JP2002007443A - Information providing method, information providing device and information terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To output information in relation to an advertisement viewed by a user according to an information output request from mobile environment such as a portable information terminal. SOLUTION: A simple display area 112 of a train and a simple display area 114 of advertisement providing information provided in the train are provided on a display screen 110, marks are imparted on a train image displayed on the simple display area 112 of the train according to the position where the advertisement is provided and simple display of advertisement insertion documents with the marks is performed on the simple display area 114 (1 to 8 in a figure). Thus, the position of an advertisement providing document is visually prompted to the user. And since the user receives providing information specified from list information, generates related relation information and outputs the generated relation information to a recording medium, information intended by the user is obtained as the recording medium.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information presenting method, an information presenting apparatus, and an information terminal, and more particularly to an information presenting method and an information presenting method for presenting information using a mobile information terminal such as a portable information terminal. The present invention relates to an apparatus and an information terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the recent rapid improvement of semiconductor wiring technology and other manufacturing technologies, information processing terminals are becoming smaller and lighter. Speaking of a portable information processing terminal, a device smaller than an A4 or B5 size notebook PC, for example, a PDA (Personal Digital Assis) called a palm size or “palm top” is used.
Tants), mobile phones, and multifunctional mobile terminals equipped with various functions such as mobile phone functions and Internet access functions are becoming mainstream.

In recent years, the number of occasions of network connection in a mobile environment has been increasing. Portable devices that users can carry on the road,
Although it can appear in a variety of scenes of a user and in various scenes of business activities, it lacks computational power and storage capacity. On the other hand, a center station including a computer, a database server, and the like installed at home or in a corporate office has strong computing power and storage capacity, but cannot be carried around.

Therefore, a portable terminal is connected to a center station,
It is conceivable to obtain highly immediate information via a mobile terminal. In other words, the mobile terminal is, for example, PDC
onalDigital Cellular) or PHS (Personal Handyphpo)
ne System) and other devices with wireless telephone functions, and can be connected to the center from the current location via the nearest base station. In the case of a PDA or the like, Bluetooth
It can be connected to a host terminal connected to a network via short-range data communication such as IrDA or NIC, and can communicate with the center via this host terminal and a wide area network.

[0005] Further, portable terminals have information processing capabilities such as information accumulation, recording, and management that are inferior to those of the center station. In particular, for example, a palm-sized (palm-top type) mobile terminal is equipped with only a display panel of about several inches, and may even support only character display. Therefore, even if the processing result of the center station is received on the mobile terminal, only a part of the processing result may be displayed. In an office, a document is printed and output on a daily basis, but it is difficult to carry an output device such as a printer on the go or equip a portable terminal with an output device.

[0006] As one proposal for providing an information output, that is, a print environment to a user who is traveling while carrying a portable information terminal or the like, a common printer is installed in a public space such as a convenience store or a university co-op. Can be considered. For example, the specification of Japanese Patent Application No. 11-296406, which has been assigned to the present applicant, is installed in a convenience store or the like and distributed, transmitted, distributed, and distributed from a remote location.
There is disclosed a print server which can perform a recording service of information conveyed for a fee. According to such a print server, a general user can appropriately print out when necessary at a nearby store without carrying an output device such as a printer. In addition, it is possible to enjoy the benefits of high-quality printing by a high-performance and high-quality output device without purchasing equipment.

[0007] From the standpoint of the store manager who provides the print server, simply installing the print server allows the customer to use the print server without permission and accumulate the usage fee. Easy charge management. In addition, since the in-store service is expanded, there are secondary advantages such as attracting customers to the store.

[0008] As described above, as a print server to be installed in a public place such as a store, for example, a "multifunction machine" having various output functions such as a copying function and a facsimile function can be applied. That is, a single multifunction device can provide different types of information output services, and can save space.

[0009] By the way, as described above, with the development of information technology, the construction of an information infrastructure such as an intranet has been promoted within a company or an organization, and information has been promoted. The transition from information to digital information has resulted in an increase in the distribution of digitized information. Therefore, networks such as the Internet are attracting attention as a place for transmitting information. Conventionally, transmission by radio waves such as commercials and presentation of printed materials such as advertisements
Information presentation, which has been limited to distribution, has been increasing in number of different types of information presentation, such as information transmission through a network.
In other words, companies and organizations are increasingly using not only mass media by broadcasting and paper advertisement for information transmission but also adopting information presentation such as homepages via networks such as the Internet. As a result, approaches to the act of obtaining information from the user have been changed in various forms. As a result, the user can enjoy more detailed information and various information presented on the network by referring to the information presentation of the homepage or the like by the network.

[0010]

However, when a user who is carrying a portable information terminal or the like and is out of the office is interested in the information viewed on the outing or on the way along the way, for example, information presented such as a signboard or an advertisement. , The user must remember and later examine the presented information. For example, if you are interested in a billboard advertisement that you saw while walking, take note of the company name and return to an office or home or other place where the computer environment is in place, and pull out the relevant information. It does not always lead to the relevant information. Further, there is a case where a memo cannot be taken even in a train or a driving vehicle, only an ambiguous memory of presentation information of interest remains, and related information cannot be extracted.

[0011] In view of the above facts, the present invention provides an information presenting method and information presenting apparatus which can suitably present desired information to a logically and physically movable information terminal such as a portable information terminal. , And an information terminal.

A further object of the present invention is to provide an information presenting method, an information presenting apparatus, and an information presenting method that enable a user to obtain information according to a request from a mobile environment such as a portable information terminal in a state desired by the user. To provide a terminal.

[0013]

According to the present invention, there is provided an information presenting method for presenting designated information designated by an information terminal connected to a communication line, wherein the information is presented. Transmitting list information including a plurality of pieces of presentation information including at least position information of a medium to the information terminal via a communication line, and selecting the list information corresponding to the specified information specified by the information terminal and received via the communication line; The present invention is characterized in that the presentation information included in the specified information is specified, related information related to the specified presentation information is generated, and the generated related information is output in order to output the generated relevant information to a recording medium.

The present invention is applied to an information presentation method for presenting information via a communication line such as the Internet. That is, the instruction information specified by the user from the information terminal connected to the communication line is presented. A presentation medium represented by an advertisement medium such as an in-vehicle advertisement or a signboard advertisement, a notice medium such as a notice, and the like is permanently or permanently installed at a designated position. This presentation medium may be electronic information included in broadcasted video information or audio information. This presentation medium provides information to the user, and the position to provide the information is often set in advance. Therefore, list information including a plurality of pieces of presentation information including at least the location information of the presentation medium on which the information is presented is generated. Therefore, the list information corresponds to the position of the information provided on the advertisement medium, the posting medium, or the like. This list information is transmitted to an information terminal such as a mobile phone via a communication line. Then, it specifies the presentation information included in the list information corresponding to the specified information specified by the information terminal and received via the communication line. The instruction information is specified by the user observing and understanding the list information, indicating the presentation information included in the list information, and specified by receiving the presentation information via the communication line. Next, related information related to the specified presentation information is generated, and the related information is transmitted to output the generated related information to a recording medium. As a result, the related information is transmitted to the recording medium such that the related information related to the presentation information specified by the user and provided by the presentation medium corresponding to the presentation position is output. By outputting this related information with an output device such as a printer, information intended by the user can be obtained.

In the information presenting method, device information for specifying an output device to be output to the recording medium via the communication line is further received, and the related information is output to an output device corresponding to the device information. can do. When related information is output by an output device such as a printer, a user may want to output from a predetermined output device. Therefore, by further receiving the device information for specifying the output device and outputting the related information to the output device corresponding to the device information, the information intended by the user can be obtained by the intended output device.

[0016] Further, instruction information for instructing an output device to output to the recording medium is further transmitted to the information terminal via a communication line, and the device information included in the instruction information received via the communication line. Can receive. The output device desired by the user is not always determined. Therefore, by sending the instruction information to the information terminal and receiving the device information included in the received instruction information, the user can be given an opportunity to select an output device, and further, the information intended by the user is obtained by the intended output device. be able to.

In these cases, the related information received via the communication line can be output to a recording medium.
That is, by outputting the related information with an output device such as a printer, information intended by the user can be reliably obtained.

