JP2001325184A - Transmission terminal device, data providing system, and reception terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] Immediately transmit character information and the like of multimedia data created by a transmission terminal to a reception terminal, and for moving image information that takes a long time to transmit, for the convenience of the user on the reception side. It can be sent together. SOLUTION: In a data providing system 2, there is provided a data editing unit 502 which edits content information Ic from a transmission terminal device based on editing information Ie1 to create multimedia data, and configures the created multimedia data. Among the content information, a small data amount is transmitted to the receiving terminal as the first data, and a large data amount is transmitted to the receiving terminal as the second data according to the data acquisition information Ig from the receiving terminal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a transmitting terminal device, a data providing system, and a receiving terminal device. The present invention relates to a receiving terminal device capable of receiving multimedia data, and a data providing system capable of providing multimedia data to a receiving terminal based on information from a transmitting / receiving terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 14 is a block diagram for explaining a conventional transmitting terminal device. The transmission terminal device 10 is a terminal device for creating document data (multimedia data) including image data and audio data, and transmitting the created document data to a receiving terminal via a server.

That is, the transmitting terminal device 10 creates content information Ic constituting the document data in response to a user's information input operation, and generates the content information Ic.
A content creation unit 11 for editing the content information and editing information Ie for creating document data, and editing the content information Ic based on the editing information Ie.
A data editing unit 12 for creating document display data Dd for displaying a document including the content. Here, the content information Ic is information corresponding to the components of the multimedia document, such as moving image information, still image information, audio information, and character information.

Further, the transmission terminal device 10 includes a display unit 15 for displaying a multimedia document based on the document display data Dd, and transmission data creation for converting the document display data Dd into transmission data Ds. And a data transmission unit 14 for transmitting the transmission data Ds as a transmission signal to a predetermined server via a communication line.

[0005] The conventional transmission terminal device 10 having such a configuration is described.
Then, when the user performs an input operation of characters and images constituting a document, the content information creating unit 11 creates character data and image data as content information Ic in accordance with the user's operation, and the content information Ic Is output to the data editing unit 12 together with the editing information Ie for editing this to create document data.

Then, the data editing section 12 edits the content information Ic based on the editing information Ie, generates document display data Dd for displaying a document including the content, and generates the document display data Dd. Dd is input to the display unit 15 and the transmission data creation unit 13.

In the display section 15, the document display data D
For example, a multimedia document Dm as shown in FIG. 15 is displayed on the basis of the data d.
In 3, the document display data Dd is converted into transmission data Ds. Then, the transmission data Ds is transmitted by the data transmission unit 14 to a predetermined server via a communication line.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram for explaining a conventional server. The server 20 receives the transmission data Ds from the transmission terminal device 10 shown in FIG. 14 and transmits the data to a predetermined reception terminal. That is, the server 20 includes a data receiving unit 21 for receiving the transmission data Ds, a data buffer 22 for temporarily storing the received data Ds, and a transmission data stored in the data buffer 22. And a data transmitting unit 23 for transmitting Ds to the data receiving terminal via a communication line.

In the server 20 having such a configuration, the transmission data Ds from the transmission terminal device 10 is received by the data receiving unit 21, and the received transmission data Ds is temporarily stored in the buffer 22. Then, the transmission data Ds stored in the buffer 22 is transmitted to the receiving terminal via the communication line at a predetermined timing.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram for explaining a conventional receiving terminal device. This receiving terminal device 30 is configured as shown in FIG.
The transmission data Ds from the transmission terminal device 10 relayed by the server 20 shown in FIG. 6 is received and the document data is displayed. That is, the receiving terminal device 30 includes a data receiving unit 31 that receives the transmission data Ds from the server 20 and a reception data decoding unit that converts the received data Ds into the document display data Dd by a decoding process. A display unit 33 that displays a multimedia document based on the document display data Dd.

In the receiving terminal device 30 having such a configuration,
The transmission data Ds from the server 20 is received by the data receiving unit 31. This received transmission data Ds
Is converted into the document display data Dd by a decoding process in the reception data decoding unit 32, and the document display data Dd
Is output to the display unit 33. Then, the display unit 15 displays a multimedia document Dm as shown in FIG. 15, for example, based on the document display data Dd.

[0012]

By the way, multimedia data includes information having an extremely large amount of data such as moving pictures and voices. It takes a considerable amount of time to send information of a large data amount from the transmitting terminal device to the receiving terminal device, and at present, transmission of multimedia data is not practical.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and efficiently transmits multimedia data including information such as a moving image and audio as content information together with character information from a transmission side to a reception side. It is an object of the present invention to obtain a transmitting terminal device, a data providing system, and a receiving terminal device that can perform the operations.

[0014]

A transmitting terminal device according to the present invention (claim 1) is a transmitting terminal device for transmitting document data corresponding to a required document to a destination receiving terminal by an information processing server. Then, by the information input operation, content information corresponding to the content constituting the document,
An information creating unit that creates editing information for editing the content information; an information transmitting unit that sends the content information and the editing information to the information processing server; and an information transmitting unit that sends the document transmitted from the information processing server. A display data receiving unit that receives display data to be displayed; and a display unit that displays the document based on the display data.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the transmission terminal device according to the first aspect, the information creating unit includes a content information creating unit that creates the content information, and various information indicating an arrangement of contents in the document. A layout information storage unit storing layout information, wherein predetermined layout information is read from the layout information storage unit as the editing information, and the information transmission unit is configured to read out the layout read from the layout information storage unit. A layout information transmitting unit that transmits information to the information processing server;
A content information transmitting unit configured to transmit the content information created by the content creating unit to the information processing server.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the transmission terminal device according to the first aspect, the information transmitting unit includes: transfer information designating a transfer destination server of the document data generated by the information processing server; It has a configuration having a transfer information transmitting unit for transmitting to the information processing server.

A data providing system according to the present invention (claim 4) receives transmission information from a transmission terminal, generates document data corresponding to a required document based on the transmission information, and converts the document data. A data providing system for providing to a destination receiving terminal, an information receiving unit that receives transmission information from the transmission terminal, a data editing unit that generates the document data based on the received transmission information, A display data transmitting unit for transmitting display data for displaying the document data to the transmitting terminal, a first data transmitting unit for transmitting first data constituting the document data to a destination receiving terminal, A second data transmission unit that has a data storage unit that stores the second data to be configured, and that transmits the second data to the destination receiving terminal in response to a data request from the destination receiving terminal. It is obtained by a part.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the data providing system according to the fourth aspect, the information receiving unit includes, as transmission information from the transmission terminal, content information corresponding to the content constituting the document and the content information corresponding to the content constituting the document. The data editing unit is configured to receive layout information indicating an arrangement of contents in a document, and to edit the content information based on the layout information to generate the document data.

The data providing system according to the present invention (claim 6) is the data providing system according to claim 4, further comprising a display data transmitting unit for transmitting display data for displaying the document to the transmitting terminal. Things.

[0020] A data providing system according to the present invention (claim 7) receives a transmission information from a transmission terminal and generates document data corresponding to a required document based on the transmission information; What is claimed is: 1. A data providing system comprising: a receiving server that relays document data and provides the document data to a destination receiving terminal, wherein the information processing unit receives the transmitting information from the transmitting terminal; A data editing unit that generates the document data based on the data, a first data transmission unit that transmits the first data that configures the document data to a destination receiving terminal, and a second data that configures the document data A first data storage unit that stores the second data from the transmission server, and a second data storage unit that receives and stores the second data from the transmission server. In response to a data request from the receiving terminal, in which a structure and a second data transmission unit for transmitting the second data stored in the data storage unit of the second to the destination receiving terminal.

[0021] According to the present invention (claim 8), in the data providing system according to claim 7, the information receiving unit in the transmitting server includes:
It is configured to receive the content information corresponding to the content constituting the document and the layout information indicating the arrangement of the content in the document. Thus, the document data is generated.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the data providing system according to the seventh aspect, the transmitting server includes a display data transmitting unit for transmitting display data for displaying the document to the transmitting terminal. It is configured.

A data providing system according to the present invention (claim 10) receives transmission information from a transmission terminal, generates document data corresponding to a required document based on the transmission information, and converts the document data. A data providing system for providing to a destination receiving terminal, an information receiving unit that receives transmission information from the transmitting terminal, and a layout information storage unit that stores a plurality of layout information indicating a layout example of content in the document. A data editing unit that edits the content information based on the transmission information and the layout information designated thereby to generate the document data, and transmits first data constituting the document data to a destination receiving terminal A first data transmission unit that performs
And a second data transmitting unit that transmits the second data to the destination receiving terminal in response to a data request from the destination receiving terminal. is there.

According to the present invention (claim 11), in the data providing system according to claim 10, the information receiving unit includes:
As the transmission information from the transmission terminal, the content information corresponding to the content constituting the document and the location designation information for designating the location of the content in the document are configured to be received. The content information is edited based on the specified layout information to generate the document data.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the data providing system according to the tenth aspect, there is provided a display data transmitting section for transmitting display data for displaying the document to the transmitting terminal.

