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US 11,863,648 · App. 17/884,328 · Granted Jan 2, 2024

Content delivery system, delivery server, receiving terminal, and content delivery method

Inventors: Hiroki Mizosoe (Kawasaki, JP); Junji Shiokawa (Chigasaki, JP); Kazuto Yoneyama (Yokohama, JP); Kunihiro Nomura (Kawasaki, JP); Masaaki Hiramatsu (Hachioji, JP); Yasuhisa Mori (Hitachi, JP); Takashi Yoshimaru (Kokubunji, JP); Kazuaki Aoyama (Tokyo, JP); Tomomu Ishikawa (Tokyo, JP); Yo Miyamoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
H04L67/60G06Q10/107H04L5/10H04L67/5683H04N21/2225H04N21/2541H04N21/41407H04N21/4227H04N21/42684H04N21/4627H04N21/47202H04N21/6581
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Patent No.
US 11,863,648
App. No.
17/884,328
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transmitting terminal can transmit a content held by itself to a specific receiving terminal having no email software as if using a mailer. The transmitting terminal ( 10 ) and the receiving terminal ( 20 ) are connected to a delivery server ( 30 ) via a network ( 4 ). The delivery server ( 30 ) comprises: a database ( 36 ) for registering the device ID that specifies the receiving terminal ( 20 ); a content storage ( 39 ) for temporarily storing a content transmitted from the transmitting terminal ( 10 ); and table ( 33, 37 ) for managing contents separately on a per device ID basis of the receiving terminal. The delivery server ( 30 ), when receiving a request from the receiving terminal ( 20 ), refers to the tables ( 33, 27 ) and transmits to the receiving terminal ( 20 ) a content, the transmission destination of which corresponds to the device ID of the receiving terminal ( 20 ).

Claims (34)

1. A content delivery system comprising a transmitting terminal, a plurality of receiving terminals, and a delivery server,

wherein the delivery server comprises a database which registers a user ID of a sender who transmits picture contents and a user ID of each of a plurality of receivers who receives the picture contents in association with each other, and a content storage which stores the picture contents transmitted from the sender,

wherein, in a case that the transmitting terminal transmits new picture contents to the delivery server, each of the plurality of receiving terminals receives a notice indicating that the new picture contents have been stored in the content storage,

wherein each of the plurality of receiving terminals displays a list of the picture contents which are transmitted from the transmitting terminal and stored in the content storage, information about a sender who transmitted the listed picture contents, and a comment inputted by the transmitting terminal, and

wherein, one of the plurality of receiving terminals downloads one of the picture contents from the content storage and stores the downloaded picture content into a storage of the receiving terminal.

2. The content delivery system according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of the plurality of receiving terminals further displays a group of the picture contents.

3. The content delivery system according to claim 1 , wherein the picture contents are associated with expiry information relating to an expiry date, and each of the plurality of receiving terminals displays the picture contents stored in the content storage until the expiry date.

4. A method for delivering picture contents among a transmitting terminal, a plurality of receiving terminals and a delivery server including a database which registers a user ID of a sender who transmits picture contents and a user ID of each of a plurality of receivers who receives the picture contents in association with each other, and a content storage which stores the picture contents transmitted from the sender,

the method comprising the steps of:

transmitting from a transmitting terminal new picture contents to the delivery server, wherein each of the plurality of receiving terminals receives a notice indicating that the new picture contents have been stored in the content storage, and displaying, by each of the plurality of receiving terminals, a list of the picture contents which are transmitted from the transmitting terminal and stored in the content storage, information about a sender who transmitted the listed picture contents, and

a comment inputted by the transmitting terminal,

further including downloading, by one of the plurality of receiving terminals, one of the picture contents from the content storage and storing the downloaded picture content into a storage of the receiving terminal.

5. The method for delivering picture contents according to claim 4 , further comprising the step of displaying, by each of the plurality of receiving terminals, a group of the picture contents.

6. The method for delivering picture contents according to claim 4 , wherein the picture contents are associated with expiry information relating to an expiry date, and

further comprising the step of displaying, by each of the plurality of receiving terminals, the picture contents stored in the content storage until the expiry date.

7. A content receiving terminal comprising:

a network communication circuitry connected to a delivery server over a network; a display; and

a controller;

wherein the controller is configured to:

receive, from the delivery server via the network communication circuitry, a notice indicating that new picture contents have been stored in a content storage of the delivery server, after a transmitting terminal transmitted the new picture contents to the delivery server;

display, on the display, a list of the picture contents, which are transmitted from the transmitting terminal, stored in the content storage and including the new picture contents, information about a sender who transmitted the listed picture contents using the transmitting terminal, and a comment associated with the picture contents inputted by the transmitting terminal,

wherein the controller is further configured to:

send a request of rejecting the receiving of the new picture contents to the delivery server via the network communication circuitry; and

not display the new picture contents associated with the request on the display.

8. The content receiving terminal according to claim 7 ,

wherein the controller is further configured to:

download the picture contents from the content storage via the network communication circuitry; and

store the downloaded picture contents into a storage of the content receiving terminal.

9. The content receiving terminal according to claim 7 ,

wherein the controller is further configured to display a group of the picture contents.

10. The content receiving terminal according to claim 7 ,

wherein the picture contents are associated with expiry information relating to an expiry date, and

the controller is further configured to display, on the display, the picture contents stored in the content storage until the expiry date.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2008-048389 · Feb 28, 2008 · national
JP 2008-136185 · May 26, 2008 · national
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