JP4853970B2 - Terminal cooperation use system, apparatus and program thereof - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for using a mobile communication terminal and a stationary terminal in cooperation with each other.

  In general, a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone (hereinafter referred to as a mobile terminal) can use services such as Web browsing, mail transmission / reception, and content such as playback, recording, and recording of images, videos, and music. is there. However, there are drawbacks in that the display screen is small due to portability, the number of operation keys for input is small, and the number is small.

  On the other hand, stationary terminals such as PCs (personal computers) and TVs have a large display screen and a large number and size of operation keys, but they are used at destinations (net cafes, offices and homes). In the case of a deferred terminal that can be used, the environment (hardware configuration, type of usable program, type of connected communication line (communication speed), etc.) differs for each terminal, so the same services and contents are available at any destination. There is no guarantee that will be available.

  Several techniques have been proposed to make up for the shortcomings of both portable terminals and stationary terminals and to improve the convenience and operability for users.

For example, in Patent Document 1, a program in a mobile phone is remotely activated from a PC connected to the mobile phone, the content is converted into display data by the program, and then transmitted to the PC, whereby the content is displayed on the PC side. There has been proposed a technique capable of displaying content on a display device of a PC even without a program for converting to.
JP 2006-148625 A

  In the conventional technology described above, the user can carry around the mobile terminal and use the same service and content on the stationary terminal installed at the destination, and the mobile terminal and the stationary terminal are used individually. Compared with, the convenience and operability of the user can be improved, but there is a problem that the resources (resources) of the stationary terminal are not fully utilized.

  For example, services and contents cannot be used with programs and display data suitable for the size of the display screen of the stationary terminal, the OS and its version, etc., and selection of the optimal NW connection means (via PC or mobile phone) Information on the fixed line to which the deferred terminal is connected (regional information, accommodation location, etc.) cannot be used, and content on the server that is suitable for the display screen size and communication speed of the deferred terminal cannot be used. Is mentioned.

  The present invention has been made in view of these points, and the user simply carries around his / her mobile terminal, and does not perform complicated operations or settings, and can perform similar services and contents on the destination stationary terminal. The purpose is to enable the use of resources effectively.

  In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, a portable terminal that is carried and carried by a user and connected to a mobile network, a stationary terminal that is installed at a user's destination and connected to a fixed network, and At least a short-distance communication line that connects directly and communicably, and information transmitted and received between the portable terminal and the stationary terminal via the short-distance communication line for the use of services and contents by the portable terminal or the stationary terminal The terminal cooperation use system is controlled based on the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal requests the terminal environment information, which is information related to the environment, from the deferred terminal, and is suitable for the terminal environment information acquisition unit and the terminal environment information of the deferred terminal A program storage unit for a stationary terminal that stores stored programs and a program that is used when using services and content on a mobile terminal alone A portable terminal program storage unit for storing rams, a program switching unit for switching whether to execute a program stored in a stationary terminal program storage unit or a portable terminal program storage unit, and a portable terminal as an operation terminal An input / output switching unit for determining parameters used for processing display data according to the terminal environment information of the stationary terminal and the acquired terminal environment of the stationary terminal. A terminal environment information notification unit that notifies information to the input / output switching unit in order to create data suitable for the terminal environment of the stationary terminal, and the stationary terminal includes a terminal information storage unit that stores the terminal environment information; A control unit that reads out terminal environment information from the terminal information storage unit in response to a request from the portable terminal and notifies the portable terminal Characterized in that it has a.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to use services and contents using programs and display data suitable for the environment of a stationary terminal.

  In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, in addition to the above, a location information server arranged on a mobile network and having a location information determination unit that provides location information of a mobile terminal, and a fixed network And a line identification server having a line information determination unit for providing line information to which the stationary terminal is connected. In addition to the above, the mobile terminal is connected to a mobile network that is an NW connection via the mobile terminal and an NW via the stationary terminal. A NW switching unit that switches NWs with a fixed network that is a connection, and a location information acquisition unit that acquires location information of the mobile terminal from the location information server and acquires line information to which the stationary terminal is connected from the line identification server It is characterized by having.

  With such a configuration, it becomes possible to select an optimal NW connection means and to use information on a fixed line to which a stationary terminal is connected.

  In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, in addition to the above, the terminal environment information of the operation terminal that is communicable with the mobile terminal and the stationary terminal via the mobile network or the fixed network and notified from the mobile terminal A user operation terminal information storage unit, and a control unit that selects content to be provided based on the terminal environment information and transmits the content to the mobile terminal. Terminal environment information to the input / output switching unit to create data suitable for the terminal environment of the stationary terminal, and to the application server to use services and contents suitable for the terminal environment information of the stationary terminal It has the terminal environment information notification part to notify.

  With such a configuration, it becomes possible to use services and contents on the server suitable for the environment of the stationary terminal.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, in the present invention, in addition to the above, the mobile terminal has a driver for causing the stationary terminal to have a data route selection function and a program for automatically introducing the driver to the stationary terminal. It has an NW driver storage section for storing. Also, the program may include a function for adding a program required on the stationary terminal side in order to realize data display and key input operation in accordance with changes in environmental information such as the OS of the stationary terminal.

