JP2003108599A - Information distributing server, information distributing method and information distributing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information distributing server, an information distributing method, and an information distributing program for providing information distributing service capable of distributing news and a word interpretation for a user according to selection by selecting kinds of desired news and desired word comments recorded in the news according to an individual difference of knowledge. SOLUTION: This information distributing server 100 realizes the respective functions when a CPU 1 executes control programs of a synthesizing means 1d for synthesizing the news, a keyword, and a keyword interpretation inputted from an input device, and registering these in a storage device 2, a display request accepting means 1c for accepting a request for a retrieval display from the user, a retrieving means 1g for retrieving the inside of the storage device 2 on the basis of a condition, and an image screen making means 1h for making a retrieval result image screen displayed on a display part 4a or printed by a printing part 4b.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information distribution server, an information distribution method and an information distribution program which provide services such as a search service.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the widespread use of Internet terminals, it has become possible to provide users with information, such as newspaper articles and magazine articles, via the Internet. In such services, users enter some conditions to narrow down the articles they want to read,
Based on the condition, the server searches for the file name, URL (Unified Resource Locator), etc. of the target information and provides it to the user's terminal. At this time,
Newspaper articles and magazine articles are accompanied by arbitrary explanations of economic terms, IT terms, etc., so that the user can read the articles while reading explanations of unknown keywords.

Further, conventionally, there has been a method of installing learning software for a learner such as a language learner on a personal computer of the learner and providing a learning material desired by the learner according to the progress level of the learning. It is widely practiced. For example, if it is a reading material in English, the material for the teaching material is already classified into level 1 to level 8 according to the difficulty level of the keywords, grammar, etc. used in the text, and At each level, explanations of keywords and grammar used are given. It is possible to set the learning progress so that beginners start at level 8 with a low difficulty level and advanced players start from level 2.

[0004]

However, when an explanation is attached to a newspaper article, a magazine article, etc., there is individual difference in the knowledge of the user, and it is difficult to give an explanation understandable to all users. Also, when obtaining information via the Internet, if unnecessary explanations are listed in newspaper articles, magazine articles, etc., unnecessary time for transferring them, call charges, etc. There was a problem of killing.

Also, in the case of articles for educational materials classified into levels, articles for beginners must always start from low-level articles, and conversely, articles for advanced users must always start from high-level articles. There was no room to choose the content of. Although there are individual differences in terms and keywords that users do not know, the conventional method creates teaching materials only for learners of average level, and does not consider individual differences in knowledge. was there.

In view of the above problems, the present invention allows a user to select a desired article and a desired keyword explanation type described in the article according to individual differences in knowledge, and responds to the selection. An object is to provide an information distribution server, an information distribution method, and an information distribution program that provide an information distribution service that can distribute articles and keyword interpretations.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the first feature of the present invention is: (a) an input means for inputting the text of an article, a keyword described in the article, and a keyword interpretation; (B) Articles, keywords, and keyword interpretations are combined for each keyword to generate a result screen, (c) storage means for storing the keywords and keyword interpretations described on the result screen, and (d) browsing. Article condition input means for inputting article conditions, (e) keyword condition input means for inputting keyword conditions of articles to be browsed, and (f) searching the storage means based on article conditions and keyword conditions The gist of the present invention is an information distribution server having a search means and (g) an output means for outputting the result searched by the search means.

Here, the article refers to an article such as a newspaper article or a magazine article that is open to the public for viewing. The keyword is described in the article, and
Refers to new words, technical terms, and slang that are not familiar to the general public. The synthesizing means refers to linking a keyword and a keyword interpretation in an article by embedding a URL or the like.

A first feature of the present invention is that (h) the synthesizing means stores the result screen in the storage means, and the output means:
The result screen is output by referring to the storage means in response to the user's request, and (i) the synthesizing means synthesizes the text of the article, the keyword and the interpretation of the keyword inputted from the article condition inputting means and the keyword condition inputting means May be added for each request to generate a result screen and have the output unit output the result screen.

Here, (f) means that the article and the result screen already stored in the storage means are output in response to the user's request, while (g) is stored in the storage means. If there is a user request, even if the article is not
This means that the corresponding keyword and the interpretation of the keyword are associated with each other to generate and output a result screen. (F) operates the article information statically, and (g) operates the article information dynamically, which makes them different.

