JP2004097366A - Information providing service system, information providing service method, and recording medium recording information providing program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information providing service system, an information providing service method, and a recording medium recording an information providing program to be used on a mobile terminal such as a cellular phone and PDA, capable of developing a new network service. <P>SOLUTION: In the information providing service system, a server on the information provider side provides a puzzle game for filling n lines x n columns of squares developed and prepared based on a two-dimensional bar code on the network 1, the mobile terminal 3 obtains the puzzle game through a network 1, and a user does the puzzle game. The mobile terminal 3 restores the puzzle game solved by the user to the two-dimensional bar code and decodes it, and the mobile terminal 3 is connected to the network 1 based on the information such as the URL obtained as the puzzle was solved. Then, the user obtains images or music data, etc. in compensation for having solved the puzzle. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an information providing service system, an information providing service method, and a recording medium on which an information providing program is recorded, which can be used on a portable terminal device such as a mobile phone, a portable information terminal, and an electronic mail terminal.
[0002]
[Prior art]
With the rapid spread of the Internet, the use of e-mail has become routine. E-mail is generally used as a means of communication between people, not only information terminals such as personal computers (hereinafter referred to as personal computers) and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), but also mobile phones and PHS (Personal Handy). -Phone System) is rapidly increasing in number having a function of sending and receiving electronic mail via the Internet. By using these e-mail transmission / reception terminals, it is possible to send and receive e-mail anywhere and anytime regardless of location or time.
[0003]
On the other hand, information terminals including PCs are also compatible with the spread of the Internet, and are equipped with a modem port for connecting to a network through an analog telephone line, etc., and an e-mail function for sending and receiving e-mail using the modem port It is customary to have
[0004]
Moreover, many of them are equipped with an optical communication port using infrared rays as a transmission means, but they are mainly used for the purpose of exchanging information between information terminals without requiring a physical connection means such as a cable. .
[0005]
In recent years, due to the development of wireless communication technology and the improvement in the development of electronic communication (network) infrastructure / services represented by the Internet, even in devices with mobile product concepts represented by mobile phones, e-mail A transmission / reception function, an Internet access function, and the like are provided.
[0006]
In addition to information devices represented by PCs, in recent years, even devices that have global communication / communication functions represented by mobile phones (such as mobile phones) are not The data communication function is realized by separately providing infrared communication means or Bluetooth standard wireless communication means. For example, this local data communication function utilization (application) technology is also disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-10893, which discloses a mobile communication terminal in which the electronic mail function of a mobile phone is effectively used from the information equipment side. ing.
[0007]
On the other hand, a recent mobile phone having a screen display device such as a liquid crystal panel and an input device by key input, in addition to a function as a telephone for transmitting / receiving radio waves, a function for exchanging mail, a game The trend toward multi-functionality is progressing.
[0008]
In recent years, with the development of small, low power consumption image sensors, it has become possible to incorporate a camera in a portable device such as a mobile phone, and immediately send images taken by the built-in camera via e-mail. It is possible to do it. These built-in cameras are prioritized to be small, and have a lower resolution than general digital cameras.
[0009]
Moreover, recent cellular phones have a function of connecting to the Internet. In order to connect to the Internet, it is necessary to input a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) from the key, and it has been troublesome to enter a long URL with the key of the mobile phone. Therefore, the URL is managed with a unique number, and a barcode symbol (hereinafter referred to as a barcode) corresponding to the number is printed by a barcode reader so that the trouble of inputting the URL can be saved and the user can use it easily. Attempts have been made to improve. In such an apparatus, it is necessary to separately connect a barcode reader to the mobile phone.
[0010]
Therefore, in a portable device with a built-in camera, if a barcode can be recognized with respect to a barcode image input by the built-in camera, such a service can be used without preparing a separate barcode reader.
