flowchart of an application in the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 69 is an operation flowchart of an application in the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 70 is an operation flowchart of an application in the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 71 is a configuration diagram of a conventional system including a combination of a mobile phone and a portable information terminal and a download system between servers.

FIG. 72 is a block diagram of a conventional upload system between a pair of a mobile phone and a mobile information terminal and a server.

FIG. 73 is an operation flowchart of a conventional download system.

FIG. 74 is an operation flowchart of a conventional download system.

FIG. 75 is an operation flowchart of a conventional download system.

FIG. 76 is an operation flowchart of a conventional download system.

FIG. 77 is an operation flowchart of a conventional download system.

FIG. 78 is an operation flowchart of a conventional download system.

FIG. 79 is an operation flowchart of a conventional upload system.

FIG. 80 is an operation flowchart of a conventional upload system.

FIG. 81 is an operation flowchart of a conventional upload system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 1b, 1c, 1d File receiving mobile phone terminal A, 2, 2d, 2e, 2f File receiving mobile information terminal A, 3 Mobile phone central processing unit A, 4, 4b Mobile phone wireless communication unit A, 5 Mobile Telephone short-range wireless communication section A, 6
Mobile phone input instruction section A, 7 Mobile phone display section A, 8, 8
d Mobile phone file receiving application A, 9 Mobile information terminal central processing unit A, 10 Mobile information terminal short-range wireless communication section A, 11, 11d, 11e Mobile information terminal file receiving application, 12 Receive directory, 13 Mobile phone wireless communication network , 14 mobile phone radio path, 15 short-range radio path, 16 temporary file storage,
21, 21c File transmitting side mobile phone terminals B, 22,
22d file receiving portable information terminal B, 23 portable telephone central processing unit B, 24, 24b portable telephone wireless communication unit B, 25 portable telephone short-range wireless communication unit B, 28, 28c
Mobile phone file transmission application B, 29 mobile information terminal central processing unit B, 30 mobile information terminal short-range wireless communication section B, 31, 31d mobile information terminal file transmission application B, 32 transmission file directory B, 34 mobile phone wireless path, 35 Short-range radio path, 4
2 File receiving portable information terminal C, 45 Short-range wireless communication, 49 Portable information terminal central processing unit C, 50 Portable information terminal short-range wireless communication unit C, 51 Portable information terminal file transmission application C, 52 Transmission file directory C, 71 Microphone / receiver, 80 Short-range wireless communication activation procedure A, 81 Received file designation procedure, 82 Short-range wireless communication activation procedure B, 83 Transfer file list generation procedure, 84 Call dial storage unit, 85
Receivable file size confirmation procedure, 86 Receivable size storage unit, 87 Received file execution instruction storage unit, 88
Receiving file execution storage / determination unit, 89 transmission order control procedure, 90 transfer file list generation procedure with file size, 101 mobile phone X, 102 mobile information terminal X,
103 mobile phone wireless communication network, 104 wired data communication network, 105 file server, 110 mobile phone central processing unit, 111 mobile phone wireless communication unit, 112 mobile phone display unit, 113 mobile phone input unit, 114 mobile phone serial port communication unit , 119 mobile phone radio, 120
Portable information terminal central processing unit, 122 portable information terminal display unit, 123 portable information terminal instruction input unit, 124 portable information terminal serial port communication unit, 125 reception directory, 126 file transfer application C, 127
Serial port communication activation procedure, 128 Receive file designation procedure X, 129 Serial communication cable, 130
File server central processing unit, 134 data communication unit,
135 transfer file directory, 136 file transfer application S, 137 file registration application R, 138 transfer file generation procedure S, 20
1 Mobile phone Y, 202 Mobile information terminal Y, 225 Transmission directory, 226 File registration application Y, 228 Transmission file designation procedure Y.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Yasuyuki Mochizuki 2-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Sanishi Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takehisa Mizuguchi 2-3-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo F term in Ryo Denki Co., Ltd. (reference)

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A system including a wireless communication unit connected to a network via a wireless line and a mobile phone terminal having a short-range communication unit connected to a mobile information terminal, wherein the mobile phone terminal has a short-range connection of a target file. A mobile phone file receiving application means for requesting the communication destination of the target file to download to the mobile information terminal and transmitting a target file name selected from a list including the target file to the communication destination; A receiving side comprising: a mobile phone input unit for selecting and inputting an address and a transfer file name of a transfer destination mobile information terminal that is a communication destination of a target file; and a mobile phone display unit for displaying information including the transfer file name. A short distance connection with the mobile phone terminal and download the target file selected with the mobile phone terminal A portable information terminal on the receiving side provided with a portable information terminal file receiving application means for transmitting the file, relaying a transfer file list in response to a download request from the receiving side, and transferring a file of the selected transfer file name A transmitting-side mobile phone terminal provided with a mobile-phone file transmitting application means for relaying an operation, and a mobile information terminal file that is closely connected to the transmitting-side mobile phone terminal and transfers the transfer file list and a specified file. A file transfer system between portable terminals, comprising a transmitting portable information terminal having a transmission application means. 2. The file between mobile terminals according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone file receiving application means determines a file to be downloaded in advance and determines a target file by a download request without selection. Transfer system. 3. The mobile phone terminal on the receiving side has a multiplex communication function capable of simultaneously performing voice communication and data communication, and performs input from a mobile phone input unit during the voice communication. Item 2. The file transfer system between portable terminals according to Item 1. 4. The mobile phone terminal on the receiving side includes a temporary file storage unit, and the mobile phone file receiving application unit downloads the target file to the temporary file storage unit. Item 2. The file transfer system between portable terminals according to Item 1. 5. The receiving-side mobile phone terminal stores the receivable size in the mobile phone file receiving application means, and compares the receivable size with the target file size from the transmitting-side mobile information terminal. 2. If the value is large, the target file is downloaded.
The file transfer system between portable terminals described in the above. 6. A mobile phone terminal on the transmitting side is connected to a plurality of mobile information terminals in a short distance, and a mobile phone file transmission application means responds to a download request from the mobile phone terminal on the receiving side. 2. The file transfer between portable terminals according to claim 1, wherein the target candidate file name possessed by the information terminal is transmitted, and a file transfer operation from the portable information terminal corresponding to the target file selected from the receiving side is relayed. system.