JP2003058573A - Method, program and server for providing contents - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a contents providing method which have high operability and can shorten time till acquiring weather information and to provide a contents providing program and a contents providing server. SOLUTION: A terminal 11a for a user supplies user information to the contents providing server 10, one or more pieces of contents identification information registered while corresponding to the user information are extracted, the extracted one or more pieces of contents identification information are transmitted to the terminal 11a for a user to make the user select the contents identification information, the selected contents identification information is supplied to the contents providing server 10 from the terminal 11a for a user, contents corresponding to the selected contents identification information are acquired, the acquired contents are transmitted to the terminal 11a for a user, and the contents identification information selected by the user is registered while made to correspond to the user information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a content providing method, a content providing program and a content providing server, and more particularly to a content providing method, a content providing program and a content providing server for providing various contents to users via a network. Regarding

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, along with the development of the Internet as a network, various information (contents) are provided to users.
There is an information providing service that provides a fee or free of charge. As an example of such an information providing service, a weather information providing service that provides weather information to users is well known.

In the weather information providing service, when a user inputs a place name or the like for which weather information is desired to be acquired, the weather information of a weather observation point closest to the place name or the like is provided to the user. For example, an example of a weather information providing service is described in JP-A-11-85770.

The procedure for the user to acquire the weather information from the weather information providing service will be briefly described. The user operates the keyboard or the like of the user terminal to specify the place name or the like for which the weather information is desired, for example, first. Select and enter the prefecture name, and then select and enter the city name in a hierarchical manner. The input place name and the like are supplied from the user terminal to the weather information providing server via the network.

The meteorological information providing server extracts the meteorological observation point closest to the supplied place name and acquires the meteorological information of the extracted meteorological observation point. The acquired weather information is supplied to the user terminal from the weather information providing server via the network. Then, the user terminal displays the supplied weather information on the screen and prompts the user to confirm.

As a method of identifying a user, an IP address, a user ID, and recently a user terminal identification ID of a user terminal (for example, a mobile phone) (for example, a telephone number or identification to be inserted into a mobile phone). There is a method using an ID card, etc.).

Originally, each connection is independent.
In the p-protocol, in the user identification method based on the user ID, the user ID is entered at the time of accessing the initial screen of the site or the first HP access within the site.
For subsequent session management in the site, for example, Cookie
e, use hidden field of form, or session management of server servlet (httpsession
ion API) or a method of managing by automatically selecting a hidden field of a form.

According to the above method, different information is displayed for each individual even though the URL is the same within a specific site, and the information for each individual is managed by the server.

[0009]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] For example, when a user uses a weather information providing service, a place name or the like (for example, a prefecture name, a city name, a sports field name, or a park name) for which weather information is desired is acquired. It is necessary to select the weather observation point by inputting it from the keyboard of the user terminal. Usually, a user often obtains weather information of a specific place repeatedly, but it is necessary to select a weather observation point each time the weather information providing service is used.

Further, when the weather information providing service is used in mobile terminals such as mobile phones which have become widespread in recent years, since the display screen of the mobile terminal is small and the number of input keys is small, many weather observation points are selected. Operation is required.

For example, in order to obtain the weather information of Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo, using a mobile terminal, it is necessary to nationwide (eg, from Hokkaido to Kyushu).
Select Kanto from the area name list display, select Tokyo from the Kanto prefecture name list, select Koto Ward from the Tokyo city / ward name list, and select Aomi from the Koto Ward place name list. . As described above, it takes a lot of operations and time until the target weather information is acquired by the mobile terminal, which causes a problem that communication charges increase.

Further, since the information about the URL registration function is registered in the user terminal, there is a problem that the URL registration function cannot be used when the weather information providing service is used by another user terminal.

Further, even in the session management by the user ID, if the URL is simply registered in the browser software,
Since it is not possible to register a dedicated URL for each user, it was a method of using the URL not for each user but for each user terminal.

After all, the user needs to select a weather observation point every time he / she uses the weather information providing service,
Even for the weather observation points used in the past, it is necessary to perform processing for selecting the weather observation point closest to the place name or the like for which the weather information is desired to be acquired. Therefore, the conventional weather information providing service has a problem in that the time until the weather information is acquired is not shortened even at the weather observation points used by the user in the past.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a content providing method, a content providing program, and a content providing server that have good operability and can reduce the time until the content is acquired. The purpose is to

[0016]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a content providing method for providing content of a content providing site to one or more user terminals via a network, User identification information is supplied from the user terminal, and a content identification information extracting step of extracting one or more content identification information registered corresponding to the user information, and one or more extracted content identification A step of transmitting information to the user terminal and causing the user to select content identification information, and a content corresponding to the content identification information selected by the user, and acquiring the acquired content. The step of transmitting content to the personal computer terminal,
The content identification information registration step of registering the content identification information selected by the user in association with the user information.

As described above, the content identification information supplied from the user is registered in association with the user information such as the IP address, the user ID, or the user terminal identification ID of the user terminal. Thereby, the content identification information previously input by the user can be displayed on the screen of the user terminal, for example. Further, even when the user terminal is different, the user can display the previously inputted content identification information on the screen of the user terminal, for example.

By selecting the content identification information displayed on the screen of the user terminal, the user can complete the operation for selecting the content identification information. That is, the number of operations required for the user to select the content is reduced. Especially when it is difficult to input information like a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, the user does not need to perform many operations until the content identification information is selected. In the content identification information registration stage, the content identification information selected by the user is automatically or manually registered in association with the user information.

Therefore, it is possible to realize a content providing service which has good operability and shortens the time taken to select a content.

