WO2002044907A1

WO2002044907A1 - Contents providing method

Info

Publication number: WO2002044907A1
Application number: PCT/JP2000/008456
Authority: WO
Inventors: Toru Saito
Original assignee: Flex-Firm Inc.
Priority date: 2000-11-29
Filing date: 2000-11-29
Publication date: 2002-06-06
Also published as: JPWO2002044907A1; AU2001215554A1

Abstract

A method for providing contents data to internet terminals (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d) connectable to the Internet (4) through a server computer (6) connected to the Internet (4), comprising a script execution step of executing a script if the contents data to be distributed to the internet terminals (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d) contains a script language and a distribution step of distributing the contents after the script processing according to the script execution results to the internet terminals.

Description

Description Content provision method Technical field

The present invention relates to a content providing method for distributing a content to an evening / night terminal that can be connected to the evening / night. Background art

In recent years, the popularity of IN-Yuichi-Net, an open network of computers, has been remarkable, and the usage of personal computers has been increasing as well as the use of personal computers has increased, and corporate use has shifted from business use to personal use. Evening net users are also increasing rapidly.

On the other hand, with the spread of mobile phones in recent years, an internet connection service that enables these mobile phones to connect to the Internet has been provided. Users are able to obtain desired information, music, images, etc., even while they are on the move, and the number of users is increasing rapidly. It is predicted that the number of people using mopile communication that can access the Internet via Internet will increase due to its convenience and quick access to information.

In this way, the Internet, which was owned by some people until a few years ago, is becoming more common with the spread of personal computers to homes and the spread of mobile phones with Internet connection functions as described above. However, it has become an indispensable information means (tool) for many people. For this reason, it is indispensable to set up a web server for companies to provide or transmit information and other content as publicity, publicity, and EC (electric commerce) sites when considering corporate strategies. ing.

However, with the spread of mobile terminals such as mobile phones having the Internet connection function, when building a Web server that also targets these mobile terminals, these mobile terminals must be portable terminals. Relatively small for In addition, it is difficult to implement an arithmetic unit (device) with a large processing capacity due to power restrictions due to the power from batteries, so scripts are attached to the content to be distributed. In some cases, depending on the model of the terminal and the type of viewing software, some scripts can or cannot be processed, and in-net terminals that cannot process the script receive the benefits of these scripts. Not only will it become impossible, but even if a terminal has the processing capability capable of performing such script processing, the processing capability used for these script processing will be reduced, and the processing capability available for display processing of other content will decrease. In some cases, prompt display of content was not performed.

In addition, since these scripts also have a description language, even if the Internet terminal has the processing capability to process the script, it may not be possible to understand the script depending on the terminal model and the type of viewing software. Therefore, there was a problem that content creators had to be aware of terminal models and types of browsing software and attach scripts to build content in order to be able to respond to these various scripts.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and there are inconveniences due to the fact that there are those that can or cannot process a script depending on the type of terminal-viewing software, For the inconvenience due to the increase in processing load and for the content creator, we provide a content providing method that can easily implement the content using a script without being aware of the terminal model and the type of viewing software. It is intended to be. Disclosure of the invention

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a content providing method according to the present invention provides an Internet-network terminal connectable to an Internet-network, a server computer connected to the Internet-network. A content providing method for providing content overnight using

A script execution step of executing the script when the content delivered to the Internet terminal includes a script language; A distribution step of distributing the content after the script processing based on the scribble execution result to the internet terminal;

At least.

According to this feature, the script processing is performed on the server computer side, so even if the terminal model or the viewing software cannot process the script, the advantage of the script can be received. Of course, even terminals that can process scripts can reduce the processing load required for these scribing processes.Therefore, some terminals that can or cannot process the script depend on the terminal model and the type of viewing software as described above. The inconvenience caused by the existence and the increase in the processing load caused by the script processing can be eliminated. The construction of the content can be easily implemented.

In the content providing method according to the present invention, a description format conversion for converting the content data to be distributed to the in-net terminal in the distribution step into a description format corresponding to an access method of the in-net terminal. It preferably includes a step.

