JP2014010757A - Information processing apparatus, program, and information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

When a user can use a plurality of communication lines, a service reflecting information on a line other than the line used for the request is provided to the user without requiring the user to input an ID or a password. To do.
When a relay device receives a request addressed to a content providing device from a terminal (S102), the relay device specifies one line used when the request is made (S104). The relay apparatus transmits the request and the first line identifier for identifying the specified one line to the content providing apparatus (S106). The content providing apparatus acquires the second line identifier registered in association with the received first line identifier from the management apparatus (S106). The content providing apparatus determines provision information based on the received first line identifier and second line identifier (S108), and the determined provision information is transmitted to the one line via the relay apparatus. To the terminal (S110).
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Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for receiving a request from a terminal using a communication line and providing information corresponding to the request.

It is not uncommon for a single user to have a plurality of kitchens such as mobile phones to which a unique communication line is assigned. Communication terminals having various functions have been developed, and the user's need to use different communication terminals depending on the purpose and scene is one of the backgrounds of such a situation.
Cited Document 1 describes that a plurality of mobile devices belonging to the same subscriber are grouped, and the number of mobile devices that can be connected simultaneously in the group is set to reduce the burden on the subscriber. Yes.
Cited Document 2 discloses a technology in which a universal ID is issued to a user who can use a plurality of devices, a user is specified by this ID, and one piece of information can be received by a plurality of devices.

JP 2006-197511 A JP 2006-228071 A

  The invention described in the cited document 1 performs a billing process when a plurality of terminals are used, and cannot provide a service with contents corresponding to the mobile device used. In the invention described in the cited document 2, the same user can share information among a plurality of communication devices, but the contents of the service cannot be changed according to the line. Furthermore, since it is necessary for the user to input an ID for identifying a user issued separately from a plurality of line devices owned by the same user and a line assigned to the device, when using the device, It takes time, and if you forget your ID, you will not be able to receive the service.

  The present invention is a service in which information about lines other than the line used for the request is reflected without requiring the user to input an ID or password when making a request when the user can use a plurality of communication lines. Is provided to the user.

In one aspect, the present invention relates to a receiving means for receiving a request from a terminal, a first specifying means for specifying one line used when the request is made, and the specified one line. Second specifying means for specifying other lines registered in this way, determination means for determining provided information corresponding to the request based on the specified one line and other lines, and An information processing apparatus is provided that includes transmission means for transmitting the determined provision information to the terminal using the line.
In a preferred embodiment, one line is assigned to one terminal, and a plurality of lines corresponding to a plurality of terminals used by one user are registered in association with each other.
In another preferred aspect, either the first attribute or the second attribute is given as attribute information to each of the plurality of lines registered in association with each other, and the provided information is the attribute Determined according to information.
In another preferred aspect, when the request is made using a line having the first attribute, the first information is provided as the provision information, whereas the line having the second attribute When the request is made using, second information is provided as the provision information in addition to the first information.
In another preferred aspect, the request relates to mail processing, and the provided information includes information displayed on the terminal when browsing or creating mail.
In another preferred aspect, the request relates to browsing of data describing contact information of another user, and the provision information is provided to the terminal among the data held by the user of the terminal. Contains information that identifies the part.
In another preferred aspect, the request relates to browsing of a web page, and the provided information is content displayed in the web page.
In another aspect, the present invention relates to a terminal, a management apparatus that associates and registers a plurality of lines used by the same user, and a request used when receiving a request from the terminal and making the request. A relay device that identifies the other line, and another line associated with the one line identified by the relay device is identified using the management device, and the identified one line and the other line are identified. An information providing system comprising: a content providing apparatus that determines provision information for the request based on the request, and transmits the determined content information to the terminal using the one line via the relay apparatus.
In yet another aspect, the present invention provides a step in which a relay device receives a request addressed to a content providing device from a terminal, and a step in which the relay device specifies one line used when the request is made. And the relay device transmits the received request and a first line identifier for identifying the specified one line to the content providing device, and the content providing device receives the reception Acquiring a second line identifier registered in association with the first line identifier, from the management apparatus, and the content providing apparatus receives the received first line identifier and second line identifier. And determining the provision information corresponding to the request, and the content provision device uses the determined provision information via the relay device and the one line. Providing information providing method and a step of transmitting to the terminal Te.

  According to the present invention, a line that can be used by the user in addition to the line using the line used at the time of request without causing the user to input an ID or password when making the request. A service reflecting this information is provided to the user.

1 is a schematic diagram of an information providing system 1. FIG. 2 is a functional configuration diagram of the terminal 100. FIG. The functional block diagram of the relay apparatus 200. FIG. The figure showing the example of the content of the table stored in the memory | storage part 240. FIG. The function block diagram of the management apparatus 300. FIG. The figure showing the example of the content of the table stored in the memory | storage part 340. FIG. The function block diagram of the content server 400. FIG. The figure showing the example of the content of the table stored in the memory | storage part 440. FIG. The figure showing the outline | summary of operation | movement in the information provision system 1. FIG. The figure showing the detail of operation | movement in the information provision system 1. FIG. The example of the terminal 100 by which the menu screen was displayed on the display part. An example of a screen displayed on the display unit of the terminal 100 (1). An example of a screen displayed on the display unit of the terminal 100 (2). An example of a screen displayed on the display unit of the terminal 100 (3). An example of a screen displayed on the display unit of the terminal 100 (4). An example of a screen displayed on the display unit of the terminal 100 (5). An example of a screen displayed on the display unit of the terminal 100 (6). An example of a screen displayed on the display unit of the terminal 100 (7). An example of a screen displayed on the display unit of the terminal 100 (8). The figure showing the other example of operation | movement of the information provision system 1. FIG. The figure showing the other example of contents of the table stored in the memory | storage part 340. FIG. 2 is a functional configuration diagram of an information processing apparatus 900. FIG. The figure showing the example of the 1st table which concerns on a modification. The figure showing the example of the 3rd table which concerns on a modification. The figure showing the outline | summary of operation | movement of the information provision system which concerns on a modification. The figure showing the detail of operation | movement of the information provision system which concerns on a modification.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1. Configuration FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an information providing system 1. The information providing system 1 includes a terminal 100 (terminal 100-1, terminal 100-2, terminal 100-3), a relay device 200, a management device 300, and a content server 400 (400-1, 400-2, 400-3). A base station 500, a mobile communication network 600, and the Internet 700. In the figure, three terminals 100 and three content servers 400 are shown, but this is merely an example, and the number is arbitrary. Similarly, a plurality of base stations 500 are generally provided, but only one is shown for convenience of explanation. Hereinafter, when it is not necessary to distinguish each terminal 100 and each content server 400, they are simply referred to as the terminal 100 and the content server 400.