[0018] The presentation information may include time information at which the information was presented by the presentation medium. Presentation media, such as advertising media such as in-car advertisements and signboard advertisements, and posting media such as notices, etc., are permanently installed at specified locations or installed for a fixed period of time. Is often set. Therefore, when the presentation information includes the time information, it becomes easy to specify the related information related to the presentation information by the presentation medium.

The presentation medium is a presentation by display on a moving body, and the position information can represent a type of the moving body. A typical presentation medium is an advertisement medium such as an in-car advertisement. When a user carrying a mobile terminal moves, a mobile object represented by a vehicle such as a train or a taxi is often used, and when an advertisement medium is presented inside the mobile object, It often remembers whether a mobile object has been used. So, the type of moving object,
For example, if the name of a railway company, the type of vehicle itself, and the name of a taxi company or the type of vehicle itself can be specified, the provided presentation information can be specified.

[0020] The position information may include a presentation position of the moving object. Since there is a space inside the moving object, information can be presented at various positions. Therefore, if the position of the space can be specified, the provided presentation information can be more easily specified.

[0021] The list information based on the position of the information terminal can be generated, and the generated list information can be transmitted to the information terminal via a communication line. Since the presentation position of the presentation medium is set, another presentation medium may exist around the presentation medium. Therefore, by generating the list information of the presentation information on the presentation medium corresponding to the presentation position, for example, the position of the information terminal, the list information is configured by regional information, and the information intended by the user is displayed. It becomes easy to grasp the region locally. For example, by giving a regional classification such as an underground yard or a station yard as a position of an information terminal, information intended by a user can be classified and provided in that area.

[0022] The list information is characterized by comprising shape information representing the peripheral shape of the presentation medium on which the information is presented, and correspondence information representing the shape corresponding to the presentation medium. In some cases, the user may not be able to easily grasp even if the presentation information of the presentation medium is simply presented. However, the position of the presentation medium may be easily grasped depending on the periphery of the presentation medium, for example, the shape of a vehicle or the shape of a surrounding building. Therefore, by forming the list information from the shape information and the correspondence information, the provided presentation information can be more easily specified.

[0023] The position of the information terminal can be received from the information terminal, the list information can be generated based on the received position of the information terminal, and the generated list information can be transmitted to the information terminal via a communication line. Recent information terminals, such as mobile phones and PDAs, can often specify their location. Therefore, the position of the information terminal is received from the information terminal, and list information is generated based on the received information terminal position. As a result, the list information can generate the presentation information of the surroundings where the user is located, and if this is transmitted to the information terminal via the communication line, the list information corresponding to the position of the information terminal possessed by the user can be provided. it can. That is, when the information terminal moves, the presentation medium also moves relatively. Therefore, if the presentation information of the presentation medium is changed according to the movement, the information can be presented according to the movement of the user.

The above information presenting method can be realized by the following information presenting device. Specifically, in an information presenting apparatus that presents specified information specified by an information terminal connected to a communication line, list information including a plurality of pieces of presentation information including at least position information of a presentation medium on which the information is presented is communicated. Transmitting means for transmitting to the information terminal via a line, setting means for specifying presentation information included in the list information corresponding to the specified information specified by the information terminal and received via the communication line, It is characterized by comprising: a generating unit that generates related information related to presentation information; and a related information transmitting unit that transmits the related information in order to output the generated related information to a recording medium.

[0025] The information presenting device further includes a receiving unit for receiving device information for specifying an output device for outputting to the recording medium via the communication line, and the related information transmitting unit receives the device information by the receiving unit. The related information can be output to an output device corresponding to the generated device information.

[0026] The information presenting apparatus further includes instruction information transmitting means for transmitting instruction information for instructing an output apparatus for outputting to the recording medium to the information terminal via a communication line. The device information included in the instruction information transmitted by the instruction information transmitting means can be received.

[0027] The information presenting apparatus may further comprise an output means for outputting related information received via the communication line to a recording medium.

[0028] The presentation information may include time information at which the information was presented by the presentation medium. Further, the presentation medium is a presentation by display on a moving body, and the position information can indicate a type of the moving body. Further, the position information may include a presentation position of the moving object.

[0029] The information presenting apparatus further includes a list generating means for generating the list information based on a position of the information terminal, and the transmitting means transmits the list information generated by the list generating means to the information terminal via a communication line. It can be transmitted to an information terminal.

[0030] The list information is characterized by comprising shape information representing a peripheral shape of the presentation medium on which the information is presented, and correspondence information representing a shape corresponding to the presentation medium.

[0031] The information presenting apparatus further includes a receiving and generating means for receiving the position of the information terminal from the information terminal and generating the list information based on the received information terminal position. The list information generated by the means can be transmitted to the information terminal via a communication line.

From another point of view, the information presentation method is as follows. Specifically, an information presentation method for presenting information in an information terminal that is portable and connectable to a communication line, wherein list information including a plurality of pieces of presentation information including at least position information of a presentation medium on which the information is presented. Via a communication line, displaying the received list information, and outputting at least one presentation included in the list information selected to output related information related to the presentation information included in the list information to a recording medium. The information is transmitted via a communication line. In this information presentation method, device information for specifying an output device to output to the recording medium can be further transmitted.

Further, it is possible to further receive instruction information for instructing an output device to output to the recording medium, select the device information included in the received instruction information, and further transmit the selected device information.

Further, it is possible to instruct to output the related information to a recording medium.

[0035] The presentation information may include time information at which the information was presented by the presentation medium.

[0036] Further, the presentation medium is a presentation by display on a moving object, and the position information can represent a type of the moving object.

[0037] The position information may include a presentation position of the moving object.

[0038] Further, the list information based on the position of the presentation medium on which the information is presented can be received.

Further, the list information can be composed of shape information representing a peripheral shape of the presentation medium on which the information is presented, and correspondence information representing a shape corresponding to the presentation medium.

Further, terminal position information indicating its own position can be further transmitted, and list information based on the transmitted terminal position information can be received.

These other information presentation methods can be realized by the following information presentation device. Specifically, in an information terminal that is portable and can be connected to a communication line, a terminal-side receiving unit that receives, via a communication line, list information including a plurality of pieces of presentation information including at least position information of a presentation medium on which the information is presented. Means, terminal-side display means for displaying the received list information, and selecting at least one presentation information included in the list information in order to output related information related to the presentation information included in the list information to a recording medium. Terminal-side input means for transmitting, via a communication line, at least one presentation information included in the list information selected by the terminal-side input means.

[0042] The terminal side transmitting means further transmits device information for specifying an output device to output to the recording medium.

[0043] The terminal-side receiving means may further receive instruction information for instructing an output device to output to the recording medium, and the terminal-side transmitting means may further transmit the device information included in the instruction information. It is characterized by.

The terminal-side input means includes:
It is characterized by further inputting an instruction to output to a recording medium.

[0045] The presentation information includes time information at which the information is presented by the presentation medium.

The present invention is characterized in that the presentation medium is a presentation by display on a moving body, and the position information represents a type of the moving body.

[0047] The position information includes a presentation position of the moving object.

[0048] The terminal-side receiving means further receives the list information based on the position of the presentation medium on which the information is presented.

[0049] The list information is characterized by comprising shape information representing a shape around the presentation medium on which the information is presented, and correspondence information representing a shape corresponding to the presentation medium.

The terminal-side transmitting means further transmits terminal position information indicating its own position, and the terminal-side receiving means comprises:
It is characterized by receiving list information based on the transmitted terminal location information.

Note that another form of the information terminal that can be used in the information presenting apparatus is as follows. Specifically, transmission / reception means capable of transmitting and receiving information on the communication line by wireless communication, display means for displaying information on a screen, input means for allowing a user to input at least one of a command and data, and reception An information terminal, comprising: display information output means for outputting display information for displaying the list information on a screen of the display means in a predetermined display format.

This information terminal determines the display format so that the shape information and the correspondence information are included in the same screen, and the display information output means outputs display information including the shape information and the correspondence information. be able to.

[0053]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, a computer network in which an information terminal such as a computer or a PDA can be wirelessly or wiredly connected to a network is provided.
An information presentation method and apparatus of the present invention and an information terminal of the present invention are applied.

