JP2001352534A - Televising distribution system and its program recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a televising service by which everybody can easily have a virtual experience at home or the like by means of a viewer-limited televising even in the case of a specific travel such as a space travel and a deep sea travel by having only to make a participating application to a virtual experience tour that allows an applicant to have a virtual experience of actual tour. SOLUTION: A televising distribution server 1 conducting a televising service registers and manages participants applied to a virtual experience tour when receiving applications for the participation to the virtual experience tour. When a photographing staff transmits contents photographed at an actual tour side from its staff terminal 3 to the televising distribution server 1, the televising distribution server 1 receives the photographing contents as televising information for the virtual experience tour in real time and distributes the received television information for the virtual experience tour to the user terminal 2 of each participant registered to the tour.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a broadcast distribution system for providing a broadcast service and a program recording medium therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, cable television broadcasting has been used as a new information medium in the local community, and further development is expected by independent broadcasting and interactive CATV services. It is becoming possible to watch in real time even overseas TV broadcasts, etc.
The number of programs that can be viewed, not limited to ordinary television broadcast programs that receive UHF and UHF, is rapidly increasing.

[0003]

However, cable television broadcasting is a community-based broadcasting service,
Even though subscribers in the area can select a desired program, there is a fact that only programs with a strong locality can be selected. The user can arbitrarily select and view a program of the genre, but the utility value in the future depends on what programs can be viewed. By the way, in 2001, the space travel business starts. Everybody wants to experience space travel, but those who can actually experience it have to overcome the difficulties of lottery, not just cost and time. This is true even for very special trips such as deep sea trips by the submersible and trips to the extreme poles of the earth. Even if anyone wants to experience it, the number of people who can actually experience it is extremely limited.

[0004] An object of the first invention is to provide a virtual experience of a real tour in a network environment in which a center providing a broadcasting service and a terminal of a user using the service are connected via a wide area network. By simply signing up for the virtual experience tour, you can easily enjoy a virtual experience at home, etc. by restricting viewers even for special trips such as space trips and deep sea trips. It is to be able to provide a distribution service. A second object of the present invention is to provide a photographing staff for photographing an actual tour site and to obtain broadcast information for a virtual experience tour for virtually experiencing a real tour. By giving appropriate shooting instructions to the shooting staff in accordance with the schedule, good and effective broadcast information for the virtual experience tour can be obtained regardless of the skill of the shooting staff. A third object of the present invention is to provide a virtual experience tour for virtually experiencing a real tour in a network environment in which a center that provides a broadcasting service and a user terminal that uses the service are connected via a wide area network. By simply signing up for, you can broadcast on the website the virtual experience tour broadcast information that allows you to experience a real tour virtually, and if you prepare a chat page,
The aim is to provide a broadcast distribution service that allows the participants to sympathize with the tour experience through communication between the tour participants and allows anyone to easily experience a highly realistic tour virtually through viewer-limited broadcasting. . A fourth object of the present invention is to provide a virtual experience tour for virtually experiencing a real tour in a network environment in which a center providing a broadcasting service and a user terminal using the service are connected via a wide area network. Information on the website can be broadcasted on the website, and during and after the broadcast, it is possible to sell particularly impressive partial images and souvenirs to the tour subject, if only an intangible broadcast experience In addition, the realism is further enhanced by obtaining a tangible experience, and the broadcast service provider is also to be able to enjoy the benefits of selling products.

[0005] The means of the present invention are as follows. The invention described in claim 1 (first invention) is a broadcast distribution system in which a service providing server that provides a broadcast service and a user terminal that uses the broadcast service are connected via a wide area network. The service providing server includes a participant registration unit that registers and manages a participant in the tour when there is an application for participation in a virtual experience tour for virtually experiencing a real tour; An input means for inputting the shooting content shot by the shooting staff at the actual tour site as broadcast information for the virtual experience tour, and the input broadcast information for the virtual experience tour to the terminal of the registered participant. And distribution means for distributing. Another object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium in which a program code for causing a computer to execute each of the above-described functions is recorded.

The present invention may be as follows. (1) The participant registration means registers and manages each participant in the group in association with the group when an application for group participation is made for the virtual experience tour, and the distribution means The broadcast information for the virtual experience tour is distributed to the terminals of each participant in the group. (2) The service providing server broadcasts the received broadcast information for the virtual experience tour on a homepage for tour relay, and when the homepage is accessed from the registered participant's terminal, The distribution means,
The page is delivered to the requesting terminal. (3) When starting broadcasting for the virtual experience tour, the service providing server notifies the terminal of the registered participant of a start guide for guiding the start of the virtual experience tour broadcasting to the terminal of the registered participant prior to the start of the broadcast for the virtual experience tour. I do. (4) The service providing server performs a shipping procedure for sending out at least one of a tour participation certificate and a souvenir to each participant who has participated in the virtual experience tour. (5) When a plurality of shootings are performed simultaneously at the actual tour site, the input unit inputs a plurality of shooting contents simultaneously shot as broadcast information for a virtual experience tour, and the distribution unit When desired broadcast information is selected and designated from the terminal of the registered participant among the plurality of inputted broadcast information for virtual experience tours, the designated broadcast information is selected and the participant is selected. Distribution to the terminal on the side. (6) The input means receives, in real time, shooting content shot by a shooting staff at an actual tour site as broadcast information for a virtual experience tour, and the distribution means receives the received broadcast information for a virtual experience tour. Delivery to the registered participant's terminal. Therefore, in the invention described in claim 1, it is only necessary to apply for participation in a virtual experience tour for virtually experiencing a real tour, and to restrict viewers even for a special trip such as a space trip or a deep sea trip. Broadcasting can provide a broadcast distribution service that allows anyone to easily experience a virtual experience at home or the like.