Each terminal 100 is a portable communication terminal used by one user. For example, a mobile phone and a multifunction terminal (smart phone, tablet PC, etc.). Wireless communication is performed in accordance with a mobile communication system defined by the base station 500 and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), etc., and information is exchanged via each content server 400 connected to the Internet 700 and the relay device 200. In addition, by executing an application program (hereinafter referred to as an application) such as a browser of each terminal 100, a function for realizing an operation (information input / output) according to received information (including data, scripts, programs, and the like). Have.
The base station 500 transmits information received from the terminal 100 within a predetermined range from the installed location to the relay device 200 via the mobile communication network 600, and information transmitted from the relay device 200 to the terminal 100 Is transmitted wirelessly.
The relay device 200 is managed by, for example, a telecommunications carrier that owns the mobile communication network 600, stores information related to user and terminal management, performs signal processing such as protocol conversion, and performs communication via the mobile communication network 600. It has a function of relaying communication via the Internet 700. That is, information received from the terminal 100 via the base station 500 is transmitted to the management apparatus 300 or the content server 400 via the Internet 700 according to the Internet protocol, while from the management apparatus 300 or the content server 400 via the Internet 700. The received information is transmitted to terminal 100 through base station 500 and mobile communication network 600 according to the mobile communication system. The mobile communication network 600 may be an aggregate of a plurality of communication networks managed by different communication carriers. In this case, the relay device may have a function of managing all of the communication through the entire aggregate involving a plurality of communication carriers.

The content server 400 is a server device connected to the Internet 700. The content server 400 is operated by, for example, a service provider (content provider), stores information that can be provided to the user, and selects information according to the user's request. Generate and provide to users. Here, information provided to the user (hereinafter referred to as provided information) includes text data, image data, audio data, and a program such as a script that realizes a predetermined function when executed on the terminal 100 ( Code), and any other data.
More specifically, the content server 400 provides a search result for a node on the Internet 700 for a keyword specified by the user (a function as a so-called search server), content (web page (HTML) Data), text data, video data, musical sound data, etc.) (so-called content server function), storage of user information (so-called cloud storage function), e-mail (hereinafter simply mail) Transmission / reception processing (function as a mail server), function as an application server responsible for OS and application execution, and other processing that executes arithmetic processing according to the user's request via the Internet 700 and provides the result to the user The It has a function of line.
The management device 300 is a server device connected to the Internet 700, and provides information necessary for determining the content of information to be provided to the user in response to an inquiry request from the relay device 200 or each content server 400. To do.

  FIG. 2 is a functional configuration diagram of the terminal 100. The terminal 100 includes a control unit 110, a communication unit 120, a display unit 130, an input unit 140, a voice input unit 150, a voice output unit 160, and a storage unit 170. The communication unit 120 is realized by a signal processing circuit, an antenna, and the like, and performs wireless communication with the base station 500 under the control of the control unit 110. The display unit 130 includes a display screen such as a liquid crystal panel and a drive control circuit thereof, and displays information. The input unit 140 is realized by a hardware button, a cursor key, a numeric keypad, or a touch panel having a sensor element, and is a means for a user to input information. In a preferred embodiment, a touch panel 180 in which the display unit 130 and the input unit 140 are integrally formed is used. The voice input unit 150 is realized by a sound collection element such as a microphone or an analog / digital signal processing circuit, and collects a user's voice and outputs it to the control unit 110 as a voice signal. The audio input unit 150 is realized by a sound generating element such as a speaker or a digital / analog signal processing circuit, and generates an acoustic wave based on an audio signal supplied from the control unit 110. Note that the voice input unit 150 can be used to input instructions and information to the control unit 110, as with the input unit 140. Specifically, the input speech signal is analyzed, the content of the utterance is specified, and output as text data. Further, the voice input unit 150 and the voice output unit 160 realize a call function.

The storage unit 170 is a built-in information storage device such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory, or a removable information recording medium (memory card and memory slot), and operates an OS (operating system) and applications running on the OS. Are also stored). The applications include P1 (mail application), P2 (phone book application), and P3 (browser).
Also, identification information for uniquely identifying the line used by the terminal 100 or the device is stored. This identification information is information used for exchanging information between the terminal 100 and the relay device 200 via the mobile communication network 600. The telephone number assigned to each terminal (the relay device 200 calls the terminal) Call number used at the time of communication), information given to the line or communication session when a wireless communication line is established, control information about communication on the line (for example, the mobile communication network 600 has a plurality of communication standards) (The type of the standard when 3G, LTE, WiFi (registered trademark), etc.) communication can be executed), subscriber identification assigned to the SIM card hardware of the 100 or the terminal 100 by the communication carrier Number and other information, but can be entered at the terminal 100 to identify the user who wants to receive the service using the terminal 100. Information is not included.

The control unit 110 is realized by a processor such as a CPU, and includes the control unit 110 and the communication unit 12.
0, the display unit 130, the input unit 140, the voice input unit 150, the voice output unit 160, and the storage unit 170, execute applications P1 to P3 from the storage unit 170, and send and receive information via the Internet 700, Various functions (for example, browsing information, sending / receiving mail, storing / reading information on the Internet 700) and other functions (for example, a call function via the mobile communication network 600) are realized in the terminal 100.
In the present embodiment, each of the applications P1 to P3 has a function of accessing the content server 400, sending a service request, and receiving and displaying information corresponding to the request from the content server 400. For example, the application P1 generates a screen for instructing the user to make a mail browsing request or a creation request to the content server 400, and accepts and relays the user instruction input via the input unit 140 or the voice input unit 150. In addition to being transmitted to the measure 200, it has a function of interpreting data such as mail received from the content server 400 and a script related to mail processing and performing drawing processing on the display unit 130 and output processing on the audio output unit 160.