FIG. 1 schematically shows the configuration of a computer network 1 used for implementing the present invention.
The computer network 1 may be, for example, a distributed network system. In a distributed network environment, each user does not need to particularly recognize the location of resource objects such as programs and data. Also, procedures and methods executed in the computer are distributed and held on the network and managed. For example, a process running on one computer on a network can call and execute a procedure of a process running on another computer.

Further, as shown in FIG.
Network 1 is the Internet 1 as a communication medium.
0 or other small networks such as LAN (Lo
calArea Network) 20A, 20B..., and a public telephone network 40 constructed and provided by telephone companies in each country or region. In the public telephone network 40, for example, PSTN (Pu
blic Switched Telephone Network) or ISDN (Integ
rated Service Digital Network). The network and the public telephone network 40 are interconnected by a gateway system 31. Further, the telephone network further includes various types of wireless telephone networks 40A and 40B such as PDC (Personal Digital Cellular) and PHS (Personal Handyphone System).

In order to apply the present invention to the wireless telephone networks 40A and 40B, the function of transmitting / receiving data to / from the portable terminal 100, the function of authenticating the caller ID, and the registration in the cell of each base station (not shown) It is preferable to be able to provide a functional service such as a function of giving position data to the portable terminal that has been set.

The Internet 10 and the respective small networks 20A are interconnected via communication devices 21A such as modems and routers. Servers on such a network are, for example, TCP /
IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
ol), the mutual access is possible according to a predetermined communication protocol.

In the computer network 1, countless host terminals are connected. These computer systems are scattered around the world, with some computers operating as “servers” that provide various resource services for free or for a fee, and other computers requesting resource services from servers. Running as a "client".

One example of the server is a WWW server in a WWW system constructed on a TCP / IP network such as the Internet 10. WWW server,
It can provide HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) resource objects such as HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) content.

As other examples of the server, there are a mail server, a database server, a file server, and the like that provide an electronic mail transmission / reception service for each user account.

Various servers can be installed on the LAN 20. A small-scale network such as the LAN 20 is operated by a specific organization such as a company, for example, is connected to an external wide area network via a server such as a firewall (not shown), and communicates with the external network. Access is restricted. When the LAN 20 is owned and managed by a specific company, a large number of various contents related to the company such as documents and data in the company are stored in the document management server 60 and the database server installed on the LAN 20. ing. These contents may form an advertisement using a part thereof. In addition, the advertisement itself may be stored as content. The client is not permitted to access this kind of document management server 60 or database server unless it becomes clear that the client has been given a valid authority through a predetermined authentication procedure.

The contents refer to the contents of the electronic information itself, especially the contents of the information handled in the computer and distributed in the network. Also,
The content is provided information of the advertisement itself provided including various data such as text data, graphic data, multimedia data, etc., detailed information of items belonging to the advertisement,
Contains information related to the item belonging to the advertisement. In the following description, information provided by the advertisement itself is referred to as advertisement providing information, detailed information of an item belonging to the advertisement is referred to as advertisement detailed information, and information related to an item belonging to the advertisement is referred to as advertisement related information. It may be called advertisement information. An advertisement provided by a notice or installation or printed out is called an advertisement document, and a printout including detailed information of items belonging to the advertisement document is called an advertisement detail document. A printout including related information is referred to as an advertisement-related document, and these may be collectively referred to as an advertisement document. Also, the generically referred advertisement information corresponds to the related information of the present invention, and the generically named advertisement document corresponds to the presentation medium of the present invention.

In order to apply the present invention to the present invention, the document management server 60 includes a content management device capable of storing, searching, and listing contents, and a content processing device performing content analysis, data synthesis, and document generation. It is preferable to provide a formatting device that performs rendering (print image generation) for a designated output device such as a printer. Although not shown in FIG. 1, any of these devices may be constructed on the same computer system as the document management server 60, or may be another network-connected computer system independent of the server 60. However, the details of the document management server 60 will be described later.

The computer according to the present embodiment
On the network 1, one or more output management servers 50 are installed. The output management server 50 controls and manages information output processing such as printing out on printing paper in response to an information output request from a client. As an information output device, in addition to the printer (local printer) 51 locally connected to itself, other printers (remote printers) 70 scattered on the network 1
A, 70B, etc. can be designated.

In order to apply the present invention to the present invention, it is preferable that the output management server 50 can provide a function of searching and displaying a list of printers capable of outputting information and a function of relaying a request to the printer. However, the details of the output management server 50 will be described later.

Each printer 7 connected to the network 1
.. Are multifunction devices that provide various functions such as a copying function and a facsimile function in addition to a printer that prints a print image of a computer-processed document or an advertisement document. ]. The printers 70A, 70B ... are, for example, convenience stores, university co-ops, gasoline printers, etc.
It is installed in public places, such as stands and expressway service areas, where a relatively large number of people are likely to end, and is shared by an unspecified number of users. Each printer 70A, 70B ...
Is basically provided for a fee, and it is possible to perform pay-as-you-go billing according to the amount of information output. Details of the printer 70 will be described later.

Clients that make information output requests to the output management server 50 are host terminals 200A, 200B, which are installed in corporate offices or general homes and have clear physical or logical locations on the network 1.・ ・ It may be. Alternatively, the client is a mobile terminal 100A, 1 whose physical or logical location on the computer network 1 is indefinite, which the user carries and uses.
00B ... These clients
It is connected to the Internet 10 via a LAN 20. Alternatively, the client makes an IP connection (dial-up IP connection) to the Internet 10 by dialing up to a predetermined access point (AP) provided by an Internet service provider (ISP).
The host terminal 200 may be used.

The present invention is particularly applicable to a case where the portable terminals 100A, 100B,... That can be connected to a network via a wireless telephone network such as a PHS or PDC become clients. For example, the user moves while carrying the portable terminals 100A, 100B,.
The physical and logical locations of A, 100B,... Are undefined.

In order to apply the present invention, the portable terminal 10
Reference numeral 0 denotes a numeric keypad or other user input device, an output device such as a display panel for visually (or audibly or tactilely) providing user feedback, and a wireless transmission / reception for performing data communication with a base station. It is preferable to have a device and a wireless terminal device number that can uniquely identify the terminal, such as a telephone number. However, the details of the client terminal in this case will be described later.

By using the computer network 1 as shown in FIG. 1, a user carrying the portable terminal 100 can make an information output request in a mobile environment. FIG. 2 shows a computer network 1
1 schematically shows a functional configuration of a “mobile print system (MPS)” that provides information output in a mobile environment, which is constructed above. Hereinafter, each part of FIG. 2 will be described.

[Portable Terminal] The portable terminal 100 is a device that can be carried by the user. The portable terminal 100 exchanges data between a base keypad and other user input devices, an output device such as a display panel for performing user feedback, and a base station. A wireless transmitting / receiving device for performing communication and a wireless terminal device number capable of uniquely identifying a terminal such as a telephone number are provided. The portable terminal 100 corresponds to the information terminal of the present invention, the input device functions as the terminal-side input means and the input means of the present invention, and the output device functions as the terminal-side display means and the display means of the present invention. The transmitting / receiving device functions as the terminal-side receiving means, the terminal-side transmitting means, and the transmitting / receiving means of the present invention. Further, the mobile terminal 100 has the following functions.

(1) Command input: A command or data from a user can be input in the form of a numeric keypad, a menu button, a voice input, or the like. FIG. 4 illustrates a state in which basic parameters for an advertisement document to be selected are input on a display panel. In the example of FIG. 4, the route name of the train on which the advertisement is presented, the position of the train, and the time are input. In the example of FIG. 4, the line name of the train, the position of the train, and the time thereof correspond to the position information of the presentation medium of the present invention. The position information of the presentation medium of the present invention does not require all of them, and may be at least one. Further, at least one of the position of the train and its time corresponds to the time information of the present invention.

Note that instead of inputting all data as characters, it is also possible to alternatively select from a pre-registered information list. Further, a railroad name or a type of train may be used instead of the line name. Alternatively, only the route name may be specified, or only the route name and time may be specified.

In addition to commands and basic parameters,
The user can also input position data for specifying the current location. FIG. 5 illustrates a state where the position data is input on the display panel (the current position is input). Instead of inputting all the position data by characters, a selection may be made from a list of position information registered in advance. The position data input by the user is the position data (base station ID) given by the carrier of the wireless telephone network 40 during the transmission frame.
Etc.). In the example of FIG. 5, the input of the current position corresponds to the input of the terminal position information of the present invention. The input of the terminal position information of the present invention is not limited to the input by the user, and may automatically detect a position obtained from an individual ID transmitted from, for example, a mobile terminal.