Further, the first feature of the present invention is that (h) the keywords and the keyword interpretations described in the article are divided and stored in the storage means for each category, and are output to the output means by category according to the request. You may add that it can be displayed.

Conventionally, this information distribution server (program) has been the main body for selecting keywords and keyword interpretations stored for each category, but according to this information distribution server, the user voluntarily and actively selects keywords. It is possible to select the category to be held, that is, the user can select the keyword.

A second feature of the present invention is that (a) the step of inputting the text of the article, the keyword and the keyword interpretation described in this article from the input means, and (b) the text of the article, the keyword and the keyword interpretation. A step of synthesizing by a synthesizing means to generate a result screen; (c) a step of storing a result screen in a storage means; and (d) a step of inputting conditions of articles to be browsed through article condition inputting means. (E) A step of inputting the keyword condition of the article to be browsed through the keyword condition input means, and (f)
The storage means is searched for articles according to the user's request by the search means based on the article conditions and the keyword conditions,
The gist of the present invention is an information distribution method including a step of obtaining a result screen and a step of (g) outputting the result screen to an output means.

A third feature of the present invention is that (a) an input means is used to input the text of an article, a keyword and a keyword interpretation described in this article, and (b) an article text, a keyword and a keyword interpretation. Synthesize by synthesizing means,
An instruction to generate a result screen, (c) an instruction to store the result screen in the storage means, (d) an instruction to input the condition of the article to be viewed through the article condition input means, and (e) keyword condition input Based on the command for inputting the keyword condition of the article to be browsed through the means, and (f) the article condition and the keyword condition, the search means searches the storage means for the article requested by the user, and the result It is a gist that it is an information distribution program having an instruction to obtain a screen and (g) an instruction to output a result screen to an output means.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, referring to the drawings, a first embodiment and a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the first embodiment, after the software fixed to the information storage medium or the like or the software obtained through the ASP distribution or the like is installed in the user's terminal or the like, the article and the keyword interpretation information already stored in the storage device. An information delivery server, an information delivery method, and an information delivery program that provide On the other hand, in the second embodiment, an online search process is performed for each request from a user, information on article and keyword interpretation is created in real time, and provided to a user's request terminal, an information delivery server, an information delivery method, and The information distribution program will be described. In the description of the drawings, the same or similar parts are denoted by the same or similar symbols. However, it should be noted that the drawings are schematic.

(First Embodiment) As shown in FIG.
The information distribution server device 100 according to the first embodiment is
An input device 3 for inputting an article, a keyword and a keyword interpretation, an extracting means 1b for extracting a main word that is a keyword in a sentence in the article, an article, a keyword and a keyword interpretation are combined for each keyword to generate a result screen. The synthesizing means 1d, the storage device 2 for storing the keyword and the keyword interpretation described on the result screen, the article condition inputting means 1c for inputting the condition of the article to be browsed, and the keyword for inputting the keyword condition of the article to be browsed Condition input means 1d, search means 1g for searching the storage device 2 based on article conditions and keyword conditions, and search means 1
and an output device 4 for outputting the result retrieved by g. In the first embodiment, when synthesizing articles, keywords and keyword interpretations by the synthesizing means 1d, consideration and selection are made so that the user can set the difficulty level, genre, etc. of keywords in the keyword condition inputting means 1d. It is characterized in that it is registered by doing.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the information distribution server device 100 according to the first embodiment, the CPU 1 manages the entire information distribution server device 100 and executes the control program stored in the temporary storage device 6. By executing it, the function as shown in FIG. 1 is realized. Further, the CPU 1 includes a storage device 2, an input device 3, an output device 4, a communication control device 5,
It is connected to the temporary storage device 6 and controls each device.

