JP2003187092A - Digital content creator support system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and a method for supporting a creator. <P>SOLUTION: A user terminal 1, a creator terminal 2, and a member enterprise terminal 3 register a member in an AP server 5 via a WEB server 4. The creator terminal 2 registers the made digital contents in the AP server 5. The user terminal 1 registers a supporter when interested in the referred digital contents by referring to the digital contents registered in the AP server 5. The creator terminal 2 refers to supporter information on the digital contents recorded in the AP server 5. The member enterprise terminal 3 refers to the digital contents registered in the AP server 5, and refers to creator member information and the supporter information registered in the AP server 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a digital content creator support system and method, and more particularly to a function of managing a continuous relationship between creators and fans, works of all creators in member companies, and fan information of the creators. The present invention relates to a digital content creator support system and method having a function of referring to a reference record of digital content and an attribute of a referrer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, digital contents business is expected to become a major industry due to the increasing broadbandization of networks and enhancement of digital contents creation tools amid the increasing value of software. From such a background, a system handling digital contents has appeared on the Internet, and some functions are provided.

A conventional system for handling digital contents is: -Digital contents copyright protection function-Digital contents trading function-Digital contents registration function-Digital contents search and acquisition function for referrers-Voting function for evaluating works- It has functions such as sending messages to creators, chat between creators' fans, and BBS (electronic bulletin board system) functions.

[0004]

However, the conventional system has the following problems.

The first problem is that the relationship between creators and fans is weak for the following reasons.・ Lack of means for fans to continue to support creators.・ It is common for creators to register new works at irregular timings, so fans must visit the homepage many times to confirm the registration of new works in order for fans to obtain new works. What you have to do. That is, the lack of means to notify the registration of new works.・ Lack of means to know the increase / decrease of fans (people who continue to be fans, people who have become new fans) and fan attributes in the process of creators continuously creating works.

The second problem is that when an excellent creator or a person who needs an excellent work (people involved in the digital contents business) evaluates the creator, a fan who continuously supports the creator Lack of means to know existence.

The third problem is the lack of means for those who investigate the needs of the digital content market (people involved in the digital content business) to know what kind of digital content is accepted by whom. .

[0008] The reason for the above problem is that the conventional system is mainly used for the distribution of works, the temporary evaluation of works, and the release of works, and the continuous relationship between creators and fans is not managed as data. Is.

In order for the digital contents industry to grow, it is essential to produce excellent creators. The purpose of the present invention is to support creators and manage the continuous relationship between creators and fans. It is to provide a digital content creator support system and method having a function and a function of being able to refer to all creators' works, fan information of the creators, reference records of digital contents, and attributes of a referrer to member companies.

[0010]

A digital content creator support system of the first invention of the present application accesses a WEB server to request a user member registration, a reference request for digital content, and a supporter registration if interested in the referenced digital content. A user terminal that makes a request, a creator member registration request that accesses the WEB server, a registration request for the created digital content, and a reference request for supporter information of the registered digital content, and a member company that accesses the WEB server A member company terminal that makes a member registration request, a digital content reference request, a creator member information reference request, and a supporter information reference request, and sends a member registration screen and a member menu screen to the terminal for access from the terminal. WEB server and the terminal And AP server that transmits the registered member information of al the digital content and supporter information and creator information registered digital content was requested from the terminal from the creators terminal to the requesting terminal,
Equipped with.

The digital content creator support system according to the second invention of the present application is the AP according to the first invention.
The server is characterized in that it has means for transmitting a work registration notice to a supporter of the creator member when the creator member registers new digital content.

The digital content creator support system according to the third invention of the present application is the AP according to the first invention.
The server is characterized by having means for generating the supporter information and the creator information in a hypertext format.

In the digital content creator support method of the fourth invention of the present application, the user terminal, the creator terminal, and the member company terminal perform member registration in the AP server via the WEB server, and the creator terminal creates the created digital content in the AP. If the user terminal is registered in the server, the user terminal refers to the digital content registered in the AP server and is interested in the referenced digital content, the user terminal performs supporter registration, and the creator terminal supports the digital content registered in the AP server. With reference to information, the member company terminal refers to digital content registered in the AP server and refers to creator member information and supporter information registered in the AP server.

The digital content creator support method of the fifth invention of the present application is characterized in that, in the fourth invention, the AP server registers the ID of the member referred to the referenced digital content.

