JP2006040180A - Information distribution system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system and method for information distribution to allow a plurality of broadcasters to smoothly adjust program contents and broadcast times for national and local broadcasts in information distribution using automatic dispensers. <P>SOLUTION: In the information distribution system, schedules for national and local broadcasts are adjusted, and then a unified schedule is created to provide local information. The information distribution system has a unified schedule determination means for selecting a program to be broadcasted according to the unified schedule from national and local broadcasts. Consequently, broadcast contents are adjusted for automatic dispensers. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information distribution system, for example. More specifically, the present invention relates to an information distribution system and method using a vending machine.

  Conventionally, information, advertisements, and the like are transmitted through media such as magazines, televisions, and personal computers. For example, advertisements are provided to these consumers when a person who purchased a magazine or the like actively browses a magazine, a television, a personal computer, or the like.

  Rather than providing information that relies on the active behavior of the consumer, a method for further enhancing the advertising effect is that the advertisement is passively provided to the consumer. For example, the advertisement is passively provided to the consumer by displaying the advertisement on a vending machine installed in a public place.

As an example of displaying an advertisement on such a vending machine, a method of displaying an advertisement provided by this vending machine as a still image or a moving image by using a vending machine provided with image output means such as a display. Is known (for example, Patent Document 1). The advertisement displayed here is created and recorded by a predetermined server, distributed to each vending machine via a communication line such as the Internet, and displayed on each vending machine. ing.
JP 2001-273285 A

  However, the content broadcast by the vending machine need not be limited to advertisements, and may be various information. Furthermore, if the content of the information to be displayed is information (local information) suitable for the place where the vending machine is installed, it will further attract the interest of consumers and lead to an improvement in sales of the vending machine. For example, in a vending machine installed in a soccer field, it is desirable to display information related to soccer as information to be sent by the vending machine. This is because a person who wants to obtain information about soccer gathers in a vending machine, and as a result, there is a possibility that a product sold by the vending machine is purchased.

  In order to provide local information depending on the location where the vending machine is installed in the vending machine, the broadcast time and broadcast between the national broadcast broadcasted by all vending machines and the local broadcast related to this local information It is necessary to adjust the contents. In other words, it is necessary to appropriately adjust what kind of content is broadcasted in what time zone between the nationwide broadcast provider that conducts broadcasts nationwide and the local broadcast provider that performs local broadcasts. There is. For example, in the above-described vending machine installed in a soccer field, the nationwide broadcast provider is a beverage provider of the vending machine, and the local broadcast provider is a soccer field management company. These broadcast providers need to adjust the broadcast content and the broadcast time.

  As described above, there has been a demand for a system and method in which a plurality of broadcasters can smoothly adjust the broadcast contents and broadcast times of national broadcasts and local broadcasts when broadcasting with vending machines.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for adjusting national and local broadcast contents and broadcast time smoothly by using a vending machine so that a plurality of broadcasters can smoothly adjust national and local broadcast contents and broadcast times. And

  (1) An information distribution system for outputting information to a vending machine, wherein the information distribution system is connected to a national server, a local server connected to the national server via a communication line, and the local server. The national server is a national broadcast recording means for recording a national broadcast that is broadcast in common to all the vending machines of the information system, and a national schedule record for recording the schedule of the national broadcast. And a national server communication means for transmitting the national broadcast and the national schedule to the local server, and the local server records a local broadcast that is a broadcast based on an installation location of the vending machine. Local broadcast recording means, local schedule recording means for recording the schedule of the local broadcast, An integrated schedule determination unit that adjusts a broadcast schedule and the local broadcast schedule to create an integrated schedule, and selects a broadcast scheduled to be broadcast on the integrated schedule from a national broadcast and a local broadcast, and the automatic sales The machine comprises an integrated schedule and a local server communication means for transmitting the selected broadcast, and the vending machine records a broadcast recording means for recording the selected broadcast, a schedule recording means for storing the integrated schedule, An information distribution system comprising display means for performing a selected broadcast based on the integrated schedule and sound output means.

  According to the invention of (1), when displaying information as an information distribution system, a vending machine installed in a public place is used, and not only advertisements for products sold by this vending machine, but also various Information can be provided as a video or still image broadcast. Furthermore, in addition to the national broadcast that is broadcast in common to all vending machines, the local broadcast that is information specific to the location where the vending machine is installed, It can be broadcast on vending machines. Therefore, it is possible to provide local information suitable for the place where the vending machine is installed.