The commands and data input on the portable terminal 100 are transferred to the document management server 60. Also,
The portable terminal 100 can input a print command for requesting the already selected printer to execute printing. FIG. 9 illustrates a state where a print command or a print cancel (cancel) command is input on the display panel. The selected content is transmitted to the designated printer 70 via the computer network 1 such as the wireless telephone network 40 or the Internet 10. The input of the print command or the print cancel (cancel) command on the display panel shown in the example of FIG. 9 corresponds to the input of the instruction information of the present invention.

(2) Advertisement document list display: A function of presenting a list of available advertisement documents to the user. The list of available advertisement documents is sent from the document management server 60 side.
It is transmitted via the wireless telephone network 40 or another communication medium.

FIG. 6 shows a state in which a list of selectable advertisement documents is displayed on a display panel. The user can select a desired advertisement document on the advertisement document list display screen. The selected content (identifier of the selected advertisement document) is transmitted to the document management server 60 via the computer network 1 such as the wireless telephone network 40 or the Internet 10. The list displayed on the display panel shown in the example of FIG. 6 corresponds to the process of displaying list information including a plurality of pieces of presentation information of the present invention.

In the example of the advertisement document list display screen shown in FIG. 6, the display screen 110 is composed of a simplified display area 112 of a vehicle and a simplified display area 114 of advertisement providing information provided in the vehicle. Marks are given to the vehicle images displayed in the vehicle's simplified display area 112 in correspondence with the positions where the advertisement providing documents are presented, and the simplified display of the advertisement providing documents of these marks corresponds to the advertisement providing information. This is set in the simple display area 114 (〜 in the figure). Thereby, the position of the advertisement providing document can be visually prompted to the user. The display shown in the example of FIG.
The vehicle image of the simplified display area 112 displayed on the panel corresponds to the display of the shape information of the present invention, and the mark in the vehicle image and the simplified display of the corresponding advertisement providing document (simple display area 114) are provided by the present invention. Of the corresponding information. The arrangement of the simple display areas 112 and 114 is as follows.
This corresponds to the display format of the present invention. For this reason, this display processing corresponds to the processing of the display information output means of the present invention.

A function of presenting a list of output formats of the advertisement document may be added. The available advertisement documents are classified into advertisement providing documents, advertisement detail documents, and advertisement-related documents as described above. These selections can be made possible as a list of output formats of the advertisement document. Also in this case, the document is transmitted from the document management server 60 via the wireless telephone network 40 or another communication medium.

FIG. 7 illustrates a state where the output formats of the selectable advertisement documents are displayed in a list on the display panel. The user can select a desired advertisement document on the advertisement document list display screen. The selected contents (the selected advertisement document output format parameters) are transmitted to the document management server 60 via the computer network 1 such as the wireless telephone network 40 or the Internet 10.
In FIG. 7, the advertisement providing document corresponds to the item of “1: 1 sheet information”, the advertisement detailed document corresponds to the item of “2: detailed information”, and the advertisement related document corresponds to “3: with related information”. Corresponding to the item.

(3) Printer list display: This is a function for presenting a list of available printers and the status of each printer to the user. The available printer list is transmitted from the output management server 50 via the computer network 1 such as the wireless telephone network 40 and the Internet 10. The user can select a desired printer on the printer list display screen.

FIG. 8 shows a list of output devices (printers) that can be selected on a display panel. The user can select a desired printer or an installation location of the printer on the printer list display screen. The selected content is transmitted to the output management server 50 via the computer network 1 such as the wireless telephone network 40 or the Internet 10. The printer list display screen illustrated in the example of FIG. 8 corresponds to displaying the instruction information of the present invention, and the selection corresponds to shifting to the process of transmitting the device information of the present invention.

(4) Token Management: A token is data indicating an advertisement document to be printed and rights and authorities related to printing of the advertisement document. By carrying the token on the mobile terminal 100 in advance and distributing it, it acts as an “identification card” for the terminal user. Document management server 60
And other content providers can encrypt and distribute advertising documents, related documents and paid content in a form that can be used only by specific token holders (see notes).

(5) Command transfer: Each command and data (such as parameters) input from the user input device are transferred to the document management server 60. In addition, a query can be issued to the output management server 50, and a print command can be issued to the printer 70. The transfer method is, besides the wireless telephone network 40,
The data may be transmitted to the nearest host terminal using short-range wireless data communication such as IrDA (Infrared Data Association) or Bluetooth, and may be transferred via this host terminal.

[Document Management Server] Document Management Server 60
Is installed on a LAN (or intranet) in a company, for example, and can handle advertisement documents belonging to the company and documents and databases in the company. However, the advertisement document, other documents and database may be stored on the local disk of the document management server 60,
Alternatively, it may exist on the Internet 10 or another file server or database server connected via the intranet (the intranet is a WW
Internet such as W (TCP / IP network)
It is an information sharing system that incorporates the above technologies into the company). In such a case, the document management server 60 transmits the advertisement document, other documents, parameters, and the like to the Internet 1.
0 or via an intranet, and data can be sent to a file server or a database server via the Internet 10 or an intranet. The location of the document management server 60 on the computer network 1 is, for example, a URL (Uniform Resource).
ce Locator). Further, each advertisement document and other documents can also be specified by URL.

The transmission of information in the document management server 60 includes the functions of the transmitting means, related information transmitting means, receiving means, and instruction information transmitting means of the present invention. Further, the document management server 60 includes at least one processing function of the setting unit, the generation unit, and the list information generation unit of the present invention.

Document management server 60 according to the present embodiment
Has the following functions.

(1) Advertisement content management: Manages the content from which an advertisement document is created. The contents of the advertisement are stored on a local disk of the document management server 60 or a remote disk of another server connected via the Internet 10 (or an intranet). The document management server 60 acquires the content in response to a request from the mobile terminal 100 side.
The process of acquiring the content in response to a request from the mobile terminal 100 includes at least one of the functions of the setting unit and the generation unit of the present invention.

(2) Parameter management: The parameter input from the portable terminal 100 is managed for the designated advertisement document. The parameters referred to here mean data for customizing the output of image information and text information relating to the advertisement document.

(3) Database management: Database management for the back office and the like is performed. The database exists on the local disk of the document management server 60 itself, or on another database server connected via the Internet 10 (or intranet).

(4) Dynamic customization of documents:
Based on parameters such as data input from the mobile terminal 100, the advertisement document is customized for document processing, that is, an output format.

Document processing such as customization may be executed in the document management server 60 or CGI (Common G
It may be entrusted to another server on the Internet 10 (or intranet) using a remote procedure call such as an ateway interface.

[Output Management Server] Output Management Server 50
Manages information output devices such as printers 70A, 70B... Existing on the computer network 1;
An information output request such as a print request issued on the computer network 1 can be totally controlled. The output management server 50 may be operated in a specific company or an organization outside the company may be operated for a specific company.
For example, a third party organization / organization outside the company may provide an output management service across a plurality of companies. In the example shown in FIG.
Are connected at a predetermined location (IP address) on the Internet 10, but the location of the server is not particularly limited. The location of the output management server 50 on the computer network 1 is specified by, for example, a URL.

The output management server 50 according to the present embodiment
Has the following functions.

(1) Directory Service The directory service is a function for managing the location of an application in a distributed computing environment. That is, the directory service starts the application simply by designating the program name without regard to the location of the application.

In this case, the directory service includes the printers 70A, 70B,... Which are managed by the output management server 50 on the computer network 1.
And a printer available in the user, that is, the portable terminal 100, is searched. directory·
The service searches for a printer (or a printer of a store) to be provided based on the position data transmitted from the mobile terminal 100 or the like.

The list of printers searched in the directory service is stored in the wireless telephone network 40 or the Internet 1
0, etc., to the mobile terminal 100 via the computer network 1. Further, on the portable terminal 100, a printer list as shown in FIG. 8 is presented to the user.