[0026] A data providing system according to the present invention (claim 13) receives a transmission information from a transmission terminal and generates document data corresponding to a required document based on the transmission information; A data providing system, comprising: a plurality of receiving servers that relay document data and provide the document data to a destination receiving terminal, wherein the transmitting server includes: an information receiving unit configured to receive transmission information from the transmitting terminal; A layout information storage unit storing a plurality of layout information indicating an example of the arrangement of contents in a document; and a data editing unit for editing the content information based on the transmission information and the layout information designated thereby to generate the document data A first data transmission unit for transmitting first data constituting the document data to a destination receiving terminal; and a first data transmission unit for transmitting the document data. And a first data storage unit for storing second data to be transmitted, wherein the receiving server includes a second data storage unit for receiving and storing second data from the transmitting server. The second data stored in the second data storage unit is transmitted to the destination receiving terminal in response to a data request from the destination receiving terminal.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the data providing system according to the thirteenth aspect, the transmission-side server receives the second data stored in the first data storage unit as a transfer destination. And a transfer information receiving unit that receives transfer information from the transmitting terminal and specifies the side server, and transmits the second data to the receiving server indicated by the transfer information.

According to the present invention (claim 15), in the data providing system according to claim 13, the transmission-side server receives the second data stored in the first data storage unit as a transfer destination. And a transfer information receiving unit that receives transfer information from the receiving terminal and specifies the side server, and transmits the second data to the receiving server indicated by the transfer information.

[0029] A receiving terminal device according to the present invention (claim 16) receives document data corresponding to a predetermined document, obtained by editing in an information processing server based on transmission information from a transmitting terminal. A terminal device, comprising: a first receiving unit that receives first data that constitutes the document data; and a second device that decodes the first data and acquires second data that constitutes the document data. A first data decoding unit that generates data acquisition information for transmitting the data acquisition information to the information processing server; and an acquisition information transmission unit that transmits the data acquisition information to the information processing server. A second data receiving unit that receives the second data transmitted from the information processing server, a second decoding unit that decodes the second data, and the first and second decoded data. Based on the data It is obtained and a display unit for displaying a content constituting the document.

[0030] According to the present invention (claim 17), in the receiving terminal device according to claim 16, the transfer information specifying the transfer destination server of the second data constituting the document data is transmitted to the information processing server. It is provided with a transfer information transmitting unit. This invention (Claim 18) is the data providing system according to any one of Claims 4, 9 and 12, wherein the display data transmitting section is configured to display the document data as display data. A display program including the edited data generated by the data editing unit, image data in which the edited document data is displayed in a stationary state, or digest data of the edited document data is transmitted.

[0031]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. (Embodiment 1) FIG.1 is a block diagram for explaining a transmitting terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The transmission terminal device 1 creates content information constituting multimedia data based on a user operation, and edits the created content information by a server.
And a terminal device for transmitting the multimedia data obtained by the editing to the server so as to be transmitted to the receiving terminal. Here, the multimedia data is document data corresponding to a multimedia document including a moving image, a still image, a sound, and the like in addition to characters as contents. The server is a server (information processing server) having a processing function such as editing on a document.

The transmission terminal device 1 will be described in detail below.
In response to a user's information input operation, content information Ic constituting the multimedia data and editing information Ie1 for editing the content information Ic are created, and the content information is output together with the editing information Ie1. The creation unit 102 and the content information Ic
And a content information transmitting unit 103 that transmits the editing information Ie1 as a transmission signal C.

The transmission terminal device 1 receives a transmission signal D from the server and outputs multimedia data obtained by editing content information in the server as display data Dd. When,
A display unit 105 for displaying a multimedia document Dm as shown in FIG. 15 based on the display data Dd.

Next, the function and effect will be described. In the transmission terminal device 1 having such a configuration, when the user performs an input operation of characters, images, and the like, the content information creation unit 10
2, the character data and image data constituting the multimedia data according to the operation of the user are converted to the content information Ic.
And the editing information Ie1 for editing the content information Ic is generated. The content information transmitting unit 103 transmits the content information Ic and the editing information I
e1 is transmitted as a transmission signal C to a predetermined server.

Further, the transmission signal D from the server is received by the display data receiving unit 105, and the display data receiving unit 10
From 5, the multimedia data created by editing the content information in the server is output as display data Dd. Then, the display unit 105 displays the multimedia document based on the display data Dd. On the other hand, the server transmits multimedia data obtained by editing the content information to a predetermined receiving terminal.

As described above, the transmission terminal device 1 of the first embodiment
Includes a content information creation unit 102 for creating content information Ic constituting multimedia data and editing information Ie1 for editing the content information Ic in response to a user information input operation.
c and the editing information Ie1 are transmitted to the server so that the multimedia data created by the server based on the information is transmitted to the receiving terminal. When transmitting to the receiving terminal, only the plurality of pieces of content information and information for editing the content information need be transmitted from the transmitting terminal device to the server. Data transmitted from the terminal device to the server can be reduced.

Further, by creating the content information Ic and the editing information Ie1, the user can transmit data corresponding to a multimedia document obtained by editing various contents in a free layout to the receiving terminal. .

[0038] Further, the transmission terminal device is provided with the display data receiving unit 104 which receives the transmission signal D from the server and outputs the multimedia data created by the server as display data. The multimedia data obtained by the editing can be confirmed. Further, since the content information itself is on the transmission terminal side, display data can be generated on the transmission terminal side only by sending a program including edit data on the server as the transmission signal D from the server. Therefore, if a program including edit data on the server is sent as the transmission signal D from the server, the amount of data transmitted from the server to the transmission terminal can be reduced. Alternatively, image data in which the edited document data edited on the server is displayed in a static state, or digest data of the edited document data may be transmitted as the transmission signal D.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining a data providing system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. Data providing system 2 of the second embodiment
Is for receiving the transmission signal C from the transmission terminal device 1 of the first embodiment, creating multimedia data based on the transmission signal C, and providing the created multimedia data to the receiving terminal. In addition, this data providing system 2
Receives the transmission information C from the transmitting terminal,
And a receiving server that relays the document data and provides the document data to the destination receiving terminal.

Hereinafter, the data providing system 2 will be described in detail. The data providing system 2 receives the transmission signal C from the transmission terminal device 1 and receives the content information Ic
Information receiving unit 2 that outputs editing information Ie1
03, a template storage section 503 storing various types of template information It, which is a sample (template) Te of arrangement of images, characters, and the like in a document. Read, edit the content information Ic based on the read template information It,
A data editing unit 502 for creating multimedia data as document data.

FIG. 3 shows an example of the template Te. In the frame of the template Te, a destination information description area L1, a source information description area L2, a message description area L3, a rectangular shape An area V representing a moving image and an area P representing an arbitrary shape for cutting out a rectangular moving image are set. FIG. 15 shows a document Dm obtained by editing the content information shown in each area of the template Te.

The data providing system 2 further includes a transmission data creation unit 205 for converting the first data D1 output from the editing unit 502 into first transmission data Ds1,
A first data transmission unit 206 that transmits the first transmission data Ds1 to the receiving terminal as a transmission signal E.
The data providing system 2 further includes a storage data conversion unit 208 that converts the second data D2 output from the editing unit 502 into storage data (second transmission data) Ds2 to be stored in data storage. , The storage data Ds2
And a user data storage unit (1) 402 for storing

Further, the data providing system 2 transmits the display image data Dd for displaying the multimedia document obtained by the editing by the editing unit 502 as the transmission signal D to the transmitting terminal device 1. The unit 207 is provided.

The data providing system 2 receives a transmission signal G from a receiving terminal and outputs data obtaining information Ig indicating content information to be transmitted to the receiving terminal. The second transmission data Ds2 provided from the first data storage unit (1) 402 of the first server is stored, and the data acquisition information Ig is stored.
User data storage unit (2) 40 that outputs second transmission data Ds2 corresponding to required content information based on
4 and a second data transmission unit 405 that transmits the second transmission data Ds2 output from the user data storage unit (2) 404 to the receiving terminal as a transmission signal F.

In the data providing system 2,
The first server includes the content information receiving unit 203, template storage unit 503, data editing unit 502, transmission data creation unit 205, first data transmission unit 206, display image data transmission unit 207, stored data conversion unit 208, and The first data storage unit (1) 402 is included. Further, the second server is provided with the data acquisition information receiving unit 40.
3, including a user data storage unit (2) 404 and a second data transmission unit 405.

It should be noted that the first data D1 is data that constitutes the multimedia data created by the editing unit 502 and has a small data amount and requires almost no time for transmission to the receiving terminal. Is data that can be sent to the receiving terminal instantaneously, for example, information such as information about a sender and information such as a URL. Further, the second data D
Numeral 2 is data that composes the multimedia data created by the editing unit 502 and requires a considerable amount of time to transmit to a receiving terminal having a large data amount, and more specifically, instantaneously transmits to the receiving terminal. Information that cannot be performed, for example, data having a large amount of information such as images and sounds.

