JP2002112338A - Content transmission method and content transmission server - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide a method of transmitting a large amount of data such as moving image data and audio data from a mobile phone to a mobile phone. SOLUTION: A first mobile phone 1a and a second mobile phone 1 are provided.
b, a service company server 4 and a communication network (Internet) 3. The first mobile phone 1a, the second mobile phone 1b, and the service company server 4 are connected to the Internet 3. When transmitting content from the first mobile phone 1a to the second mobile phone 1b, the content is transmitted from the first mobile phone 1a to the service company server 4, and the service company server 4
The fact that the content has been deposited from the first mobile phone 1a is transmitted to the second mobile phone 1b. At this time, a password, which is authentication data by which the second mobile phone 1b can refer to the content, is also transmitted. The second mobile phone 1b connects to the service company server 4 and receives the content.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and a server for transmitting contents such as moving image data and audio data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Despite a caller making a call,
If the recipient is not near the phone or cannot answer the call for some reason, the so-called answering machine function, which records the message on the recipient's phone, has been adopted by most phones. ing. There is also known a videophone in which an image element such as a CCD is provided in a telephone, a photographed moving image and sound are transmitted, and a moving image photographed by the other party is received and displayed on its own display unit.

[0003]

However, even in such a videophone, when a call cannot be made with the other party, there is a need to store the moving image and voice of the user in the other party's telephone. No such system has been implemented for mobile phones.

On the other hand, as the number of pixels of the image pickup device increases and the resolution increases, the amount of image data increases, so that not only a high data transmission rate is required in a communication telephone line, but also a telephone has a high processing speed capability and large capacity. The storage capacity of the capacity is required.

Therefore, in order to transmit and receive contents consisting of a large amount of image data for a long period of time and during a call, a high-speed processing circuit and a large-capacity storage circuit must be provided, so that the telephone itself is very expensive. There was a drawback that it became a thing. Further, in a mobile phone or the like, a battery or the like having a large capacity is required, and there is a disadvantage that the mobile phone itself becomes large.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a content transmission method capable of transmitting content composed of a large amount of data such as moving image data and audio data to a partner without increasing the size of the telephone.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a content transmission server used in a system for distributing content via a telephone.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a content transmitting method comprising: transmitting content data obtained by a first telephone transmitted via a communication network; Receiving the identification data of the second telephone, storing the content data received in this step in a content storage device, and storing the storage location of the content data in the second telephone based on the received identification data. And transmitting the position identification data to the second telephone set based on the position identification data to refer to the content data stored in the storage device.

Here, the content data refers to image data, moving image data, audio data, and the like. Also, data obtained by combining these may be used. The telephone identification data is data such as a telephone number, and the position identification data is information for specifying the location where the content data is stored. If the communication network is the Internet, the address data of the homepage is used. , That is, URL (Un
iform Resource Locator) is preferred.

[0010] According to this content transmission method, the content data can be transmitted from the first telephone to the second telephone even in a situation where the second telephone cannot communicate. Further, since it is not necessary to mount a large-capacity storage circuit, a high-speed processing circuit, and a large power supply for maintaining these circuits in the first telephone and the second telephone, the telephones do not increase in size.

[0011] The content transmission server according to claim 7 of the present invention is a communication control device connected to the communication network, and the second mobile phone to which the content data and the content data are transmitted from the first telephone. Content receiving means for receiving the identification data, a content storage device for storing the content data, and transmitting the position identification data indicating the storage position of the content data to the second telephone based on the received identification data. One transmission means and a second transmission means for transmitting the content data stored in the storage device to the second telephone connected based on the position identification data are provided.

