JP2001292159A - Transmission system, reception system, transmission data server, output system and data transmission system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reception system, capable of freely outputting data received via a communication network during going out. SOLUTION: The receiving system 200 for receiving data to be outputted by an output system 600 from a transmission system 100 via a data transmission system is provided with a receiving part 212 for receiving reception inquiry information, for inquiring from the system 100 as to whether transmission data including information which has to be transmitted to a user can be received, a connection part 234 to be connected to the system 600, and a transfer part 232 for starting the reception of transmission data to the part 212 to transfer received transmission data to the system 600, when the part 234 is connected to the system 600.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a transmission system, a reception system, a data server, an output system, and a data transmission system. Particularly, the present invention relates to a transmission system and a reception system for transmitting and receiving data including information to be transmitted to a user, an output system for outputting data received by the reception system, a data server holding data including information to be transmitted to the user, and The present invention relates to a data transmission system constituted by these systems and servers.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a system for remotely operating home electric appliances has been known. This means that, for example, the home appliance can be turned on / off using communication means. Further, there is also known a system capable of remotely designating a time at which a home appliance is turned on and off. For example, there are JP-A-8-275255 and JP-A-11-187134.

[0003]

In a system for remotely operating home electric appliances, electric control of home electric appliances and the like is performed using communication means, and data is not provided to a user of the receiving system. .

[0004] In recent years, portable terminals and mobile phones have rapidly become widespread. Information that has been provided in writing or on a recording medium until now has been increasingly provided as electronic data via a communication line. However, when information with a large data capacity such as image data is received, it takes time to fetch the data, so that data transmission / reception is inconvenient. In addition, data that is received via a portable terminal or the like cannot be output freely when going out.

[0005] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a transmission system, a reception system, a data server, an output system, and a data transmission system that can solve the above-mentioned problems. This object is achieved by a combination of features described in the independent claims. The dependent claims define further advantageous embodiments of the present invention.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a receiving system for receiving data to be output to an output system from a transmitting system via a data transmission system, wherein information to be transmitted to a user is provided. A receiving unit that receives, from the transmission system, reception inquiry information for inquiring whether transmission data including reception data can be received, a connection unit that connects to the output system, and the reception inquiry information is permitted to receive the transmission data. And a transfer unit that, when the connection unit is connected to the output system, causes the reception unit to start receiving the transfer data and transfers the received transfer data to the output system.

[0007] The receiving system may be connectable to a plurality of the output systems via the connection unit. When the connection unit is connected to the output system, the transfer unit causes the reception unit to start receiving output destination information indicating which of the plurality of output systems to output the transmission data. The received output destination information may be transferred to the output system.

[0008] When the receiving section receives the reception inquiry information, whether or not to receive the transmission data specified by the reception inquiry information from the receiving system is determined by a transmission source of the transmission data and an output destination of the transmission data. The information processing apparatus may further include: a determination unit that determines based on at least one of the information; and a transmission unit that notifies the transmission system of the fact when the determination unit refuses to receive the transmission data. .

[0009] When the transfer unit transfers the transmission data to the output system, the transmission unit may notify the transmission system that the output of the transmission data is completed.

[0010] The determining unit may cause the data transmission system to hold the transmission data when the receiving unit receives the reception inquiry information. When the connection unit is connected to the output system, the transfer unit may cause the reception unit to start receiving the transfer data, and transfer the received transfer data to the output system.

[0011] The transmission data may comprise a predetermined model and modification data indicating how to process the model. The data transmission system may hold the template. The receiving unit may receive, from the transmission system, template information specifying the template and the modification data corresponding to the template, and further receive the template specified by the template information from the data transmission system. .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an output system for receiving and outputting data received by a receiving system via a data transmission system from the receiving system,
A connection unit connected to the reception system, a data reception unit that receives transmission data including information to be transmitted to a user from the reception system via the connection unit, and outputs the transmission data received by the data reception unit An output device.

[0013] When there are a plurality of output devices, an output control unit may be further provided for determining which output device to output the transmission data according to the type of the transmission data.

[0014] The data receiving unit may receive, via the connection unit, output destination information indicating to which output device the transmission data is to be output. When the output device specified by the output destination information does not include the output device, the output control unit outputs the transmission data to the output device capable of outputting the transmission data other than the output device specified by the output destination information. You may.

[0015] The transmission data may include a predetermined model and modification data indicating how to process the model. The apparatus may further include a template holding unit that holds the template, and a modification processing unit that inserts the modification data into the template. When the template of the transmission data to be received by the data receiving unit is stored in the template database, the data receiving unit receives the decoration data via the connection unit, and the decoration processing unit stores the decoration data in the template. The transmission data may be created by inserting the decoration data.

A third aspect of the present invention is a transmission system for transmitting data to a receiving system via a data transmission system, the reception inquiry information for inquiring whether transmission data including information to be transmitted to a user can be received. And a receiving unit that receives a permission to receive the transmission data from the receiving system. When the receiving unit receives the reception permission from the receiving system, the transmitting unit transmits the transmission data to the receiving system.