In the following example, one telephone number (Mobile Subscriber Number; MSN) is used as a number for identifying one line used by one terminal 100, and in communication performed with the relay apparatus 200, An example in which this telephone number is included as information specifying the transmission source and transmission destination of information will be described.
It should be noted that such associating work between the MSN and the terminal 100 may be performed by a communication carrier writing subscriber information including a telephone number in the storage unit 170 at the store when the terminal 100 is purchased. The user may purchase a memory card in which subscriber information including a number is recorded and insert the memory card into the terminal 100.

  FIG. 3 is a functional configuration diagram of the relay device 200. The relay device 200 includes a control unit 210, a communication unit 220, an input / output unit 230, and a storage unit 240. The control unit 210 is a control processor and controls the communication unit 220, the input / output unit 230, and the storage unit 240. The communication unit 220 includes a communication module such as a LAN adapter that performs communication according to a protocol used in the Internet 700, and a communication module that communicates with the base station 500 via the mobile communication network 600. The communication unit 220 supplies information received from the management apparatus 300 and the content server 400 via the Internet 700 and information received from the terminal 100 via the mobile communication network 600 to the control unit 210 and from the control unit 210. The transmitted information is transmitted to the management apparatus 300 or the content server 400 via the Internet 700 or to the terminal 100 via the mobile communication network 600.

  The storage unit 240 is a storage device realized by a hard disk or a semiconductor memory, and stores the first table T1 and the second table T2 shown in FIG. The first table T1 stores numbers that identify lines (MSN in this example) and IP addresses that identify nodes on the connection destination Internet 700 in association with each other according to a predetermined rule. Each time an access request to the content server 400 is received from the terminal 100, one record is added to the first table T1 and the association is registered. After that, when a series of sessions between the terminal 100 and the Internet 700 ends, this record is deleted from the first table T1, and the association is canceled. Thus, the contents of the first table T1 are updated as appropriate. This association method is arbitrary. The second table T2 is an identifier for uniquely identifying a line used for communication between the terminal 100 and the relay apparatus, and is information processed into a format for distribution on the Internet 700 (hereinafter referred to as OpenID). Is stored in association with the original identifier according to a predetermined rule. Information described in the second table T2 is read and provided in response to a request from the content server 400.

Returning to FIG. 3, the control unit 210 is realized by a processor, and includes an address conversion unit 211 and a line specifying unit 212. The line specifying unit 212 specifies a line used when the terminal 100 transmits a request. In this example, the source MSN is extracted from the received information. Since this MSN is unique to each terminal 100, it can be understood that the terminal 100 has been specified. The address conversion unit 211 is information required as information for specifying a transmission destination in communication via the Internet 700 with respect to transmission source information (here, MSN) received via the mobile communication network 600. An IP address is issued, and the MSN and the IP address are associated with each other and stored in the first table T1 as one record.
In this way, when there is a request from the terminal 100 in the control unit 210, the line used in the request is specified, and the content server 400 and the relay device 200 via the mobile communication network 600 and the Internet 700 with different communication methods are used. Is ready to provide information to the content server 400 in response to a request.
The input / output unit 230 includes an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse and a display device such as a liquid crystal display, and is used by an administrator of the relay device 200 to input instructions and information to the control unit 210.

  FIG. 5 is a functional configuration diagram of the management apparatus 300. The management device 300 includes a control unit 310, a communication unit 320, an input / output unit 330, and a storage unit 340. The communication unit 320 includes a communication module such as a LAN adapter that performs communication according to a protocol used in the Internet 700. The communication unit 220 supplies the information received from the relay device 200 or the content server 400 via the Internet 700 to the control unit 310 under the control of the control unit 210, and the information supplied from the control unit 310 to the relay device 200 or the content Send to server 400.

The storage unit 340 stores the third table T3 shown in FIG. The third table T3 is information (referred to as related line information) about the relationship between a certain line and other lines among the lines that can be used by the same user. The related line information can also include information that there is no related line. As an example of the related line information, as shown in the figure, specifically, one or a plurality of OpenIDs are described in association with a user ID that uniquely identifies each user, and further represented by each OpenID. Data describing line attributes. An attribute is, for example, when one line out of three lines owned by the same user (that is, with a contract with a provider) is used more frequently than the other two lines. For example, the attribute “main” is assigned to the one line, while the attribute “sub” is assigned to the other two lines. The attribute is expressed as flag information, for example.
Alternatively, attributes such as “main” and “sub” may be assigned regardless of the line usage status and the function of the terminal 100. That is, “main” and “sub” are merely examples of attributes, and for example, the number of attribute items is 3 or more (contents of attributes are, for example, “A type”, “B type”, “C type”). May be. In short, the attribute may have any content as long as it represents some relationship with another line in the line group used by the same user. In the following, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that there are two types of attributes “main” and “sub” as attributes to be given.

  This attribute may be written to the third table T3 via the input / output unit 330 by the administrator of the management apparatus 300 at the time of line contract or when the terminal 100 is purchased, or at the time of line contract. For example, the administrator (communication carrier) of the relay apparatus 200 may make a registration request to the management apparatus 300, and may be written in the third table T3 in response to this request.

Returning to FIG. 5, the control unit 310 is realized by a processor, and includes an attribute specifying unit 311 in addition to a functional module (not shown) that controls each unit. The attribute specifying unit 311 specifies one or more other lines registered in association with the line based on OpenID, which is information for identifying the line used by the terminal 100 received from the relay apparatus 200. Specifically, the attribute identification unit 311 refers to the third table T3 and identifies the user ID associated with the OpenID and other OpenIDs associated with the user ID. As a result, all other lines that can be used by the user who has transmitted the request are specified.
Here, when the line and the terminal correspond one-to-one, it is equivalent to specifying all the terminals 100 owned by the user. The attribute specifying unit 311 further acquires the attribute of each specified line. Specifically, the attribute associated with each OpenID is extracted with reference to the third table T3.