[0011]
For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-111909 discloses an information providing service in which a photo mode and a QR code (two-dimensional code) reading mode can be selected and set, and processing according to the setting mode is performed. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-259215 describes a code reader that increases the reading accuracy by processing a one-dimensional code with a line CCD and processing a two-dimensional code with an area CCD. However, there is no description about the setting of the camera image capture area according to the barcode type.
[0012]
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2001-197186 describes that a telephone number is replaced with a two-dimensional bar code and the two-dimensional bar code is read by a CCD scanner attached to the telephone.
[0013]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, conventionally, barcodes are pre-printed and affixed to products, etc., and the barcode information is scanned by applying the barcode reader to the product. It was for the purpose of efficiency improvement.
[0014]
In addition, barcodes that have been used in terms of physical distribution are called one-dimensional barcodes, and the amount of information that can be coded is small. On the other hand, two-dimensional bar codes that can code alphanumeric characters and kanji and that can code a larger amount of information have been developed in recent years. This two-dimensional barcode is also used for exchanging information.
[0015]
The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and can be used on a mobile terminal device such as a mobile phone / PDA, and can provide a new network service. It is an object to provide a recording medium in which a service method and an information providing program are recorded.
[0016]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
An information providing service system of the present invention includes a mobile terminal device connectable to a network and a server capable of data communication with the mobile terminal device, and provides information to the mobile terminal device connected to the network In the information providing service system, the server provides a puzzle game created based on a two-dimensional barcode on the network, and the mobile terminal device acquires the puzzle game and displays the acquired puzzle game In addition, an input for solving the puzzle game is performed.
[0017]
The server may convert information to be provided into a two-dimensional barcode and develop the converted two-dimensional barcode to create a puzzle game.
The puzzle game is an n-row × n-column mass-filling puzzle in which a two-dimensional barcode is developed as an n-row × n-column matrix.
[0018]
As a more preferred specific mode, the two-dimensional barcode is developed by counting the number of consecutive black spots of the barcode for each row / column and writing it on the edge of the barcode. A blank matrix of xn columns (however, one or more white spots exist between the numbers marked on the edge of the barcode).
[0019]
As a more preferred specific mode, the information to be provided is a URL where image / music data usable for the portable terminal device, application qualification for a prize, etc. are placed.
[0020]
The mobile terminal device may download the puzzle game from the network and acquire the puzzle game, and the mobile terminal device images the puzzle game posted in a magazine or the like. The puzzle game may be acquired.
[0021]
More preferably, the information obtained by the puzzle answer is information such as a URL accessible to the network.
More preferably, the mobile terminal device includes control means for connecting to the network by information such as a URL obtained by the puzzle answer and obtaining image / music data from the network.
[0022]
More preferably, the mobile terminal device includes a restoring unit that restores the puzzle game that the user has answered to a two-dimensional barcode, and a decoding unit that decodes the two-dimensional barcode restored by the restoring unit.
[0023]
Further, it is determined that the two-dimensional barcode restored by the restoration means is a correct two-dimensional barcode, and when the two-dimensional barcode is correctly restored, the decoding means executes decoding. There may be.
[0024]
The information providing service method of the present invention is an information providing service method for providing information to a mobile terminal device connectable to a network. On the information providing service side, a puzzle game created based on a two-dimensional bar code is displayed on the network. The mobile terminal device is characterized in that the puzzle game is acquired from the network, the acquired puzzle game is displayed, and an input for solving the puzzle game is performed.
[0025]
Further, in the portable terminal device, it is more preferable to connect to the network by information such as a URL obtained by the puzzle answer, and obtain image / music data from the network.
[0026]
In addition, the present invention provides a mobile terminal device connectable to a network and a server capable of data communication with the mobile terminal device, and provides information for providing information to the mobile terminal device connected to the network In the service system, the server provides a puzzle game created based on a two-dimensional barcode on the network, the mobile terminal device acquires the puzzle game, displays the acquired puzzle game, A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for functioning as an information providing service system for performing input for solving the puzzle game.