The storage device 2 comprises an article database 2a, a keyword database 2b, a dictionary database 2c, a screen database 2e, and a user database 2d. The article database 2a stores articles to be browsed by the user, the keyword database 2b stores keywords described in articles to be browsed by the user, and the dictionary database 2c is a description and meaning of keywords described in articles to be browsed by the user. To store. The user database 2d includes a user's ID number, name, address, telephone number,
It stores the contents of services provided, email addresses, history of services provided, search history of articles and keywords, etc. The screen database 2e stores a screen template and controls the frame thereof. In the first embodiment, a menu screen to be displayed to the user, a search screen, a result screen created by the screen creating means 1h, and the like are stored.

The input device 3 is composed of a keyboard, a mouse and the like. Also, input may be performed from an external device via the communication control device 5. Here, the external device is a CD-RO.
It refers to a storage medium such as M, MO, ZIP, and its drive device. The output device 4 has a display unit 4a and a printing unit 4b, and is specifically configured by a display device such as a liquid crystal display and a CRT display, a printing device such as an inkjet printer and a laser printer, and the like. The communication control device 5 is a module that generates a control signal for transmitting / receiving data to / from another general-purpose machine or a server via a communication line. The temporary storage device 6 is a ROM (ROM) and a RAM.
(Rum) is incorporated. The ROM functions as a program memory or the like that stores a program executed by the CPU 1, and the RAM functions as a data memory or the like that is used for storing data or the like used during the program execution processing in the CPU or as a work area. To do.

The CPU 1 has a synthesizing means 1d, an article condition inputting means 1a, a keyword condition inputting means 1b, a display request receiving means 1c, a customer registration means 1e, and a customer authenticating means 1.
f, a search means 1g, and a screen creation means 1h are provided. The synthesizing unit 1d is a module for extracting a keyword, a idiom, or the like used in a teaching material article by a lexical analyzer or creator such as chasen, interpreting the keyword, and selecting the difficulty level. Specifically, articles are sorted by business, IT, literature, and other fields. Next, the main keywords described in the articles for each field are extracted and registered for each level. For example, the levels are selected as 1, 2, and 3, the level 3 is the beginner, the level 2 is the intermediate, and the level 1 is the advanced. At this time, chair, lounger, seat in the
If there are three keywords Cabinet, chair,
Register lounger, seat in the Cabinet to level 3,
Register lounger and seat in the Cabinet to level 2 and seat in the Cabinet to level 1.

The article condition input means 1a is means for inputting article conditions to be searched by the search means 1g, and the keyword condition input means 1b is means for inputting keyword conditions to be searched by the search means 1g. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, the user can display article conditions such as literature / criticism, thought / society / nonfiction, history / geography / travel, etc., and select one of them, and select the level. Keyword conditions such as 1, level 2, and level 3 are displayed, and one of them is selected.

The search means 1g searches the article database 2a and the keyword database 2b based on the article condition input by the article condition input means 1c and the keyword condition input by the keyword condition input means 1d,
Extract relevant articles and relevant keywords.

The customer registration means 1e uses the name of the new user,
The genre of interest, the current level, etc. are registered in the user database 2d, and the customer authentication means 1f authenticates the registered user by the customer registration means 1e, and after the authentication is completed, the user stored in the user database 2d. Learning information,
Provide information such as progress status. The screen creating means 1h retrieves the screen template from the screen database 2e,
Create a screen for the user to browse, such as a result screen, and control the screen display.

Next, FIG. 3 shows the internal data of the article database 2a and the keyword database 2b. In the first embodiment, the article database 2a includes literature / criticism, thought / society, history / geography, business / economy, science / science.
It is classified into technology, computer / Internet, art, entertainment, sports, hobbies / living, and children's books, and is stored for each genre. Also, the keywords linked to each of these articles are
It is stored in the keyword database 2b. The keyword database 2b is classified into level 1 to level 5, and keywords are accumulated in order from level 1. Cumulative means that level 1 holds level 1 keywords, level 2 holds level 1 keywords and level 2 keywords, level 3 holds level 1 keywords, level 2 keywords, and level 3 keywords. , The keyword increases as the level decreases, and decreases as the level increases. As a result, even when reading the same article, it is possible to provide a large amount of commentary to beginners and a small amount of carefully selected commentary to advanced users.

Next, FIG. 4 shows a flow chart showing an operation of synthesizing and registering articles, keywords and keyword interpretations of the information distribution server according to the first embodiment.

