JP4600751B2 - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and information processing program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus , an information processing method, and an information processing program , and is particularly suitable for application to an information processing apparatus that provides service advertisement information.

  Currently, various services related to music are provided on the Internet. For example, a service for distributing music information and audio data of a commercially available CD (Compact Disc), the name of a song currently being broadcast on a radio program, the name of a performer, and the name and number of a CD on which the song is recorded The service which provides the related information (NowOnAir: Now On Air) of the music. In addition, there are services that distribute digital data of music, and services that accept orders for mail order sales of CDs. Such a service is also called a network service.

  There is an information processing apparatus that can receive (that is, can use) these services, for example, an audio device. The user can use the service by performing user registration with the management apparatus that provides the service, for example, a server, from such an information processing apparatus. Here, user registration for using such a service is also referred to as service registration.

  In addition, the management device informs the user (information processing device) who has not registered the service what service is actually provided, and transmits service advertisement information to encourage the service registration. It is desirable to do.

In view of this, a recording medium has been proposed in which more effective demonstration can be performed with minimal cost. On this recording medium, identification information indicating that it is for demonstration is recorded. For example, by loading this recording medium into a video camera, the video camera identifies the identification information recorded on the recording medium, and shifts to an operation as a demo mode (for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-203963 (paragraph numbers [0161] to [0164], FIG. 14)

  However, with such a recording medium, the device at the loading destination is only shifted to the demo mode. For example, it is not possible to determine whether or not the user has registered for the service as described above. Therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult to provide service advertisement information to users who are not registered for the service.

  In addition, the provision of service advertisement information as described above is based on the premise that the information processing apparatus is connected to the Internet. Therefore, the information processing apparatus that is not connected to the Internet can receive the service advertisement from the management apparatus. There was a problem that it was difficult to receive information.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and information processing that can easily provide advertisement information of a service when it is not registered in the service regardless of whether it is connected to a network. An apparatus , an information processing method, and an information processing program are proposed.

Oite The present onset bright order to solve such problems, the management information for managing the information processing apparatus, the user registration is completed to make services available, using the information processing apparatus, what services Is stored in the promotional information storage means and the user registration process is executed. When the user registration process is executed, the user identification information and password for identifying the user and the information processing device are stored. and transmits the device identification information for identifying the management device via the network, sent from the management apparatus, user identification information, password, and device identification information via the network was registered in association with a physician each other It has been, which receives the registration completion information indicating that the user registration has been completed, device identification when transmitting at least device identification information By storing device identification information to the broadcast storing means stores device identification information to the device identification information storage means to detect whether Tei Luke not, it does not store the device identification information to the device identification information storage unit Is detected, a reproduction / registration selection screen having a reproduction execution button for reproducing advertisement information and a registration button for performing user registration is displayed and reproduced on the reproduction / registration selection screen via the operation means. When the execution button is selected, the advertisement information stored in the advertisement information storage means is reproduced, and after the registration button is selected on the reproduction / registration selection screen via the operation means, user registration is performed via the operation means. When the start of is instructed, and in so that to execute the user registration processing.

Accordingly, in the present invention, Yu chromatography The identity, password, and whether or not the device identification information is registered in the management apparatus, i.e. whether the user registration has been made to make services available, device identification information Is stored in the device identification information storage means, and when the user registration is not performed, the service is performed by the information processing device alone regardless of whether the information processing device is connected to the network. can provide advertising information, also the information processing apparatus is connected to the network, Ru can also perform user registration processing.

According to the present invention, in the management information for managing the information processing apparatus, when the user registration for making the service available is completed, the information processing apparatus is used to notify what service can be received. When the advertisement information for storing is stored in the advertisement information storage means and the user registration process is executed, the user identification information and password for identifying the user, and the device identification information for identifying the information processing apparatus, for user registration, That the user identification information, password, and device identification information are registered in association with each other and transmitted via the network, and the user registration is completed. which receives the registration completion information indicating device identification information to the device identification information storage means when transmitting at least device identification information By memorize detects that does not store the detected whether or not the storing device identification information to the device identification information storage unit, device identification information to the device identification information storage means, reproducing the advertisement information When a reproduction / registration selection screen having a reproduction execution button for performing registration and a registration button for performing user registration is displayed and the reproduction execution button is selected on the reproduction / registration selection screen via the operation means, When the advertisement information stored in the advertisement information storage means is reproduced, and after the registration button is selected on the reproduction / registration selection screen via the operation means, the start of user registration is instructed via the operation means. by which is adapted to perform a user registration process, Yoo user identification information, a password, and whether or not the device identification information is registered in the management apparatus, i.e. in order to make services available Whether The registration has been made, device identification information can be determined by whether it is stored in the device identification information storage unit, when the user registration has not been performed, the information processing apparatus is connected to the network Regardless of whether or not the information processing apparatus is alone, service advertisement information can be provided, and if the information processing apparatus is connected to the network, user registration processing can be executed, thus advertising the service. An information processing apparatus , an information processing method, and an information processing program that can easily provide information can be realized.

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

(1) Principle of the Present Invention Hereinafter, the principle of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a principle diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 1, the information processing apparatus 1 includes a transmission unit 2, a reception unit 3, a storage unit 4, and a reproduction unit 6. The information processing apparatus 1 and the management apparatus 7 that manages the information processing apparatus 1 are connected via, for example, a network (not shown) and can communicate with each other. In addition, the management device 7 can also provide services to the information processing device 1.

  The transmission unit 2 transmits user identification information and a password for identifying a user and device identification information for identifying the information processing device 1 to the management device 7. The receiving unit 3 receives registration completion information indicating that the user identification information, the password, and the device identification information are registered in association with each other in the management device 7 (that is, the service is registered).

  The storage unit 4 stores the device identification information transmitted by the transmission unit 2 in a storage medium 5 serving as a device identification information storage unit. The storage medium 5 is also an advertisement information storage means, and stores in advance advertisement information of services provided by the management device 7. When the device identification information is not stored in the storage medium 5 by the storage unit 4, the reproduction unit 6 reads out the advertisement information from the storage medium 5 and reproduces it.

  Here, the operation of the principle diagram will be described. When a user registers a service, the user inputs user identification information, a password, and device identification information to the information processing apparatus 1. The transmission unit 2 transmits user identification information, a password, and device identification information to the management device 7. The receiving unit 3 receives registration completion information indicating that the user identification information, the password, and the device identification information are registered in association with each other from the management device 7. The storage unit 4 stores the device identification information transmitted by the transmission unit 2 in the storage medium 5. Therefore, the device identification information is stored in the storage medium 5 only when the user registers the service with the management device 7, and the device identification information is not stored in the storage medium 5 when the user does not register the service.

  When the device identification information is not stored in the storage unit 4, the reproduction unit 6 reads out and reproduces the advertisement information of the service stored in the storage medium 5.

  As described above, when the device identification information is not stored, that is, when the user has not registered the service with the management device 7, the information processing device 1 reads the advertisement information of the service stored in the storage medium 5 in advance. To play. Therefore, whether or not the user has registered the service can be determined based on whether or not the device identification information is stored in the storage medium 5, and the advertisement information of the service can be displayed regardless of whether or not the device is connected to the network. Can be provided to the user.

(2) First Embodiment Next, the first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. In the following description, processing for storing related information related to a music piece or a music set is referred to as a clip.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a network system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The terminal device 10 is connected to various servers via the network 30. The network 30 is, for example, the Internet. Examples of the server include a CD title information providing server 31, a broadcast station server 32, a music distribution server 33, a CD shop server 34, a general service server 35, and the like.

  The CD title information providing server 31 provides a music information distribution service for commercially available CDs. The broadcast station server 32 is a server managed by a broadcast station such as FM broadcast or television (TV) broadcast, and provides a service for providing related information of the music to be broadcast.

  The function for providing related information provided by the broadcast station server 32 is roughly divided into the following two. The first function is a function that provides now-on-air for programs currently being broadcast. The second function is a function of providing related information (OnAirList: on-air list) of a song that has already been broadcast in response to a request from the terminal device 10 (the on-air list includes related information of each song). ) For example, the broadcast station server 32 provides related information of music broadcasted in a designated program, or provides related information of music broadcasted in a designated time zone.

  The music distribution server 33 is a server that provides a service for distributing digital music data (music data). For example, the music distribution server 33 provides music data only to the terminal device 10 of the user who performed the music purchase procedure. The music distribution server 33 can also provide related information of the music to be distributed.

  The CD shop server 34 is a server that accepts orders for mail order sales of CDs. The CD shop server 34 also provides a distribution service for audio data for trial listening, and a service for providing related information of music recorded on a CD being sold.