According to this content transmission server, the content data can be transmitted from the first telephone to the second telephone even when the second telephone cannot communicate.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (Best Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system for transmitting contents according to a best embodiment of the present invention. The system shows an example using a mobile phone, and shows two examples of a first mobile phone 1a and a second mobile phone 1b by way of example, but other mobile phones or home and business use Phone. Thus, the first mobile phone 1a and the second mobile phone 1b are connected to the wireless repeaters 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d,..., The mobile communication local exchanges 12a, 12b,. It is connected to the relay processing device 2 through the relay device. The relay processing device 2 performs transmission / reception processing of various data including voice between mobile phones, and further performs
It also mediates data with the Internet 3. The mobile telephones 1a, 1b, the wireless repeaters 11a,..., The mobile communication subscriber exchanges 12a,. 11
, the mobile communication local exchanges 12a,... and the relay processing device 2 form the digital communication network 5. Although described in detail later, a server device of a service company (hereinafter, referred to as a service company server 4) that mediates content transmission is connected to the Internet 3 so that data can be exchanged via the Internet 3. It has become. Further, the server company server 4 is also connected to the relay processing device 2, so that the mobile phones 1a and 1b can be connected to a telephone line and can exchange data.

By using such a system,
The first mobile phone 1a, the second mobile phone 1b, and the service company server 4 can transmit and receive content data to and from each other via a communication network including a digital communication network 5 and the Internet 3.

FIG. 2 is a block circuit diagram of the first portable telephone 1a. The second mobile phone 1b also has a structure similar to that of FIG. The mobile phone 1a includes an input unit 21, a display unit 22, a wireless transmission / reception unit 24, a CODEC (codec) 25, an audio processing unit 26, a processing control unit 29, a clock circuit unit 30, a photographing (camera) unit 31, a storage unit 32, ROM (ROM: Read Only)
Memory). The antenna 23 is connected to the wireless transmission / reception unit 24. Wireless transceiver 24
The antenna 23 enables communication with the digital communication network 5. A transmitting unit 27 and a receiving unit 28 are connected to the voice processing unit 26.

Although the input unit 21 is not shown in detail,
Numbers from 0 to 9, "*", "#", "F", "
It consists of various push buttons such as △ ”,“ ▽ ”,“ OK ”,“ Cancel ”,“ Call ”,“ End call ”, etc. It is also a keyboard for communicating data, and is also provided with a videophone push button and the like for photographing image data by a photographing unit 31 to be described later and transmitting the photographed data together with sound. When an input operation is performed from the input unit 21 of the mobile phone 1a, corresponding key information is transmitted to the processing control unit 29. The input unit 21 is not limited to a push button, and includes a scroll button and the like. The display section 22 is a dot matrix type color liquid crystal display (LC).
D), a color electroluminescence (EL) panel and the like can be used. It is desirable that the image can be displayed and the color display be used, but a monochrome display may be used. In addition to the image data, the display unit 22 includes general information on a standard mobile phone, for example, an input telephone number,
The selected function item, speed dial, etc., the current state of the mobile phone, a selection menu, a communication result, and the like are also displayed.

The antenna 23 receives and transmits radio waves, and the radio transmitting / receiving unit 24 demodulates the received data received via the antenna 23 and outputs the demodulated data to the processing control unit 29. Is modulated and output to the antenna 23. Although not shown, the wireless transmitting / receiving unit 24 includes, for example, an antenna 2
3, a low noise amplifier, a mixer connected to the low noise amplifier, an intermediate frequency (IF) amplifier connected to the mixer, a demodulator connected to the intermediate frequency amplifier, and the like. The demodulator outputs a baseband signal,
It is sent to the processing control unit 29. A signal from a transmitter (not shown) is input to the mixer together with a signal from a low-noise amplifier. Further, the wireless transmission / reception unit 24 includes a modulator to which a baseband signal is input from the processing control unit 29 via a predetermined input terminal, a mixer connected to the modulator, and a power amplifier connected to the mixer. ing. A signal from a transmitter (not shown) is input to the mixer together with a signal from the modulator. Then, the power amplifier is connected to the antenna (transmission antenna) 23. Alternatively, the radio transmitting / receiving unit 24 includes a low-noise amplifier connected to an antenna (receiving antenna) 23, a filter connected to the low-noise amplifier, a mixer connected to the filter, and an intermediate-frequency (IF) amplifier connected to the mixer. , An A / D converter connected to the intermediate frequency amplifier and an A / D converter, and the output of the A / D converter may be transmitted to the processing control unit 29. Then, a modulator is connected to the mobile phone processing controller (processor) 29, and a driver amplifier connected to the modulator, a phase shifter connected to the driver amplifier, and a transmission amplifier connected to the phase shifter are also available. good. And the transmission amplifier
The antenna (transmission antenna) 23 is connected. The transmitting section 27 is for inputting a user's voice with a microphone. The receiver 28 is a speaker that outputs the voice of the other party of the call. The audio processing unit 26 converts an analog audio signal into a digital signal, and converts a digital signal into an analog signal. Codec 25
Is a DSP (Digital Signal Processor: Digit)
al SignalProcessor) for voice coding / decoding digital voice signals. Clock circuit 30
Generates the date information and the time information, and
The time is displayed on the mobile phone,
It is used to save the history (year, month, day, and time) of outgoing and incoming calls of mobile phones. Further, in the case of the present invention, it is also used to acquire a time (year, month, day, and time) for storing a history of transmitting and receiving content data. Imaging unit 31
Is a camera or the like using a general CCD (Charge Coupled Device). CCD (Charge Coupled Devic)
An input interface that can input image data captured by a digital video camera (not shown) or the like from a terminal (not shown) may be provided instead of the imaging apparatus itself using e).