  With such a configuration, when the portable terminal and the stationary terminal are connected, the user can automatically perform necessary settings without performing complicated operations and settings.

  In order to solve the above problem, in the present invention, the stationary terminal includes a terminal information storage unit that stores a plurality of terminal environment information together with a unique ID, and a terminal information acquisition unit that acquires dynamic terminal environment information. In response to a request from the mobile terminal, the environment information ID corresponding to the environment information at that time, or the terminal environment information corresponding to the environment information ID at that time is read from the terminal information storage unit, or the terminal information acquisition unit A control unit for notifying the mobile terminal of the dynamic terminal environment information acquired using the mobile terminal. In addition to the above, the mobile terminal adds the terminal environment information acquired from the stationary terminal by the terminal environment information acquisition unit to the environment information. In addition to having a terminal environment information storage unit that stores information together with the ID, the terminal environment information that is information related to the environment is stored in the stationary terminal, only the environment information ID or the ID Youngest entire environment information, or to switch any of the dynamic terminal environment information requested, and having a terminal environment information acquisition unit that acquires.

  By adopting such a configuration, if the environment of the stationary terminal connected to the portable terminal is the same as when it was previously connected, it is only necessary to exchange the environment information ID. Since it becomes unnecessary and dynamic terminal environment information such as an effective communication speed can be acquired, services and contents optimized for the environment at the time of request can be used.

  According to the terminal cooperative use system of the present invention, when a mobile terminal and a stationary terminal are used in combination, an optimum NW connection means (via a mobile network or a fixed network) is selected, and terminal environment information and NW information are selected. The services that can be used can be changed as appropriate. Further, when realizing the above, the user does not need to perform complicated operations and settings.

  Hereinafter, the terminal cooperation utilization system which concerns on embodiment of this invention is demonstrated with reference to drawings.

<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a terminal cooperative use system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. This terminal cooperative use system is installed at a mobile terminal 100 carried and carried by a user and a user's destination. Mobile terminal 100, mobile terminal 100, and short-range communication line 300 that directly connects communicable terminal 200, mobile network 400 that accommodates (connects) mobile terminal 100, and accommodates (connects to) stationary terminal 200 ) Fixed network 500, mobile terminal 100 and stationary terminal 200, mobile network 400 or application server 600 disposed on a network (not shown) connectable via fixed network 500, and mobile network 400. The location information server 700 and the line identification server 800 arranged on the fixed network 500 are provided.

  Note that the short-range communication line 300 is a communication unit that connects terminals such that a USB cable, Bluetooth (registered trademark), WirelessUSB, infrared, or the like can communicate directly with each other, and any unit may be used. . Moreover, although only one stationary terminal is shown in FIG. 1, it goes without saying that a plurality of stationary terminals installed at each destination are targeted if the user has a plurality of destinations.

  FIG. 2 shows a configuration of the mobile terminal 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The mobile terminal 100 includes a data storage unit 101, a stationary terminal (for PC) program storage unit 102, and a mobile terminal ( Portable) program storage unit 103, execution unit 104, network (NW) switching unit 105, program switching unit 106, input / output switching unit 107, mobile network connection interface 108, PAN (Personal Area Network) interface 109, NW driver storage unit 110, an input unit 111, a display unit 112, a terminal environment information acquisition unit 113, a terminal environment information notification unit 114, and a position information acquisition unit 115.

  The data storage unit 101 stores data transferred from the mobile network 400 directly or from the fixed network 500 via the stationary terminal 200. The PC program storage unit 102 stores a program suitable for terminal environment information of a stationary terminal, which is used when a service or content is used via the stationary terminal 200. The portable program storage unit 103 stores a program used when a service or content is used by a portable terminal alone. The execution unit 104 executes a program stored in the PC program storage unit 102 or the portable program storage unit 103 using the data stored in the data storage unit 101.

  The NW switching unit 105 performs switching between connection to the mobile network 400 via the mobile network connection interface 108 and connection to the fixed network 500 via the stationary terminal 200 via the PAN interface 109. The program switching unit 106 switches whether the program stored in the PC program storage unit 102 or the portable program storage unit 103 is executed by the execution unit 104. The input / output switching unit 107 determines whether to use the portable terminal 100 or the stationary terminal 200 as an operation terminal, controls the program switching unit 106, and uses it for processing display data according to the terminal environment information of the stationary terminal. Determine the parameters.

  The mobile network connection interface 108 is an interface for connecting to the mobile network 400. The PAN interface 109 is an interface for communicating with the stationary terminal 200 via the short-range communication line 300 described above. When performing data communication via the fixed network 500 and the stationary terminal 200, the NW driver storage unit 110 automatically introduces a driver for causing the stationary terminal 200 to perform a data routing function and the driver to the stationary terminal 200. Store the program.

  The input unit 111 is an operation key or the like that receives input from the user. The display unit 112 is a display that outputs (presents) information to the user.

