U.S. patent application number 13/056544 was filed with the patent office on 2011-06-09 for portable wireless terminal, wireless communication method and content reference system.
This patent application is currently assigned to KYOCERA CORPORATION. Invention is credited to Akiko Inami.
Application Number | 20110138031 13/056544 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 41610459 |
Filed Date | 2011-06-09 |
United States Patent
Application |
20110138031 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Inami; Akiko |
June 9, 2011 |
PORTABLE WIRELESS TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND
CONTENT REFERENCE SYSTEM
Abstract
A portable wireless terminal includes a terminal display
section, a terminal memory that stores upload information for
specifying the content uploaded to an arbitrary external server, a
terminal information display section that displays the information
of the content specified by the upload information on the terminal
display unit, a terminal deletion receiving section that receives
one or more pieces of content to be deleted from the displayed
information of the content, and a content deletion section that
deletes the content to be deleted which is received by the terminal
deletion receiving section, from an external server.
Inventors: |
Inami; Akiko; (Anpachi-gun,
Gifu, JP) |
Assignee: |
KYOCERA CORPORATION
Kyoto
JP
|
Family ID: |
41610459 |
Appl. No.: |
13/056544 |
Filed: |
July 29, 2009 |
PCT Filed: |
July 29, 2009 |
PCT NO: |
PCT/JP2009/063530 |
371 Date: |
January 28, 2011 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
709/223 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G06F 3/04817 20130101;
H04L 67/02 20130101; G06F 3/0482 20130101; G06F 3/0484 20130101;
G06F 3/04842 20130101; G06F 16/41 20190101; H04L 67/06
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
709/223 |
International
Class: |
G06F 15/173 20060101
G06F015/173 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Jul 29, 2008 |
JP |
2008-195033 |
Claims
1. A portable wireless terminal comprising: a terminal display
section; a terminal memory that stores upload information for
specifying content uploaded to an external server; a terminal
information display section that displays information of the
content specified by the upload information on the terminal display
section; a terminal deletion receiving section that receives a
designation of one or more pieces of content to be deleted from the
displayed information of the content; and a content deletion
section that deletes content to be deleted which is received by the
terminal deletion receiving section, from the external server.
2. The portable wireless terminal according to claim 1, wherein the
terminal information display section operates when a communication
function of the portable wireless terminal is cancelled or internal
information of the portable wireless terminal is deleted.
3. The portable wireless terminal according to claim 1, wherein the
terminal information display section operates when the upload
information stored in the terminal memory is deleted.
4. A portable wireless terminal comprising: a terminal display
section; a terminal memory that stoles upload information for
specifying content uploaded to an external server; and a terminal
information display section that displays the upload information on
the terminal display section when a communication function of the
portable wireless terminal is cancelled or internal information of
the portable wireless terminal is deleted.
5. The portable wireless terminal according to claim 4, wherein the
terminal information display section displays information of the
content specified by the upload information on the terminal display
section, the portable wireless terminal further comprising: a
terminal deletion receiving section that receives a designation of
one or more pieces of content to be deleted from the displayed
information of the content: and a content deletion section that
deletes the content to be deleted which is received by the terminal
deletion receiving section, from the external server.
6. The portable wireless terminal according to claim 1, further
comprising: an upload information deletion section that deletes the
upload information of the content deleted by the content deletion
section, from the terminal memory.
7. The portable wireless terminal according to claim 1, further
comprising: an execution command addition section that, when
uploading content to the external server, associates an execution
command of a deletion execution module for deleting the content
with the upload information.
8. The portable wireless terminal according to claim 7, wherein the
deletion execution module includes access information to the
external server and a content ID of the uploaded content.
9. A wireless communication method comprising: storing upload
information for specifying content uploaded to an external server;
displaying information of the content specified by the upload
information on a terminal display section; receiving one or more
pieces of content to be deleted from the displayed information of
the content; and deleting the received content to be deleted from
the external server.