The storage unit 32 has a RAM (Random Acc.)
ess memory) and a rewritable data storage element such as a flash ROM, and stores image data, audio data, character data, and the like photographed by the photographing unit 31. When the mobile phone 1a is used for content transmission, content information such as identification information of the mobile phone of the content transmission destination to be transmitted to the service company server 4 is also stored. When the mobile phone is used for receiving contents, the identification information and password of the mobile phone of the content transmission source transmitted from the service company server 4 and the content information such as the URL of the Web page for reference are also stored in the mobile phone. The data is stored in the storage unit 32 and can be read out at any time and displayed on the display unit 22 for reference. Note that a part of the storage unit 32 may be configured by a removable card memory, a magnetic disk, or the like. RO
M33 is a storage device in which a processing program of each function performed by the mobile phone 1a is stored.

The processing control section 29 selects a program for processing each function designated by a key operation of the input section 21 from among processing programs for each function stored in the ROM 33, and executes control processing for executing the program. In the figure, a telephone function control means 29 is shown as a representative one.
a, photographing device control means 29b and content transmission / reception control means 29c. The telephone function control means 29a
This is a means for controlling the execution and processing of a program for performing incoming and outgoing calls, outgoing calls, management of histories, and the like, similar to functions of a general mobile phone. The photographing device control unit 29b is a unit that controls execution and processing of a program that stores the image acquired by the photographing unit 31 in the storage unit 32. The content transmission / reception control unit 29c transmits the content stored in the storage unit 32 to the communication network via the wireless transmission / reception unit 24 and the antenna 23, and stores the content received from the communication network in the storage unit 32. Is a means for controlling the execution and processing of.

In the above description, three typical control means provided in the processing control unit 29 are described. However, in addition to the above, control of the program execution of each function provided in the portable telephone 1a is entirely performed. 4 and FIG. 6, which will be described later, are also performed by the processing control unit 29 selecting and executing a program for executing the above-described flowchart from the ROM 33.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the service company server 4. The service company server 4 includes a display unit 41,
Input unit 42, input / output unit 43, communication control unit 44, server processing control unit 45, ROM 46, RAM (Random A
ccess memory) 47, a content storage device 48, a content information storage device 49, and a Web data storage device 50. The display unit 41 includes a liquid crystal display, a CRT display, and the like, and the input unit 42 includes a keyboard, a mouse, and the like. Input / output unit 43
Is an interface with an external device, where the external device is a storage device such as a CD-ROM, an MO, or a ZIP, or an output device such as a scanner or a printer. The communication control unit 44 serves as an interface for connecting to the Internet 3. The means for connecting to the Internet 3 is not limited to radio waves such as microwaves and millimeter waves, and infrared rays or ultrasonic waves may be used. Alternatively, a cable-type wired network connection means may be used. Accordingly, data line terminating devices such as a modem (MODEM), a home line terminating device (DSU), a communication control device (CCU), and a communication control processing device (CCP) correspond to this. Also, a TA (terminal adapter), a dial-up router, a LAN board, and the like correspond to this. The communication control unit 44 also includes an interface for connecting to a telephone line connection device, that is, the relay processing device 2. The ROM 46 functions as a program memory or the like storing a program executed in the server processing control unit 45,
A function 47 stores data and the like used during the program execution processing in the server processing control unit 45, and functions as a data memory and the like used as a work area. The content storage device 48 is a storage device for storing the content data transmitted to the service company server 4. The content information storage device 49 stores the content data transmitted to the service company server 4.
The storage device manages information such as a content source, a content transmission destination, a content reference password, and a content reference URL. The Web data storage device 50 stores Web page (homepage) data and the like so that the user of the content transmission destination can refer to the content.