  Furthermore, when providing local information, the national broadcast schedule and the local broadcast schedule are adjusted to create an integrated schedule, and the broadcast scheduled to be broadcast on this integrated schedule is selected from the national broadcast and the local broadcast. Since the integrated schedule determination means is provided, the administrator can easily adjust the broadcast content of the vending machine.

  In addition, when there are a plurality of businesses that want to distribute information in the vending machine, it is possible to flexibly adjust the broadcast content and broadcast time between the businesses. For example, the national server determines information to be distributed in common throughout the country by operating the head office. On the other hand, the local server determines information that is operated and distributed by a local company such as a Tokyo branch. As a result, it is possible to flexibly adjust the broadcast content among a plurality of providers and determine the content of information distribution.

  (2) In the information distribution system of (1), when the national schedule recording means of the national server records the schedule, the priority level of the scheduled broadcast is recorded together with the schedule, and the national server communication means In addition to the national broadcast and the national schedule, the priority level is transmitted to the local server, and the integrated schedule determination means determines the national broadcast schedule and the local broadcast based on the transmitted priority level. An information distribution system that adjusts the schedule and creates an integrated schedule and selects broadcasts scheduled to be broadcast on this integrated schedule from national and local broadcasts.

  According to the invention of (2), when the local server adjusts the schedule between the national broadcast and the local broadcast, the broadcast priority is determined based on the priority level associated with the broadcast content of the national broadcast. The national broadcast provider and the local broadcast provider can adjust the broadcast contents smoothly and flexibly.

  (3) The national server transmits a plurality of national broadcasts to the local server, and the integrated schedule determination means of the local server selects one national broadcast among the plurality of national broadcasts (1) or (2 ) Information distribution system described.

  According to the invention of (3), even if the national server arbitrarily transmits a plurality of national broadcasts, the local server selects the optimal national broadcast for the installation location of the vending machine connected to the local server. Therefore, the national server does not take into account the local circumstances of each vending machine (the location where the vending machine is installed is a cold climate, a hot climate, etc.) Judgment can be made.

  (4) The information distribution system according to (1), wherein the local server is connected hierarchically to perform information distribution more suitable for a vending machine installation location.

  According to the invention of (4), in the information distribution system, a plurality of local servers are connected from the nationwide server, and a plurality of local servers are further connected from each of the plurality of servers. Therefore, the information distribution system forms a tree structure as a whole. Thereby, the local broadcast based on the place where the vending machine is installed can be distributed.

  For example, assume that a certain vending machine is installed at an event venue such as a live venue. In this case, information distribution suitable for events such as musicians who came to the live venue is performed to the vending machines at the live venue. However, for example, information distribution suitable for an event such as a musician is not always appropriate for a vending machine installed in an office building adjacent to a live venue.

  Thus, for example, a common first local broadcast is broadcast in a region where the live venue is located, and a local server for the live venue broadcasts a second local broadcast suitable for the live venue. Here, the local server for the live venue adjusts the contents of the broadcast time and the broadcast time for the first local broadcast and the second local broadcast. Thereby, information distribution suitable for the installation location of the vending machine can be further performed.

  (5) A method for outputting information to a vending machine using an information distribution system, the information distribution system comprising: a national server; a local server connected to the national server via a communication line; Vending machines connected to the server, and the national broadcast recording means of the national server records national broadcasts commonly broadcast by all the vending machines of the information system, and records the national schedule of the national servers. Means for recording the national broadcast schedule; national server communication means for the national server transmitting the national broadcast and the national schedule to the local server; and local broadcast recording for the local server. The means records a local broadcast which is a broadcast based on the installation location of the vending machine, and the local server The local schedule recording means records the local broadcast schedule, and the local server integrated schedule determination means adjusts the national broadcast schedule and the local broadcast schedule to create an integrated schedule, Selecting broadcasts scheduled to be broadcast in this integrated schedule from national broadcasts and local broadcasts, and communication means of the local server transmitting the integrated schedule and the selected broadcasts to the vending machine; The broadcast recording unit of the vending machine records the selected broadcast, the schedule recording unit stores the integrated schedule, and the display unit and the audio output unit of the vending machine include the integrated schedule. And a step of performing a selected broadcast based on Law.

  (6) A program capable of executing the method according to (5).

  According to the present invention, when displaying information as an information distribution system, a vending machine installed in a public place is used, and not only advertisements for products etc. sold by this vending machine but also various kinds of information as moving images. Alternatively, it can be provided as a still image broadcast. Furthermore, in addition to the national broadcast that is broadcast in common to all vending machines, the local broadcast that is information specific to the location where the vending machine is installed, It can be broadcast on vending machines. Therefore, it is possible to provide local information suitable for the place where the vending machine is installed.

  Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the information distribution system 1 includes a nationwide server 100, local servers 20-23 connected to the nationwide server 100 via a communication network 500, and the local servers 20-23 wired or wireless. And vending machines 10-15 equipped with display means 41.

  Since the information distribution system 1 is used by a business operator who wants to distribute information in the vending machines 10 to 15, a plurality of business operators may operate the information distribution system 1. For example, the national server 100 determines information that is operated and distributed by the head office. On the other hand, the local server 20 determines information that is operated and distributed by the Tokyo branch. As a result, a plurality of business operators can individually determine the contents of information distribution.

  The national server 100 includes an input unit 51 that receives input of a national broadcast that is commonly broadcast by all the vending machines 10 to 15, a display unit 50 that displays the input information, and a national unit that records the national broadcast. Broadcast recording means 53, national schedule recording means 54 for recording the national schedule, national server communication means 56 for communicating with the local servers 20 to 23, and the like, and control means 55 for controlling these means (see FIG. 2).

  The input means 51 of the national server 100 is an interface that receives broadcast and schedule inputs. The input means 51 may be a human interface (keyboard, mouse, etc.) for the operator to edit and create the contents of the national broadcast and the national broadcast schedule, or the national broadcast from other storage devices. It may be an interface for downloading contents, or an interface (input device) that accepts the input of national broadcast contents from other video / audio recording devices (DVD recorder, tape recorder, TV camera, etc.) It may be.

  The national broadcast recording means 53 of the national server 100 is a recording device that records the national broadcast input by the input means 51. The national schedule recording unit 54 is a recording device that records the national schedule input by the input unit 51. The national server communication means 56 is an interface for connecting to the communication line network 500. For example, a network interface card (NIC) or the like.

  The communication line network 500 may be a network such as the Internet, for example. The communication line may be wired, wireless, or a dedicated line provided exclusively for the present system.

  The local servers 20 to 23 include an input unit 61 that receives an input of a local broadcast that is broadcast only to the vending machines connected to the local servers 20 to 23, a display unit 60 that confirms the input information, A local broadcast recording means 62 for recording broadcasts, a national broadcast recording means 63 for recording national broadcasts, a local schedule recording means 64 for recording local schedules, a national schedule and a local schedule are adjusted and an integrated schedule is created and scheduled. Integrated schedule determining means 67 for selecting the broadcast, integrated schedule recording means 68 for recording the integrated schedule, control means 65, and local server communication means 66 (see FIG. 3).

  The input means 61 of the local servers 20 to 23 is an interface that receives broadcast and schedule inputs. The input means 61 may be a human interface (keyboard, mouse, etc.) for the operator to edit and create the contents of the local broadcast and the local broadcast schedule, or the local broadcast from other storage devices, computers, etc. It may be an interface for downloading broadcast contents, or an interface (input for receiving broadcast contents of local broadcasts) from other video / audio recording devices (DVD recorder, tape recorder, TV camera, etc.) Device).

  The local broadcast recording unit 62 of the local servers 20 to 23 is a recording device that records the local broadcast input by the input unit 61. The local schedule recording unit 64 is a recording device that records the local schedule input by the input unit 61. The local server communication unit 66 is, for example, a network interface card (NIC).

  The national broadcast recording means 63 of the local servers 20 to 23 is a recording device that temporarily records the national broadcast transmitted from the national server 100. This national broadcast recording means 63 may not be provided in the local servers 20-23. In this case, for example, the national server 100 transmits the national broadcast directly to the vending machines 10-15, and the broadcast recording means 43 of the vending machines 10-15 records this broadcast.

  The integrated schedule determination unit 67 of the local servers 20 to 23 adjusts the national broadcast schedule transmitted from the national server 100 and the local broadcast schedule input from the input unit 61 of the local servers 20 to 23. For example, the broadcast time of the national broadcast and the broadcast time of the local broadcast are adjusted by inserting the local broadcast into the free time of the national broadcast. In addition, by adding a priority level to the local broadcast to the broadcast content and broadcast time of the national broadcast, the broadcast schedule of the national broadcast and the local broadcast is adjusted based on this priority.

  The integrated schedule recording unit 68 of the local servers 20 to 23 is a recording device that records the schedule in which the national broadcast and the local broadcast are integrated by the integrated schedule determination unit 67.