  FIG. 7 is a functional configuration diagram of the content server 400. The content server 400 includes a communication unit 410, a control unit 420, an input / output unit 430, and a storage unit 440. The communication unit 410 includes a communication module such as a LAN adapter that performs communication according to a protocol used in the Internet 700. Under the control of the control unit 420, the communication unit 410 supplies information received from the relay device 200 or the management device 300 via the Internet 700 to the control unit 420, and the information supplied from the control unit 420 is transmitted to the relay device 200 or It transmits to the management apparatus 300. The input / output unit 430 is an input / output device such as a keyboard or a mouse, and is used by an administrator of the content server 400 to add, edit, delete, etc. information stored in the storage unit 440.

  The storage unit 440 stores the fourth table T4 and the content data C. In the fourth table T4, as shown in FIG. 8, each request content is provided in association with each attribute (in this example, “main” and “sub”) set in advance by the management apparatus 300. The method of determining is described. The request content is the content (type) of a request that can be made from the terminal 100 to the content server 400. In the figure, the content server 400 has a function corresponding to a request from the user “browsing a received folder”, “composing mail”, “browsing a phone book”, “browsing a web page”,. An example is shown. There may be only one type of request that can be handled by the content server 400. The determination method is information that is referred to when determining the content of information to be provided to the terminal 100 in response to a request. For example, in the case of the contents of a service provided by the content server 400 (for example, provision of data in the reception folder) in response to a request from the user (for example, browsing of the reception folder), which data (or all data) in the reception folder Information that defines how to determine whether to provide The determination method may be information specifying data or content to be provided, or may describe a method or an algorithm for generating provided information.

  Returning to FIG. 7, the content data C includes information provided to the user of the terminal 100 according to the type of service. In the example of the figure, a case is shown where the mail data C1, the phone book related data C2, and the WEB page related data C3 are included in the content data C. The mail-related data C1 is account information (mail address, mail transmission / reception screen configuration, and other information defining the user interface) associated with the line for each line (for each terminal in the case of one terminal with one line). , Other information necessary for creating and browsing emails), emails received using the account in the past using the line (text data and attachments in the body of the email), temporarily saved using the line Includes e-mails being created. In the telephone directory related data C2, contact information (telephone number, address, etc.) of the user is recorded for each line. The user can access the telephone directory corresponding to his / her line and add / change / delete information contents. The WEB page related data C3 varies (customizes) the display content for each terminal corresponding to the data (HTML data of the content body) necessary for displaying the content on the terminal 100 and the line identifier for each line. The necessary setting information is included. As an identifier for specifying a line, an MSN may be used, or an OpenID issued in a one-to-one correspondence with the MSN by the relay apparatus 200 may be used.

The control unit 420 is realized by a processor and includes an attribute acquisition unit 421 and a content determination unit 422. The attribute acquisition unit 421 identifies information (referred to as line-related information) about other registered lines that is associated with the line that the service provision target user uses when providing the service. Specifically, upon receiving information (OpenID or the like) specifying a line via the communication unit 410, the attribute acquisition unit 421 requests the line related information from the management apparatus 300 and acquires the line acquired from the management apparatus 300. From the related information, the OpenID for identifying the line associated with the line and the attribute assigned to each line are acquired.
The line related information received from the management apparatus 300 is supplied to the content determination unit 422. The content determination unit 422 determines the content of information provided to the terminal 100 in response to the request based on the line related information. Specifically, the fourth table T4 is referred to and determined based on the request content and the attribute supplied from the attribute acquisition unit 421. For example, when the request content is “view received folder” and the attribute of the line used for the request is “main”, the service content is determined according to the definition “add information held by other lines”. As a result, in addition to unread mail received by the content server 400 for one account used on the line, mail received and unread in one account used on the line associated with the line Information to be provided to the terminal 100 is generated based on the extracted information. The generated information is transmitted to the terminal 100 via the communication unit 410. The transmitted information is finally delivered to the terminal 100 via the communication unit 410, the Internet 700, the relay device 200, the mobile communication network 600, and the base station 500.

2. Operation FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of an outline of operation in the information providing system 1.
In this example, information about a plurality of lines used by the user is registered in advance (S100). For example, when a user purchases a second or subsequent terminal 100 or contracts for an additional line, the user performs a predetermined procedure with a communication carrier, thereby allowing the user to have a plurality of lines, Set attributes for the line. As a result, necessary information is written in the second table T2 and the third table T3 in the relay device 200 and the management device 300, respectively, and a plurality of lines that can be used by the same user are linked.
Thereafter, when the user operates the terminal 100 to send a request for a desired service to the content server 400 (S102), the relay device 200 identifies the line (S104), and the management device 300 determines the line attribute of the line. The line related information including is determined (S106). Using the determined attribute, provision information corresponding to the request is generated in the content server 400 (S108) and transmitted to the terminal 100 (S110). Here, the timing for specifying the line and the timing for receiving the request are arbitrary. For example, the relay apparatus 200 may grasp in advance the line used for the request.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing details of the operation in the information providing system 1. Now, it is assumed that the terminal 100 has established a wireless communication line for performing communication with the relay apparatus 200 via the mobile communication network 600. Here, it is assumed that the telephone number of terminal 100 is MSN1, and the line used by terminal 100 is specified by identifier MSN1. MSN1 is assumed to be a number unique to terminal 100. In other words, the relay device 200 uniquely identifies the terminal 100 by the identifier MSN1 (S104 in FIG. 9).
Assume that the user of the content server 400 performs a predetermined operation and starts the application P1 in order to receive a mail-related service from the content server 400. Then, the control unit 110 displays a menu screen on which icons and the like are displayed on the display unit 13, and the user performs a predetermined operation such as tapping the screen icon to select a mail transmission / reception service. Upon receiving this selection, the control unit 110 reads the IP address (IP address 2) of the content server 400 stored in the storage unit 170, and uses the line used for the request (in other words, the request source terminal). The login request D901 including the MSN1 for specifying the IP address 2 for specifying the connection destination is generated, and the relay device 20 is generated.
Send to 0. In the figure, data exchanged between the nodes is expressed in a format of ““ content (type) of information ”(information for specifying a transmission source or transmission destination node)”.