  The general service server 35 functions as a service providing window (portal site) via the network 30 and mediates the provision of various services. For example, information (for example, URL (Uniform Resource Locator)) indicating the distribution source of the related information of the music being broadcast is distributed to the terminal device 10.

  As described above, in this network system, a plurality of servers provide a service for providing information related to music pieces or music sets on the network 30. That is, each server functions as a source of music or a music set on the network 30.

  Here, the music distribution server 33 and the CD shop server 34 are music purchaseable servers. Therefore, if the user operates the terminal device 10 to access these music purchase servers, it is possible to actually purchase music or a set of music via the network 30. That is, the user of the terminal device 10 can download music data from the music distribution server 33 by performing a purchase procedure for the music distribution server 33. Further, the user of the terminal device 10 can have the CD delivered to the home by performing a purchase procedure for the CD shop server 34.

  The terminal device 10 holds a source of a local music piece or a set of music pieces on a recording medium such as a CD 29a, an MD (Mini Disc) 29b, and a hard disk drive (HDD) 21. Among these, the CD 29 a and the MD 29 b are portable recording media and can be easily attached to and detached from the terminal device 10. Incidentally, what local source is prepared for the terminal device 10 differs depending on the type and purpose of the terminal device 10.

  Here, the source of the local music or the music set shown in FIG. 2 is an example. That is, if the recording medium exists locally in the terminal device 10, it can function as a source of local music or a set of music by recording music or a music set.

  Further, the terminal device 10 has a clip information storage device 21a for storing related information clipped. The clip information storage device 21 a is a secondary storage device of the terminal device 10. For example, a part of the storage area of the HDD 21 may function as the clip information storage device 21a. Further, the terminal device 10 can clip a music piece or a music set. As a result, regarding FM programs, CD albums, and the like that include a large number of songs that are of interest, it is possible to record the related information of the song set that is of interest in a single clip operation by clipping the whole.

  By the way, the terminal device 10 also has a function as an audio device having a music reproduction function. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of the terminal device. As shown in FIG. 3, the terminal device 10 has the same appearance as a general system component. The terminal device 10 includes a device main body 10a, speakers 25a and 25b, and a remote controller 40. The apparatus body 10a has a CD / DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) playback function, an MD recording / playback function, and an FM broadcast or TV broadcast reception function. And the audio | voice signal produced | generated by the apparatus main body 10a is sent to the speakers 25a and 25b, and an audio | voice is output from these speakers 25a and 25b.

  Further, a display device 17 is provided in the apparatus main body 10a. The display device 17 displays related information on the music being played, related information stored by clips, and the like. The remote controller 40 is an input device for remotely operating the apparatus main body 10a. The remote controller 40 is provided with a plurality of operation keys. When the operation key is pressed by the user, a signal corresponding to the pressed operation key is transmitted from the remote controller 40 to the apparatus main body 10a by wireless communication means such as infrared rays.

  The operation keys include direction keys 41a to 41d, an enter key 42, function selection keys 43a to 43c, a tool key 44, a return key 45, and the like. The direction keys 41a to 41d are used, for example, to move a cursor displayed on the display device 17 or a place to be focused. The four direction keys 41a to 41d correspond to the directions of up, down, left, and right, respectively, and the cursor moves in the direction corresponding to the pressed direction key.

  The decision key 42 is used, for example, to confirm the content displayed on the display device 17. The function selection keys 43a to 43c are used for selecting a function. For example, the three function selection keys 43a to 43c are associated with an integrated service utilization function, a tuner function, and a local content management function, respectively. When any one of the function selection keys 43a to 43c is pressed, the apparatus main body 10a enters the operation mode of the function corresponding to the pressed function selection key.

  The tool key 44 is a button for displaying a tool menu on the display device 17. A command corresponding to the content displayed on the display device 17 is displayed in the tool menu. The user can select an arbitrary command from the tool menu and cause the terminal device 10 to execute processing corresponding to the command. For example, when the user operates the direction keys 41 a to 41 d to select an arbitrary command and further presses the enter key 42, processing corresponding to the selected command is executed in the terminal device 10.

  The return key 45 is a button for returning the display content of the display device 17 to the previous state. The remote controller 40 may be provided with various operation keys other than those shown in FIG. For example, a volume adjustment key, a reproduction key such as a CD, and a stop key.

  Next, the internal configuration of the terminal device 10 will be described. FIG. 4 is a hardware block diagram of the terminal device 10. With the terminal device 10 as shown in FIG. 4, various sources such as music can be managed, recorded, and reproduced. The CPU 11 performs overall control and calculation processing of the terminal device 10 based on the activated program. For example, a communication operation via the network 30, an input / output operation with respect to the user, a content reproduction and clip from the media, a content storage to the HDD 21 and management for the content, an information search via the network 30 based on the clip information and the like are performed. Here, the recordable / reproducible content data supported by the terminal device 10 includes audio content data, moving image content data, and the like. The CPU 11 exchanges control signals and data with each circuit unit via the bus 12.

  A ROM (Read Only Memory) 13 stores an operation program to be executed by the CPU 11, a program loader, various calculation coefficients, parameters used in the program, and the like. Further, a program to be executed by the CPU 11 is expanded in the RAM 20. The RAM 20 is also used as a data area and a task area that are necessary when the CPU 11 executes various processes.

  The operation input unit 15 includes operation keys, a jog dial, and various operators such as a touch panel provided on the casing of the terminal device 10. Note that a keyboard and mouse for GUI (Graphical User Interface) operation may be provided as the operation input unit 15. Information input by the operation input unit 15 is subjected to predetermined processing in the input processing unit 14 and transmitted to the CPU 11 as an operation command. Then, the CPU 11 performs necessary calculations and controls so as to obtain an operation as a device in response to the input operation command.

  As the display device 17, for example, a display device such as a liquid crystal display is connected to display various information. When the CPU 11 supplies display information to the display processing unit 16 according to various operation states, input states, and communication states, the display processing unit 16 causes the display device 17 to execute a display operation based on the supplied display data. For example, the display device 17 displays the contents of related information distributed from a server or the like and the contents of clip information. In addition, when a search for music is performed via the network 30, the search result is displayed on the display device 17.

  The media drives 19a and 19b are drives that can record and reproduce content such as music recorded on a portable recording medium (there may be only reproduction depending on the recording medium). The type of recording medium that can be recorded or reproduced by each of the media drives 19a and 19b is not limited to one type. In other words, recording and reproduction can be performed on a plurality of types of recording media. For example, the media drive 19a performs CD / DVD playback, and the media drive 19b performs MD recording / playback.

  Incidentally, a portable recording medium for recording contents such as music is not limited to an optical recording medium such as a CD or a DVD. For example, the content can be stored in a recording medium constituted by a semiconductor memory such as a flash memory. In that case, a reader / writer of the flash memory is connected to the bus 12.

  The user can enjoy music or the like by inserting a recording medium (CD, DVD, MD, etc.) on which arbitrary content is recorded into the media drives 19a, 19b and performing a predetermined operation with the remote controller 40. . For example, when the user operates the remote controller 40 and gives a playback instruction using the media drive 19a, the CPU 11 instructs the media drive 19a to play back the content. In response to this, the media drive 19a accesses and reads the designated content from the loaded recording medium.

  If the content read out in this way is audio content, it is transferred to the audio data processing unit 24 after being subjected to decoding processing or the like by processing of the CPU 11 as necessary. In the audio data processing unit 24, audio field processing such as equalizing, volume adjustment, D / A conversion, amplification, and the like are performed on the audio content subjected to decoding processing and the like, and output from the speaker unit 25 The The speaker unit 25 includes a plurality of speakers 25a and 25b as shown in FIG. 3, and can output sound in stereo.

  Further, the content reproduced by the media drives 19a and 19b can be stored as an audio data file in the HDD 21 under the control of the CPU 11. The audio data file format may be 16-bit quantized digital audio data with a sampling frequency of 44.1 KHz in the CD format. Further, in order to save the capacity of the HDD 21, it may be compressed audio data in a format subjected to compression processing according to a predetermined method. As a compression method in this case, for example, an ATRAC (Advanced TRansform Acoustic Coding (trademark)) method, an MP3 (MPEG Audio Layer-3) method, or the like can be adopted.

  The tuner unit 27 is an AM / FM radio tuner, for example, and demodulates the broadcast signal received by the antenna 26 based on the control of the CPU 11. Of course, a tuner as a TV tuner, a satellite broadcast tuner, a digital broadcast tuner, or the like may be used. The demodulated broadcast audio signal is subjected to a required process in the audio data processing unit 24 and is output from the speaker unit 25 as broadcast audio.