(A) First, in step S101, an article is input. The creator inputs from the input device 3 an arbitrary article that is determined to be suitable as a teaching material for the user. At this time, it is preferable that an arbitrary article is input by genre.

(B) In step S102, keyword extraction is performed. The extraction means extracts the keywords described in the article input in step S101. Specifically, the article is analyzed by the lexical analyzer, the non-word is removed, and then the keyword is extracted. Note that this extracting means may be performed manually. The extracted keywords are divided into levels according to their difficulty levels by a program or manually and are stored in the keyword database 2b.

(C) In step S103, a keyword is input. The synthesizing means 1d retrieves one keyword from the keyword database 2b divided into levels, retrieves its interpretation and meaning from the dictionary database 2c, and links the retrieval result to the keyword. The keyword with the linking completed is stored again in the keyword database 2b. This step S103 is performed for all keywords.

(D) In step S104, an article with keyword links is created. The screen creating means takes out a screen template for keyword interpretation display (pop-up screen) from the screen database 2e, and attaches keywords, keyword interpretations, necessary figures, tables and the like to the screen template. Also, the relevant keyword described in the article is linked so as to be a keyword interpretation pop-up screen in response to an event such as a click by the user, and step S105.
In, the article database 2a stores.

Next, the operation of displaying the article and displaying the popup screen linked to the keyword described in the article of the information distribution method according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. .

(A) First, in step S201, when the CPU 1 receives an input signal from the input device 3 such as a keyboard, the menu screen is retrieved from the screen database 2e and displayed on the display unit 4a.

(B) In step S202, the displayed menu screen includes an area for selecting article conditions (see FIG. 6A).
6) and an area for selecting a keyword condition (see FIG. 6B). When the user selects an article condition or a keyword condition at an event such as a click, the article condition input means 1c and the keyword condition are displayed. The input means 1d receives this and sends it to the search means 1g.

(C) In step S203, the search means 1
The g performs a search process for searching the article database 2a based on the article condition or the keyword condition. At this time, if the article condition and the keyword condition are input at the same time, the article condition is preferentially searched. First, the article database 2a is searched based on the article condition, and the relevant article is extracted. Next, according to the keyword condition, the keywords of the article are classified into levels, and the CGI (Common Gateway Int.
erface) etc. so that only the keywords of the corresponding level are displayed. Also, preparation is made so that a keyword interpretation pop-up screen linked to the keyword can be displayed by a user event, for example, URL linking is performed. Then, in step S204, the relevant article and keyword are displayed on the display unit 4a. still,
Article condition input means 1c and keyword condition input means 1d
In some cases, the communication line 50 such as the Internet can be used when transmitting from the search means 1g to
The reverse (from the search means 1g to the output unit 4) is also the communication line 50.
Can be used.

(D) In step S205, after the relevant article is displayed, the user receives a keyword commentary display request at an event such as a click.

(E) In step S206, in response to a keyword commentary display request from the user, the CPU 1 displays a pop-up screen with keyword commentary linked to the relevant keyword on the display unit 4a as shown in FIG. To be displayed on the department. Furthermore, at this time, by displaying the keyword linked further on the pop-up screen and performing an event such as clicking the keyword,
It is also possible to display another pop-up screen.

(F) In step S207, the article condition, the keyword condition and the keyword comment used by the user when requesting the keyword comment are stored in the user database 2d. This information becomes the history of the learning information of the user, the weakness of the user is found from the frequency of the indexed keywords, and the keyword book for overcoming the weakness,
It is used to create keyword problems.

(G) Finally, in step S208, when the CPU 1 receives a control signal from the input device 3 such as a keyboard that the user has finished reading the keyword explanation and article, the CPU 1 disconnects from the screen and distributes information. Terminate the service.

(Modification) The selection of keywords set individually by the user is not limited to level classification, and may be classified according to genre, for example, or level classification and genre classification may be performed at the same time. Specifically, if you want to explain only medical terms and IT terms for one article,
For one article, it is possible to respond to user requests such as displaying unfamiliar medical terms from a low level interpretation and displaying only high level interpretations of IT terms with basic knowledge. is there.