In this way, the content terminal can be registered in the file format (file server) in a predetermined file format. Since the content data is converted into a description format corresponding to the access method and is distributed to the accessing Internet terminal, each element of the huge content is converted into each element according to the conventional method. There is no need to convert the content into a descriptive format in advance, and the content can be centrally managed in a single file format of the specified format, and the time and cost for updating these content can be significantly reduced. Therefore, maintenance and development of these contents can be easily performed. In addition, since the content data can be centrally managed in one file format of a predetermined format, it is not necessary to provide an address (URL) for each description format, and these addresses (URLs) are also provided by each access method. Since they can be the same, the access user can use the same address (URL) even when the type of in-use terminal used is different, making it easier for users to understand and improve convenience it can. The content providing method of the present invention is characterized in that the type of the Internet terminal or the type of the browsing software is obtained by obtaining type information capable of specifying or estimating either the type of the Internet terminal or the type of the browsing software mounted on the Internet terminal. A type identification step for identifying the type of

The content size corresponding to the type of Internet terminal or browsing software specified in the type specifying step is compared with the content size to be distributed in the distribution step, and the distribution is performed in the comparison. A page dividing step of dividing the content size to be distributed to a content size corresponding to the type of the Internet terminal or the type of browsing software when the content size to be distributed is large;

Preferably, the divided pages are distributed in the distribution step.

In this way, it is possible to eliminate a situation in which the content size exceeds the content size that can be received by the Internet terminal and the excess portion is not displayed or the entire content is not displayed. .

In the content providing method of the present invention, when there is an image data cited in the content to be distributed in the distribution step, the cited image is classified or browsed by the Internet terminal described above. An image file conversion step for converting to an image file format corresponding to the type of software;

An image file name updating step of changing the content name to be distributed to the quoted image name in the evening to the converted image name;

It is preferable to include

By doing so, it is possible to avoid the trouble of registering in advance the image data quoted in the content, which has been converted for each image file format that can be used on various in-net terminals. Alternatively, the updating of these image data can be easily performed.

In the content providing method according to the present invention, when there is image data cited in the content to be distributed in the distribution step, the size of the quoted image and the identification of the Internet terminal are different. Or the display screen corresponding to the type of viewing software A reduction process step of comparing the image size with the surface size, and when the size of the image file is larger than the display screen size in the comparison, reducing the size of the image file to an image size smaller than the display screen size. Is preferred.

In this way, it is possible to avoid a situation in which the entire image is not displayed on the display screen of the Internet terminal.

In the content providing method of the present invention, a pictogram included in a request message transmitted from the Internet terminal is converted into a pictogram table corresponding to the type of the Internet terminal or the type of viewing software. A unified pictogram conversion step for converting to a unified pictogram;

A unique pictogram conversion step of converting unified pictograms included in the content to be distributed in the distribution step into pictograms specific to the type of Internet terminal to be distributed or the type of browsing software;

It is preferable to include

In this way, conventionally, when the terminal model and the like are usually different, the emoticons incorporated in the terminal are also different, so that the content creator is familiar with the emoticons for each type of the terminal. The content creator can easily use pictograms without having to learn the differences in pictograms due to the differences in the types of these terminals. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a content providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a server computer constituting the content providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing processing contents of a “cross-subrate (X-SerV1et) engine” which is a file conversion program used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an overall file showing processing contents of a “cross-subrate (X-Server V 1 et) engine” which is a file conversion program used in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a method of acquiring terminal information from a request message sent from an access user's Internet terminal in the terminal type identification processing according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing contents in the terminal type identification processing in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of the terminal information database used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the content of the conversion process of the image data of the cited image in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the content conversion process in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a screen divided into pages in the conversion processing of the content data according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the processing content of session management in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing processing contents of script processing in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing processing contents in pictogram / code conversion processing in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the contents of the updating process of the terminal information table and the pictograph table in the embodiment of the present invention. BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Example)