  The communication processing unit 22 performs transmission data encoding processing and reception data decoding processing based on the control of the CPU 11. The network interface 23 transmits the transmission data encoded by the communication processing unit 22 to a predetermined external network compatible device via the network 30. The network interface 23 passes a signal transmitted from the external network compatible device via the network 30 to the communication processing unit 22. The communication processing unit 22 transfers the received information to the CPU 11. The information received via the network 30 includes, for example, information related to a program being broadcast on FM radio or the like, and information on music included in a title such as a CD.

  The infrared communication unit 28 communicates with the remote controller 40 by radio such as infrared rays. The infrared communication unit 28 performs predetermined processing on the signal sent from the remote controller 40 and transmits the signal to the CPU 11 as an operation command. The CPU 11 performs necessary calculations and controls so that an operation as a device in response to the input operation command is obtained.

  Note that the configuration of the terminal device 10 is not limited to the configuration shown in FIG. For example, an interface with a peripheral device using a communication method such as USB (Universal Serial Bus), IEEE 1394, or Bluetooth may be provided. The audio content downloaded via the network 30 by the network interface 23 and the audio content transferred via an interface such as USB or IEEE1394 can also be stored in the HDD 21. Further, a terminal used for connection of a microphone or external headphones, a video output terminal, a line connection terminal, an optical digital connection terminal, and the like corresponding to DVD playback may be provided. In addition, a PCMCIA slot, a memory card slot, and the like may be provided to exchange data with an external information processing apparatus or audio device.

  Next, the configuration of the program module mounted on the terminal device 10 will be described. The program module is information describing processing to be executed by the terminal device 10, and the terminal device 10 can realize a predetermined function based on the program module. In the following description, a function realized by executing a program module is called by the name of the program module.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a program module configuration of the terminal device 10. The program module of the terminal device 10 is configured to operate on the OS. The terminal device 10 includes a CD title information providing server 31, a broadcast station server 32, a music distribution server 33, a CD shop server 34 that sells CDs, a general service server 35, an Internet radio server 36, and others depending on the function of each program module. It is possible to communicate with various servers.

  The HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) message program 111 is used for performing communication with various servers such as the CD title information providing server 31, the broadcasting station server 32, the CD shop server 34, and the general service server 35 by HTTP communication. is there. The communicator program 112 is a communication module that performs various communications with the general service server 35 and the like.

  Above the communicator program 112 (function close to the user interface) are a content reproduction module 113 that interprets and reproduces the content codec, and a copyright protection information management module 114 that handles information related to copyright protection. An Internet radio channel selection / playback module 118 that performs Internet radio channel selection / playback is provided above the content playback module 113. Above the copyright protection information management module 114, there is provided a music purchase / playback module 119 that manages music purchase and playback of sample music.

  Further, an XML (eXtensible Markup Language) browser 151 is provided above the Internet radio channel selection / playback module 118 and the music purchase / playback module 119. The XML browser 151 interprets the contents of the XML file sent from various servers and displays the screen on the display device 17. In addition, the content input by the user to the terminal device 10 when the terminal device 10 is in the comprehensive service use mode is interpreted by the XML browser 151. Then, a processing request or the like corresponding to the input content is passed from the XML browser 151 to another module. For example, music selected by the user via the XML browser 151 is purchased by the music purchase / playback module 119 and written to the HDD 21 via the hard disk content controller 117.

  An authentication library 131 of the library 130 is connected to the communicator program 112. The authentication library 131 performs authentication processing for the integrated service server 35 and other various servers.

  Further, a database access module 115, a content data access module 116, and a hard disk content controller 117 are provided above the communicator program 112. The database access module 115 accesses various databases built in the HDD 21. The content data access module 116 accesses content stored in the HDD 21. The hard disk content controller 117 manages content stored in the HDD 21.

  A related information display module 120, a tuner channel selection playback / recording module 121, and a music purchase playback module 119 are provided above the hard disk content controller 117. The related information display module 120 displays the title and artist name of the music broadcast by the radio station on the display device 17. The tuner channel selection / playback / recording module 121 selects a radio station or records the content of the music received from the radio station on the HDD 21.

  For example, music received from a radio station selected via the audio user interface (Audio UI) 152 is written to the HDD 21 via the content data access module 116.

  The related information display module 120 uses an HTTP message program from the CD title information providing server 31, the broadcast station server 32, etc., with the title and artist name of the music currently broadcast by the radio station by the tuner channel selection / playback / recording module 121. 111 is received via the audio user interface 152 and displayed on the display device 17 via the audio user interface 152.

  The related information displayed on the display device 17 via the audio user interface 152 can be temporarily stored in the clip library 132 of the library 130. Further, this related information can be stored in the HDD 21 via the database access module 115 in accordance with an instruction from the user.

  Further, the program module of the terminal device 10 includes a CD playback module 141 for playing back a CD and an HDD playback module 142 for playing back the HDD 21, and the playback results are displayed as an audio data processing unit 24 and a speaker unit. 25.

  By having the program module having such a configuration, the terminal device 10 can acquire the related information from the server and clip the related information. Also, music search and purchase processing can be performed simultaneously with the clip.

  Next, the internal configuration of the comprehensive service server 35 will be described. FIG. 6 is a hardware block diagram of the comprehensive service server. The overall service server 35 shown in FIG. 6 is controlled by the CPU 35a. A RAM 35b, an HDD 35c, a graphic processing device 35d, an input interface 35e, and a communication interface 35f are connected to the CPU 35a via a bus 35g.

  The RAM 35b temporarily stores at least a part of an OS (Operating System) program to be executed by the CPU 35a and an application program that provides various information to the terminal device 10. The RAM 35b stores various data necessary for processing by the CPU 35a. The HDD 35c stores an OS and application programs that provide various types of information.

  A monitor 35h is connected to the graphic processing device 35d. The graphic processing device 35d displays an image on the display screen of the monitor 35h in accordance with a command from the CPU 35a. A keyboard 35i and a mouse 35j are connected to the input interface 35e. The input interface 35e transmits a signal sent from the keyboard 35i or the mouse 35j to the CPU 35a via the bus 35g.

  The communication interface 35f is connected to the network 30. The communication interface 35 f communicates with the terminal device 10 and various servers via the network 30. The integrated service server 35 can realize the processing function of the first embodiment by the hardware configuration as described above. In FIG. 6, the hardware configuration of the comprehensive service server 35 is representatively described, but other servers can also be realized with the same hardware configuration.

  Next, service registration in the general service server 35 will be described. In order for the user to receive services from various servers, the service must be registered with the general service server 35. The user inputs information necessary for service registration from the terminal device 10 and transmits the information to the general service server 35 to acquire a user ID and a password. The user who has acquired the user ID and password in this way inputs the terminal ID into the terminal device 10. The terminal ID is an identifier for identifying each terminal device when the user has a plurality of terminal devices, and is arbitrarily input by the user. This terminal ID is transmitted and registered by the CPU 11 of the terminal device 10 to the general service server 35 and is stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21 of the terminal device 10. Hereinafter, this terminal ID is also referred to as a nickname.

  Here, the flow of service registration processing from the terminal device 10 to the integrated service server 35 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram showing the flow of service registration processing.

  In step S1, the CPU 11 of the terminal device 10 transmits the user ID and password as part of the service registration information to the general service server 35 in order to register the user ID and password input by the user's operation. Here, SSL (Secure Socket Layer) is used for all communications between the terminal device 10 and the integrated service server 35, thereby preventing leakage of information to a third party.

  In step S11, the CPU 35a of the integrated service server 35 receives the user ID and password as part of the service registration information. In step S12, the CPU 35a compares the received user ID and password with the management table for managing them, and confirms that there is no duplicate user ID, registers the user ID and password, and registers the user ID and password. Is transmitted to the terminal device 10 as user ID registration completion information. Here, when there is duplication of user IDs, the CPU 35a transmits a message for prompting another user ID to be input to the terminal device 10, and transmits another user ID and password that the user has input again from the terminal device 10. Let

  In step S <b> 2, the CPU 11 of the terminal device 10 displays on the display device 17 that the registration of the user ID and password is completed according to the received user ID registration completion information. In step S <b> 3, the CPU 11 stores the terminal ID and the public setting in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21 of the terminal device 10 based on a predetermined registration operation by the user. Here, the public setting refers to setting whether or not to disclose the existence of the terminal device 10 to other users (for example, on the network 30).

  In step S4, the CPU 11 transmits the terminal ID and the public setting to the general service server 35 as the rest of the service registration information. In step S <b> 13, the CPU 35 a of the integrated service server 35 receives the terminal ID and the public setting as the rest of the service registration information transmitted from the terminal device 10.