Next, the operation will be described. First, the operation of the first server (transmitting server) in the data providing system 2 will be described. When the transmission signal C from the transmitting terminal device is received by the content information receiving unit 203, the content information receiving unit 203 transmits the content information Ic and the editing information Ie1 to the data editing unit 50.
2 is output. Then, the data editing unit 502 determines the required template information It based on the editing information Ie1.
Is read from the template storage unit 503, the content information Ic is edited based on the template information It, and document data as multimedia data is created.

The data editing unit 502 outputs display data Dd for displaying this document to the display image data transmitting unit 207, and the display data Dd is transmitted as a transmission signal D from the transmitting unit 207 to the transmitting terminal. Sent to the device.

From the data editing unit 502, the first part of the created multimedia data, which has a small amount of data and takes almost no time to transmit to the receiving terminal.
The data D1 is output to the transmission data creation unit 205, and the second data D2, which constitutes the created multimedia data and has a large data amount and takes a considerable time to transmit to the receiving terminal, is stored data conversion unit 208 Is output to

The first data D1 input to the transmission data creation section 205 is converted into first transmission data Ds1, and the first transmission data Ds1 is received as a transmission signal E from the first data transmission section 206. Sent to the terminal.
Further, the second data D2 input to the storage data conversion unit 208 is converted into storage data (second transmission data) Ds2, and the storage data Ds2 is further stored in the user data storage unit (1) 402. .

Next, the operation of the second server (receiving server) in the data providing system 2 will be described. When the second transmission data Ds2 stored in the first data storage unit (1) 402 is transferred from the first server to the second server, the second transmission data Ds2
Are stored in the user data storage unit (2) 404.

When the transmission signal G from the receiving terminal is received by the data obtaining information receiving unit 403, the data obtaining information receiving unit 403 outputs the data obtaining information Ig indicating the content information to be transmitted to the receiving terminal. The data is output to the user data storage unit (2) 404. Then, in the user data storage unit (2) 404, of the stored second transmission data Ds2, the second transmission data Ds corresponding to the required content information indicated by the data acquisition information Ig.
2 is read and output to the second data transmission unit 405. In the second data transmission unit 405, the second transmission data Ds2 read from the user data storage unit (2) 404
Is transmitted to the receiving terminal as a transmission signal F.

As described above, in the data providing system 2 of the second embodiment, the content information Ic
A data editing unit 502 that edits the multimedia data based on the editing information Ie1 to create multimedia data, and transmits the first data D1 having a small data amount, which constitutes the created multimedia data, to the receiving terminal. The large amount of second data D2 is transferred to the data acquisition information I from the receiving terminal.
g, the character information of the multimedia data is immediately transmitted to the receiving terminal,
Moving image information that takes a long time to transmit can be transmitted according to the convenience of the user on the receiving side. In the second embodiment, the display data Dd is described as being transmitted as the transmission signal D. However, since the content information itself is on the transmission terminal side, the transmission signal D from the server is:
Display data can be generated on the transmission terminal side only by sending a program including the edit data on the server. Therefore, if a program including edit data on the server is sent as the transmission signal D from the server, the amount of data transmitted from the server to the transmission terminal can be reduced. Alternatively, image data in which the edited document data edited on the server is displayed in a static state, or digest data of the edited document data may be transmitted as the transmission signal D.

(Embodiment 3) FIG. 4 is a block diagram for explaining a receiving terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. The receiving terminal device 3 according to the third embodiment includes multimedia data created by the data providing system 2 according to the second embodiment based on the transmission signal C from the transmitting terminal device 1 according to the first embodiment, or a part thereof. Is received.

That is, the receiving terminal device 3 receives the transmission signal E from the data providing system 2 and outputs the first transmission data Ds1.
A first data decoding unit 33 that restores the first transmission data Ds1 to the first data D1 by a decoding process; and data acquisition destination information Iu included in the first transmission data Ds1 according to a user operation. And a data acquisition information transmitting unit 35 for transmitting information for data acquisition including the above as a transmission signal G to the data providing system 2.

Here, the data acquisition information is information based on information such as a URL included in the first transmission data Ds1, for example, and is stored in a predetermined server in the data providing system 2. This is information for acquiring content information such as moving images and character information transmitted from the terminal device.

The receiving terminal device 3 includes a second data receiving unit 36 that receives the transmission signal F from the data providing system 2 and outputs second transmission data Ds2, and a second transmission data Ds2. Ds2 is decoded into second data D
And a display unit 3 that displays the multimedia document Dm or a part of the content based on the first data D1 and the second data D2.
And 4.

Next, the operation will be described. The transmission signal E from the data providing system 2 is transmitted to the first data receiving unit 32
Is received from the first data receiving unit 32,
Is transmitted to the first data decoding unit 33. Then, in the first data decoding unit 33, the first transmission data Ds1 is restored to the first data D1 by the decoding process, the first data D1 is output to the display unit 34, and the first transmission data Ds1 is output. Data acquisition destination information Iu obtained by decoding the data Ds1 is output to the data acquisition information transmitting unit 35.

In the data acquisition information transmitting section 35, the data acquisition information is transmitted as a transmission signal G to a predetermined server of the data providing system 2 based on the data acquisition destination information Iu in response to a user operation.

When the transmission signal F transmitted from the data providing system 2 is received in response to the transmission of the data acquisition information, the second data reception unit 36 converts the transmission signal F into the second transmission data. The second data decoding unit 37 is set as Ds2.
Is output to In the second data decoding unit 37, the second transmission data Ds2 is restored to the second data D2 by a decoding process and output to the display unit.

In the display section 34, the first data D1
, A content with a small amount of information in the multimedia document is displayed. Also, based on the second data D2, the display of the content having a large information amount in the multimedia data is performed.

As described above, in the receiving terminal device 3 of the third embodiment, the first data having a small information amount in the multimedia data is transmitted from the data providing system to the first transmission data D.
a first data receiving unit 32 that receives the data as s1 and a second data that generates the first data D1 by decoding the first transmission data Ds1 and generates data acquisition destination information for acquiring the second data having a large information amount. 1 data decoding unit 33, and acquires the second data from the server in the system based on the data acquisition destination information in accordance with the operation on the receiving terminal device. Character information and the like can be received immediately, and it can be determined based on the content of the received data whether to receive moving image information or the like that takes a long time to receive.

(Embodiment 4) FIG.5 is a block diagram for explaining a transmitting terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. The transmission terminal device 4 according to the fourth embodiment has a configuration corresponding to the transmission terminal device 1 according to the first embodiment, and a layout information storage unit 12 that stores a plurality of layout information indicating an example of the arrangement of contents in a document. And a layout information transmission unit 13 for reading required layout information Ib from the layout information storage unit 12 by a user's operation and transmitting it as a transmission signal B to the data providing system. Therefore, the content information creation unit 14, the content information transmission unit 15, the display data reception unit 16, and the display unit 17 are respectively the content information creation unit 102, the content information transmission unit 103, and the display data It has the same configuration as the receiving unit 104 and the display unit 105. However, in the fourth embodiment,
The content information creating unit 14 does not output the content information Ic created by a user operation and the editing information Ie1 for editing the same as the content information creating unit 102 of the first embodiment, but only the content information Ic. Is output.

Here, the content information is, for example,
This is information corresponding to content such as a moving image, a still image, a sound, or a character that constitutes a multimedia document. The layout information indicates the arrangement of contents in the document as described above. For example, the layout information is information indicating how these contents are combined to form one multimedia document. In particular,
The layout information is information corresponding to a template Te (see FIG. 3) indicating a method of combining contents.

Next, the operation will be described. When the user performs an information input operation, the content information creation unit 14 creates the content information Ic, and the layout information storage unit 12
, Predetermined layout information Ib is extracted. The layout information Ib is sent from the layout information transmitting unit 13
The content information Ic is transmitted as transmission signals B and C from the content information transmission unit 15 to a predetermined server in the data providing system.

On the other hand, in the server, the layout information Ib
Multimedia data is generated by the editing process of the content information Ic based on the. At this time, display data Dd for displaying multimedia data is transmitted to the transmission terminal device 4 as a transmission signal D from the server. The display data Dd is received by the display data receiving unit 16 and output to the display unit 17. The display unit 17 displays the multimedia data based on the display data Dd.

In the transmitting terminal device 4 of the fourth embodiment,
A layout information storage unit 12 that records a plurality of layout information indicating an example of the arrangement of contents in a multimedia document is provided, and content information Ic constituting multimedia data (document data) according to a user operation
And the required layout information is read from the layout information storage unit 12, and the content information and the layout information are transmitted to the server such that the multimedia data is edited by the server based on these. Only by transmitting the content information and the layout information from the terminal device to the server, the multimedia data edited and required by the server can be transmitted to the receiving terminal. In the fourth embodiment, the display data Dd is transmitted from the server as the transmission signal D. However, since the content information itself is on the transmission terminal side, the transmission signal D from the server is The display data can be generated on the transmission terminal side only by sending the program including the above-mentioned editing data. Therefore, if a program including edit data on the server is sent as the transmission signal D from the server, the amount of data transmitted from the server to the transmission terminal can be reduced. Alternatively, image data in which the edited document data edited on the server is displayed in a static state, or digest data of the edited document data may be transmitted as the transmission signal D.