In the digital content creator support method of the sixth invention of the present application, in the fifth invention, when the creator terminal refers to the supporter information, the AP server determines the number of supporters of the creator terminal, attributes of the supporters, and supporters. It is characterized by providing time-series information that aggregates the number of repeats, the number of times the work is referenced, and the member attributes that referenced the work.

In the digital content creator support method of the seventh invention of the present application, in the fifth invention, when the member company terminal refers to creator member information and supporter information, the AP server supports the creator member for each creator member. It is characterized by providing time-series information that aggregates the number of people, the attributes of the supporters, the number of repeaters of the supporters, the number of times the work is referenced, and the attributes of members who referenced the work.

In the digital content creator support method of the eighth invention of the present application, in the fourth invention, the AP server creates a work for a supporter of the creator terminal when the creator terminal registers new digital content. It is characterized by transmitting a registration notice.

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention aims to support digital content creators, and has a function of managing relationships with fans who continuously support digital content creators and a member who investigates needs of the digital content market. A system equipped with a function to refer to the creator's work, fan information of the creator, the digital content reference record, and the attribute of the referrer to a company or a member company that proposes a business opportunity to an excellent creator or an excellent work. provide.

In FIG. 1, creators and users are
Member registration is performed from the creator terminal 2 or the user terminal 1. At this time, the ID is stored in the second database 7 by the WEB server 4 and the AP server 5 via the Internet 9.
By recording the password and personal profile, you can log in to the digital content creator support system.

The creator member registers the digital contents and the work profile created in the first database 6 from the creator terminal 2 via the Internet 9 by the WEB server 4 and the AP server 5. The digital contents and work profiles registered in the first database 6 are transmitted from the user terminal 1, the creator terminal 2, the member company terminal 3 from the user member, the creator member, and the member company member who have already registered as members to the W via the Internet 9.
It can be referred to by the EB server 4 and the AP server 5, and when the digital content is referred to by the member, the AP server 5 records the ID in the third database 8 as a referrer.

Further, the user member carries out supporter registration from the user terminal 1 to the creator member of the digital contents who is interested in referring to the digital contents. At this time, via the Internet 9, the WEB server 4 and the AP
Since the server 5 records the ID as a supporter in the third database 8, the supporter can receive an e-mail notification by the AP server 5 when the creator member registers a new work next time.

On the other hand, based on the data of the third database 8 which manages the relationship between the creator members and the supporters and the reference records and the data of the second database 7 which manages the attributes of the members, each creator member From the creator terminal 2, the number of supporters for each work, the attributes of the supporters (supporter's age and gender, etc.), the number of supporter repeats (the number of supporter registrations), the number of times the work is referenced, and the member attributes that refer to the work (member Time-series information (such information including reference information is referred to as supporter information) in which the age, sex, etc.) are aggregated, and the WEB server 4 is provided via the Internet 9.
By obtaining and referring from the AP server 5, it is possible to confirm the transition of supporters who evaluate their work.

When a member company totals the number of all supporters, the attributes of the supporters, the number of supporter repeats, the number of times the work is referenced, and the member attribute that refers to the work from the member company terminal 3 for each creator and work. The sequence information is sent to the WEB server 4 and AP server 5 via the Internet 9.
It is possible to understand the needs of the digital content market (understand the tastes of the referrers) and to consider a business in which excellent creators or excellent works are selected by acquiring and referencing from.

Further, the WEB site can provide such a function to obtain advertising income and membership fee of member companies.

The "digital content" used in the text is the content of information expressed in digital format. A "creator" is a person who creates original information using a tool that can record information in digital format. The “referencer” is a person who accesses the WEB server 4 and refers to the registered digital content. Further, "member" and "xx member" are persons who can use the digital content creator support system. Further, the "user" is a person who has accessed the WEB server 4 for the purpose of referring to contents. Also,"
"Supporter registration" is to register by clicking the button on the homepage from the browser, who is interested in the work of the creator, wants the creator to be notified by e-mail when the new work is registered next time. A user who has registered as a supporter is referred to as “supporter.” Digital content creator and creator have the same meaning, and digital content and work have the same meaning.