  In order to compare the local servers 20 to 23 with the nationwide servers, for example, local names are given such that the local server 20 is “Tokyo” and the local server 21 is “Osaka”. Thereby, for example, since the local server 23 is a local server of “Hokkaido”, the local information of Hokkaido is recorded and transmitted to the vending machine 15. In addition to this, for example, the national broadcast suitable for Hokkaido may be preferentially selected from the national broadcasts sent from the national server 100. Specifically, among the advertisement broadcasts related to beverages transmitted from national broadcasts, adjustments are made so that advertisements for hot drinks are preferentially broadcast in order to match the location in Hokkaido.

  As another embodiment of the local servers 20 to 23, the local servers 20 to 23 may be classified according to subdivided locations without being classified according to regions such as “Tokyo” and “Osaka”. For example, a local server 22 for providing information to a vending machine installed in a soccer field is assumed. In this case, the local broadcast recording means 62 of the local server 22 may record, for example, information on soccer players, information on today's games, etc. as local broadcasts and transmit them to the vending machine 14.

  The vending machines 10-15 include a display means 41 for displaying information, an audio output means 40 for outputting sound, a sales means 42 for selling merchandise, and a broadcast recording means for recording the contents of national or local broadcasts. 43, an integrated schedule recording means 44 for recording a schedule of a program broadcast by the vending machines 10 to 15, a control means 45 for controlling each means, and a communication means 46.

  The vending machines 10 to 15 may be vending machines that sell various products. Like the vending machine 10, the vending machines 10 to 15 may be a paper cup type vending machine dedicated to beverages, or the vending machine 12. In addition, it may be a vending machine that sells accessories and toys, may be a can juice selling machine like the vending machine 13, or may be a cigarette selling machine like the vending machine 11. There may be.

  The display means 41 of the vending machines 10 to 15 is a device that displays the national broadcast transmitted from the national server 100 or the local broadcast transmitted from the local servers 20 to 23. For example, the display means 41 is a CRT display or a liquid crystal display. is there. Audio output means 40 for outputting audio in accordance with this image may be provided. The sales means 42 includes, for example, means for a consumer to select a product, means for recognizing a coin slot and a coin, means for discharging the selected product, and the like.

  The broadcast recording means 43 of the vending machines 10 to 15 is a recording device that temporarily records the national broadcast transmitted from the national server 100 and the local broadcast transmitted from the local servers 20 to 23. The integrated schedule recording unit 44 is a recording device that receives a schedule determined by integrating national broadcasting and local broadcasting from the local servers 20 to 23 and records the schedule. The communication unit 46 may be a communication interface connected by wire as in the vending machine 10, but may be a wireless interface 502 of the vending machine 12. In this case, the local server communication unit 66 of the local server 20 is a wireless interface 501 corresponding to this wireless interface. For example, the wireless interface may be an interface based on IEEE802.11b.

  A specific operation executed by each component of the information distribution system 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  The national broadcast and the national schedule designating the broadcast time of the national broadcast are input via the input means 51 of the national server 100 and recorded in the national broadcast recording means 53 and the national schedule recording means 54 of the national server 100, respectively. Is done. The recorded national broadcast and national schedule are transmitted to the local server 20 (S01). Here, the national broadcast may include a plurality of national broadcasts scheduled at a certain time. That is, A broadcast is reserved as a national broadcast as broadcast contents to be broadcast from 12:00 to 13:00, but there may be a plurality of such A broadcasts as A1 broadcast and A2 broadcast.

  The local server receives the national broadcast and the national schedule, records the national broadcast in the national broadcast recording means 63, and the national schedule is temporarily recorded in the integrated schedule determination means 67. The integrated schedule determination unit 67 confirms whether the local broadcast is recorded in the local broadcast recording unit 62 of the local server (S03).

  That is, the control means 65 of the local server 20 determines whether the local broadcast is recorded in the local broadcast recording means 62, and determines whether it is necessary to adjust the local broadcast and the national broadcast. If the local broadcast is recorded in the local broadcast recording means 62, the integrated schedule determination means 67 adjusts the schedule between the national broadcast and the local broadcast (S04). The adjusted schedule and the broadcast scheduled to be broadcast according to the adjusted schedule are transmitted to the vending machines 10 to 12 (S04).

  The adjustment of the schedule between the national broadcast and the local broadcast may be performed based on a priority level associated with the schedule. In other words, when creating a schedule for national broadcasting, it is specified whether this broadcast program has contents to be broadcast with priority over local broadcast or broadcast with priority over local broadcast. The local server 20 receives the designated priority level, and the integrated schedule determination unit 67 adjusts the local broadcast and the national broadcast based on the priority level.