  In step S14, the CPU 35a registers the terminal ID and the public setting in the management table in association with the user ID. In step S15, the CPU 35a transmits terminal ID registration completion information indicating that the registration of the terminal ID and the public setting is completed to the terminal device 10, and ends the process in the service registration on the general service server 35 side.

  In step S <b> 5, the CPU 11 of the terminal device 10 receives terminal ID registration completion information from the comprehensive service server 35. In step S6, the CPU 11 displays on the display device 17 that the registration of the service registration information (user ID, password, terminal ID, and public setting) has been completed, that is, the service registration for using the service has been completed. To notify the user and end the process of service registration.

  Here, in practice, the CPU 11 of the terminal device 10 stores the user ID and password received from the user in the RAM 20. Therefore, when it becomes necessary to access the server again, for example, the user ID and password stored in the RAM 20 are reused unless they are erased due to the power being turned off, thereby saving the trouble of inputting. Further, since the terminal ID is stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21, it is not erased even when the power is turned off, for example.

  When the user (terminal device 10) is authenticated by the general service server 35, a ticket is issued. Accordingly, the terminal device 10 can access various servers that actually provide the service. The various servers determine whether or not the user of the terminal device 10 has recently been authenticated as a regular user (for example, within the past one minute) by referring to the authentication completion time included in the ticket, for example. If it is determined that the terminal device 10 is present, a service corresponding to the request from the terminal device 10 is performed.

  Next, a registration form of the terminal device 10 in the integrated service server 35 will be described. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a registration form of the terminal device 10 in the integrated service server 35. In FIG. 8, the terminal devices 10a to 10c have the same external appearance as the terminal device 10 shown in FIG. 3, and have the same hardware blocks as the hardware blocks of the terminal device 10 shown in FIG. To do. The terminal devices 10a to 10c are assumed to be owned by the user A. The user A can receive services provided by the CD title information providing server 31, the broadcast station server 32, and the music distribution server 33 when the service is registered in the general service server 35.

Here, it is assumed that the user A receives the service of the general service server 35 (registers the service). At this time, the user A has a user ID registered as service registration information in the general service server 35. The terminal devices 10a to 10c are given nicknames N1 to N3 (that is, terminal IDs) arbitrarily assigned by the user. The nicknames N1 to N3 are stored in the ROM or HDD of the terminal devices 10a to 10c. The terminal devices owned by the same user may have unique nicknames (terminal IDs), and may not be unique among the terminal devices owned by other users who receive the service of the comprehensive service server 35. That is, if they are not the same user, the same nickname may be given. By doing so, the service target (that is, the terminal device) can be determined by the combination of the user ID and the nickname. Thus, the user A who has registered the service can receive the service provided by the CD title information providing server 31, the broadcast station server 32, and the music distribution server 33 at a desired terminal device. The nickname may not be changed once it is given.

  Next, a demonstration function that the terminal device 10 has will be described. This demo function is a function for informing a user who has not yet registered the service in the comprehensive service server 35 what service is actually provided and prompting the service registration. The terminal device 10 performs service registration for the user by executing a demonstration that displays on the display device 17, for example, a screen that tells what service is actually provided by the demo function. It is made to encourage.

  In this case, the CPU 11 of the terminal device 10 needs to determine whether or not the user has registered the service with the general service server 35. This is determined by the presence or absence of a nickname (terminal ID) stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21. Specifically, if the nickname is stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21, the terminal device 10 determines that the user has registered the service, does not execute the demonstration, and the nickname is stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21. If not stored, the terminal device 10 determines that the user has not registered the service and executes the demonstration.

  In addition, the terminal device 10 stores in advance information (for example, a demo program, a demo screen, a demo sound, a demo video, etc.) necessary for executing the demo in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21. Thereby, even if the terminal device 10 is not connected to the integrated service server 35 or the like via the network 30, the demonstration can be executed by the terminal device 10 alone.

  Here, the execution process of the demonstration by the terminal device 10 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the demonstration execution process. The CPU 11 of the terminal device 10 starts the demonstration execution processing procedure RT1 when the power is turned on or in response to a manual operation via the operation input unit 15, and proceeds to step S20. In step S <b> 20, the CPU 11 determines whether a nickname (terminal ID) is stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21.

  If an affirmative result (Yes) is obtained here, this indicates that the user has registered for the service, and at this time, the CPU 11 proceeds to step S21. In step S <b> 21, the CPU 11 receives the user ID and password from the user and transmits them to the general service server 35. That is, the terminal device 10 in this case determines that it is not necessary to execute the demonstration, transmits the input user ID and password, and ends this demonstration execution processing procedure RT1. If the user ID and password transmitted from the terminal device 10 are authenticated by the comprehensive service server 35, provision of actual services is started.

  On the other hand, if a negative result (No) is obtained in step S20, this indicates that the user has not registered the service. At this time, the CPU 11 proceeds to step S22. In step S22, the CPU 11 reads the demonstration execution / service registration selection screen 50 stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21 and displays it on the display device 17 as shown in FIG. Select whether to run a demo or register a service.

  In other words, this demonstration execution / service registration selection screen 50 is a screen for allowing a user who has not registered a service to select whether to execute a demonstration or to register a service. A button BT1 and a service registration button BT2 for service registration are provided.

  After displaying such a demonstration execution / service registration selection screen 50, the CPU 11 further determines whether or not the demonstration execution button BT1 of the demonstration execution / service registration selection screen 50 has been pressed in step S22 (FIG. 9). To do. If an affirmative result (Yes) is obtained here, this indicates that the user is going to watch the demo, and at this time, the CPU 11 proceeds to step S23 to execute the demo. On the other hand, if a negative result (No) is obtained in step S22, this indicates that the service registration button BT2 has been pressed, that is, the user is about to register the service. The process moves to step S25 for registration. In order to register the service, the terminal device 10 needs to be connected to the network 30. If the terminal device 10 is not connected to the network 30, for example, a service registration button on the demonstration execution / service registration selection screen 50 is displayed. Not displaying BT2, or displaying the fact that it is not connected to the network 30 on the display device 17 after the service registration button BT2 is pressed, etc., indicating that the service cannot be registered because it is not connected to the network 30 May be notified to the user.

  In addition to the demonstration execution button BT1 and the service registration button BT2, the demonstration execution / service registration selection screen 50 is also provided with a close button BT3 for closing this screen, and when this close button BT3 is pressed. The CPU 11 closes this screen and returns to the previous step S20. The same applies when the return key 45 of the remote controller 40 is pressed.

  The CPU 11, which has moved to step S23 to execute the demo, reads out the demo program stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21 in this step S23, and starts (reproduces) the demo according to the demo program.

  Here, as an example of this demonstration, a now-on-air auto demonstration using a demonstration screen will be described. FIGS. 11 to 14 are diagrams showing the now-on-air demonstration screens. This demonstration screen changes automatically as time passes, and changes in the order of FIGS.

  After the demonstration is started, a demonstration screen 51 as shown in FIG. 11 is first displayed on the display device 17. In this demonstration screen 51, the TFM station now on air is displayed as a demonstration, and the program name, the name of the music currently playing, and the name of the singer are displayed. In addition, for example, a method for selecting the now-on-air of another station is also shown. Here, the frequency is 76. Xx MHz, the program name is Patent Countdown Japan (moderator name XX Taro, △ Jiro), the song name is Sign, and the singer name is Saburo Patent. Further, a method for selecting the now-on-air of the other station, such as selecting the now-on-air of the other station using the direction keys 41a to 41d and the determination key 42 of the remote controller 40 is shown.

  After the demonstration screen 51 is displayed, when a predetermined time elapses, a demonstration screen 52 as shown in FIG. 12 is automatically displayed. The demo screen 52 is a screen in which a pop-up menu 52 a is newly displayed on the demo screen 51. In this pop-up menu 52a, a list of available tools is displayed, and a clip which is one of the tools is underlined. Here, since it is an auto demo, the pop-up menu 52a is automatically displayed. Actually, however, the tool key 44 of the remote controller 40 is pressed to display the pop-up menu 52a, and the direction keys 41a-41d One of them will be selected.

  Further, when a predetermined time elapses, a demonstration screen 53 as shown in FIG. 13 is automatically displayed. This demonstration screen 53 displays now on air clipped to the clip folder. The demo screen 53 also displays now-on air clipped in the past.

  Further, when a predetermined time elapses, a demonstration screen 54 as shown in FIG. 14 is displayed. This demonstration screen 54 displays now on air clipped to the clip folder.

  In this way, the terminal device 10 automatically transitions the now-on-air demonstration screens 51 to 54 to notify the user that it is possible to easily carry out from now-on-air acquisition to now-on-air clipping. The service is made to be recognized by the user and the user is prompted to register the service. In step S23, demonstrations of services other than now-on-air may be executed in order.

