1. A sender side content transmission method which receives content directed to a recipient device from a sender device, determines, by a T-number attached to the content, a receiving method determined by the recipient, and transmits the content to the recipient device using a transmission tool which allows reception in accordance with the receiving method,
the method preparing:
a first storage unit configured to store the content;
a second storage unit configured to store, as T-number-inserted customer information, a unique code defined as the T-number for identifying the recipient, the receiving method of the recipient, the form of content to be received, the type of the content and the sender of the content, the T-number being associated with customer information including the recipient name, the device type used, and the device address, a code of receiving method, a code indicating the type of content to be received, and customer information including the sender name;
a third storage unit configured to generate therein recipient’s receiving method definition information for transmitting the content to the recipient device; and
various transmission tools configured to connect the recipient device to a network and perform transmission and reception in a communication format thereof, and
the method causing a computer to execute the steps of:
(A1) receiving content from the sender device and storing the content in the first storage unit;
(A2) extracting the T-number from a T-code attached to the content, and storing the T-number in the third storage unit;
(A3) searching, from the second storage unit, the T-number-inserted customer information having the extracted T-number, and determining the recipient’s receiving method included in the searched T-number-inserted customer information;
(A4) searching, from the customer information of the recipient included in the searched T-number-inserted customer information, the address of the recipient device capable of receiving by the determined receiving method;
(A5) reading a recipient name from the customer information of the recipient and a sender name from the customer information of the sender included in the searched T-number-inserted customer information;
(A6) generating, in the third storage unit, a set of the recipient device address, the recipient name and the sender name in association with the T-number as the recipient’s receiving method definition information; and
(A7) activating the transmission tool which allows reception by the receiving method of the recipient’s receiving method definition information generated in the third storage unit, and outputting the content to the transmission tool together with the address.
2. The sender side content transmission method according to claim 1, preparing various content conversion tools, wherein the T-number-inserted customer information has incorporated therein a code indicating a format of content to be received, and
the method causing a computer to execute the steps of:
(B1) determining, in a case where the searched T-number-inserted customer information includes the code indicating the format of the content to be received, whether or not the format matches the format of the received content and, in the case of a mismatch, activating the conversion tool capable of conversion in the content format, outputting the content stored in the first storage unit to the conversion tool for conversion thereby, and outputting the converted content to the activated transmission tool; and
(B2) outputting, in the case where the determination results in a match, the received content to the activated transmission tool.
3. The sender side content transmission method according to claim 1, preparing
a memory unit configured to store the content from the sender device, and
the method causing a computer to execute the steps of:
(C1) generating, along with extraction of the T-number, a memory area for storing the content in the memory unit;
(C2) transmitting, along with generation of the memory area, an input page for storage in the memory area to the sender device;
(C3) storing, in the generated memory area, content entered in the input page from the sender device; and
(C4) causing the steps (A3), (A4), (A5), (A6) and (A7) to be performed.
4. The sender side content transmission method according to claim 1, preparing
a fourth storage unit configured to store sending method T-number information having associated the T-number with a distribution type of the content, the method performing the steps of:
(D1) determining whether or not a plurality of T-numbers is attached to the content from the sender device;
(D2) determining, in a case where the plurality of T-numbers is attached, the distribution type as group distribution; and
(D3) causing the steps (A3), (A4), (A5), (A6) and (A7) to be performed for each of the plurality of T-numbers.
5. The sender side content transmission method according to claim 1, wherein one of the transmission tools is a tool for conversion into a control code of a printer of the recipient.
6. The sender side content transmission method according to claim 1, wherein the recipient’s receiving method includes a code indicating reception by e-mail attachment, a code indicating reception by postal mail or door-to-door delivery, a URL for receiving by accessing a server of a T-center, a code indicating reception by FAX, and a code indicating reception by printer output.