(Embodiment 5) FIG. 6 is a block diagram for explaining a data providing system according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. Data providing system 5 of the fifth embodiment
Receives the transmission signal B corresponding to the layout information and the transmission signal C corresponding to the content information from the transmission terminal device 4 of the fourth embodiment, creates multimedia data based on the transmission signals B and C, The created multimedia data is provided to the receiving terminal. This receiving terminal has the same configuration as the receiving terminal device 3 of the third embodiment.

The data providing system 5 receives the transmission signal B from the transmitting terminal device 4 and outputs the layout information Ib instead of the template storage unit 503 in the data providing system 2 of the second embodiment. A receiving unit 202 is provided. Further, instead of the data editing unit 502 in the data providing system 2 according to the second embodiment, the content information Ic from the transmitting terminal device is edited based on the layout information Ib, and the It has a data editing unit 204 for creating media data. Other configurations of the data providing system 5 of the fifth embodiment are the same as those of the data providing system 2 of the second embodiment.

Next, the operation will be described. In the data providing system 5, the transmission signal B transmitted from the transmission terminal device 4 is received by the layout information receiving unit 202, and the layout information receiving unit 202 outputs the layout information Ib to the data editing unit 204. The transmission signal C transmitted from the transmission terminal device 4 is transmitted to the content information receiving unit 2.
03, and the content information receiving unit 203 outputs the content information Ic to the data editing unit 204.

The data editing section 204 edits the content information Ic based on the layout information Ib, and creates document data as multimedia data. The display data Dd for displaying the multimedia document is output from the data editing unit 204 to the display image data transmission unit 207, and the display data Dd is displayed.
Is transmitted from the transmission unit 207 to the transmission terminal device as a transmission signal D. Other operations are the same as those of the data providing system according to the second embodiment.

As described above, in the data providing system 5 of the fifth embodiment, the layout information receiving unit 202 that receives the transmission signal B from the transmitting terminal device 4 and outputs the layout information Ib, And the content information receiving unit 203 that outputs the content information Ic, and edits the content information Ic from the transmitting terminal device based on the layout information Ib to convert the multimedia data as the document data. A data editing unit 204 for creating, transmitting the first data having a small data amount to the receiving terminal and forming the second data having a large data amount from the receiving terminal. Since it transmits to the receiving terminal according to Ig,
Character information and the like of the multimedia data can be immediately transmitted to the receiving terminal, and moving image information that takes a long time to transmit can be transmitted according to the convenience of the user on the receiving side.
In the fifth embodiment, the display data Dd has been described as being transmitted as the transmission signal D. However, since the content information itself is on the transmission terminal side, the transmission signal D from the server is not transmitted on the server. Display data can be generated on the transmission terminal side only by sending a program including the edit data. Therefore, as a transmission signal D from the server,
If the program including the edit data on the server is transmitted, the amount of data transmitted from the server to the transmission terminal can be reduced. Also, image data in which the edited document data edited on the server is displayed in a static state, or
The digest version of the edited document data may be transmitted as the transmission signal D.

(Modification of Fifth Embodiment) FIG. 7 is a block diagram for explaining a data providing system according to a modification of the fifth embodiment of the present invention. In a data providing system 5a according to a modification of the fifth embodiment, the first and second servers in the data providing system 5 according to the fifth embodiment are configured as a single server. That is, the data providing system 5a according to the modification of the fifth embodiment is different from the data providing system 5 according to the fifth embodiment in that the user data storage unit (1) 402 and the user data storage unit (2) 404 are replaced by a single The second data storage unit 209 of FIG. Other configurations are the same as those of the data providing system 5 of the fifth embodiment. That is, the data acquisition information reception unit 210 and the second data transmission unit 211 have the same configurations as the data acquisition information reception unit 403 and the second data transmission unit 405 of the fifth embodiment, respectively.

Here, the second data storage unit 209 stores
The storage data Ds2 from the storage data conversion unit 208 is stored, and the storage data Ds2 corresponding to the required content information is output to the second data transmission unit 211 according to the data acquisition information Ig from the data acquisition information reception unit 210. Configuration. Further, in the data providing system 5a, a single server includes the layout information receiving unit 202, the content information receiving unit 203, and the data editing unit 2.
04, transmission data creation unit 205, first data transmission unit 20
6, a display image data transmitting unit 207, a stored data converting unit 208, a data storing unit 209, the data acquisition information receiving unit 210, and a second data transmitting unit 211.

Next, the operation will be described. The operation of the data providing system 5a is performed in accordance with the data acquisition information Ig from the data acquisition information receiving unit 210, by directly transmitting the required data from the storage unit 209 storing the storage data Ds2 output from the storage data conversion unit 208. The only difference from the data providing system 5 of the fifth embodiment is that the stored data Ds2 corresponding to the content information is output to the second data transmitting unit 211.

In the data providing system 5a according to the modification of the fifth embodiment having such a configuration, the layout information receiving unit 202 which receives the transmission signal B from the transmission terminal device 4 and outputs the layout information Ib, A content information receiving unit 203 that receives a transmission signal C from the transmission terminal device 4 and outputs content information Ic; and a content information I from the transmission terminal device based on the layout information Ib.
a data editing unit 204 that edits c and creates multimedia data that is document data, and transmits the first data of a small data amount that constitutes the created multimedia data to the receiving terminal; Since the second data having a large data amount is transmitted to the receiving terminal in accordance with the data acquisition information Ig from the receiving terminal, similar to the fifth embodiment,
Character information and the like of the multimedia data can be immediately transmitted to the receiving terminal, and moving image information that takes a long time to transmit can be transmitted according to the convenience of the user on the receiving side.

Further, since the data providing system 5a is constituted by a single server, it is useful in a local network. In the data communication system using the transmitting terminal device according to the first and fourth embodiments, the data providing system according to the second and fifth embodiments, and the receiving terminal device according to the third embodiment, the data is transmitted to the transmitting terminal side server. The second data making up the multimedia data is transferred to a default receiving terminal side server,
The receiving terminal server to which the second data is transferred may be designated from the transmitting terminal device or the receiving terminal device.

With such a configuration, the demands for high-speed data transmission and low communication costs for the data communication system can be satisfied without complicating the system configuration.

For example, by transferring the second data transmitted to the transmitting terminal server to the receiving terminal server located near the receiving terminal device of the transmission destination, the receiving terminal device can quickly acquire the data. Communication cost can be kept low, and desired data can be received comfortably. In this case, the designation of the transfer destination of the second data from the transmitting side can be performed by the sender acquiring the information of the receiver in advance.

Hereinafter, a transmitting terminal device, a data providing system, and a data communication system which can specify a receiving terminal side server to which the second data is transferred from the sender side or the receiver side as described above. The receiving terminal device will be described.

(Embodiment 6) FIG. 8 shows a data communication system capable of designating, from the sender side, a receiving terminal side server to which the second data (that is, data having a large amount of information) in multimedia data is transferred. FIG. The data communication system includes a transmitting terminal 131 capable of transmitting transfer information relating to a transfer destination of the second data as a transmission signal I to a transmitting server (server (1)) 132;
A data providing system 60 that creates multimedia data based on the transmission signal C from the transmitting terminal 131;
And a receiving terminal 134 for receiving the multimedia data. Here, the data providing system 60 includes a transmission-side server (server (1)) 132 and a reception-side server (server (2)) 133, and includes data relating to a part of content information constituting the multimedia data. (Stored data) is transferred from the transmitting server 132 to a predetermined receiving server 133 based on the transfer signal I. In addition, the transmission-side terminal 131
Is configured so that transfer information for designating a transfer destination of the stored data can be transmitted as the transmission signal I to the transmission-side server 132 of the data providing system 60.

The receiving terminal 134 has the same configuration as the receiving terminal device 3 of the third embodiment.
Further, in the data communication system shown in FIG. 8, only one transmission server and one reception server constituting the data providing system are shown, but in an actual data communication system, the data providing system includes Needless to say, a plurality of receiving servers are included.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a transmitting terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention. The transmitting terminal device 6 according to the sixth embodiment is used as the transmitting terminal 131 in the data communication system shown in FIG. 8, and has the same configuration as the transmitting terminal device 4 according to the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. The transfer information Ii input by the user's operation is used as the transmission signal I in the data providing system 6.
0, and a content information creating unit 14a that creates content information Ic by user operation and creates the transfer information Ii in place of the content information creating unit 14 in the fourth embodiment.
It is provided with. Other configurations of the transmitting terminal device 6 according to the sixth embodiment are the same as those of the transmitting terminal device 4 according to the fourth embodiment.

Next, the operation will be described. In the transmitting terminal device 6 according to the sixth embodiment, the content information creating unit 14
In a, the information input operation of the user creates the content information Ic included in the document data and the transfer information Ii indicating the transfer destination of the second data having a large amount of information included in the document data. The transfer information Ii and the transfer information Ii are output to the transfer information transmitting unit 62.

Further, the required layout information Ib used for creating the document data is extracted from the layout information storage unit 12 by the user's operation, and the layout information Ib is output to the layout information transmission unit 13. Then, the content information Ic, the layout information Ib, and the transfer information Ii are transmitted from the corresponding transmission units 15.13, 62 as transmission signals C, B, and I to the transmission-side server 132 of the data providing system 60.

