Ntt Docomo, Inc.

Ntt Mobile Communications Network, Inc.

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

Masami Yabusaki

Masahiro Sawada

Shoichi Hirata

Shin-ichi Isobe

Yu Kojo

Yasuo Maruyama

Yasuyuki Uchiyama

Yugo Watanabe

Masumi Fujiwara

Motoshi Tamura

Yasuhisa Hayashi

Takuji Sakaguchi

Takeshi Ihara

Koji Sasada

Hiroshi Tsukahara

Kouji Sasada

Eriko Takemoto

Hiroshi Nakamura

Toshihiro Suzuki

Narumi Umeda

Hiroshi Kawakami

Katsutoshi Nishida

Akihisa Nakajima

Shinji Uebayashi

Ken Igarashi

Manhee Jo

Akimichi Tanabe

Kenichi Yamaguchi

Shin-Ichi Isobe

Kenji Nishimura

Yukichi Saito

Yasuyuki Honda

Yoko Kikuta

Jun Kakishima

Michiko Wakui

Kouji Yamamoto

Akihito Okura

Shiokazu Fujiwara

Yasuhiro Mita

Aya Hokamura

Chikako Tsukada

There are provided a data arrival control server and a data arrival control method, whereby in a case where an identical user uses plural communication terminals, even if a data-receiving terminal is powered off, it is made possible to know with another communication terminal that there is a data arrival at the data-receiving terminal. A data arrival notification unitof a data arrival control servernotifies a data arrival notification target terminalthat there is the data arrival at a data-receiving terminal, when there is the data arrival at the data-receiving terminal

Data arrival control server and method for notifying a communication terminal of a plurality of communication terminals of data arrival at a certain communication terminal of the plurality of communication terminals

There is provided a communication system and a communication method of making available both a shared telephone number shared by multiple communication terminals and an individual telephone number dedicated to a user's own terminal in a single communication terminal. A shared managing unitof a communication systemmanages terminal identifiersandidentifying each of a plurality of communication terminalsandto which a shared telephone number is assigned in correlation with the shared telephone number. An individual managing unitmanages a terminal identifieridentifying a communication terminalto which an individual telephone number is assigned is correlation with the individual telephone number. A user information managing unitmanages user information including base station information of communication terminals identified by the identifier every terminal identifiers, and. A call control devicecarries out call control of communication terminals, to which the shared telephone number and an individual telephone number are assigned, using this information.

Communication system for carrying out call control of communication terminal and communication method therefor

There are provided a server apparatus capable of transmitting any message in a flexible manner at various timings of communication service states, and a message transmission method thereof. When a communication trigger detectorof an IMSdetects a trigger point, a determination portiondetermines a massage to be transmitted based upon at least one of a type of the communication service state, a transmission destination of the message, presence information, and an instruction input. A message transmittergive an instruction to an information storage deviceto transmit the message to be transmitted that has been determined, and the information storage devicetransmits the message to the transmission destination.

Server apparatus and message transmission method

There are provided a video editing system, a video editing server and a communication terminal which enable simultaneous editing operations for editing a video content to be performed by plural persons, without generating a file in which a content of the editing has been reflected in the video content. One of a plurality of editing terminals in a synchronized state generates an edit command for editing a video content with an edit command generating section, based on an editing operation by a user from a terminal operating section, and transmits the generated edit command to a video editing server via an information transmitting/receiving section. If the edit command is received via an information transmitting/receiving section, the video editing server transmits the received edit command to another editing terminal in the synchronized state, via an edit command synchronizing section. If the edit command is received via the information transmitting/receiving section, another editing terminal in the synchronized state displays a content of the edit command on a screen displaying section via an edit command displaying section.

Video editing system, video editing server and communication terminal

A mobility management method includes: notifying, at a mobile terminal, an edge node of a terminal function indicating that the mobile terminal has a Mobile IP client function; instructing, at the edge node, the mobile terminal to perform an operation for mobility management by using not an MIP function but an IP function when the edge node has a PMIP client function; performing, at the mobile terminal, the operation for mobility management by using the IP function in response to the instruction from the edge node; and performing, the edge node, the operation for mobility management by using the PMIP client function.

Mobility management method and network device

A message storage server stores a message by speech or video transmitted from a mobile communication terminal and performs emotion recognition on the message to generate emotion data. A mobile communication terminal, upon receiving a confirmation request from the message storage server of a message which the mobile communication terminal has transmitted as a message for another mobile communication terminal, displays the emotion data assigned to the transmitted message on its display.

Emotion recognition message system, mobile communication terminal therefor and message storage server therefor

A relay deviceduplicates speech data received from a communication terminal that is engaged in voice communication with another communication terminal. The duplicated speech data is transmitted to and is stored at a media processing device. Media processing devicebuilds a database for speech synthesis based on the stored speech data.

