MULTIMEDIA PROVIDING SERVICE
At one of the timings: during a period between the moment when one of terminals which performs transmission calls out a communication partner and the moment of response and at the timing after the communication between the terminals is complete; a server reads out content data from a database and transmits the read out content data to the terminal. At this timing, the terminal reproduces the content data transmitted from the server.
1 . A method of providing a multimedia service in a multimedia communication system made up from a plurality of terminals and a server, said server being connected to said plurality of terminals, processing call process signals of said plurality of terminals, and having a database that stored content data; said method comprising steps wherein:
said server reads said content data from said database in accordance with either:
(a) a read signal that corresponds to a key that is entered, when said read signal is transmitted to said server by an origination-side terminal that is a terminal that performs call origination among said plurality of terminals; or
(b) a read signal that corresponds to a key that is entered, when said read signal is transmitted to said server by a termination-side terminal that is a terminal that is the communication partner of said origination-side terminal among said plurality of terminals;
said server transmits to at least one terminal from among said origination-side terminal and said termination-side terminal said content data that were read; and
said terminals reproduce content data that were transmitted from said server.
2 . The method of providing a multimedia service according to claim 1 , further comprising steps wherein:
said server records in a preferential treatment information database the frequency of transmission of said content data to the origination-side terminal that is said terminal that performs call origination; and
said server reads from said preferential treatment information database preferential treatment information that accords with said frequency.
3 . The method of providing a multimedia service according to claim 1 , further comprising steps wherein:
said server records in a preferential treatment information database the frequency of transmission of said content data to a termination-side terminal that is the terminal that is the communication partner of said terminal that performs call origination; and
said server reads from said preferential treatment information database preferential treatment information that accords with said frequency.