JP2002064650A - Method for providing service to terminal via internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide service for remotely accessing a user terminal at a house where no operators are at the user terminal side. SOLUTION: By receiving the service request of an application server (a stock price server 120, a TV reservation server 130, a synchro server 140) on the Internet, a WakeUp server 110 of an Internet connection provider (ISP) request the activation of a terminal 100 via the D channel of an ISDN 200, and the terminal that has received the activation request starts the own terminal and executes the service request.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for providing services to a terminal such as a personal computer connected to a network such as the Internet, and more particularly, to automatic power-on from a server of the terminal and connection to the Internet after automatic power-on. The present invention relates to a service providing method such as remote operation of the terminal from the provided information providing server and information distribution to the terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 7 is a system configuration diagram showing a conventional service providing method for terminals via the Internet of this kind.

Conventionally, this type of service is provided by dial-up connection from the user terminal 100 to the ISP, connection to the Internet 190, and various service providing servers (here, the stock price information server 120, the TV reservation server 1).
30, a synchronizing server 140), a dial-up connection method of providing a service by accessing a server that provides a service desired by a user is generally used. In this dial-up connection method, the user needs to actively access the service providing server from the user terminal 100 by dial-up.

[0004] Further, when a user remotely operates a requesting terminal 160 (for example, TV video recording reservation) to a user terminal at home while away from home or the like, the TV is temporarily stopped.
The reservation server 130 is accessed from the request terminal 160 to accumulate information of the TV reservation contents, and the user terminal 1
00, the user terminal 100 is automatically started periodically or irregularly at a time designated in advance by a timer,
A polling method of polling the reservation server 130 to check for TV reservation information is also performed.

[0005] Further, Wa for remotely activating the user terminal.
A method called keUp On Ring is known. WakeUp On Ring has means for activating a terminal by detecting an incoming call from a telephone line connected to the user terminal. The ISP remotely activates the user terminal by calling the user's home, It is possible to provide services.

[0006]

However, in the above-described dial-up connection method, the user actively dials up from the user terminal 100 in any service such as remote operation of a terminal and information distribution to the terminal. Since it is necessary to access the service providing server, there is a problem that it is not possible to provide a service in real time at any time when the user is absent.

In the polling method described above, as described in the remote operation (for example, TV recording reservation), the user terminal must be always energized and always connected to the network, and the server must be polled frequently. As a result, many costs such as electricity, telephone charges, and network connection charges are required, making it difficult to use in ordinary homes, and unnecessary traffic between terminals and servers, causing load on lines and servers. There was a problem that it took.

Further, the above-mentioned WakeUp On R
According to the ing method, a person at the user's house who has heard the incoming call (call bell) or an answering machine receives a call by mistake even though the user's house is called to start the user terminal. In some cases, communication with the user terminal cannot be performed normally. Conversely, when a call is received to a person at the user's home, there is also a disadvantage that the user terminal is unnecessarily activated.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to automatically turn on the power of only the terminal without ringing a telephone call (ringing bell) when necessary from the Internet side, and start the AP (application) on the terminal side. It is an object of the present invention to provide a service providing method capable of performing a remote operation or information distribution to a terminal in real time when a user desires.

[0010]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a service to a terminal via the Internet, wherein the WakeUp server receives a service request from a service providing server in the Internet,
A terminal activation request is made via a channel, and the terminal that has received the activation request activates its own terminal and then executes the service request.

The second invention of the present application is the W invention of the first invention.
The akeUp server requests the terminal to start using a UUI code.

The third invention of the present application is the W invention of the second invention.
A terminal adapter (TA) is interposed between the akeUp server and the ISDN network and between the terminal and the ISDN network, and the UUI code from the wakeup server is transmitted to the wakeup server by the TA and the ISDN.
The TA on the terminal side received via the terminal holds the UUI code and sends a start signal to the terminal when the service code included in the header of the UUI code is a start request, and the terminal receiving the start signal The WakeUp client in the terminal is turned on to start the WakeUp client, and the started WakeUp client reads the AP identifier and the start parameter of the UUI code held in the TA on the terminal side, and reads the A according to the AP identifier.
P (application) is activated.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the terminal according to the third aspect is characterized in that the terminal is a power controller which is always supplied with power and the TA is provided.
Receiving the activation signal from the terminal, and the power supply controller receiving the activation signal turns on a control unit in the terminal.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the method for providing a service to a terminal via the Internet, the WakeUp server activates the terminal via the ISDN D channel upon receiving a service request of the TV recording reservation server in the Internet. After making a request and receiving the activation request, the terminal activates its own terminal and then executes a transaction for making a TV recording reservation.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the fifth aspect, a browser of a portable terminal accesses the TV reservation server and executes
It is characterized in that a V recording reservation operation is performed.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the transaction for making a TV recording reservation according to the fifth aspect connects to the Internet by dial-up and communicates with the service providing server.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a service to a terminal via the Internet, comprising: receiving a service request from a stock price information server in the Internet;
The akeUp server issues a terminal activation request via the ISDN D channel, and the terminal having received the activation request executes a transaction for providing stock price information after activating its own terminal.

