Information terminal
The present invention provides mobile terminals with various types of services such as electronic commerce service, music delivery service, and position information service. User applications required for the electronic commerce service, music delivery service, and position information service are respectively configured as service objects each having a server facility, and further a local gateway is provided, whereby various types of services can be used through a browser.
1. A mobile user terminal comprising:
a communication unit operable to enable said mobile user terminal to connect to an internet for accessing an external server;
a plurality of service objects, each service object including an internal server having a facility for providing information processing;
a browser operable to request retrieval of data from the external server via said communication unit and operable to request the information processing of the internal server, via a local gateway, from a service object selected from said plurality of service objects; and
said local gateway operable to serve as an interface between said browser and each of said plurality of service objects, operable to select an appropriate service object from said plurality of service objects based on the request from said browser and operable to route the request to the selected service object;
said local gateway comprising:
a service object manager operable to hold information regarding a status of an availability of said plurality of service objects,
wherein:
said internal server corresponding to the selected service object is operable to execute the information processing specified by the request and the selected service object is operable to return local data as a result of the information processing; wherein said internal server includes a ML creating part, said ML creating part being operable to create a document of the local data in a markup language; and
said browser is operable to receive data retrieved from the external server for display on said mobile user terminal and is operable to receive the local data retrieved from the selected service object for display on said mobile user terminal.
2. The mobile user terminal according to claim 1 , wherein said local gateway includes a ML creating part, said ML creating part being operable to create a markup description indicating a list of usable service objects based on the status of each of the service objects managed by the service object manager.
3. The mobile user terminal according to claim 2 , wherein said internal server includes a ML creating part, said ML creating part being operable to create a document of the local data in a markup language.
4. A mobile user terminal comprising:
a communication unit operable to enable said mobile user terminal to connect to an internet for accessing an external server;
a plurality of service objects, each service object connected to a computer-readable device having an internal server, said internal server having a facility for providing information processing;
a browser operable to request retrieval of data from the external server via said communication unit and operable to request the information processing of the internal server, via a local gateway, from a service object selected from said plurality of service objects; and
said local gateway operable to serve as an interface between said browser and each of said plurality of service objects, operable to select an appropriate service object from said plurality of service objects based on the request from said browser and operable to route the request to the selected service object;
said local gateway comprising:
a service object manager operable to hold information regarding a status of an availability of said plurality of service objects,
wherein:
said internal server corresponding to the selected service object is operable to execute the information processing specified by the request and the selected service object is operable to return local data as a result of the information processing; wherein said internal server includes a ML creating part, said ML creating part being operable to create a document of the local data in a markup language; and
said browser is operable to receive data retrieved from the external server for display on said mobile user terminal and is operable to receive the local data retrieved from the selected service object for display on said mobile user terminal.
5. The mobile user terminal according to claim 1 , wherein said local gateway includes a ML creating part, said ML creating part being operable to create a markup description indicating a list of usable service objects based on the status of each of the service objects managed by the service object manager; and
said browser is further operable to receive said markup description retrieved from the local gateway for display on said mobile user terminal.
6. The mobile user terminal according to claim 5 , wherein said internal server includes a ML creating part, said ML creating part being operable to create a document of the local data in a markup language.