  In addition, since the demonstration program necessary for executing such a demonstration, a demonstration screen, and the like are stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21 in advance, the terminal device 10 can be connected to the general service server via the network 30. Even if the terminal device 10 is not connected to the terminal device 10, that is, in an environment where the service is not actually received, the terminal device 10 alone can execute the demonstration.

  After such demonstration screens 51 to 54 are automatically displayed sequentially in step S23, the CPU 11 proceeds to next step S24. In step S24, for example, as shown in FIG. 15, the CPU 11 selects a demo end / rerun selection provided with a demo end button BT4 for ending the demo and a demo replay button BT5 for re-executing the demo. A screen 55 is displayed, and it is determined whether or not the demo end button BT4 on this screen has been pressed.

  If a negative result (No) is obtained here, this means that the demo re-execution button BT5 has been pressed, that is, the user is going to watch the demo again. At this time, the CPU 11 again returns to step S23. Go back and run the now-on-air demo or other service demo mentioned above. On the other hand, if a positive result (Yes) is obtained in step S24, this indicates that the user is about to stop watching the demo. At this time, the CPU 11 ends the demo and repeats step S22. Returning to FIG. 10, the demonstration execution / service registration selection screen 50 (FIG. 10) is displayed to prompt service registration.

  While executing the demonstration in this way, the CPU 11 checks whether or not the service is to be registered, for example, in the step S25 that moves when it is determined from the above-described step S22 (FIG. 9) that the user intends to register the service. A service registration confirmation screen (not shown) provided with a service registration start button and a service registration stop button is displayed, and it is determined whether or not the service registration start button on this screen has been pressed.

  If an affirmative result (Yes) is obtained here, the CPU 11 moves to step S26 and starts a service registration process. This service registration process is the same as the service registration process described with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG. When the service registration process ends, the CPU 11 ends this demonstration execution process procedure RT1. Further, when a negative result (No) is obtained in step S26, that is, when the service registration stop button is pressed, the CPU 11 ends the demonstration execution processing procedure RT1.

  As described above, in the terminal device 10, for example, a user who recognizes the convenience of the service by viewing the demo performs a series of processes from the execution of the demonstration to the service registration such that the user performs a service registration procedure after the demonstration ends. Since it can be executed as a process, the user can smoothly perform the process from appreciation of the demonstration to service registration, and can prompt the service registration more effectively.

  In the above configuration, the terminal device 10 stores the nickname that is input and transmitted at the time of service registration in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21. Thereby, the terminal device 10 can determine whether or not the user has registered for the service based on whether or not the nickname is stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21.

  When the nickname is not stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21, a demonstration serving as service advertisement information is displayed on the display device 17. Thereby, the terminal device 10 can easily provide service advertisement information to a user who has not registered the service.

  In addition, the terminal device 10 stores in advance information (for example, a demo program, a demo screen, a demo sound, a demo video, and the like) necessary for executing a demo serving as service advertisement information in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21. Thereby, even if the terminal device 10 is not connected to the general service server 35 or the like via the network 30, the terminal device 10 can provide a user with a demonstration as service advertisement information.

  In addition, since the terminal device 10 can be executed in this way, for example, when the terminal device 10 is displayed at a store or the like, the work process for connecting to the network can be eliminated. As a result, an opportunity for a user as a customer to experience a demonstration at a store or the like increases, and a more effective advertising effect can be obtained.

  According to the above configuration, when transmitting a nickname at the time of service registration, the terminal device 10 stores the nickname in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21 to determine whether or not the service is registered. Is stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21, and a demonstration serving as service advertisement information is stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21 in advance, so that the terminal device 10 is connected to the network 30. Regardless of whether or not the terminal device 10 is connected, the terminal device 10 can provide service advertisement information. Thus, regardless of whether or not the terminal device 10 is connected to the network 30, the service is not registered. On the other hand, service advertisement information can be easily provided.

(3) Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. The second embodiment is the same as the first embodiment except that the demonstration execution process by the terminal device 10 is different. Therefore, the terminal device 10 and the comprehensive service server 35 which are the same parts are the same as the first embodiment. And the description of the service registration processing procedure (FIGS. 2 to 8) are omitted.

  Therefore, only the demonstration execution process in the second embodiment will be described here. As illustrated in FIG. 16, the CPU 11 of the terminal device 10 starts the demonstration execution processing procedure RT2 when the power is turned on or in response to a manual operation via the operation input unit 15, and proceeds to step S30. In step S <b> 30, the CPU 11 determines whether or not a nickname (terminal ID) is stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21.

  If a negative result (No) is obtained here, this indicates that the user has not registered the service. At this time, the CPU 11 proceeds to step S31. Steps S31, S32, S33, S34, and S35, which are the steps after step SP31, are the same as steps S22, S23, S24, S25, and S26 of the demonstration execution processing procedure RT1 in the first embodiment. The description is omitted. That is, the terminal device 10 is configured to execute a series of processing from execution of the demonstration to service registration in the processing after step S31.

  On the other hand, when a positive result (Yes) is obtained in step S30 described above, this indicates that the user has registered for the service, and at this time, the CPU 11 proceeds to step S36. In step S <b> 36, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the terminal device 10 is connected to the network 30 via the network interface 23.

  If an affirmative result (Yes) is obtained here, this means that the user has registered the service and the terminal device 10 is connected to the network 30, that is, the terminal device 10 can receive the service. At this time, the CPU 11 proceeds to step S37.

  In step S <b> 37, the CPU 11 receives the user ID and password from the user and transmits them to the general service server 35. After transmitting the input user ID and password in this manner, the terminal device 10 ends this demonstration execution processing procedure RT2. If the user ID and password transmitted from the terminal device 10 are authenticated by the comprehensive service server 35, provision of actual services is started.

  On the other hand, if a negative result (No) is obtained in step S36 described above, this means that although the user has previously registered the service, the terminal device 10 is not currently connected to the network 30, that is, the terminal device 10 Indicates that the current service cannot be received. At this time, the CPU 11 proceeds to step S38.

  In step S <b> 38, the CPU 11 reads the network connection confirmation screen 60 stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21 and displays it on the display device 17 as shown in FIG. 17. On this network connection confirmation screen 60, for example, since the terminal device 10 is not connected to the network 30, character information indicating that the user wants to confirm the network connection is displayed. You can be prompted to confirm the connection.

  The network connection confirmation screen 60 is provided with a demonstration execution button BT10 for executing a demonstration and a close button BT11 for closing the screen. That is, the demonstration execution button BT10 is a button for viewing the demonstration on the terminal device 10 in a state where the user is not currently connected to the network 30 and cannot receive the service. The close button BT11 is a button for temporarily closing the network connection confirmation screen 60 and ending the demonstration execution processing procedure RT2 in order for the user to confirm the network connection such as whether or not the network cable is connected. is there.

  After displaying such a network connection confirmation screen 60, the CPU 11 further determines whether or not the demonstration execution button BT10 on the network connection confirmation screen 60 has been pressed in step S38. If an affirmative result (Yes) is obtained here, this indicates that the user is going to watch the demo, and at this time, the CPU 11 proceeds to step S39 to execute the demo. On the other hand, if a negative result (No) is obtained in step S38, this means that the close button BT11 has been pressed, that is, the user tries to close the network connection screen 60 in order to confirm the network connection, for example. At this time, the CPU 11 closes the network connection screen 60 and ends the demonstration execution processing procedure RT2.

  When the process proceeds to step S39 to execute the demo, the CPU 11 reads out the demo program stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21 in step S39 and starts (reproduces) the demo according to the demo program.

  An example of this demonstration is also the same as that of the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted. Also in this case, it is the same as in the first embodiment that a demo program necessary for executing the demo, a demo screen, and the like are stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21 in advance.

  After executing the demo, the CPU 11 proceeds to the next step SP40. In step SP40, for example, as shown in FIG. 15, the CPU 11 selects a demo end / re-execution selection provided with a demo end button BT4 for ending the demo and a demo re-execution button BT5 for re-executing the demo. The screen 55 is displayed, and it is determined whether or not the demo end button BT4 is pressed.

  If a negative result (No) is obtained here, this means that the demo re-execution button BT5 has been pressed, that is, the user is going to watch the demo again. At this time, the CPU 11 again returns to step S39. Go back and run the demo again. On the other hand, if a positive result (Yes) is obtained in step S40, this indicates that the user is about to stop watching the demo. At this time, the CPU 11 ends the demo and repeats step S38. Returning to FIG. 3, the network connection confirmation screen 60 is displayed.