According to the first embodiment, all users have the freedom to select the content of the article, and the explanation of the keywords in the article can be set according to the individual level. Teaching materials (articles) that consider individual differences in knowledge can be provided. And the user database 2d
It is also possible to inform the user of unknown keywords and tendency of terms by referring to the learning history of the individual accumulated in the above, and to prepare an answer and a problem such as a learning method and a weakness concealing method according to the individual.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention, in a known client server system, allows a user to browse articles such as newspapers and magazines online, and there are unknown keywords and the like. The following describes the information distribution server 200 used for the information distribution service that requests the search process, searches the search server or the like, creates a corresponding result screen, and transmits the result screen to the user again online. As shown in FIG. 8, the information distribution server 200 and related apparatus according to the second embodiment include a request terminal 40 such as a personal computer 41 used by a user to request an information distribution service and a keyword search service, an information distribution service. In the information distribution server device 200 and the dictionary search means 31, which act as an access proxy for the keyword search service,
A keyword search server device 30 that provides a search service of the keywords stored in the dictionary database 20f, and each device is connected to the communication line 50 via the DCE 5a.
It is connected to the.

The information distribution server device 200 includes the request terminal 4
In response to the request of 0, the keyword search server device 30 performs a search process as a proxy, the search results are synthesized by the synthesizing means 10h, and the result screen is supplied to the request terminal 40. The article database 20a and the keyword database 20b, user database 20c, screen database 20d, storage device 2 such as URL database 20e, D
CE 5a, temporary storage device 6, registration / readout control device 7, search means 10f, synthesizing means 10g, and proxy server means 10
with h.

The proxy server means 10h of the information distribution server device 200 has a role as a relay server between the request terminal 40, the keyword search server device 30, and the process in the information distribution server device 200. When the proxy server means 10h receives the information distribution request from the request terminal 40, the search means 1
0g searches the article / keyword, and at the same time, receives a keyword search request from the requesting terminal 40, causes the dictionary search means 31 to search the keyword, and stores each search result in the temporary storage device 6, It is appropriately transmitted to the synthesizing means 10h.

The search means 10g is the proxy server means 10h.
Is a module for providing a search service for searching the article database 20a and the keyword database 20b at the request of, for example, HTTP (Hyper
It is equipped with a Text Transfer Protocol) server.
The search conditions are input and the search results are output via the TTP server. Specifically, for example, a form for inputting search conditions is, for example, from an HTTP server to an HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) format, XM.
It is supplied in a format such as L (Extensible Markup Language) format. When the search condition data designated according to such an input form is supplied, the search means 10g supplies the search result obtained by performing a search based on the search condition data in the form of data such as HTML format. .

The synthesizing means 10h includes articles, keyword search results, keyword search results, and the URL database 2
This module creates a result screen by combining the URL in 0e and attaching it to the screen template retrieved from the screen database 20d. What is the result screen?
Refers to HTTP browsing software (Web browser) or the like executed in an information processing device such as a personal computer. The result screen created by the synthesizing means 10h is
It is transmitted to the request terminal 40 and stored in the user database 20c. Also, the user database 20c
Is managed by the registration / readout control device 7. The registration reading control device records the information of each search result acquired from the proxy server means 10h, and the unique identification information (for example, a user ID) for each user necessary for the combining process is combined with the combining means 10.
to h.

Next, the CPU of the information distribution server device 200
FIG. 9 shows the internal structure of the storage device 10 and the storage device 20. In the information distribution server device 100, the CPU 10 manages the entire information distribution server device 200 and executes the control program stored in the temporary storage device 6, whereby the functions shown in FIG. 8 are realized. Further, the CPU 10 is connected to the input device 3, the output device 4, the communication control device 5, the temporary storage device 6, the registration / readout control device 7, and the storage device 20,
Control each device. Here, the input device 3, the output device 4, and the temporary storage device 6 are the same as those described with reference to FIG.