Further, the present invention is a content providing method for providing content of a content providing site to one or more user terminals via a network, wherein user information is supplied from the user terminals. A content identification information extraction step of searching the usage history information according to at least one of the time and day of the week when the user information and the user information are supplied, and extracting the content identification information from the search result; and the extracted content identification information. A content transmission step of acquiring the corresponding content and transmitting the acquired content to the user terminal, and the time and day of the week when the extracted content identification information and the user information are provided in association with the user information. And a use history information registration step of registering at least one of them in the use history information.

In this way, by searching the usage history information according to at least one of the user information and the time and / or day of the week when the user information was supplied, the content identification information predicted to be acquired by the user can be obtained. Can be extracted. For example, a usage history similar to the login time and the day of the week when the user information is supplied is searched from the usage history information, and the content identification information is extracted from the searched history information. The content identification information extracted at this time is extracted as content identification information predicted that the user desires to acquire the content.

The extracted content identification information can be displayed on the screen of the user terminal to allow the user to select the content identification information. The user is
By selecting the content identification information displayed on the screen of the user terminal, the content corresponding to the selected content identification information can be acquired.

Further, in the present invention, the user information is registered so that the user identification information or the user terminal identification information corresponds to the user identification information and the user terminal identification information. The user terminal identification information supplied from the user terminal is replaced with user identification information corresponding to the user terminal identification information.

By thus registering the user identification information and the user terminal identification information in association with each other, the supplied user terminal identification information can be replaced with the user identification information.

Therefore, the content identification information registered so as to correspond to the user identification information can be used by inputting the user terminal identification information. Therefore, when the user accesses from a user terminal such as a mobile phone, the user can acquire the content only by the user terminal identification information transmitted from the user terminal without inputting the user identification information.

In the present invention, the user information is user identification information, and one or more pieces of user identification information are registered so as to correspond to predetermined user identification information. The one or more user identification information and the predetermined user identification information supplied from the user terminal are treated as the same information.

In this way, by registering one or more user identification information and a predetermined user identification information in association with each other, the one or more user identification information becomes the predetermined user identification information. Can be replaced.

Therefore, a user corresponding to one or more user identification information registered so as to correspond to the predetermined user identification information can acquire the content corresponding to the predetermined user identification information. it can.

Further, the present invention is a content providing method for providing content of a content providing site to one or more user terminals via a network, wherein the content identification information registered in the usage history information is classified into categories. A totaling step of separately counting, a content identification information extracting step of extracting the content identification information with a large number of totals by category, a content corresponding to the extracted content identification information is acquired, and the acquired content is used for the user. A weather information transmission step of transmitting to the terminal, and a usage history information registration step of registering the extracted content identification information in association with the user information in the usage history information in association with the user information. Characterize.

As described above, the content identification information registered in the usage history information is aggregated for each category and the one with a large total number is extracted, so that it can be provided to the user as a service menu such as access ranking.
The user can easily acquire the content corresponding to the content identification information that is frequently used by selecting the content identification information from the service menu such as the access ranking displayed on the screen of the user terminal. .

[0031]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, an example of providing weather information to the user as an example of content will be described, but any content may be used. Also,
In this embodiment, an example of using the Internet as an example of the network has been described, but any network may be used.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an embodiment of a weather information providing system according to the present invention. The weather information providing system 1 of FIG. 1 includes a weather information providing server 10 and a user terminal 11.
a to 11n and the base station 12 are connected via the Internet 14. In addition, the mobile communication terminal 13 is the base station 1
It is connected to the Internet 14 via 2.

The meteorological information providing server 10 collects and stores meteorological information of one or more meteorological observation points at predetermined time intervals,
The weather information of the weather observation point desired by the user is provided to the user terminals 11a to 11n or the mobile communication terminal 13. The weather information providing server 10 also provides a membership-based weather information providing service that requires login.

The user terminals 11a to 11n are operated by a user who uses the weather information providing service. While the user's instruction is input from a keyboard or the like, it is supplied from the weather information providing server 10. Display information on the screen. The user who uses the weather information providing service may use the mobile communication terminal 13 instead of the user terminals 11a to 11n. Similarly to the user terminals 11a to 11n, the mobile communication terminal 13 receives an instruction from the user through an input key or the like, while the weather information providing server 10
Display the information supplied from the screen, etc.

The weather information providing server 10 is constructed, for example, as shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the weather information providing server according to the present invention. In FIG. 2, this computer system includes an input device 21, a display device 22, a drive device 23, a recording medium 24, an auxiliary storage device 25, and a memory device 26, which are connected to each other by a bus B. , Arithmetic processing unit 27, interface unit 28, database (hereinafter referred to as DB) 29
It is configured to include and.

The input device 21 is composed of a keyboard and a mouse operated by a user of the computer system, and is used to input various operation signals to the computer system. The display device 22 displays various windows and data necessary for operating the computer system. The interface device 28 is an interface for connecting the computer system to the Internet 14, and is composed of, for example, a modem.

The DB 29 stores information used in the weather information providing server 10 of the present invention, such as a weather observation point search DB, a user setting point DB, a user history DB, a weather information DB and the like. The details of the weather observation point search DB, the user setting point DB, the user history DB, and the weather information DB will be described later.

The weather information providing program used by the weather information providing server 10 is provided by a recording medium 24 such as a CD-ROM. The weather information provision program is
It can also be divided into a weather information acquisition / transmission program, a user history recording program, a user setting point management program, a weather observation point totaling program, a weather observation point extraction program, an input place name management program, a login information storage program, and a communication program.

The recording medium 24 for recording the weather information providing program is a flexible disk in addition to the CD-ROM.
Recording of various types such as a recording medium for optically, electrically or magnetically recording information such as a magneto-optical disk (MO), a semiconductor memory for electrically recording information such as a ROM or a flash memory. A medium can be used.

The recording medium 24 recording the weather information providing program is set in the drive device 23, and the weather information providing program is installed in the auxiliary storage device 25 from the recording medium 24 via the drive device 23.