The server processing control unit 45 includes control means for controlling execution of various programs. For example, as shown in the figure, the content reception control means 45
a, a content transmission control unit 45b, a password issuing unit 45c, a password authentication unit 45d, a Web page presentation unit 45e, and the like. The content reception control unit 45a stores the content data (image data and audio data as described later) transmitted from the first mobile phone 1a in the content storage device 48, and the second mobile phone 1b, which is the transmission destination, stores the content data. Issues a password that is authentication data for referencing content. Further, identification information of the first mobile phone 1a, identification information of the second mobile phone 1b, a password, information such as a URL of a Web page for the second mobile phone 1b to refer to contents, that is, address information of a home page To the content information storage device 49
And transmits this information to the second mobile phone 1b. The transmitting means may be packet communication such as e-mail or a message such as a voice guide. When the second mobile phone 1b requests reference to the content, the content transmission control means 45b acquires the content that can be referred to by the second mobile phone 1b and controls the transmission. The password issuing means 45c is connected to the second mobile phone 1b.
This is a means for issuing a password as user authentication when referring to the content from. When issuing a password, first, a character string is issued at random, and the password is collated with each of the passwords stored in the content information storage device 49 to check whether they match. If they match, a character string is issued again at random and again checked against the password stored in the content information storage device 49 one by one. If the character string does not match the password stored in the content information storage device 49, the character string is used as a password when the second mobile phone 1b refers to the content, and this is the only password. You can do it. The password issuing means is not limited to this method, and any means may be used as long as it is the only means for issuing a password. The password authentication unit 45d is a unit that approves whether the password for the second mobile phone 1b to access the content is valid. Specifically, referring to the content information storage device 49, a check is performed to determine whether or not the password matches the password by which the second mobile phone 1b can refer to the content. The web page presenting means 45e is a means for presenting a web page accessed when the second mobile phone 1b refers to the content.

When transmitting a content using a content transmission method using a mobile phone, the following processing is performed. Here, a case where content data is transmitted from first mobile phone 1a to second mobile phone 1b will be described.

(A) Content data is transmitted from the first mobile phone 1a to the service company server 4. This transmission is performed directly via a telephone line, or via a Web established on the Internet 3 by the service company server 4.
Access and submit the page.

(B) The service company server 4 transmits the fact that the content data has been deposited from the first mobile phone 1a to the second mobile phone 1b via a telephone line, that is, by telephone or e-mail. At this time, the second mobile phone 1b also transmits a password, which is authentication data with which the second mobile phone 1b can refer to the content data.

(C) Connect to the service company server 4 from the second mobile phone 1b and receive the content using the password.

FIG. 4 shows the first portable telephone 1a transmitting content data to the service company server 4.
9 is a flowchart of a process executed by the mobile phone 1a.

(A) The first mobile phone 1a executes step S
At 101, a telephone call is made to the service company server 4 to make a telephone line connection.

(B) Next, steps S102 and S103
, The mobile phone 1a is operated as a video phone, and the message to the owner of the mobile phone 1b is
Image data photographed by the photographing section 31 (moving image data or still image data for a predetermined time, for example, every 1 second)
And transmitting the content data including the audio data input to the transmission unit 27 to the service company server 4. Further, this is a process of inputting identification information of a transmission destination (in this case, the second mobile phone 1 b) to which content data is transmitted from the input unit 21 and transmitting the identification information to the service company server 4.
Here, the identification information is telephone number data of the second mobile phone 1b, or an e-mail address of an e-mail receivable by the second mobile phone 1b.