The control program executed by the CPU 10 includes article registration means 10a, article condition input means 10b, keyword condition input means 10c, customer registration means 10d, customer authentication means 10e, search means 10f, synthesizing means 10g, and
The proxy server means 10h is included. Article registration means 10a
Is a module that extracts articles for teaching materials and keywords, phrases, etc. used in the articles by a lexical analyzer and selects them by category or by level of difficulty. Specifically, articles are sorted by management, Internet, home appliances / electronics, and other fields. Next, the main keywords described in the articles for each field are extracted, and files are registered in categories such as management category, Internet category, and electronics category.
The article registration means 10a may be performed manually. The article condition input means 10b is a means for inputting the article conditions input from the input device 3, and the keyword condition input means 10c is a means for inputting the keyword conditions input from the keyword condition input unit. In particular,
Display the article conditions such as management, Internet, home appliances / electronics, etc. to the user, select one of them, then display the keyword conditions such as digital, medical, economics, language etc. and select one of them Let

The search means 10f uses the sent article conditions,
Search processing is performed based on keyword conditions. The customer registration means 10d registers the name of the new user, the field (category) to be subscribed, etc. in the user database 20c, and the customer authentication means 10e authenticates the registered user by the customer registration means 10e, and after the authentication is completed. , User database 20c
Cooky held by the Web browser held for each user
Provide identification information such as e and information such as search history. The synthesizing unit 10g synthesizes the information of each search result and the information of each user, and the proxy server unit 10h assembles the request terminal 40, the information distribution server device 200, and the keyword search server device 3.
Between 0, the search condition and the search result information are relayed.

The storage device 20 is an article database 20.
a, a keyword database 20b, a user database 20c, a screen database 20d, and a URL database 20E. The article database 20a stores the articles to be browsed by the user, the keyword database 20b stores the keywords described in the articles to be browsed by the user, and the user database 20c is the I of the user.
D number, name, address, telephone number, contents of service provided, email address, cooki held by Web browser
Identification information such as e and search history are recorded. The screen database 20d stores screen templates for displaying HTTP browsing software (Web browser),
The frame is controlled. In the second embodiment, a menu screen to be displayed to the user, a search screen, a result screen created by the screen creating means, and the like are stored. The URL database 20E stores URLs of related book purchasing browsers, related company homepages, advertisement banners, and the like that are linked to and displayed on the Web browser.

The communication control device 5 is a module for generating a control signal for transmitting / receiving data to / from another general-purpose machine, a server or the like via the communication line 50. Specifically, the communication control device 5 controls transmission / reception via a data circuit terminating device (DCE) 5a that serves as an interface with a communication network. As the DCE 5a, a modem (MODE)
M), a home circuit terminating device (DSU), a communication control processing unit (CCP), etc. can be used. Further, a TA (terminal adapter), a dial-up router, a LAN board, etc. also correspond to the DCE 5a.

Next, the operation of acquiring the article corresponding to the keyword in the information distribution method according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

(A) First, in step S301, a connection between the request terminal 40 used by the user and the information distribution server 200 is established. For example, when an internet line is used as the communication line 50, TCP / IP (Transmissio
n Control Protocol / Internet Protocol)
Connect via E5a and prepare to send and receive browsers.

(B) In step S302, a menu screen of the information distribution service is displayed. When there is an HTML source request for the menu screen from the request terminal 40, the proxy server means 10h acquires the menu screen template in the screen database 20d and causes the browser software of the request terminal 40 to display the menu screen on the screen. At this time, the user is prompted to input the ID and the like, and the customer authentication means 1
User authentication processing may be performed using 0e. In the case of a new user, the customer registration means 10d performs user registration processing.

(C) In step S303, article conditions are displayed on the menu screen, and the user is caused to select an article by performing an event such as a partial click of the screen area. At this time, for keyword page links that are automatically generated files
JavaScript <!-# Includefile = ”news / ssi / ??? _ key
_js.ssi ”_>, headline part of the article <!-# include file
= ”News / ssi / ??? _ head.ssi” _> SSI (Sever Side In
cludes) to incorporate the data. In the ??? part, each category name such as man: management, int: internet, ele: home appliances / electronics, car: automobile industry is automatically entered for each entered category. Also, in the same way, let the user select and enter the keyword conditions, and enter the keyword category (keyword link part <!-# Include file
= "News / ssi / ??? _ key.ssi"_>) is automatically generated (step S304).