The invention described in claim 8 (second invention) is as follows.
A broadcast distribution system in which a service providing server for providing a broadcast service and a terminal of a user who uses the broadcast service are connected via a wide area network, wherein the service providing server provides an actual When obtaining broadcast information for a virtual experience tour for photographing the tour site and virtual experience of a real tour, a photographing instruction is issued to the terminal of the photographing staff in accordance with the photographing schedule associated with the tour. A photographing instruction means for sequentially transmitting, an input means for inputting photographed contents sequentially photographed in accordance with the photographing instruction as broadcast information for a virtual experience tour, and a homepage for tour relaying the inputted broadcast information for the virtual experience tour And a broadcasting means for broadcasting on the above. Also, for the computer,
An object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium on which program codes for executing the above-described functions are recorded. In the case where the actual tour site is individually photographed by a plurality of photographing staffs, the service providing server stores and manages a photographing schedule predetermined for each photographing staff, and the photographing instructing means includes: The photographing instruction may be sequentially transmitted to the photographing staff terminal according to the photographing schedule corresponding to the photographing staff. Therefore, according to the invention described in claim 8, when broadcast information for a virtual experience tour for photographing an actual tour site by a photographing staff to have a virtual experience of a real tour is obtained, the information is associated with the tour. By giving appropriate photographing instructions to the photographing staff in accordance with the photographing schedule in question, good and effective broadcast information for the virtual experience tour can be obtained regardless of the skill of the photographing staff.

The invention according to claim 10 (third invention)
Is a broadcast distribution system in which a service providing server that provides a broadcast service and a terminal on the user side that uses the broadcast service are connected via a wide area network, wherein the service providing server performs an actual tour. Participant registration means for registering and managing participants in the tour when there is an application for participation in a virtual experience tour for virtual experience, and shooting contents taken by the shooting staff at the actual tour site Means for inputting the broadcast information for the virtual experience tour, a broadcasting means for broadcasting the input broadcast information for the virtual experience tour on a predetermined homepage, and the homepage from the terminal of the registered participant side. When an access request is made, a delivery means for delivering the page to the requesting terminal. Another object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium in which a program code for causing a computer to execute each of the above-described functions is recorded.

The present invention may be as follows. (1) The service providing server prepares a dedicated chat page that is opened to each participant in the group when an application for group participation in the virtual experience tour is made, In response to a communication request by a participant, the communication information is posted on the dedicated chat page. (2) The service providing server creates a participant list of the virtual experience tour and transmits the participant list to each participant of the tour. (3) The service providing server divides each participant of the virtual experience tour into a plurality of groups according to the number of participants, receives communication information between the participants belonging to the same group for each group, and Post it on the chat page. Therefore, in the invention according to claim 10, the broadcast information for the virtual experience tour for virtual experience of the real tour is displayed on the homepage only by applying for the virtual experience tour for virtual experience of the real tour. If you have a chat page, you can sympathize with the tour experience through communication between tour participants, and anyone can easily experience a highly realistic tour virtually It is possible to provide various broadcast distribution services.

The fourteenth invention (fourth invention)
Is a broadcast distribution system in which a service providing server that provides a broadcast service and a terminal on the user side that uses the broadcast service are connected via a wide area network. Input means for inputting the shooting content shot at the tour site as broadcast information for a virtual experience tour, broadcasting means for broadcasting the input broadcast information for the virtual experience tour on a predetermined homepage, and When accessed from the user's terminal, a delivery means that delivers the page to the requesting terminal, and a notification of sales information to the subject of the virtual experience tour during and after the broadcast. One that has a notifying means for performing and a delivery means for arranging the sales when the tour subject makes a purchase application after the notification of the guidance. A. Another object of the present invention is to provide a recording medium in which a program code for causing a computer to execute each of the above-described functions is recorded.

The present invention may be as follows. (1) The notification means notifies a video sales guide to sell individual videos obtained by partially dividing the broadcast information for the virtual experience tour to test subjects of the tour, and after the notification of the video sales guide. In the above, when there is a purchase application from the tour subject, the delivery means arranges the sale of the applied individual video. (2) While the virtual experience tour is being broadcast, the notifying means notifies the tour subject of a product guide for selling a locally-purchasable product that appeared during the broadcast, and after the notification of the product guide. , The delivery means arranges for sale of the applied product. Therefore, claim 14
In the described invention, the broadcast information for a virtual experience tour that allows a virtual experience of a real tour can be broadcast on a homepage, and during or after the broadcast, a partial video or souvenir that is particularly impressive to the tour subject. Products, etc., and the tangible experience, as well as the intangible broadcast experience, will increase the sense of realism. You can enjoy.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the virtual experience tour broadcast distribution system in this embodiment. This virtual experience tour broadcast distribution system performs, for a fee, a broadcast service for distributing virtual experience tour broadcast information for virtually experiencing a real tour (for example, a special trip such as a space trip or a deep sea trip) to the tour participants. The company is developing a paid service business, which can be used by anyone using the Internet, and constructs a wide-area communication system that realizes a new service business. Then, the virtual experience tour broadcast distribution system includes a broadcast distribution server 1 on the center side that provides a broadcast service,
In a network environment in which the user's terminal 2 that uses the service is connected via the Internet, if an application for participation in the virtual experience tour is made, the participant in the tour is Registration management is performed, and the broadcast information for the virtual experience tour obtained from the photographing staff is distributed to the user terminal 2 of the registered participant. The user terminal 2 on the user side means a terminal on the tour applicant side and a terminal on the tour participant side.
The tour applicant is not necessarily a tour participant, and may be, for example, an agent acting for a travel application procedure.

The broadcast distribution server 1 allows the photographing staff to photograph the actual tour site to obtain broadcast information for a virtual experience tour. In this case, if the actual tour is, for example, a space trip, a photographing staff (video photographer) is carried on the spacecraft, and the broadcast distribution server 1 issues a photographing instruction according to a predetermined photographing schedule. It is sequentially transmitted to the terminal 3 on the staff side,
When AV information (audio / color video information) obtained according to this instruction is transmitted from the photographing staff,
This AV information is received in real time as broadcast information for a virtual experience tour via a communication satellite. Then, the received broadcast information for the virtual experience tour is broadcasted in real time on a tour broadcast homepage. When the broadcast information on this homepage is accessed from the user terminal 2 of the tour participant, the broadcast information is distributed to the user terminal 2 that has made the request. That is, the broadcast distribution server 1 performs the viewing-restricted broadcast limited to only the tour participants in real time.