(2) Accounting Process The document requested to be output on the portable terminal 100 may be a document containing a proprietary document or personal information. The output management server 50 can receive the output document by performing authentication on the document management server 60 so that the document is not misused or diverted by an unauthorized user. On the other hand, the document management server 60 transmits the output data, that is, the advertisement document specified by the advertisement document identifier to the output management server 50 together with the output device identifier. The output management server 50 does not transmit the output document to the designated printer 70 unless the authentication is successful.

[0099] The output management server 50 may charge or charge the user for a proper price and fee for the information output service in the mobile environment. In this case, billing information such as a fee system is transmitted to the printer 70 designated as the output destination, and billing information such as a billing amount calculated according to the executed print output result is returned from the printer 70 side. Is done. The charge system may be switched according to the quality of the output service such as color print or printout on high quality paper. The output management server 50 may centrally manage the accounting information for all information outputs, or may perform only accounting processing and transmit the accounting information to the document management server 60 that is the document provider. .

[0100] These authentication processing and billing processing include, for example,
This is performed via the computer network 1 including the wireless telephone network 40 and the Internet 10.

(3) Printer Proxy A user in a mobile environment, that is, a portable terminal 100, can directly send an output request to a designated printer 70. An output request can also be issued. In the latter case, the output management server 50 functions as a proxy and redirects the print request to the designated printer 70. For redirection, for example, UR
L, token, Put method, etc. can be used.

(4) Status Monitoring The output management server 50 is connected to each printer 70A, 70B,.
Check the status of queues (queues of print jobs). The state monitoring is performed, for example, via the computer network 1 including the wireless telephone network 40 and the Internet 10. If the status monitoring reveals that the printer is already full and cannot accept new output requests, the output management server 50
May exclude the printer from the printer list.

[Printer] The printer is a device for executing document output. For example, a local printer 51 locally connected to the output management server 50 and a remote printer 70 scattered on the computer network 1
A, 70B... Each printer may be a “multifunction machine” equipped with multiple functions such as a copying function and a facsimile function, in addition to a printer that outputs a print image processed by a computer. The printers 70A, 70B...
It is installed in public places where relatively large numbers of people are likely to end, such as stores, university co-ops, gas stations, and highway service areas, and is shared by an unspecified number of users. Each printer 70 on the computer network 1
Is specified by, for example, a URL. Note that the printer functions as the output device of the present invention.

Each printer according to the present embodiment has the following functions.

(1) Management of Print Queue The printer manages the print queue requested by the portable terminal 100.
Jobs (including those redirected from the output management server 50) are temporarily stored, and scheduling is performed.
The stored jobs are processed after receiving the output instruction (or in a first-in first-out (FIFO) manner).

(2) Billing process The information output service provided by each of the printers 70A, 70B,... Is basically provided for a fee, and can be performed such as billing according to the output amount. Mobile terminal 10
The document requested to be output on 0 may be a document containing a proprietary document or personal information. In order to prevent the document from being misused or diverted by an unauthorized user, each printer 70
An output document cannot be received unless authentication is successful by the document management server 60 or the output management server 50.

[0107] The printer 70 may charge or charge the user for a proper price / charge for the information output service in the mobile environment. In this case, charging information such as a charge system is received from the output management server 50, and charging information such as a charging amount calculated in accordance with the executed print output result is returned to the output management server 50. Color printing and printing on high quality paper
The charge system may be switched according to the quality of the output service such as out.

The authentication processing and the billing processing are performed via the computer network 1 such as the wireless telephone network 40 and the Internet 10.

(3) Dynamic Customization The output document itself is created on the document management server 60. The document is obtained by customizing a template based on parameters input on the mobile terminal 100. However, the printer 70 can also provide a simple customizing function such as designation of image size (enlargement / reduction ratio), toner color, number of output sheets, and output paper. The customization setting in this case can be performed, for example, via a console panel (not shown) on the printer 70.

(4) Command Input The printer 70 is connected to the wireless telephone network 40 or the Internet 10
Although the command can be received via the computer network 1 composed of a printer or the like, a function of directly inputting the command locally at the printer, that is, at the installation location may be provided. The printer can implement a command input function in the form of, for example, a console panel, a paper UI (User Interface), a barcode reader, etc. (none of them are shown).

(5) Display of Advertisement Document List Each printer 70 receives a print job from the document management server 60 or the output management server 50 via the computer network 1 and stores it in a queue (described above).
As a result, a plurality of jobs, that is, advertisement documents are simultaneously stored in the printer 70 in an outputable format.

The printer 70 according to the present embodiment can display a list of outputable advertisement documents on a display screen such as a console panel. Also, instead of displaying a list of all stored advertisement documents, only advertisement documents related to a specific authenticated user are extracted (job / document).
Filtering), and a list may be displayed. The user may select a document to be actually output on such a document list display screen.

[Mobile Print Service] FIG. 3 shows a scenario for performing information output processing, that is, “mobile print service” from a mobile environment via the computer network 1. In the present embodiment, the scenario can be divided into a plurality of phases: inquiry of advertisement information, instruction of advertisement document, request for input of parameter, transmission of parameter, print request, and print output request. Hereinafter, the scenario will be described with reference to FIG.

First, as shown in FIG. 3, the service utilization corporation 80 is composed of an advertiser, an advertising agency, and an advertisement presenter. Any of these advertisers, advertising agencies, and ad presenters may not have built a network environment. The service flow in the service utilization corporation 80 is as follows. An advertiser requests an advertisement presenter to present an advertisement medium via an advertisement agency. This advertisement medium is an advertisement providing document based on the advertisement providing information. By accepting this request by the advertisement presenter, the advertisement medium of the advertiser is presented in a space owned or permitted by the advertisement presenter. For example, it is presented in a hanging advertisement or a signboard advertisement in a vehicle. In some cases, the advertiser directly requests the advertisement presenter to present the advertisement medium, or the advertisement agency directly requests the advertisement presenter to present the advertisement medium.

When the user views the presented advertisement medium and is interested in the advertisement providing information presented by the advertisement medium, the user desires to obtain the detailed information and related information. However, in an environment where it is difficult to obtain information on the spot where the user is interested in the advertisement providing information, the user must move to a place where the environment is prepared and obtain the information. However, as time elapses along with the movement, data specifying the advertisement providing information of interest becomes ambiguous. Therefore, according to the following scenario, the advertisement providing information that the user is interested in can be provided quickly and according to the request.

(1) Inquiry of Advertising Information The user transmits authentication data to the document management server 60 using the numeric keypad or other input device on the portable terminal 100.

As the authentication method, any of the following six authentication methods can be used. (1) A method based on a wireless terminal device number transmitted when a portable terminal connects to a wireless communication network. (2) A method based on data obtained by performing an operation such as a one-way function on a wireless terminal device number. (3)
A method based on data obtained by searching a database based on a wireless terminal device number. (4) A method based on a pair of a user name and a password. (5) A method based on a pair of a result obtained by performing an operation using a password on the challenge data transmitted by the server and a user name. (6) A method based on a pair of a result obtained by performing an operation including encryption using a secret key on challenge data transmitted by a server and a user name.

On the other hand, the document management server 60 verifies the authentication data and extracts the user attributes from the user database. In a case where the same service is uniformly provided to all users, this authentication step may be omitted. Further, the document management server 60 searches the content management device based on the extracted attributes and generates a list of advertisement documents. The document management server 60 further converts the expression format, character code, number of characters, number of lines, number of colors, image format, and the like of the advertisement document list data based on the data representing the type of the mobile terminal 100, and Generate advertisement document list data. Mobile terminal 100 or wireless communication network 40
In the transmission frame to the server 60, data describing the type of the terminal can be added. Next, the document management server 60 converts the generated advertisement document list data into
The mobile terminal 10 is connected via the computer network 1 including the Internet 10 and the wireless telephone network 40.
Send to 0.

(2) Advertisement Document Instruction The portable terminal 100 analyzes the advertisement document list data received via the computer network 1 and
User output is made to an output device such as a display panel above. As a result, the advertisement document list shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the portable terminal 100. At this time, the user selects a desired advertisement document from the list display via the numeric keypad or another user input device according to the advertisement document list output on the display panel (FIG. 6). Then, the mobile terminal 100 stores the identifier (ID) of the advertisement document selected by the user in the wireless telephone network 40.
And transmits the document to the document management server 60 via the computer network 1 including the Internet 10 and the like. The advertisement document identifier may be, for example, a URL indicating the location of the resource on the computer network 1.