On the other hand, in the transmitting server 131, the content information Ic is edited based on the layout information Ib to create document data, and display data for displaying the created document is transmitted to the transmitting terminal device 6. Is done.
In the transmitting server 131, the second data constituting the created document data is transferred to another server having the address specified by the transfer information I.

As described above, in the transmission terminal device 6 of the sixth embodiment, in addition to the configuration corresponding to the transmission terminal device 4 of the fourth embodiment, the transfer information indicating the transfer destination address of the second data in the document data Since the transmission information transmitting unit 62 for transmitting I to the transmitting server of the data providing system is provided, the transmitting server only needs to transmit the content information and the layout information to the transmitting server. In addition to the effect that media data can be created and multimedia data can be transmitted to a receiving terminal, it is possible to specify a receiving terminal side server close to the receiving terminal as a transfer destination of the second data. Becomes
As a result, the receiving terminal can acquire the multimedia data quickly and at a low communication cost.

(Seventh Embodiment) FIG. 10 is a block diagram for explaining a data providing system according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention. The data providing system 7 according to the seventh embodiment is used as a data providing system 60 in the data communication system shown in FIG. 8, and receives transmission signals C and I from the transmitting terminal device 6 according to the sixth embodiment. , Generating multimedia data based on the transmission signal C, and providing the generated multimedia data to the receiving terminal via the receiving-side server designated based on the transmission signal I.

That is, the data providing system 7 according to the seventh embodiment has a structure corresponding to each unit of the data providing system 2 according to the second embodiment, and receives and transmits the transmission signal I from the transmission terminal device 6. A transfer data receiving unit 702 for outputting information Ii, and a transfer address management unit 704 for generating a transfer address Iia of a receiving server to which the second data is to be transferred at a predetermined timing based on the transfer information Ii.
And the stored data Ds based on the transfer address Iia.
2 is transmitted to the user data storage unit (2) 404 of the receiving server from the user data storage unit (1) 706 of the transmitting server.
6 and a transfer control unit 705 for outputting the data to the control unit 6.

In the seventh embodiment, the data editing unit 703 transmits the editing information Ie1 and the content information Ie1.
In this configuration, multimedia data, which is document data, is created based on c, and a data editing completion signal Ef is output to the transfer address management unit 704 when the creation of the multimedia data is completed. The transfer address management unit 704 outputs a transfer address signal Iia to the transfer control unit 705 when the data editing completion signal Ef is input. Other configurations of the data providing system 7 according to the seventh embodiment are exactly the same as those of the data providing system 2 according to the second embodiment.

Next, the operation will be described. When the transmission signal C from the transmitting terminal device is received by the content information receiving unit 203, the data editing unit 703 causes the receiving unit 20
3 and the editing information Ie output from
1, an editing process using the predetermined template information It stored in the template storage unit 503 is performed, and multimedia data is created. At this time, the data editing unit 703 sends the first data D1 and the second data D2 constituting the multimedia data to the first data creation unit 205 and the stored data conversion unit 2 respectively.
08, and the display data Dd for displaying the multimedia document is output to the display image data transmission unit 207. When the creation of the multimedia data is completed, the editing completion signal Ef is sent to the transfer address management unit 70.
4 is output.

Further, the first data creation unit 205 converts the first data D1 into transmission data Ds1, and the transmission data Ds1 is transmitted from the first data transmission unit 206 to the transmission terminal device as a transmission signal E. . The display data Dd is transmitted from the display image data transmission unit 207 as a transmission signal D to the transmission terminal device. Further, in the storage data conversion unit 208, the second data D2 is stored data Ds2
And the stored data Ds2 is stored in the user data storage unit 706.

Then, the transfer address management unit 704
When the editing completion signal Ef is input, the accumulated data D is output based on the transfer information Ii from the transfer data receiving unit 702.
An address signal Iai of the transfer destination server that transfers s2 is generated, and the transfer control unit 705 causes the user data storage unit 7
Second transmission data (accumulated data) accumulated in 06
The control signal Ico for transferring Ds2 to the receiving server corresponding to the address signal Iai is transmitted to the user data storage unit 7.
06 is output. Then, the user data storage unit 706
Then, based on the control signal Ico, the second transmission data D
s2 is transferred to the receiving server having the address indicated by the address signal Iai. When the second transmission data Ds2 is transferred to the receiving server, it is stored in the user data storage unit 404 of this server.

When the transmission signal G from the receiving terminal is received by the data obtaining information receiving unit 403, the data obtaining information receiving unit 403 sends the data obtaining information Ig indicating the content information to be transmitted to the receiving terminal to the user. The data is output to the data storage unit (2) 404. Then, in the user data storage unit (2) 404, of the second transmission data Ds2 stored in the user data storage unit 404, the second transmission data corresponding to the required content information based on the data acquisition information Ig. The credit data Ds2 is transmitted to the second data transmitting unit 40.
5 is output. In the second data transmission unit 405, the second transmission data Ds from the user data storage unit (2) 404
2 is transmitted to the receiving terminal as a transmission signal F.

The receiving terminal device corresponding to the data providing system 7 has the same configuration as that of the receiving terminal device 3 according to the third embodiment. , Multimedia data is displayed.

Hereinafter, referring to FIG. 8, the transmitting terminal device 6 (transmitting terminal 131) of the sixth embodiment, the data providing system 7 (the data providing system 60) of the seventh embodiment, and the receiving device of the third embodiment will be described. The data transmission process in the data communication system including the terminal device 3 (the receiving terminal 134) will be briefly described.

From the transmitting terminal 131, the transmission signal B,
C and I are transmitted to the transmitting server (server (1)) 132 of the data providing system as layout information Ib, content information Ic, and transfer information Ii. Then, the transmission-side server 132 transmits the second data of the multimedia data created by the server 132 to the transmission signal J.
Is transferred to the receiving server (server (2)) 133 specified by the transfer information Ii.

On the other hand, display data Dd for displaying the created multimedia document is transmitted from the transmission server 132 to the transmission terminal 131 as a transmission signal D. Further, the transmission signal G transmitted as the data acquisition information Ig from the reception terminal 134 is received by the reception server 133, and the second data is transmitted to the reception terminal 134 as the transmission signal F based on the data acquisition information Ig. Is done.

As described above, in the data providing system 7 of the seventh embodiment, in addition to the configuration of the data providing system 2 of the second embodiment, the data providing system 7 receives the transmission signal I from the transmitting terminal device 6 of the sixth embodiment. A transfer data receiving unit 702 that outputs transfer information Ii, and a transfer address I of a receiving server to which the accumulated data Ds2 is transferred based on the transfer information Ii.
and a transfer address management unit 704 for generating ia, and based on the transfer address Iia, controls the user data storage unit 706 so that the stored data Ds2 is transferred from the transmission server to the reception server. In addition to the effects of the second embodiment, the receiving server can be specified from the transmitting terminal side. By specifying the receiving server close to the receiving terminal as the transfer destination of the stored data Ds2, There is an effect that the multimedia data can be acquired quickly and at low communication cost.

In the data providing system according to the seventh embodiment, the system for transferring the stored data Ds2 to the required receiving server based on the transfer information Ii transmitted from the transmitting terminal has been described. The receiving server serving as the transfer destination of Ds2 may be specified from the receiving terminal side. In Embodiment 7, the display data Dd is described as being transmitted as the transmission signal D. However, since the content information itself is on the transmission terminal side, the transmission signal D from the server is not transmitted on the server. Display data can be generated on the transmission terminal side only by sending a program including the edit data. Therefore, if a program including edit data on the server is sent as the transmission signal D from the server, the amount of data transmitted from the server to the transmission terminal can be reduced. Alternatively, image data in which the edited document data edited on the server is displayed in a static state, or digest data of the edited document data may be transmitted as the transmission signal D.

(Embodiment 8) FIG. 11 shows a data communication system capable of designating, from the receiver side, a receiving terminal side server to which the second data (that is, data having a large amount of information) in multimedia data is transferred. FIG. This data communication system includes a transmitting terminal 141 having the same configuration as the transmitting terminal device 4 of the fourth embodiment, and a data providing system 80 for creating multimedia data based on a transmission signal C from the transmitting terminal 141. , And a receiving terminal 144 that receives the multimedia data. Here, the data providing system 80 has a transmission-side server 142 and a reception-side server 143, and based on a transfer signal H, stores data (accumulated data) relating to a part of the content information constituting the multimedia data. From the sending server 142 to a predetermined receiving server 14
3 is transferred. The receiving terminal 144 is configured to be able to transmit transfer information for designating a transfer destination of the stored data to the transmitting server 142 of the data providing system 80 as the transmission signal H.

In the data communication system shown in FIG. 11, only one transmitting server and one receiving server constituting the data providing system are shown. However, in an actual data communication system, the data providing system includes It goes without saying that a plurality of transmitting servers and a plurality of receiving servers are included.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram for explaining a data providing system according to the eighth embodiment of the present invention.
The data providing system 8 according to the eighth embodiment has the configuration shown in FIG.
1 is used as the data providing system 80 in the data communication system shown in FIG. 1, and receives the transmission signal C from the transmission terminal device 4 of the fourth embodiment, and
, And provides the created multimedia data to the receiving terminal via the receiving-side server designated based on the transmission signal H from the receiving terminal.