When a predetermined time has elapsed in a state where the transmission unit transmits the reception inquiry information and the reception unit does not receive the reception permission notification, the transmission system notifies the user of the transmission system of the fact. A notification unit for notifying may be further provided.

[0018] The transmission data may include a predetermined model and modification data indicating how to process the model. The apparatus may further include a template holding unit for holding the template, and a decoration data creating unit for creating decoration data to be fitted into the template. The transmitting unit may associate the template with the decoration data and transmit the template and the decoration data to the receiving system.

When the receiving system holds the template, the transmitting unit may transmit template information designating the template and the decoration data to the receiving system.

A fourth aspect of the present invention is a data transmission system for transmitting data to be output to an output system from a transmission system to a reception system. The transmission system includes: a transmission unit that transmits reception inquiry information that inquires whether transmission data including information to be transmitted to a user can be received; and a first reception unit that receives reception permission for the transmission data from the reception system. Prepare. The reception system, a second reception unit that receives the reception inquiry information from the transmission system, a connection unit that connects to the output system, and, when the connection unit is connected to the output system, the reception unit A transfer unit that starts receiving the transfer data and transfers the received transfer data to the output system. The output system includes a connection unit connected to the reception system, a data reception unit that receives the transmission data via the connection unit when the connection unit is connected to the reception system, and a reception unit that receives the data via the connection unit. And an output device for outputting the transmission data.

The above summary of the present invention does not enumerate all of the necessary features of the present invention, and sub-combinations of these feature groups can also constitute the present invention.

[0022]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the present invention. However, the following embodiments do not limit the claimed invention and have the features described in the embodiments. Not all combinations are essential to the solution of the invention.

FIG. 1 schematically shows a data transmission system. The data transmission system includes a transmission system 100, a reception system 200, a transmission data server 300, and an output system 600. The transmission system 100 and the reception system 200 communicate, for example, character data,
It transmits and receives information recognizable by the user, such as still image data, moving image data, and audio data, that is, transmission data including information to be transmitted to the user. For details, character data is text, still image data is JPEG, video data is M
PEG and audio data are in a data format such as MP3 or MIDI. Communication network 400 is a telephone line or a dedicated line.

The transmitting system 100 includes a receiving system 20
Then, the transmission data is transmitted to the transmission data server 300. The transmission data server 300 holds the received transmission data. Receiving the reception inquiry information, receiving system 200 determines whether or not to receive the transmission data indicated by the reception inquiry information. Receiving system 20
0 is the transmission data server 3 when receiving transmission data.
The transmission data is received from 00. Receiving system 200
Sends the received transmission data to the output system 600.
The output system 600 outputs the received transmission data. Detailed configurations and operations of the transmission system 100, the reception system 200, the transmission data server 300, and the output system 600 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

FIG. 2 shows schematic functional blocks of the transmission system 100. The transmission system 100 may be a terminal having a communication function. The transmission system 100 can be realized by, for example, cooperation of a main CPU of a terminal and a program stored or loaded in a main memory or a nonvolatile memory. When the main CPU has a built-in memory, necessary programs may be stored in the built-in memory, and various functions may be realized as firmware.

The transmission system 100 includes a transmission data processing unit 110, a notification unit 112, an operation unit 114, a determination unit 116,
It has a transmitting unit 120 and a receiving unit 118. The transmission data processing unit 110 includes a transmission data creation unit 130, a reception inquiry information creation unit 134, and a memory 136.

The transmission data creation section 130 creates transmission data and gives the transmission data a unique ID number and a file name. The transmission data creation unit 130 sends the created transmission data to the reception inquiry information creation unit 134.

Receiving inquiry information creating section 134 receives the transmission data from valid time designation section 132 and creates reception inquiry information corresponding to the transmission data. The reception inquiry information is data for notifying the reception system 200 that transmission data to be transmitted is held and inquiring whether the transmission data can be received. The reception inquiry information includes the file name and / or ID number of the transmission data. Thereby, the correspondence between the reception inquiry information and the transmission data is recognized. The reception inquiry information creation unit 134 sends the created reception inquiry information and transmission data to the transmission unit 120.

[0029] Transmitting section 120 receives the reception inquiry information and transmits it to reception system 200. The transmission unit 120 also transmits the transmission data to the transmission data server 300. The receiving unit 118 receives, from the receiving system 200, response information indicating that reception of transmission data is permitted or rejected with respect to the reception inquiry information.

The notification section 112 may be a display section such as a monitor or an LCD panel, or may be, for example, a speaker. The notification unit 112 notifies the user of the creation and transmission status of the transmission data. The notification unit 112 also notifies the user of contents to be notified, such as response information to the reception inquiry information. Thus, the user can grasp the current situation by the notification from the notification unit 112.

The operation unit 114 receives an input from a user. The operation unit 114 is a mouse, a keyboard, or the like. The operation unit 114 receives an input from a user, for example, when creating transmission data. In this case, the operation unit 114 sends the input instruction to the transmission data processing unit 110. Transmission data creation section 110 creates transmission data to be transmitted to receiving system 200 based on the received instruction.