  When receiving the login request D901, the relay device 200 issues an IP address (referred to as IP address 1) necessary for the content server 400 to identify the terminal 100 via the Internet 700, and the transmission source IP address 1 A login request D902 including the destination IP address 2 is generated and transmitted to the content server 400. Upon receiving the login request D902, the content server 400 sends the data D903 for displaying on the terminal 100 a menu screen for accepting an operation necessary for the user to use the mail function of the content server 400. Send to. Data D903 is transferred by relay device 200, and data D904 is received by terminal 100. In the terminal 100, display processing is performed according to the received data D904.

  An example of the menu screen is shown in FIG. In this example, icons of “reception folder”, “new creation”, “sent folder”, and “trash box” are displayed. Now, the user designates browsing of the received folder as a desired service type by tapping “Received folder” or the like. Then, returning to FIG. 10, a service request (D905, D906; S102 in FIG. 9) is transmitted from the terminal 100 to the content server 400 via the relay device 200. When receiving the service request D906, the relay apparatus 200 transmits an authentication request D907 to the management apparatus 300. Upon receiving D907, the relay device 200 refers to the second table T2 and the first table T1, identifies the OpenID (referred to as OpenID1) corresponding to the IP address 1, and sends the authentication result D908 including this to the content server 400. Send. The content server 400 that has received OpenID1 transmits a request D909 of related line information including OpenID1 to the management apparatus 300. The management apparatus 300 that has received the request D909 specifies the OpenID of the line associated with the line specified by OpenID1 and the attribute of each line, and transmits these pieces of information as related line information D910 to the content server 400 (FIG. 9). S106). The content server 400 generates content data D911 as provision information based on the request content obtained from D906 and the attribute specified in D908, and transmits the content data D911 to the relay device 200 (S108 and S110 in FIG. 9). The content data D911 is transferred by the relay device 200, and the content data D912 is received by the terminal 100. Hereinafter, an example of provided information generated in the content server 400 in S108 of FIG. 9 will be described in detail through an example of a screen displayed on the terminal 100.

(1) Assumption Now, it is assumed that a single user makes a contract with a communication carrier managing the mobile communication network 600 and can use the two lines 1 and 2. That is, the user can use both the terminal 100-1 and the terminal 100-2 when accessing the content server 400 and receiving various services. The user has a terminal 100-1 and a terminal 100-2, the line 1 is used only by the terminal 100-1, and the line 2 is used only by the terminal 100-2. Further, it is assumed that “sub” is stored as the attribute of the line 1 and “main” is stored as the attribute of the line 2 in the third table T3.

(2) Mail Receiving Service First, the case where the user request is to browse received mail will be described. When using a mail-related service using the content server 400, the user has made various settings for the content server 400 to receive services such as sending and receiving mail using the terminal 100-1 and the terminal 100-2, respectively. It shall be. Specifically, it is assumed that account 1 and account 2 are set in association with OpenID1 and OpenID2 for each of line 1 (terminal 100-1) and line 2 (terminal 100-2). For each account, setting information such as an e-mail address, ID, and password is stored in the storage unit 440 as a sender and a recipient, and an area for storing received mail and an area for sent mail are secured in the storage unit 440, respectively. . Here, each of the terminal 100-1 and the terminal 100-2 is set to send and receive mail using the mail addresses “aaa-sub@abcdef.com” and “aaa-main@abcdef.com”. It shall be.

(A) When the terminal 100-1 (line 1: sub, account 1) is used The content determination unit 422 recognizes that the attribute of the line 2 is “sub” from the line related information acquired from the management apparatus 300. To do. Subsequently, the content determination unit 422 refers to the fourth table T4, and in the case of “sub” with respect to “view reception folder”, “do not depend on information held by other lines” is defined as the service content. Therefore, header information is extracted for each mail addressed to aaa-sub@abcdef.com only from the receiving folder for account 1. As an example, the header information includes an ID for identifying each mail, a reception time, a transmission time, a subject, and a sender's mail address. The extracted header information is provided to the terminal 100 as a response to the request. As a result, the content displayed on the terminal 100 is, for example, as shown in FIG. In the example shown in the figure, there are three newly received mails, the ID uniquely assigned to each mail received by the content server 400, the reception time, and information (subject name, sender) included in the mail header. Etc.) are displayed in association with each other. When the user selects an email that he / she wants to browse, a request for specifying the email is transmitted to the content server 400, and the content server 400 reads the body (in addition to the attached file) of the email from the reception folder and sends it to the terminal 100. Send.

(B) When using the terminal 100-2 (line 2: main, account 2) On the other hand, when receiving a mail browsing request from the terminal 100-2, the content determination unit 422 refers to the fourth table T4, Since the service content corresponding to the “main” attribute is “add information held by other line”, (OpenID1) included in the line related information acquired from the management apparatus 300 is extracted. Then, the accounts assigned to OpenID1 and OpenID2 are specified, and header information is extracted from the reception folder for account 1 and the reception folder for account 2, respectively. Then, mail addressed to an account that is not an account corresponding to the line used for issuing the request (that is, aaa-sub@abcdef.com assigned to OpenID1) is sent to the terminal 100 with flag information added. As a result, the contents as shown in FIG. 13 are displayed on the screen of the terminal 100. In the same screen, “★” indicates the result of the drawing process corresponding to the flag information.
In this way, when the line of the “main” attribute is used, unlike the case of FIG. 12 using the “sub” attribute, the terminal owned by itself in addition to the mail addressed to the terminal used for the browsing request The mail that arrived at is also presented. Then, it is possible to grasp whether or not the mail is addressed to the terminal currently used by the flag information. In addition, since browsing of each mail text is the same as (1), description thereof is omitted. Thus, the information that the content server 400 provides to the terminal 100 differs depending on the line (terminal) used for the mail browsing request.