That is, the data providing system 8 according to the eighth embodiment has a configuration corresponding to each unit of the data providing system 2 according to the second embodiment, and additionally, receives a transmission signal H from a receiving terminal and transmits transfer information Ih. Output transfer data receiving unit 80
2 and the stored data Ds based on the transfer information Ih.
The transfer address management unit 803 that generates the transfer address Iha of the receiving server serving as the transfer destination of No. 2 and the stored data Ds2 are transferred from the user data storage unit (1) 706 of the transmitting server to the receiving side based on the transfer address Iha. A transfer control unit 705 for outputting a control signal Ico for transferring to the user data storage unit (2) 404 of the server to the user data storage unit 706. Then, the eighth embodiment
The other configuration of the data providing system 8 is exactly the same as the data providing system 2 of the second embodiment.

Next, the operation will be described. When the transmission signal C from the transmission terminal device 4 is received by the content information receiving unit 203 and the content information Ic and the editing information Ie1 are output, the data editing unit 502 creates multimedia data based on these information. Is done. Then, in the display image data transmission unit 207, the display data Dd for displaying the multimedia document is transmitted as the transmission signal D to the transmission terminal device. Further, the first data D1 constituting the multimedia data is transmission data Ds
1 is transmitted to the receiving terminal, and the second data D2 constituting the multimedia data is stored data Ds
2 and is stored in the user data storage unit (1) 706. Such an operation is exactly the same as that of the data providing system 2 of the second embodiment.

In the eighth embodiment, when transmission signal H from the receiving terminal is received by transfer data receiving section 802, transfer signal H is transferred based on transfer information Ih output from transfer data receiving section 802. In the address management unit 704,
An address signal Iha of the transfer destination server that transfers the accumulated data Ds2 is generated and output to the transfer control unit 705.
Then, in the transfer control unit 705, the user data storage unit 7
Second transmission data (accumulated data) accumulated in 06
The control signal Ico for transferring Ds2 to the receiving server corresponding to the address signal Iha is transmitted to the user data storage unit 7.
06 is output. In the user data storage unit 706, based on the control signal Ico, the second transmission data Ds
2 is transferred to the receiving server having the address indicated by the address signal Iha. In the receiving server, the second transmission data Ds2 is stored in the user data storage unit 404.

Thereafter, when transmission signal G from the receiving terminal is received by data obtaining information receiving section 403, data obtaining information Ig indicating content information to be transmitted to the receiving terminal is received from data obtaining information receiving section 403. The data is output to the user data storage unit (2) 404. Then, in the user data storage unit (2) 404, the user data storage unit 404
Out of the second transmission data Ds2 stored in the
Based on the data acquisition information Ig, the second transmission data Ds2 corresponding to the required content information is transmitted to the second data transmission unit 4
05 is output. In the second data transmission unit 405, the second transmission data D from the user data storage unit (2) 404
s2 is transmitted as a transmission signal F to the receiving terminal.

As described above, in the data providing system 8 of the eighth embodiment, in addition to the configuration of the second embodiment, the transfer data receiving unit 802 which receives the transmission signal H from the receiving terminal and outputs the transfer information Ih. And based on the transfer information Ih,
A transfer address management unit 803 for generating a transfer address Iha of the receiving server serving as a transfer destination of the stored data Ds2, and based on the transfer address Iha.
Since s2 is transferred from the transmitting server to the required receiving server, in addition to the effect of the second embodiment, the receiving server can be specified from the receiving terminal, and the transfer of the stored data Ds2 can be performed. First, by specifying a receiving server close to the receiving terminal, the receiving terminal can obtain the multimedia data quickly and at a low communication cost. In the eighth embodiment, the display data Dd has been described as being transmitted as the transmission signal D. However, since the content information itself is on the transmission terminal side, the transmission signal D from the server is:
Display data can be generated on the transmission terminal side only by sending a program including the edit data on the server. Therefore, if a program including edit data on the server is sent as the transmission signal D from the server, the amount of data transmitted from the server to the transmission terminal can be reduced. Alternatively, image data in which the edited document data edited on the server is displayed in a static state, or digest data of the edited document data may be transmitted as the transmission signal D.

(Embodiment 9) FIG.13 is a block diagram for explaining a receiving terminal apparatus according to Embodiment 9 of the present invention. The receiving terminal device 9 according to the ninth embodiment is different from the transmitting terminal 14 in the data communication system shown in FIG.
A transfer information transmitting unit 92 that transmits transfer information input by a user operation as a transmission signal H to the data providing system in addition to the configuration of the receiving terminal device 3 of the third embodiment. It is something. Here, the transfer information is information for specifying a transfer destination (receiving server) to which the stored data Ds2 is transferred in the data providing system 8 of the eighth embodiment.

Next, the operation will be described. The reception of the transmission signals E and F from the data providing system 8, the display of the content in the multimedia document based on these transmission signals, and the transmission of the transmission signal G as the data acquisition information are described in the third embodiment. The operation is performed in exactly the same manner as the receiving terminal device 3.

In the receiving terminal device 9 according to the ninth embodiment, the transfer information transmitting unit 92 indicates the transfer destination (receiving side server) to which the stored data is transferred in the data providing system according to the operation of the user. The transfer information is transmitted to the data providing system 8 as a transmission signal H.

As described above, in the receiving terminal device 9 according to the ninth embodiment, in addition to the configuration of the receiving terminal device 3 according to the third embodiment, the transfer destination (to which the stored data is transferred from the transmitting server of the data providing system) is described. Since the transfer information transmitting unit 92 for transmitting the transfer information indicating the receiving server as the transmission signal H to the transmitting server is provided, a receiving server close to the receiving terminal is designated as the server to which the accumulated data Ds2 is transferred. By doing so, the receiving terminal can acquire the multimedia data quickly and at low communication cost.

Hereinafter, referring to FIG. 11, the transmitting terminal device 4 (transmitting terminal 141) of the fourth embodiment, the data providing system 8 (data providing system 80) of the eighth embodiment, and the receiving device of the ninth embodiment will be described. The data transmission process in the data communication system including the terminal device 9 (the receiving terminal 143) will be briefly described.

The transmission signal C is transmitted from the transmission terminal 141 to the transmission server (server (1)) 142 of the data providing system as layout information Ib and content information Ic. Then, from the transmission side server 142, the second data of the multimedia data created by the server 142 is used as the transmission signal J by the reception side server (server) designated by the transfer information Ih from the reception terminal side. (2)) Transferred to 143.

On the other hand, display data D for displaying the created multimedia document is transmitted from the transmitting server 142 to the transmitting terminal 141. Further, the receiving terminal 144
The transmission signal G transmitted as the data acquisition information Ig is received by the receiving server 143, and the data acquisition information Ig is transmitted.
, A transmission signal F corresponding to the second data is transmitted to the receiving terminal 144.

Further, when the transfer information is transmitted from the receiving terminal 144 as the transmission signal H by the transmitting server 142,
From the transmitting server 142, the second data of the multimedia data created by the server 142 is transferred as a transmission signal J to the receiving server 143 specified by the transfer information Ih. In each of the above embodiments, 1
In the above description, the content information and the editing information (or layout information) are transmitted from one transmitting terminal to the server. However, the content information and the editing information (or layout information) are separately transmitted from two or more transmitting terminals to the server. You may send it. FIG. 18 shows content information,
FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a data communication system in a case where editing information (or layout information) is separately transmitted to a server from two or more transmitting terminals. In FIG. 18, reference numeral 141 'denotes a second transmitting terminal such as a mobile phone with an imaging function. In this data communication system, a second transmitting terminal 141 ′ such as a mobile phone with an imaging function is used.
And sends only the content information such as images and sounds recorded by the second transmitting terminal 141 ′ to the server 142 as a transmission signal C ′, and outputs the first transmitting terminal 142 such as a personal computer.
From the server 14 as the transmission signal C
Send to 2. In the server 142, the first transmitting terminal 142
The content information received from the second transmitting terminal 141 'or the like is edited based on the layout information received from the server, to create document data as multimedia data, and display data for displaying the multimedia document. As a transmission signal D to the first transmitting terminal 141 having a display function. Other operations are the same as those in the data communication system shown in FIG.

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As described above, according to the transmitting terminal device of the present invention (claim 1), it is possible to edit the content information corresponding to the content constituting the document and the content information by the information input operation. An information creating unit for creating the editing information of the above, an information transmitting unit for sending the content information and the editing information to the information processing server, and receiving display data for displaying the document transmitted from the information processing server And a display unit that displays the document based on the display data, so that when transmitting multimedia data including a plurality of pieces of content information to the receiving terminal, the transmitting terminal Only the plurality of pieces of content information and editing information need be transmitted from the device to the server. Compared to, from the transmitting terminal apparatus can reduce the data to be transmitted to the server, also at the transmitting terminal device,
Documents obtained by editing on the server can be confirmed.