7. An information communication system connecting a sender side device, a recipient side device, and a server of a T-center via a communication network, the server of the T-center comprising:
a first storage unit configured to store the content;
a second storage unit configured to store, as T-number-inserted customer information, a unique code defined as a T-number for identifying the recipient, a receiving method of the recipient, a form of content to be received, a type of the content and the sender of the content, the T-number being associated with customer information including the recipient name, the device type used, the device address, a code of receiving method, a code indicating the type of content to be received, and customer information including the sender name;
a third storage unit configured to generate therein recipient’s receiving method definition information for transmitting the content to the recipient device; and
various transmission tools configured to connect the recipient device to a network and perform transmission and reception in a communication format thereof, and comprising:
(D1) a unit configured to receive content from the sender device and store the content in the first storage unit,
(D2) a unit configured to extract the T-number from the T-code attached to the content and store the T-number in the third storage unit;
(D3) a unit configured to search, from the second storage unit, the T-number-inserted customer information having the extracted T-number, and determine the recipient’s receiving method included in the searched T-number-inserted customer information;
(D4) a unit configured to search, from the customer information of the recipient included in the searched T-number-inserted customer information, the address of the recipient device capable of receiving by the determined receiving method;
(D5) a unit configured to read a recipient name from the customer information of the recipient, and a sender name from the customer information of the sender included in the searched T-number-inserted customer information;
(D6) a unit configured to generate, in the third storage unit, a set of the recipient device address, the recipient name and the sender name in association with the T-number as the recipient’s receiving method definition information; and
(D7) a unit configured to activate the transmission tool which allows reception by the receiving method of the recipient’s receiving method definition information generated in the third storage unit, and output the content to the transmission tool together with the address, and
the sender device comprising:
a paper medium having the T-code printed thereon;
a scanner configured to read the paper medium; and
a transfer unit configured to transmit, as the content, image data read by the scanner to the server of the T-center via the communication network using the Internet protocol.
8. The information communication system according to claim 7 comprising:
various content conversion tools, wherein the T-number-inserted customer information having incorporated therein a code indicating a format of content to be received;
(E1) a unit configured to determine, in a case where the searched T-number-inserted customer information includes the code indicating the format of the content to be received, whether or not the format matches the format of the received content and, in the case of a mismatch, activating the conversion tool capable of conversion in the content format, outputting the content stored in the first storage unit to the conversion tool for conversion thereby, and outputting the content to the activated transmission tool; and
(E2) a unit configured to output, in the case where the determination results in a match, the received content to the activated transmission tool.
9. The information communication system according to claim 7, wherein one of the transmission tools is a tool for conversion into a control code of a printer of the recipient.
10. The information communication system according to claim 7, wherein the content is sound for response collection by a broadcast station and response sound of a sender, and the T-code is sender identification information of the sender, and wherein
the sender device has:
a receiver configured to receive sound for response collection by the broadcast station, and generate the sound from a loud speaker;
a recorder configured to record sound from the loud speaker and reproduce the sound; and
a transmitter configured to transmit, to the server of the T-center, the sound for response collection being recorded, together with the T-code, by pressing of a T-button.