  Thus, in the terminal device 10 in the second embodiment, not only when the service is not registered (when the nickname is not stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21) but also when the service is registered (the nickname is the ROM 13). Even if it is stored in the HDD 21), the demo can be executed if the network connection is not established.

  Thus, for example, when the terminal device 10 is displayed at a store, even if the terminal device 10 once connected to the network and registered as a service is removed from the network 30 due to a change in the display location in the store, etc. A user can watch a demo.

  In fact, in a store or the like, there are often limited display locations that can be connected to the network, and there is a possibility that a situation where the network is disconnected from the network 30 after the network connection and the service registration are made in this way may occur. high. Therefore, in such a situation, even if the service is registered, it is effective to be able to execute the demo if it is not connected to the network. It can be avoided that the demonstration cannot be executed under a situation where the presence or absence of the network connection is changed, such as a store.

(4) Third Embodiment Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. The third embodiment is the same as the first and second embodiments described above except that the demonstration execution process by the terminal device 10 is different. The configuration of the service server 35, the description of the service registration processing procedure (FIGS. 2 to 8), etc. are omitted.

  Therefore, only the demonstration execution process in the third embodiment will be described here. As shown in FIG. 18, the CPU 11 of the terminal device 10 starts the demo execution processing procedure RT3 when the power is turned on or in response to a manual operation via the operation input unit 15, and proceeds to step S50. In step S50, the CPU 11 determines whether a nickname (terminal ID) is stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21.

  If an affirmative result (Yes) is obtained here, this indicates that the user has registered for service, and the CPU 11 proceeds to step S51. In step S <b> 51, the CPU 11 receives the user ID and password from the user and transmits them to the general service server 35. That is, the terminal device 10 in this case determines that it is not necessary to execute the demonstration, transmits the input user ID and password, and ends this demonstration execution processing procedure RT3. If the user ID and password transmitted from the terminal device 10 are authenticated by the comprehensive service server 35, provision of actual services is started.

  On the other hand, if a negative result (No) is obtained in step S50, this indicates that the user has not registered the service. At this time, the CPU 11 proceeds to step S52. In step S52, the CPU 11 reads out the demo program stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21, and starts (reproduces) the demo according to the demo program.

  An example of this demonstration is also the same as that in the first and second embodiments, and the description thereof is omitted. Also in this case, it is the same as in the first and second embodiments that a demo program and a demo screen necessary for executing the demo are stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21 in advance.

  However, in the terminal device 10 according to the third embodiment, as shown in FIG. 19, the service is always performed on the now-on-air demonstration screens 51 to 54 (on the demonstration screen 51 as an example in FIG. 19) from the execution of the demonstration. A service registration shift button BT20 for shifting to registration and a demo end button BT21 for ending the demo are displayed.

  Then, after starting the demo, the CPU 11 continues to execute the demo repeatedly until one of the service registration transition button BT20 or the demo end button BT30 is pressed. That is, if the service registration transition button BT20 and the demo end button BT30 are not pressed, the CPU 11 continues to execute the now-on-air demonstration repeatedly or continuously to execute other service demonstrations.

  After starting the demonstration in step S52 in this way, if the service registration transition button BT20 is pressed during the demonstration execution, the CPU 11 obtains an affirmative result (Yes) in step S53, and proceeds to step S54. In S54, the service registration process is started. That is, the CPU 11 shifts from execution of the demonstration to service registration. The service registration process in this case is also the same as the service registration process described with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG. When the service registration process ends, the CPU 11 ends this demonstration execution process procedure RT3.

  On the other hand, if the demo end button BT30 is pressed during the execution of the demo, the CPU 11 obtains a positive result (Yes) in step S55, ends the demo, and ends this demo execution processing procedure RT3.

  As described above, in the terminal device 10 according to the third embodiment, when the service is not registered (when the nickname is not stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21), the demonstration is automatically started and there is an operation by the user. Until now, keep running the demo repeatedly.

  Thus, for example, when the terminal device 10 is displayed at a store, a demo can be viewed by a user who is a customer who does not know how to operate the terminal device 10. An effect can be obtained.

(5) Fourth Embodiment Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. The fourth embodiment is the same as the third embodiment described above except that the demo is not being executed and the service is registered after the demo is terminated. Description is omitted.

  Therefore, only the demonstration execution process in the fourth embodiment will be described here. As shown in FIG. 20, the CPU 11 of the terminal device 10 starts a demo execution processing procedure RT4 when the power is turned on or in response to a manual operation via the operation input unit 15, and proceeds to step S60. In step S <b> 60, the CPU 11 determines whether a nickname (terminal ID) is stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21.

  If an affirmative result (Yes) is obtained here, this indicates that the user has registered for the service, and the CPU 11 proceeds to step S61. In step S <b> 61, the CPU 11 receives the user ID and password from the user, and transmits them to the general service server 35. That is, the terminal device 10 in this case determines that it is not necessary to execute the demonstration, transmits the input user ID and password, and ends this demonstration execution processing procedure RT4. If the user ID and password transmitted from the terminal device 10 are authenticated by the comprehensive service server 35, provision of actual services is started.

  On the other hand, if a negative result (No) is obtained in step S60, this indicates that the user has not registered the service. At this time, the CPU 11 proceeds to step S62. In step S62, the CPU 11 reads out the demo program stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21, and starts (reproduces) the demo according to the demo program.

  An example of this demonstration is also the same as that of the third embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted. Also in this case, it is the same as in the third embodiment that a demo program necessary for executing the demo, a demo screen, and the like are stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21 in advance.

  However, in the terminal device 10 in the fourth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 21, the demonstration is always ended on the now-on-air demonstration screens 51 to 54 (on the demonstration screen 51 as an example in FIG. 21). Only the demo end button BT30 is displayed.

  Then, after starting the demo, the CPU 11 continues to execute the demo repeatedly until the demo end button BT30 is pressed. In other words, if the demo end button BT30 is not pressed, the CPU 11 continues to execute the now-on-air demonstration repeatedly or continuously to execute other service demonstrations.

  After starting the demonstration in step S62 in this way, if the demo end button BT30 is pressed during the execution of the demo, the CPU 11 obtains a positive result (Yes) in step S63, and proceeds to step S64.

  In step S64, the CPU 11 displays, for example, a service registration confirmation screen (not shown) provided with a service registration start button and a service registration stop button for confirming whether or not to register the service. It is determined whether or not the service registration start button is pressed.

  If an affirmative result (Yes) is obtained here, the CPU 11 moves to step S65 and starts a service registration process. This service registration process is also the same as the service registration process described with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG. When the service registration process ends, the CPU 11 ends the demonstration execution process procedure RT4. If a negative result (No) is obtained in step S65, that is, if the service registration stop button is pressed, the CPU 11 ends the demonstration execution processing procedure RT4 without performing the service registration processing.

  As described above, the same effect as that of the third embodiment can be obtained even when the service registration is started after the demonstration is ended, instead of being executed.

(6) Fifth Embodiment Next, a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. The fifth embodiment is the same as the first to fourth embodiments described above except that the demonstration execution process by the terminal device 10 is different. The configuration of the service server 35, the description of the service registration processing procedure (FIGS. 2 to 8), etc. are omitted.

  Therefore, only the demonstration execution process in the fifth embodiment will be described here. As shown in FIG. 22, the CPU 11 of the terminal device 10 starts a demo execution processing procedure RT5 when the power is turned on or in response to a manual operation via the operation input unit 15, and proceeds to step S70. In step S <b> 70, the CPU 11 determines whether a nickname (terminal ID) is stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21.

  If an affirmative result (Yes) is obtained here, this indicates that the user has registered the service, and the CPU 11 proceeds to step S71. In step S <b> 71, the CPU 11 receives the user ID and password from the user and transmits them to the general service server 35. That is, the terminal device 10 in this case determines that it is not necessary to execute the demonstration, transmits the input user ID and password, and ends this demonstration execution processing procedure RT5. If the user ID and password transmitted from the terminal device 10 are authenticated by the comprehensive service server 35, provision of actual services is started.

  On the other hand, if a negative result (No) is obtained in step S70, this indicates that the user has not registered the service. At this time, the CPU 11 proceeds to step S72. In step S <b> 72, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the terminal device 10 is connected to the network 30 via the network interface 23.

  If a negative result (No) is obtained here, this means that the user has not registered the service and the terminal device 10 is not connected to the network 30. At this time, the CPU 11 performs step S73. Move on. Steps S73, S74, and S75, which are steps subsequent to step S73, are the same as steps S38, S39, and S40 of the demonstration execution processing procedure RT2 in the second embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted. That is, the CPU 11 causes the user to select whether or not to execute a demo in the processing after step S73. When the execution of the demo is selected, the CPU 11 reads out the demo program stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21. Follow the steps to start (play) the demo.