Here, the list of advertisement documents displayed on portable terminal 100 includes at least positional information related to the position where the user was present, and prompts the user to select from the advertisement presentation information presented around the position. This makes it possible to easily select the advertisement medium viewed. Also, by setting the viewing time, the selection range can be further limited. Also, in the present embodiment, a schematic diagram of the surroundings on which the advertisement medium is presented (in this embodiment, a train car) is displayed, and the presentation position is marked on the shape. Help identify. Therefore, even in an environment in which the user is interested in the advertisement medium watched but it is difficult to obtain the advertisement information of the advertisement medium, the user can reach the corresponding advertisement medium thereafter. It is easy to give an instruction to obtain at least one advertisement information of the advertisement detailed information and the advertisement related information.

Some portable terminals 100 can automatically specify the current location of the user carrying the portable terminal. For example, position data (base station ID, etc.) given by a carrier of the wireless telephone network 40 during a transmission frame.
Can be substituted. In this case, it is possible to detect that the user has moved and change the display of the advertisement document list according to the location of the user.

For example, the example in which the user inputs position data on the display panel has been described (FIG. 5). However, if the user's current location can be automatically specified, the input itself is unnecessary. By presenting a list of advertisement documents around the current location of the specified user, the user can indicate a recently viewed advertisement.

When the current location of the user can be automatically specified, the surrounding advertisement medium changes as the user moves. Therefore, by presenting a list of advertisement documents around the current location of the identified user, the user can instruct the advertisement being viewed while moving, in real time.

At a transfer station or the like, a plurality of routes exist. Therefore, by specifying the route, the advertisement medium presented in the vehicle on the route can also be displayed. Further, even on the same route, the types of vehicles may be different, such as types of express or ordinary operation, new types of vehicles, and old types of vehicles. Also in this case, by setting, the sharing range of the advertisement document list can be limited.

The document management server 60 transmits a search request to the content management device based on the advertisement document identifier transmitted from the portable terminal 100. The content management device
In response to the search request, a search is made for the content belonging to the corresponding advertisement information, and the content is returned to the document management server 60. Also,
The content management device transmits the extracted content to the content processing device. The content processing device processes the content belonging to the received advertisement information into a predetermined output form, and transmits it to the document management server 60 as an advertisement document.

The document management server 60 may transmit a parameter / data input prompting request to the portable terminal 100. In this case, an interactive screen for prompting data input shown in FIG. 7 is presented on the display panel of the portable terminal 100 that has received the parameter data input prompting request. The user inputs parameter data necessary for customizing the output format on the interactive screen. The input parameter data is transmitted to the document management server 60. The document management server 60 further transmits the parameter data to the content processing device. The content processing device generates an advertisement document based on the content and the received parameter data. The generated advertisement document is a customized document whose output format is dynamically customized according to the parameter data.

[0127] The document management server 60 is connected to the portable terminal 1.
While the connection is established with 00, location information (for example, base station ID (CS-ID) in PHS) of the mobile terminal 100 managed on the wireless telephone network 40 can be received. This position information is transmitted to the output management server 50, and a search for an appropriate printer is requested. An appropriate printer is, for example, a printer that is located at a short distance from the current location of the user, that is, the portable terminal 100, and from which the user can obtain an output result. On the other hand, the output management server 50 searches for a printer using the position information as a search key, and transmits the search result to the document management server 60.

(3) Print Request The document management server 60 transmits the printer search result received from the output management server 50 to the portable terminal 100 via the computer network 1 including the Internet 10 and the wireless telephone network 40. I do. Mobile terminal 100
Then, the search result of the printer is output on the display panel.
The printer search result is a list of printers (or printer installation locations) shown in FIG.

The user specifies a desired printer from a list of printers on the display panel. Mobile terminal 100
Transmits the printer identifier (ID) to the document management server 60. The printer identifier is, for example,
The URL may indicate the location of a resource on the network 1.

The document management server 60 acquires printer attributes based on the printer identifier. Further, it requests the formatting device to format the generated document (advertisement document) based on the attributes of the printer.

The formatting device formats the advertisement document (output format adjustment) based on the attributes of the printer, and returns this to the document management server 60. However, the format processing may be performed in the output management server 50 instead of the document management server 60. In this case, the formatting device can be omitted.

The document management server 60 transfers the formatted advertisement document to a computer such as the Internet 10.
The data is transmitted to the designated printer via the network 1. The transmission of the advertisement document to the printer is performed by the output management server 5.
Zero redirection may be included.

(4) Print Output Request When the printer 70 completes receiving the formatted advertisement document, it outputs a message indicating the completion of reception to the output management server 5.
Send to 0. Further, the output management server 50 transmits to the document management server 60 that the print request has been received by the printer.

The document management server 60 generates an advertisement document ID, and sends a message indicating that a print request including the advertisement document ID has been received by the printer to the requesting portable terminal 100.
Send to The advertisement document ID may be a URL indicating the location of the resource on the computer network 1.

On the other hand, on the portable terminal 100, a print output request including the advertisement document ID is sent to the document management server 60.
Send to The print output request is input, for example, via an interactive screen as shown in FIG.

The document management server 60 includes the output management server 5
0, an output request message including the advertisement document ID is transmitted. Then, the output management server 50 sets the advertisement document I
The printer ID is searched from D, and an output request message including the advertisement document ID is transmitted to the corresponding printer.

The printer takes out the formatted advertisement document corresponding to the advertisement document ID from the queue, that is, the output queue, and puts the formatted advertisement document into the output queue. Then, the printer prints out the advertisement document.

As described above, in the advertisement document list displayed on the portable terminal 100, the user is prompted to select from the advertisement presentation information presented around the position including the position information relating to the position where the user was present. You can easily select the advertising media you watched. Then, even if the environment when the user is interested in the advertising medium makes it difficult to obtain information, since the user can reach the corresponding advertising medium thereafter, the advertisement providing information, the advertisement detailed information, At least one advertisement information of the advertisement related information can be obtained.

As described above, the mobile printing service according to the present embodiment includes a user (portable terminal) that requests printing in a mobile environment, a document management server 60 that manages an advertisement document to be printed, This is realized by collaboration between an output management server 50 that manages print output of a document and printers 51/70 that execute print output.

[Transaction] Next, a transaction performed between these four parties in each of the above operation phases will be described. FIG. 10 illustrates a transaction between terminals when an advertisement document is selected. Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to FIG.

When the user wants to acquire an advertisement document in a mobile environment, the user accesses the document management server 60 using the portable terminal 100 and performs an authentication procedure (Tr1).
The authentication procedure is not particularly limited, such as password input and electronic signature. At the time of this authentication procedure, the user also desires to display a list of advertisement documents, and also inputs parameters specifying the position and time at which the advertisement was presented. FIG. 4 shows a parameter input screen displayed when the position and time at which the advertisement is presented are specified. Here, the route name of the train on which the advertisement is presented, and the position and time of the train are input. When the authentication is successful, the document management server 60 returns a list of the advertisement document identifiers (Tr
2).

When the portable terminal 100 receives the identifiers of a plurality of advertisement documents, a list of the advertisement documents is displayed on the display screen as shown in FIG. Then, when the user selects a desired advertisement document on the screen, the screen is switched to a screen for inputting parameters relating to the selected advertisement document. FIG. 7 illustrates a state in which a list of selectable output formats of the advertisement document is displayed on the display panel. The user can select a desired advertisement document on the advertisement document list display screen. The selected content (the selected advertisement document output format parameter) is transmitted to the document management server 60. When the user specifies an advertisement document on the display and inputs parameters, the identifier of the selected advertisement document is transmitted to the document management server 60 together with the input parameters and the like (Tr
3).

The document management server 60 processes and generates the advertisement document indicated by the advertisement document identifier based on the parameters input by the user. The processing and generation of the advertisement document may be performed by the server 60 itself, or may be realized by calling a remote procedure to an external server. The document management server 60
May return an ID (for example, URL) indicating the location of the output management server 50 that manages the output processing of the generated advertisement document to the mobile terminal 100 (Tr4). However, when the output processing of the advertisement document is performed via the document management server 60, it is not necessary to return the output management ID.

FIG. 11 illustrates a transaction between the terminals when the generation of the advertisement document based on the parameters is completed and an output device for printing out the advertisement document is selected. Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to FIG.