In addition to delivering the broadcast information for the virtual experience tour, the broadcast delivery server 1 includes a chat for the tour participants in order to sympathize with the tour experience through communication between the tour participants. A page is prepared so that participants can exchange communication information posted on this chat page. In addition, for participants of the virtual experience tour,
It offers a product sales service that sells products such as souvenirs available at the tour site, and enables not only an intangible broadcasting experience but also a tangible experience of purchasing products. In addition, services are provided for individually providing high-definition video and audio over Internet broadcasting by selling and selling particularly impressive partial video and audio to the subjects of the virtual experience tour. Others
We also provide a tour participation certificate and free souvenir service.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the tour application table 11 stored and managed on the broadcast distribution server 1 side. The tour application table 11 is used to register and manage participants of the virtual experience tour when a participation application is made for the application for participation in the virtual experience tour. "Group attribute flag",
The system is configured to store and manage a user record including items of “participation flag”, “participant name”, and “mail address”. Here, the “application user number” is identification information assigned to the applicant, and the “group attribute flag” indicates whether or not the applicant has applied for group participation. “○” indicates a case where an application for group participation has been made. The "participation flag" is set when this tour homepage is accessed by the tour participant when the broadcast information for the virtual experience tour starts to be broadcast on the tour broadcast homepage, and the user actually participated in the tour It is a flag indicating whether or not. In other words, even if it is a person who has registered in advance, it is possible to cancel later, etc., so a flag set to identify the person who actually participated. Is shown. "Participant name" and "E-mail address" are "Person's name" when the applicant himself participates
And its "mail address", and in the case of group participation, "the name of each participant" in the group and its "mail address".

FIG. 3A shows a user registration table 12.
(B) is a product purchase table 13 for each user, and (C) is
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a single participant management table 14 for a chat page. The user registration table 12 stores and manages a registration record for each user who can apply for participation in the virtual experience tour. The registration record includes “user registration number”, “registration date and time”, "User name", "Address", "E-mail address", "Payment account"
It consists of each item. The product purchase table 13 for each user is
When selling products such as souvenirs available at the tour site and selling video clips to participants of the virtual experience tour, the "product code" and "purchase date" are stored and managed for each user. Yes, the broadcast distribution server 1 then arranges for product distribution based on the recorded contents of the user-specific product purchase table 13. The single participant management table 14 for the chat page, when the single participant is divided by a predetermined number and grouped in order to sympathize with the tour experience through communication between the tour participants, the single participant for each group. The user number is stored for each single participant in the group corresponding to the group number.

FIG. 4A shows the tour progress management table 15 and FIG. 4B shows the photographing schedule table 16. The tour progress status management table 15 stores and manages “tour name”, “departure date”, and “current status flag” for each virtual experience tour. The “current status flag” indicates the current progress status of the virtual experience tour. In the table, "0" indicates a non-departure state, "1" indicates a participant set state, "3" indicates a departure state, and "4" indicates a tour end state. The shooting schedule table 16 stores and manages a shooting schedule table in a case where shooting instructions according to a predetermined shooting schedule are sequentially transmitted to the terminal 3 on the shooting staff side. In addition to storing the “tour number”, for each instruction timing, detailed and specific “shooting instruction contents” indicating an imaging target, an imaging angle, an imaging method, and the like, and “instruction time” indicating the imaging timing are stored and managed.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the broadcast distribution server 1. The CPU 21 is a central processing unit that controls the overall operation of the broadcast distribution server 1 according to the operating system and various application software in the storage device 22. The storage device 22 stores an operating system, various application software, and the like, and has a recording medium 23 composed of a magnetic, optical, semiconductor memory, or the like, and a drive system therefor. The recording medium 23 is a fixed medium such as a hard disk or a portable medium such as a CD-ROM, a floppy desk, a RAM card, and a magnetic card which can be removably mounted. The programs and data in the recording medium 23 are stored in a RAM under the control of the CPU 21 as necessary.
(For example, static RAM) 24,
The data in the RAM 24 is saved in the recording medium 23.
Further, the recording medium may be provided on an external device side such as a server, and the CPU 21 may directly access and use the program / data in the recording medium via a transmission medium.

The CPU 21 can also take in a part or all of the data stored in the recording medium 23 from another device via a transmission medium, and newly or additionally register it in the recording medium 3. That is, the transmission control unit 25 receives a program / data transmitted from another device constituting the computer communication system via a wired transmission line such as a communication line or a cable or a wireless transmission line such as radio waves, microwaves or infrared rays. And can be installed in the recording medium 23. Further, the program / data may be stored and managed on the external device side such as a server, and the CPU 21 may directly access and use the program / data on the external device side via a transmission medium. On the other hand, the CPU 21 has a transmission control unit 25, an input unit 26, and a display unit 27, which are input / output peripheral devices.
Are connected via a bus line, and the CPU 21 controls their operations according to an input / output program.

Next, the operation of the broadcast distribution server 1 in this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. Here, a program for realizing each function described in these flowcharts is stored in a recording medium 23 in the form of a readable program code, and the CPU 21 sequentially executes operations according to the program code. I do. Further, the CPU 21 can also sequentially execute the operation according to the above-described program code transmitted via the transmission medium. That is, an operation unique to this embodiment can be executed using a program / data externally supplied via a transmission medium in addition to a recording medium.

FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 are flowcharts showing the operation of the broadcast distribution server 1 which is started when the user terminal 2 accesses the homepage. First,
The broadcast distribution server 1 transmits the top page to the requesting terminal when the homepage is accessed (step A1). In this case, the top page
The processing menu includes items of “1: tour relay”, “2: tour application”, and “3: user registration”, and the user selects and specifies a desired menu item from the processing menu. Here, upon receiving the processing request from the user (step A2), the broadcast distribution server 1 determines the content of the request (step A3). If the menu item "user registration" is specified, a registration page having an entry column for registration items is transmitted (step A4), and the reception of the registration contents is awaited. Here, when the user fills in the necessary information on the registration page and returns it, the broadcast distribution server 1 receives the registration page (step A5) and generates a new user number (step A5).
6) Write the "user name", "address", "mail address", and "payment account" in the registration page together with the "user number" in the user registration table 12 (step A).
7). Then, the newly generated “user registration number” is transmitted to the requesting terminal 2 (step A8).

