Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Auxiliary data signaling
Reexamination Certificate
2000-04-28
2003-06-24
Chin, Vivian (Department: 2682)
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Auxiliary data signaling
C455S566000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06584322
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an information processing device for and method of displaying a text or image corresponding to information obtained by way of a specific communications channel or from a specific storage medium.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
Referring next to
FIG. 1
, there is illustrated a block diagram showing a prior art information processing device as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Publication (TOKKAIHEI) No.10-98706. In the figure, reference numeral
101
denotes multimedia terminal equipment comprised of a receiver
102
for use with a unidirectional broadcasting system and a terminal device
104
for use with a bidirectional communications- system, the receiver
102
and the terminal device
104
being connected to each other by way of local communications links
105
.
The receiver
102
of the multimedia terminal equipment
101
consists of a microprocessor
106
for controlling the operation of the receiver
102
, a storage device
107
such as a semiconductor memory, a display device
108
such as a CRT, a receiving unit
109
for receiving MPEG or DAB data
112
transmitted thereto through a television network disposed as one communications network
111
, and so on. An application program
110
to be processed by the microprocessor
106
is stored in a given storage unit of the receiver
102
. Reference numeral
114
denotes an agent that is to be executed under the application program
110
. The terminal device
104
is a terminal for use with a bidirectional communications system such as a GSM telephone network included with a digital cellular communications network
103
disposed as one communications network
111
.
Next, a description will be made as to the operation of the prior art information processing device.
The receiving unit
109
of the receiver
102
receives data
112
transmitted thereto. The received data
112
is then stored in the storage device
107
and is analyzed according to the application program
110
by the microprocessor
106
. Information corresponding to the data is then displayed on the screen of the display device
108
.
When the user who recognizes the information displayed on the screen of the display device
108
wants to acquire or retrieve other information associated with the on-screen information, the user can manipulate the terminal device
104
. The terminal device
104
can retrieve the other information associated-with the on-screen information through the digital cellular communications network
103
disposed as one communications network
111
according to the user's manipulation. The retrieved information is then furnished, by way of a local communications link
105
, to the receiver
102
, and is displayed on the screen of the display device
108
.
The microprocessor
106
checks resources such as the storage device
107
and the terminal device
104
. When the microprocessor
106
determines that it is difficult to reserve sufficient resources required to perform a certain process, it displays the fact, as a warning for the user, on the screen of the display device
108
.
Since a prior art information processing device is constructed as above, the problem has arisen that when the user wants to retrieve information associated with the on-screen information even though it is difficult to use the terminal device
104
, the user has to perform complicated manipulations according to a warning on-screen. Even though the user turns off the terminal device
104
or does not use it with intention not to use it, the user has to perform complicated manipulations according to a warning on-screen.
The present invention is proposed to solve the above problem of the prior art and has the object of providing an information processing device and method capable of determining whether or not it is difficult to use a terminal device in advance when retrieving information associated with on-screen information, and allowing a user to manipulate and cause the information processing device to retrieve the information associated with the on-screen information only if the terminal device is available, thus preventing the user from performing extra manipulations when the terminal device is not available, such as when the user turns off or does not use the terminal device with intention not to use it.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
In accordance with a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing device that determines whether or not information can be transmitted or received through a transmit/receive means for transmitting or receiving information by way of a second predetermined communications channel, provides guidance on manipulation to cause the transmit/receive means to transmit or receive information for a user only if information can be transmitted or received through the transmit/receive means, and controls the transmit/receive means according to the user's manipulation to retrieve second information associated with first information by way of the second communications channel. Accordingly, when the transmit/receive means is not available, the information processing device does not provide guidance on manipulation to cause the transmit/receive means to retrieve the second information for a user. The information processing device therefore makes it possible to prevent the user from performing extra manipulations when the transmit/receive means is not available, such as when the user intends not to use the transmit/receive means.
In accordance with a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information processing device that determines whether or not information can be transmitted or received through a transmit/receive means for transmitting or receiving information by way of a second predetermined communications channel, when displaying a text or image corresponding to information indicating a storage location where second information included with and associated with first information is stored on a display, displays the text or image corresponding to the information indicating the storage location where the second information is stored in a first predetermined format unless information can be transmitted or received through the transmit/receive means, displays the text or image corresponding to the information indicating the storage location where the second information is stored in a second predetermined format different from the first format otherwise, and ,when the text or image displayed in the second format is selected, controls the transmit/receive means to retrieve the second information based on the information indicating the storage location corresponding to the selected text or image. Accordingly, when the transmit/receive means is not available, the information processing device does not provide guidance on manipulation to cause the transmit/receive means to retrieve the second information for a user. The information processing device therefore makes it possible to prevent the user from performing extra manipulations when the transmit/receive means is not available, such as when the user intends not to use the transmit/receive means.
In accordance with a third aspect of the present invention, the information processing device receives the first information transmitted thereto by a digital broadcast disposed as the first communications channel, and transmits or receives information by way of a digital mobile telephone network disposed as the second communications channel. In this way, the information processing device can retrieve information by way of the radio communications channels. It is therefore possible to mount the information processing device on a motor vehicle.
In accordance with a fourth aspect of the present invention, the information processing device processes the first and second information written in Hyper, Text Markup Language or HTML. When information can be transmitted or received through the transmit/receive means, the second information is displayed in a format which is the
Chin Vivian
Mitsubishi Denki & Kabushiki Kaisha
Nguyen Tu X
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