  The terminal environment information acquisition unit 113 requests and acquires terminal environment information, which is information related to the environment, from the stationary terminal 200. The terminal environment information notification unit 114 switches the input / output to create data suitable for the terminal environment of the stationary terminal 200 (determine parameters used for data processing) from the terminal environment information acquired by the terminal environment information acquisition unit 113. And notifies the application server 600 (in response to a request) in order to use content suitable for the terminal environment information of the stationary terminal 200. The location information acquisition unit 115 acquires the location information of the mobile terminal 100 from the location information server 700 via the mobile network 400 via the NW switching unit 105 and the mobile network interface 108, and the line information to which the stationary terminal 200 is connected. Is acquired from the line identification server 800 via the NW switching unit 105 and the PAN interface 109 via the stationary terminal 200 and the fixed network 500.

  FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the stationary terminal 200 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The stationary terminal 200 includes a driver introduction unit 201, a main storage unit 202, terminal information, as shown in FIG. The storage unit 203, the PAN interface 204, the LAN interface 205, the control unit 206, the input unit 207, and the display unit 208 are configured, and as shown in FIG. 209 and the route control unit 210.

  The driver introduction unit 201 is for causing the stationary terminal 200 to have a data route selection function when using a service or content via the fixed terminal 500 in the portable terminal 100 via the stationary terminal 200. The holding unit 209 holds the route information (route table), and the route control unit 210 sets the route information by the installed driver, holds the route information in the route information holding unit 209, and Route control of transmission data is performed according to the stored route information.

  The main storage unit 202 temporarily stores various programs and transmission data. The terminal information storage unit 203 stores terminal environment information including the hardware configuration of the stationary terminal 200, the OS, its version, communication speed, and the like.

  The PAN interface 204 is an interface for communicating with the mobile terminal 100 via the short-range communication line 300 described above. The LAN interface 205 is an interface for connecting to the fixed network 500 via a LAN (not shown) provided at a place where the stationary terminal 200 is installed. The control unit 206 reads the terminal environment information from the terminal information storage unit 203 in response to a request from the mobile terminal 100, notifies the mobile terminal 100, and introduces the driver described above into the driver introduction unit 201.

  The input unit 207 is a keyboard, a mouse, or the like that receives input from the user. The display unit 208 is a display that outputs (presents) information to the user.

  FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the application server 600, the location information server 700, and the line identification server 800 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The application server 600 stores contents as shown in FIG. Unit 601, user operation terminal information storage unit 602, control unit 603, and NW interface 604, and the location information server 700 includes a location information storage unit 701, location information determination as shown in FIG. Section 702 and NW interface 703, and the line identification server 800 includes a line information storage section 801, a line information determination section 802, and an NW interface 803 as shown in FIG. Yes.

  The content storage unit 601 stores various services and content (data) provided to the user. The user operation terminal information storage unit 602 stores the terminal environment information of the operation terminal notified from the mobile terminal 100. The control unit 603 selects a service or content (data) to be provided based on the terminal environment information, and transmits this to the mobile terminal 100.

  The location information storage unit 701 stores location information where the mobile terminal 100 is located. The position information determination unit 702 provides the position information of the mobile terminal in response to the request.

  The line information storage unit 801 stores line information to which the stationary terminal 200 is connected. The line information determination unit 802 provides line information to which the stationary terminal 200 is connected in response to a request.

  The NW interfaces 604, 703, and 803 are used for the application server 600, the location information server 700, and the line identification server 800 to connect to the NW (not shown) that houses the application server 600, the mobile network 400, and the fixed network 500, respectively. Interface.

  FIG. 5 shows a flow of operation when the mobile terminal 100 and the stationary terminal are directly connected in the terminal cooperative use system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The operation of the terminal cooperation use system will be described with the block diagram of the system and each device.

  First, when the mobile terminal 100 and the stationary terminal 200 are directly connected via the short-range communication line 300 (step S101), can the input / output switching unit 107 of the mobile terminal 100 actually exchange data? Is determined, and the terminal operated by the user is determined (step S102). When it is determined that the operation terminal is the mobile terminal 100, the process proceeds to step S117. On the other hand, when it is determined that the operation terminal is the stationary terminal 200, the terminal environment information acquisition unit 113 requests the terminal environment information, here OS and version information, from the stationary terminal 200 via the PAN interface 109 (step). S103). In the stationary terminal 200, when the request is received, the control unit 206 reads out information on the hardware configuration, the OS, its version, and the like from the terminal information storage unit 203, and notifies the portable terminal 100 via the PAN interface 204 ( Step S104). The notified terminal environment information is stored in the terminal environment information acquisition unit 113 of the portable terminal 100 as OS / version information of the operation terminal (step S105).