10. A content reference system comprising a portable wireless
terminal and a management server connected to the portable wireless
terminal, wherein the management server includes: a server display
section; an information acquisition section that acquires upload
information for specifying content, which is uploaded to an
external server by the portable wireless terminal, from a terminal
memory of the portable wireless terminal; a server information
display section that displays information of the content specified
by the upload information on the server display section; a server
deletion receiving section that receives a designation of one or
more pieces of content to be deleted from the displayed information
of the content; and a deletion content notification section that
notifies the portable wireless terminal of the content to be
deleted which is received by the server deletion receiving section,
and wherein the portable wireless terminal includes: a terminal
memory that stores the upload information; and a content deletion
section that deletes the content notified from the deletion content
notification section, from the external server.
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The present invention relates to a portable wireless
terminal, a wireless communication method and a content reference
system which are capable of referring to content uploaded to an
external server.
BACKGROUND ART
[0002] In recent years, portable wireless terminals such as
portable telephone and PHS (Personal Handy phone System) terminal
are widely spread, so that it is possible to make a call or to
obtain information regardless of location or time. In particular,
an amount of information that can be obtained is recently increased
and a wireless communication method of high speed and high quality
is adopted so as to download a large amount of data. The wireless
communication method can transmit the large amount of data in the
upload as well as in the download.
[0003] In addition, a technology is established which makes public
contents such as images (still images and moving pictures) captured
in the portable wireless terminal and voice to an external server
on the Internet, through the data upload in the portable wireless
terminal. The contents that have been once made public are freely
available by unspecified persons.
[0004] Conventionally, the upload of content has required somewhat
knowledge about a computer. However, a technology has been recently
known which can automatically upload content such as still image
and moving picture to a storage, which is provided at the outside,
by an easy operation of simply pushing an upload button.
[0005] In addition, regarding a using method of the uploaded
content, a technology has been known which totals vote information
related to a specific image of an uploaded image group and
determines content to be displayed on another terminal on the basis
of the final total of the vote information.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Problems to be Solved
[0006] The content that is uploaded through the above technologies
and the like is managed by a content ID that is provided on the
basis of account information such as a user ID capable of
specifying a user, a terminal ID capable of specifying a portable
wireless terminal and the like. Accordingly, even when a user tries
to delete the content from the external server so as to stop the
content from being made public, the content ID that is provided at
the time of upload is required.
[0007] In addition, since the content ID is kept in the portable
wireless terminal in many cases, a problem may be caused when
canceling the portable wireless terminal. For example, in a
dedicated server of a communication provider providing a wireless
communication system by a portable wireless terminal, the uploaded
content is deleted with the cancellation and does not remain
against a user's intention. However, when an upload destination is
an external server that is not related to the communication
provider, the content remains unless a deletion process is
individually executed.
[0008] When a user tries to delete the content remaining in the
external server after canceling the portable wireless terminal, the
wireless communication has been already disconnected, so that it is
not possible to directly delete the content from the external
server with the portable wireless terminal. Accordingly, the user
is forced to perform a troublesome operation of specifically
extracting a plurality of content IDs from the portable wireless
terminal after the cancellation one by one, which are required to
be deleted, and then deleting the contents through a separate
portable wireless terminal or personal computer. Furthermore, when
the content ID is associated with the account information of the
canceled portable wireless terminal, a situation may be caused in
which the content cannot be deleted from another terminal. In
addition, when the content ID itself is deleted or lost by mistake,
the content cannot be deleted.
[0009] Depending on the external servers, the content ID may be
re-transmitted by a reminder and the like. However, since the
transmission destination is a registered mail address, i.e., mail
address of the canceled portable wireless terminal in many cases,
it is not possible to receive the content ID.
[0010] Accordingly, when a user carelessly cancels the portable
wireless terminal without considering the deletion of the uploaded
content, the user should exert great efforts to delete the content
later.