Figure 1 shows a book constructed by a content providing server equipped with a “cross-sublet (X-Server V 1 et) engine” which is a file conversion program created to realize the content providing method of the present invention. Content providing system of the embodiment FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the server that is used in the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a file conversion program used in the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an outline of processing of a “cross-sublet (X-Ser V 1 et) engine”. FIG. 4 shows a “cross-sub-let (X-Ser V 1 et) engine” which is a file conversion program used in this embodiment. Fig. 5 is a diagram showing a method of acquiring terminal information from a request message sent from an access user's Internet terminal in terminal type identification processing. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing contents in the terminal type identification processing, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the configuration of the terminal information database used in this embodiment, and FIG. Image FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the contents of the image data conversion processing. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the contents of the content conversion processing. FIG. 10 is a screen divided into pages in the content conversion processing. FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of processing contents of session management, FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing processing contents of script processing, and FIG. 13 is pictograms and codes FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the processing contents in the conversion processing. FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the contents of the terminal information table and the pictogram table updating processing.

First, the content providing system of the present embodiment is configured as shown in FIG. 1, and a distribution center 5 that provides a content providing service includes a server computer 6 that is a computer that performs distribution of each content. The server computer 6 is provided with a computer terminal 1a connected to Carrier A, which provides ordinary telephone services via the Internet network 4, and a mobile phone service. Carrier B, Carrier C, and Carrier D are connected to the central control stations 3b, 3c, and 3d, respectively, and each of the mobile phone service companies, Carrier B, Carrier C, and Carrier The mobile phone terminals 1b, mobile phone terminals lc and mobile phone terminals Id, which are the wireless terminals subscribed to that of Company D, are the base stations 2b of each carrier company, 2c, 2d, and the central control stations 3b, 3c, 3d and a gateway server (not shown) can be connected to the Internet network 4 via the Internet network 4. Thus, it is possible to access the server computer 1-6 of the distribution center 1-5. As the mobile phone used in these embodiments, a normal mobile phone having an intranet connection function corresponding to a predetermined access system in each carrier company can be used. In the present embodiment, the wireless terminal is a mobile phone. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be a simple mobile phone (Personal Handy Phone; PHS), or may be a mobile phone. Yuichiichi A PDA terminal that can access the Internet may be used.

Further, in this practical example, the server computer 6 is connected to the central control stations 3b, 3c, and 3d of each carrier company via the internet network 4, but the present invention is not limited to this. There is no limitation, and it is optional to connect these central control stations 3b, 3c, 3d to the server computer 6 via a dedicated line or the like.

In addition, a content provider that transmits information and the like also has a computer terminal 7 that is connected to the server computer 6 installed in the distribution center 5 via the Internet network 4 so as to be able to perform data communication. The computer terminal 6 is used to access the server computer 6 so that the server computer 6 can update the content data provided to the access user.

Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, in the server computer 6, information on browsers, which are terminal information browsing software of each carrier and a mobile phone terminal used in the carrier, are registered. A terminal information table and a pictogram table in which conversion information such as pictograms used in each terminal and browser are registered are registered.The terminal information table and the pictogram table are new models and new models. Since new versions are released one after another, it is necessary to add and update information in order to deal with them.Therefore, the update combination terminal 8 that updates these terminal information tables and pictogram tables is managed by the management center. The server computer 6 is connected to the updating computer terminal 8 via the internet network 4. The terminal information table and pictogram table that are registered are updated by accessing the terminal periodically.