  When using a service or content via the fixed network 500 connected to the stationary terminal 200, received data from the fixed network 500 is transmitted to the mobile terminal 100, and transmission data from the mobile terminal 100 is transmitted to the fixed network 500. In addition, the stationary terminal 200 assumes a data route selection function. For this reason, a route table and a driver necessary for providing the route selection function need to be installed in the stationary terminal 200. Therefore, the input / output switching unit 107 of the mobile terminal 100 requests to confirm whether an appropriate driver is installed in the stationary terminal 200 (step S106), and the control unit 206 of the stationary terminal 200 has installed the driver in the driver introducing unit 201. (Step S107). If the driver has already been installed, the process proceeds to step S111. If the driver has not been installed, the driver is requested from the portable terminal 100 via the PAN interface 204 (step S108).

  In the portable terminal 100, the driver suitable for the environment of the stationary terminal 200 confirmed in steps S104 and S105 is read out from the drivers stored in the NW driver storage unit 110 by the input / output switching unit 107 and sent back (step S109). In the stationary terminal 200, the driver is introduced into the driver introduction unit 201 (step S110).

  The route control unit 210 of the driver introduction unit 201 requests the mobile terminal 100 for information such as its IP address via the PAN interface 204 in order to perform route setting using the driver that has been installed or has been introduced in step S110. (Step S111) Based on the information returned from the mobile terminal 100 (Step S112), the route information holding unit 209 sets the route information (Step S113), and then notifies the mobile terminal 100 of the setting result. (Step S114).

  When the terminal environment information acquisition unit 113 of the portable terminal 100 receives the completion notification of the route setting in step S114, the terminal environment information acquisition unit 113 checks the usage status such as the size of the display screen of the stationary terminal 200 as the operation terminal and the communication speed via the fixed network. A confirmation request is made (step S115). On the other hand, the control unit 206 of the stationary terminal 200 that has received the request collects necessary information from the display unit 208 and the route control unit 210 and notifies the portable terminal 100 of the usage status of the operation terminal (step S116).

  In the portable terminal 100, the acquired terminal environment information is notified to the input / output switching unit 107 by the terminal environment information notification unit 114, and parameters used for processing the display data are determined (step S117). This processes display data in a state suitable for a stationary terminal. For example, low-resolution display data for a portable terminal can be converted into a high-resolution display device for a stationary terminal.

  Furthermore, when the input / output switching unit 107 determines a display device (step S118), when the operation terminal is the portable terminal 100, the process proceeds to step S122 and is displayed on the display unit 112. When the operation terminal is the stationary terminal 200, display data is processed (step S119) based on the parameters in step S117, and data suitable for display is transmitted to the stationary terminal 200 as a display signal (step S120). The control unit 206 determines that the received data is a display signal, passes it to the display unit 208, and displays it (step S121).

  FIG. 6 shows a flow of operations when using a specific service in the terminal cooperation use system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the system and each device shown in FIGS. The operation of the terminal cooperation use system will be described with a block diagram.

  The specific service here refers to a location-limited service (remote monitoring system) that performs monitoring work in the home by a specific supplier. In this case, it is for checking whether the monitoring person of the specific contractor is accessing from the office as an appropriate place, so as to prevent unauthorized access such as access from other than the office.

  It is assumed that the mobile terminal 100 and the stationary terminal 200 are already connected via the short-range communication line 300, and a service on the network is used via the fixed terminal 500 via the stationary terminal 200.

  Although not shown in the sequence diagram here, when data is transmitted to the application server 600, data transmitted from the mobile terminal 100 to the stationary terminal 200 via the short-range communication line 300 is transferred to the path control unit 210. The route to the application server 600 is determined. Conversely, the data received by the stationary terminal 200 from the application server 600 is routed to the mobile terminal 100.

  Similarly, when transmitting data to the line identification server 800, data transmitted from the portable terminal 100 to the stationary terminal 200 via the short-range communication line 300 is transmitted to the line identification server 800 by the route control unit 210. And has been routed. Conversely, the data received by the stationary terminal 200 from the line identification server 800 is routed to the portable terminal 100.

  First, the user makes a browser activation request in the portable terminal 100 from the input unit 207 of the stationary terminal 200 (step S201). The program switching unit 106 that has received the request activates the browser in the PC program storage unit 102 via the execution unit 104 (step S202). Further, the input / output switching unit 107 determines that the display device is the display unit 208 of the stationary terminal 200 (step S203), and processes the display data according to the parameters determined in step S117 described above (step S204). The data is transmitted to the stationary terminal 200 via the interface 109 via the short-range communication line 300 (step S205). The control unit 206 of the stationary terminal 200 determines that the display data is displayed, and performs display on the display unit 208 (step S206).

  Next, when the monitor of the trader inputs the URL of the monitoring destination from the input unit 207 of the stationary terminal 200 (step S207), an access request is sent from the browser in the mobile terminal 100 to the target server, here the application server 600. It is transmitted (step S208). Upon receiving the access request, the application server 600 transmits data necessary for access to the mobile terminal 100 (step S209). The mobile terminal 100 determines whether the location information is required by the program of the execution unit 104 based on this data. Determination is made (step S210). If position information is not required, the process proceeds to step S225.