FIG. 3 is a schematic functional block diagram of the transmission data creation unit 130. The transmission data creation unit 130 includes a template selection unit 140, a decoration data creation unit 142, and a template holding unit 144. The transmission data includes a predetermined model and modification data indicating how to process the model. The transmission data creation unit 130 inserts the decoration data into a ready-made template to create transmission data.

The template holding unit 144 receives an instruction from the user via the operation unit 114, and transmits a template request indicating that the user instructs to receive the template to the communication network 400 via the transmission unit 120. The template is acquired from the communication network 400 via the receiving unit 118 and held. Model holding unit 1
Reference numeral 44 also periodically deletes templates that are not frequently used.
Thus, only the templates frequently used by the user of the transmission system 100 can be stored in the template storage unit 144. In addition, it is not necessary to hold the infrequently used templates in the template holding unit 144, and the receiving unit 118
May be obtained each time via the. Therefore, the template holding unit 144, that is, the memory can be used efficiently.

The template selection section 140 selects a template used when creating transmission data from the templates stored in the template storage section 144. The template has template information unique to each template, such as an ID number and / or a file name, and each template can be identified by this template information. Template selection unit 140
Acquires the template information of the selected template from the template holding unit 144 and sends it to the decoration data creating unit 142. The decoration data creation unit 142 receives the template information, and creates decoration data to be inserted into the template indicated by the template information. At this time, the decoration data creation unit 142 receives an instruction from the user via the operation unit 114, and creates decoration data based on the instruction. The decoration data creation unit 142 sends the template information and the decoration data to the reception inquiry information creation unit 134 as transmission data. At this time, the user appropriately inputs an instruction via the operation unit 114 according to the content displayed on the notification unit 112.

As described above, the transmission data transmitted and received via the communication network 400 has no template, and is composed of the template information and the modification data. Data capacity can be further reduced. Therefore, the transfer time can be reduced. In this way, the template is prepared in advance and the notification unit 1
Since the transmission data is created according to the procedure displayed in 12, the transmission data can be easily created even by a user who is not accustomed to using the transmission system 100.

FIG. 4 schematically shows the reception inquiry information.
The reception inquiry information includes the ID number of the transmission data, the file name, the date and time when the reception inquiry information was transmitted, the transmission system 10
0 phone number, transmission data type, transmission data capacity,
And output destination information indicating an output device to output the transmission data. The ID number, data type, capacity, and output destination information are automatically given by the reception inquiry information creating unit 134. The file name is input by the user via the operation unit 114. As another form, an output device to be output may be input by the user.

As described above, detailed information such as data capacity and type is automatically created, so that there is no need for the user to specify it. In addition, by transmitting the information for determining whether to permit the reception of the transmission data to the receiving system 200 in advance, it is possible to avoid transmitting the transmission data unnecessarily.

FIG. 5 shows a schematic functional block of the receiving system 200. The receiving system 200 may be a terminal having a communication function. An example of the receiving system 200 is preferably a mobile phone. As another example, a portable terminal such as a PAD or a notebook computer which can be connected to a portable telephone is preferable. Receiving system 20
For example, 0 can be realized by cooperation of a main CPU of a terminal and a program stored or loaded in a main memory or a nonvolatile memory. Main CPU
If the device has a built-in memory, necessary programs may be stored in the built-in memory, and various functions may be realized as firmware.

The receiving system 200 includes a transmitting unit 210, a receiving unit 212, a determining unit 216, an operating unit 218, and a notifying unit 22.
0, a reception permission condition holding unit 222, a memory 230, a transfer unit 232, and a connection unit 234.

The receiving section 212 receives the reception inquiry information from the transmission system 100 via the communication network 400 and sends it to the memory 230. The receiving unit 212 also receives the transfer data from the transfer data server 300 and sends the transfer data to the transfer unit 232.
The transmission data received by the receiving unit 212 includes a template and modification data.

The reception permission condition holding section 222 holds the reception permission condition. The reception permission condition is a condition of transmission data that the reception system 200 permits reception. As the reception permission condition, the telephone number of the transmission system 100, the data capacity of the transmission data, the type of data, and the output device to output the transmission data are specified.

The determination unit 216 compares the reception inquiry information stored in the memory 230 with the reception permission condition stored in the reception permission condition storage unit 222, and determines whether the reception inquiry information satisfies the reception permission condition. I do. That is, it is determined whether or not the transmission data indicated by the reception inquiry information is received. The determination unit 216 also determines whether to receive the transmission data indicated by the reception inquiry information based on the input from the operation unit 218. The determination unit 216 creates response information based on the determination result, and instructs the transmission unit 210 to send the created response information to the transmission system 100. The determination unit 216 also determines that the connection unit 234
When the connection with the output system 600 is completed, the transmission unit 2
10 causes the transmission data server 300 to transmit a reception request indicating that the transmission data is to be received. Memory 230
Holds the reception inquiry information received from the reception unit 212. As described above, since the memory 230 does not hold the transfer data but only the reception inquiry information indicating the transfer data, a large-capacity memory is not required.