The auxiliary storage device 25 stores the installed weather information providing program and also stores necessary files and data. The memory device 26 reads and stores the weather information providing program from the auxiliary storage device 25 when the computer system is activated. The arithmetic processing unit 27 executes the process related to the weather information providing server 10 according to the weather information providing program read and stored in the memory device 26.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the weather observation point search DB. The weather observation point search DB in FIG. 3 manages the correspondence relationship between the input place name input by the user and the weather observation point, and includes items such as the input place name, the weather observation point code, and the weather observation point name. The input place names entered by the user include leisure facility names, golf course names, prefecture names, municipalities, and the like. For example, the weather observation point search DB in Figure 3
The weather observation point code “044136” and the weather observation point name “Shinkiba” are registered in correspondence with the input place name “Koto-ku, Tokyo”.

When the content is information other than weather information, the weather observation point search DB in FIG. 3 is configured to include items such as information name and information code, and the information name and information code input by the user. Manage the correspondence with.

For example, like the weather information, there is stock information in which the information of the same information code changes with the passage of time. When the content is stock information, the information code “010203” is registered corresponding to the information name “Fujitsu Limited”.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the user setting point DB. The user setting point DB of FIG. 4 manages a user ID for identifying the user, an input place name set as the user's manual registration my point, and a weather observation point code corresponding to the input place name. And user I
It includes items such as D, input place name, and user-set point code. Note that the user-set location code is a registration of the weather observation location code corresponding to the input place name. For example, in the user setting point DB of FIG. 4, the input place name “Koto-ku, Tokyo” and the user setting point code “044136” are registered corresponding to the user ID “002”.

When the content is information other than weather information, the user setting point DB of FIG. 4 is configured to include items such as user ID, information name, user setting information code, and the like. , Manages the information name set by the user as my point for manual registration and the information code corresponding to the information name. The user setting information code is a registered information code corresponding to the information name.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of the user history DB. The user history DB in FIG. 5 manages the weather observation points that the user has used before and the date and time when the weather observation points were used (for example, day, day of the week, time, etc.). Includes items such as ID, date, day of the week, time, and weather station code.

For example, the user history DB shown in FIG.
D “002” corresponds to the day “2001/02/24”,
The day of the week "Saturday", the time "20:00", the weather observation point code "044136" are registered, and the user ID "00"
The user corresponding to “2” has the weather observation point code “0” at the time “20:00” on “February 24, 2001” and “Saturday”.
It can be confirmed that the weather information of the weather observation point corresponding to "44136" has been acquired.

When the content is information other than weather information, the user history DB in FIG. 5 is configured to include items such as user ID, date, day of the week, time, information code, etc. The managed information code and the date and time when the information code was used are managed.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of the weather information DB. The meteorological information DB of FIG. 6 manages meteorological observation points and meteorological information of the meteorological observation points, and the meteorological observation point code, present weather, 1 hour later weather, 2 hours later weather,
Includes items such as weather after 3 hours. For example, in the weather information DB of FIG. 6, the current weather “fine”, the weather after 1 hour “clear”, the weather after 2 hours “clear”, and the weather after 3 hours “clear” are associated with the weather observation point code “044136”. It is registered.

When the content is information other than weather information, the weather information DB of FIG. 6 is configured to include items such as an information code and information for each predetermined time (eg, 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week). The information code and the information corresponding to the information code are managed.

The processing of the weather information providing system 1 of the present invention will be described below with reference to the flowchart. FIG. 7 shows a flow chart of an embodiment of processing executed by the weather information providing server according to the present invention.

In step S1, the user who uses the weather information providing service selects the weather site by inputting the URL of the weather site into the user terminal 11a, for example. That is, the user terminal 11a is connected to the weather information providing server 10.

In step S2 following step S1, the weather information providing server 10 performs a login process with the user terminal 11a. At this time, the weather information providing server 10 acquires the user ID and the current date and time.

When the user terminal identification information is acquired instead of the user ID, the weather information providing server 10 makes a table (not shown) in which the user identification information and the user terminal identification information are associated with each other. To set the terminal identification information for the user to the same setting content as the information of the user ID.

When the user ID corresponding to the predetermined user ID is acquired, the weather information providing server 10 associates the predetermined user ID with one or more user IDs (not shown). ) Is used to set the same user ID as the information of the predetermined user ID.

In step S3 following step S2, the weather information providing server 10 searches the user history DB as shown in FIG. 5 using the user ID supplied from the user terminal 11a as key information. That is, the weather information providing server 1
0 specifies a weather observation point used in the past by a user who uses the weather information providing service.

The meteorological information providing server 10 sets the last (most recent) meteorological observation point or the most recently used meteorological observation point from the specified meteorological observation point as the automatically registered my point. The user sets in advance which of the last-used weather observation point or the most-used weather observation point is set as the automatic registration my point.

The number of my points for automatic registration is not limited to one, and may be one or more. In this case, the meteorological information providing server 10 sets as the automatically registered my points in order from the last used meteorological observation point or in order from the meteorological observation point that has been frequently used within a certain period.

In step S4 following step S3, the weather information providing server 10 searches the user setting point DB as shown in FIG. 4 using the user ID supplied from the user terminal 11a as key information, and A user who uses the information providing service identifies a weather measurement point that was previously set as a my point for manual registration. The user setting point DB stores the weather measurement points previously set by the user as my points for manual registration.

In step S5 following step S4, the weather information providing server 10 searches the user history DB as shown in FIG. 5 and totals the weather observation points. That is, the weather information providing server 10 totals the number of uses by all users for each weather observation point.

The meteorological information providing server 10 sets the meteorological observation point that has been used most frequently within a certain period as a my point for ranking. The number of My Points in the ranking is not limited to one, and may be one or more. In this case, the meteorological information providing server 10 sets the ranking as my points of ranking in order from the meteorological observation point that is used most.