  When the location information is necessary, the location information acquisition unit 115 switches the NW at the NW switching unit 105 and requests the location information server 700 via the mobile network connection interface 108 via the mobile network 400 (step S211). ). The position information server 700 determines the position of the mobile terminal 100 (step S212), and notifies the mobile terminal 100 as position information (step S213). Furthermore, the location information acquisition unit 115 requests location information from the line identification server 800 via the fixed network 500 in order to confirm the installation location of the fixed network to which the stationary terminal 200 is connected (step S214). Upon receiving the request, the line identification server 800 determines the position of the currently connected fixed network (step S215), and notifies the portable terminal 100 of the position information (step S216).

  The execution unit 104 requests location verification from the application server 600 based on the location information obtained from both the mobile network 400 and the fixed network 500 (step S217), and the location is not the same in the application server 600. Is determined (step S218), the result of position collation is notified to the portable terminal 100 (step S219). Further, the input / output switching unit 107 determines that the display device is the display unit 208 of the stationary terminal 200 (step S220), and processes the display data according to the parameters determined in step S117 described above (step S221). It transmits to the stationary terminal 200 via the short-range communication line 300 via the interface 109 (step S222). The control unit 206 of the stationary terminal 200 determines that the display data is displayed, and performs display on the display unit 208 (step S223). On the other hand, if it is determined in step S219 that the position collation results match, the execution unit 104 receives the position collation result (step S224), and then transmits a service request to the application server 600 (step S225).

  Further, in response to the terminal usage status request from the application server 600 (step S226), the terminal environment information notification unit 114 transmits the resolution of the display unit 208 of the stationary terminal 200 and the communication speed via the LAN interface to the application server 600. (Step S227). The application server 600 determines an optimal application (content) according to the received terminal usage status information (step S228) and provides it (step S229). In the portable terminal 100, the input / output switching unit 107 processes and transmits display data for the stationary terminal 200 (steps S230, S231, and S222), and the stationary terminal 200 displays the received data on the display unit 208 (step S230). S233).

  Here, the optimum application will be compared between when the mobile terminal 100 is used alone and when it is used in combination with the stationary terminal 200. When the mobile terminal 100 is operated alone and a service is used, the display unit 112 of the mobile terminal 100 is smaller than the display unit 208 of the stationary terminal 200, and the data communication speed via the mobile network connection interface 108 is small. Is considered to be slower than via a fixed network. Therefore, when the mobile terminal 100 is used alone, a video with a low resolution and a low bit rate is played, whereas when used in combination with the stationary terminal 200, a higher quality and higher bit rate is obtained. Video service is available.

<Second Embodiment>
In the case of a stationary terminal such as a PC, the environment may change from time to time even if the same stationary terminal is used. For example, the screen size and communication speed differ between when a notebook PC is used for wireless LAN connection and when a large display is connected to the same notebook PC and used for wired LAN connection. Furthermore, some environments, such as effective communication speed, change from moment to moment due to factors other than the stationary terminal itself, thereby affecting the use of services and content. For example, even if the communication speed of the NW interface is 100 Mbps, if the effective value is 5 Mbps, moving image reproduction requiring 10 Mbps cannot be performed.

  Accordingly, hereinafter, a plurality of environment information can be handled for the same stationary terminal, and terminal environment information (hereinafter referred to as “terminal environment information” determined by the hardware configuration and settings of the terminal itself as described in the first embodiment). And terminal environment information (hereinafter referred to as dynamic terminal environment information) that changes from moment to moment mainly due to factors other than the terminal. The terminal cooperation utilization system according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

  Of the configuration and procedure of the terminal cooperative use system according to the second embodiment, the same components as those of the terminal cooperative use system according to the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. To do. The system configuration of the terminal cooperative use system according to the second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG.

  FIG. 7 shows a configuration of a stationary terminal 200 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Here, as described above, the terminal information storage unit 203 stores a plurality of terminal environment information (static terminal environment information) of the stationary terminal 200 that is different from time to time, as shown in FIG. (1000, 1001,...) Are stored. Further, the terminal information acquisition unit 211 acquires dynamic terminal environment information, for example, an effective communication speed in response to a request. Further, if the request from the portable terminal 100 is only the environment information ID as will be described later (for example, stored in the main storage unit 202), the control unit 206 sets the environment information ID corresponding to the terminal environment information at that time, If the request is terminal environment information, the terminal environment information corresponding to the current environment information ID is read from the terminal information storage unit 203 and includes the environment information ID, and the request is also dynamic terminal environment information. If there is, the mobile terminal 100 is notified of the dynamic terminal environment information acquired using the terminal information acquisition unit 211, and the above-described driver is introduced into the driver introduction unit 201. The configuration other than the above is the same as that in the first embodiment.

  FIG. 9 shows a configuration of a portable terminal 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Here, as shown in FIG. 10A, the terminal environment information storage unit 116 stores the terminal environment information acquired from the stationary terminal 200 by the terminal environment information acquisition unit 113 together with the environment information ID. As shown in FIG. 10B, on the mobile side, the ID of the stationary terminal 200 itself and the environment information ID may be managed and stored as a set. Further, when the terminal environment information acquisition unit 113 requests the terminal environment information from the stationary terminal 200, only the environment information ID, the entire terminal environment information including the ID (static terminal environment information), or a dynamic terminal It shall be requested by switching any of the environmental information. The configuration other than the above is the same as that in the first embodiment.

