Patent ID: 7555265
Filing Date: 2009-06-30
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. An information delivery system, comprising: a mobile unit; a plurality of information delivery terminals for providing content information to the mobile unit; and a server for providing information to the mobile unit and the information delivery terminals, wherein: the mobile unit comprises: means for registering to the server a condition of one of the information delivery terminals from which the content information is obtained; means for receiving, from the server, and storing link information required for a link with the information delivery terminal from which the information is obtained; means for accessing stored link information; and means for establishing a Bluetooth link with the information delivery terminal according to the link information received from the server and thereby acquiring the information; the server comprises: means presenting a selection of content information to a user accessing the server; a user information database containing information obtained by user registration to attain content information from one of said plurality of information delivery terminals; an information delivery terminal database for storing therein information of the information delivery terminals providing information to the mobile unit; means for acquiring, from the information delivery terminal database, information of an information delivery terminal satisfying the condition of the information delivery terminal registered by the mobile unit; means for creating link information required for a link with the information delivery terminal satisfying the condition; means for transmitting the link information to the mobile unit; and means for transmitting link information required for a link with the mobile unit to the information delivery terminal satisfying the condition of the information delivery terminal registered by the mobile unit; and each of the plurality of information delivery terminals comprises: means for receiving, from the server, and storing link information required for a link with the mobile unit; means for storing content information; and means for establishing, according to the link information received from the server, a Bluetooth link with only the mobile unit having received the link information from the server, and for providing information to the mobile unit, wherein: the link information which the information delivery terminal received from the server includes at least a Bluetooth address of the mobile unit with which a Bluetooth link is established and a personal identification number (PIN) code arbitrarily created by the server; the link information which the mobile unit receives from the server includes at least a Bluetooth address of the information delivery terminal with which a Bluetooth link is established and a PIN code arbitrarily created by the server; the information delivery terminal comprises means for establishing a Bluetooth link with the mobile unit using at least one item selected from among an information delivery terminal Bluetooth address possessed by the information delivery terminal, the Bluetooth address of the mobile unit, and the PIN code arbitrarily created by the server and provides the information to the mobile unit; and the mobile unit comprises means for establishing a Bluetooth link with the information delivery terminal using at least one item selected from among a mobile unit Bluetooth address possessed by the mobile unit, the Bluetooth address of the information delivery terminal, and the PIN code arbitrarily created by the server and acquires the information.