[0027]
In addition, the present invention provides a mobile terminal device connectable to a network and a server capable of data communication with the mobile terminal device, and provides information for providing information to the mobile terminal device connected to the network In the service system, the server provides a puzzle game created based on a two-dimensional barcode on the network, the mobile terminal device acquires the puzzle game, displays the acquired puzzle game, It is a program for functioning as an information providing service system that performs input for solving the puzzle game.
[0028]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a mobile terminal device, an information providing service system, and an information providing service method of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining expansion and restoration of a two-dimensional barcode used in the information providing service system and method according to the present embodiment. This is an example applied to a network service that can be used on a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or PDA.
[0029]
The present embodiment is characterized by the following items in order to develop a network service using a two-dimensional barcode on the portable terminal device (hereinafter simply referred to as a portable terminal) according to the present embodiment.
(1) “Develop” a two-dimensional barcode as a mass-filled puzzle of n rows × n columns and provide it to the user.
(2) Two-dimensional barcode development means that the number of consecutive black dots (dots) in a barcode is counted for each row / column and written on the edge of the barcode, and the barcode body is n rows × n columns blank It is to make it a matrix. It also indicates that there is one or more white spots between the numbers marked on the edge of the barcode.
(3) The user answers the developed two-dimensional barcode as a puzzle and restores the two-dimensional barcode as a means for obtaining information on a network such as a URL.
(4) The mobile terminal has a device for displaying the expanded two-dimensional barcode and a decoder for decoding the restored two-dimensional barcode.
(5) When the two-dimensional barcode is restored on the portable terminal, the two-dimensional barcode is decoded by the decoder, and information such as URL is displayed.
(6) When the displayed URL is accessed, image / music data and information that can be used on the mobile terminal as a price for solving the puzzle can be obtained.
Next, a network service that applies a two-dimensional barcode to a puzzle game will be described.
[0030]
A user accesses the Internet using a mobile terminal, and downloads one two-dimensional barcode puzzle as an application from the site to the mobile terminal. The user does not need to connect to the Internet while solving the puzzle, and can solve the puzzle until the two-dimensional barcode can be restored on the mobile terminal.
[0031]
FIG. 1 shows the expansion and restoration of a two-dimensional barcode. The marker for detecting the position of the two-dimensional barcode is omitted from the elements of the puzzle, and the other areas are regarded as a black and white dot matrix and developed. An actual two-dimensional bar code does not have a “square” of the matrix, but when it is provided to the user as a developed two-dimensional barcode puzzle, it is a matrix having a square. In addition, the two-dimensional barcode actually used in the puzzle game is not a small one such as 6 × 6 shown in FIG. 1, but a large matrix such as several tens × several tens. If there is a problem that it cannot be displayed on the mobile terminal, the puzzle provided to the user may be a part of a two-dimensional barcode.
[0032]
2 to 5 are diagrams for explaining an example of answering the 6 × 6 puzzle. In FIG. 2 (a), when attention is paid to the vertical line written “2 · 1 · 1” in the second column from the right, at least one white dot is present between the numbers representing the continuation of the black dots. Since there is a line, you can see that this line has only the arrangement of ■■ □ ■ □ ■ from top to bottom.
[0033]
Next, as shown in FIG. 2B, when attention is paid to the first line from the top, it is clear that the arrangement of “1 · 2” is “□□ ■■” from the left to the right. Also, when looking at the first column from the right, there is a “mass that is determined not to be a black spot”, so the arrangement of “1, 2” in the first column from the right is only as shown in FIG. It becomes clear.
[0034]
In this way, the developed two-dimensional barcode is restored in order as shown in FIGS. 2 (a) to 5 (g). FIG. 5G shows an example of an answer to the puzzle restored by the user.
[0035]
When the restoration of the two-dimensional barcode is completed, the user uses the two-dimensional barcode decoder (FIG. 7) installed in the mobile terminal to decode the two-dimensional barcode that is the answer to the puzzle. If the two-dimensional barcode is “correctly” restored, information such as a URL is displayed.
[0036]
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure for decoding a two-dimensional barcode. In the figure, S indicates a flow step.
The user restores the developed two-dimensional barcode.
[0037]
If the user solves the puzzle and determines that the restoration of the two-dimensional barcode is completed, in step S1, the execution key such as the enter key or the confirmation key is pressed to instruct the decoding of the restored two-dimensional barcode. In step S2, the two-dimensional barcode that is the answer to the puzzle is decoded by the two-dimensional barcode decoder installed in the portable terminal. If the two-dimensional barcode is correctly restored in step S3, information such as URL is displayed. Is displayed. If the restoration is not correct, a message or voice / sound is notified. In addition, the user may be notified of the location that could not be restored correctly by blinking or the like.
[0038]
In this way, a two-dimensional barcode puzzle is given to the user, and if the answer is correct, information such as a URL can be obtained as a price, and the user can access the information such as the URL and use it on a portable terminal. Image / music data and information can be obtained.
[0039]
FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a basic configuration of the information providing service system according to the embodiment of this invention. In this example, the information providing service system is applied to a network service using a portable information terminal such as a mobile phone or a PDA.
[0040]
In FIG. 7, 1 is a network such as the Internet network, 2 is a portable terminal such as a notebook personal computer (PC) connected to the network 1, and 3 is wireless by a telephone communication line via a base station and an Internet connection / mail provider 4. It is a portable terminal such as a PHS (Personal Handy-Phone System) / mobile phone that performs communication.
[0041]
The network 1 is a network composed of a mobile communication network, a public telephone network, a LAN, the Internet, and the like, and the type of network and the type of protocol such as a wired system or a wireless system are not particularly limited. Further, as the access line of the network 1, a large capacity line such as FTTH (Fiber To The Home), HFC (Hybrid Fiber Coax), and ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) can be used.
[0042]
FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the mobile terminal 3.
In FIG. 8, a portable terminal 3 is a portable information terminal such as a PDA or a PHS / mobile phone, and includes a control unit 31 (part of acquisition means, restoration means, decoding means, control means, and the like) that controls the entire apparatus. ), ROM for storing control programs, fixed data, and the like, semiconductor memory such as RAM as a working storage area of the CPU, and a hard disk, etc. LED 33 used for notifying incoming calls or as a backlight for keys, vibrator 34 notifying incoming calls by vibration upon incoming calls, liquid crystal panel for displaying guidance or received information for operation, two-dimensional barcode or acquired puzzle game to the user A display unit 35 (display means), and a key input unit 3 for inputting and generating key operation information from the user Configured to include an antenna 37 for transmitting and receiving radio waves, a radio unit 38 for controlling the transmission and reception of wireless communication, a speaker 39 to sound the ring tone and key push sounds like, a microphone 40 for inputting voice signals from a user.
[0043]
Although not shown in the figure, a configuration may be adopted in which a camera including a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) (area type solid-state imaging device) or the like for inputting target image information is installed in the mobile phone 3 main body. This camera is preferably one in which the depth of focus can be switched between normal shooting and barcode reading. This camera forms part of an acquisition unit that captures an image of a two-dimensional barcode or puzzle game and acquires the two-dimensional barcode or puzzle game.
[0044]
The control unit 31 controls the entire mobile terminal 3, acquires a puzzle game from the network 1, displays the acquired puzzle game, and performs input control for solving the puzzle game.
[0045]
In particular, the control unit 31 determines that the restoration means for restoring the puzzle game answered by the user into a two-dimensional barcode, the decoding means for decoding the restored two-dimensional barcode, and the restored two-dimensional barcode are correct. It has a function as control means for determining that the barcode is a two-dimensional barcode and executing decoding when the two-dimensional barcode is correctly restored. Further, the control unit 31 is connected to the network 1 based on information such as a URL obtained by answering the puzzle, and performs control to acquire image / music data or the like as a price for solving the puzzle from the network 1.