In step S6 following step S5, the weather information providing server 10 searches the user history DB as shown in FIG. 5 using the user ID supplied from the user terminal 11a as key information. That is, the weather information providing server 1
0 specifies the weather observation point and the date and time that the user who uses the weather information providing service has used in the past.

The weather information providing server 10 selects the date and time (for example, the day, the day of the week, and the time) at which the user has used the weather observation point in the past, and selects the one closest to the current date and time.
The meteorological observation point corresponding to the selected date and time is set as my point of just time.

My point for just time is 1
The number is not limited to one and may be one or more. In this case, the weather information providing server 10 sequentially selects, from the date and time when the user used the weather observation point in the past, the one that is close to the current date and time according to the degree of approximation, and the weather observation corresponding to the selected date and time. Set the point as the just time my point.

In step S7 following step S6, the weather information providing server 10 displays the menu screen 50 as shown in FIG. 8 on the user terminal 11a. FIG. 8 shows an image diagram of an example of the menu screen.

The menu screen 50 has a place name input field 51, a sequential selection button 52, and a my point button 5 for manual registration.
3, it is configured to include an automatic registration my point button 54, a ranking my point button 55, a just time my point button 56, and an end button 57.

The user inputs a place name for which weather information is to be known in the place name input field 51 according to a method of selecting a weather observation point to be used, or a sequential selection button 52, a manual registration my point button 53, and automatic registration. The user selects one of the My Points button 54, My Points button 55 for ranking, My Points button 56 for just time, and the like. It should be noted that when ending the process, the user selects the end button 57 by clicking or the like.

In step S8 following step S7, the weather information providing server 10 determines whether the place name is entered in the place name input field 51, or sequentially selects the button 52, the manually registered my point button 53, and the automatically registered my point button. 54, ranking my point button 55, just time my point button 56, or end button 57 is selected.

When it is determined that the place name is input in the place name input field 51, the weather information providing server 10 proceeds to step S9. If it is determined that the sequential selection button 52 has been selected, the weather information providing server 10 proceeds to step S12. If it is determined that the automatic registration my point button 54 has been selected, the weather information providing server 10 proceeds to step S16.
If it is determined that the manually registered my point button 53 is selected, the weather information providing server 10 proceeds to step S19. When it is determined that the ranking My Points button 55 has been selected, the weather information providing server 10 performs step S2.
Go to 2. If it is determined that the just time my point button 56 has been selected, the weather information providing server 1
If 0, the process proceeds to step S25.

In step S9, the weather information providing server 1
0 is used to select a weather observation point using the place name input in the place name input field 51. Following step S9, step S1
0, the weather information providing server 10 reads the weather information of the selected weather observation point, and displays it on the user terminal 11a as shown in FIG.
The weather information display screen 60 as shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 shows an image diagram of an example of the weather information display screen. The user can confirm the weather information on the weather information display screen 60. If the user wants to set the weather observation point selected in step S9 as a manually registered my point, the user clicks the my point registration button 61 on the weather information display screen 60.

In step S11 following step S10, the weather information providing server 10 performs a manual registration determination process. The manual registration determination process is executed as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10, for example. FIG. 10 shows a flowchart of an example of the manual registration determination process.

In step S31, the weather information providing server 10 determines whether or not the my point registration button 61 has been pressed. If it is determined that the my point registration button 61 has been pressed (YES in S30), the weather information providing server 10 proceeds to step S31 and sets the weather observation point code or the screen ID of the selected screen as the manually registered my point.

In other words, the weather information providing server 10 registers the weather observation point selected in step S9 in the user setting point DB as shown in FIG. It is also possible to register a submenu. The weather information providing server 10 ends the manual registration determination process after setting the weather observation point code or the screen ID as the my point for manual registration.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the my point registration button 61 is not pressed (NO in S30), the weather information providing server 10 ends the manual registration determination process.

On the weather information display screen 60 of FIG. 9, a My Point registration button 61 for manual setting is provided and displayed on the screen from the beginning. However, when manual registration is required,
For example, by pressing a specific function key or the like, a pull-down menu is displayed, and a My Point registration button for manual registration may be provided therein.

In step S12, the user sequentially selects a region name, a prefecture name, a city / ward name, and a place name. For example, the user selects a region name, a prefecture name, a city / ward name, or a place name from a nationwide list of region names, a list of prefectures, a list of city / ward names, or a list of place names. When the place names are sequentially selected, the weather information providing server 10 selects the weather observation points by using the selected place names.

In step S13 following step S12, the weather information providing server 10 performs the manual registration determination process as shown in FIG. 10, and if necessary, the area name, prefecture name, city name selected in step S12. , Place name, screen ID corresponding to weather observation point or weather observation point code is set as my point for manual registration.

Progressing to step S14 following step S13, the weather information providing server 10 determines whether or not the weather observation point is selected in step S12. Step S1
When it is determined that the weather observation point is selected in 2 (YES in S14), the weather information providing server 10 determines in step S
15, the weather information display screen 60 as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the user terminal 11a.

If it is determined in step S12 that the weather observation point has not been selected (NO in step S14),
The weather information providing server 10 proceeds to step S12 and continues to prompt the user to select a region name, a prefecture name, a city / ward name, and a place name.

In step S16, the weather information providing server 10 selects a weather observation point from the automatically registered my points set in step S3. When one or more meteorological observation points are set as automatic registration my points, the meteorological information providing server 10 selects all or some of the meteorological observation points. For example, the weather information providing server 10 may display the my point display screen 70 as shown in FIG. 11 on the user terminal 11a and select the weather observation point. FIG. 11 shows an image diagram of an example of the My Points display screen.