The transfer unit 232 receives the transmission data from the reception unit 212 and sends it to the connection unit 234. Transfer unit 232
Is a buffer memory, the speed at which the receiving unit 212 receives transmission data from the transmission data server 300 and the connection unit 2
34 may adjust the difference in the speed at which the data is transmitted to the outside. The transfer unit 232 also receives the output destination information included in the reception inquiry information held in the memory 230 and sends the output destination information to the connection unit 234.

The connection section 234 connects to the outside of the receiving system 200 and sends the transfer data and output destination information received from the transfer section 232 to the outside. The connection unit 234 is, for example,
The connection may be made via a cable such as a USR cable or a USB, or a connection using a communication line may be used. The connection unit 234 is also a Bluetooth
Communication means through wireless such as (TM) may be used.

The notification unit 220 may be, for example, a monitor or an LCD panel. The transmission status of transmission data is displayed. The operation unit 218 may be, for example, a dial button, an up / down selection key, or the like of a mobile phone, and thereby receives a command from a user as appropriate.

Transmission section 210 receives response information and a reception request from determination section 216. The transmission unit 210 is a communication network 4
And sends response information to the transmission system 100 via
Further, it transmits a reception request to transmission data server 300.

FIG. 6 shows a schematic functional block of the output system 600. The output system 600 includes a connection unit 602,
Data receiving unit 604, template holding unit 606, output control unit 6
08, printer 620, monitor 622, and speaker 6
24.

The connection section 602 connects to the connection section 234 of the receiving system 200. The data receiving unit 604 receives transmission data and output destination information via the connection unit 602.
The data receiving unit 604 decodes the received transmission data, and if the transmission data is compressed, performs a decompression process and sends the data to the output control unit 608.

The output control unit 608 determines to which of the printer 620, the monitor 622, and the speaker 624 the received transmission data is to be output, based on the output destination information received from the receiving system 200 via the connection unit 602. to decide. The output control unit 608 sends the transmission data to the selected output device. Thus, the output system 600
Has a plurality of output devices, and can output a plurality of types of transmission data such as still image data, moving image data, and audio data to different output devices.

FIG. 7 shows the transmission data server 300.
The transmission data server 300 includes a database 310, a receiving unit 350, a transmitting unit 352, a memory 360, a memory monitoring unit 362, and a processing unit 364.

[0051] Receiving section 350 receives the transmission data from transmission system 100 and sends it to memory 360. Receiver 35
“0” receives a template request indicating that a template is to be transmitted and a reception request that requests to receive transmission data, and sends the request to the processing unit 364.

The memory 360 holds the transmission data received from the receiving section 350. The memory monitoring unit 362 transmits each transmission data held in the memory 360 to the memory 360
Monitor the time since it was received. When the predetermined time has elapsed, the memory monitoring unit 362 notifies the reception system 200 via the transmission unit 352 of the fact. The predetermined time may be, for example, one week. Memory monitoring unit 362
Indicates that the transmission data held in the memory 230 is
If one week has passed since the data was received at 60, this transmission data may be deleted.

Upon receiving the reception request from the reception unit 350, the processing unit 364 stores the transmission data indicated by the reception request in the memory 2
Extract from 30. The processing unit 364 further acquires the template indicated by the template information included in the extracted transmission data from the database 310. The processing unit 364 creates transmission data from the template and the decoration data, and transmits the transmission data to the reception system 200 via the transmission unit 352. When receiving the template request, the processing unit 364 extracts the template indicated in the template request from the database 310 and transmits the template to the transmission system 100 via the transmission unit 352.

The database 310 holds a plurality of transmission data templates. The template held in the database 310 may be updated after a predetermined period, and a new template may be added. Also, templates that are no longer used may be deleted. Further, the database 310 stores the communication network 40.
0, the template acquired from outside the transmission data server 300 may be received and stored. As described above, since the template held by the database 310 is updated in a predetermined period, a template desired by the user can be always provided.

FIG. 8 shows the database 310. The database 310 includes a template database 312, a card database 314, a comment database 316, a letter database 318, a moving image database 320, and a music database 322. Each of these data holds a model and model information for designating the model in association with each other. In addition, the transmission system 100 and the reception system 200 obtain these templates and the template information via the data transmission system. As described above, since the template database 312 holds various templates, the user of the transmission system 100 can create desired transmission data using these.

As described above, the transmission data server 300
Holds transmission data. Therefore, the transmission system 100
May not be held until the receiving system 200 receives the transmission data to be transmitted.

FIG. 9 shows an example of a template held by the database 310. FIG. 9A shows the card database 3
14 and FIG. 9B are the comment database 316. The card database 314 holds cards of various genres. This figure shows CARD1 to CARD3 as an example. In addition, cards of various genres may be held. In addition, C11, C1
2, C13... Hold a plurality of cards. As described above, since a plurality of templates are prepared for each genre, even if a ready-made template is used, transmission data close to the user's desire can be easily created.

FIG. 10 shows the transmission system 100 and the reception system 2 when transmitting transmission data from the transmission system 100 to the reception system 200 via the data transmission system.
00, transmission data server 300, and output system 60
11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the "0".