  On the other hand, when a positive result (Yes) is obtained in step S72, this indicates that the terminal device 10 is connected to the network 30 although the user has not registered the service, and at this time, the CPU 11 Moves to step S76.

  In step S76, the CPU 11 reads out the demonstration execution / service registration selection screen 50 stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21 and displays it on the display device 17, as shown in FIG. Select whether to run a demo or register a service.

  After displaying such a demonstration execution / service registration selection screen 50, the CPU 11 further determines whether or not the demonstration execution button BT1 of the demonstration execution / service registration selection screen 50 has been pressed in step S76. If an affirmative result (Yes) is obtained here, this means that the user is going to see the demo, and at this time, the CPU 11 proceeds to step S77 to execute the demo. On the other hand, if a negative result (No) is obtained in step S76, this indicates that the service registration button BT2 has been pressed, that is, that the user is about to register the service. The process moves to step S79 for registration.

  When the close button BT3 on the demonstration execution / service registration selection screen 50 is pressed, the CPU 11 closes this screen and returns to the previous step S72. The same applies when the return key 45 of the remote controller 40 is pressed.

  The CPU 11, which has moved to step S77 to execute the demo, downloads the demo program from the general service server 35 connected via the network 30 in this step S77, and starts (reproduces) the demo according to the demo program. .

  An example of this demonstration is the same as in the first to fourth embodiments, and a description thereof will be omitted. However, in this case, information necessary for executing the demo (demo program, demo screen, demo sound, demo video, etc.) is not read from the ROM 13 or the HDD 21, but is downloaded from the general service server 35. ing.

  After executing the demo, the CPU 11 proceeds to the next step S78. In step S78, for example, as shown in FIG. 15, the CPU 11 selects a demo end / re-execution selection provided with a demo end button BT4 for ending the demo and a demo re-execution button BT5 for re-executing the demo. The screen 55 is displayed, and it is determined whether or not the demo end button BT4 is pressed.

  If a negative result (No) is obtained here, this means that the demo re-execution button BT5 has been pressed, that is, the user is going to see the demo again. At this time, the CPU 11 again returns to step S77. Go back and run the demo again. On the other hand, if a positive result (Yes) is obtained in step S78, this indicates that the user is about to stop viewing the demo. At this time, the CPU 11 ends the demo and repeats step S76. Returning to FIG. 10, the demonstration execution / service registration selection screen 50 (FIG. 10) is displayed to prompt service registration.

  While executing the demonstration in this way, the CPU 11 confirms, for example, whether or not the service is to be registered in step S79 which is shifted to the case where it is determined that the user is going to register the service from the above-described step S76 (FIG. 9). A service registration confirmation screen (not shown) provided with a service registration start button and a service registration stop button is displayed, and it is determined whether or not the service registration start button on this screen has been pressed.

  If an affirmative result (Yes) is obtained here, the CPU 11 moves to step S80 and starts a service registration process. Since this service registration process is the same as the service registration process described with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG. 7, the description thereof is omitted. When the service registration process ends, the CPU 11 ends this demonstration execution process procedure RT5. When a negative result (No) is obtained in step S79, that is, when the service registration stop button is pressed, the CPU 11 ends the demonstration execution processing procedure RT5 without performing the service registration processing.

  As described above, in the terminal device 10, when the user is not registered in the service, if the terminal device 10 is not connected to the network, the demonstration stored in the ROM 13 or the HDD 21 is read and executed. If the device 10 is connected to the network 30, the demo is downloaded from the general service server 35 on the network 30 and executed.

  Thereby, this terminal device 10 can provide a user with a demonstration as service advertisement information regardless of whether or not it is connected to the network 30, and when connected to the network 30, Since the demo downloaded from the comprehensive service server 35 can be preferentially executed, advertisement information corresponding to the network environment at that time can be provided to the user.

(7) Other Embodiments In the above-described first to fifth embodiments, the case where the terminal device 10 executes different demonstration execution processing procedures RT1 to RT5 has been described. For example, a mode corresponding to each of the demonstration execution processing procedures RT1 to RT5 may be provided in the terminal device 10, and this mode may be switched. In this case, if this mode is switched in accordance with the environment in which the terminal device 10 is placed, a method for providing advertisement information suitable for the environment can be realized.

  In the first to fifth embodiments described above, the case has been described in which the user is provided with an auto demo that automatically changes the demo screen as service advertisement information. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a demo may be provided so that the user can actually operate the terminal device 10 and experience the service in a pseudo manner. In this case, the demo ends when the user performs an end operation.

  In addition to such demos that allow you to experience the service in a simulated manner or the above-mentioned auto demo, for example, multiple demo screens are prepared and a button for moving to the next demo screen is displayed on each demo screen. However, when this button is pressed by the user's operation, various other demonstrations such as a picture-story show demo such as turning over the demo screen like a picture-story show and moving to the next demo screen are provided to the user. Also good.

  In addition, as an example of an auto demo, a demo that allows the user to experience a service, and a picture-story show demo, the above-described first to fifth embodiments provide now-on-air by the broadcast station server 32. Although the case where the auto demo of the service is provided to the user has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and the service providing the on-air list by the broadcast station server 32 or the CD title information providing server 31 is commercially available. A service for distributing music information on a CD, a service for distributing digital data (music data) of music by the music distribution server 33, a service for receiving orders for mail order of CDs by the CD shop server 34, A service that distributes audio data for audition, etc., and music recorded on CDs sold It may be provided a demonstration of services such as providing the communication information to the user.

  Further, in the fifth embodiment described above, the case where the demonstration execution / service registration selection screen 50 is read from the ROM 13 or the HDD 21 when connected to the network 30 has been described. The service registration selection screen 50 may also be downloaded from the general service server 35.

  Further, the various processes in the first to fifth embodiments described above may be provided by a program describing the contents of the various processes. Even in this case, the processing functions described above are realized on the computer by executing the program on the computer.

  That is, the various processes in the first to fifth embodiments described above can be executed by the hardware configuration shown in FIG. 4, but can also be executed by software. In this case, the above-mentioned various processes are executed by installing the program constituting the software via a network or a recording medium on a general-purpose personal computer or the like that can execute the process according to the program by installing the program. Let

  Furthermore, this program may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. As a recording medium in this case, for example, a magnetic disk (hard disk, floppy (registered trademark) disk, etc.), magnetic tape, optical disk (DVD, DVD-RAM, CD-ROM, CD-R (Recordable) / RW (ReWritable), etc.) ), A magneto-optical disk (MO (Magneto-Optical disk), etc.), a semiconductor memory, or the like can be used.

  A computer that executes this program stores, for example, a program recorded on a portable recording medium or a program transferred from a server in its own storage device. Then, the computer reads the program from its own storage device and executes processing according to the program. The computer can also read the program directly from the portable recording medium and execute processing according to the program. In addition, each time the program is transferred from the server, the computer can sequentially execute processing according to the received program.

  Furthermore, in the above-described first to fifth embodiments, the radio broadcast broadcast from the radio station is applied as the broadcast that can be received by the terminal device 10, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the terminal device 10 can perform Internet radio broadcast or Receive satellite radio broadcasts to obtain related information, or receive television broadcasts broadcast from television broadcast stations, and send various information on the television broadcasts on the network. You may make it acquire from a server.

  Furthermore, in the first to fifth embodiments described above, the case where the various circuits shown in FIG. 4 and the program module shown in FIG. 5 are installed in the terminal device 10 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, These may be mounted on various terminals other than the terminal device 10 such as a mobile phone or a personal computer, and the same function as the above-described terminal device 10 can be realized as long as these terminals are mounted. .

  Furthermore, in the above-described first to fifth embodiments, the transmission means for transmitting the user ID and password as the user identification information and the terminal ID (nickname) as the device identification information to the comprehensive service server 35 as the management device. And a network interface 23 and a communication process as receiving means for receiving user ID registration completion information and terminal ID registration completion information indicating that the user ID, password, and terminal ID are registered in the integrated service server 35. ROM 22 and HDD 21 which are advertisement information storage means for storing a demo as service advertisement information, and a terminal ID is stored in ROM 13 or HDD 21. If not, write to ROM 13 or HDD 21 The terminal device 10 as an information processing device is configured by the CPU 11 as a playback unit that plays back a demo that is being played, or outputs a demonstration execution / service registration selection screen 50 as a registration screen and a service registration confirmation screen. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various other configurations may be used.

  The present invention can be widely used in a system that provides a service on a network.