According to the present invention (claim 2), claim 1
The transmission terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising: a content information creation unit that creates the content information; and a layout information storage unit that stores various layout information indicating an arrangement of the content in the document. A layout information transmitting unit that transmits the layout information read from the layout information storage unit to the information processing server; and a content creation unit that reads out the layout information as the editing information. Since the content information transmitting unit transmits the created content information to the information processing server, the server does not need to hold the information indicating the arrangement of the content in the document, thereby reducing the amount of information stored in the server. it can.

According to the present invention (Claim 3), Claim 1
In the transmitting terminal device described in the above, the information transmitting unit is configured to include a transfer information transmitting unit that transmits, to the information processing server, transfer information that specifies a transfer destination server of the document data created by the information processing server. Therefore, it is possible to transfer the document data from the server on the transmitting side to a predetermined receiving server located near the receiving terminal according to a command from the transmitting terminal, and the receiving terminal can quickly and inexpensively transfer the multimedia data. It can be obtained at the communication cost.

According to the data providing system of the present invention (claim 4), an information receiving unit for receiving transmission information from a transmission terminal, and a data editing unit for generating the document data based on the received transmission information A display data transmitting unit that transmits display data for displaying the document to the transmitting terminal, a first data transmitting unit that transmits first data constituting the document data to a destination receiving terminal, A second data storage unit for storing second data constituting the document data, wherein the second data is transmitted to the destination receiving terminal in response to a data request from the destination receiving terminal; With the configuration including the transmission unit, character information and the like of the document data are immediately transmitted to the receiving terminal, and moving image information that takes a long time to transmit can be transmitted according to the convenience of the receiving user. Can.

According to the present invention (Claim 5), Claim 4
In the data providing system described above, the information receiving unit, as transmission information from the transmission terminal, configured to receive content information corresponding to the content constituting the document and layout information indicating the arrangement of the content in the document, Since the data editing unit is configured to edit the content information based on the layout information to generate the document data, when transmitting document data including a plurality of pieces of content information to the receiving terminal, Only the content information and the layout information need be transmitted from the device to the server, and the data transmitted from the transmission terminal device to the server can be reduced as compared with the case where the document data is transmitted to the server as it is.

According to the present invention (Claim 6), Claim 4
In the data providing system described above, a display data transmitting unit that transmits display data for displaying the document to the transmitting terminal is provided, so that the transmitting terminal can confirm the document data created by the server. it can.

According to the data providing system of the present invention (claim 7), the transmitting server for receiving the transmission information from the transmission terminal and generating the document data corresponding to the required document based on the transmission information is provided. A receiving server that relays the document data and provides the document data to a destination receiving terminal, wherein the transmitting server receives the transmission information from the transmitting terminal, and receives the transmission information from the transmission terminal. A data editing unit for generating document data, a first data transmitting unit for transmitting first data constituting the document data to a destination receiving terminal, and a second data transmitting unit for accumulating second data constituting the document data And a second data storage unit for receiving and storing second data from the transmission server, and a data from the transmission destination reception terminal. And a second data transmission unit for transmitting the second data stored in the second data storage unit to the destination receiving terminal in response to the request. Information and the like are immediately transmitted to the receiving terminal, and moving image information that takes a long time to transmit can be transmitted according to the convenience of the user on the receiving side. Further, by arranging the receiving server near the receiving terminal, the receiving terminal can acquire the multimedia data quickly and at low communication cost.

According to the present invention (claim 8), claim 7
In the data providing system described above, the information receiving unit of the transmitting server receives, as transmission information from the transmitting terminal, content information corresponding to the content constituting the document and layout information indicating the arrangement of the content in the document. And the data editing unit in the transmitting server edits the content information based on the layout information to generate the document data. Therefore, the document data including a plurality of pieces of content information is transmitted to the receiving terminal. At the time of transmission, only the content information and the layout information need be transmitted from the transmitting terminal device to the transmitting server. Data to be saved can be reduced.

According to the present invention (Claim 9), Claim 7
In the data providing system described in the above, the transmitting server has a display data transmitting unit for transmitting display data for displaying the document to the transmitting terminal. The user can confirm the document data.

According to the data providing system of the present invention (claim 10), an information receiving unit for receiving transmission information from a transmission terminal, and a layout storing a plurality of layout information indicating an arrangement example of contents in the document An information storage unit, a data editing unit that edits the content information based on the transmission information and the layout information specified thereby to generate the document data, and transmits a first data constituting the document data to a transmission destination A first data transmitting unit for transmitting to the receiving terminal, and a data storing unit for storing second data constituting the document, wherein the second data is transmitted in response to a data request from the destination receiving terminal; And a second data transmitting unit for transmitting the data to the destination receiving terminal. It can be transmitted in accordance with the user's convenience. A layout information storage unit storing a plurality of layout information indicating a layout example of the content in the document, wherein necessary layout information is provided based on information for selecting content information and layout selection information provided from the transmitting terminal; Since the document information is created by editing the content information based on the
There is no need to store layout information, and the amount of information stored in the transmitting terminal device can be reduced.

According to the present invention (claim 11), in the data providing system according to claim 10, the information receiving section is configured to transmit, as transmission information from the transmission terminal, content information corresponding to content constituting the document. And receiving arrangement designation information for designating the arrangement of contents in the document, wherein the data editing unit edits the content information based on the layout information designated by the arrangement designation information to generate the document data Therefore, the transmission terminal does not need to create or transmit layout information.

According to the present invention (claim 12), in the data providing system according to claim 10, a display data transmitting section for transmitting display data for displaying the document to the transmitting terminal is provided. On the side, the document data created by the server can be confirmed.

According to the data providing system of the present invention (claim 13), it receives transmission information from the transmitting terminal,
A transmitting server that generates document data corresponding to a required document based on the transmission information; and a receiving server that relays the document data and provides the document data to a destination receiving terminal. An information receiving unit that receives transmission information from the transmission terminal, a layout information storage unit that stores a plurality of layout information indicating an example of a content arrangement in the document, and a layout information storage unit that stores the layout information specified by the transmission information. A data editing unit that edits the content information to generate the document data, a first data transmission unit that transmits first data configuring the document data to a destination receiving terminal, and configures the document data A first data storage unit for storing second data, wherein the receiving server is a second data storage unit for storing the second data from the transmitting server.
A second data storage unit that receives and stores the second data stored in the second data storage unit in response to a data request from the destination receiving terminal. Since it is configured to transmit to the terminal, character information and the like of the multimedia data can be immediately transmitted to the receiving terminal, and moving image information that takes a long time to transmit can be transmitted according to the convenience of the user on the receiving side. .

According to the present invention (claim 14), in the data providing system according to claim 13, the transmitting server is stored in the first data storage unit.
A transfer server for receiving the transfer information from the transmitting terminal, which specifies the receiving server as the transfer destination of the data, so that the transmitting server is located near the receiving terminal as the receiving server , The receiving terminal can acquire the multimedia data quickly and at low communication cost.

According to the invention (claim 15), in the data providing system according to claim 13, the transmitting server is stored in the first data storage unit.
A receiving server that is located near the receiving terminal as a receiving server on the receiving side because it has a transfer information receiving unit that receives the transfer information from the receiving terminal that specifies the receiving server as the transfer destination of the data , The receiving terminal can acquire the multimedia data quickly and at low communication cost.

According to the receiving terminal device of the present invention (claim 16), the first terminal for receiving the first data constituting the document data created by the information processing server based on the transmission information from the transmitting terminal is provided. A first data decoding unit that decodes the first data and generates data acquisition information for acquiring the second data that constitutes the document data; An acquisition information transmission unit for transmitting the data acquisition information to the information processing server, the second data receiving the second data transmitted from the information processing server in response to the transmission of the data acquisition information to the information processing server A receiving unit, a second decoding unit for decoding the second data, and a display unit for displaying the contents constituting the document based on the decoded first and second data. Prepared, sentence above Since the second data of the first and second data constituting the data is received in response to a data request from the receiving terminal, character information and the like of the document data from the transmitting terminal device are immediately received. In addition, based on the content of the received data, moving image information or the like that requires a long time to receive can be acquired as needed.

According to the present invention (claim 17), in the receiving terminal device according to claim 16, transfer information designating a transfer destination server of the second data constituting the document data is transmitted to the information processing server. Since the transmission information transmission unit for transmitting is provided, by specifying a reception side server close to the reception terminal as the transfer destination server of the second data, the reception terminal can transmit the multimedia data quickly and at low communication cost. You can get it. According to this invention (Invention 18), in the data providing system according to any one of Claims 4, 9 and 12, the display data transmitting unit includes a display data for displaying document data. Since the display program including the edited data generated by the data editing unit, the image data in which the edited document data is displayed in a static state, or the digest version of the edited document data is transmitted. Thus, the amount of data transmitted to the transmitting terminal can be reduced.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining a transmitting terminal device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a data providing system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a template Te stored in a storage unit of the data providing system.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a receiving terminal device according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a transmitting terminal device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a data providing system according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a data providing system according to a modification of the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining Embodiments 6 and 7 of the present invention, and illustrates a receiving terminal side which is a transfer destination of second data (that is, data having a large amount of information) in multimedia data from a sender side. 4 shows a data communication system capable of specifying a server.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a transmitting terminal device according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a data providing system according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining Embodiments 8 and 9 of the present invention, in which second data (that is, content information having a large amount of information) in multimedia data is received from a receiver side.
1 shows a data communication system capable of designating a receiving terminal side server as a transfer destination of the data.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating a data providing system according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating a receiving terminal device according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram for explaining a conventional transmission terminal device.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing display contents of a multimedia document Dm.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram for explaining a conventional server.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram for explaining a conventional receiving terminal device.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a data communication system in a case where content information and editing information (or layout information) are separately transmitted from two or more transmitting terminals to a server.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 4, 6 transmitting terminal device 2, 5, 5a, 7, 8, 60, 80 data providing system 3, 9 receiving terminal device 12, 102 layout information storage unit 13 layout information transmitting unit 14, 14a content information creating unit 15 , 103 Content information transmitting unit 16, 104 Display data receiving unit 17, 34, 105 Display unit 32 First data receiving unit 33 First data decoding unit 35 Data acquisition information transmitting unit 36 Second data receiving unit 37 Second data decoding unit 62, 92 Transfer information transmission units 131, 141 Transmission terminals 132, 142 Transmission-side server (server (1)) 133, 143 Reception-side servers (server (2)) 134, 144 Receiving terminals 202 Layout information receiving unit 203 Content information reception Sections 204, 502, 703 Data editing section 205 First data creation section 206 Data transmission unit 207 Display image data transmission unit 208 Stored data conversion unit 209 Data storage unit 210, 403 Data acquisition information reception unit 211, 405 Second data transmission unit 402, 706 User data storage unit (1) 404 User data storage unit ( 2) 503 template storage unit 702, 802 transfer data reception unit 704, 803 transfer address management unit 705 transfer control unit B to I transmission signal D1, D2 first and second data Dd display data Dm multimedia document Ds1 transmission data (First transmission data) Ds2 accumulation data (second transmission data) Ib layout information Ic content information Ico control information Ie1 editing information Ig data acquisition information Ih, Ii transfer information Iha, Iia transfer destination address Iu data acquisition Destination information It Plates information Te template

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Claims (18)

[Claims] 1. A transmitting terminal device for transmitting document data corresponding to a required document to a destination receiving terminal by an information processing server, wherein the content corresponding to the content constituting the document is input by an information input operation. Information, an information creating unit that creates editing information for editing the content information, an information transmitting unit that sends the content information and the editing information to the information processing server, and an information transmitting unit that sends the content information and the editing information to the information processing server. A transmission terminal device comprising: a display data receiving unit that receives display data for displaying a document; and a display unit that displays the document based on the display data. 2. The transmission terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the information creating unit includes: a content information creating unit that creates the content information; and layout information that stores various layout information indicating an arrangement of the content in the document. A storage unit, and reads predetermined layout information from the layout information storage unit as the editing information. The information transmission unit reads the layout information read from the layout information storage unit into the information processing server. A transmission terminal device comprising: a layout information transmitting unit that transmits the content information to the information processing server; and a content information transmitting unit that transmits the content information created by the content creating unit to the information processing server. 3. The transmission terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the information transmission unit transmits, to the information processing server, transfer information specifying a destination server of the document data generated by the information processing server. A transmission terminal device comprising a transfer information transmission unit. 4. A data providing system for receiving transmission information from a transmission terminal, generating document data corresponding to a required document based on the transmission information, and providing the document data to a destination reception terminal. An information receiving unit that receives transmission information from the transmission terminal; a data editing unit that generates the document data based on the received transmission information; and display data for displaying the document to the transmission terminal. A display data transmitting unit for transmitting, a first data transmitting unit for transmitting first data constituting the document data to a destination receiving terminal, and a data accumulating unit for accumulating second data constituting the document data And a second data transmitting unit for transmitting the second data to the destination receiving terminal in response to a data request from the destination receiving terminal. Beam. 5. The data providing system according to claim 4, wherein the information receiving unit indicates, as transmission information from the transmission terminal, content information corresponding to the content constituting the document and an arrangement of the content in the document. A data providing system for receiving layout information, wherein the data editing unit edits the content information based on the layout information to generate the document data. 6. The data providing system according to claim 4, further comprising a display data transmitting unit that transmits display data for displaying the document to the transmitting terminal. 7. A transmission server that receives transmission information from a transmission terminal and generates document data corresponding to a required document based on the transmission information, and relays the document data and provides the document data to a transmission destination reception terminal. A data providing system comprising: a receiving server configured to receive the transmission information from the transmitting terminal; and a data editing unit configured to generate the document data based on the transmission information. A first data transmission unit for transmitting first data constituting the document data to a destination receiving terminal, and a first data accumulating second data constituting the document data
A second data storage unit for receiving and storing second data from the transmitting server; and a second data storing unit for receiving a data request from the destination receiving terminal. Accordingly, the second
And a second data transmitting unit for transmitting the second data stored in the data storing unit to the destination receiving terminal. 8. The data providing system according to claim 7, wherein the information receiving unit in the transmitting server includes, as transmission information from the transmitting terminal, content information corresponding to the content constituting the document and content in the document. Wherein the data editing unit in the transmitting server edits the content information based on the layout information to generate the document data. Data delivery system. 9. The data providing system according to claim 7, wherein the transmitting server includes a display data transmitting unit that transmits display data for displaying the document to the transmitting terminal. Data delivery system. 10. A data providing system for receiving transmission information from a transmission terminal, generating document data corresponding to a required document based on the transmission information, and providing the document data to a destination reception terminal. An information receiving unit that receives transmission information from the transmission terminal; a layout information storage unit that stores a plurality of layout information indicating a layout example of contents in the document; the transmission information and layout information designated thereby A data editing unit that edits the content information to generate the document data based on a first data transmission unit that transmits first data constituting the document data to a destination receiving terminal; A data storage unit for storing the second data to be configured, wherein the data storage unit stores the second data in response to a data request from the destination receiving terminal. Data providing system characterized in that a second data transmission unit to be transmitted to. 11. The data providing system according to claim 10, wherein the information receiving unit designates, as transmission information from the transmission terminal, content information corresponding to the content constituting the document and an arrangement of the content in the document. The data editing unit edits the content information based on the layout information specified by the layout specification information to generate the document data. Data providing system. 12. The data providing system according to claim 10, further comprising a display data transmitting unit that transmits display data for displaying the document to the transmitting terminal. 13. A transmission-side server that receives transmission information from a transmission terminal and generates document data corresponding to a required document based on the transmission information, and relays the document data and provides the document data to a transmission destination reception terminal. A data providing system comprising: a plurality of receiving servers; a transmitting server; an information receiving unit configured to receive transmission information from the transmitting terminal; and a plurality of layout information indicating an arrangement example of contents in the document. A data editing unit that edits the content information based on the transmission information and the layout information designated by the transmission information to generate the document data, and a first data unit that configures the document data. A first data transmitting unit for transmitting data to a destination receiving terminal; a first data storing unit for storing second data constituting the document data
Wherein the receiving server includes a second data storing unit for receiving and storing the second data from the transmitting server, and receiving the second data from the destination receiving terminal. A data providing system for transmitting second data stored in the second data storage unit to a destination receiving terminal in response to a data request. 14. The data providing system according to claim 13, wherein the transmitting server specifies a receiving server as a transfer destination of the second data stored in the first data storage unit. A data providing system, comprising: a transfer information receiving unit that receives transfer information from a terminal; and transmitting the second data to a receiving server indicated by the transfer information. 15. The data providing system according to claim 13, wherein the transmitting server specifies a receiving server as a transfer destination of the second data stored in the first data storage unit. A data providing system, comprising: a transfer information receiving unit that receives transfer information from a terminal; and transmitting the second data to a receiving server indicated by the transfer information. 16. A receiving terminal device for receiving document data corresponding to a predetermined document obtained by editing in an information processing server based on transmission information from a transmitting terminal, wherein the document data is configured. The first receiving the first data
A first data decoding unit that decodes the first data and generates data acquisition information for acquiring the second data that constitutes the document data; An acquisition information transmission unit for transmitting to the information processing server; a second data reception unit for receiving the second data transmitted from the information processing server in response to transmission of the data acquisition information to the information processing server A second decryption unit for decrypting the second data; and a display unit for displaying contents constituting the document based on the decrypted first and second data. A receiving terminal device characterized by the above-mentioned. 17. The receiving terminal device according to claim 16, further comprising: a transfer information transmitting unit configured to transmit, to the information processing server, transfer information specifying a transfer destination server of the second data constituting the document data. A receiving terminal device characterized by the above-mentioned. 18. The claim 4, claim 9, or claim 12.
In the data providing system according to any one of the above, the display data transmitting unit may include, as display data for displaying the document data, a display program including the editing data generated by the data editing unit, and the edited document data. A receiving terminal device for transmitting image data displayed in a stationary state or digest data of edited document data.