Transmission data creation unit 1 of transmission system 100
30 creates transmission data to be transmitted to the receiving system 200 (S100). The reception inquiry information creation unit 134
Create reception inquiry information corresponding to the transmission data (S1
02). Next, the transmission unit 120 transmits the created reception inquiry information to the reception system 200 (S104).

Next, the transmission section 210 of the transmission system 100
Transmits the transmission data to the transmission data server 300 (S106). Next, the receiving unit 350 of the transmission data server 300 receives the transmission data and sends it to the database 310. The database 310 holds the transmission data (S110). As described above, the transmission system 100 transmits the reception inquiry information to the reception system 200 and transmits the transmission data server 30 without waiting for a reply from the reception system 200.
0 to transmit transmission data. Therefore, the transmission system 10
0 does not have to hold the transfer data until response information to the reception inquiry information is received.

In S104, when transmitting section 210 of receiving system 200 receives the reception inquiry information, determination section 216
Determines whether the transmission data indicated by the reception inquiry information received by the transmission unit 210 is received (S112). When the determining unit 216 permits the reception of the transfer data, the receiving unit 21
2 transmits response information indicating reception permission to the transmission system 100 (S114).

Next, the connection unit 234 of the receiving system 200
When the connection between the control unit and the connection unit 602 of the output system 600 is completed (S120), the determination unit 216 of the reception system 200
Selects the transmission data to be output from the transmission data held in the transmission data server 300, and specifies the order and / or time of outputting the selected transmission data (S12).
2). Next, determination section 216 transmits a reception request indicating that it wants to receive the transmission data to transmission data server 300 via transmission section 210 (S124). Next, when the receiving unit 350 of the transmission data server 300 receives the reception request, the processing unit 364 extracts the transmission data indicated by the reception request (S126). Next, the transmitting unit 352 transmits the transmission data to the receiving system 200 (S128). next,
The output system 600 receives the transmission data via the reception system 200 and outputs the data to the output device (S13).
0). Thus, the operation of the data transmission system ends.

FIG. 11 shows a transmission data creation stage (S10).
0) Transmission data creation unit 1 of transmission system 100
30 is a flowchart showing the detailed operation of Step 30. When obtaining a template from the transmission data server 300 (S20
0), the user obtains a desired template from the transmission data server 300 using the notification unit 112 and the operation unit 114,
The model is held by the model holding unit 144 (S202). The user can newly acquire a template to be held in the template holding unit 144 via the operation unit 114, or delete a template that is no longer used from the template holding unit 144. As a result, only the templates that are frequently used by the user can be stored in the template storage unit 144.

Next, the user uses the notification unit 112 and the operation unit 114 to select a desired model from the models held in the model holding unit 144 (S204). If the template is not acquired from the transmission data server 300 in S200,
Jump to 204. Next, the decoration data creation unit 142
Creates modification data for processing the template selected by the template selection unit 140 (S206).

FIG. 12 shows an example of a screen displayed on the notification unit 112 in the transmission data creation step (S100) described with reference to FIG. When the user selects a card template via the operation unit 114, the notification unit 112 displays a card list 500. The user selects a desired card from the cards displayed here. The user is C2
Is selected, the screen displayed by the notification unit 112 changes from the card list 500 to the Christmas card list 502. Christmas Card List 50
2 includes a plurality of Christmas card designs. The user selects a desired design from these via the operation unit 114.

FIG. 13 shows a decoration data creation screen 504 displayed on the notification unit 112 in the decoration data creation step (S206) described with reference to FIG. In this way, the template specified in the template selection stage is displayed, and the contents of processing the template are displayed. The user can enter the decoration data creation screen 50
Create decoration data according to the question displayed in 4. If a comment is to be inserted into the Christmas card, "YES" is selected for "insert comment?" At this time, the notification unit 112 further displays an input screen 506 for inputting a comment on the screen. The user enters his / her favorite comment here. The user further inputs the telephone number of the transmission destination to which the transmission data is sent and the valid time of the transmission data according to the input screen 506.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the detailed operation of the receiving system 200 in the reception permission / denial confirmation step (S110) described with reference to FIG. Upon receiving the reception inquiry information from the transmission system 100 via the transmission unit 210, the determination unit 216 compares the information indicated in the reception inquiry information with the content displayed on the reception permission condition holding unit 222.
When the transmission source telephone number indicated in the reception inquiry information is registered in the reception permission condition holding unit 222 (S300),
The determination unit 216 determines that the transmission source is permitted. This can avoid receiving transmission data whose transmission source is unknown.

Next, determination section 216 determines whether or not the data capacity indicated in the reception inquiry information is equal to or smaller than a predetermined data capacity. If the capacity is equal to or less than the predetermined capacity (S30
4), the determination unit 216 creates response information permitting reception of the transmission data indicated by the reception inquiry information. Transmission section 2
10 transmits the response information to the transmission system 100 (S
306). As described above, since transmission data from a transmission source other than a telephone number registered in advance is not received, it is possible to avoid receiving transmission data whose transmission source is unknown.