(D) In step S305, the input conditions are converted into parameters or minimum HTML data, etc., and the proxy server means 1 is passed through the DCE 5a.
Sent at 0h.

(E) In step S306, based on the acquired conditions, the retrieval means 10f causes the article database 20a,
Alternatively, the keyword database 20b is searched to extract the relevant article or the relevant keyword. The extracted relevant articles and keywords are stored in the temporary storage device 6.

(F) In step S307, the corresponding article is created. The proxy server means 10h acquires the article screen template and the URL related thereto from the screen database 20d in the URL database 20e and sends it to the temporary storage device 6. The articles and keywords stored in the temporary storage device 6 are synthesized on the article screen template by the synthesizing means 10h, and are stored in the user database 20c by the registration / readout control device 7. at the same time,
The proxy server means 10h transmits the relevant article (HTML screen) to the requesting terminal 40 via the DCE 5a (step S308).

(G) Finally, in step S309, HT
The request terminal 40 that has received the ML screen displays the relevant article screen linked to the article database 20a by browser software or the like.

Next, the operation of performing the keyword search service of the information distribution method according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG.

(A) First, in step S401, the corresponding article displayed in step S309 is displayed. Next, in step S402, if there is a keyword comment display request event from the user, the keyword (HTML data) is transmitted to the information distribution server 200 via the DCE 5a (step S403). At that time, the keywords on the screen may be subjected to processing such as discoloring the characters by using CGI or the like and counting the selected keywords.

(B) Next, in step S404, the proxy server means 10h that has received the keyword causes the temporary storage device 6 to hold the keyword, and the temporary storage device 6 also stores the popup screen template used in the screen for keyword interpretation. To hold.

(C) In step S405, the proxy server means 10h sends the keyword to the dictionary search server device 30 via the communication line 50, and in step S406, the dictionary search means 31 uses the dictionary based on the keyword. A process of searching the database 20f is performed.

(D) In step S407, the dictionary search server device 30 interprets the keyword that is the search result (H
TML data) is transmitted to the information distribution server 200 via the communication line 50, and the proxy server means 10h receives this keyword interpretation data via the DCE 5a.

(E) In step S408, the proxy server means 10h sends the keyword interpretation data to the registration / readout control device 7 and also to the temporary storage device 6. Registration / readout control device 7 that received the keyword interpretation data
Is a user database 20c divided for each user.
The keyword interpretation data is stored as a keyword search history.

(F) In step S409, the synthesizing means 1
0g synthesizes the keyword data of the search result stored in the temporary storage device 6 and the related URL stored in the URL database 20e and attaches it to the pop-up screen template to create a pop-up screen (keyword interpretation screen). To do. The combined pop-up screen (HTML data) is transmitted again to the user's request terminal 40 via the communication line 50.

(G) Finally, in step S411, the requesting terminal 40 receives the HTML data and displays the corresponding pop-up screen using the browser software or the like.
Is displayed on a part of the screen (see FIG. 12). Further, at this time, it is possible to display another popup screen by displaying a keyword linked to the popup screen and performing an event such as clicking the keyword. If a keyword interpretation request is issued again, the process is repeated from step S402. When there is no request for keyword interpretation and article display, the connection between the requesting terminal 40 and the information distribution server is disconnected in step S411, and this information distribution service is terminated.

(Modification) In the second embodiment, the information distribution server device 200 and the keyword search server device 30.
Has been described as a WEB server, an HTML server, etc. which are separately present on the communication line 50 such as the Internet.
This is only one form for outsourcing information, and the keyword search server device 30 may be incorporated in the information distribution server device 200.

According to the second embodiment, the user has the freedom to select a desired article according to his or her interests, and the explanation of the keywords in the article is provided for each person's strengths and weaknesses, It is possible to provide articles that take into consideration individual differences in knowledge such as setting according to the level. Further, the tendency of the keywords and terms that the user does not know can be notified from the history of the keyword interpretation accumulated in the user database 20c. In addition, by narrowing down the required articles and keywords, it is possible to solve the problems of wasting time, call charges, etc., which were problems when obtaining information via the communication line 50 such as the Internet. It is possible to prevent the user's intention to use from decreasing.