The storage memory 32 includes a non-volatile storage memory, and stores color identification data input by the key input unit 36.
[0046]
The ROM is a read-only semiconductor memory that stores fixed data such as a program and communication control data required when the control unit 31 operates. The RAM is used as a so-called working memory that temporarily stores data relating to barcode recognition and communication, data used for calculation, calculation results, and the like. A program processed by the mobile phone 3 is expanded in the RAM and executed. Also, a part of the RAM is composed of an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) which is an electrically rewritable nonvolatile memory, and various specifications in the mobile phone 3 can be changed by changing a program written in the EEPROM. Can do. That is, recently, in order to avoid the time loss of changing the mask ROM for each debugging of the system development, the program ROM is a non-volatile memory, for example, EPROM, EEPROM, and the time for program development / modification time is greatly reduced. . Further, if the program is downloaded and the program contents of the EEPROM are rewritten, it is possible to easily upgrade functions or change functions.
Hereinafter, the network service operation of the mobile terminal 3 configured as described above will be described.
[0047]
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the network service operation of the mobile terminal 3 and is executed by the control unit 31. The user's instruction is given by key input of the key input unit 36.
[0048]
When the network service application is started, the network 1 such as the Internet is accessed and connected to the network service in step S11. As a method for providing a puzzle to the user on the information provider side, a site on which only two-dimensional barcode puzzles are collected is constructed on the Internet, and the URL for this site is arranged, for example, in an i-mode (registered trademark) menu. It is possible.
[0049]
Next, a puzzle game created based on the two-dimensional barcode is downloaded from the site in step S2. For example, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 6, this puzzle game is a puzzle game in which a two-dimensional barcode is developed as a mass-filled puzzle of n rows × n columns. Next, the mass-filled puzzle acquired in step S13 is displayed (see FIG. 1). The user solves the puzzle according to the answer examples as shown in FIGS. 2 to 5 while viewing the displayed puzzle. It is not necessary to connect to the Internet while solving the puzzle, and the puzzle can be solved until the two-dimensional barcode can be restored on the portable terminal 3.
[0050]
Next, in step S14, it is determined whether or not the restoration of the two-dimensional barcode by the user is completed, and the process waits until the user answers the puzzle. If the restoration of the two-dimensional barcode is completed, the two-dimensional barcode restored by the decoder is decoded in step S15. This decoder can be realized using either hardware or software.
[0051]
In step S16, it is determined whether or not the decoded two-dimensional barcode is correctly restored. If the two-dimensional barcode is correctly restored, it is determined that the user has correctly answered the puzzle, and step S17 is executed. If the two-dimensional barcode is not correctly restored, it is determined that the puzzle is incorrect and the process proceeds to step S21.
[0052]
In step S17, information such as URL obtained by decoding the two-dimensional barcode is displayed, and it is determined whether or not an instruction to access information such as URL displayed in step S18 is given by the user. When an access instruction is given to information such as a URL, the process instructed in step S19 is executed, and this flow is terminated. The instructed process is, for example, a process for connecting to a URL if it is an instruction to access a URL, a display / audio execution process if the provided information is image / music data, and the provided information is a game. If there is, it is the execution process of the game.
[0053]
If the user does not give an instruction to access the URL or the like in step S18, the information such as the URL acquired by the puzzle answer is stored in the storage memory 32 in step S20, and this flow is finished. Since this network service is for the user to obtain image / music data and information that can be used on the mobile terminal 3 as a price for solving the puzzle, information such as the acquired URL is stored. The user can read and execute this information when necessary.
[0054]
On the other hand, if the two-dimensional barcode has not been correctly restored in step S16, a message indicating that the puzzle is incorrect is displayed in step S21, and it is determined whether or not there is a puzzle try instruction again in step S22. To do. If there is another try instruction, the process returns to step S13 and the above processing steps are repeated. If there is no try instruction, this flow ends.
[0055]
As described above, in the information providing service system according to the present embodiment, the server on the information providing side executes an n-row × n-column mass-filled puzzle game developed on the basis of the two-dimensional barcode on the network 1. The mobile terminal 3 acquires the puzzle game from the network 1 and the user solves the puzzle game. The mobile terminal 3 restores and decodes the puzzle game solved by the user into a two-dimensional bar code, connects to the network 1 using information such as a URL obtained by the puzzle answer, and provides an image as a price for solving the puzzle from the network 1・ Since music data is acquired, if applied to a network service that can be used on the mobile terminal 3, a two-dimensional barcode puzzle is given to the user, and if the answer is correct, information such as URL is obtained as a price. The user can access information such as the URL and obtain image / music data and information that can be used on the portable terminal.
The above description is an illustration of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to this.
[0056]
In the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer, a mobile phone, and a mobile phone such as a PDA or PHS. However, the present invention can be applied to any apparatus capable of transmitting and receiving data. is there. For example, it can be applied to control of an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer. The two-dimensional barcode data may be any data.
[0057]
Further, in the present embodiment, an example in which a two-dimensional barcode is developed as an n-row × n-column mass-filled puzzle is shown, but any puzzle format may be used. Moreover, although the game created based on a two-dimensional barcode was called a puzzle game, this is for convenience of explanation, and may be a table game, a thinking puzzle, or the like.
[0058]
In the present embodiment, the names of the mobile terminal device, the information providing service system, and the information providing method are used. However, this is for convenience of explanation, and may be a network system, an amusement system, a game device, a data communication method, or the like. Of course.
In addition, the types, numbers, connection methods, and the like of each circuit unit, for example, the storage unit and the display unit, that constitute the portable terminal and the information providing service system are not limited to the above-described embodiments.
[0059]
Further, the information providing service system described above is also realized by a program for causing the mobile terminal device to function. This program is stored in a computer-readable recording medium. In the present invention, as the recording medium, the main memory itself of the control unit 31 shown in FIG. 8 may be a program medium, or a program reading device such as a CD-ROM drive is provided as an external storage device. Further, it may be a program medium such as a CD-ROM that can be read by inserting a recording medium therein. In any case, the stored program may be configured to be accessed and executed by the CPU of the control unit 31, or in any case, the program is read and the read program is not illustrated. The program may be downloaded to the program storage area and executed. This download program is assumed to be stored in advance in each device.
[0060]
Here, the program medium is a recording medium configured to be separable from the communication terminal device or the information processing device, and is a magnetic disk such as magnetic tape or cassette tape, CD-ROM, CD-R / RW, MO, MD. , DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-RW and other optical disk systems, PC cards, compact flash cards, smart media, IC cards, SD cards, memory sticks, etc., or mask ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, flash It may be a medium that carries a fixed program including a semiconductor memory such as a ROM.
[0061]
Further, the medium may be a medium that carries the program in a fluid manner so as to download the program from the communication network via a communication connection means that can be connected to an external communication network such as an Internet connection provider or a mobile mail service. . When the program is downloaded from the communication network in this way, the download program may be stored in advance or may be installed from another recording housing. The content stored in the recording medium is not limited to a program, and may be data.
[0062]
【The invention's effect】
As described above in detail, according to the present invention, a two-dimensional barcode is applied to a method that is impossible or unthinkable with a one-dimensional barcode, and in particular, by handling a two-dimensional barcode as a puzzle, Network services that can be used on terminal devices can be deployed.
[0063]
For example, as one of the application methods of two-dimensional barcodes, mobile phones and PDAs, such as providing two-dimensional barcode puzzles to users and providing images, music data and information that can be used on a portable terminal based on the answers. Network services that can be used on mobile terminals such as
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining expansion and restoration of a two-dimensional barcode used in an information providing service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of answering a 6 × 6 puzzle in the information providing service system according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of answering a 6 × 6 puzzle in the information providing service system according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of answering a 6 × 6 puzzle in the information providing service system according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of answering a 6 × 6 puzzle in the information providing service system according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of answering a 6 × 6 puzzle in the information providing service system according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of an information providing service system according to the embodiment of this invention.
FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile terminal of the information providing service system according to the embodiment of this invention.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a network service operation of the mobile terminal of the information providing service system according to the embodiment of this invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 network
A few portable terminals
31 Control unit (part of acquisition means, restoration means, decoding means, control means)
32 memory
33 LED
34 Vibrator
35 Display section (display means)
36 Key input section
37 Antenna
38 Radio section
39 Speaker
40 microphone

Claims (15)

In an information providing service system comprising a mobile terminal device connectable to a network and a server capable of data communication with the mobile terminal device, and providing information to the mobile terminal device connected to the network,
The server provides a puzzle game created based on a two-dimensional barcode on the network,
The mobile terminal device acquires the puzzle game,
An information providing service system characterized by displaying the acquired puzzle game and performing input for solving the puzzle game. The information providing service system according to claim 1, wherein the server converts information to be provided into a two-dimensional barcode and develops the converted two-dimensional barcode to create a puzzle game. 2. The puzzle game is a mass-filled puzzle of n rows × n columns in which a two-dimensional barcode is developed as a matrix of n (n is an arbitrary natural number excluding 0) rows × n columns. Or the information providing service system according to 2; The two-dimensional barcode is developed by counting the number of consecutive black spots of the barcode for each row and each column and writing it on the edge of the barcode. 4. The information providing service system according to claim 2, wherein one or more white spots exist between the numbers written on the edge of the barcode. 3. The information providing service system according to claim 2, wherein the information to be provided is a URL in which image / music data that can be used in the portable terminal device, application qualification for a prize, etc. are placed. The information providing service system according to claim 1, wherein the portable terminal device downloads the puzzle game from the network and acquires the puzzle game. The information providing service system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal device acquires the puzzle game by imaging the puzzle game published in a magazine or the like. The information providing service system according to claim 1, wherein the information obtained by the puzzle answer is information such as a URL accessible to the network. 2. The information providing service according to claim 1, wherein the portable terminal device includes control means for connecting to the network by information such as a URL obtained by the puzzle answer, and obtaining image / music data from the network. system. The portable terminal device includes a restoring means for restoring a puzzle game answered by the user into a two-dimensional barcode;
The information providing service system according to claim 1, further comprising: a decoding unit that decodes the two-dimensional barcode restored by the restoration unit. Determining that the two-dimensional barcode restored by the restoration means is a correct two-dimensional barcode, and causing the decoding means to execute decoding when the two-dimensional barcode is correctly restored. The information provision service system according to claim 10. In an information providing service method for providing information to a mobile terminal device connectable to a network,
On the information providing service side, a puzzle game created based on a two-dimensional barcode is provided on the network,
In the mobile terminal device, the puzzle game is acquired from the network,
An information providing service method characterized by displaying the acquired puzzle game and performing input for solving the puzzle game. Furthermore, the mobile terminal device connects to the network by information such as a URL obtained by the puzzle answer,
13. The information providing service method according to claim 12, wherein image / music data is obtained from the network. In the information provision service system, comprising: a mobile terminal device connectable to a network; and a server capable of data communication with the mobile terminal device, wherein the server provides information to the mobile terminal device connected to the network. Provides a puzzle game created based on a two-dimensional barcode on the network, and the mobile terminal device acquires the puzzle game, displays the acquired puzzle game, and solves the puzzle game. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing it to function as an information providing service system for inputting In the information provision service system, comprising: a mobile terminal device connectable to a network; and a server capable of data communication with the mobile terminal device, wherein the server provides information to the mobile terminal device connected to the network. Provides a puzzle game created based on a two-dimensional barcode on the network, and the mobile terminal device acquires the puzzle game, displays the acquired puzzle game, and solves the puzzle game. A program for functioning as an information providing service system for inputting information.

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