  FIG. 11 shows an operation flow when the mobile terminal 100 and the stationary terminal are directly connected in the terminal cooperative use system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The operation of the terminal cooperative use system will be described with the system shown in FIGS. 7 and 4 and the block diagrams of the respective devices.

  First, when the mobile terminal 100 and the stationary terminal 200 are directly connected via the short-range communication line 300 (step S101) and it is determined that the operation terminal is the stationary terminal 200 (step S102), the terminal environment information acquisition unit 113 requests the stationary terminal 200 for the environment information ID via the PAN interface 109 (step S131). In the stationary terminal 200, when the request is received, the control unit 206 notifies the portable terminal 100 of the environment information ID at that time via the PAN interface 204 (step S132).

  In the portable terminal 100, it is confirmed whether the notified terminal information ID is an ID registered in the terminal environment information storage unit 116 (step S133). If the ID has been registered in the terminal environment information storage unit 116, that is, remains as a history of use in the past, the processing of steps S103 to S116, that is, processing such as environment information acquisition, driver installation, route setting, etc. for the stationary terminal 200 Can be omitted, and the process proceeds to step S117, and the processing speed is increased.

  On the other hand, if the ID is not registered in the terminal environment information storage unit 116, the processing from step S103 onward is executed as in the case of the first embodiment. However, in step S103, the corresponding terminal environment information may be requested using the ID notified in step S132 as a key. In step S105, the terminal environment information acquired by the terminal environment information acquisition unit 113 is used as the ID. Are registered in the terminal environment information storage unit 116. The subsequent processing is the same as that in the first embodiment.

  FIG. 12 shows a flow of operations when using a specific service in the terminal cooperative use system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 12, FIG. 9, FIG. 7, and FIG. The operation of the terminal cooperative use system will be described with the system shown and the block diagram of each device.

  Note that the portable terminal 100 and the stationary terminal 200 are already connected via the short-range communication line 300, and the static terminal environment information acquisition (steps S131, S103, S111, and S115) of the stationary terminal 200 is completed, and the portable terminal 100 is further portable. It is assumed that a browser is activated in the terminal 100 and is logged in to the moving image site of the application server 600 via the stationary terminal 200 and the fixed network 500 (step S301).

  When the user inputs a content designation key from the input unit 207 of the stationary terminal 200 (step S302), the terminal environment information acquisition unit 113 of the mobile terminal 100 requests dynamic terminal environment information from the stationary terminal 200 (step S302). S303). In the stationary terminal 200, when the request is received, the control unit 206 uses the terminal information acquisition unit 211 to acquire the effective communication speed at that time, and as shown in FIG. Is notified to the portable terminal 100 together with the terminal environment information (step S304). The notified dynamic terminal environment information is stored in the terminal environment information acquisition unit 113 of the mobile terminal 100 as terminal environment information of the operation terminal.

  Thereafter, the execution unit 104 of the portable terminal 100 transmits a content request including the input designation key to the application server 600 (step S305). Further, in response to a request for terminal information from the application server 600 (step S306), the terminal environment information notification unit 114 receives the resolution of the display unit 208 of the stationary terminal 200 from the terminal environment information acquisition unit 113 at the current time or via the LAN interface. The communication speed is read (step S307) and transmitted to the application server 600 (step S308).

  The application server 600 optimizes the content according to the received terminal information (step S309) and transmits it (step S310). In the portable terminal 100, the moving image reproduction program in the PC program storage unit 102 is activated via the execution unit 104 (step S311), and the received content is reproduced (step S312). Furthermore, when the input / output switching unit 107 determines a display device (step S313), when the operation terminal is the portable terminal 100, the process proceeds to step S317 and is displayed on the display unit 112. When the operation terminal is the stationary terminal 200, the display data is processed in accordance with the parameters determined in step S117 described above (step S314), and data suitable for display is transmitted as a display signal to the stationary terminal 200 (step S315). . The control unit 206 determines that the received data is a display signal, passes it to the display unit 208, and displays it (step S316).

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, if the environment of the stationary terminal 200 connected to the portable terminal 100 is the same as that of the previous connection, it is only necessary to exchange the environment information ID. Acquisition of information and the processing associated therewith are not required, and dynamic terminal environment information such as effective communication speed can be provided to the application server 600. Therefore, services and contents optimized for the environment at the time of request can be provided. Can be used.