(3) Mail Creation / Transmission Service Next, a case where the content server 400 receives “new mail creation” as a request from the terminal 100 will be described.
(A) When the terminal 100-2 (line 2: main, account 1) is used The content determination unit 422 refers to the fourth table T4 and creates provision information so as not to reflect the information of other lines If it is determined that the information should be, the e-mail address is read from the setting information for the account 2 as the sender item, and the e-mail creation screen data in which this e-mail address is linked to the sender information is transmitted to the terminal 100. As a result, the terminal 100-2 displays a screen in which the mail address used in the account 2 is input in advance in the item of sender as shown in FIG. When the user inputs necessary information such as a destination address and text and performs an operation to instruct transmission, the input information is transmitted to the content server 400. In accordance with the received information, the content server 400 creates data including a header and a message body according to a predetermined protocol, and distributes the data to the destination via the Internet 700.

(B) When the terminal 100-1 (line 1; sub, account 2) is used The content determination unit 422 refers to the fourth table T4, and from the setting information of the account 1 according to “reflect information of other lines” The mail address is read out as the sender item, the OpenID2 of the line 2 associated with the line 1 is specified from the line related information, and the mail address is read out as the sender item from the account information corresponding to OpenID2. Then, using the two read mail addresses, text data and image data embedded in the sender field or a script including them is generated and transmitted to the terminal 100-1 together with the mail creation image data. As a result, as shown in FIG. 15, terminal 100-1 displays a screen for selecting an address to be displayed as the sender when sending mail. When the user designates one of the addresses as the sender, the information is included in the input information, and the content server 400 that receives the information performs mail distribution processing as the designated sender's mail.

(4) Phonebook Browsing Service Next, a case where the request is for browsing the phonebook will be described. As a premise, telephone book data corresponding to each OpenID for identifying line 1 (terminal 100-1) and line 2 (terminal 100-2) is created using terminal 100-1 and terminal 100-2, respectively. It is assumed that the data is stored as the phone book related data C2 in the storage unit 440.
(A) When using terminal 100-1 (line 1; sub) Upon receiving a telephone book browsing request from terminal 100-1, content determination unit 422 confirms that the attribute is “sub”, and the fourth Refer to table T4. Since it is defined in the fourth table T4 that “it does not depend on the information held by other lines”, the content determination unit 422 is stored in the telephone directory used by the OpenID 1 of the line 1 (terminal 100-1). All the information is read out and transmitted to the terminal 100. As a result, a screen as shown in FIG. 16 is displayed on the terminal 100-1. That is, the user can check the contents of the phone book created using his / her own terminal (here, Mr. A, Mr. D, Mr. G, Mr. I, etc. are registered).
(B) When using terminal 100-2 (line 2; main) On the other hand, when there is a request for browsing the phone book from terminal 100-2, content determination unit 422 confirms that the attribute is “sub” In addition to reading information from the OpenID2 telephone directory corresponding to line 2 based on the definition of “adding information held by other lines” described in the fourth table T4, it is associated with OpenID2 of line 2. The information is also read from the OpenID1 telephone directory of the connected line 1. Then, the content determination unit 422 generates data that integrates the read information. For example, if Mr. B, Mr. C, Mr. D, Mr. D, Mr. F, Mr. G,... Are registered in the phone book of line 2, the data generated here is two phone book data. And the overlapping portions of each other are deleted (including information about Mr. A, Mr. C, Mr. D, Mr. F, Mr. G, Mr. H, Mr. I ...). This data is transmitted to the terminal 100-2. In the received terminal 100-2, a screen as shown in FIG. 17 is displayed.
In this way, according to the line attributes, in addition to the phone book registered using its own line (terminal), the phone book data registered using another terminal is also viewed on the own terminal. be able to.

(5) WEB page browsing service The case where the request from the terminal 100 is browsing of a WEB page introducing recommended products will be described. As a premise, setting information for customizing the display of the WEB page according to the user is included in the WEB page related data C3 stored in the storage unit 440 for each OpenID for identifying a line (terminal). To do. For example, the setting information includes information such as the user's attributes and purchase history made using the line (terminal).
(A) When the terminal 100-1 (line 1; sub) is used When the content determination unit 422 acquires information that the attribute of the line 1 is sub, the content determination unit 422 refers to the fourth table T4. Since the fourth table T4 is defined as “Do not reflect information held by other lines”, the setting information for the line 1 included in the WEB page related data C3 is read, and the web page is read based on the read setting information. Generate data. The priority of each product based on the degree of match with the setting information among all the product information (including information such as product identification number, photo, description, price, product category, etc.) included in the WEB page related data C3 (Recommended degree) is determined, and the layout of the web page is determined so that a predetermined number of products are arranged according to the determined priority. Web page data including layout information is transmitted to terminal 100-1. In the received terminal 100-1, a screen as shown in FIG. 18 is displayed.

(B) When the terminal 100-2 (line 2; main) is used When the content determination unit 422 acquires information that the attribute of the line 1 is main, the content determination unit 422 refers to the fourth table T4. Since the fourth table T4 stipulates that “reflect information held by other lines”, the setting information for line 1 included in the WEB page related data C3 and the line 2 associated with line 1 are specified. Setting information is read out, and web page data is generated using the read out information. For example, according to a predetermined algorithm, the priority is determined from the two customization information, and the layout of the web page is determined so that the products are arranged according to the determined priority. On the terminal 100 that has received the web page data, a screen as shown in FIG. 19 is displayed.
Thus, the content of the content displayed on the screen varies depending on the line (terminal) used for the request.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, information of contents corresponding to the relevance of one line used for a request to another line is provided to the terminal using the one line. Thereby, various services can be provided to users who can use a plurality of lines. Also, at this time, when requesting a service, the user is not required to perform an authentication operation such as input of an ID or password, so that the user is not burdened with an extra burden and forgets the ID. There is no need to worry.