When the menu item "tour application" is designated (step A3), a tour menu page (tour application) is transmitted to the request source (step A3).
9) Waiting for the tour application contents to be received. In this case, the tour menu page has a configuration as shown in FIG. 12A, and includes a “tour number”, a “user registration number”,
It has input items of “participant name” and “mail address”. The “tour number” is an identification number for designating a tour to be participated among a plurality of virtual experience tours planned in advance. Also, in the case of single participation, if the participant is the applicant himself, by marking "same" in the tour menu page, entry of "participant name" and "e-mail address" can be omitted, If the participant is not the applicant, the user will mark "no" on the tour menu page and enter his / her "participant name" and "e-mail address".

In the case of group participation, a "participant name" and "mail address" are entered for each participant in the group. Then, when the “application button” in the tour menu page is operated, the entered content is determined and transmitted to the broadcast distribution server 1. Upon receiving the tour application contents (step A10), the broadcast distribution server 1 additionally records “application user number”, “participant name”, and “mail address” as the application contents in the tour application table 11 (step A10). A11), it is determined whether or not it is a group application (step A12). If it is a group application, a "group attribute flag" is set in the record (step A13).

FIGS. 8 and 9 are flowcharts showing the operation of the broadcast distribution server 1 which is started when the video information for the virtual experience tour transmitted from the photographing staff terminal 3 is received. . First, when a predetermined "tour number" is transmitted from the photographing staff terminal 3, it is received and stored (step B1), and the tour page corresponding to the tour number is displayed. It is created (step B2). FIG. 12B is a diagram showing a tour page in this case. A tour video screen is assigned to almost the entire area, and a “chat page button” (to be described later) is displayed on the lower function bar. A “product purchase button”, a “video switching button”, and a “video zoom / wide button” are provided.

Then, the broadcast distribution server 1 acquires a schedule table corresponding to the "tour number" from the photographing schedule table 16 and transmits it to the photographing staff (step B3). In this way, the photographing staff can check the schedule table in advance, and starts on-site photographing according to the schedule. At first, a situation before departure, for example, photographing in the lobby is performed. In this case, a camera device used for tour photography is a high-performance digital video camera, and has a special structure that allows one camera to simultaneously capture five surfaces. In other words, the photographing direction is slightly shifted left, right, up and down, so that the five sides can be photographed at the same time. As shown in FIG. 13, “front”, “slightly upward”,
Photographing screens for five surfaces of "slightly left", "slightly right", and "slightly lower" are simultaneously recorded and transmitted. In addition, five optical systems and recording media (imaging elements) may be prepared for each imaging direction, but a configuration in which five imaging screens are simultaneously recorded in a time sharing manner.

The photographed screens for the five screens thus photographed are simultaneously transmitted from the photographing staff terminal 3 to the broadcast distribution server 1 as broadcast information for a virtual experience tour. Upon receiving the broadcast information for five pages (step B4), the broadcast distribution server 1 simultaneously broadcasts the broadcast information for five pages (step B5). That is, the broadcasting information of the corresponding photographing direction is broadcasted within the tour page of 5 pages prepared for each photographing direction, so that the broadcasting of 5 pages is performed simultaneously. In this case, the video images are different depending on the shooting direction. However, since the shooting staff terminal 3 transmits only a single piece of audio information, the audio is the same for all five pages. And the broadcast distribution server 1
Refers to the tour application table 11, acquires the participant's e-mail address for each application user number, sends a mail to notify the participant of the tour set (step B6), and "1" (set) is set as a status flag in the tour progress status management table 15 (step B7). In addition, for the group participation, a tour set notification is sent to each participant in the group.

In this state, the participant deadline timer (not shown) is cleared and started, and waits until the deadline time elapses (step B8). Here, when the deadline time elapses, if there is a group participation among the tour participants, a chat page for the group participants is created (step B9). FIG. 14A shows a chat page in this case, and a group corresponding chat page is created for each application user number. Also, the number of single participants in the tour is counted (step B10), divided into groups of 20 persons (step B11), and a list corresponding to the single participant group is created (step B10).
12) A chat page for a single participant group is created (step B13). FIG. 14B shows a chat page in this case.
A group-compatible chat page is created.

Then, the process proceeds to step B15 in FIG. 9, where it is checked whether or not a departure signal for instructing a tour departure has been transmitted from the photographing staff terminal 3. The transmission is sequentially performed from the photographing staff terminal 3 until the departure signal comes. Coming 5
It continues to receive the broadcast information for the plane and knows the operation of broadcasting it in the corresponding page (steps B15 and B16). When the departure instruction of the tour is received, "2" (departure completed) is set as the status flag in the tour progress status management table 15 corresponding to the tour, and the current system date and time are written as the departure date (step B1).
7). Then, by referring to the schedule table in the shooting schedule table 16 corresponding to the tour, the first shooting instruction content is acquired and transmitted to the shooting staff terminal 3 (step B18). In this case, the shooting staff performs shooting in accordance with the detailed and specific “shooting instruction contents” indicating the shooting target, the shooting angle, the shooting method, and the like. 1
Send to Upon receiving the photographed contents of the five screens as broadcast information (step B19), the broadcast distribution server 1 simultaneously broadcasts them on each page (step B20).

Further, referring to the schedule table in the shooting schedule table 16 corresponding to the tour, it is determined whether or not the next shooting instruction timing has been reached (step B21).
When the next instruction time has been reached, the content of the imaging instruction corresponding to the instruction time is acquired and transmitted to the imaging staff terminal 3 (step B22). Hereinafter, reception of broadcast information, broadcast, and shooting instructions are repeated until “end” in the schedule table is detected (step B23) (step B19).
To B23). Thus, when the end of the schedule is detected (step B23), an end notification is sent to the photographing staff terminal 3 (step B24), and the status flag in the tour progress status management table 15 corresponding to the tour is set to " 3 "(end) is set (step B2)
5).

On the other hand, when the menu item “tour relay” in the top page is selected by the tour participant, the broadcast distribution server 1 proceeds to step A15 in FIG. Request the number and the application user number. When the tour number and the applied user number are transmitted in response to this, they are received (step A16), and the applied user number is registered in the tour application table 11 corresponding to the tour number. Is checked (step A17). Note that each participant in the case of group participation or a single participant who is not the applicant himself / herself may input the tour number and the application user number previously inquired from the applicant as the tour number and the application user number.

