JP2001229124A - System for collection of photograph - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for a collection of photographs which makes it possible to easily open and operate a homepage of a photograph album regarding a specific theme through a communication line, e.g. the Internet. SOLUTION: This is a system for a collection of photographs which has a server 1 storing recent situation data regarding a specific theme and clients for reference which are connected to the server 1 through the communication line 2 to display a homepage 4 for reference using recent situation data, which include image data of photographs and moving picture data and are properly registered corresponding to transition regarding the mentioned theme to give notice of recent situation regarding the theme. An adequate example of the specific theme is the state of a family starting at the marriage and the recent state of the family can be known through the homepage 4 for reference.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a photo album system for allowing a person concerned to view a photo image or the like on a predetermined theme through the Internet or the like. The present invention relates to a photo book system that allows the user to know the latest situation.
For example, a theme such as "After a newly married family" is one such theme.A newly-married family who has built a new home has friends, acquaintances, and other interested parties knowing the state of the new home through photographic images through the Internet, etc. The present invention relates to a photo album system that can be used for example by registering to allow the user to occasionally touch and know the latest situation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, when a man and a woman get married and establish a newly married family, they often greet them immediately after marriage, but they cannot be invited to the ceremony while receiving all attendees of the wedding or only celebration. In many cases, greetings to people are not perfect. In addition, those who greet me often go out of affair after one year, two years, and so on. Often it is easy to lose the opportunity to do. Also, letters and telephones convey the feelings of their respective qualities, but they are not suitable for those who can easily communicate by visual sense.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a photo album system capable of easily opening and operating a photo album homepage on a predetermined theme via a communication line exemplified by the Internet. For example, if the theme is a newly-married family, the homepage of a photo album that will be seen by related persons, such as friends and friends, can be displayed at any time at the convenience of related persons, such as friends and friends. It is an object of the present invention to provide a photo album system that can be used to help people to know each other through images or the like and to deepen friendship.

[0004]

For the above purpose, in the photo album system according to the first aspect of the present invention, a server for storing and storing recent status data on a predetermined theme is connected to the server via a communication line. A reference client on which a reference home page using the image data is displayed, wherein the recent state data is a photograph image data and / or a moving image data, or a photograph image. It is characterized by including data or / and moving image data and audio data, and being able to always inform the latest situation concerning the theme by registering at least the image data appropriately according to the transition concerning the theme. Registration means initial registration, additional registration, update registration,
Refers to everything such as deletion registration.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the photo album system according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a photo album system having a client for creating a reference home page in a server via a communication line. For clients,
The homepage for creation is displayed by connecting to the server using the authentication given in advance, and at least the recent status data and the design data of the homepage for reference are input from the homepage for creation, and the The reference home page is edited on the screen by adding at least the screen display data of the latest status data and the design data to a template screen of the reference home page prepared in advance.

[0006] At that time, when the image data is registered in the server, a guide message to the effect that the image data has been registered is automatically delivered to the reference client via a communication line in response to the registration. When a request is made by pressing the display button provided in the, a connection to a reference homepage is made.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a plurality of theme groups each including the above-described creation client and at least one reference client (generally, creation client 1: reference client n) exist in one server. It is like that. Not only the relationship between one family and many related parties, but also the relationship between one family member and its related parties, such as "husband and his friends", overlaps, In such a case, a common homepage that anyone can refer to and a homepage that the husband can show only to his friends are created in the homepage for reference, and only those who are given authentication such as the corresponding password are here (Such as a husband's friend only) may be referred to.