[0011] In view of the above problems, an object of the present
invention is to provide a portable wireless terminal, a wireless
communication method and a content reference system which allow a
user to check an uploaded state of content. Another object of the
present invention is to provide a portable wireless terminal, a
wireless communication method and a content reference system which
are capable of avoiding a situation in which content to be deleted
remains in an external server.
Means for Solving the Problems
[0012] A portable wireless terminal according to an aspect of the
present invention comprises: a terminal display section; a terminal
memory that stores upload information for specifying content
uploaded to an external server; a terminal information display
section that displays information of the content specified by the
upload information on the terminal display section; a terminal
deletion receiving section that receives a designation of one or
more pieces of content to be deleted from the displayed information
of the content; and a content deletion section that deletes content
to be deleted which is received by the terminal deletion receiving
section, from the external server.
[0013] A portable wireless terminal according to an aspect of the
present invention comprises: a terminal display section; a terminal
memory that stores upload information for specifying content
uploaded to an external server; and a terminal information display
section that displays the upload information on the terminal
display section when a communication function of the portable
wireless terminal is cancelled or internal information of the
portable wireless terminal is deleted.
[0014] A wireless communication method according to an aspect of
the present invention comprises: storing upload information for
specifying content uploaded to an external server; displaying
information of the content specified by the upload information on a
terminal display section; receiving one or more pieces of content
to be deleted from the displayed information of the content; and
deleting the received content to be deleted from the external
server.
[0015] A content reference system according to an aspect of the
present invention comprises a portable wireless terminal and a
management server connected to the portable wireless terminal. The
management server includes: a server display section; an
information acquisition section that acquires upload information
for specifying content, which is uploaded to an external server by
the portable wireless terminal, from a terminal memory of the
portable wireless terminal; a server information display section
that displays information of the content specified by the upload
information on the server display section; a server deletion
receiving section that receives a designation of one or more pieces
of content to be deleted from the displayed information of the
content; and a deletion content notification section that notifies
the portable wireless terminal of the content to be deleted which
is received by the server deletion receiving section. The portable
wireless terminal includes: a terminal memory that stores the
upload information; and a content deletion section that deletes the
content notified from the deletion content notification section,
from the external server.
Effects of the Invention
[0016] According to the above configurations, it is possible to
allow a user to check the uploaded state of content by uniform
means. In addition, it is possible to avoid a situation in which
content to be deleted remains in an external server.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0017] FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic connection relation of a
content reference system according to a first embodiment.
[0018] FIG. 2 is a function block diagram showing a hardware
configuration of a portable wireless terminal according to the
first embodiment.
[0019] FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an outward appearance
of a portable wireless terminal 110 according to the first
embodiment.
[0020] FIG. 4 illustrates a configuration of a table according to
the first embodiment.
[0021] FIG. 5 illustrates a configuration of a table according to
the first embodiment.
[0022] FIG. 6 illustrates a configuration of a table according to
the first embodiment.
[0023] FIG. 7 illustrates a deletion confirmation interface
according to the first embodiment.
[0024] FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing a content upload of a
wireless communication method according to the first
embodiment.
[0025] FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing a content deletion of a
wireless communication method according to the first
embodiment.
[0026] FIG. 10 is a function block diagram showing hardware
configurations of a management server and a portable wireless
terminal according to a second embodiment.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
[0027] Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the invention will be
specifically described with reference to the drawings. The sizes,
materials and other specific numerical values of the embodiments
are exemplified so as to easily understand the invention and are
not to limit the invention unless particularly mentioned otherwise.
Meanwhile, in the specification and drawings, the elements having
the substantially same functions and configurations are indicated
with the same reference numerals and the overlapped explanations
will be omitted. In addition, the elements that are not directly
related to the invention will not be shown.