Communication system for building speech database for speech synthesis, relay device therefor, and relay method therefor

There is provided a group communication system allowing group communication to be performed by a simple operation as well as a group ID number issuing apparatus and a call control apparatus to be applied to such a group communication system. When a user takes a group organization procedure to the group communication system, a group representative telephone number representing the group is issued. After the group representative telephone number is issued, the group representative telephone number can be used in the same manner as for calling a subscriber to call a group member to perform group communication. The group communication can be performed by limiting to a lower level subgroup, a pair of the group representative telephone number and an identifier can be used instead of the subscriber's telephone number to determine the calling partner to make a call.

Group communication system, group ID number issuing apparatus, and call control apparatus

It is an object of the present invention to ensure readily communication between subgroups with reduced trouble to the user in the group communication in terms of subgroup formation and so on. A group communication server according to an embodiment of the present invention provides terminals with an intercommunication function between a plurality of terminals belonging to the same group, specifically a group communication function. The group communication server comprises a group information database for storing subgroup information that specifies terminals belonging to subgroups comprising a plurality of terminals of the terminals belonging to the group, and timing information that indicates a timing for establishing connection for intercommunication between the terminals belonging to these subgroups, and a group management unit and connection control unit which constitute control means for executing a control to establish connection between the terminals belonging to the subgroups specified by the subgroup information at a timing specified by the timing information stored in the group information database.

Group communication server

In order to provide a new service even to a conventional mobile communication terminal without installing a new function when starting a new mobile communication service, a mobile communication terminal includes a virtual terminal server that controls the communication on behalf of the mobile communication terminal according to a request from the mobile communication terminal to realize a service function that is a communication function not included in the mobile communication terminal. The virtual terminal server processes, in accordance with the model information of the mobile communication function, information to be informed to the mobile communication terminal to realize the service function to thereby enable the mobile communication terminal to acquire and transmit information obtained by realizing the service function.

Virtual terminal server, mobile communication terminal, communication control system, and communication control method

Irrespective of the current situation of a recipient, a message storing service can be actively used by an originator's will, and the recipient can know without a delay that a message addressed to the recipient has been stored. A service for message originator can be specified so that even if a mobile communication terminal device on a recipient side is in a state where it can immediately perform communication when a message is transmitted from a mobile communication terminal device on an originator side, the message is temporarily stored in a message storing box of a telephone answering service subscribed to by a subscriber A as the originator of the message, and the message is delivered to the mobile communication terminal device on the recipient side at timing intended by the originator A.

Communication message storing and delivering device, mobile communication terminal device, and communication message storing and delivering method

A communication control apparatus includes a registration request signal receiver, a registration section, a transmitter, a group communication control signal receiver, and a group communication controller. The request signal receiver receives, from at least one terminal differing from a plurality of group communication terminals that is performing or is to perform group communication through a communication network, a control terminal registration request signal requesting the registration of the terminal as a control terminal for controlling the group communication. The registration section registers the terminal which sent the control terminal registration request signal as a control terminal. The transmitter sends, to that terminal, information indicating that the terminal has been registered as a control terminal. The control signal receiver receives from the terminal a group communication control signal for controlling the group communication. The group communication controller starts or changes the group communication in accordance with the group communication control signal.

Communication control apparatus and method

In an information providing system, a user inputs desired mobile ID number to a client terminal. The client terminal transmits a request for location information on the mobile station including the mobile ID number to a location server via a location information server. The location server transmits a request for object movement information corresponding to the mobile station to an object information server. The location information server obtains the information from a traffic control device. Location information on the mobile station obtained by the location information server is transmitted to the terminal.

Method and system for location management and location information providing system

There are a step in which, when the video data distribution request is received from the mobile station, the base station determines whether the requested video data can be distributed or not, on the basis of the wireless transmission capacity required for distributing the requested video data and the wireless transmission capacity that is available at that point of time, a step in which the base station notifies the mobile station of a result of possibility determination about distribution, a step in which, when it is determined that distribution cannot be performed, the base station sends an inquiry about a base station capable of performing distribution, to the transmitted-data capacity management device, a step in which the transmitted-data capacity management device selects base stations capable of performing the distribution, on the basis of the wireless transmission capacity required for distributing the video data and the wireless transmission capacity being used for distribution performed by a plurality of base stations, and replies with the selected base stations, and a step in which the base station notifies the mobile station of the base stations capable of performing the distribution.

Base station, video distribution system, and distribution control method

A communications system which allows data transfer not using a terminal ID assigned by an access network but using routing information distinct from the terminal ID is provided. The communications system transmits data including, as a destination address, a second terminal ID, from a first terminal to the second terminal via a plurality of transfer devices. A first transfer device includes a first memory for storing the second terminal ID and routing information for routing the data to a second transfer device, associating them with one another, and a routing processor for adding to the data the routing information for routing the data to the second transfer device associated with the second terminal ID included in the data, and transferring the data to the second transfer device.

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