In step S17 following step S16, the weather information providing server 10 reads the weather information of the selected weather observation point and displays the weather information display screen 60 as shown in FIG. 9 on the user terminal 11a.

After step S17, the process proceeds to step S18, where the weather information providing server 10 responds to the meteorological observation point selected in step S16 by automatically registering my points created in steps S3, S5, S6, ranking my points, Recreate Just Time My Points.

In step S19, the weather information providing server 10 selects a weather observation point from the manually registered my points set in step S4. When one or more meteorological observation points are set as manually registered my points, the meteorological information providing server 10 selects all or some of the meteorological observation points. For example, the weather information providing server 10 may display the my point display screen 70 on the user terminal 11a and select the weather observation point.

In step S20 following step S19, the weather information providing server 10 reads the weather information of the selected weather observation point and displays the weather information display screen 60 on the user terminal 11a.

After step S20, the process proceeds to step S21, in which the weather information providing server 10 responds to the meteorological observation point selected in step S19 by automatically registering my points created in steps S3, S5, and S6, ranking my points, Recreate Just Time My Points.

In step S22, the weather information providing server 10 selects a weather observation point from the My Points of the ranking set in step S5. When one or more meteorological observation points are set as my points in the ranking, the meteorological information providing server 10 selects all or some of the meteorological observation points. For example, the weather information providing server 1
For 0, the My Point display screen 70 may be displayed on the user terminal 11a and the weather observation point may be selected.

Here, the ranking is totaled at every selection, but it is also possible to reduce the load on the computer or the waiting time of the user by preliminarily totaling the ranking at regular intervals.

In step S23 following step S22, the weather information providing server 10 reads the weather information of the selected weather observation point and displays the weather information display screen 60 on the user terminal 11a.

Progressing to step S24 following step S23, the weather information providing server 10 responds to the weather observation point selected in step S22 by automatically registering my points created in steps S3, S5, S6, ranking my points, Recreate Just Time My Points.

In step S25, the weather information providing server 10 selects a weather observation point from the just-time my points set in step S6. When one or more meteorological observation points are set as just time my points, the meteorological information providing server 10 selects all or some of the meteorological observation points. For example, the weather information providing server 10 may display the my point display screen 70 on the user terminal 11a and select the weather observation point.

In step S26 following step S25, the weather information providing server 10 reads the weather information of the selected weather observation point and displays the weather information display screen 60 on the user terminal 11a.

After step S26, the process proceeds to step S27, where the weather information providing server 10 responds to the meteorological observation point selected in step S25 by automatically registering my points created in steps S3, S5 and S6, ranking my points, Recreate Just Time My Points.

Steps S11, S15, S18, S2
When the processes of 1, S24, S27 are completed, the weather information display screen 60 as shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the user terminal 11a. The weather information display screen 60 of FIG. 9 is configured to include a manually registered my point button 62, an automatically registered my point button 63, a ranking my point button 64, a just time my point button 65, and a menu button 66. ing.

The manually registered my point button 62, the automatically registered my point button 63, the ranking my point button 64, the just time my point button 65, and the menu button 66 on the weather information display screen 60 are, for example, It is also possible to omit some or all of the screens in which the My Points button is selected and displayed.

Steps S11, S15, S18, S2
1, S24, S27 and then step S28, the weather information providing server 10 manually registered my point button 62, automatic registered my point button 63, ranking my point button 64, just time my point button 65, It is determined whether any of the menu buttons 66 has been selected.

If it is determined that the manually registered my point button 62, the automatically registered my point button 63, the ranking my point button 64, or the just time my point button 65 are selected, the weather information providing server 1
If 0, the process proceeds to step S16. The menu button 66
If it is determined that has been selected, the weather information providing server 10 proceeds to step S7 and displays the menu screen 50 on the user terminal 11a.

Referring to FIG. 12, step S9 of FIG.
The details of the processing of to S11 will be described. FIG. 12 shows the search / registration / execution performed by the weather information providing server according to the present invention.
9 shows a flowchart of an embodiment of a transmission process.

The input place name input in the place name input field 51 of the menu screen 50 as shown in FIG. 8 is transmitted from the user terminal 11a to the weather information providing server 10. For example, when “Koto-ku, Tokyo” is entered in the place name input field 51 of the menu screen 50, the input place name “Koto-ku, Tokyo” is transmitted to the weather information providing server 10.

The meteorological information providing server 10 receives the input place name from the user terminal 11a, and then the step S40 is performed.
Go to processing. In step S40, the weather information providing server 10 reads the user ID, the input place name, and the current time.

As the user ID and the current time, those acquired at the time of login processing are used. As the input place name, the one received from the user terminal 11a is used. For example, the user ID “002”, the input place name “Koto-ku, Tokyo”, and the current time “20:00” are read.

In step S41 following step S40, the weather information providing server 10 searches the weather observation point search DB as shown in FIG. 3 using the input place name supplied from the user terminal 11a as key information, Extract the point code and meteorological observation point name. For example, using the input place name "Koto-ku, Tokyo" as key information, the weather observation point code "0441
36 ”and the weather observation point name“ Shinkiba ”are extracted.

In step S42 following step S41, the meteorological information providing server 10 searches the meteorological information DB as shown in FIG. 6 using the meteorological observation point code as key information, and specifies the latest meteorological information at that meteorological observation point. To do. For example, using the weather observation point code “044136” as key information,
The present weather “fine”, the weather “fine” after 1 hour, the weather “fine” after 2 hours, and the weather “fine” after 3 hours are specified.

In step S43 following step S42, the weather information providing server 10 displays the user ID and current time read in step S40 and the weather observation point code extracted in step S41 as shown in FIG. D
Register with B.

For example, the user ID “002”, the current time “February 24, 2001, Saturday, 20:00” and the weather observation point code “044136” are registered in the user history DB. In the user history DB of FIG. 5, the current time is composed of days, days of the week, and times, but information such as holidays or weekdays may be added.