According to a fifth aspect, the above-mentioned photo album system according to the second to fourth aspects is used for handling a state of a home built after marriage. Then, at the time of marriage, the home uses the homepage for creation to create a reference homepage that introduces the home mainly with photographs, and appropriately prepares image data as the status of the newlywed family changes over time. By registering, you will always be informed of the current situation of my home.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, an embodiment of a photo album system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The photo system of this embodiment is a system for having a related person, such as an acquaintance or a friend, view the state of a newly-married family built on the occasion of marriage from a reference home page on which photographs are posted. That is,
At the time of marriage, the newly-married family creates a homepage for reference of their home, centered on photographs, and refers them to related parties, such as acquaintances, to inform them of their situation and to inform their homes. If the recent situation changes over time (for example, the birth of a child or moving), a title will be given to each of these events, and a new photo will be added to the homepage according to the title. It is intended to be used as an album of life to be able to know ", or as a home album.

As shown in FIG. 1, this photo album system
The configuration comprises a server 1, a creation client 3 and a reference client 4 which can be connected to the server 1 via the Internet 2. That is, the newly-married family inputs image data of the photograph and text data such as comments attached thereto, creates a reference homepage on the server 1 from the creation client 3 via the Internet 2, and sends it to an acquaintance, friend, etc. Can be referred from the reference client 4 via the Internet 2.

At that time, a group of “newly-married families and their related persons” is created for each newly-married family, and a group (theme client 4) composed of “creation client 3 and reference client 4” is created. Group 5)
There will be as many newly-married families registered as data in the server 1. Then, data registration and reference are appropriately performed within the theme group 5, while the groups 5 have no relation to each other, and there is no exchange of data or reference to data of other groups 5. However, it is possible that two new acquaintances of the newly-married family happen to overlap (common friend). In such a case, one friend belongs to two theme groups 5. 4
Are two separate reference clients 4 and 4.

Although any person may manage and operate the photo album system, as an example, an example in which the wedding ceremony hall is the manager and operator (hereinafter, "manager") is considered. That is, the wedding hall provides the newly-married family with the ceremony with services such as storing and storing the image data and the like in the photo album system and using the same as a service. By using the service, you will be able to maintain good friendships with their stakeholders.

Hereinafter, a method of referring to a homepage by a related person and an outline of the homepage will be described. First, the newly-married family initially registers image data and establishes a reference homepage 10 (see FIG. 2). (E.g., to the effect that the message has been sent) is sent to each reference client 4 as a guide text (note that the screens shown below are logical screens, and the vertical lengths of the screens are different in length). An acquaintance such as an acquaintance opens the e-mail sent to the reference client 4 by a personal computer (hereinafter, referred to as a “PC”) at each home and knows the fact.
There is also provided a display button for opening the file, and by requesting to press (click) this display button,
A connection to the reference homepage 10 is made. Note that the automatic distribution of the guide text is not limited to e-mail, but may be performed by facsimile transmission from a creation client.
The transmission may be transmission for reception in a mode (Internet reception by a mobile phone), transmission to a mobile terminal, or transmission for display on a display device provided in a general telephone.

When the reference home page 10 is opened, first, a main menu screen 11 as a top page is displayed as shown in FIG. On the main menu screen 11, three types of submenus 12a, 12b, and 12c are displayed on the left side of the screen. The right half is a blank display area when the homepage is opened, and thereafter displays a selected photo album. Becomes

One of the sub-menus is a sub-menu 12a of a family profile (self-introduction screen) of the family, and the other is a sub-menu 12b for an album photo menu in title units such as "honeymoon" and "new family".
Further, the submenu 12c showing the same content as the title menu in the photo menu is a third submenu.

As shown in FIG. 3, the latest status data centering on the photographic images stored and stored in the server includes, as shown in FIG. 3, a screen group A of a family profile detail screen 13 in which each family member is posted, and a photograph of the event. The screen is divided into a screen group B of a detailed screen 14 of the posted album. In each case, one picture is taken on one screen, but it is of course possible to have a plurality of pictures on one screen. The detailed screen group of the album is entirely divided for each title, and a group of screens C, C,... .. May be rearranged in chronological ascending order or descending order, or may be provided with other necessary rearranging functions.

When a person who wants to see someone is selected from the submenu 12a from the family, a detailed screen 13 containing a picture of the family and a brief introduction is displayed for each family as shown in FIG. It has become so.