The block block diagram of the terminal cooperation utilization system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention The block block diagram of the portable terminal which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention The block block diagram of the stationary terminal which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention The block block diagram of the application server which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention, a positional information server, and a circuit | line identification server The sequence diagram which shows the flow of operation | movement when the portable terminal and the stationary terminal are directly connected in the terminal cooperation utilization system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. The sequence diagram which shows the flow of operation | movement at the time of using the concrete service in the terminal cooperation utilization system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. The block block diagram of the stationary terminal which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention Explanatory drawing which shows an example of the terminal environment information stored in the terminal information storage part in FIG. The block block diagram of the portable terminal which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention Explanatory drawing which shows an example of the terminal environment information registered into the terminal environment information storage part in FIG. The sequence diagram which shows the flow of operation | movement when the portable terminal and stationary terminal are directly connected in the terminal cooperation utilization system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. The sequence diagram which shows the flow of operation | movement at the time of using the concrete service in the terminal cooperation utilization system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. Explanatory drawing which shows an example of dynamic terminal environment information

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  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100: Portable terminal 101: Data storage part 102: Stationary terminal (PC) program storage part 103: Portable terminal (portable) program storage part 104: Execution part 105: Network (NW) switching part 106: Program switching unit 107: Input / output switching unit 108: Mobile network connection interface 109: PAN interface 110: NW driver storage unit 111: Input unit 112: Display unit 113: Terminal environment information acquisition unit 114: Terminal environment information notification unit 115: Location information acquisition unit 116: Terminal environment information storage unit 200: Deferred terminal 201: Driver introduction unit 202: Main storage unit 203: Terminal information storage unit 204 PAN interface, 205: LAN interface, 206: control unit, 207: input unit, 208: display unit, 2 9: route information holding unit, 210: route control unit, 211: terminal information acquisition unit, 300: short-range communication line, 400: mobile network, 500: fixed network, 600: application server, 601: content storage unit, 602: User operation terminal information storage unit, 603: control unit, 604, 703, 803: NW interface, 700: location information server, 701: location information storage unit, 702: location information determination unit, 800: line identification server, 801: line Information storage unit 802: Line information determination unit.

Claims (13)