First Embodiment
[0028] A portable wireless terminal such as portable telephone and
PHS terminal establishes a wireless communication system that
performs wireless communication with a base station that is set up
at a predetermined location. Herein, in order to easily understand
the invention, the wireless communication system will be first
described and then a specific configuration of the portable
wireless terminal and a wireless communication method will be
described.
[0029] (Wireless Communication System 100)
[0030] FIG. 1 illustrates a schematic connection relation of a
wireless communication system 100. The wireless communication
system 100 includes a portable wireless terminal 110, a base
station 120, a communication network 130 configured by ISDN
(Integrated Services Digital Network) line, Internet, dedicated
line and the like, a relay server 140, and an external terminal
150.
[0031] In the wireless communication system 100 of this embodiment,
when a user tries to upload content with the portable wireless
terminal 110, the portable wireless terminal 110 transmits a
request for wireless connection to the base station 120 that is
within a communication range. The base station 120 having received
the request for wireless connection transmits a request for
communication connection with the external server 150 to the relay
server 140 through the communication network 130. The relay server
140 secures a communication path between the base station 120 and
the external server 150. Accordingly, the communication between the
portable wireless terminal 110 and the external server 150 is
established.
[0032] The portable wireless terminal 110 uploads the content held
therein to a server storage of the external server 150 and the
external server 150 makes public the content to an access of
another user. Typically, the uploaded content keeps remained in the
external server 150 unless it is intentionally deleted. In the
meantime, another user can look through the public content through
an external terminal (not shown) connected to the communication
network.
[0033] In this embodiment, the user can uniformly check the content
uploaded from the portable wireless terminal 110. In addition, it
is possible to avoid a situation in which content to be deleted
keeps remained. A configuration of the portable wireless terminal
110 realizing this embodiment will be described in the below.
[0034] (Portable Wireless Terminal 110)
[0035] FIG. 2 is a function block diagram showing a hardware
configuration of the portable wireless terminal 110 and FIG. 3 is a
perspective view showing an outward appearance of the portable
wireless terminal 110. The portable wireless terminal 110 includes
a terminal control unit 210, a terminal memory 212, a terminal
display section 214, a terminal operation section 216, a voice
input section 218, a voice output section 220, a terminal wireless
communication section 222 and an imaging section 224.
[0036] Herein, the portable telephone is exemplified as the
portable wireless terminal 110. However, the present invention is
not limited thereto. For example, a variety of electronic devices
capable of performing wireless communication such as PHS terminal,
note-type personal computer, PDA (Personal Digital Assistant),
digital camera, music player, car navigation, portable TV, gaming
device, DVD player, remote controller and the like can be
applied.
[0037] The terminal control unit 210 manages and controls the
portable wireless terminal 110 by a semiconductor integrated
circuit including a central processing unit (CPU) and performs
calling, mail transmitting and receiving, imaging, music
reproducing and TV watching functions by using programs of the
terminal memory 212. The terminal memory 212 is configured by a
ROM, a RAM, an EEPROM, a non-volatile RAM, a flash memory, an HDD
and the like and stores programs, communication data and the like
that are processed by the terminal control unit 210. In addition,
the terminal memory 212 stores upload information that specifies
content uploaded to the arbitrary external server 150 and a table
260 in which the upload information is listed. Herein, the table
260 is used so as to manage the upload information for convenience`
sake. However, it is also possible to associate and store one or
more pieces of upload information with the contents.
[0038] FIGS. 4, 5 and 6 illustrate a configuration of the table
260. As shown in FIG. 4, the table 260 includes items of a content
number 262, a name 264, an acquisition date 266, a type ID 268, a
site ID 270, a submission date (upload date) 272 and a content ID
274. In the table 260, a list is formed for each of the uploaded
contents.