When the telephone number indicated in the reception inquiry information is not registered in the reception permission condition holding unit 222 in S300, and when the data capacity indicated in the reception inquiry information is not less than the predetermined data capacity in S304, the judgment is made. Part 216
Receives an input from the user via the operation unit 114. When the permission of reception is input from the user (S31)
0), and jump to S306. When rejection of the reception is input by the user in S310, the determination unit 216 creates response information for rejecting the reception of the transmission data indicated by the reception inquiry information (S312). Next, the judgment unit 216
Transmits the response information via the transmission unit 210 to the transmission system 10
0 (S314). Thus, the transmission of the transmission data is completed.

As another form, the transmission data held in the transmission data server 300 may be returned to the transmission system 100 after the step of notifying the transmission system (S134).

As described above, upon receiving the reception inquiry information, the determination unit 216 determines rejection of the reception based on the condition held in the reception permission condition holding unit 222. Therefore, it is possible to avoid receiving transmission data whose transmission source is unknown and transmission data that cannot be output to an output device included in the receiving system 200. Further, since it is possible to determine whether or not to receive the information based on an instruction from the user, it is possible to receive only desired transmission data. Thus, for example, a user who does not need an advertisement can refuse to receive transmission data indicating the advertisement.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a detailed operation of the transmission data server 300 in the transmission data holding step (S112) of FIG. Memory monitoring unit 362
Monitors whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since each transmission data held in the memory 360 was received by the memory 230. After a lapse of a predetermined time (S40)
0), the valid time monitoring unit 362 transmits the transmission data server 30
0 to the receiving system 200 via the transmitting unit 352 that the untransmitted transmission data is held (S40).
2).

Next, the receiving unit 350 is connected to the receiving system 200.
When a reception request is received from (S404), the process proceeds to S112. When the reception request is not received from the receiving system 200 in S404, the transmission data server 300 notifies the transmission system 100 via the transmission unit 352 that the untransmitted transmission data is held (S406), and transmits the transmission data. The transmission ends.

As described above, when the receiving system 200 does not receive the transmission data for a long time, the transmission data server 30
Notification is transmitted from 0. Therefore, the receiving system 200
If any of the users forgets to output the transmission data, a notification can be received from the transmission data server 300. Further, since the memory monitoring unit 362 manages the holding period of the transmission data held in the memory 360 from the transmission data server 300 to the receiving system 200, it is necessary to prevent the transmission data that is not transmitted from being accumulated in the transmission data server 300. Can be prevented.

FIG. 16 shows the reception preparation stage (S12) of FIG.
2) shows a screen displayed on the notification unit 220.
FIG. 16A is a screen displayed on notification unit 220 when the transmission data to be output is selected. Here, the user selects desired transmission data. FIG. 16B is a screen displayed when designating the order and / or time of outputting the transmission data. At this time, the transmission data selected in FIG. 16A is displayed, and the user inputs the order and / or time in the displayed transmission data. Thus, the user can input the transfer data according to the content displayed on the screen. Thereby, the receiving system 200 can receive the transmission data, which takes a long time to transfer the data, at the time when the communication network 400 is busy.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a detailed operation of the transmission data server 300 in the transmission data extracting step (S126) of FIG. When receiving section 350 receives a reception request from receiving system 200 (S50)
0), the processing unit 364 extracts transmission data indicated by the reception request from the memory 360 (S502). Next, the processing unit 3
64 acquires the template indicated by the template information included in the extracted transmission data from the database 310 (S504).
Next, the processing unit 364 inserts the modification data included in the transmission data into the acquired template to create transmission data composed of the template and the modification data (S506).

FIG. 18 shows the output stage (S130) of FIG.
5 is a flowchart showing a detailed operation of the output system 600 in FIG. The output system 600 includes a connection unit 602
The transmission data and the output destination information are received from the receiving system 200 through the communication (S600). Next, the output control unit 608
Determines whether output can be made to the output device indicated by the output destination information. If output to the output device indicated by the output destination information is possible (S
602), the transmission data is output to the output device indicated by the output destination information. In S600, if it is not possible to output to the output device indicated by the output destination information, it is examined whether there is any output device other than the output device indicated by the output destination information. When the output system 600 has an output device capable of outputting (S60
4) Output to an output device capable of outputting (S604). S
If it is determined in 604 that there is no output device capable of outputting, the process ends here.

For example, the output control unit 608 receives still image data as transmission data indicated by the reception inquiry information whose output destination information specifies the printer 242. If the output system 600 does not have a printer 620, the printer 6
If the output control unit 6 cannot be output to the printer 620 such as when the printer 20 is out of order or when the printer 620 is outputting other data due to an interrupt or the like.
08 outputs to an output device capable of outputting still image data, such as a monitor 622, in place of the printer 620. As described above, even when the output system 600 does not have the output device indicated by the output destination information, it is possible to output to the device that can output.

In the data transmission system according to the present embodiment, the user of receiving system 200 receives the reception inquiry information on the go. The user connects the receiving system 200 to the output system 600 arranged at home, for example,
Transmission data can be output. Further, the receiving system 200 only needs to receive the transmission data when it is desired to output the transmission data, and thus does not require a large-capacity memory. Further, since the reception inquiry information is received in this manner, it can be recognized that the reception has been received.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiment, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiment. Various changes or improvements can be added to the above embodiment. It should be noted that such modified or improved embodiments may be included in the technical scope of the present invention.
It is clear from the description of the claims.