As a result of such user authentication, if the user is not a pertinent person, the error ends. However, if the user is a legitimate participant, it is determined whether a tour set has been guided (step A
8). That is, it refers to the status flag in the tour progress status management table 15 corresponding to the tour, and determines whether or not it is set to “1”. In this case, if the status flag is “0” and the tour has not yet been executed, a mail is sent to notify that the tour is before the tour set. If the status flag is “2” (departed) or “3” (end), Although this is notified by e-mail, if it is a participation access after guiding the tour set, the presence / absence of the "tour participation flag" is checked by referring to the tour application table 11 (step A19). Since the flag is initially detected as off, the flag is turned on (step A20). In the case of group participation, the "tour participation flag" is turned on when the first one of them participates in the access, and the flag-on process is skipped when another participant in the same group accesses.

Then, the status flag in the tour progress status management table 15 corresponding to the tour is referred to, and it is determined whether the status flag is "2" (departure completed) (step A21).
In this case, before the departure from the set, the operation of transmitting the tour page on which the virtual experience tour is being broadcast to the requesting user terminal 2 is repeated (step A).
22), the participant can view a video or the like in the lobby before departure. Here, when a notification is received from the photographing staff terminal 3 immediately before departure (for example, one minute before) (step A23), it is determined whether or not a participant group exists (step A24), and group participation or individual participation is performed. If there is a participant group, a participant list is transmitted to the participant for each group (step A25). And
When the tour departure notification is received from the photographing staff terminal 3 after the notification immediately before departure (step A21), the operation of transmitting the broadcast page after departure to the requesting user terminal 2 is repeated until the tour ends (step A26). ). In the state where the tour is being relayed in this way, it is determined whether or not there is a request from the user (step A27). If there is a user request, a sales service process is performed according to the request (step A28).

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a service process started to be executed in response to a request from a user during the broadcast of a tour. First, the broadcast distribution server 1 determines whether it is a video switching request (step C1), a video zoom / wide request (step C2), or a product purchase request (step C3). That is, as shown in FIG. 12B, the function bar in the tour page is provided with a “video switching button”, a “video zoom / wide button”, and a “product purchase button” that can be operated during the broadcast of the tour. Has been
It is determined whether any of them has been operated. The “video switching button” is used to select the video
This button is used to select from which direction a video image is desired. If video switching is requested by operating the button, the tour page requested to be switched is transmitted to the request source (step C4). . The "video zoom / wide button" is a button for selecting the switching between the zoom video / wide video. When the video switching is requested by the button operation, the video processed page is transmitted to the request source. (Step C5).

The "product purchase button" is a button operated when purchasing a product at a shop (a space station shop, a souvenir shop at a sightseeing spot, or the like) shown in the tour video. When the image is displayed, operate the "product purchase button". In addition, the tour video is the content shot according to the tour schedule, and at which point which shop is reflected can be confirmed in advance, so that it can be used as a shopping target depending on the operation timing of the “product purchase button”. The specified shop or shopping district can be specified. Here, when a shop or a shopping street is specified, after calling a list of products available for shopping there and transmitting it to the request source terminal (step C6), it is determined whether a purchase request specifying a specific product has been received. (Step C7) When the purchase request is received, the user information is recorded in the user-specific product purchase table 13 together with the product information (Step C9). Such tour broadcasting is executed until there is an end notification from the photographing staff terminal 3 (steps B26 and B29 in FIG. 7), for example, continuous broadcasting for 6 hours, continuous broadcasting for 24 hours, and the like.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a service process started to be executed in response to a request from a user, similarly to FIG. 10 described above. In this case, the service process is performed after the tour set (participants The execution is started when the user (subject) makes a chat request during the tour being broadcast or after the broadcast is completed after the deadline of the above. Here, as shown in FIG. 12 (B), the function bar in the tour page is provided with a “chat button” that can be operated during the broadcast of the tour. The “chat button” is also provided on the transmission page before departure and the transmission page immediately after the end of the tour, and the chat button is operated when making a chat request. First, upon receiving a chat request, the broadcast distribution server 1 determines whether the user who made the chat request is a user who has joined the group (step D1). If the user has joined the group, the broadcast distribution server 1 is prepared corresponding to the user number. Specify the chat page dedicated to the group participants (step D
2) If it is a single participation, the group number of the single participation group including the user number is specified, and a chat page dedicated to the single participation group is specified (step D3).

After transmitting the designated chat page to the requesting user (step D4), it is determined whether or not the chat page has been returned from the user (step D5). The page is received (step D6), and the received content is additionally posted on the page (step D7). Then, it is checked whether the chat page has been changed by additionally posting communication information from other participants in the group on the dedicated chat page (step D).
8) If changed, the changed page is transmitted to the requesting user (step D4). Thereafter, it is checked whether or not an access end instruction has been issued by the requesting user (step D9). Until there is an end instruction, the process returns to step D5 and repeats the above operation.

On the other hand, upon receiving the tour broadcast end notification from the photographing staff terminal 3 (step A29 in FIG. 7), the merchandise sales page is transmitted to each participant who is currently accessing (step A30). This merchandise sales page guides the sales menu of “1: shop specialty” and “2: video video in tour”. In other words, “shop specials” refers to the case where products that can be shopped at the shop displayed during the tour broadcast as described above are purchased after the tour or additional orders are placed. A guide to sell and sell a particularly impressive partial video and audio to a tour subject is shown. If any menu item is specified, a product purchase request is transmitted to the broadcast distribution server 1. here,
The broadcast distribution server 1 checks the presence or absence of a product purchase request (step A31), and if not, performs a delivery arrangement for delivering a boarding certificate and a souvenir to the participant (step A3).
2).

Upon receiving the product purchase request (step A31), the broadcast distribution server 1 transmits a product list of "shop special" and "tour video video" to the requesting user according to the designated menu item (step A31). Step B3
3). FIG. 15 shows a sales list of “video video in tour”, in which items for which video for each scene to be sold for sale is a selection candidate and items for which all video are selection candidates are displayed in a list. Although the sales list of “shop specialty” is not shown, a list of products that can be purchased for each shop is displayed. When a desired product item is selected from such a list display, the designated product is purchased and the product information is recorded in the user-specific product purchase table 13 (step A34), and the boarding certificate, commemorative Make a delivery arrangement to deliver the goods to the participants (step A3)
5).