11. An information communication system connecting a sender side device, a recipient side device, and a server of a T-center via a communication network, the server of the T-center comprising:
a first storage unit configured to store the content;
a second storage unit configured to store, as T-number-inserted customer information, a unique code defined as a T-number for identifying the recipient, a receiving method of the recipient, a form of content to be received, a type of the content and the sender of the content, the T-number being associated with customer information including the recipient name, the device type used, the device address, a code of receiving method, a code indicating the type of content to be received, and customer information including the sender name;
a third storage unit configured to generate therein recipient’s receiving method definition information for transmitting the content to the recipient device;
a fourth storage unit configured to store sending method T-number information having associated the T-number with a distribution type of the content; and
various transmission tools configured to connect the recipient device to a network and perform transmission and reception in a communication format thereof, and comprising:
(F1) a unit configured to receive content from the sender device and store the content in the first storage unit;
(F2) a unit configured to extract all T-numbers attached to the content, and store the T-numbers in the third storage unit;
(F3) a step of determining whether or not a plurality of T-numbers is attached to the content from the sender device;
(F4) a step of determining, in a case where the plurality of T-numbers is attached, the distribution type as group distribution, and sequentially outputting the plurality of T-numbers to the unit of (F5);
(F5) a unit configured to search, from the second storage unit, the T-number-inserted customer information having the T-number for each of the output T-numbers, and determine a recipient’s receiving method included in the searched T-number-inserted customer information;
(F6) a unit configured to search, from the customer information of the recipient included in the searched T-number-inserted customer information, the address of the recipient device capable of receiving by the determined receiving method;
(F7) a unit configured to read a recipient name from the customer information of the recipient, and a sender name from the customer information of the sender included in the searched T-number-inserted customer information;
(F8) a unit configured to generate, in the third storage unit, a set of the recipient device address, the recipient name and the sender name in association with the T-number as the recipient’s receiving method definition information; and
(F9) a unit configured to activate the transmission tool which allows reception by the receiving method of the recipient’s receiving method definition information generated in the third storage unit, and output the content to the transmission tool together with the address, wherein
the sender device is a camera-equipped mobile terminal, and
the camera-equipped mobile terminal includes a unit configured to receive T-code data from another mobile terminal, combine the T-codes, and transmit a set of the input data and the T-codes to the server of the T-center.
12. The information communication system according to claim 11 comprising:
various content conversion tools, wherein the T-number-inserted customer information has incorporated therein a code indicating a format of content to be received;
(G1) a unit configured to determine, in a case where the searched T-number-inserted customer information includes the code indicating the format of the content to be received, whether or not the format matches the format of the received content and, in the case of a mismatch, activating the conversion tool capable of conversion in the content format, outputting the content stored in the first storage unit to the conversion tool for conversion thereby, and outputting the content to the activated transmission tool; and
(G2) a unit configured to output, in the case where the determination results in a match, the received content to the activated transmission tool.
13. The information communication system according to claim 11, wherein one of the transmission tools is a tool for conversion into a control code of a printer of the recipient.
14. The information communication system according to claim 11, wherein the content is sound for response collection by a broadcast station and response sound of a sender, and the T-code is sender identification information of the sender, and wherein
the sender device has:
a receiver configured to receive sound for response collection by the broadcast station, and generate the sound from a loud speaker;
a recorder configured to record sound from the loud speaker and reproduce the sound; and
a transmitter configured to transmit, to the server of the T-center, the sound for response collection being recorded, together with the T-code, by pressing of a T-button.
15. An information communication system connecting a sender side device, a recipient side device, and a server of a T-center via a communication network, the server of the T-center comprising:
a first storage unit configured to store the content;
a second storage unit configured to store, as T-number-inserted customer information, a unique code defined as a T-number for identifying the recipient, a receiving method of the recipient, a form of content to be received, a type of the content and the sender of the content, the T-number being associated with customer information including the recipient name, the device type used, the device address, a code of receiving method, a code indicating the type of content to be received, and customer information including the sender name;
a third storage unit configured to generate therein recipient’s receiving method definition information for transmitting the content to the recipient device;
a fourth storage unit configured to store sending method T-number information having associated the T-number with a distribution type of the content; and
various transmission tools configured to connect the recipient device to a network and perform transmission and reception in a communication format thereof, and comprising:
(H1) a unit configured to receive content from the sender device and store the content in the first storage unit;
(H2) a unit configured to extract all T-numbers attached to the content, and store the T-numbers in the third storage unit;
(H3) a step of determining whether or not a plurality of T-numbers is attached to the content from the sender device;
(H4) a step of determining, in a case where the plurality of T-numbers is attached, the distribution type as group distribution, and sequentially outputting the plurality of T-numbers to the unit of (H5);
(H5) a unit configured to search, from the second storage unit, the T-number-inserted customer information having the T-number for each of the output T-numbers, and determine a recipient’s receiving method included in the searched T-number-inserted customer information;
(H6) a unit configured to search, from the customer information of the recipient included in the searched T-number-inserted customer information, the address of the recipient device capable of receiving by the determined receiving method;
(H7) a unit configured to read a recipient name from the customer information of the recipient, and a sender name from the customer information of the sender included in the searched T-number-inserted customer information;
(H8) a unit configured to generate, in the third storage unit, a set of the recipient device address, the recipient name and the sender name in association with the T-number as the recipient’s receiving method definition information; and
(H9) a unit configured to activate the transmission tool which allows reception by the receiving method of the recipient’s receiving method definition information generated in the third storage unit, and output the content to the transmission tool together with the address, wherein
the sender device is a camera-equipped mobile terminal, and
the camera-equipped mobile terminal includes a unit configured to receive T-code data from another mobile terminal, combine the T-codes, and transmit a set of the input data and the T-codes to the server of the T-center.
16. The information communication system according to claim 15 comprising:
various content conversion tools, wherein the T-number-inserted customer information has incorporated therein a code indicating a format of content to be received;
(J1) a unit configured to determine, in a case where the searched T-number-inserted customer information includes the code indicating the format of the content to be received, whether or not the format matches the format of the received content and, in the case of a mismatch, activating the conversion tool capable of conversion in the content format, outputting the content stored in the first storage unit to the conversion tool for conversion thereby, and outputting the content to the activated transmission tool; and
(J2) a unit configured to output, in the case where the determination results in a match, the received content to the activated transmission tool.
17. The information communication system according to claim 15, wherein one of the transmission tools is a tool for conversion into a control code of a printer of the recipient.
18. The information communication system according to claim 15, wherein the content is sound for response collection by a broadcast station and response sound of a sender, and the T-code is sender identification information of the sender, and wherein
the sender device has:
a receiver configured to receive sound for response collection by the broadcast station, and generate the sound from a loud speaker;
a recorder configured to record sound from the loud speaker and reproduce the sound; and
a transmitter configured to transmit, to the server of the T-center, the sound for response collection being recorded, together with the T-code, by pressing of a T-button.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A watch comprising:
an array of rotatable pixels that provide chronological information, at least a portion of each rotatable pixel including a permanent magnet, wherein each pixel rotates between a first orientation to present a first display face with a first optical state and a second orientation to present a second display face having a second optical state, the first optical state being different from the second optical state, and wherein at least some of the pixels are adjacent to a background that substantially matches one of the first optical state and the second optical state;
means for magnetically rotating the array of rotatable pixels; and
a battery electrically connected to the means for magnetically rotating.
2. The watch of claim 1, wherein the means for magnetically rotating the array of rotatable pixels comprises a plurality of electromagnets, each electromagnet having a U-shaped core defined by a base portion connecting a first arm and a second arm, and wherein the first arm includes a first coil and the second arm includes a second coil.
3. The watch of claim 1, wherein the background includes a plurality of simulated dot matrix panels and grooves between at least some of the panels that are adjacent to each other, and wherein each groove substantially mimics a gap between at least one of the rotatable pixels and the background.
4. The watch of claim 3, wherein the display is a positive contrast display and an on optical state of at least one rotatable pixel is darker than the surrounding panels of the background.
5. The watch of claim 1, wherein at least one of the display faces of at least one of the array of rotatable pixels includes an attached material selected from the group comprising rhinestone, crystal, diamond, or metal.
6. The watch of claim 1 further comprising an analog movement with watch hands that are positioned above the background and the array of pixels.
7. The watch of claim 1, wherein a first group of pixels in the array of pixels are in a first plane, and wherein a second group of pixels in the array of pixels are in a second plane, the first plane and the second plane being different.
8. The watch of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first display face and the second display face of at least one pixel includes a coating consisting of a phosphorescent coating or a fluorescent coating.
9. The watch of claim 1, wherein a first group of the array of pixels are configured to display an alphanumeric character, and wherein the means for magnetically rotating the array of rotatable pixels controls rotation of the first group, each rotatable pixel of the first group being rotated by a U-shaped core having two arms that each have at least one coil, the U-shaped cores being configured beneath the first group to minimize magnetic interference between the coils and permanent magnets of the first group of rotatable pixels.
10. A watch display, comprising:
a plurality of magnetically actuated rotatable pixels positioned within a background, wherein the background includes a plurality of simulated dot matrix panels and a plurality of grooves between at least some of the adjacent panels, and wherein each groove substantially mimics a gap between at least one of the rotatable pixels and the background.
11. The watch display of claim 10, wherein each pixel rotates between a first orientation with an off optical state that substantially matches the panels around that pixel and a second orientation with an on optical state that differs from the panels around that pixel, and wherein at least one rotatable pixel in the off optical state includes a plurality of panes, each pane being substantially the same size as the simulated dot matrix panels.
12. The watch display of claim 10, wherein at least a portion of the display is a positive contrast display and an on optical state of at least one rotatable pixel is darker than the surrounding panels of the background.
13. The watch display of claim 10, further comprising means for magnetically rotating the plurality of rotatable pixels, wherein at least a portion of each pixel includes a permanent magnet, and wherein the means for magnetically rotating includes a plurality of electromagnets, each electromagnet corresponding to one pixel and having a U-shaped core defined by a base portion connecting a first arm and a second arm, and wherein the first arm includes a first coil and the second arm includes a second coil.
14. The watch display of claim 10, wherein at least one of the rotatable pixels includes a display face having an attached material selected from the group comprising crystal, gemstone, or metal.
15. A watch display comprising:
a plurality of magnetically actuated flippers having a display face positioned within a surrounding background, the flippers rotating between a first orientation in which the display face has a first optical state and a second orientation in which the display face has a second optical state; and
at least one radially extending hand positioned above the flippers and the surrounding background, the hand being connected to an analog movement beneath the flippers and the surrounding background.
16. The watch display of claim 15, further comprising a plurality of electromagnets, wherein each electromagnet corresponds to one of the plurality of magnetically actuated flippers, and wherein each electromagnet includes a U-shaped core defined by a base portion connecting two armatures and each armature includes a coil.
17. The watch display of claim 16, wherein a first group of the array of pixels are configured to display an alphanumeric character, and wherein U-shaped cores are configured beneath the first group to minimize magnetic interference between the coils and permanent magnets of the first group of rotatable pixels.
18. The watch display of claim 15, wherein the display face of at least one of the flippers includes an attached material selected from the group comprising crystal, gemstone, or metal.
19. A magnetically actuated alphanumeric display, comprising:
a plurality of flippers, each flipper including a permanent magnet and rotating about an axis to present a display face with an on state in a first orientation and an off state in a second orientation, wherein each flipper is positioned substantially within a background and portions of the background adjacent each flipper substantially match the display face in the off state, and wherein the plurality of flippers are configured to collectively present an alphanumeric character when at least some of the plurality of flippers are oriented to present the display face in the on state;
a corresponding plurality of paired electromagnet coils in an interwoven configuration beneath the plurality of flippers.
20. The display of claim 19, wherein there is substantially no gap between a first coil corresponding to a first flipper and any adjacent coil corresponding to a different flipper.
21. The display of claim 19, wherein the alphanumeric character is an Arabic numeral formed with seven flippers, and wherein each of the paired electromagnetic coils in the interwoven configuration are positioned around a pair of arms of a U-shaped core, and wherein adjacent U-shaped cores are rotated ninety degrees from one another.
22. The display of claim 19, wherein the interwoven configuration includes paired coils that each have a width less than half an axial length of the corresponding flipper, and wherein an axial length of the permanent magnet of the flipper is less than or equal to half the axial length of the flipper.
23. The display of claim 19, wherein the interwoven configuration includes paired coils that overlap at least a portion of the permanent magnet of the corresponding flipper, and wherein the paired coils do not overlap the permanent magnet of any flipper other than the corresponding flipper for which the paired coils actuate rotation.
24. The display of claim 19, wherein the background includes a plurality of simulated dot matrix panels and a plurality of grooves between at least some of the adjacent panels, and wherein each groove substantially mimics a gap between at least one of the rotatable pixels and the background