A short-distance communication line that connects a mobile terminal that is carried and possessed by a user and is connected to a mobile network, and a stationary terminal that is installed at a user's destination and is connected to a fixed network so that they can communicate directly with each other. comprising at least the door, when the service or content provided by the application server or via a mobile network or a fixed network by a program stored in the portable terminal utilizes Ri by the said mobile terminal or stationary terminal, mobile and stationary terminal Control of selection of a terminal that performs input from the user and a terminal that performs output to the user, and generation of output corresponding to the selected terminal , based on information transmitted / received to / from the user via a short-range communication line A terminal-linked system,
Mobile devices
A terminal environment information acquisition unit that requests and acquires terminal environment information, which is information related to the environment, from a stationary terminal;
A deferred terminal program storage unit for storing a program suitable for the terminal environment information of the deferred terminal;
A mobile terminal program storage unit for storing a program used when using a service or content on a mobile terminal alone;
A program switching unit for switching whether to execute a program stored in a program storage unit for a stationary terminal or a program storage unit for a mobile terminal;
An input / output switching unit that determines whether to use a portable terminal or a stationary terminal as an operation terminal and controls the program switching unit, and determines parameters used for processing display data according to the terminal environment information of the stationary terminal;
A terminal environment information notification unit for notifying the input / output switching unit in order to create the terminal environment information of the acquired deferred terminal to create data suitable for the terminal environment of the deferred terminal;
Deferred terminal
A terminal information storage unit for storing terminal environment information;
And a control unit that reads out terminal environment information from the terminal information storage unit in response to a request from the mobile terminal and notifies the mobile terminal of the terminal environment information. In the terminal cooperation utilization system of Claim 1,
In addition to the above, a location information server arranged on the mobile network and having a location information determination unit for providing location information of the portable terminal, and a line arranged on the fixed network and providing line information connected to the stationary terminal A line identification server having an information determination unit,
In addition to the above,
An NW switching unit that switches NW between a mobile network that is an NW connection via a portable terminal and a fixed network that is an NW connection via a stationary terminal;
A terminal cooperation use system comprising: a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information of a mobile terminal from a position information server and acquires line information to which a stationary terminal is connected from a line identification server. In the terminal cooperation utilization system according to claim 1 or 2,
In addition to the above, a user operation terminal information storage unit capable of communicating with a mobile terminal and a stationary terminal via a mobile network or a fixed network and storing terminal environment information of the operation terminal notified from the mobile terminal, and the terminal environment An application server having a control unit that selects content to be provided based on information and transmits the content to a mobile terminal;
Mobile devices
In order to notify the input / output switching unit of the acquired terminal environment information of the stationary terminal to create data suitable for the terminal environment of the stationary terminal, and to use services and contents suitable for the terminal environment information of the stationary terminal A terminal environment information notification unit for notifying the application server of the terminal environment utilization notification system. In the terminal cooperation utilization system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 3,
In addition to the above,
A terminal cooperation utilization system comprising: a driver for causing a stationary terminal to perform a data route selection function; and an NW driver storage unit for storing a program for automatically introducing the driver to the stationary terminal. In the terminal cooperation utilization system in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 4,
Deferred terminal
A terminal information storage unit for storing a plurality of terminal environment information together with a unique ID,
A terminal information acquisition unit that acquires dynamic terminal environment information;
In response to a request from the portable terminal, the environment information ID corresponding to the environment information at that time, or the terminal environment information corresponding to the environment information ID at that time is read from the terminal information storage unit, or the terminal information acquisition unit is used. And a control unit for notifying the mobile terminal of the dynamic terminal environment information acquired by
In addition to the above,
A terminal environment information storage unit that stores the terminal environment information acquired from the stationary terminal by the terminal environment information acquisition unit together with the environment information ID;
Terminal environment information to be obtained by requesting the terminal environment information, which is information related to the environment, from only the environment information ID, the entire terminal environment information including the ID, or the dynamic terminal environment information by switching to the stationary terminal A terminal cooperation use system characterized by having an acquisition unit. A portable terminal that is carried and possessed by a user and connected to a mobile network, and can be directly communicated with a stationary terminal that is installed at a user's destination and connected to a fixed network via a short-range communication line. A service or content provided by an application server connected by a program stored in a mobile terminal or via a mobile network or a fixed network , based on information transmitted / received via the short-range communication line, or in the mobile terminal capable of for profit through the stationary terminal,
A terminal environment information acquisition unit that requests and acquires terminal environment information, which is information related to the environment, from a stationary terminal;
A deferred terminal program storage unit for storing a program suitable for the terminal environment information of the deferred terminal;
A mobile terminal program storage unit for storing a program used when using a service or content on a mobile terminal alone;
A program switching unit for switching whether to execute a program stored in a program storage unit for a stationary terminal or a program storage unit for a mobile terminal;
An input / output switching unit that determines whether to use a portable terminal or a stationary terminal as an operation terminal and controls the program switching unit, and determines parameters used for processing display data according to the terminal environment information of the stationary terminal;
A portable terminal comprising: a terminal environment information notification unit that notifies the terminal environment information of the acquired stationary terminal to the input / output switching unit in order to create data suitable for the terminal environment of the stationary terminal. The mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein in addition to the above,
An NW switching unit that switches NW between a mobile network that is an NW connection via a portable terminal and a fixed network that is an NW connection via a stationary terminal;
A line that is arranged on a mobile network, acquires position information of the portable terminal from a position information server having a position information determination unit that provides position information of the portable terminal, and is arranged on a fixed network and connected to a stationary terminal A portable terminal comprising: a position information acquisition unit that acquires line information to which a stationary terminal is connected from a line identification server having a line information determination unit that provides information. The mobile terminal according to claim 6 or 7,
In order to notify the input / output switching unit of the acquired terminal environment information of the stationary terminal to create data suitable for the terminal environment of the stationary terminal, and to use services and contents suitable for the terminal environment information of the stationary terminal In addition, the mobile terminal and the stationary terminal can communicate with each other via a mobile network or a fixed network, the user operating terminal information storage unit stores the terminal environment information of the operating terminal notified from the mobile terminal, and the terminal environment information A mobile terminal comprising: a terminal environment information notification unit that selects a content to be provided based on the content and notifies an application server having a control unit that transmits the content to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 6 to 8, in addition to the above,
A portable terminal comprising: a driver for causing a stationary terminal to perform a data route selection function; and an NW driver storage unit for storing a program for automatically introducing the driver to the stationary terminal. The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 6 to 9, in addition to the above,
A terminal environment information storage unit that stores the terminal environment information acquired from the stationary terminal by the terminal environment information acquisition unit together with the environment information ID;
Terminal environment information to be obtained by requesting the terminal environment information, which is information related to the environment, from only the environment information ID, the entire terminal environment information including the ID, or the dynamic terminal environment information by switching to the stationary terminal A portable terminal comprising an acquisition unit. A stationary terminal installed at a user's destination and connected to a fixed network, and can be directly carried via a short-distance communication line with a portable terminal that is carried / held by the user and connected to the mobile network A service or content provided by an application server connected by a program stored in a mobile terminal or via a mobile network or a fixed network , based on information transmitted / received via the short-range communication line, in Lili for possible stationary terminal by the combination of the stationary terminal,
A route information holding unit for holding the route information for transmitting the received data from the fixed network to the mobile terminal when using the service or content via the fixed network and transmitting the transmission data from the mobile terminal to the fixed network;
A route control unit configured to set route information with the portable terminal, hold the route information in the route information holding unit, and perform route control of transmission data according to the set and held route information;
A terminal information storage unit for storing terminal environment information;
A stationary terminal, comprising: a control unit that reads out terminal environment information from a terminal information storage unit in response to a request from the mobile terminal and notifies the mobile terminal of the terminal environment information. The stationary terminal according to claim 11,
A terminal information storage unit for storing a plurality of terminal environment information together with a unique ID,
A terminal information acquisition unit that acquires dynamic terminal environment information;
In response to a request from the portable terminal, the environment information ID corresponding to the environment information at that time, or the terminal environment information corresponding to the environment information ID at that time is read from the terminal information storage unit, or the terminal information acquisition unit is used. And a control unit that notifies the mobile terminal of the dynamic terminal environment information acquired in this manner. A program for a computer to function as each section of the terminal according to any one of claims 6 to 12.

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