Thereafter, the tour application table 11 is referred to, and the user corresponding to the "subscriber user number" for which the "participation flag" is turned on is mailed to the user corresponding to the application fee billing procedure (step A36). In this case, only a basic fee is charged to a user who uses only the basic broadcast, but a special fee is additionally charged to a user who also uses video switching.

As described above, in this embodiment,
The broadcast distribution server 1 registers and manages the participants of the tour when there is an application for participation in the virtual experience tour, and the photographing staff shoots the contents of the actual tour site. Is input as the broadcast information for the virtual experience tour, and the input broadcast information for the virtual experience tour is distributed to the user terminal 2 on the registered participant side. Anyone can easily experience a virtual experience at home or the like, even if it is a special trip such as a space trip or a deep sea trip.
In this case, only the participants who have applied for participation are broadcasted with audience restrictions, so even if the actual costs and communication fees for bringing staff to the spacecraft etc. are enormous, the service provider will If the number of participants is large, it will be possible to broadcast the tour, which is extremely feasible compared to the public broadcasting with a huge sponsor burden,
Participants can be expected to expand their use depending on their privileges, and it is possible to provide a pay-for-view service that broadcasts programs that cannot be realized by public broadcasting in real time.

When there is an application for participation in a group, each participant in the group is registered and managed in association with the group, and a virtual experience tour for the user terminal 2 on each participant side in the group is performed. Broadcast information is distributed separately, so when applying for participation, one applicant can register multiple participants as a group and collectively apply for group participation by an agent . In addition, the broadcast information for the virtual experience tour is broadcast on a tour relay homepage, and when the homepage is accessed from the user terminal 2 of the registered participant, the page is delivered to the requesting user terminal. As a result, broadcasting limited to viewers can be performed via the Internet. In this case, before starting the tour broadcast, the registered participant's user terminal 2 must be preceded.
Will be notified to guide the start of tour broadcasting, so simultaneous broadcasting with limited viewers (simultaneous broadcasting)
Becomes possible. Furthermore, since the tour procedure for sending out at least one of the tour participation certificate and souvenir to the tour participants is performed, even if you do not participate in the actual tour, you will be able to receive the participation certificate and souvenir Can be obtained.

When a plurality of shootings are performed simultaneously at an actual tour site, a plurality of shooting contents shot at the same time are respectively input as broadcast information for a virtual experience tour, and among the input broadcast information, When the desired broadcast information is selected from the registered participant side, the selected broadcast information is distributed to the user terminal 2 of the participant side. Broadcasting according to the user's preference can be viewed from inside. In addition, the photographing staff receives, in real time, the contents of a photograph taken at the actual tour site as broadcast information for the virtual experience tour, and distributes the received broadcast information for the virtual experience tour to the terminal 2 of the registered participant in real time. I decided to do
Tense scenes from live broadcasts are also broadcast as they are, providing even greater realism.

Further, when the photographing staff photographs the actual tour site and obtains the broadcast information for the virtual experience tour, the photographing staff issues a photographing instruction to the terminal 3 according to the photographing schedule associated with the tour. In addition to transmitting the information sequentially, the photographed contents sequentially photographed according to the photographing instruction are input as broadcast information for the virtual experience tour, and the input broadcast information for the virtual experience tour is broadcasted on the tour relay homepage. Therefore, it is possible to obtain high-quality and effective broadcast information for a virtual experience tour regardless of the skill of the photographing staff.

When an application for group participation is made, a dedicated chat page is prepared for each participant in the group, and communication information of each participant in the group is posted on the dedicated chat page. By doing so, it is also possible to sympathize with the tour experience through communication between tour participants, and anyone can easily experience a highly realistic tour virtually.
In this case, a participant list of the virtual experience tour is created, and the participant list is transmitted to the user terminal 2 on the tour participant side, so that a communication partner can be found in the list. In addition, single participants were divided into multiple groups according to the number of participants, and each group received communication information from each participant in the same group and posted it as chat information. Not limited to this, communication is possible even between single participants.

Further, during or after the end of the broadcast of the tour, the tour subject is notified of the sales information, and if the tour subject makes a purchase application after the guidance notification, the sales arrangement is performed. As a result, it is possible to sell particularly impressive partial images and souvenirs to the subject, and not only the intangible broadcast experience, but also the tangible experience, which further increased the realism, In addition, the broadcast service provider can also enjoy the benefits of selling products.

In the above-described embodiment, shooting instructions in accordance with the shooting schedule are sequentially transmitted to the terminal 3 of the shooting staff, and a plurality of shooting contents shot simultaneously are broadcast information for the virtual experience tour. However, the plurality of shooting contents may be obtained by individually shooting the same tour by a plurality of shooting staff. In this case, the broadcast distribution server 1 stores and manages a predetermined shooting schedule corresponding to a plurality of shooting staffs, and follows the shooting schedule corresponding to the shooting staff to the terminal 3 of each shooting staff. The shooting instructions are sequentially transmitted, and the shooting contents individually shot by a plurality of shooting staff are obtained as broadcast information for the virtual experience tour. That is, FIG. 16A shows the configuration of the shooting schedule table 16 in this case. The schedule table 16 is configured to store and manage “shooting instruction contents” and “instruction time” as the shooting schedule for each staff number associated with each shooting staff. FIG. 16 (B) shows the contents of a photograph taken in accordance with a photographing schedule corresponding to each photographing staff. In this case, when the user arbitrarily designates a desired photographing content among the photographing contents photographed by the plurality of photographing staffs, the designated photographing content is distributed to the user. In this case, by switching the shooting during the broadcast of the tour, other shooting contents can be viewed from the middle. For example, if the content of a specific staff member is broadcast as a basic tour and the content of other staff members is broadcast as an optional tour, it is possible to participate in the optional tour during the basic tour or return to the basic tour from the optional tour Becomes

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the photographed content is received in real time as broadcast information for a virtual experience tour, and the broadcast content is broadcast live. It may be performed. Also, the user terminal is not limited to a personal computer, and may be a TV device at home, and broadcast information broadcast on a homepage of the broadcast distribution server 1 is distributed via the Internet. The content may be viewed not only through Internet broadcasting but also through cable television broadcasting.

