JP2003008779A - Display program and distribution server - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily viewably display information on the screen of a portable telephone set. SOLUTION: A portable telephone 10 downloads a display program from a web server 34, and performs prescribed display at a display 30, by executing this display program. This display includes the banner display of information, and this banner display is switched by the arrow button of an input operation part 18. Also, the game can be executed, as it is, when a decision button is depressed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display program for controlling display of a display in a portable terminal with a display and a distribution server thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, mobile phones have become multi-functional, and many mobile phones are equipped with electronic mail, Internet browsing functions, and the like. In addition, mobile phones having a function of executing a program such as Java, having a function of downloading various programs from a web page and executing the programs are becoming widespread. Furthermore, mobile phones with higher functionality such as video transmission function have also been proposed.

Here, the above-mentioned mobile phone is provided with a display for displaying mails and Internet pages. Although a color LCD is mainly used as this display, adoption of an organic EL display or the like is being considered, and a high-quality display is becoming available.

Various displays can be made on the display of such a mobile phone, and the image of the standby screen can be downloaded and set by the user. Furthermore, if the program can be downloaded and executed, the desired moving image can be displayed on the standby screen by executing the program.

[0005]

As described above, due to the high functionality of mobile phones, various displays have become possible on their displays.

[0006] However, the display of the mobile phone satisfies the demand for making the mobile phone small and lightweight.
It cannot be made too big. Therefore, the display of information is limited, and information is normally displayed sequentially by scrolling. For this reason, there is a problem that it is necessary to perform every operation in order to see the information.

Further, when updating news or the like,
There is also a problem that the user needs to access the web page of the news and the operation is troublesome.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a display program for a portable terminal with a display, which displays a banner on a portable terminal while moving character information on the display, and displays a specific operation by a user on the banner. It is characterized in that the displayed character information is fetched as an instruction to change, and the character information displayed in the banner is changed according to the fetching of this instruction.

As described above, according to the present invention, since the character information is displayed as a banner, a sufficient amount of information can be displayed on the small screen of the mobile terminal without any operation. Further, the banner display can be switched by the user's operation, so that the desired display can be obtained relatively early.

Further, it is preferable that the character information to be displayed on the banner is acquired from the outside by communicating with the outside at predetermined time intervals. By getting the information regularly, the information is updated so that new information can always be seen.

Furthermore, it is preferable that a specific operation by the user is taken in as an instruction to execute the game, and a predetermined game in which the display is changed according to the operation of the user is started. With this, it is possible to easily shift from the normal screen display to the execution of the game.

Further, it is preferable that the banner display of the character information is stopped at the start of the game. Stopping the banner display makes it easier for the user to concentrate on the game. Further, the processing load of the CPU and the like can be reduced.

Further, it is preferable that the portable terminal is a portable telephone, and the character information is displayed as a banner on a standby screen of the portable telephone. Information such as news can always be seen on the screen of the mobile phone.

Further, it is preferable that an animation display, a still image display, and a clock display are performed together on the standby screen.

Further, the present invention is a display program for a mobile phone with a display, which displays a screen combining animation display, still image display, clock display, and character information display on the mobile phone. Characterize.

By thus performing various displays on one screen, the screen display on the mobile phone can be made highly functional.

Further, the present invention is a distribution server for providing a program in response to communication from a mobile terminal, characterized by distributing the above-mentioned program to the mobile terminal.

Further, it is preferable that the distribution server changes the provided character information based on the information from the portable terminal. As a result, a banner display of information that suits the user's preference can be performed.

[0019]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone as a mobile terminal that executes a program according to an embodiment of the present invention and an information distribution system using the mobile phone.

The mobile phone 10 has a telephone function unit 12 for achieving a telephone function such as a normal telephone call, and the telephone function unit 12 has a microphone 14 and a speaker 1.
6, an input operation unit 18 including a keypad and a wireless communication unit 20 are connected. Therefore, by operating the input operation unit 18 to input a desired telephone number and go off-hook, it is possible to connect to the wireless telephone line 22 via the wireless communication unit 20, and to make a call to a normal destination. It is possible to make a call using the microphone 14 and the speaker 16.