In the first modification, the database 310 is provided in the transmission data server 300 in the present embodiment, but the database 310
May be provided in the transmission data server 300 and the output system 600. In this case, the transmission data server 3
The database 310 provided in the output system 600 and the output system 600 is a distributed database and can be used in the transmission data server 300 and the output system 600.

In this case, the transmission data server 300 transmits the template information and the decoration data as the transmission data. The output system 600 receives the transmission data from the transmission data server 300 via the reception system 200, acquires the template from the database 310 provided in the output system 600, inserts the modification data into the template, and creates the transmission data. . Thereby, the communication speed from the transmission data server 300 to the receiving system 200 can be further increased.

For example, when the output system 600 is arranged in a station, a convenience store, or the like, the output speed is a problem. However, in the present embodiment, since the data volume of the transmission data is small, System 200
Can receive transmitted data relatively quickly.

As a second modification, the receiving system 200 according to the present embodiment is connected to an output system 600 having a plurality of output devices. In another embodiment, the receiving system 200 is connected to a plurality of output systems. Connect with In this case, the determination unit 216 of the receiving system 200 determines to which of the plurality of output systems the transmission data is output, and causes the determined output system to output the transmission data via the connection unit 234.

As a third modification, the information for identifying the transmission source included in the reception inquiry information according to the present embodiment is the telephone number of the user of the transmission system 100. E-mail address. As described above, the transmission source can be specified also by the e-mail address. In addition to the telephone number, information for specifying the transmission source may be further added. The information to be added may be freely created by the user of the transmission system 100.

As a fourth modification, the template database 312 acquires a template created by a user,
May be retained. As a result, more various templates can be secured, and since the templates are updated daily, it is possible to hold the templates that meet the requirements of the user.

As a fifth modification, the transmission data of the present embodiment is composed of the template and the decoration data. However, the user may freely create the transmission data without using the template.

As a sixth modification, the screen shown in FIG. 16 may be displayed on a monitor 622 held in the output system 600 instead of the notification section 220 of the receiving system 200.

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As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, when the reception inquiry information is permitted to receive the transmission data, the connection unit connects to the output system. Then, the receiving unit starts receiving the transmission data. Therefore, even when information having a large data size such as image data is received, the terminal is used in advance for a long time before outputting the data. Can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a data transmission system.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic functional block of the transmission system 100;

FIG. 3 is a schematic functional block diagram of a transmission data creation unit 130.

FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing reception inquiry information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing schematic functional blocks of a receiving system 200.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing schematic functional blocks of an output system 600.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a transmission data server 300.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a database 310.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a template held by a database 310.

FIG. 10 shows a transmission system 1 via a data transmission system.
6 is a flowchart showing operations of the transmission system 100, the reception system 200, and the transmission data server 300 when transmitting transmission data from 00 to the reception system 200.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a detailed operation of the transmission data creation unit 130 of the transmission system 100 in the transmission data creation stage (S100).

12 is a transmission data creation step (S1) described with reference to FIG. 10;
00) is a diagram showing an example of a screen displayed on the notification unit 112.

FIG. 13 shows the modification data creation step (S2
FIG. 6B is a diagram showing a decoration data creation screen 504 displayed on the notification unit 112 at 06).

14 is a reception permission / denial confirmation step (S11) described with reference to FIG.
7 is a flowchart showing a detailed operation of the receiving system 200 in (0).

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a detailed operation of the transmission data server 300 in the transmission data holding step (S112) of FIG.

16 is a diagram showing a screen displayed on a notification unit 220 in a reception preparation stage (S122) of FIG.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a detailed operation of the transmission data server 300 in the transmission data extraction step (S126) of FIG.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a detailed operation of the output system 600 in the output stage (S130) of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 transmission system 110 transmission data processing unit
112: notification unit 114: operation unit 118: reception unit 120: transmission unit 130: transmission data creation unit
134: reception inquiry information creation unit 140: template selection unit 142: decoration data creation unit 144: template holding unit 200: reception system 210: transmission unit 2
12 receiving section 216 determining section 218 operating section
220: notification unit 222: reception permission condition holding unit
230: memory 232: transfer unit 234: connection unit
300: Transmission data server 310: Database 3
12 ... template database 314 ... card database 316 ... comment database 318 ... letter database 320 ... movie database 322 ... music database 350 ... receiving unit 352 ... transmitting unit 360 ... memory 362 ... memory monitoring unit 36
4. Processing unit 400 Communication network 600 Output system
602: connection unit 604: data reception unit 608
... Output control unit 620 ... Printer 622 ... Monitor 624 ... Speaker

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Hitoshi Ueno 3--11-46 Izumi, Asaka-shi, Saitama Prefecture Inside Fujisha Shin Film Co., Ltd. (72) Norihisa Haneda 3--11-46 Izumi, Asaka-shi, Saitama F-term (reference) 5K030 GA19 KA03 KA07 MB18 5K034 AA17 EE12 FF04 FF18 FF19 FF20 HH01 HH02 HH04 5K101 KK00 LL01 9A001 CC03 DD10 JJ13 JJ14 JJ25 JJ27 KK56

Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. A receiving system for receiving data to be output to an output system from a transmitting system via a data transmission system, wherein the transmitting inquiry information inquires whether transmission data including information to be transmitted to a user can be received. A receiving unit that receives from the system, a connecting unit that connects to the output system, and, when receiving the transmission data with respect to the reception inquiry information is permitted, when the connecting unit is connected to the output system, And a transfer unit for causing the receiving unit to start receiving the transfer data and transferring the received transfer data to the output system. 2. The receiving system is connectable to a plurality of the output systems via the connection unit, and when the connection unit is connected to the output system, the transfer unit transmits a signal to the reception unit. 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: starting to receive output destination information indicating to which of the plurality of output systems the transmission data is to be output, and transferring the received output destination information to the output system. 3. The receiving system according to claim 1. 3. When the receiving unit receives the reception inquiry information, it determines whether or not to receive the transmission data specified by the reception inquiry information from the receiving system. A determination unit that determines based on at least one of the output destination information; and when the determination unit refuses to receive the transmission data,
The receiving system according to claim 1, further comprising a transmitting unit that notifies the transmitting system of the fact. 4. The transmission unit according to claim 1, wherein when the transfer unit transfers the transmission data to the output system, the transmission unit notifies the transmission system that the output of the transmission data is completed. The receiving system according to any one of the above. 5. The determination unit, when the receiving unit receives the reception inquiry information, causes the data transmission system to hold the transmission data, and when the connection unit is connected to the output system, the transfer unit 5. The transmission system according to claim 3, wherein the transmitting unit causes the receiving unit to start receiving the transmission data, and transfers the received transmission data to the output system. 6. 6. The transmission data is composed of a predetermined model and modification data indicating how to process the model, the data transmission system holds the model, and the receiving unit includes the transmitting unit. 6. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: receiving from the system template information specifying the template and the modification data corresponding to the template; and receiving the template specified by the template information from the data transmission system. The transmission system according to any one of the above. 7. An output system for receiving and outputting data received by a receiving system via a data transmission system from the receiving system, comprising: a connection unit connected to the receiving system; and a transmission including information to be transmitted to a user. An output system comprising: a data receiving unit that receives data from the receiving system via the connection unit; and an output device that outputs the transfer data received by the data receiving unit. 8. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an output control unit that determines which output device to output the transmission data according to a type of the transmission data when there are a plurality of the output devices. 8. The output system according to 7. 9. The data receiving unit receives output destination information indicating to which output device the transmission data is output via the connection unit, and does not include the output device specified by the output destination information. 8. In the case, the output control unit outputs the transmission data to an output device capable of outputting the transmission data other than the output device specified by the output destination information.
Or the output system according to 8. 10. The transmission data includes a predetermined model and modification data indicating how to process the template, a template holding unit that holds the template, and a modification that fits the modification data into the template. A processing unit, wherein when the template of the transmission data to be received by the data receiving unit is held in the template database, the data receiving unit receives the decoration data via the connection unit, The output system according to claim 8, wherein the processing unit creates the transfer data by inserting the decoration data into the template. 11. A transmission system for transmitting data to a reception system via a data transmission system, wherein the transmission unit transmits reception inquiry information for inquiring whether transmission data including information to be transmitted to a user can be received, A receiving unit that receives a permission to receive the transmission data from the reception system, wherein when the reception unit receives the reception permission from the reception system, the transmission unit transmits the transmission data to the reception system. A transmission system characterized by the above-mentioned. 12. When a predetermined time has elapsed in a state where the transmission unit transmits the reception inquiry information and the reception unit does not receive the notification of reception permission, the transmission unit transmits the reception inquiry information to a user of the transmission system. The transmission system according to claim 11, further comprising a notification unit that notifies the user of the fact. 13. The transmission data is composed of a predetermined model and modification data indicating how to process the template, and creates a template holding unit for holding the template, and modification data to be fitted in the template. 13. The apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising a decoration data creating unit, wherein the transmitting unit associates the template with the decoration data and transmits the template and the decoration data to the receiving system. Transmission system as described. 14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein when the receiving system holds the template, the transmitting unit transmits template information designating the template and the decoration data to the receiving system. Transmission system. 15. Data to be output to an output system,
A data transmission system for transmitting from a transmission system to a reception system, wherein the transmission system transmits reception inquiry information for inquiring whether transmission data including information to be transmitted to a user can be received; and A first receiving unit that receives a permission to receive transmission data, the receiving system includes: a second receiving unit that receives the reception inquiry information from the transmitting system; and a connecting unit that connects to the output system. A transfer unit that, when the connection unit is connected to the output system, causes the reception unit to start receiving the transfer data, and transfers the received transfer data to the output system; A connection unit connected to the reception system, and, when the connection unit is connected to the reception system, via the connection unit A data transmission system comprising: a data receiving unit that receives the transmission data, and an output device that outputs the transmission data received by the data receiving unit.