When a desired title (titles 1, 2,... N, see FIG. 3) is selected from the submenu 12b, the top screen of the album detail screen 14 is displayed on the right half of the main menu screen 11 (FIG. 2). The details screen 14 of several pages to several tens of pages is displayed for each title such as "honeymoon" and "new family". At this time, an image that is a copy of the mount of the album on which the photo is pasted is partially displayed in the main menu screen, and a fixed interval (for example, from the displayed top detail screen 14 to the second and third detail screens 14) The screen switches at intervals of 5 seconds. When you reach the last screen under the title, return to the first screen again,
The same is repeated below. On the detail screen 14 which is a copy of the album mount, the color and pattern of the mount, the color of the title attached to the photo, and the like can be selected at the time of creation, and a word on the photo can be posted. The creation date of the detail screen is also displayed as a time stamp, for the convenience of the viewer.

The sub menu 12c is for displaying the photo menu 13. Since the photo menu 15 does not fit in the main menu screen 11, the sub menu 12c in the screen is displayed.
c "Select by photo" is selected and displayed as a separate screen as shown in FIG. 5, and six photos 16 are displayed as a menu for each title. Photo menu is 7
In the above case, "next page" is selected from the first photo menu screen 15, and the screen is switched to a photo menu of seven or more pictures. The way of display after selecting the menu is the same as selecting the title menu in the submenu 12b.

A reply e-mail screen 17 shown in FIG. 6 allows a reply e-mail from a friend or other related person to be input on the album details screen. I can do it.

The reference home page 10 (1)
1, 13, 15, 17) are created by the home from the creation client 3 such as a personal computer terminal at home. A homepage 20 for creation as shown in FIGS.
22) is displayed by connecting to the server 1 via the Internet 2, and this is displayed by connecting using the authentication obtained from the administrator upon marriage.

Since the basic design of the reference homepage 10 is predetermined by a template screen (not shown), the album homepage of the reference homepage 10 (see reference numeral 14 in FIG. 2) starts from the creation homepage 20. The screen design data such as the color of the image, the image data of the photograph to be posted on the reference homepage 10 (and a word attached thereto), the automatic distribution destination of the e-mail, and the like can be registered and updated. After that, by adding image data and character data to the prepared template screen and editing the screen, the intention of the creator can be reflected, and a unique reference homepage 10 according to the preference is formed. Therefore, the newly-created newly-married family does not need to consider the design of the homepage 10 for reference, but simply works on the registration process of the snapshot.
An attractive looking homepage 10 can be created. In addition to the above, moving image data and audio data may be added to the recent status data to be registered, and data suitable for the purpose may be selected.

The creation homepage 20 has screens for profile registration, album registration / edit / delete, and the like. FIG. 7 shows a profile registration screen 21, which is an input field 23 for inputting the destination data of the image data of a photograph.
And input field 24 of character data such as name and word attached to photo
And are prepared.

FIG. 8 shows an album registration screen 22 in which a number of pictures can be registered under one title. In one screen, an input field 2 for inputting image data capture destination data
Since three are provided, three photos can be registered at one time (thus, three detailed screens are created). However, if four or more photos are to be registered, the registration screen 22 only needs to register May be repeated. At that time, the title, its color, the color of the album, a word attached to the album, and the like can be input. With this registration operation, the initial registration performed when the homepage is opened and the additional registration in title units performed thereafter can be performed. If necessary, deletion and insertion can be performed freely, and an album as desired by the sender can be created. Regardless of the operation, a time stamp 16 at the time of processing is displayed on the album for each title (see FIG. 2). The album registration screen 22 is provided with an input field 25 for the destination of the guide text. If an e-mail address is input here, the mail is automatically transmitted in conjunction with the end of the registration operation. .

