Information distribution device, information distribution method, and information distribution program
AssigneesToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsMasami TAKAHATA, Mika HIRAMA, Naoki WATANABE, Tomonori IKUMI, Yumiko OKUMA, Mahina NAKAMURA
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Abstract
An information distribution device includes a display unit, a reception unit, and a distribution unit. The display unit displays information of distributable full content. The reception unit receives a trial request for the distributable full content from the portable terminal. The distribution unit distributes, as trial content which is viewable within a limited physical range, the distributable full content for which the trial request is received, to the portable terminal.
Claims20
An apparatus for distributing electronic content to a portable terminal of a user in physical proximity thereto, comprising:
- a control server;
- a communication device including a receiver and a transmitter capable of communicating with the portable terminal, the communication device having a limited physical range from the apparatus;
- and
- a memory having full content and trial content representative of the full content, wherein the trial content is transmittable by the communication device to the portable terminal that is within the limited physical range of the transmitter and not transmittable by the communication device to the portable terminal that is outside the limited physical range of the transmitter.
An information distribution method comprising:
- displaying information of distributable full content;
- receiving a trial request for the distributable full content from a portable terminal;
- and
- distributing, as trial content which is viewable within a limited physical range, the distributable full content for which the trial request is received, to the portable terminal.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having an information distribution program stored therein for causing a computer to execute a method comprising the steps of:
- displaying information of distributable full content;
- receiving a trial request for the distributable full content from a portable terminal;
- and
- distributing, as trial content, which is viewable within a limited physical range, the distributable full content for which the trial request is received, to the portable terminal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.