The configuration of the server-computer 6 used in this embodiment is, as shown in FIG. 2, a data bus 20 for transmitting and receiving data inside the server-computer 6. The operation control of the server-computer 6, and in particular, the control for managing the status of data exchange (section) with the computer terminal la that has accessed and the mobile phone terminals lb, lc, and Id of each carrier are prescribed. And a process for converting content content into a file format that conforms to the access method of each carrier of the destination computer terminal 1a and mobile phone terminals 1b, 1c, and 1d. A central processing unit (CPU) 21 that is implemented based on a “cross-subrate (X-S etrV1et) engine” that is a conversion program, and a RAM 2 for temporarily storing processing data and the like in the conversion processing. 4. A real-time clock (RTC) 26 capable of outputting time information such as access time, and a communication interface capable of performing data communication with the internet connection network 4. A control program which includes a disk 22, a display device 23 such as a display, a magnetic disk or a magneto-optical disk, and describes various control contents executed by the central processing unit (CPU) 21; A cross-subrate (X-Server V 1 et) engine, which is a conversion program, and a content database (DB) in which information provided by content providers is registered. Each carrier and the mobile phone terminals used by the carrier A terminal information table 端末 in which terminal information and information on browsers that are browsing software are registered, a pictogram table in which conversion information such as pictograms used in each terminal and browser are recorded, etc. The storage device 25 is a normal computer that can execute relatively high-speed processing and is connected to the storage device 25. A single (common) server address (URL) that can be used when accessing from the combination terminal 1a or the mobile phone terminals 1b, lc, and Id of each carrier.

• Q o

Next, based on FIG. 3, an outline of the process in which the server computer 6 of this embodiment distributes content data to the computer terminal 1a and the mobile phone terminals 1b, lc, and 1d of the respective carriers is shown in FIG. For example, when the server computer 6 is accessed from the mobile phone terminal 1b of the carrier B, the server computer 6 first receives the request message from the mobile phone terminal 1b in the header. The information that can specify the type of the carrier of the mobile phone terminal 1b and the type of the terminal is extracted from the agent information, and the carrier access method (ma The information such as the type of the backup language and the display performance of the terminal is obtained from the terminal information table, and the content requested by the request message is obtained from the content data base.

The content content read out from the content content base is converted into an HDML format file, which is the access method of the carrier company B of the mobile phone terminal 1b that has accessed, and in the file conversion, Based on the obtained information such as the display performance which is the terminal information of the mobile phone terminal 1b, the layout of the display device (LCD panel) of the mobile phone terminal lb is adjusted so as to match the number of display lines and the number of digits. The converted HDML file is appropriately modified, for example, divided into pages, and is transmitted and distributed to the mobile phone terminal 1b, and is accessed as shown in FIG. If the terminal is the Carrier A's convenience store—Even if the terminal is 1a, the terminal accessing the terminal is the Carrier C or the carrier C or In the case of Yaria D, all of these access terminals are the same because they are converted into MML and C-HTML file (description) format, and the content data is transmitted and distributed. The server content of the server will be available from November 6, and the provider of the content will register and update the provided information in the server computer 6, so that the same server address ( (URL) to distribute content to all mobile phones and computer terminals with different carriers.

Hereinafter, the content data providing process in the server computer 6 of the present embodiment will be described in detail mainly with reference to FIG.

First, the request message from the computer terminal 1a or the mobile phone terminal lb, lc, 1d (hereinafter collectively referred to as the Internet terminal) used by the access user is as follows. The terminal type ID, the session ID, and the parameters that are received by the savable engine running on the server computer 6 and that can identify the carrier and terminal type included in the request message are crossed. Sent to the sub core program.

As a method of acquiring this terminal type ID, as shown in FIG. 5, the user-agent is included in the HTTP header transmitted at the beginning of the request message. As shown in FIG. 5, the user agent information includes information unique to each carrier, and the type and browser of the Internet terminal that transmitted the request message. Since the version information and the like are also described, it is possible to specify which carrier and which type of terminal these description contents match with by referring to the terminal information table shown in FIG.

The specific processing content of the terminal type identification processing for specifying the terminal type based on the extracted description data in the user agent information is as shown in FIG. 6, and the description data of the user agent information is obtained. Based on the above, words indicating the carrier name and the type (model) of the terminal included in the description data are detected.

Next, the terminal information table is searched using the detected carrier name and terminal model name as search keywords. At this time, if there is no applicable registration, the terminal information table is searched again with the model identification information as “default”. If this still does not apply, the carrier suggestion information is set to “default”. The registration information corresponding to the carrier suggestion information and the model identification information determined in this way, such as the markup language format, the maximum number of bytes of the content, the number of lines on the display screen, and the number of characters, are acquired from the terminal information table. This is applied to the subsequent content conversion processing.

