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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1998
Hiroshi Sakurai, Tokyo, JP;
Fumihiko Yoshii, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Terayama, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitaka Ukita, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Morita, Saitama, JP;
Koichi Hayasaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information communication system includes a portable radiocommunication terminal, an information provision system in which various provided information can be readily acquired, and a server. The server and a plurality of portable radiocommunication terminals are connected via a network by a wireless connection. Send information and receive information are communicated between the terminal and the server according to a predetermined protocol and a predetermined communication data format respectively suitable for the network and independent of an established communication system. When a user of the terminal performs an operation for calling specifying a party according to the established communication system, the server receives send information including a request for calling and executes processing for information communication suitable for the established communication system. Data addressed to each terminal is received by the server and stored in the storage means of the server. Each terminal acquires desired receive by requesting the server for the data.