It is a principle figure which shows the principle of this invention. It is a basic diagram which shows the network system in 1st Embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the external appearance structure of a terminal device. It is a hardware block diagram which shows the internal structure of a terminal device. It is a basic diagram which shows the program module structure of a terminal device. It is a hardware block diagram which shows the internal structure of a comprehensive service server. It is a sequence diagram which shows a service registration process procedure. It is a basic diagram which shows the registration form to the comprehensive service server of a terminal device. It is a flowchart which shows the demonstration execution process procedure in 1st Embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows a demonstration execution / service registration selection screen. It is a basic diagram which shows the demonstration screen (1) of now on air. It is a basic diagram which shows the demonstration screen (2) of now on air. It is a basic diagram which shows the demonstration screen (3) of now on air. It is a basic diagram which shows the demonstration screen (4) of now on air. It is a basic diagram which shows a demonstration end / re-execution selection screen. It is a flowchart which shows the demonstration execution process procedure in 2nd Embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows a network connection confirmation screen. It is a flowchart which shows the demonstration execution process procedure in 3rd Embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the demonstration screen (5) of now on air. It is a flowchart which shows the demonstration execution process procedure in 4th Embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the demonstration screen (6) of now on air. It is a flowchart which shows the demonstration execution process sequence in 5th Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information processing apparatus, 2 ... Transmission means, 3 ... Reception means, 4 ... Storage means, 5 ... Storage medium, 6 ... Reproduction means, 7 ... Information management apparatus, 10, 10a-10c ... Terminal device 11, 35a ... CPU, 12 ... Bus, 13 ... ROM, 14 ... Input processing unit, 15 ... Operation input unit, 16 ... Display processing unit, 17 ... Display device, 19a, 19b: Media drive, 20: RAM, 21: HDD, 22: Communication processing unit, 23: Network interface, 24: Audio data processing unit, 25: Speaker, 28: Infrared communication unit, 30 …… Network, 31 …… CD title information providing server, 32 …… Broadcasting station server, 33 …… Music distribution server, 34 …… CD shop server, 35 …… Comprehensive service server, 40 …… Remote control La, 41a~41d ...... direction key, 42 ...... determination key, 43a~43c ...... function selection key, 44 ...... tool key, 45 ...... Back key, 51 to 54 ...... demo screen.

Claims (9)

Operation means;
Device identification information storage means for storing device identification information for identifying the device;
In the management device that manages the device, when the user registration for making the service available is completed, advertisement information for telling what the service can be received using the device is provided. Advertising information storage means for storing;
A communication means for communicating with the management device via a network;
For the user registration, the user identification information and password for identifying the user and the device identification information and transmitted to the management apparatus through the network by the communication means, from the management device, the user identification information, the password, and the device identification information is registered in association with the doctor each other are transmitted through the network, to receive the registration completion information indicating that the user registration has been completed by the communication means a manner, the user registration process executing means for executing user registration processing for storing the apparatus identification information to the device identification information storage means when transmitting at least the device identification information,
A storage detecting means for the apparatus identification information to the device identification information storage means for detecting whether Luke is stored,
When the storage presence / absence detection unit detects that the device identification information is not stored in the device identification information storage unit, a reproduction execution button for reproducing the advertisement information and a user registration are performed. Display means for displaying a playback / registration selection screen having a registration button;
When the reproduction execution button is selected on the reproduction / registration selection screen via the operation means, the reproduction means reproduces the advertisement information stored in the advertisement information storage means .
The user registration process execution means includes:
After the registration button is selected on the playback / registration selection screen via the operation means, when the user registration is instructed via the operation means, the user registration process is executed.
Information processing apparatus. Connection presence / absence detecting means for detecting whether or not the present apparatus is connected to the network
With
The display means is
When the storage presence / absence detection unit detects that the device identification information is not stored in the device identification information storage unit, the connection presence / absence detection unit may indicate that the device is not connected to the network. If detected, the playback execution button is displayed, and the playback / registration selection screen with the registration button hidden is displayed.
The information processing apparatus according to 請 Motomeko 1. The display means is
When the storage presence / absence detection means detects that the device identification information is stored in the device identification information storage means, the connection presence / absence detection means indicates that the apparatus is not connected to the network. If detected, a network connection confirmation screen having character information for prompting confirmation of the connection of the network to the apparatus and the playback execution button is displayed.
The reproducing means is
When the reproduction execution button in the network connection confirmation screen through the operating means is selected, that re-forms the advertising information stored in the advertising information storage means
The information processing apparatus according to 請 Motomeko 2. The display means is
When the storage presence / absence detection means detects that the device identification information is not stored in the device identification information storage means, the connection presence / absence detection means indicates that the apparatus is connected to the network. If detected, the playback / registration selection screen is displayed,
The communication means is
When the reproduction execution button is selected on the reproduction / registration selection screen via the operation means, request information for requesting the advertisement information is transmitted to the management apparatus via the network, and the management apparatus Receive the promotional information sent above,
The reproducing means is
Play the advertising information received by the communication means
The information processing apparatus according to 請 Motomeko 3. The display means is
When the storage presence / absence detection unit detects that the device identification information is not stored in the device identification information storage unit, the advertisement information reproduced by the reproduction unit is used instead of the reproduction / registration selection screen. And display a promotion screen having a playback end button for ending playback of the advertisement information,
The reproducing means is
When the storage presence / absence detection means detects that the device identification information is not stored in the device identification information storage means, the advertisement information stored in the advertisement information storage means is automatically reproduced. The reproduction of the advertisement information is continued until the reproduction end button is selected on the advertisement screen via the operation means.
The information processing apparatus according to 請 Motomeko 4. The display means is
In response to the selection of the playback end button on the advertisement screen via the operation means, a user registration confirmation screen for instructing the start of the user registration is displayed when the reproduction means finishes reproducing the advertisement information. indicate
The information processing apparatus according to 請 Motomeko 5. The display means is
When the storage presence / absence detection unit detects that the device identification information is not stored in the device identification information storage unit, the advertisement information reproduced by the reproduction unit is used instead of the reproduction / registration selection screen. And display a promotion screen having the playback end button and the registration button,
The reproducing means is
When the storage presence / absence detecting means detects that the device identification information is not stored in the device identification information storage means, the advertisement information stored in the advertisement information storage means is reproduced and the operation The reproduction of the advertisement information is continued until the reproduction end button or the registration button is selected on the advertisement screen through the means.
The information processing apparatus according to 請 Motomeko 6. In the management information for managing the information processing device, when the user registration for making the service available is completed, the advertising information for telling what kind of service can be received using the information processing device An advertisement information storage step for storing the information in the advertisement information storage means;
When executing the user registration processing, for the user registration, the user identification information and password for identifying the user and device identification information for identifying the information processing apparatus via the network and sends to the management device Te, registration shown from the management device, the user identification information, the password, and the device identification information is registered in association with the doctor each other are transmitted through the network, that the user registration has been completed while receiving the completion information, stored by memorize the apparatus identification information to the device identification information storage means when transmitting at least the device identification information, the device identification information to the device identification information storage unit Tei A memory presence / absence detection step for detecting whether or not
Upon detecting that the device identification information is not stored in the device identification information storage means, a reproduction / registration selection having a reproduction execution button for reproducing the advertisement information and a registration button for performing the user registration A display step for displaying a screen;
When the reproduction execution button above reproduction / registration selection screen via the operating means is selected, reproduces said advertisement information stored in the advertising information storage means, the reproduction / registered via the operation means after the registration button is selected on the selection screen, the start of the user registration through the operation means is instructed, information processing method Ru comprising a reproduction / registration processing step of performing the user registration process . For information processing equipment
In the management information for managing the information processing device, when the user registration for making the service available is completed, the advertising information for telling what kind of service can be received using the information processing device An advertisement information storage step for storing the information in the advertisement information storage means;
When executing the user registration processing, for the user registration, the user identification information and password for identifying the user and device identification information for identifying the information processing apparatus via the network and sends to the management device Te, registration shown from the management device, the user identification information, the password, and the device identification information is registered in association with the doctor each other are transmitted through the network, that the user registration has been completed while receiving the completion information, stored by memorize the apparatus identification information to the device identification information storage means when transmitting at least the device identification information, the device identification information to the device identification information storage unit Tei A memory presence / absence detection step for detecting whether or not
Upon detecting that the device identification information is not stored in the device identification information storage means, a reproduction / registration selection having a reproduction execution button for reproducing the advertisement information and a registration button for performing the user registration A display step for displaying a screen;
When the reproduction execution button above reproduction / registration selection screen via the operating means is selected, reproduces said advertisement information stored in the advertising information storage means, the reproduction / registered via the operation means after the registration button on the selection screen is selected, the start of the user registration through the operation means is instructed, the information processing for executing a reproduction / registration processing step of performing the user registration process program.