If no word indicating the carrier name and the type (model) of the terminal has been extracted or there is no corresponding word in the search for the terminal information template, each carrier registered in the terminal information table is required. In addition, a data entry screen configured so that the access user can select and input each information of the terminal model is returned to the Internet terminal that sent the request message, and the access company identifies the carrier company and the terminal model. When the terminal is selected, information on the selected carrier company and terminal model is retrieved by searching the terminal information template.

As described above, in the case where the carrier company and the terminal model cannot be specified from the request message, it is necessary to return the data input screen to the access user's Internet terminal to receive the information about the carrier company and the terminal model. Since these carrier companies and terminal models are unspecified, it is possible to avoid the inconvenience that inappropriate conversion processing is performed in the subsequent content conversion processing and the like. Preferably, the present invention is not limited to this.

The configuration of the terminal information table used in this embodiment used in the terminal type identification processing and the like is as shown in FIG. 7, and the “name” of the “browser” corresponding to each carrier company, “Name” of “Terminal” corresponding to the model, information on receivable content (“Name” of “Markup Language”, character code of content, maximum number of bytes of content), information on terminal screen size (“Number of horizontal characters” and “Number of vertical lines” in “Screen”), information on images that can be displayed (“Format”, “Number of horizontal pixels”, “Number of vertical pixels”, “Aspect ratio”, “ Information such as “Animation availability”, “Color mode”, and “Color Z gradation number” are registered, and these terminal information tables are regularly updated to the latest ones by the update processing described later. It is.

Next, in the cross-sublet core program, as shown in FIG. 4, the acquisition processing of session information is performed, and the specific processing contents of the session information are as shown in FIG. That is, if the request message does not include the session ID, the session is recognized as a new session and a session ID is created. If the session is shorter than the reference lifetime, it is stored and managed in the G0 set, otherwise it is stored and managed in the other set (other).

Here, the GO set is a set that manages all the sessions that have been accessed between a certain time and the reference life time (however, those whose life is less than the reference life time). If the current time has passed “the time obtained by adding the reference life time from a certain time”, the GO set is managed by changing its name to the G1 set. Then, the GO set is newly defined as "from the current time to the time obtained by adding the reference life time". When the G O set is changed to the G 1 set, if the G 1 set already exists, all its contents are discarded. This enables efficient deletion of invalid sessions.

Here, when the request message includes the session ID, the expiration date of the session ID is checked. If not, the session is discarded and a new session ID is obtained as described above. If it is valid, the last access time of the session is updated and stored in the G0 set or the non-G (other) set.

The session is identified and the session ID is identified as a key to identify the session. After that, before performing processing such as content acquisition and conversion, and responding to the user with the processing result, if the HTTP Cookie is available, set the session ID to Cookie and set the user together with the content processing result to the user. Respond to If the cookie cannot be used, it responds to the user by adding session ID information to all linked URLs included in the content. Note that even if the HTTP Cookie is usable, the HTTP Cookie may not be used.

Next, based on the conversion contents registered in the pictogram table corresponding to the information of the carrier company and the terminal model obtained in the terminal type identification processing, the pictograms and the character codes included in the request message are obtained. The corresponding pictograms and character codes are converted into predetermined ones.

Based on the request message converted into the predetermined character code, the requested content data is specified, and the corresponding content data is stored in the content data database.

— Get the document object model (D0M) from the source (DB).

After the creation of the document object model (DOM), the server computer 6 performs a scribing execution process. The contents of the script execution process in the present embodiment are as shown in FIG. 12, and the content obtained from the above-described content-based pause (DB) based on the request message is scripted (on the user terminal). When the script is executed on the server computer 6, the values of variables and the like are set, and the contents of the screen to be displayed (display image) are set. Determine.

The content (display image) thus determined is subjected to content conversion and pictogram conversion processing to respond to the user. At this time, standard style sheets are provided for content conversion. Note that the script is used to change the values of variables and the like according to the operation of the user and to change the display screen only by the processing on the user terminal. In the case of the present embodiment, the script is used. The result is transmitted to the server as a request message, and the server performs this processing.