The embodiments of the invention described in claims 1 to 5 of the present application have been described above. However, the use of this photo album system is not limited to newlyweds, and may be used for any other purposes. The invention of claims 1 to 4 except for claim 6 is provided.

For example, the home page may be used not only for a newly-married family but also for an individual's “latest greeting homepage”, or a homepage for a general family “recent home” without having to start marriage. Or, if the company is "our company information"
A photo album may be placed as a message, and the photo album may be used as a regular or irregular photo newsletter such as a club. For example, it is suitable for use in pet lovers.

[0027]

As described above, according to the invention of the present application, it is possible to widely inform acquaintances and friends of the recent situation with photographs. In particular, when the theme is limited to marriage, simply obtaining authentication from the administrator of the photo album system of the present invention, simply inputting a photograph and simple character data into a generally completed homepage template, It is possible to easily create an original photo homepage, and automatically guide a friend or friend each time by newly adding a photo. In addition, a number of theme groups can coexist in a single photo album system, so it is possible to cope with the birth of a newly-married family, and since the theme is common in terms of marriage, it is possible to cope with one website design. be able to.

Even when the home is not limited to newly-married families, it is possible to provide an album / homepage in an easy manner and to add new photos one by one, so that the latest status of the theme can be notified in a timely manner. Can handle themes.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a network configuration of a photo album system shown in an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a main menu screen 11 shown as a top page of a reference home page 20, and submenus 12a and 12 are shown on the left side of the screen.
b and 12c are displayed, and a detail screen 14 in which a photograph is pasted on an album mount is partially displayed on the right side of the screen. In other words, the main menu screen also serves as the album details screen, so immediately after connecting to the reference homepage,
The detail screen 14k portion on the right side of the screen is in a state where nothing is displayed.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a screen hierarchy of the photo album system of the embodiment, and also shows an arrangement structure of a detailed screen.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an output screen of a family prophy photograph.

FIG. 5 is a diagram of a screen example of a photo menu.

FIG. 6 is a diagram of an input screen for a reply e-mail.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a registration screen of a family prophy photograph.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of an album photo registration screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 server 2 Internet as communication line 3 creation client 4 reference client 5 theme group 10 reference home page 11 reference home page main menu screen 12a, 12b, 12c sub menu 13 profile detail screen 14 album detail screen 15 photo Menu screen 20 Creation homepage 21 Profile registration screen 22 Album registration screen 23 Input field for inputting the destination data of image data

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A server for storing status data relating to a predetermined theme, and a reference client displaying a reference homepage using the status data by connecting to the server via a communication line. A photo album system, wherein the status data includes image data or / and moving image data of a photograph, or image data or / and / or moving image data of a photograph and audio data, and at least the data according to the transition according to the theme A photograph collection system, wherein the latest state data is appropriately registered, so that the latest state concerning the theme can always be notified. 2. The photo album system according to claim 1, further comprising a creation client for creating a reference home page in a server via a communication line, wherein the creation client has a predetermined authentication. The connection to the server is used to display the homepage for creation, and at least the latest status data and the design data of the homepage for reference are input from the homepage for creation, and the homepage for reference is prepared in advance. A photo album system, wherein at least screen display data of the latest status data and the design data are added to the template screen of the reference homepage and the screen is edited. 3. When the latest status data is appropriately registered in the server, a guidance message to the effect that the registration has been made is automatically delivered to a reference client via a communication line in response to the registration. 3. The photo album system according to claim 2, wherein a connection to a reference home page is established by a request made by pressing a provided display button. 4. The photo album system according to claim 3, wherein a plurality of theme groups each comprising a creation client and at least one reference client exist on one server. 5. A state in which a predetermined theme is a home built upon marriage, and at the time of marriage, the home creates its own reference homepage using a homepage for creation of a client for creation. Claims are characterized in that the latest data of the newly-married family changes over time, and the latest data is registered as appropriate, so that it can be used as an album of life so that the current status of the home can always be known from a reference homepage. 2
A photo album system according to any one of claims 1 to 4.