The configuration of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an embodiment of a digital content creator support system of the present invention is a WEB server for returning a user terminal 1, a creator terminal 2, a member company terminal 3 and a homepage to a terminal which has made a request. 4 and A for digital content registration and dynamic hypertext generation (hypertext generation of aggregate information)
A P server 5, a first database 6 for managing works of creator members and work profile data, a second database 7 for managing profile data of user members and creator members, and the relationship between creator members and supporters is recorded as data. Third database 8, user terminal 1, creator terminal 2, member company terminal 3 and W
The Internet 9 which connects the EB server 4 to each other,
Is equipped with.

The user terminal 1 is an information processing device such as a personal computer. The user terminal 1 has a function of accessing a home page provided by the WEB server 4 on the Internet 9 and performing user member registration from the home page. After registering as a user member, it has a function of referring to and displaying the digital contents provided on the homepage, and a function of performing supporter registration.

The creator terminal 2 is an information processing device such as a personal computer. Creator terminal 2
Has a function of accessing a homepage provided by the WEB server 4 on the Internet 9 and performing creator member registration from the homepage. After registering as a creator member, the function to reference and display the digital contents provided on the website, the function to register the created digital contents from the website, the number of supporters, the attributes of the supporters, the number of repeaters of the supporters, the reference frequency of the work, and the work It has a function of displaying aggregated information with the referred member attributes as time series information.

The member company terminal 3 is an information processing device such as a personal computer. Member company terminal 3 is WEB
The server 4 has a function of accessing a homepage provided on the Internet 9 and performing member company member registration from the homepage. After registering as a member of a member company, the function to refer to and display the digital contents provided on the homepage, the information of all creator members, the number of all supporters, the attributes of the supporters, the number of repeaters of the supporters, the number of references to the work, and the work It has a function of displaying aggregated information with the referred member attributes as time series information.

The WEB server 4 has the following functions. (1) A function of transmitting a requested homepage from the user terminal 1, the creator terminal 2, and the member company terminal 3 to the requesting terminal. (2) A function of transmitting the registration completion notification sent from the AP server 5 to the requesting member registration request terminal after the user terminal 1 and the creator terminal 2 send the member profile information to the AP server 5 during member registration . (3) A function of transmitting the digital content and work profile information performed by the creator terminal 2 to the AP server 5 at the time of work registration, and then sending the registration completion notification received from the AP server 5 to the requesting creator terminal 2. (4) A function of receiving the result generated by the AP server 5 from the AP server 5 with respect to the supporter information requested by the creator terminal 2, and transmitting the result to the creator terminal 2 of the request source. (5) A function of receiving the result generated by the AP server 5 for all the creator member information requested by the member company terminal 3 and its supporter information, and transmitting the result to the member company terminal 3 as the request source.

The AP server 5 has the following functions. (1) At the time of member registration, the user terminal 1 and the creator terminal 2 register the ID, password, age, gender, address, etc. transmitted as the member profile information in the second database 7, and notify the WEB server 4 of the member registration completion. Ability to send. (2) In response to the digital content and work profile registration request transmitted by the creator terminal 2, the digital content and work profile are registered in the first database 6, and the digital content identification information (Creator I
(D, digital content ID) is registered in the third database 8, an email is sent to the supporters, and a work registration completion notification is sent to the WEB server 4. (3) A function of the AP server 5 transmitting the digital content requested by the user terminal 1, the creator terminal 2, and the member company terminal 3 to the request terminal, and recording the ID in the third database 8. (4) In response to the supporter registration request from the user terminal 1, the third
A function of registering the requested person's ID in the database 8 and transmitting a supporter registration completion notification to the WEB server 4. (5) In response to the supporter information request sent by the creator terminal 2, the information in the third database 8 and the second database 7 is totaled, and HTML (hypertext markup languag)
A function of generating a hypertext by e) and transmitting it to the WEB server 4. (6) In response to the request for creator information transmitted from the member company terminal 3, the second database 7 and the third database 8
The function of totaling the information of the above and transmitting the generated hypertext to the WEB server 4.

The first database 6 has a function of registering and managing digital content data and work profile data created by creator members.

The second database 7 has a function of registering and managing member profile data of creator members, user members and member companies.

The third database 8 has a function of performing supporter management and registering and managing data recording the relationship between creator members and supporters and content reference records.

Although there is one user terminal 1, creator terminal 2 and member company terminal 3 in FIG. 1, in general, there are a plurality of terminals. Further, although three are shown as the first database 6, the second database 7, and the third database 8, they are shown as three for ease of explanation, and the number of databases is not fixed. .