It should be noted that, even for companies that provide services,
Banner advertisements on each screen according to the user's interest tendency,
Providing a means for advertising and online sales of books that users are expected to want creates another business opportunity, and by providing that business opportunity to other affiliated companies, new markets and funds The source can be excavated.

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According to the present invention, the user is allowed to select a desired article and a desired keyword description type described in the article according to individual differences in knowledge, and the article and the keyword according to the selection are selected. An information distribution server, an information distribution method, and an information distribution program that provide an information distribution service that distributes interpretations can be realized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an outline of an information distribution server according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal structure of the information distribution server according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing internal data of an article database and a keyword database according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of synthesizing an article, a keyword, and a keyword interpretation in the information distribution method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of displaying a popup screen in the information distribution method according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an article condition input unit and a keyword condition input unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for articles, keywords, and keyword interpretation according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing an outline of an information distribution server and peripheral devices according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a structural diagram showing an internal structure of an information distribution server according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a screen display operation of a relevant article according to the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an operation of displaying a popup screen according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is an article screen according to a second embodiment of the present invention,
It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a popup screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 CPU 1a Synthetic means 1b extraction means 1c Article condition input means 1d Keyword condition input means 1e Customer registration means 1f Customer authentication method 1g Search method 1h screen creation means 2 storage devices 2a Article database 2b keyword database 2c dictionary database 2d user database 2e screen database 3 input devices 4 output devices 4a display section 4b Printing department 5 Communication control device 5a DCE 6 Temporary storage 7 Registration / readout control device 10 CPU 10a Article registration means 10b Article condition input means 10c Keyword condition input means 10d Customer registration means 10e Customer authentication means 10f Search method 10g Synthetic means 10h Proxy server means 20 storage 20a Article database 20b keyword database 20c user database 20d screen database 20e URL database 20f dictionary database 30 dictionary search server device 31 dictionary search means 40 requesting terminal 41 personal computer 50 communication lines 100 information distribution server device 200 Information distribution server device

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An input unit for inputting a text of an article, a keyword described in the article, and the keyword interpretation, and the article, the keyword and the keyword interpretation,
A synthesizing unit that synthesizes each keyword to generate a result screen, a storage unit that stores the keyword and the keyword interpretation described on the result screen, an article condition input unit that inputs the conditions of the article to be browsed,
Keyword condition input means for inputting the keyword condition of the article to be browsed, search means for searching the storage means based on the article condition and the keyword condition, and outputting the result searched by the search means An information distribution server having: 2. The synthesizing means stores the result screen in the storage means, and the output means outputs the result screen by referring to the storage means in response to a user's request. The information distribution server according to claim 1. 3. The synthesizing means synthesizes the text of the article, the keyword, and the interpretation of the keyword input from the article condition inputting means and the keyword condition inputting means for each request to generate the result screen. The information distribution server according to claim 1, wherein the output unit outputs the result screen. 4. The keywords and the keyword interpretations described in the article are stored in the storage means by being divided into categories, and can be displayed on the output means for each category according to a request. The information distribution server according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. A step of inputting a text of an article, a keyword and a keyword interpretation described in this article from an input means; a text of the article, the keyword and the keyword interpretation are combined by a combining means, and a result screen is displayed. A step of generating, a step of storing the result screen in a storage means, a step of inputting a condition of an article to be browsed through an article article inputting means, and a keyword condition inputting means of a keyword condition of the article to be browsed A step of inputting via the storage means, a step of searching an article according to a user's request by the search means on the basis of the article condition and the keyword condition, and obtaining the result screen; And a step of causing the output means to output the screen. 6. A command for inputting an article text, a keyword and a keyword interpretation described in this article from the input means, and a text of the article, the keyword and the keyword interpretation are combined by a combining means, and a result screen is displayed. A command to generate, a command to store the result screen in the storage unit, a command to input the condition of the article to be browsed via the article condition input unit, and a keyword of the article to be browsed via the keyword condition input unit. A command for inputting a condition, a command for searching the storage unit for an article according to a user's request by the search unit based on the condition of the article and the keyword condition, and obtaining the result screen, An information distribution program, comprising: a command for causing the output means to output a result screen.