As another sales service accompanying the virtual experience tour broadcast, a commemorative photograph of the tour participation may be provided. In other words, each participant transmits his / her own snapshot (image information) from the user terminal to the broadcast distribution server via the Internet, and the broadcast distribution center uses an image editing device to generate a snapshot of the participant. In addition to cutting out only the personal image, the personal image is synthesized and edited in an arbitrary still image extracted from the tour broadcast information, and a service for selling commemorative photos is transmitted to the requesting user terminal as a souvenir photo. You may do so. Furthermore, in the case of group participation or in a single participant group using a chat page, a snapshot (image information) of the participant is obtained from each participant of the group, and only the personal image is cut out from each snapshot and arranged. The grouped images may be combined and edited in a still image extracted from the tour broadcast information, and the combined image may be transmitted as a commemorative photograph to each participant of the group. In this case, a “shooting date” or a “message” may be added to the combined and edited photo image, and the print image may be distributed to each participant as a commemorative photo, not limited to image information. Also, a souvenir photo may be provided free of charge as part of the souvenir.

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According to the first aspect of the present invention, an actual tour can be virtualized in a network environment in which a center providing a broadcasting service and a terminal on the user side using the service are connected via a wide area network. Just apply for a virtual experience tour to experience space travel,
Even for special trips such as deep sea trips, it is possible to provide a broadcast distribution service that allows anyone to easily have a virtual experience at home or the like by viewer-limited broadcasting. According to the second invention, when the shooting staff shoots the actual tour site and obtains the broadcast information for the virtual experience tour for virtually experiencing the actual tour, the shooting associated with the tour is performed. By giving appropriate photographing instructions to the photographing staff according to the schedule, good and effective broadcast information for the virtual experience tour can be obtained regardless of the skill of the photographing staff. According to the third invention, a virtual experience tour for virtually experiencing a real tour in a network environment in which a center that provides a broadcast service and a user terminal that uses the service are connected via a wide area network. Just apply for participation in
Broadcast information for a virtual experience tour that allows you to virtually experience a real tour can be broadcast on the homepage,
If you have a chat page, you can sympathize with the tour experience through communication between the tour participants, and provide a broadcast distribution service that allows anyone to easily experience a virtual experience at home etc. by restricting viewers be able to. According to the fourth invention, a virtual experience tour for virtually experiencing a real tour in a network environment in which a center providing a broadcasting service and a terminal of a user using the service are connected via a wide area network. Information on the website can be broadcasted on the website, and during and after the broadcast, it is possible to sell particularly impressive partial images and souvenirs to the tour subject, if only an intangible broadcast experience In addition, a tangible experience is provided to further increase the sense of reality, and the broadcasting service provider can also enjoy the benefits of selling products.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a virtual experience tour broadcast distribution system.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a tour application table 11 stored and managed on the broadcast distribution server 1 side.

FIG. 3 (A) is a user registration table 12, (B)
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a product purchase table 13 for each user, and FIG. 4C shows a single participant management table 14 for a chat page.

FIG. 4A shows a tour progress management table 15,
(B) is a diagram showing a shooting schedule table 16.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of the broadcast distribution server 1.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of the broadcast distribution server 1 which is started by accessing a homepage from the user terminal 2;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the broadcast distribution server 1 at the time of accessing a homepage, following FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the broadcast distribution server 1 started to be executed when the virtual experience tour video information transmitted from the photographing staff terminal 3 is received.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart following FIG. 8 showing the operation of the broadcast distribution server 1 when receiving video information.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a service process started to be executed in response to a request from a user during broadcast of a tour.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a service process that is started when a user requests a chat after the tour is set or during the tour being broadcast or after the broadcast is completed.

12A is a view showing a tour menu page (tour application form), and FIG. 12B is a view showing a tour page during tour broadcast.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing that simultaneous shooting of five surfaces with the shooting directions slightly shifted left, right, up, and down is performed.

14A is a diagram illustrating a chat page for a group participant, and FIG. 14B is a diagram illustrating a chat page for a single participant group.

FIG. 15 is a view showing a sales list of “video video in tour”.

16A and 16B show a modified example of this embodiment, in which FIG. 16A shows a configuration of a photographing schedule table 16 in this case, and FIG. 16B shows a photographed photographed according to a photographing schedule corresponding to each photographing staff. The figure which showed the content.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 broadcast distribution server 2 user terminal 3 photographing staff terminal 11 tour application table 12 user registration table 13 user-specific product purchase table 14 chat participant management table 15 tour progress state management table 16 shooting schedule table 21 CPU 22 storage device 23 Recording medium 25 Transmission control unit 26 Input unit

Claims (20)