A ninth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the stock price information server according to the eighth aspect of the present invention provides a notification service of the stock price information when a stock price of a pre-specified stock reaches a predetermined value. I do.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in a method for providing a service to a terminal via the Internet, a service request from a synchronization server in the Internet, which receives a synchronization request from a request terminal,
The eUp server issues a terminal activation request via the ISDN D channel, and the terminal having received the activation request activates its own terminal and then executes a transaction for synchronizing data between the request terminal and its own terminal. And

[0020]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of a method for providing a service to a terminal via the Internet according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a system configuration according to the present invention. A plurality of ASPs provide different services, and the
Are connected to each other. Request terminal A (mobile phone) 160 and request terminal B (PC) 170
Comprises means for connecting to any service providing server desired by the user. According to the present service providing method, various services can be simultaneously provided to the user.

Next, the operation of the method for providing a service to a terminal via the Internet according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a system configuration relating to the TV reservation service of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, WakeUp server 11 connected to Internet 190 in ISP 110
0 is installed, and the WakeUp server and the user terminal (PC) 100 at the user's home are connected by a communication line 200 (in this case, Dch of the ISDN network). Further, the request terminal A 160 (in this case, a mobile phone having a means for accessing the Internet) is connected to the Internet 190 via the mobile phone packet network 180 and the telephone company server 150. Further, TV reservation servers 130 provided by the ASP are connected to each other via the Internet 190.

First, the user selects a service to be used and makes an application to the ISP. In this case, it is a TV recording reservation service. Next, the ISP 110 issues a user identifier for using the service to the user, and also notifies the ASP of the TV recording reservation to the user to register the user so that the service can be provided. Next, the user requests AS from the browser of the request terminal A160.
The user accesses the P TV reservation server 130, transmits the identifier, receives authentication, and performs a TV recording reservation operation. Next, AS
P's TV reservation server 130 connects to the ISP's WakeUp server 110 and transmits the user's identifier and TV recording reservation request. Next, the WakeUp server 110 transmits a start signal via the ISDN to the user terminal 100 determined based on the identifier. Upon receiving the activation signal, the user terminal activates the terminal and receives a TV recording request. next,
When the user terminal 100 is activated, a TV recording reservation transaction is executed. When the processing is completed, the processing result is notified to the request terminal A160 by e-mail, and the user terminal 1
00 is shut down and the power is turned off again.
Thus, a series of procedures of the TV recording reservation service is completed. The service charge is collected from the user together with, for example, the connection charge of the ISP, and a part of the ASP is back-margined.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the user terminal 100 and the terminal adapter (TA) of the present invention.

FIG. 5 shows details of a case where a start signal is transmitted from the WakeUp server to the user terminal via ISDN and a desired process is executed on the user terminal.

A terminal adapter (TA) 210 connects the WakeUp server to the ISDN network, and a terminal adapter (TA) 220 connects the ISDN network to the user terminal. Both TAs are always energized, and the WakeUp server and the user terminal can transmit / receive a message of the inter-user information notification (hereinafter, UUI) function at any time via the ISDN Dch via the TA.

The UUI is used between ISDN users,
This is an ISDN supplementary service that can transmit information of up to 128 octets per message.
The details of UUI are described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-29857.
0 “ISDN terminal adapter”.

In order for the WakeUp server to transmit a start signal, first, a UUI code is generated which prescribes a user identifier and a TV recording reservation request.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the structure of the UUI code.

The service code 510 is stored in the header of the UUI code 500. Service code 510
Is a code for identifying the type of service using the UUI. For example, as a service using the UUI, there is already a service that blinks a TA lamp connected to a user terminal when an electronic mail arrives. The service code of the service for starting the terminal used in the present invention is defined so as not to overlap with the existing codes.