[0039] The content number 262 is a number for identifying uploaded
content in the portable wireless terminal 110 and is numbered in
registration order to the table 260. The name 264 is a name for
identifying content. The acquisition date 266 indicates an imaging
date when the content is a picture or moving picture imaged by the
imaging section and a recording date when the content is voice. The
type ID 268 indicates a type of content as shown in FIG. 5 and has
some choices of moving picture, still image and voice. The site ID
270 specifies information of an uploaded site (external server
150), as shown in FIG. 6. Regarding the site ID 270, when a
different account is acquired even for the same site, a new site ID
is allotted. The submission date 272 indicates a date at which
content is uploaded to the site (external server 150) specified by
the site ID 270. The content ID 274 is an ID that is given from the
external server 150 for each of contents on the basis of the
account information such as user ID, terminal ID and the like and
is used for modification and deletion of the content. Additionally,
in order to specify a moving picture or still image, a thumbnail of
content may be added to the table 260 in addition to the name
264.
[0040] The terminal display section 214 is configured by a liquid
crystal display, an EL (Electro Luminescence) display and the like
and can display Web content or GUI (Graphical User Interface) of an
application that is stored in the terminal memory 212 or provided
from the external server (Web server) 150 through the communication
network 130. The terminal operation section 216 is configured by a
keyboard, a tenkey, and a movable switch such as joystick and the
like and receives an operation input of a user.
[0041] The voice input section 218 is configured by voice
recognition means such as microphone and the like and converts
user's voice, which is input in making a call, into an electric
signal that can be processed in the portable wireless terminal 110.
The voice output section 220 is configured by a speaker and
converts and outputs a voice signal of a called party, which is
received in the portable wireless terminal 110, into voice. In
addition, the voice output section can also output a ringtone, an
operating sound of the terminal operation section 216, an alarm
sound and the like.
[0042] The terminal wireless communication section 222 establishes
wireless communication such as CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)
and WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) with
the base station 120 through the network on a common link layer and
performs voice communication with a called party or data
communication with the external server 150.
[0043] The imaging section 224 is configured by an image device
such as CCD (Charge Coupled Device) or CMOS (Complementary Metal
Oxide Semiconductor) and can capture an image such as still image
or moving picture.
[0044] In addition, the terminal control unit 210 also serves as an
execution command addition section 240, a terminal information
display section 242, a terminal deletion receiving section 244, a
content deletion section 246 and an upload information deletion
section 248.
[0045] The execution command addition section 240 adds an execution
command of a deletion execution module for deleting content, in
addition to upload information, to the table 260 when uploading
content to the arbitrary external server 150 in accordance with a
user input. Thus, it is possible to associate the execution command
with the upload information.
[0046] Accordingly, in this embodiment, the execution command
addition section 240 specifies the content by the upload
information and associates the execution command of the deletion
execution module assisting with the deletion of the content with
the table 260. The deletion execution module includes access
information such as deletion dedicated URL, e-mail address and the
like, which are provided from the external server 150, and is
formed with an execution format capable of using a content ID to
independently delete content, for example a description of
`http://****/*****account=1234&contents_id=654321.`
[0047] When the uploaded content is included, the terminal
information display section 242 displays a deletion confirmation
interface 280 of content specified by the upload information on the
terminal display section 214.
[0048] FIG. 7 illustrates the deletion confirmation interface 280.
Here, the deletion confirmation interface 280 is displayed on the
terminal display section 214 and the information of content is
displayed on the deletion confirmation interface 280. Specifically,
thumbnails 282 that simply indicate contents, the upload
information 284 and check boxes 286 are displayed. A user checks
the check boxes 286 of contents that the user wants to delete while
referring to the thumbnails 282 or upload information 284. At this
time, although the user can individually delete the contents
included in the table 260, the user can forcibly delete all
contents by checking "ALL DELETE.`
[0049] In addition, the terminal information display section 242
may function at least when the communication function of the
portable wireless terminal 110 is canceled or the internal
information thereof is deleted.