[Claims] 1. A broadcast distribution system in which a service providing server that provides a broadcast service and a terminal of a user who uses the broadcast service are connected via a wide area network. Participant registration means for registering and managing the participants of the tour when there is an application for participation in the virtual experience tour that makes the tour virtual experience, and the shooting staff shoots at the actual tour site Input means for inputting the photographed content as broadcast information for the virtual experience tour, and distribution means for delivering the input broadcast information for the virtual experience tour to the terminal of the registered participant side. A broadcast distribution system characterized by the following. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said participant registration means registers and manages each participant in the group in association with the group when an application for group participation is made for the virtual experience tour. 2. The broadcast distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the broadcast information for the virtual experience tour is distributed to terminals of each participant in the group. 3. The service providing server broadcasts the received broadcast information for a virtual experience tour on a homepage for tour relay, and the homepage is accessed from a terminal of the registered participant. 2. The broadcast distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the distribution unit distributes the page to a terminal of the request source. 4. The service providing server, when starting broadcasting for a virtual experience tour, starting guidance for guiding the start of broadcasting of the virtual experience tour to the terminal of the registered participant prior to the start of broadcasting for the virtual experience tour. The broadcast distribution system according to claim 1 or 3, wherein notification is made. 5. The service providing server according to claim 1, wherein at least one of a tour participation certificate and a souvenir is sent to each participant participating in the virtual experience tour. 2. The broadcast distribution system according to claim 1, wherein: 6. In the case where a plurality of shootings are performed simultaneously at the actual tour site, the input means inputs the plurality of simultaneously shot contents as broadcast information for a virtual experience tour, respectively, and Means, when a desired broadcast information is selected and designated from the registered participant's terminal among the plurality of virtual experience tour broadcast information inputted,
2. The broadcast distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the designated broadcast information is selected and distributed to the participant's terminal. 7. The input means receives, in real time, shooting content shot by a shooting staff at an actual tour site as broadcast information for a virtual experience tour.
2. The broadcast distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the received broadcast information for the virtual experience tour is distributed to the terminal of the registered participant. 8. A broadcast distribution system in which a service providing server for providing a broadcast service and a terminal of a user who uses the broadcast service are connected via a wide area network. For the staff,
When the broadcast information for the virtual experience tour is acquired to photograph the actual tour site and virtually experience the actual tour, a photographing instruction is given to the terminal of the photographing staff in accordance with the photographing schedule associated with the tour. Commanding means for sequentially transmitting shooting information, input means for inputting shooting contents sequentially shot in accordance with the shooting instruction as broadcast information for a virtual experience tour, and inputting broadcast information for the virtual experience tour for tour relay. A broadcasting distribution system comprising: a broadcasting means for broadcasting on a homepage. 9. When the actual tour site is individually photographed by a plurality of photographing staffs, the service providing server stores and manages a photographing schedule predetermined for each photographing staff, and the photographing instruction means. 9. The broadcast distribution system according to claim 8, wherein the photographing instructions are sequentially transmitted to a terminal of each photographing staff in accordance with a photographing schedule corresponding to the photographing staff. 10. A broadcast distribution system in which a service providing server for providing a broadcast service and a terminal of a user who uses the broadcast service are connected via a wide area network. Participant registration means for registering and managing the participants of the tour when there is an application for participation in a virtual experience tour that allows you to virtually experience the tour of the tour, and shooting staff at the actual tour site Input means for inputting the photographed contents as broadcast information for the virtual experience tour, broadcast means for broadcasting the input broadcast information for the virtual experience tour on a predetermined homepage, and a terminal of the registered participant side A distribution means for distributing the page to the requesting terminal when the homepage is requested to be accessed from Delivery system. 11. The service providing server prepares a dedicated chat page that is opened to each participant in a group when an application for group participation in a virtual experience tour is made, 11. The broadcast distribution service system according to claim 10, wherein the communication information is posted on the dedicated chat page in response to a communication request from each participant. 12. The service providing server according to claim 10, wherein a list of participants of the virtual experience tour is created, and the list of participants is transmitted to each participant of the tour. Broadcast distribution system. 13. The service providing server divides each participant of the virtual experience tour into a plurality of groups according to the number of participants, and receives communication information between the participants belonging to the same group for each group. 11. The broadcast distribution system according to claim 10, wherein said broadcast distribution system is posted on another chat page. 14. A broadcast distribution system in which a service providing server for providing a broadcast service and a terminal of a user who uses the broadcast service are connected via a wide area network, wherein the service providing server includes: An input means for inputting shooting contents photographed at the actual tour site as broadcast information for the virtual experience tour, a broadcast means for broadcasting the input virtual experience tour broadcast information on a predetermined homepage, When the homepage is accessed from the terminal on the user side, a distribution means for distributing the page to the terminal of the requester, and during or after the end of the airing, the subject of the virtual experience tour is provided with the sales information. Notification means for giving a guidance notice, and delivery means for making a sale arrangement when the tour subject makes a purchase application after this guidance notice. Broadcast distribution system is characterized in that Bei was. 15. The notifying means notifies a subject of the tour of a video sales guide to sell each individual video obtained by partially dividing the broadcast information for the virtual experience tour. 15. The broadcast distribution system according to claim 14, wherein, when the tour subject makes a purchase application after the notification, the delivery means arranges for sale of the applied individual video. 16. The notifying means notifies, during the broadcast of the virtual experience tour, a product guide for selling products that can be purchased locally that appeared during the broadcast to the subject of the tour. 15. The broadcast distribution system according to claim 14, wherein, after the notification, the delivery means arranges sales of the applied product. 17. A recording medium having a computer readable program code, wherein a service application server for providing a broadcast service receives an application for participation in a virtual experience tour for virtually experiencing a real tour. If there is, a computer readable program code that registers and manages the participants of the tour, and a computer that allows the shooting staff to input the shooting content shot at the actual tour site as broadcast information for virtual experience tour A recording medium comprising: a readable program code; and a computer readable program code for distributing the input virtual experience tour broadcast information to the registered participant's terminal. 18. A recording medium having a program code which can be read by a computer, wherein a service providing server for providing a broadcasting service is provided. A computer-readable program code for sequentially transmitting a shooting instruction to a terminal of the shooting staff in accordance with a shooting schedule associated with the tour when acquiring broadcast information for a virtual experience tour for experiencing the tour, A computer-readable program code for inputting shooting contents sequentially taken in accordance with the shooting instructions as broadcast information for the virtual experience tour, and the input broadcast information for the virtual experience tour on a homepage for tour broadcasting. Computer readable program to be broadcast Recording medium and a Mukodo. 19. A recording medium having a program code which can be read by a computer, which participates in an application for participation in a virtual experience tour in which a service providing server which provides a broadcasting service allows a virtual experience of a real tour. When an application is made, a computer-readable program code for registering and managing the participants of the tour, and the shooting contents shot by the shooting staff at the actual tour site are input as broadcast information for the virtual experience tour. A computer-readable program code; a computer-readable program code for broadcasting the input virtual experience tour broadcast information on a predetermined homepage; and the registered homepage from the registered participant terminal. When access is requested, the page is And a computer-readable program code to be distributed to a requesting terminal. 20. A recording medium having a program code which can be read by a computer, wherein a photographing staff takes a photographing content photographed at an actual tour site for a virtual experience tour to a service providing server which provides a broadcasting service. A computer-readable program code to be input as the broadcast information of the computer; a computer-readable program code to broadcast the input virtual experience tour broadcast information on a predetermined homepage; A computer-readable program code that, when accessed from a terminal, distributes the page to the requesting terminal, and provides information on sales information to the virtual experience tour subject during or after the broadcast. Computer readable program A recording medium having a ram code and a computer-readable program code for making a sales arrangement when a purchase request is made by a subject of the tour after the guidance notification.