In FIG. 4, the input (step S102)
And transmission (step S103) are shown separately, but the images and sounds are those in which the image and sound data input to the photographing unit 31 and the transmission unit 27 are sequentially transmitted in real time via a telephone line. It is.

(C) After the transmission of the content is completed, the first mobile phone 1a disconnects the telephone line connection with the service company server 4 in step S104.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of processing performed by the service company server 4 when the first mobile phone 1a transmits contents to the service company server 4 according to the flow of FIG.

(A) First, in step S111,
In response to step S101 in FIG. 4, the service company server 4 receives a telephone line connection from the first mobile phone 1a.

(B) Next step S112, step S
At 113, corresponding to steps S102 and S103, the image data, the audio data, and the identification information of the transmission destination of the content (in this case, the second mobile phone 1b) are received (step S112), and the image data and the audio data are received. Are sequentially stored in the content storage device 48, and the identification information of the transmission destination of the content is recorded in the content information storage device 49 (step S113). It should be noted that the image data and the audio data are sequentially transmitted over time, and are sequentially stored in the content storage device 48 each time.

(C) In the next step S114,
First mobile phone 1 corresponding to step S104 in FIG.
Disconnect the telephone line connection with a.

(D) In the next step S115,
Using a random number generator (not shown) or the like, a character string of, for example, eight digits is randomly created as a password candidate, and the process proceeds to step S116. In step S116, it is determined whether or not the created character string of the password candidate matches other password data already stored and stored in the content information storage device 49, that is, the character string of the created password candidate is It is checked whether or not the password has already been used. If the same password has already been issued and stored, the process returns to step S115 to create a random character string again. This process is repeated until a character string that has been issued and does not match any of the stored passwords is issued. Finally, a character string that does not match any password is stored in the second mobile phone 1
Let b be password data that can be referenced.

(E) In the next step S117,
The password data is recorded in the content information storage device 49. At this time, information such as the identification information of the first mobile phone 1a and the second mobile phone 1b and the identification information of the content are also stored together. Incidentally, the identification information (telephone number data) of the first mobile phone 1a is automatically sent as the transmission source data when the first mobile phone 1a changes the telephone, and this data is The information is temporarily stored in the RAM 47 and stored in step S117.

(F) In the next step S118,
Create a Web page referenced by the second mobile phone 1b,
The URL of the created reference page is stored in the content information storage device 49. The created reference Web page is provided with a function page for inputting password data from the terminal device that browsed this page and transmitting the password data to the service company server 4. The display data and the function control data are provided. Are stored in the Web data storage device 50.

(G) In the last step S119,
The service company server 4 includes a content information storage device 4
9 (the first mobile phone 1)
a) Identification information (phone number data), U of reference page
RL, read out the password data, the second mobile phone 1
b. This transmission is performed by telephone or e-mail based on the identification information (telephone number or e-mail number) of the second mobile phone 1b.

The second mobile phone 1b executes the processing in step S1
According to FIG. 19, when there is a transmission from the service company server 4, it is understood that the image data and the audio content data are transmitted from the first mobile phone 1a to the service company server 4. Thereby, the second mobile phone 1b connects to the service company server 4 and refers to the content.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the operation of the second mobile phone 1b in this case.

(A) First, in step S201,
In order to connect to the reference Web page of the service company server 4 via the Internet 3, the second mobile phone 1b starts up a Web browsing program and inputs address data of the reference Web page, that is, a URL.

(B) Next, in step S202,
A key input operation for executing connection to the reference Web page is performed to connect to the Web page.

(C) An area for inputting password data is provided on the Web page.
In, the password data as the authentication data is input and transmitted to the service company server 4.

(D) If the input password data is authenticated as authentic data, the content data can be referred to (being sent). In step S204, the content is referred to (the image data is displayed). The voice data is output from the receiver unit 28 on the display unit 22).

(E) When the reference of the content is completed, the connection with the service company server 4 is disconnected in step S205.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the operation on the service company server 4 side when the second mobile phone 1b connects to the service company server 4 and refers to the content.