[0050] When the communication function is canceled or the internal
information is deleted due to the cancellation or reset of the
portable wireless terminal 110, a user should exert great efforts
to delete the content thereafter. In this embodiment, the terminal
information display section 242, which allows the user to check the
content and asks the user whether or not to delete the content, is
operated at the timing of the communication function cancellation
or internal information deletion. Thus, it is possible to avoid a
situation in which the user misses the timing of easily deleting
the content.
[0051] In the meantime, the communication function cancellation
means that the communication function of the portable wireless
terminal 110 is prohibited (locked) when a user cancels a contract
of the portable wireless terminal 110 with a communication
provider, for example. In addition, the internal information
deletion means that the ID of the portable wireless terminal 110,
which is necessary for communication, is deleted or the user
(owner) information stored in the terminal memory 212 is deleted to
disable the portable wireless terminal 110 from performing the
wireless communication.
[0052] When one or more pieces of content to be deleted are
designated (selected) from the content information displayed via
the deletion confirmation interface 280, the terminal deletion
receiving section 244 receives the content group as a deletion
object.
[0053] The content deletion section 246 deletes the content to be
deleted which has been received by the terminal deletion receiving
section 244 from the external server 150 that is an upload
destination. In particular, when the execution command of the
deletion execution module is associated with the table 260 by the
execution command addition section 240, the content deletion
section performs the execution command of the deletion execution
module, thereby securely and rapidly deleting the content. At this
time, when the content has been already deleted due to the viewable
term set in the external server 150, the deletion process is
omitted.
[0054] The upload information deletion section 248 deletes the
upload information of the content, which is deleted by the content
deletion section 246, from the table 260.
[0055] When the content is deleted, the upload information of the
content becomes not necessary at all. Accordingly, the upload
information is deleted from the table 260 in conjunction with the
content to avoid the unnecessary information from remaining, so
that a user just checks the effective content. Here, even when the
communication function is canceled or the internal information is
deleted, the terminal memory 212 keeps the table 260 until all
upload information included in the table 260 is deleted.
[0056] Here, the linked operation between the external server 150
that is an upload destination and the table 260 by the upload
information deletion section 248 is a mere linked operation with
the content kept in the external server 150 and the linked
operation is not required for the original data of the content kept
in the terminal memory 212 of the portable wireless terminal 110.
Accordingly, when the uploaded content is deleted, the upload
information is deleted from the table 260 even when the
corresponding content in the portable wireless terminal 110 is
still present.
[0057] The content that is not selected as a deletion object in the
above processes is considered as deletion abandonment or
reservation. Even after the communication function is canceled or
the internal information is deleted, it is possible to delete the
content with another portable wireless terminal or personal
computer by using the content ID.
[0058] In this embodiment, the upload information that is given
when the content is uploaded to the external server 150 is listed
to generate a table. The terminal information display section 242
can display the upload information in a uniform way by referring to
the table, thereby allowing a user to check the uploaded state of
the content. In addition, the user can easily find out the content
that the user wants to delete through the deletion confirmation
interface 280 that is displayed together with the upload
information. Thus, the user can execute the actual deletion of the
content by a simple operation of selecting the upload information.
Accordingly, it is possible to avoid a situation in which content
to be deleted keeps remained. Furthermore, since the table can be
also used as history of the past upload, a user can securely check
and delete the content even when the user forgets the
uploading.
[0059] In this embodiment, the terminal memory 212 keeps the table
260 therein until all upload information included in the table 260
is deleted.
[0060] However, regardless of the upload information, all data in
the memory including the table 260 may be deleted by formatting the
terminal memory 212. In this case, the terminal information display
section 242, which allows the user to check the content and asks
the user whether or not to delete the content, is operated. Thus,
it is possible to avoid a situation in which the user misses the
timing of easily deleting the content.
[0061] (Wireless Communication Method)
[0062] Next, a wireless communication method of operating content
with the portable wireless terminal 110 will be described.
[0063] FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing a content upload of a
wireless communication method and FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing a
content deletion.