Output management server 50 from portable terminal 100 side
Issue a search request for an appropriate output device under the current mobile environment (Tr11). The search request may include an authentication procedure for confirming whether the mobile terminal 100 is valid. Also, the mobile terminal 10 is included in the search request.
0 position information may be included. The position information may be, for example, a base station identifier attached to a transmission frame by a base station of the wireless telephone network 40, or a current position input by a user on a screen as shown in FIG.

On the other hand, the output management server 50 searches for a printer that can be currently used in the portable terminal 100 by using the directory service function.
The search result is returned to the portable terminal 100 as an output device list (Tr12).

On the portable terminal 100 that has received the output device list, as shown in FIG. 8, a list of available printer names (or installation locations of each printer) is displayed.

The portable terminal 100, ie, the user,
An output device may be selected via the document management server 60.

FIG. 12 shows a transaction between the terminals when a user requests a document output on the portable terminal 100. The user issues a print job request to the document management server 60 on the mobile terminal 100 (Tr31). The job request includes an identifier of an advertisement document to be printed and output, and an output device identifier of a printer designated as an output destination.

On the other hand, the document management server 60 outputs the output data, that is, the advertisement document designated by the advertisement document identifier together with the output device identifier.
(Tr32). At this time, the document management server 6
Authentication processing may be performed between the output management server 50 and the output management server 50.

In the example of FIG. 12, the user indirectly issues a job request to the document management server 60 instead of the output management server 50. Therefore, the output management server 50
Is the job identifier (ID) when the output data is received.
The reception notification including 1) may be returned to the mobile terminal 100 (Tr33). The portable terminal 100 can make an inquiry based on the job identifier when the job execution is delayed or when a failure occurs.
However, the transaction of the acceptance notification can be omitted.

Next, the output management server 50 transmits the output image of the advertisement document to be printed out to the printer 70 specified by the output device identifier (Tr3).
4). At this time, the output management server 50 may attach its own job identifier (job ID 2). Further, authentication processing may be performed between the document management server 60 and the output management server 50. The process of converting the advertisement document data into the output image may not be performed on the output management server 50, but may be performed on the printer 70 side, or may be performed on the document management server 60.

The printer 70 that has received the output image (or the output data) waits in a state where the print output can be executed. The print output job has a job identifier (job I
D3). However, job ID1, ID
2, and ID3 may be completely different job identifiers, or some or all of them may be the same job identifier. When the same job identifier is used, the job identifier does not have to be transmitted redundantly.

The user issues a job request not to the printer 70 but to the document management server 60 indirectly. Therefore, upon receiving the output image (or the output data), the printer 70 may return a reception notification including the job identifier (job ID2, job ID3) to the mobile terminal 100 (Tr35). After executing the print output, the job identifier (job ID 2,
A process notification including the job ID 3) may be returned to the mobile terminal 100 (Tr36). In addition, these notifications may be sent directly from the printer 70 to the portable terminal 100,
The processing may be performed via at least one of the document management server 60 and the output management server 50. However, the transactions of the acceptance notification and the process notification can be omitted.

Note that a print job may be issued from the user, that is, the portable terminal 100 to the output management server 50. In addition, the user, that is, the mobile terminal 1
The print job may be issued in a state where 00 is not yet specified as the output destination printer.

FIG. 13 illustrates transactions between terminals when executing a print job requested in advance. In the example shown in FIG.
The user, that is, the portable terminal 100, directly issues a print instruction to the printer 70 designated in advance.

First, the user directly instructs the printer 70 to execute printing on the print instruction screen (see FIG. 9) of the portable terminal 100 owned by the user (Tr6).
1). The output instruction includes the position information and the job ID of the mobile terminal 100. When performing the output instruction, an authentication procedure may be performed between the portable terminal 100 and the printer 70.

The output instruction is transferred via the computer network 1 such as the wireless telephone network 40 or the Internet 10. Alternatively, if the user has already
If you are in the immediate vicinity of the installation location (in a store such as a convenience store or gas station),
It is also possible to transfer an instruction by a short-range wireless data communication method such as A or Bluetooth.

In response to the output instruction, the printer 70 requests the output management server 50 to supply the corresponding output data (Tr62). When requesting output data, an authentication procedure may be performed with the output management server 50. Further, a job ID may be included in order to specify output data. If the output data is not available at the server 50, the output data may be obtained from the document management server 60 or the like by using a remote procedure call or the like.

The output management server 50 fetches the corresponding output data in response to the request for the output data, and transmits it to the printer 70 (Tr63). When transmitting the output data, the output management server 50 may perform an authentication procedure with the printer 70.

The printer 70 having received the output data (or the output image) executes the print output.

However, the output management server 50 sends the printer 7
If output data has been sent to 0 in advance,
In FIG. 13, the transaction of output data request and output data transmission is unnecessary. In the case where the redirect function of the output management server 50 is used, all the transactions shown in FIG. 13 can be omitted.

Note that the user, that is, the portable terminal 100 may indirectly issue a print instruction to the output management server 50 instead of the printer 70. Also,
The user, i.e., the mobile terminal 100,
May be indirectly given a print instruction. << Note >> *: DDSA (Digital Document Security Architecture) can be cited as an example of digital content distribution technology using tokens.
DDSA basically uses RSA or DSA for content.
It distributes the data by encrypting it with public key encryption such as that described above, and decrypts the data only when the user is authenticated as the purchaser of the usage right.
However, in order to eliminate the risk that the user illegally circulates the private key (usage right), an “access ticket” issued to the purchaser of the use right and an identification card “token” distributed in advance to the user Based on this, a secret key is generated each time. Each access ticket corresponds to a specific token only, and the token is provided in a form that cannot be duplicated on a specific device such as a mobile phone or IC card. I can't get my private key.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, an information output request issued from a party whose location is logically and physically indefinite, such as a portable information terminal, can be suitably processed.

In particular, at least the presentation position of an advertisement medium represented by a hanging advertisement in a train car expected to be viewed by many users is indicated. Advertising information can be easily obtained.

Further, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to output an advertisement document created and edited in accordance with a request from a mobile environment such as a portable information terminal, not only the advertisement itself but also detailed information. it can.

According to the present embodiment, when an information output service is requested via a network on a portable information terminal, the function of obtaining information and the function of outputting to a printing apparatus are separated. Can be provided.

Further, in this embodiment, since an output can be obtained from the advertisement medium viewed by the user in a state designated by the user, an unintended advertisement document such as a mail document or a direct mail due to a time-dependent material request. Unlike this, any one of advertisement providing information, advertisement detailed information, and advertisement-related information related to an advertisement desired by the user can be obtained in real time.

Further, according to the present embodiment, in response to an information output request from a mobile environment such as a portable information terminal, an advertisement document can be output from an output device nearest to the request source. For example, if an output device is installed at a sales office in a station yard, information requested by a user can be easily provided as an output.

In addition, in response to an information output request from a mobile environment such as a portable information terminal, when information is output by an output device installed in a public place such as a sales station in a station, a convenience store or a gas station. In addition, the payment can be surely collected from the user and distributed to the information provider.

[0171] In the above description, the moving body is a train, which is a train. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to a moving body such as a taxi. In addition, it is not intended to present advertisements in a moving space. For example, the present invention can be applied to a signboard advertisement posted on a street.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above.
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment,
It is obvious that those skilled in the art can modify or substitute the embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention.

[0173]

As described above, according to the present invention, list information including a plurality of pieces of presentation information including at least position information of a presentation medium on which information is presented is output to an information terminal, and the designated presentation information is output. Is received via a communication line to generate related information, and the generated related information is output to a recording medium. Therefore, there is an effect that information intended by a user can be obtained as a recording medium.

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FIG. 1 shows a computer according to an embodiment of the present invention.
It is the image figure which showed the structure of the network typically.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a mobile print system (MPS) for providing information output in a mobile environment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a scenario for performing information output processing from a mobile environment via a computer network.

FIG. 4 is an image diagram illustrating a state in which basic parameters for an advertisement document to be selected are input on a display panel.

FIG. 5 is an image diagram depicting a situation where position data is being input on a display panel.

FIG. 6 is an image diagram illustrating a state where a list of selectable advertisement documents is displayed on a display panel.

