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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2001
Shoichi Horiguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Uehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Shoichiro Ishigaki, Tokyo, JP;
Sadayuki Hongo, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuhiko Shigiya, Tokyo, JP;
Katsumi Tanaka, Hyogo, JP;
Kazutoshi Sumiya, Hyogo, JP;
Shoichi Horiguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Uehara, Kanagawa, JP;
Shoichiro Ishigaki, Tokyo, JP;
Sadayuki Hongo, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuhiko Shigiya, Tokyo, JP;
Katsumi Tanaka, Hyogo, JP;
Kazutoshi Sumiya, Hyogo, JP;
NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information distributing method etc. are provided. An information providing server comprises a first transmission device for transmitting image data to a communication terminal, a first conversion device for converting attached information attached to the image data into converted information of a format suitable for aural read-out, a second conversion device for converting the converted information into voice information, a second transmission device for transmitting the voice information and/or the converted information to the communication terminal, and a third transmission device for transmitting synchronizing information for synchronizing image data with the voice information on a screen of the communication terminal.