[0064] Referring to FIG. 8, the portable wireless terminal 110
performs communication connection with the external server 150
through the base station 120 and the communication network 130
(S300) and inputs the account information to login the external
server 150 (S302). Then, the portable wireless terminal selects the
content that is desired to be uploaded in accordance with the user
input (S304) and performs a process of uploading the content
(S306).
[0065] After performing the upload process, it is determined
whether the upload process is normally ended (S308). When the
upload process is normally ended (YES in S308), the portable
wireless terminal obtains a content ID (S310), stores the content
ID in the table 260 (S312) and notifies the user that the upload is
completed (S314). When the upload process is not normally ended (NO
in S308), the portable wireless terminal notifies the user that the
upload process is not normally performed (S316).
[0066] Then, when the user tries to delete the content that has
been uploaded in the past, as shown in FIG. 9, the portable
wireless terminal 110 displays the deletion confirmation interface
280 of content that is specified by the upload information on the
terminal display section 214 (S350). When the user inputs one or
more pieces of the content via the deletion confirmation interface
280 (S352), the portable wireless terminal receives the one or more
pieces of content as a deletion object (S354).
[0067] Next, the portable wireless terminal performs communication
connection with the external server 150 that is an upload
destination by using the site ID 270 of the table 260 (S356) and
inputs the account information to login the external server 150
(S358). Then, the portable wireless terminal deletes the received
content to be deleted from the external server 150 that is an
upload destination by using the content ID and the account
information.
[0068] Then, the portable wireless terminal 110 deletes the upload
information of the content that is deleted by the content deletion
section 246 from the table 260 (S362). When the content deletion is
a deletion in response to the communication function cancellation
or internal information deletion, i.e., when the content deletion
is performed at the timing of the communication function
cancellation or internal information deletion (S364), the
communication function cancellation or internal information
deletion is executed (S366).
[0069] Even with the wireless communication method, it is possible
to allow a user to check the uploaded state of content by the
uniform means. In addition, it is possible to avoid a situation in
which content to be deleted keeps remained.
Second Embodiment
Content Reference System
[0070] In the first embodiment, the portable wireless terminal 110
independently completes the process and deletes the content.
Although the same process is also executed in the second
embodiment, a content reference system that connects a management
server to the portable wireless terminal 110 is applied.
[0071] Here, the management server is a dedicated server of a
communication provider, for example, and is connected to the
portable wireless terminal 110 by a communication line different
from the communication through the base station 120, such as wired
cable.
[0072] (Management Server 400, Portable Wireless Terminal 410)
[0073] FIG. 10 is a function block diagram showing hardware
configurations of a management server 400 and a portable wireless
terminal 410 according to a second embodiment.
[0074] The management server 400 includes a server control unit
510, a server memory 512, a server display section 514, a server
operation section 516 and a server communication section 518.
[0075] The server control unit 510 manages and controls the
management server 400 by a semiconductor integrated circuit
including a central processing section (CPU). The server memory 412
is configured by a ROM, a RAM, an EEPROM, a non-volatile RAM, a
flash memory, an HDD and the like and stores programs and the like
that are processed by the server control unit 510. The server
display section 514 is configured by a liquid crystal display, an
EL display, a PDP (Plasma Display Panel) and the like, which is
larger than at least the terminal display section 214, and displays
the internal information of the portable wireless terminal 410. The
server operation section 516 is configured by a keyboard, a tenkey,
and a movable switch such as joystick and the like and receives an
operation input of a user. The server communication section 518 is
connected with the portable wireless terminal 410 in a wireless or
wired manner and performs communication with the portable wireless
terminal 410.
[0076] In addition, the server control unit 510 serves as an
information acquisition section 550, a server information display
section 552, a server deletion receiving section 554 and a deletion
content notification section 556.
[0077] The information acquisition section 550 acquires the table
260 in which the upload information is recorded from the terminal
memory 212 of the portable wireless terminal 410.
[0078] The server information display section 552 displays, on the
server display section 514, the information of the content in the
deletion confirmation interface 280, which is specified by the
upload information, based on the table 260 acquired by the
information acquisition section 550.
[0079] When one or more pieces of content to be deleted is
designated (selected) from the content information displayed via
the deletion confirmation interface 280, the server deletion
receiving section 554 receives the content group as a deletion
object.
[0080] The deletion content notification section 556 notifies the
portable wireless terminal 410 of the one or more pieces of content
to be deleted which have been received by the server deletion
receiving section 554.
[0081] The portable wireless terminal 410 includes the terminal
control unit 210, the terminal memory 212, the terminal display
section 214, the terminal operation section 216, the voice input
section 218, the voice output section 220, the terminal wireless
communication section 222, the imaging section 224 and a terminal
communication section 524. The terminal communication section 524
is connected with the management server 400 in a wireless or wired
manner and performs communication with the management server 400.
The terminal control unit 210 also severs as the content deletion
section 246 and the upload information deletion section 248. The
configuration of the portable wireless terminal 410 is the
substantially same as the constitutional elements of the portable
wireless terminal 110 of the first embodiment and thus the
overlapped explanations are omitted.
[0082] In the second embodiment, it is possible to allow a user to
check the uploaded state of content by the uniform means, like the
first embodiment. In addition, it is possible to avoid a situation
in which the content to be deleted keeps remained.
[0083] In the second embodiment, the upload information of content
that has been uploaded in the past can be checked and deleted
through the separate management server 400. For example, when the
management server 400 is provided with a monitor (server display
section 514) larger than the portable wireless terminal 410, it is
possible to easily find out the content that a user wants to
delete. In addition, when the management server 400 has higher
processing performance than the portable wireless terminal 410, it
is possible to reduce the consumption time necessary for a deletion
process and to thus improve the efficiency of procedure such as
cancellation.
[0084] Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention
have been described, it should be noted that the invention is not
limited thereto and can be modified and changed by one skilled in
the art within the scope of the claims, which are intended to be
included in the technical scope of the present invention.
[0085] For example, in the above embodiments, a user deletes the
content and can delete individual content or all contents by user's
own intention. However, the present invention is not limited
thereto. For example, when a portable wireless terminal is
canceled, a communication provider may forcibly delete content
uploaded by the portable wireless terminal for the purpose of
securing resources. It should be understood that the forced content
deletion or deletion by a third party having the right to delete
content is within the technical scope of the present invention.
[0086] In the meantime, the respective constitutional elements of
the content reference system according to the second embodiment are
not limited to the above arrangement. For example, the respective
constitutional elements may be provided to both the management
server 400 and the portable wireless terminal 410 inasmuch as the
functions thereof can be performed.
[0087] In the meantime, the respective processes of the wireless
communication method are not necessarily performed time-serially in
accordance with the procedures shown in the flow chart and may be
performed in parallel or include processing by a subroutine.
[0088] This application claims the priority of Japanese Patent
Application No. 2008-195033 filed on Jul. 29, 2008, the disclosures
of which are incorporated herein by reference.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY
[0089] The present invention can be applied to a portable wireless
terminal that can refer to content uploaded to an external server,
a wireless communication method and a content reference system.
DESCRIPTIONS OF REFERENCE NUMERALS
[0090] 110, 410: portable communication terminal [0091] 150:
external server [0092] 212: terminal memory [0093] 214: terminal
display section [0094] 240: execution command addition section
[0095] 242: terminal information display section [0096] 244:
terminal deletion receiving section [0097] 246: content deletion
section [0098] 248: upload information deletion section [0099] 260:
table [0100] 280: deletion confirmation interface [0101] 400:
management server [0102] 514: server display section [0103] 524:
terminal communication section [0104] 550: information acquisition
section [0105] 552: server information display section [0106] 554:
server deletion receiving section [0107] 556: deletion content
notification section
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