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The above embodiment is merely an example, and may be modified. Hereinafter, the viewpoint when performing the modification will be exemplified.
(1) Line-related information acquisition operation When acquiring line-related information from the management apparatus 300, a request may be issued from the relay apparatus 200 instead of from the content server 400, for example.
Further, as an identifier for specifying a line, the line may be identified using MSN without introducing OpenID or the like exchanged between the management apparatus 300 and the content server 400 on the Internet 700. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 21, the relay apparatus 200 does not issue an OpenID based on the MSN, and the management apparatus 300 stores T3a instead of the third table T3, and stores the contents. The server 400 stores various content data in association with the MSN instead of OpenID. That is, as shown in FIG. 20, data D913, D914, and D915 are exchanged instead of the data D908, D909, and D910 of FIG.
In this aspect, the information for specifying the line can be reduced. Further, it is not necessary to provide a communication path between the content server 400 and the management apparatus 300.

(2) Relationship between user, line, and terminal In the above embodiment, “line” is used to specify a communication path or communication means used by a user, including equipment used by the user and control parameters relating to communication. This is an example of communication resources in a broad sense. Therefore, the concept of “line” described above need not be the same as specific hardware or software (communication method, communication standard, etc.) for realizing communication. The information for specifying the line can be information for identifying each terminal using a communication network in accordance with one communication standard as in the above-described embodiment, or each terminal in a communication network in which a plurality of communication standards are mixed. It can also be information to identify.
The relationship between the line and the terminal may be one-to-one, one-to-many (a situation where a single line is shared by multiple terminals), or many-to-one (a situation where one terminal can selectively use multiple lines). Good. That is, in the present invention, when a user can use a plurality of communication resources (or a combination of communication resources; resource groups) used when requesting and providing information, the communication resources (groups) are associated with each other. In addition, the one communication resource used for the request determines the provided information based on the relevance of the communication resource (group) with the other communication resource (group), and the information of the content is determined using the one communication resource. It can be understood that the information is provided to the terminal.
Further, the present invention can be applied even in a situation where a plurality of users (one user group) can use one terminal (or one communication line). In this case, the line to be associated may be determined based on whether or not a plurality of available users completely match. That is, the “same user” in the above example can be applied by replacing it with “same user group”.

(3) Provided Information Determination Method In the above embodiment, in short, when a request is made using a line having the first attribute, the first information is provided, whereas the second information When the request is made using a line having an attribute, it can be said that the second information is provided in addition to the first information. The method for determining the information to be provided to the terminal based on the communication resource is not limited to this example. For example, the user can provide a service according to each user's preference by writing a free definition as service contents in the third table T3 (T3a). Further, the provided information does not necessarily need to depend on information corresponding to a related line (data used on other lines). For example, the provided information may depend only on the fact that there are associated lines (the user has more than one line) or not (the user has only one line). The line (terminal) attributes are not limited to two types, “main” and “sub”, and for example, three or more types may be set. Diversifying the definition of related line information that can be set expands the range of services provided.
Note that it is not always necessary to use a table in which provision information is defined. For example, when there is a line association, predetermined data may be added to the case where there is no association (for example, this may be defined as the content provided by default), or according to a predetermined algorithm The content data may be processed.

(4) Functional Arrangement In short, in the present invention, a plurality of communication resources that can be used by a user are registered in association with each other, and the content of information provided to the user is another communication resource that can be used by the user. Has a function determined so as to depend on the presence or absence or the relationship between communication resources. That is, the system of the present invention relates to the function of accepting a request from a terminal, the function of specifying one line as a communication resource used when the request is made, and the specified one line. Using the one line, the function for identifying the other line registered in this way, the function for determining the provision information for the request based on the identified one line and the other line, It is only necessary to have a function of transmitting the determined provision information to the terminal.
In which node each function is implemented is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but is arbitrary.
For example, the functions of the relay device 200, the management device 300, and the content server 400 may be implemented by one node (hardware). Programs that implement these functions in hardware include magnetic recording media (magnetic tape, magnetic disk (HDD (Hard Disk Drive), FDD (Flexible Disk Drive), etc.)), optical recording media (optical disc (CD (Compact Disc)), DVD (Digital Versatile Disk)), a magneto-optical recording medium, a computer-readable recording medium such as a semiconductor memory, or the like, or can be downloaded via a network. When implemented as a system composed of a plurality of nodes as in the above embodiment, the connection form between the nodes is arbitrary. For example, in the information providing system 1, wired communication may be performed between the terminal 100 and the relay device 200, and the Internet 700 does not need to be a public communication network.

  In other words, as shown in FIG. 22, the present invention includes a receiving unit 901 that receives a request from a terminal, a first specifying unit 902 that specifies one line used when the request is made, Based on the second specifying means for specifying another line registered in association with the specified one line, and the one line and the specified other line, provision information for the request is determined. An information providing system 1A comprising an information processing apparatus 900 and a terminal 100 each including a determining unit 904 and a transmitting unit 905 that transmits the determined provided information to the terminal using the one line. One example is included. In this case, the information processing apparatus 900 includes one or a plurality of computers, and the above-described function for receiving a request, a function for specifying a requested line, a function for specifying another line, a function for determining provided information, and provided information Is executed, and a program for realizing the one or a plurality of computers is executed.

  When the relay apparatus 200 is owned by a certain communication carrier, access made using a line that is not contracted with other than the communication carrier may be accepted. For example, when receiving an access request using line information that the relay device 200 does not know, such as an unknown telephone number, the relay device 200 determines whether the access should be permitted by inquiring the management device 300. An example of a system that realizes this is shown below.

  First, as shown in FIG. 23, the relay apparatus 200 stores T1a instead of the first table T1. The first table T1a is provided with a field for storing related line information acquired from the management apparatus 300. For example, when there are MSN10, MSN11, and MSN12 as lines associated with an identifier MSN of a certain line and the attributes are “sub”, “main”, and “sub”, “MSN10, sub; MSN11, main; Data of the format “MSN12, sub” is stored in the first table T1a.