A CPU 24 for performing various processes is connected to the telephone function unit 12 of the mobile phone 10. A storage unit 26 is connected to the CPU 24. Various storage media can be used for the storage unit 26, and a non-volatile memory or a volatile memory is appropriately used. For example, mask ROM, EPROM, EEPRO
M, SRAM, DRAM, etc. are used. Generally, a non-volatile memory is used to store a basic program and data that should not be erased, and a volatile memory is used to store a work area and data during execution. Also, an external storage medium such as a memory card or a hard disk can be used.

Further, the CPU 24 has an input operation unit 1
8, a speaker 16 and a display 30 are connected so that various inputs, voice outputs, characters, images and the like can be output.

The wireless telephone line 22 is connected to the Internet 32 as a communication line. Then, various web servers (distribution servers) 34 are connected to the Internet 32. Therefore, the mobile phone 10
Can connect to the web server 34 via the Internet 32 and can use various services provided by the web server 34.

Here, the mobile phone 10 has an appearance as shown in FIG. 2, for example. In this example, the upper half 10
It is a foldable type in which a and the lower half portion 10b are hinge-connected. The display 30 is provided in the upper half 10a and is, for example, a color LCD (liquid crystal display).
Various operation buttons are formed on the lower half portion 10b. The lower 15 buttons 40 are buttons for inputting numbers, English characters, Chinese characters, etc., and the upper decision button 42 corresponds to enter on a normal keyboard. The four-way arrow key 44 below the decision input button and the decision button 42 is a movement operation button (movement key) corresponding to the cursor key. The mobile phone 10 may have various shapes, and the operation buttons may have various shapes and functions. For example, the movement operation button may be of a dial type, the protrusion button may be pressed vertically and horizontally, and the enter button may be a dial or a protrusion button.

Next, the procedure for downloading the display program according to this embodiment using the mobile phone 10 will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the mobile phone 10 is operated to access the home page of the web server 34 which provides a display program download service (S11). As a result, a list of download programs is displayed on the home page, and the user selects a desired program (S12). Furthermore, at the time of this selection, predetermined limited information is input. Although various kinds of information are used as the limited information, for example, it is information about the area, and by this, the area limitation can be added to the information such as the weather forecast. It is also preferable to input various kinds of limited information such as sex, age, and hobbies to limit the provided information.

In this way, the program to be downloaded is determined and the relevant program is received by the mobile phone 10 from the web server 34 (S13). And
The program downloaded in this manner is stored in, for example, the storage unit 26, and is automatically or input to the input operation unit 18
The operation is executed as a trigger (S14). As a result of this execution, the display 30 is displayed as shown in FIG.
The screen shown in is displayed. That is, the animation at the top and the commercial (C
M), a clock is displayed to the right of it, and a banner of information is displayed below.

For example, if the CM belongs to an automobile company, a picture of a car running is preferable as an animation. In addition, since the clock takes in and displays the clock information in the mobile phone 10, it is sequentially updated and the time is displayed correctly.

In the banner display of this information, the characters move to the left, and even if the display area is small, the characters flow, so that long characters can be displayed. As the contents of information, today's fortune-telling, various news, weather forecasts, etc. are used. In this example, the information content is correspondingly created by the limited information input by the user in S12 described above, and therefore meets the user's request.

Next, the operation of the web server 34 corresponding to the operation of the mobile phone 10 of FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIG.

First, it is monitored whether there is an access (S2
1) If there is an access (YES), a list of download programs is displayed and the selection of download programs is waited for (S22). When the download program is selected, it is determined whether limited information has been input (S23). Then, if there is limited information, the program is processed according to the limited information (S24).
That is, for example, when the area is limited, the weather forecast of the area is selected, and when only the sports information is selected, only the sports information is used as the provision information. If the limited information is not input in the determination of S23, the program is prepared using the default information (S2
5).

Then, the program obtained in S24 or S25 is transmitted from the web server 34 to the mobile phone 10 (S26).

Next, the operation during the screen display of FIG. 4 by executing the program will be described with reference to FIG.
The screen display of FIG. 4 is a so-called “standby screen” of the mobile phone 10.