After these script processes, a conversion process for content is performed. Real truth The contents of the conversion process of the content data in the embodiment are as shown in FIG. 9. If the content requested in the request message has already been converted and exists in the cache, the specified content is read from the cache. Get the specified page and respond to the user. If the content does not exist in the cache, the content is obtained by executing an application program on the server side such as a servlet, and the content is converted based on the terminal information.

At this time, if the converted size exceeds the content size that can be received by the terminal (specified in the terminal information template), the acquired content is viewed from the end, and the part that can be separated (selected It is separated by a list, check box, table, and other structural elements) and the first divided part is converted again for content and pictograms. This is repeated until the size of the content becomes receivable by the terminal, and one or both links of “previous page” or “next page” are added to each page, and each of the divided pages is This is the page that responds to the user. Then, for the unprocessed portion of the first content, the content conversion, the pictograph conversion, and the size check are repeated in the same manner, all the contents are converted, all the pages are created, and registered in the cache. After that, the user is returned with the specified page (or the first page if no page is specified).

The display status by page division in these file conversion processes will be described with reference to FIG. 10. If the content size exceeds the size (number of characters) that can be received (displayable) by the terminal, the content is paged. Otherwise, some of the content may not be displayed, or the entire content may not be displayed, as shown in FIG.

On the other hand, when the page division is performed as described above, as shown in Fig. 10, it is possible to display all the content contents without omission by sequentially moving the divided pages. When moving these divided pages, it is possible to easily move between pages by adding one or both links of “previous page” and “next page” as in this embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to this.

If a quoted image exists in the converted content data, The image-to-night conversion process of the cited image is performed. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, when an image is requested in the request message, the specified image name (for example, a.gif) and the identified terminal name (for example, N502i) ) Search for cache using key as key. If the corresponding data exists in the cache, calculate the digest value of the specified image a.gif and compare it with the stored digest value.

If the two match, the specified image has not been changed, and the converted image data stored in the cache is returned to the user as a response. Except for this case, when the size of the specified image a.gif is large, the compression process is performed, when the number of colors is large, the color reduction process is performed, and when the format is different, the format is different from the specifications of the user terminal. Performs format conversion and responds to the user with the processing result. At this time, if the digest value for a.gif already exists in the cache and it is different from the value calculated this time, all cache contents related to a.gif are discarded. Then, the converted image is stored in the cache using the digest value of a.gif and the image name a.gif and the terminal name N502i as keys.

As described above, when converting image data, it is determined whether or not the data corresponding to the converted image data already exists in the cache, and if it exists, the conversion process is not performed. Although it is preferable because the processing load associated with the image conversion processing can be reduced, the present invention is not limited to this, and the image conversion may be uniquely performed to update the cache data.

In addition to the conversion of these image data, conversion processing of pictographs and character codes in the converted content is performed. These processing contents will be described as specific processing contents based on the flow of FIG. 13 as a series of processing together with the conversion of pictograms and character codes in the request message.If the URL specified in the request message is When executing a server-side program such as, the pictograph code included in the request message is converted to a unified pictograph code by searching the "pictograph table". Also converts the request message to the character code assumed by the specified server-side program. After that, execute the server side program and get the content as a result.

If the URL specified in the request message is not a server-side program execution In this case, the content may be obtained from a specified URL, for example, from the computer terminal 7 of the content provider.

The character code of the content obtained in this way is converted to the character code of the output terminal, and all the pictograph codes included in the content are searched for the "pictograph table" to output the character code for the output terminal. Is converted to an emoticon code and the user responds. The updating of the “pictogram table” and the “information terminal table” is performed by periodically performing the updating process shown in FIG. 14 and updating by accessing the computer terminal 8 of the management center. It will be updated on the latest day. Specifically, it accesses the convenience terminal 8 of the management center periodically to issue an inquiry, and obtains the update time of the “terminal information database” registered in the computer terminal 8. If this time is later than the time managed by the server computer 6, a request message is issued to the computer terminal 8, and the terminal information table is sent from the computer terminal 8. Download and update the information registered in Server Combination 6.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide a content such as a display image accompanying the scribing process to an in-net terminal which does not have the ability to process the script in the format included in the content. In addition to this, even on an Internet terminal that can process these scripts, the processing load on the Internet terminal associated with the processing of these scripts can be greatly reduced, resulting in a limited number of Internet terminals. -The processing capability record of the Internet terminal can be used for other processing.