The UUI code includes an AP identifier 520 (in this case, a TV recording reservation AP) for specifying an application program (AP) to be executed on the user terminal.
Is stored, and an activation parameter 530 to be passed to the AP.

Next, returning to FIG.

The WakeUp server 110 specifies the address of the user terminal 100 determined by the identifier, and connects the above-described UUI to the TAC connected to the WakeUp server.
210 to the ISDN network 200.

The user terminal 100 is connected to the data signal line 320
And the activation signal line 330 are connected to the TA 220. Communication between the TA 220 and the user terminal 100 is performed via the data signal line 320 and the serial I / F 270. As serial I / F, RS-232C, U
There is, but not limited to, SB. Start signal line 330
Is connected to a power supply controller 280 in the user terminal 100. The power supply controller 280 sends a signal from the start signal line to the motherboard 31 in the user terminal 100.
0 means for controlling power ON / OFF and means for giving an interrupt to the motherboard to notify the start.
The power supply controller 280 is always energized by the power supply 290, and the power of the motherboard 310 is turned on / off.
The operation can be performed at any time regardless of the state.

The TA 220 analyzes the content of the received UUI code, and sends a start signal to the power controller 280 via the start signal line 330 when the service code of the terminal start method of the present invention is set. Further, the UUI code is stored in the buffer memory 340 in the TA 220.
To temporarily store. If the power of the user terminal is off, the power controller 280 turns on the power and starts the user terminal 100. Furthermore, the motherboard is notified of the start by giving an interrupt.

When the user terminal 100 starts, Wake
Activate the UP client 250 and make it resident in the memory in the terminal. The WakeUP client 250 is the TA22
0, a command to read the received UUI code is issued, and the UUI stored in the buffer memory 340 is issued.
Load the code. And WakeUP Client 2
Reference numeral 50 refers to the AP identifier of the UUI code to determine the AP to be activated. In this case, the TV recording reservation AP 230
And set the start parameter to TV recording reservation A
Pass to P. The start-up parameters include, for example, program information for TV reservation (date and time, channel, recording time, etc.). The TV recording reservation AP executes a TV recording reservation transaction according to the passed start parameters. Further, as necessary, the TV recording reservation AP can connect to the Internet by dial-up and communicate with a service providing server (TV reservation server in this case). Thereby, the user terminal can be connected to the Internet from the Internet side. For example, when the information is insufficient with only the startup parameter, or the processing of transmitting the information of the processing result of the TV recording reservation to the service providing server is realized. Becomes possible. When the processing is completed, the user terminal 100 is shut down, and the power is turned off again.
Return to the state of F.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a system configuration relating to the stock price information service of the present invention. If the stock price information server 120 sets in advance that the user wants to be notified of the information when the stock price of a certain brand becomes XX yen, the stock price information server 120 monitors the price movement of the stock price and notifies the user when the state changes to that state. It is a server that provides such services. The stock price information server 120 has means for making a request to the WakeUp server 110 to notify the user terminal of stock price information. As a result, the WakeUp server 110 activates the user terminal 100 in the same manner as described above, and the stock price notification AP 24 shown in FIG.
By activating 0, it is possible to transmit stock price information to the user in real time.

As described above, in the present service providing method, there is not always a request terminal, and a service providing method in which information is directly delivered from a service providing server is also possible.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a system configuration relating to the synchronization service of the present invention. This example relates to a service providing method for synchronizing data (for example, schedule data and address book data) of a plurality of terminals when the user owns the terminals. The synchronization server 140 is an ASP server that provides a service for synchronizing data between terminals. When the request terminal B (PC) 170 in the office accesses the synchronization server 140 and makes a synchronization request,
From the sync server 140, the WakeUp server 110
Means for making a synchronization request. When receiving the synchronization request from the synchronization server 140, the WakeUp server 110 activates the user terminal 100 as described above,
By activating the synchronization AP 260 in FIG. 5, data between the request terminal B (PC) 170 and the user terminal 100 is synchronized.

As described above, according to the present service providing method, the service providing server of the ASP that provides the service,
By combining with a keUp server, various services can be provided.

Further, when this service is provided, for example, when e-mail of the result of the recording reservation processing of the TV or information on the stock price is delivered,
Advertisement can be gained by inserting an advertisement.

In the above embodiment, for the sake of explanation, the service providing side is divided into an ASP and an ISP.
It is also possible to provide a form in which a single location serves the role of the ISP and the ISP to provide the service.

[0045]

As described above, according to the present invention, only the terminal is automatically turned on without ringing the telephone (ringing bell) whenever necessary from the Internet,
Since the AP (application) on the terminal side can be started, there is an effect that remote operation of the terminal and information distribution to the terminal can be performed in real time when the user desires.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a system configuration according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a system configuration relating to a TV reservation service of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a system configuration relating to a stock price information service of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a system configuration relating to a synchronization service of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a user terminal 100 and a terminal adapter (TA) of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a UUI code according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a system configuration diagram showing a conventional service providing method to a terminal via the Internet.

[Explanation of symbols]

 100 User Terminal 110 WakeUp Server 120 Stock Price Information Server 130 TV Reservation Server 140 Synchro Server 150 Telephone Company Server 160 Request Terminal A (Mobile Phone) 170 Request Terminal B (PC) 180 Mobile Phone Packet Network 190 Internet 200 ISDN Network 210 Terminal Adapter ( TA) 220 Terminal adapter (TA) 230 TV recording reservation AP 240 Stock price notification AP 250 WakeUp client 260 Synchro AP 270 Serial I / F 280 Power controller 290 Power supply 310 Motherboard 320 Data signal line 330 Start signal line 340 Buffer memory 500 UUI code 510 Service code 520 AP identifier 530 Startup parameter

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. In a method for providing a service to a terminal via the Internet, a WakeUp server issues a request for starting a terminal via a D channel of an ISDN in response to a service request of a service providing server in the Internet. A method for providing a service to a terminal via the Internet, wherein the terminal that has received the request activates the terminal and executes the service request. 2. The method for providing a service to a terminal via the Internet according to claim 1, wherein the WakeUp server requests the terminal to start using a UUI code. 3. The WakeUp server and the ISD
A terminal adapter (TA) intervenes between the N network and the terminal and the ISDN network, and the UUI code from the WakeUp server is received via the TA and the ISDN on the WakeUp server side, and the terminal side (TA) receives the UUI code from the WakeUp server side. TA holds the UUI code and stores the UUI code.
When the service code included in the header of the UI code is an activation request, the terminal transmits an activation signal to the terminal, and upon receiving the activation signal, the terminal turns on the power, activates the WakeUp client in the terminal, and activates the WakeUp client in the terminal. The WakeUp client is the UU held in the TA on the terminal side.
3. The method for providing a service to a terminal via the Internet according to claim 2, further comprising reading an AP identifier and an activation parameter of the I code and activating an AP (application) corresponding to the AP identifier. 4. The terminal receives the activation signal from the TA with a power controller that is always supplied with power,
4. The method of providing services to a terminal via the Internet according to claim 3, wherein the power supply controller receiving the activation signal turns on a power supply of a control unit in the terminal. 5. A method for providing a service to a terminal via the Internet, wherein the WakeUp server issues a service request to the terminal via the D channel of ISDN in response to a service request of the TV recording reservation server in the Internet. The terminal receiving the program executes a transaction for making a TV recording reservation after activating the terminal, and provides a service to the terminal via the Internet. 6. The method for providing a service to a terminal via the Internet according to claim 5, wherein the browser of the portable terminal accesses the TV reservation server to perform a TV recording reservation operation. 7. The method for providing a service to a terminal via the Internet according to claim 5, wherein the transaction for making a TV recording reservation connects to the Internet by dial-up and communicates with the service providing server. . 8. A method for providing a service to a terminal via the Internet, wherein the WakeUp server issues a service request to the terminal via the ISDN D channel in response to a service request from the stock price information server in the Internet, and issues the start request. A method for providing service to a terminal via the Internet, wherein the terminal that has received the terminal executes a transaction for providing stock price information after activating the terminal. 9. The terminal according to claim 8, wherein the stock price information server provides a notification service of the stock price information when a stock price of a pre-specified stock reaches a pre-specified value. How to provide services to 10. A method for providing a service to a terminal via the Internet, wherein the WakeUp server receives a synchronization request from a request terminal and receives a service request from a synchronization server in the Internet.
An Internet, wherein a request for activating a terminal is made via an SDN D channel, and the terminal having received the activation request activates its own terminal and then executes a transaction for synchronizing data between the request terminal and its own terminal. Service provision method to the terminal via the Internet.