First, it is determined whether the enter button 42 has been operated (S31). If NO in this determination, it is determined whether the move key 44 has been operated (S32). Then, if the determination in S32 is NO, the process returns to the determination in S31. That is, when neither button is operated, the same screen display (animation, clock, and banner display are moving) is continued.

When the decision button 42 is pressed and the determination in S31 is YES, the game program is executed (S33). Various game programs can be selected, but if the CM is a car as described above,
Car driving games and the like are preferable. As a result, the display of the animation is switched to the display for the game as shown in FIG. The whole screen may be changed to the game screen.

In this game, it is determined whether a correct key operation has been performed (S34), and if it is correct, it is determined whether the game is over (S35). If not, the process returns to S33 and the game is repeated. Note that, for example, in the case of a driving game, a game in which an obstacle in front of the traveling vehicle is avoided by operating the movement button and the traveling is continued is adopted. Of course, the game content may be a fortune-telling game, and may be selected when downloading.

Then, the correct key operation is not performed, and S3
If the determination is NO in 4, the failure display is output to the display 10 (S36), and the game ends. Also, go to the end of the game, YES in S35
In the case of, a display of success is output (S37), and the process ends. It should be noted that the output of S36 and S37 is preferably combined with the acoustic output from the speaker 16. Further, among these outputs, it is preferable to include the CM (for example, moving image) of the company of the CM that was originally displayed in the output especially in the case of success. In addition, it is also preferable to appropriately perform audio output in various situations of the game.

Furthermore, in S33, it is preferable to stop the clock display and the banner display when the execution of the game is started. This is because it is considered that the user does not need a clock or information when playing a game. Further, since there is no changing display such as the clock display and the banner display, the user can concentrate on the game. Furthermore, the processing of the program is facilitated, and the burden on the CPU 24 can be reduced.

When the move key 44 is operated in S32, the banner display target is switched (S).
38). With the banner display, it is possible to display very long text information while moving it, but then it takes a long time to display the information. Therefore, in the apparatus of the present embodiment, the banner display target can be switched by operating the move key 44.

That is, in this embodiment, the banner display target is divided into three, and the target can be sequentially switched by the up arrow and down arrow of the move key 44.
For example, (i) weather forecast, (ii) top news,
The three pieces of information ((iii) sports news) are divided and are changed to (ii) and (i) by the up arrow and sequentially changed to (ii) and (iii) by the down arrow. As a result, the user can select the type of information by operating the move key 44. In particular, in the case of the mobile phone 10, the display 10 is small. Therefore, normally, various kinds of information are sequentially displayed by scrolling. However, in the present embodiment, it is possible to browse predetermined information without performing a specific operation by displaying a banner. However, with the banner display, the larger the target, the longer it takes to obtain the desired information. In the present embodiment, since the information to be displayed can be switched by operating the move key 44, the information desired by the user can be obtained at an early stage.

The target of information to be switched is not limited to three types, and may be four or more or two. Alternatively, the movement keys 44 may be switched by the left and right arrows. Further, it is also preferable that the banner key can be fast forwarded and rewound by the left and right arrows of the move key 44.

As described above, the display program of this embodiment provides a standby screen with animation of a moving image, and a clock display and a banner display of information can be obtained here. Further, the game can be shifted to by simply pressing the decision button 42. Further, by operating the move key 44, the target of the banner display can be changed, and desired information can be immediately obtained.

Further, by including the CM display, the providing company can be made to bear the necessary expenses, and the display program can be easily used by the user with no burden on the user.

The web server 34 can be operated by a service provider that accepts downloads of various programs, but it is also preferable that a certain company constructs this display program download page in its own server.

Next, this display program includes information display such as news. Therefore, it is preferable to regularly update these pieces of information. The updating of this information will be described with reference to FIGS. First, in the mobile phone 10, as shown in FIG. 8, the display program determines whether a predetermined time (for example, one hour) has elapsed (S41). In the case of YES in this determination, the relevant page of the web server 34 is automatically accessed (S4).
2). Then, in this case, only the update information of the information used for the banner display is received (S43). For example,
Although it is possible to upload the information ID and time stamp of the mobile phone 10 and download only the updated information, all the information at that time may be downloaded from the web server 34 side and updated as a whole.