FIG. 1 shows the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.
~ It demonstrates in detail using FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the flow of member registration processing. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a flow of member registration processing. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the flow of member registration processing. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flow of processing after user member registration. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a flow of processing after creator member registration. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a flow of processing after member company member registration. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the flow of menu screen generation.

First, the flow of processing in which the user performs user member registration and the creator performs creator member registration will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the user accesses the WEB server 4 established on the Internet 9 via the user terminal 1 and the creator terminal 2 (step A1 in FIG. 2). The WEB server 4 sends back the start screen to the requesting terminal (step A2 in FIG. 2). At this time, if you want to register as a creator member, select Creator member registration from the start screen (Fig. 3
Step A1), and select user membership registration from the start screen when performing user membership registration (step A in FIG. 3).
2) and make a request to the WEB server 4 (step A in FIG. 2).
3). In response to this, the WEB server 4 requests the registration screen from the creator member (step A1 in FIG. 4).
The creator member registration screen is transmitted to the creator terminal 2 (step A4 in FIG. 2), and if requested by the user member (step A2 in FIG. 4), the user member registration screen is transmitted to the user terminal 1 (step A4 in FIG. 2). ). The user or creator inputs the member profile such as ID, password, name, address, telephone number, and mail address on the screen (step A5 in FIG. 2) and sends it to the AP server 5 (step A6 in FIG. 2). The AP server 5 sends a registration completion notice to the WEB server 4 after registering as a user member or creator member in the second database 7 (see FIG. 2).
Step A7). The WEB server 4 transmits the message received from the AP server 5 to the requesting user or creator (step A8 in FIG. 2).

Next, with reference to FIG. 5 and FIG. 8, a flow of processing for registering the user member and then referring to the registered digital contents and supporting the user will be described. First, the user member accesses the WEB server 4 established on the Internet 9 via the user terminal 1 (step A1 in FIG. 5), obtains the start screen (step A2 in FIG. 5), and then requests the login screen. Yes (Fig. 5
Step A3). The WEB server 4 transmits a login screen to the user terminal 1 (step A4 in FIG. 5). The user member sends the ID and password to the AP server 5 (step A5 in FIG. 5). The AP server 5 makes an inquiry to the second database 7 to generate a menu screen for user members and W
The data is transmitted to the EB server 4 (step A3 in FIG. 8, step A6 in FIG. 5). The WEB server 4 transmits the generated menu screen to the user terminal 1 (step A in FIG. 5).
7). When the user member requests the provided digital content, the user member requests the provided digital content (step A8 in FIG. 5). The AP server 5 transmits the digital content to the user terminal 1 and
The third database 8 is searched for the digital content ID of the digital content, and the user ID as a referrer.
Is recorded in the third database 8 (step A in FIG. 5).
9). When the user member requests the supporter registration, the supporter registration button created for each digital content is pressed from the browser to request the supporter registration (step A10 in FIG. 5). The AP server 5 searches the third database 8 for the digital content ID of the digital content, records the user ID as a supporter in the third database 8, and transmits a supporter registration completion message to the WEB server 4 (see FIG. 5). Step A1
1). The user terminal 1 receives the supporter registration completion message from the WEB server 4 (step A1 in FIG. 5).
2). In the above flow, the request for digital content and the supporter registration can be repeated by changing the target digital content.