FIG. 7 is an image diagram illustrating a state in which an output form when a selected advertisement document is output is input on a display panel.

FIG. 8 is an image diagram depicting a state in which a list of selectable printers or printer installation locations is displayed on a display panel.

FIG. 9 is an image diagram illustrating a state in which a print command or a print cancel command is input on the display panel.

FIG. 10 is a chart showing transactions between terminals when a document is selected.

FIG. 11 is a chart showing transactions between terminals when selecting an output device for printing out a document.

FIG. 12 is a chart showing transactions between terminals when a user requests a document to be output on the portable terminal 100;

FIG. 13 is a chart showing transactions between terminals when executing a print job requested by the user in advance.

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[Claims] 1. An information presenting method for presenting information specified by an information terminal connected to a communication line, wherein list information including a plurality of pieces of presentation information including at least position information of a presentation medium on which the information is presented. Transmitting the information to the information terminal via a communication line; identifying the presentation information included in the list information corresponding to the designated information specified by the information terminal and received via the communication line; An information presentation method, comprising: generating related information; and transmitting the related information to output the generated related information to a recording medium. 2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving device information for specifying an output device to be output to the recording medium via the communication line, and outputting the related information to an output device corresponding to the device information. The information presentation method according to claim 1, wherein 3. The apparatus information included in the instruction information received through the communication line, further transmitting instruction information for instructing an output device to output to the recording medium to the information terminal via a communication line. The information presentation method according to claim 2, wherein the information presentation method receives the information. 4. The information presentation method according to claim 1, wherein the related information received via the communication line is output to a recording medium. 5. The information presentation method according to claim 1, wherein the presentation information includes time information at which the information was presented by the presentation medium. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the presentation medium is a presentation by display on a moving object, and the position information indicates a type of the moving object. Information presentation method described. 7. The information presentation method according to claim 6, wherein the position information includes a presentation position of the moving object. 8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the list information is generated based on a position of the information terminal, and the generated list information is transmitted to the information terminal via a communication line. The information presentation method according to claim 1. 9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the list information includes shape information indicating a shape around the presentation medium on which the information is presented, and correspondence information indicating a shape corresponding to the presentation medium. Information presentation method. 10. Receiving a position of the information terminal from the information terminal, generating the list information based on the received information terminal position, and transmitting the generated list information to the information terminal via a communication line. The information presentation method according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein: 11. An information presenting apparatus for presenting information specified by an information terminal connected to a communication line, wherein list information comprising a plurality of pieces of presentation information including at least position information of a presentation medium on which the information is presented. Transmitting means for transmitting to the information terminal via a communication line; setting means for specifying presentation information included in the list information corresponding to the specified information specified by the information terminal and received via the communication line; Information generating means for generating related information related to the presented information, and related information transmitting means for transmitting the related information to output the generated related information to a recording medium. apparatus. 12. The apparatus according to claim 11, further comprising a receiving unit for receiving device information for specifying an output device for outputting to said recording medium via said communication line, wherein said related information transmitting unit receives the device information received by said receiving unit. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the related information is output to a corresponding output device.
2. The information presentation device according to 1. 13. An instruction information transmitting means for transmitting instruction information for instructing an output device for outputting to said recording medium to said information terminal via a communication line, wherein said receiving means includes said instruction information transmitting means. 13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the apparatus information included in the instruction information transmitted in step (b) is received.
An information presentation device according to claim 1. 14. The information presenting device according to claim 11, further comprising an output unit that outputs the related information received via the communication line to a recording medium. apparatus. 15. The information presentation apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the presentation information includes time information at which the information is presented by the presentation medium. 16. The method according to claim 11, wherein the presentation medium is a presentation by display on a moving body, and the position information represents a type of the moving body. Information presentation device as described. 17. The information presentation apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the position information includes a presentation position of the moving object. 18. The information terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a list information generating unit configured to generate the list information based on a position of the information terminal, wherein the transmitting unit transmits the list information generated by the list information generating unit via a communication line to the information terminal. The information presentation device according to any one of claims 11 to 17, wherein the information is transmitted to a device. 19. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the list information includes shape information representing a peripheral shape of a presentation medium on which the information is presented, and correspondence information representing a shape corresponding to the presentation medium. Information presentation device. 20. Receiving and generating means for receiving the position of the information terminal from the information terminal and generating the list information based on the received information terminal position, wherein the transmitting means is generated by the receiving and generating means. 18. The information presentation apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the list information is transmitted to the information terminal via a communication line. 21. An information presentation method for presenting information in an information terminal that is portable and connectable to a communication line, wherein list information includes a plurality of presentation information including at least position information of a presentation medium on which the information is presented. Via a communication line, displaying the received list information, and outputting at least one presentation included in the list information selected to output related information related to the presentation information included in the list information to a recording medium. An information presentation method characterized by transmitting information via a communication line. 22. The information presentation method according to claim 21, further comprising transmitting device information for specifying an output device to output to the recording medium. 23. The method according to claim 22, further comprising receiving instruction information for instructing an output device to output to the recording medium, selecting the device information included in the received instruction information, and transmitting the selected information. Information presentation method described. 24. The information presentation method according to claim 21, wherein an instruction is given to output the related information to a recording medium. 25. The information presentation method according to claim 21, wherein the presentation information includes time information at which the information is presented by the presentation medium. 26. The method according to claim 21, wherein the presentation medium is presentation by display on a moving object, and the position information indicates a type of the moving object. Information presentation method described. 27. The information presentation method according to claim 26, wherein the position information includes a presentation position of the moving object. 28. The information presentation method according to claim 21, wherein the list information is received based on a position of a presentation medium on which the information is presented. 29. The apparatus according to claim 28, wherein the list information includes shape information representing a peripheral shape of the presentation medium on which the information is presented, and correspondence information representing a shape corresponding to the presentation medium. Information presentation method. 30. The information according to claim 21, further comprising transmitting terminal position information indicating its own position, and receiving list information based on the transmitted terminal position information. Presentation method. 31. An information terminal which is portable and can be connected to a communication line, wherein a terminal side receiving via a communication line list information comprising a plurality of pieces of presentation information including at least position information of a presentation medium on which the information is presented. Means, terminal-side display means for displaying the received list information, and selecting at least one piece of presentation information included in the list information to output related information related to the presentation information included in the list information to a recording medium. Terminal side input means, and terminal side transmission means for transmitting, via a communication line, at least one presentation information included in the list information selected by the terminal side input means. Terminal. 32. The information terminal according to claim 31, wherein said terminal-side transmitting means further transmits device information for specifying an output device to output to said recording medium. 33. The terminal-side receiving means further receives instruction information for instructing an output device to output to the recording medium, and the terminal-side transmitting means further transmits the device information included in the instruction information. 33. The information terminal according to claim 32, wherein: 34. The information terminal according to claim 31, wherein the terminal-side input unit further inputs an instruction to output the related information to a recording medium. 35. The information terminal according to claim 31, wherein the presentation information includes time information at which information was presented by the presentation medium. 36. The method according to claim 31, wherein the presentation medium is presentation by display on a moving object, and the position information represents a type of the moving object. Information terminal described. 37. The information terminal according to claim 36, wherein the position information includes a presentation position of the moving object. 38. The information according to claim 31, wherein the terminal-side receiving means further receives the list information based on a position of a presentation medium on which the information is presented. Terminal. 39. The apparatus according to claim 38, wherein the list information includes shape information representing a peripheral shape of the presentation medium on which the information is presented, and correspondence information representing a shape corresponding to the presentation medium. Information terminal. 40. The terminal-side transmitting unit further transmits terminal position information indicating its own position, and the terminal-side receiving unit receives list information based on the transmitted terminal position information. 31 to any one of claims 37 to 37
Information terminal described in section. 41. An information terminal usable in the information presentation device according to claim 11, wherein: a transmitting / receiving means capable of transmitting and receiving information on the communication line by wireless communication; and a display means for displaying information on a screen. Input means for a user to input at least one of a command and data; display information output means for outputting display information for displaying the received list information on a screen of the display means in a predetermined display format; An information terminal comprising: 42. The display format is determined so that the shape information and the correspondence information are included in the same screen, and the display information output means outputs display information including the shape information and the correspondence information. Claim 41
Information terminal described in.