As shown in FIG. 9, the web server 34 side determines whether or not there is an access (S51), and if YES, determines whether or not it is an information update request (S5).
2). If NO in this determination, it is another process, and the process returns to S51 as the update process. YES in the determination of S52
In the case of, the corresponding update information is transmitted (S53).

As described above, in this embodiment, the information displayed on the mobile phone 10 can be automatically updated on a regular basis. Therefore, the user can update the information without any operation and can always see the new information.

In this example, the information is periodically acquired from the mobile phone 10 side, but the web server 34 side broadcasts the information as broadcast information.
A method in which the mobile phone 10 receives the data as appropriate may be used.

As the mobile phone 10 as described above, one having a function of executing the downloaded program, such as an i-appli (trademark) compatible model of NTT Docomo (trademark), can be used.

[0051]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the character information is displayed as a banner, a sufficient amount of information can be displayed on the small screen of the mobile terminal without any operation. Further, the banner display can be switched by the user's operation, so that the desired display can be obtained relatively early.

Further, by communication with the outside at predetermined time intervals,
Since the information is updated by externally obtaining the character information to be displayed on the banner, it is possible to always see new information.

Further, by causing a specific operation by the user to be taken in as a game execution instruction and starting a predetermined game in which the display is changed according to the user's operation, the normal screen display can be easily executed to execute the game. be able to.

Further, by stopping the banner display of the character information at the start of the game, the user can easily concentrate on the game. Further, the processing load of the CPU and the like can be reduced.

Further, by displaying the character information as a banner on the standby screen of the mobile phone, information such as news can be constantly viewed on the screen of the mobile phone.

Further, the distribution server distributes the above-mentioned programs to the mobile terminal, so that various display programs can be easily downloaded and executed in the mobile terminal.

Further, the distribution server changes the character information to be provided based on the information from the portable terminal, so that the banner display of the information suitable for the user can be displayed.

By performing various displays on one screen,
The screen display on the mobile phone can be made highly functional.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a system.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an appearance of a mobile phone.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure for downloading a program in a mobile phone.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a screen display example.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure for downloading a program in the web server.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing operation in the mobile phone.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a screen display when a game is executed.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation of acquiring update information in the mobile phone.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an operation of transmitting update information in the web server.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 mobile phone, 12 telephone function section, 14 microphone, 16 speaker, 18 input operation section, 20 wireless communication section, 22 wireless telephone line, 24 CPU, 26
Memory, 30 display, 32 internet,
34 Web server.

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A display program for a mobile terminal with a display, which displays a banner on a mobile terminal while moving text information on the display, and changes the text information displayed on the banner for a specific operation by a user. A display program that causes the text information displayed in the banner to be changed according to the instructions. 2. The program according to claim 1, further comprising a display program for externally acquiring character information to be displayed in a banner by communicating with the external at predetermined time intervals. 3. The program according to claim 1, further comprising: capturing a specific operation by a user as a game execution instruction, and starting a predetermined game in which the display is changed according to the user's operation. Display program. 4. The display program according to claim 3, wherein, when the game is started, a banner display of character information is stopped. 5. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the mobile terminal is a mobile phone, and a banner display of character information is displayed on a standby screen of the mobile phone. 6. The display program according to claim 5, wherein on the standby screen, animation display, still image display, and clock display are performed together. 7. A display program for a mobile phone with a display, comprising: an animation display, a still image display, a clock display, on the mobile phone.
A display program that displays a screen that combines character information displays. 8. The program according to claim 7, further comprising: a display program for starting a predetermined game in which a specific operation by the user is taken in as an instruction to execute the game, and the display is changed according to the operation of the user. . 9. A distribution server that provides a program in response to communication from a mobile terminal, the distribution server providing the mobile terminal with the program according to claim 1. 10. The distribution server according to claim 9, wherein the distribution server changes the character information to be provided based on the information from the mobile terminal.