  On the other hand, in the management apparatus 300, as shown in FIG. 24, T3b is stored instead of the third table T3. The third table T3b is provided with a field for storing line identification information in addition to the attribute of each line associated with the user ID as related line information. In the line identification information field, information is written only for the data in the field where the information for identifying the line (here, OpenID) is blank. In the example shown in the figure, for the user specified by the user ID “2456845970”, there are three lines specified by the OpenID that can be identified by the relay apparatus 200, and a line that does not have an OpenID and is “MSNx”. It means that it has one line specified by.

FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating an outline of the operation of the information providing system according to the modification. When receiving the access request (S200), the relay device 200 determines whether information (MSN or the like) about the line used in the request included in the request is registered in the first table T1a. Determine (S201). If registered (S201: Y), the relay device 200 relays communication between the terminal and the content server 400. At this time, the relay device 200 provides related line information stored in the first table T1a in response to a request from the content server 400 (S209). The content server 400 acquires related line information from the relay device (S210), generates provision information based on the related line information (S108), and transmits it to the terminal (S110).

On the other hand, when the information on the line related to the request is not registered in the relay apparatus 200 (S201: N), the relay apparatus 200 sends a request for authentication of the line used for the request to the management apparatus 300. Transmit (S202). Here, it is assumed that the request includes information (“MSNx”) that is not registered in the relay apparatus 200 as information for identifying the used line.
When receiving the authentication request, the management device 300 refers to the third table T3b, searches the field of the line identification information, and determines whether there is a record that matches the MSNx (S203). When the matching record third table T3b cannot be found (S203: N), information indicating that authentication is not established is transmitted to the relay apparatus 200 as an authentication result. On the other hand, when a matching record is found (S203: Y), the line attribute related to the record and the attribute for each line linked to the line via the user ID are read out to the relay apparatus 200. Transmit (S204).

  If the received authentication result indicates that the authentication is not successful, the relay device 200 transmits a signal to the terminal to reject the request. This completes the processing for the request. On the other hand, when the related line information is included in the received authentication result, the relay apparatus 200 newly sets one record in the first table T1a by associating MSNx with the acquired related line information, and acquires MSNx. Related line information is stored in the generated record. Subsequently, the relay device 200 establishes a communication path with the terminal (S208).

FIG. 26 shows an example of information flow in the operation shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the difference from the operation illustrated in FIG. 10 will be mainly described. First, a predetermined application is activated on the terminal 100, and an access request D901A to the content server 400 is transmitted to the relay device 200. The relay apparatus 200 refers to the first table T1a and checks whether the line used for the request (for example, the line identified by MSNx) is registered in the first table T1a. If not registered, an authentication request D920 is transmitted to the management apparatus 300.
In the management apparatus 300, the third table T3b is referred to determine whether or not MSNx is registered, and the authentication result D921 is transmitted to the relay apparatus 200. In the relay device 200, either notification of content access rejection (D920B) or information exchange (D902A, D903, D904) for relaying with the content server 400 is executed according to the authentication result. When the MSNx is registered in the first table T1a (illustration is omitted in the figure), this relay process is directly executed.
Subsequently, when a service request (email browsing request or the like) is transmitted from the terminal 100 to the content server 400 (D905, D906), the content server 400 acquires related line information from the relay device 200 (D922, D923). In the content server 400, provided information is generated based on the acquired related line information and provided to the terminal 100 (D911, 912).

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information provision system, 100 ... Terminal, 110 ... Control part, 120 ... Communication part, 130 ... Display part, 140 ... Input part, 150 ... Voice input part, 160 ... Audio output unit, 170 ... Storage unit, 200 ... Relay device, 210 ... Control unit, 220 ... Communication unit, 211 ... Address conversion unit, 212 ... Line identification 230, input / output unit, 240 ... storage unit, 300 ... management device, 310 ... control unit, 311 ... attribute specifying unit, 320 ... communication unit, 330 ... Input / output unit, 340 ... storage unit, 410 communication unit, 420 ... control unit, 430 ... input / output unit, 421 ... attribute acquisition unit, 422 ... content determination unit, 440 ... Storage unit, 400 ... content server, 500 ... base station, 600 ... Mobile communication network, 700 ... Internet, 900 ... Information processing device, C1 ... Mail related data C1, C2 ... Phonebook related data C2, C3 ... WEB page related data C3, T1 ... -1st table, T1a, T2 ... 2nd table, T3, T3a, T3b ... 3rd table, T4 ... 4th table

Claims (9)

A receiving means for receiving a request from the terminal;
First specifying means for specifying one line used when the request is made;
Second specifying means for specifying another line registered in association with the specified one line;
Determining means for determining provision information corresponding to the request based on the specified one line and another line;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit the determined provided information to the terminal using the one line. One line is assigned to one terminal,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of lines corresponding to a plurality of terminals used by one user are registered in association with each other. For each of the plurality of lines registered in association with each other, either the first attribute or the second attribute is given as attribute information,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the provision information is determined according to the attribute information. When the request is made using a line having the first attribute, the first information is provided as the provision information.
When the request is made using a line having the second attribute, second information is provided as the provision information in addition to the first information. The information processing apparatus described. The request relates to processing of an email;
The information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the provided information includes information displayed on the terminal when browsing or creating a mail. The request relates to browsing of data describing contact information of other users,
5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the provision information includes information for specifying a portion provided to the terminal among the data held by a user of the terminal. . The request relates to browsing a web page,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the provided information is content displayed in the web page. On the computer,
Receiving a request from the terminal;
Identifying the one line used when the request is made;
Identifying another line registered in association with the identified one line;
Determining provided information corresponding to the request based on the identified one line and another line;
A program for executing the step of transmitting the determined provision information to the terminal using the one line. The relay device receiving a request addressed to the content providing device from the terminal;
The relay device identifying one line used when the request is made;
The relay device transmitting the received request and a first line identifier for identifying the specified one line to a content providing apparatus;
The content providing apparatus acquires a second line identifier registered in association with the received first line identifier from a management apparatus;
The content providing apparatus determining provision information corresponding to the request based on the received first line identifier and second line identifier;
The content providing apparatus includes the step of transmitting the determined provided information to the terminal using the one line via the relay apparatus.

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