(A) First, in steps S211, S212, corresponding to steps S201, S202 in FIG. 6, the connection from the second mobile phone 1b is accepted, and the second mobile phone 1b designates (sent) the connection. The Web page (of the URL) is read from the Web data storage device 50 and transmitted.

(B) In the next step S213, the password data, which is the authentication data transmitted by the second mobile phone 1b in step S203 of FIG. 6, is received.

(C) In the next step S214, it is checked whether the password data is correct with reference to the content information storage device 49. That is, it is determined whether the transmitted password data matches the password data stored in the content information storage device 49 in step S117 of FIG. 5, and if they match, it is determined that the password data is correct. If not correct, in step S216,
The connection with the second mobile phone 1b is disconnected.

(D) If the transmitted password data is correct, in the next step S215, the content data recorded in the content storage device 48 in the second mobile phone 1b, ie, from the first mobile phone 1a. The transmitted image data and audio data are read and transmitted. This allows the second mobile phone 1b to refer to the content data in step S204 of FIG. Thereafter, in step S216, the connection with the second mobile phone 1b is disconnected.

As described above, according to the content transmitting method and the content transmitting server of the present invention, the service company server 4 mediates the content from the first mobile phone 1a to the second mobile phone 1b. Transmission can be performed indirectly. Therefore, the first mobile phone 1
The second mobile phone 1a and the second mobile phone 1b can reliably transmit and receive content data including image data, audio data, and the like without having a large-capacity storage medium, a power supply, a high-speed processing circuit, and the like.

Further, since the password data is used for transmitting the contents, the confidentiality of the individual can be maintained without the possibility that the contents of the contents are leaked to anyone other than the parties.

(Other Embodiments) As described above, the present invention has been described with reference to the best embodiment, but it should be understood that the description and drawings forming part of this disclosure limit the present invention. Should not be. From this disclosure, various alternative embodiments, examples, and operation techniques will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

For example, steps S101 to S1 in FIG.
In 03, the first mobile phone 1a is made to function as a videophone, and the image being captured and the input voice are transmitted in real time to the service company server 4 via the telephone line. The voice may be stored in the content storage unit 32, and then transmitted via a line connection with the service company server 4.

The telephone number of the first mobile phone 1a is changed to the second
Is transmitted to the second mobile phone 1b, but if the name data of the owner of the first mobile phone 1a is transmitted to the second mobile phone 1b, the sender name can be immediately identified, The urgency can be grasped on the second mobile phone 1b side.

Further, the description has been made using image data and audio data as the content data. However, image data (still image or moving image data), audio data, music data,
Any data such as text data may be used.
Also, data obtained by combining these may be used.

As for the password issued by the service company server 4, a character string is randomly issued, and after confirming that the character string is not an existing one, the character string is transmitted to the second mobile phone 1b as a password. If the password does not match, the password may be issued by any method. If it is desired to further increase the confidentiality, the character string may be further processed by encryption. In addition, U
If the RL is also transmitted and received after being encrypted, the confidentiality is further maintained.

The terminal for transmitting and receiving contents may be a wired ordinary telephone such as a home telephone instead of a portable telephone. Further, the terminal on the transmitting side may be a personal computer (personal computer), PDA, or the like having the same function. That is, the mobile phone of the transmission destination (second mobile phone 1b)
Since the identification number and the content data to be transmitted need only be transmitted to the service company server 4, for example,
Open the web page of the service company server 4 with a personal computer and enter the destination mobile phone (the second mobile phone 1) here.
The identification number of b) and the content data to be transmitted may be transmitted.

The service company server 4 transmits data necessary for referencing the content data to the second mobile phone 1b, and the owner of the second mobile phone 1b receives the second data. It is possible to refer to the content data using a personal computer or the like instead of the mobile phone 1b.

As described above, the present invention naturally includes various embodiments and the like not described herein. Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention is determined only by the invention specifying matters according to the claims that are appropriate from the above description.

[0062]

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a content transmission method for transmitting a content composed of a large amount of data such as moving image data and audio data without increasing the size of the portable telephone.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a content transmission server used for a system for distributing content via a mobile phone.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a content transmission method using a mobile phone according to a preferred embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the mobile phone according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a service company server in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart in the case where the mobile phone in the above embodiment transmits content.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart in the case where the service company server receives content in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart when the mobile phone according to the embodiment receives a content.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart in the case where the service company server in the above embodiment transmits contents.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1a First mobile phone 1b Second mobile phone 2 Relay processing device 3 Internet 4 Service company server 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d Wireless relay device 12a, 12b Mobile communication subscriber exchange 21, 42 Input unit 22 Display unit 23 Antenna 24 wireless transmission / reception unit 25 codec 26 voice processing unit 27 transmission unit 28 reception unit 29 processing control unit 29a telephone function control unit 29b imaging unit control unit 29c content transmission / reception control unit 30 clock circuit 31 imaging unit 32 content storage unit 33, 46 ROM 41 display unit 43 input / output unit 44 communication control unit 45 server processing control unit 45a content reception control unit 45b content transmission control unit 45c password issuing unit 45d password authentication unit 45e Web page presentation unit 47 RAM 48 content Storage device 49 Content information storage device 50 Web data storage device

Claims (13)

[Claims] Receiving a content data acquired by a first telephone and identification data of a second telephone to which the content data is transmitted, which is transmitted via a communication network; Storing the content data in a content storage device, transmitting location identification data indicating a storage location of the content data to the second telephone based on the received identification data, and based on the location identification data. Making the second telephone connected to the storage device refer to the content data stored in the storage device. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the content data includes image data. 3. The content transmission method according to claim 1, wherein the content data includes moving image data. 4. The content transmission method according to claim 1, wherein the content data includes audio data. 5. Further, when transmitting the position identification data to the second telephone, password data is also transmitted to the second telephone, and the password is received from the second telephone via the communication network. 5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: authenticating the received password; and permitting the second telephone to refer to the content data when the authentication is performed. Content transmission method according to any of the above. 6. The content transmitting method according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second telephones is a mobile telephone for making a wireless communication. 7. A plurality of telephones including at least first and second telephones for transmitting and receiving content data, a server for storing the content data, and a communication network to which the plurality of telephones and the server can be connected. A server used in the system, comprising: a communication control device connected to the communication network; and receiving, from the first telephone, the content data and identification data of a second mobile phone to which the content data is transmitted. Content receiving means, a content storage device for storing the content data, and first transmitting means for transmitting position identification data indicating a storage position of the content data to the second telephone based on the received identification data, The second telephone connected based on the position identification data Content transmission server, characterized in that and a second transmission means for transmitting the content data stored in the storage device. 8. The apparatus further comprises: password issuing means for issuing password data to the second telephone; and password authentication means for authenticating password data transmitted from the second mobile phone. The content transmission server according to claim 7, wherein: 9. The password issuing means, comprising: a character string generating means for randomly generating a character string; and collating whether the character string generated by the character string generating means is already used as password data. Collation means, if the result of the collation is already used as password data, a new random character string is issued; if not used as password data, the generated character string is used as password data. The content transmission server according to claim 8, further comprising: means for issuing to the second telephone. 10. The content transmission server according to claim 7, wherein at least one of the first and second telephones is a mobile telephone for making a wireless communication. 11. A homepage is set up on a network, and telephone number data and content data of a receiving telephone are received from a transmitting telephone and stored in a storage means, and the telephone number data stored in the storing means is stored. Using at least address data and password data to open the home page to the receiving telephone using, when the address data is sent from a terminal device connected to the network and display data of the home page is transmitted, And transmitting the content data stored in the storage means when password data is transmitted. 12. The transmission-side telephone and the reception-side telephone are each a mobile telephone capable of wireless communication, and the terminal device is the reception-side telephone or a portable terminal different from the reception-side telephone. The content transmission method according to claim 11, wherein 13. A homepage means for establishing a homepage on a network, a storage means for receiving and storing telephone number data and content data of a receiving telephone from a transmitting telephone, and a telephone number stored in the storing means. Transmitting means for transmitting at least the address data and password data for opening the home page to the receiving telephone using data, and the address data being sent from a terminal device connected to the network, and A content transmission server, comprising: content data transmission means for transmitting the content data stored in the storage means when the password data is transmitted when display data is transmitted.