Next, with reference to FIG. 6 and FIG. 8, the flow of processing after the creator member is registered to refer to the registered digital contents, to register the work, or to refer to the supporter information will be described. First, the creator member accesses the WEB server 4 established on the Internet 9 through the creator terminal 2 (step A1 in FIG. 6), obtains the start screen (step A2 in FIG. 6), and then requests the login screen. (Step A3 in FIG. 6). The WEB server 4 sends a login screen to the creator terminal 2 (step A4 in FIG. 6). The creator member sends the ID and password to the AP server 5 (step A5 in FIG. 6). The AP server 5 queries the second database 7, generates a creator member menu screen, and sends it to the WEB server 4 (step A2 in FIG. 8, step A6 in FIG. 6). The creator terminal 2 obtains the menu screen from the WEB server 4 (step A7 in FIG. 6). When the creator member requests the provided digital content, the creator member requests the provided digital content (step A8 in FIG. 6). The AP server 5 transmits the digital content to the creator terminal 2, searches the third database 8 for the digital content ID of the digital content, and records the creator ID in the third database 8 as a reference person (step in FIG. 6). A9). When a creator member requests digital content registration, a digital content registration request is made to the WEB server 4 (step A in FIG. 6).
10), after obtaining the digital content registration screen (step A11 in FIG. 6), the work profile and digital content are transmitted to the AP server 5 (step A1 in the figure).
2). The AP server 5 retrieves the creator ID from the third database 8 and obtains the digital content ID and the user ID registered as a supporter. Then, the AP server 5 searches the second database 7 from the user ID registered as the supporter, acquires the mail address, and sends the mail indicating that the new work has been registered. In addition, a new digital content ID is generated from the digital content ID (when the creator ID is XXXXXX and the first work is registered, the digital content ID is XXXXXX002, which is a format that satisfies the unique attribute), and the creator I
The D and the digital content ID are recorded in the third database 8, and the creator ID, the digital content ID, the digital content and the work profile are recorded in the first database 6. After each process is completed, a message indicating that the work has been registered is transmitted to the WEB server 4 (step A13 in FIG. 6). The creator terminal 2 obtains a message of work registration completion from the WEB server 4 (step A in FIG. 6).
14). When the creator member requests the supporter information, when the supporter information request is made to the AP server 5 (step A15 in FIG. 6), the AP server 5 retrieves the creator ID from the third database 8 and finds the digital content ID and its User ID registered as a supporter and ID registered as a reference person for each digital content ID
To get In addition, the second database 7 based on the user ID registered as a supporter and the ID registered as a referrer.
To get the attribute. Based on the acquired data, the number of supporters for each work, the attributes, the number of repeats, the number of times the work was referenced, and the member attributes that referenced the work
Hypertext is generated by TML and transmitted to the WEB server 4 (step A16 in FIG. 6). Creator terminal 2
Obtains supporter information from the WEB server 4 (step A17 in FIG. 6). In the above flow, the request for digital content, the registration of digital content, and the request for supporter information can be repeatedly performed by changing the target digital content.

Next, with reference to FIG. 7 and FIG. 8, a flow of processing in which the member company member refers to digital contents, creator information and creator supporter information will be described. It is assumed that the member company is contract-registered as a member of the member company, and the ID and password are registered. First, the member company accesses the WEB server 4 established on the Internet 9 via the member company terminal 3 (step A1 in FIG. 7), acquires the start screen (step A2 in FIG. 7), and then displays the login screen. Request (step A3 in FIG. 7). The WEB server 4 sends a login screen to the member company terminal 3 (step A4 in FIG. 7). The member company member transmits the ID and password to the AP server 5 (step A5 in FIG. 7). The AP server 5 queries the second database 7, generates a member company member menu screen, and sends it to the WEB server 4 (step A1 in FIG. 8, FIG. 7).
Step A6). The member company member obtains the menu screen from the WEB server 4 (step A7 in FIG. 7). When the member company member requests the provided digital contents, the requested digital contents are requested (step A8 in FIG. 7). The AP server 5 transmits the digital content to the member company terminal 3 and searches the third database 8 for the digital content ID of the digital content, and the third member database ID is used as a reference.
The data is recorded in the database 8 (step A9 in FIG. 7). When a member company member requests creator information and supporter information, the creator information and supporter information request is sent to the AP server 5 (step A10 in FIG. 7).
The server 5 receives the digital content ID and the digital content I for each creator ID from the third database 8.
A user ID registered as a supporter for each D and an ID registered as a reference person are obtained. In addition, from the user ID registered as a supporter and the ID registered as a referrer,
The second database 7 is pulled to obtain the attribute. Based on the acquired data, the number of supporters for each work, the attribute, the number of repeats, the number of times the work was referenced, and the member attributes that referenced the work were aggregated to generate hypertext in HTML for each creator, Send to WEB server 4 (Fig. 7
Step A11). Member company terminal 3 is WEB server 4
Obtain creator information and supporter information from (step A12 in FIG. 7). In the flow described above, the request for digital content and the request for creator information and supporter information can be repeatedly performed by changing the target digital content.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described above.
These embodiments are merely examples for explaining the present invention, and the present invention is not intended to be limited to these embodiments. Therefore, the present invention can be implemented in various forms other than the above embodiments without departing from the gist thereof.

[0043]

The first effect is that a large number of member companies can select the creator member's work, the number of supporters of the creator member, the supporter attribute, the number of supporter repeats, the reference record of the member's digital contents, and the member attribute. By referring to them, it is possible to consider the needs of the digital content market (understand the tastes of referrers), and to consider a business in which excellent creators and excellent works are selected.

The reason is that the work information of all the creator members, the supporter information of the creator members, the digital content reference record of the members, and the member attributes are managed in the database.

The second effect is that the creator promotes digital content registration from the provided function. Moreover, the motivation to create is improved from the provided function.

The reason is that the present invention provides the creator with the following functions.・ You can refer to the repeat status of supporters.・ The number of supporters and their attributes can be referenced.・ The number of times digital contents are referenced by members and the attributes of members can be referenced. -Member companies can refer to creator information and supporter information for the purpose of discovering excellent creators and excellent works.

The third effect is that the user does not have to visit the home page many times in order to obtain a new work of the creator who is irregularly registered.

The reason for this is that if the referrer registers as a supporter, the creator member will be notified by e-mail when the new work is registered.

The fourth effect is that the function provided in the digital content creator support system of the present invention provides the member company, the creator, and the user with the first effect and the second effect, respectively.
The third effect is to increase the number of member companies, creator members, and user members who use the digital content creator support system. As a result, it becomes possible for a WEB site that provides a digital content creator support system to obtain advertising revenue and membership fees of member companies. In addition, by increasing the number of excellent creator members, high-quality digital contents are registered and many users access the digital contents creator support system. Moreover, if it becomes possible to obtain data from many creator members and user members, the number of member companies will also increase.
In this way, the digital content creator support system activates the digital content production and activates the digital content industry.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the flow of member registration processing.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a flow of member registration processing.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flow of member registration processing.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flow of processing after user member registration.

[Figure 6] Diagram showing the flow of processing after creator member registration

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a flow of processing after member company member registration.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a flow of menu screen generation.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 user terminal 2 creator terminals 3 member company terminals 4 WEB server 5 AP server 6 First database 7 Second database 8 third database 9 Internet

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A user terminal for accessing a WEB server to make a user member registration request, a digital content reference request, and a supporter registration request if interested in the referenced digital content, and a WEB server access creator terminal registration request. And a creator terminal that makes a registration request for the created digital content and a reference request for the supporter information of the registered digital content, and a member company member registration request, a digital content reference request, and a creator member information reference request by accessing the WEB server. A member company terminal that requests a reference to supporter information, a WEB server that sends a member registration screen and a member menu screen to the terminal in response to access from the terminal, and member information that is registered from the terminal from the creator terminal Register the digital contents of A digital content creator support system comprising: a digital content requested from a terminal, supporter information, and an AP server for transmitting creator information to the requesting terminal. 2. The AP server has means for transmitting a work registration notice to a supporter of the creator member when the creator member registers new digital content. Digital content creator support system described. 3. The digital content creator support system according to claim 1, wherein the AP server has means for generating the supporter information and the creator information in a hypertext format. 4. A user terminal, a creator terminal, and a member company terminal register as members in an AP server via a WEB server, the creator terminal registers the created digital content in the AP server, and the user terminal uses the AP. If the digital content registered in the server is referred to and the interested digital content is referenced, the supporter registration is performed, the creator terminal refers to the supporter information regarding the digital content registered in the AP server, and the member company terminal refers to the supporter information. A method for supporting digital content creators, which refers to digital content registered in an AP server and refers to creator member information and supporter information registered in the AP server. 5. The digital content creator support method according to claim 4, wherein the AP server registers the ID of the referred member for the referred digital content. 6. When the creator terminal refers to the supporter information, the AP server counts the number of supporters of the creator terminal, the attributes of the supporters, the number of supporter repeats, the reference number of the work, and the member attribute referring to the work. 6. The time series information is provided.
The described digital content creator support method. 7. When the member company terminal refers to creator member information and supporter information, the AP server, for each creator member, the number of supporters of the creator member, attributes of the supporters, the number of times the supporter repeats and the number of times the work is referenced. 6. The method for supporting digital content creator according to claim 5, further comprising providing time-series information in which member attributes referring to the work are totaled. 8. The digital apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the AP server sends a work registration notice to a supporter of the creator terminal when the creator terminal registers new digital content. How to support content creators.