Progressing to step S44 following step S43, the weather information providing server 10 includes the weather including the input place name read in step S40, the weather observation point name extracted in step S41, and the latest weather information specified in step S42. A transmission file for displaying the information display screen 60 on the user terminal 11a is created.

For example, the input place name "Koto-ku, Tokyo", the meteorological observation point name "Shinkiba", the current weather "clear" as weather information, the weather "clear" after 1 hour, the weather "clear" after 2 hours, 3
A transmission file for displaying the weather information display screen 60 including the weather "clear" as shown in FIG. 9 on the user terminal 11a is created.

Therefore, the user who uses the weather information providing service can confirm the weather information of the input place name input by the input place name input in the place name input field 51 on the screen of the user terminal 11a.

Referring to FIG. 13, step S3 of FIG.
The details of the process will be described. FIG. 13 shows a flowchart of an example of my point creation processing of automatic registration.

At step S50, the weather information providing server 10 reads the user ID acquired at the time of login. For example, the user ID “002” is read. Step S
In step S51 following 50, the weather information providing server 10 searches the user history DB using the user ID read in step S50 as key information, and one or more registered corresponding to the user ID. Extract the meteorological observation points.

For example, a user history DB as shown in FIG. 5 is searched using the user ID "002" as key information, and the weather observation point code "044136" registered corresponding to the user ID "002" is searched. Extract. That is, the weather information providing server 10 extracts from the user history DB the weather observation points that the user who uses the weather information providing service has used in the past.

In step S52 following step S51, the weather information providing server 10 determines whether or not the weather observation point used last is set as the automatic registration my point. When it is determined that the last-used weather observation point is set to be the automatic registration my point (YES in S52), the weather information providing server 10 determines in step S53.
Proceed to.

In step S53, the weather information providing server 10 sets the last used weather observation point from the one or more weather observation points extracted in step S51 as my points for automatic registration.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the last used weather observation point is not set as the automatic registration my point (S
(NO in 52), the weather information providing server 10 proceeds to step S54.

In step S54, the meteorological information providing server 10 sets the most used meteorological observation point from the one or more meteorological observation points extracted in step S51 as my point for automatic registration.

Then, step S53 or step S5
In step S55 following step 4, the weather information providing server 10 creates a transmission file for notifying the user terminal 11a of the weather observation point set as the automatic registration my point.

Therefore, by using the flowchart of FIG. 13, it is possible to create automatic registration my points from the user history DB as a log.

Referring to FIG. 14, step S4 of FIG.
The details of the process will be described. FIG. 14 shows a flowchart of an example of my point creation processing of manual registration.

In step S60, the weather information providing server 10 reads the user ID acquired at the time of login. For example, the user ID “002” is read. Step S
In step S61 following 60, the weather information providing server 10 searches the user setting point DB using the user ID read in step S60 as key information, and the user I
Extract one or more meteorological observation points registered corresponding to D.

For example, the user ID "002" is used as key information to search the user setting point DB 40 as shown in FIG. 4, and the weather observation point code "044136" registered corresponding to the user ID "002" is searched. To extract. That is, the weather information providing server 10 extracts from the user setting point DB the weather observation points previously set by the user who uses the weather information providing service as my points for manual registration.

In step S62 following step S61, the weather information providing server 10 sets the extracted weather observation point as a manually registered my point. Then, in step S63 following step S62, the weather information providing server 10 creates a transmission file for notifying the user terminal 11a of the weather observation point set as the manually registered my point.

Therefore, by using the flowchart of FIG. 14, it is possible to create manually registered my points from the user setting point DB.

Referring to FIG. 15, step S5 of FIG.
The details of the process will be described. FIG. 15 shows a flowchart of an example of ranking my point creation processing.

In step S70, the weather information providing server 10 totalizes the weather observation points stored in the user history DB for each weather observation point code. That is, the weather information providing server 10 totalizes the number of uses by all users for each weather observation point. The meteorological information providing server 10 uses categories (for example, municipal weather, forecast point weather (Amedas actual measurement points), theme park weather, zoo weather, hot spring weather, racetrack weather, airport weather, soccer field Weather, baseball field weather, golf course weather, etc.)

In step S71 following step S70, the meteorological information providing server 10 sets the meteorological observation point with the largest total number as the my point in the ranking.
The weather information providing server 10 may set ranking my points for each of the above-mentioned categories, or may set the weather observation points that are ranked first to third in terms of the number of uses as ranking my points.

Then, in step S72 following step S71, the weather information providing server 10 creates a transmission file for notifying the user terminal 11a of the meteorological observation point set as the my point of the ranking.

Therefore, by using the flowchart of FIG. 15, it is possible to create ranking my points from the user history DB.

Further, the user who uses the weather information providing service can display the weather information based on the weather observation point use ranking of all users, not limited to the weather observation point code used by the user. . For example, in the season of cherry-blossom viewing, the number of meteorological observation point codes of places related to cherry-blossom viewing increases, so the weather-observation point code related to cherry-blossom viewing is automatically displayed as a My Point in the ranking. .

Referring to FIG. 16, step S6 of FIG.
The details of the process will be described. FIG. 16 shows a flowchart of an example of just time my point creation processing.

In step S80, the weather information providing server 10 reads the user ID and the current time acquired at the time of login.

In step S81 following step S80, the weather information providing server 10 searches the user history DB using the user ID and the current time read in step S80 as key information, and the user is searched under similar search conditions. Read the meteorological observation points used by. Here, similar search conditions mean that the day of the week and the time (for example, “hour” of “hour / minute”) are the same.

The user ID is "001" and the current time is "20".
When the user history DB as shown in FIG. 5 is searched using “March 8, 2001, Thursday, 18:40” as key information, the date “20
01/03/01 ”, day of the week“ Thurs ”, time“ 18: 3
The user history record of "0" and the weather observation point code "044136" is selected. That is, the weather observation point code “044136” is read from the user history DB.
If one or more user history records are selected,
Select the user history record that is close to the current time.

In step S82 following step S81, the weather information providing server 10 determines whether or not the weather observation point used in the similar search condition is in the user history DB. If it is determined that the meteorological observation point used under the same search condition is in the user history DB (YES in S82).
S), the weather information providing server 10 proceeds to step S87. On the other hand, if it is determined that the meteorological observation point used in the same search condition is not in the user history DB (N in S82,
O), and proceeds to step S83.

In step S83, the weather information providing server 10 searches the user history DB in descending order from the latest user history record using the user ID read in step S80 and the day of the week of the current time as key information, and the same search is performed. Read the weather observation point used by the user under the conditions. Here, similar search conditions mean that the days of the week are the same.

In step S84 following step S83, the weather information providing server 10 determines whether or not the weather observation point used in the similar search condition is in the user history DB. When it is determined that the meteorological observation point used in the similar search condition is in the user history DB (YE in S84
S), the weather information providing server 10 proceeds to step S87. On the other hand, if it is determined that the weather observation point used under the same search condition is not in the user history DB (N in S84,
O), and proceeds to step S85.

In step S85, the weather information providing server 10 searches the user history DB using the user ID read in step S80 and the current time as key information,
Under the same search conditions, the weather observation point used by the user is read. Here, the similar search condition means time (for example,
"Hours" of "hours and minutes" are the same. When one or more user history records are selected, the user history record close to the current time is selected. If no user history record is selected, the user history record that most approximates the current time is selected.

In step S86 following step S85, the weather information providing server 10 determines whether or not the weather observation point used under the same search condition is in the user history DB. If it is determined that the meteorological observation point used in the similar search condition is in the user history DB (YES in S86).
S), the weather information providing server 10 proceeds to step S87. On the other hand, if it is determined that the meteorological observation point used in the same search condition is not in the user history DB (N in S86,
O), the process ends.

At step S87, the meteorological information providing server 10 sets the extracted meteorological observation point as a just-time my point. Then, in step S88 following step S87, the weather information providing server 10 creates a transmission file for notifying the user terminal 11a of the meteorological observation point set as the just time my point.

Therefore, by using the flowchart of FIG. 16, it is possible to create just time my points from the user history DB. That is, the weather information providing server 10 can select a weather observation point that is likely to be used by the user as a just-time my point based on the current date and time.

For example, on a weekday, a weather observation point A, which is the location of a company, school, etc., is used, and leisure facilities (for example,
A user who is using the weather observation point B at the location of a tennis court, a horse racetrack, etc.) has a menu screen 50 as shown in FIG.
By clicking the just-time My Points button 56, the weather observation point A based on the login time
Alternatively, the weather information of the weather observation point B can be confirmed on the screen of the user terminal 11a.

In the above description, an example in which a user who uses a predetermined content providing service acquires a predetermined content has been described. However, one or more content providing services should be provided to one user. It is also possible to configure.

The content identification information described in the claims may be any information for identifying the content. For example, a weather observation site code for a weather site and a weather site for a cherry blossom viewing site. It corresponds to a cherry-blossom information providing point code for providing cherry-blossom information, or a company code or a URL by a similar method for a stock price site.

[0144]

As described above, according to the present invention, by registering the content identification information supplied from the user in association with the user information, the content identification information previously input by the user can be stored. For example, it can be displayed on the screen of the user terminal. In a user terminal such as a mobile phone, the user can be identified by the user terminal identification ID regardless of where the user and the user terminal move, and the previously used information can be used. Further, even when the user terminal is different, the method of inputting the user ID allows the user to display the previously inputted content identification information on the screen of the user terminal, for example. .

By selecting the content identification information displayed on the screen of the user terminal, the user can finish the operation for selecting the content identification information. That is, the number of operations required for the user to select the content is reduced. Especially when it is difficult to input information like a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, the user does not need to perform many operations until the content identification information is selected.

Therefore, it is possible to realize a content providing service which has good operability and shortens the time taken to select a content.

Further, according to the present invention, it is predicted that the user desires to acquire by searching the usage history information according to at least one of the user information and the time and / or day of the week when the user information was supplied. Content identification information can be extracted. By displaying the extracted content identification information on the screen of the user terminal, for example, the user can select the content identification information. The user can acquire the content corresponding to the selected content identification information by selecting the content identification information displayed on the screen of the user terminal.

Further, according to the present invention, the content identification information registered in the usage history information is aggregated for each category and the one with a large total number is extracted to provide it to the user as a service menu such as access ranking. be able to. The user can easily acquire the content corresponding to the content identification information that is frequently used by selecting the content identification information from the service menu such as the access ranking displayed on the screen of the user terminal. .

[0149]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a weather information providing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a weather information providing server according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an example of a weather observation point search DB.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of an example of a user set location DB.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of an example of a user history DB.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of an example of a weather information DB.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of an embodiment of a process executed by the weather information providing server according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an image diagram of an example of a menu screen.

FIG. 9 is an image diagram of an example of a weather information display screen.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of an example of manual registration determination processing.

FIG. 11 is an image diagram of an example of a My Points display screen.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of an embodiment of search / registration / transmission processing executed by the weather information providing server according to the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of an example of my point creation processing of automatic registration.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of an example of my point creation processing of manual registration.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of an example of a ranking my point creation process.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart of an example of just time my point creation processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Weather information provision system 10 Weather information server 11a to 11n user terminals 12 base stations 13 Mobile communication terminals 14 Internet 21 Input device 22 Display 23 Drive device 24 recording media 25 Auxiliary storage device 26 memory devices 27 arithmetic processing unit 28 Interface device 29 Database (DB) 50 Menu screen 60 Weather information display screen 70 My point display screen

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A content providing method for providing content of a content providing site to one or more user terminals via a network, wherein user information is supplied from the user terminals. A content identification information extracting step of extracting one or more content identification information registered corresponding to the above, and transmitting the extracted one or more content identification information to the user terminal, and the content identification information is sent to the user. Selecting content identification information, a content transmitting step of acquiring content corresponding to the content identification information selected by the user, and transmitting the acquired content to the user terminal, the user selecting A content identification information registration step of registering content identification information in association with the user information. Content provides a method for. 2. A content providing method for providing content of a content providing site to one or more user terminals via a network, wherein user information is supplied from the user terminals. And a content identification information extraction step of searching the usage history information according to at least one of the time and the day of the week when the user information is supplied, and extracting the content identification information from the search result, and the content corresponding to the extracted content identification information. And a content transmission step of transmitting the acquired content to the user terminal, and at least one of the time and the day of the week when the extracted content identification information and the user information are supplied in association with the user information. And a use history information registration step for registering Law. 3. The user information is user identification information or user terminal identification information, and the user identification information and the user terminal identification information are registered so as to correspond to each other. 3. The content providing method according to claim 1, wherein the user terminal identification information supplied from the user terminal and the user identification information corresponding to the user terminal identification information are treated as the same information. 4. The user information is user identification information, and one or more pieces of user identification information are registered so as to correspond to predetermined user identification information, and the user information is supplied from the user terminal. The content providing method according to claim 1, wherein the one or more user identification information and the predetermined user identification information that are performed are treated as the same information. 5. A content providing method for providing content of a content providing site to one or more user terminals via a network, wherein the content identification information registered in the usage history information is aggregated by category. Steps, content identification information extraction step of extracting content identification information having a large number of totals by category, acquisition of content corresponding to the extracted content identification information, and transmission of the acquired content to the user terminal Content including a weather information transmission step and a usage history information registration step of registering the extracted content identification information in association with the user information in the usage history information in association with the user information How to provide. 6. The computer is supplied with user information from a user terminal, and one or more content identification information corresponding to the content of one or more content providing sites registered corresponding to the user information. A content identification information extraction procedure for extracting the content identification information, a content identification information selection procedure for transmitting the extracted one or more pieces of content identification information to the user terminal, and causing the user to select the content identification information; Content transmitting procedure for acquiring content corresponding to the content identification information, and transmitting the acquired content to the user terminal, and content for registering the content identification information selected by the user in association with the user information A content providing program for executing the identification information registration procedure. 7. The computer is supplied with user information from a user terminal, and the usage history information is searched according to at least one of the time when the user information and the user information was supplied and the day of the week, and the search result. Content identification information extraction procedure for extracting content identification information from the content, content transmission procedure for acquiring content corresponding to the extracted content identification information and transmitting the acquired content to the user terminal, and corresponding to the user information A content providing program for executing a usage history information registration procedure for registering the extracted content identification information and at least one of a time and a day of the week when the user information is supplied in the usage history information. 8. A totaling procedure for totaling, into a computer, content identification information registered in the usage history information by category, and a content identification information extracting procedure for extracting, for each category, the content identification information having the largest total number. A weather information transmission procedure of acquiring content corresponding to the extracted content identification information and transmitting the acquired content to the user terminal, and the extracted content identification information in association with the user information is the user information. A content providing program for executing a usage history information registration procedure of registering the usage history information corresponding to the above. 9. A content providing server that provides content of a content providing site to one or more user terminals via a network, wherein user information is supplied from the user terminals. Content identification information extraction means for extracting one or more pieces of content identification information registered in correspondence with the content identification information, and transmitting the extracted one or more pieces of content identification information to the user terminal, and the content identification information is sent to the user. Content identification information selection means to be selected by the user, content transmission means for acquiring the content corresponding to the content identification information selected by the user, and transmitting the acquired content to the user terminal, the user selected And a content identification information registration means for registering the content identification information in association with the user information. Content providing server to. 10. A content providing server for providing content of a content providing site to one or more user terminals via a network, wherein user information is supplied from the user terminals, and the user information is provided. And content identification information extraction means for searching the usage history information according to at least one of the time and day of the week when the user information was supplied, and extracting the content identification information from the search result, and the content corresponding to the extracted content identification information. Content transmission means for acquiring and transmitting the acquired content to the user terminal, and at least one of the time and the day of the week when the extracted content identification information and the user information are provided in association with the user information. And a usage history information registration unit that registers the usage history information into the usage history information. Companion server. 11. A content providing server for providing content of a content providing site to one or more user terminals via a network, wherein the content identification information registered in the usage history information is totaled by category. Means, a content identification information extracting means for extracting a large number of content identification information by category, a content corresponding to the extracted content identification information, and transmitting the acquired content to the user terminal Content including weather information transmitting means and usage history information registration means for registering the extracted content identification information in association with the user information in the usage history information in association with the user information Offering server. 12. Content for providing the content of a content providing site to the user terminal using one or more user terminals and a content providing server connected to the user terminal via a network. A providing method, wherein user information is supplied from the user terminal to the content providing server, and the content providing server extracts one or more pieces of content identification information registered corresponding to the user information. A content identification information extracting step, a content identification information selecting step in which the content providing server transmits the extracted one or more pieces of content identification information to the user terminal, and causes the user to select the content identification information. The content identification information is supplied from the user terminal to the content providing server, and the selected content is selected. Content transmitting step of acquiring content corresponding to the user identification information, and transmitting the acquired content to the user terminal, the content providing server corresponds the content identification information selected by the user to the user information. And a content identification information registration step of registering the content.