In addition, even the creators of these contents can construct contents using scripts without being conscious of the types of terminals, types of viewing software, types of script languages, and the like. Construction of content using a script can be facilitated.

As described above, the embodiments of the present invention have been described in the above embodiments with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and changes and additions may be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. However, it goes without saying that it is included in the present invention.

For example, in the above embodiment, the server computer 6 distributes the content to be distributed so as to correspond to each of the access methods of the carrier companies A, B, C, and D. ヅ Data is converted to a description format corresponding to each access method.However, the present invention is not limited to this. Many models of a single carrier company B company's mobile phone terminal etc. Since there are some computers that can execute scripts and some that cannot execute scripts, the present invention should be applied to server computers that support only a single access method. May be.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the format of the conversion file converted from the content registered in the content data rate is HDML format, C-HTML format, and MML format. The file format is not limited to this, and the file format may be the XHTML format, which is the next-generation file format.

Further, in the present embodiment, the conversion from the content registered in the content database to the file format is performed directly, but the present invention is not limited to this. In the conversion to an intermediate file, the file may be once converted to an XML file and then converted to a file in each desired format. Explanation of reference numerals

1a computer terminal

1b, 1c, Id mobile phone terminals

2 b ヽ 2 c, 2 d

3b, 3c, 3d central control station

4 Internet network

5 Distribution Center

6 Server Convenience overnight

7 Computer terminal (content provider)

8 Computer terminal (Yuichi Sensen)

2 0 Data bus

2 1 Central processing unit (CPU)

2 2 Communication interface

twenty three 24 RAM

25 storage

26 Real-time clock (RTC)

Ten

Fifteen

20

twenty five

Claims

The scope of the claims

1. A content providing method for providing content data to an Internet terminal connectable to the Internet network using a server computer connected to the Internet network,

A script execution step of executing the script when the content data to be delivered to the Internet terminal includes a script language;

A distribution step of distributing the content after the scribing process based on the scribing execution result to the in-net terminal.

A content providing method comprising at least:

2. The content providing method according to claim 1, further comprising a description format conversion step of converting content data to be distributed to the Internet terminal in the distribution step into a description format corresponding to an access method of the Internet terminal.

3. Obtain type information that can identify or estimate either the type of the Internet terminal or the type of browsing software installed on the Internet terminal, and obtain the type of Internet terminal or browsing software. A type specifying step of specifying the type of the content, a content size corresponding to the type of the Internet terminal or the type of viewing software specified in the type specifying step, and a content to be distributed in the distribution step. When the content size to be distributed in the comparison is large, the content size to be distributed is divided into the content size corresponding to the type of the Internet terminal or the type of the viewing software. Page splitting step

3. The content providing method according to claim 1, further comprising: distributing the divided pages in the distribution step.

4. If there is image data quoted in the content to be distributed in the distribution step, the quoted image is converted to an image file format corresponding to the type of the Internet terminal or the type of viewing software. An image file conversion step for converting

The quoted image name in the content data to be distributed is used as the converted image name An image file name updating step to be changed;

The content providing method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising:

5. If there is an image quoted in the content to be distributed in the distribution step, it corresponds to the size of the quoted image and the type of the Internet terminal or the type of viewing software. And reducing the size of the image file to an image size smaller than the display screen size when the size of the image file is larger than the display screen size in the comparison. The content providing method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, comprising a step.

6. Pictograms included in the request message sent from the Internet terminal are converted into unified pictograms using a pictogram table corresponding to the Internet terminal type or browsing software type. A conversion step, and a unique pictogram for converting a unified pictogram included in the content to be distributed in the distribution step into a pictogram specific to the type of the Internet terminal to be distributed or the type of the viewing software. Conversion steps;

The content providing method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: