Patent ID: 8045964
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An information distribution system comprising: an information distribution server and a mobile telephones, Personal Handyphone System (“PHS”) devices and other mobile communication terminal equipment, where the information distribution server is equipped with a content database that associates and memorizes content downloadable to the mobile telephones, Personal Handyphone System (“PHS”) devices and other mobile communication terminal equipment, or content data indicating the registration location of such content, and area information indicating the specific geographical area to which such content may be downloaded by the mobile telephones, Personal Handyphone System (“PHS”) devices and other mobile communication terminal equipment; and where the information distribution server is equipped with: a content guide information distribution means that transmits a content guide information associating the content downloadable to the mobile telephones, Personal Handyphone System (“PHS”) devices and other mobile communication terminal equipment with the geographical area to which such content may be downloaded to the mobile telephones, Personal Handyphone System (“PHS”) devices and other mobile communication terminal equipment; a distribution request reception means that receives content distribution requests from the mobile telephones, Personal Handyphone System (“PHS”) devices and other mobile communication terminal equipment; a position judgment means that determines the position of the mobile telephones, Personal Handyphone System (“PHS”) devices and other mobile communication terminal equipment; and a distribution enabled/disabled decision means that checks the position of the mobile telephones, Personal Handyphone System (“PHS”) devices and other mobile communication terminal equipment determined by the position judgment means against the area information associated with the content whose distribution is requested, and decides whether to distribute the content in question; and where the mobile telephones, Personal Handyphone System (“PHS”) devices and other mobile communication terminal equipment is equipped with: a display unit that displays a menu list for selecting a desirable item from within plural items; a position information transmission means that sends information on the current position of the mobile telephones, Personal Handyphone System (“PHS”) devices and other mobile communication terminal equipment to the information distribution server; and a distribution request means that makes distribution requests to the information distribution server and selects content to be downloaded according to the content guide information distributed by the information distribution server; and the system is configured in such manner that the mobile telephones, Personal Handyphone System (“PHS”) devices and other mobile communication terminal equipment acquires the content guide information associating the content corresponding to the selected item in the menu list with the geographical area to which such content may be downloaded, from the information distribution server and, in case of acquiring a specific content on the content guide information, unless the specific content is a content that is distributed in a geographical area including the current position, the distribution request means transmits the distribution request of the specific content along with the information on the current position to the information distribution server when the mobile telephones, Personal Handyphone System (“PHS”) devices and other mobile communication terminal equipment moves to a geographical area where the specific content is distributed, and that when the information distribution server receives the distribution request of the content being selected based on the content guide information from the mobile telephones, Personal Handyphone System (“PHS”) devices and other mobile communication terminal equipment, if the area information associated with the content whose distribution is requested matches the position of the mobile telephones, Personal Handyphone System (“PHS”) devices and other mobile communication terminal equipment, the information distribution server distributes the content in question to the mobile telephones, Personal Handyphone System (“PHS”) devices and other mobile communication terminal equipment, wherein the content guide information is transmitted from the information distribution server to the mobile telephones, Personal Handyphone System (“PHS”) devices and other mobile communication terminal equipment in advance of the information distribution server distributing the content in question to the mobile telephones, Personal Handyphone System (“PHS”) and other mobile communication terminal equipment, wherein a distribution request for said content in question is made based on and after the content guide information is received by mobile telephones, Personal Handyphone System (“PHS”) and other mobile communication terminal equipment, wherein the position information transmission means comprises a current position detection means and a current position information transmission means that transmits current position information generated by the current position detection means, and wherein the position judgment means determines the current position of the mobile telephones, Personal Handyphone System (“PHS”) devices and other mobile communication terminal equipment according to current position information received from the mobile telephones, Personal Handyphone System (“PHS”) devices and other mobile communication terminal equipment in question.