  Next, the integrated schedule determination means 67 of the local server 20 selects the designated national broadcast from among the received multiple national broadcasts (S05). For example, when a beverage advertisement broadcast is performed nationwide, the national server 100 simply transmits both a cold drink advertisement broadcast and a hot drink advertisement broadcast to the local servers 20 to 23 as the national broadcast. . When the local server 23 in Hokkaido receives this information, it will provide information that matches the location of the vending machine 15 by preferentially broadcasting hot drinks, except during hot summer months. Is possible. In order to realize this, the operator operating the local broadcast designates in advance so as to preferentially broadcast the hot drink, and transmits the national broadcast of the designated content to the vending machine 10 (S07). .

  The vending machine 10 receives a schedule in which the national broadcast and the local broadcast are adjusted in addition to the national broadcast, and based on the adjusted schedule, the control means 45 determines the broadcast content (S08) and displays it. Display and output are performed on the means 41 and the sound output means 40 (S09).

  The national schedule may have various broadcast patterns depending on the types of vending machines 10 to 15 as shown in FIG. FIG. 6 shows a schedule set for each broadcast pattern (juice, coffee, cigarette) of a vending machine using a national schedule as a 24-hour program guide. For example, the juice vending machine 13 of the broadcast pattern 1 performs the B broadcast from the morning to before lunch. The B broadcast is, for example, a beverage broadcast suitable for the morning, and may be a broadcast including an advertisement broadcast of canned coffee. The C broadcast is performed in the lunch time zone. However, the C broadcast may be a broadcast including a tea-based advertisement broadcast suitable for lunch (broadcast for a drink with meals).

  As described above, for example, even if it is simply a tea advertisement broadcast, there is an advertisement mode in which an advertisement broadcast with an image of cold tea or an advertisement broadcast with an image of warm tea. Therefore, the C broadcast is not limited to only one advertisement broadcast content. For example, as a national broadcast, a cold drink advertisement broadcast and a hot drink advertisement broadcast are transmitted from a nationwide server, and the local server 20 determines which of the broadcast contents to select. May be.

  FIG. 7 shows a program table (national schedule) showing the C broadcast of broadcast pattern 1 in detail. Since C broadcast includes tea-based advertisement broadcasts, for example, advertisements for Kosha tea and oolong tea are reserved, and in addition, advertisements for Otosha and Sakaisha are reserved. In addition, because the contents of the national broadcast, the national common news and the national weather forecast is reserved. The broadcast time zone of the C broadcast in FIG. 7 is 30 minutes, but since the national broadcast is actually reserved for only 22 minutes, the remaining 8 minutes are left.

  It is assumed that the local broadcast is recorded in the local broadcast recording means 62 of the local server 20 and the local broadcast is scheduled as shown in FIG. As described above, since there is a free time of 8 minutes in the national schedule, advertisements for local companies and local companies may be reserved for this free time.

  As shown in FIG. 7, by adding a priority level to a national broadcast program, the local broadcast and the national broadcast can be adjusted smoothly. That is, the integrated schedule determination means 67 determines whether to make broadcast reservations with priority on local broadcasts or to make broadcast reservations with priority on national broadcasts based on the priority level related to the broadcast program of the national schedule. Finally, an integrated broadcasting schedule for information distribution by the vending machine is determined. For example, the advertisement level for Kosha tea and Oolong tea, and the advertisement level for Otosha and Kashiwasha are high, while national news and weather forecasts are low. It has become. Therefore, the program of the “low” level may be excluded from the broadcast reservation, and the integrated schedule determination unit 67 may perform adjustment so that the local broadcast is preferentially reserved.

  FIG. 9 shows the schedule of the broadcast contents scheduled to be broadcast by the vending machine 10 after the national broadcast and the local broadcast are adjusted as described above. Each broadcast is adjusted by making a broadcast reservation for a high priority broadcast in the national broadcasting and also appropriately making a broadcast reservation for a local broadcast.

  As another embodiment, an information distribution system is shown in which local servers 25 to 35 are connected hierarchically to perform information distribution more suitable for the installation location of the vending machine (FIG. 9). As shown in FIG. 9, the local servers 25 to 35 form a hierarchical structure and have a tree structure as a whole, so that a local broadcast based on the place where the vending machine is installed can be distributed. it can.

  For example, assume that a certain vending machine 32 is installed in a movie theater. In this case, it is desirable to distribute information suitable for the contents of the movie to be shown to the vending machine 32 in the movie theater. However, for example, information distribution regarding the contents of a movie to be screened is not necessarily appropriate for the vending machine 31 installed in an office building adjacent to a movie theater.

  Therefore, for example, a common first local broadcast is broadcast to a district (23 wards) where the movie theater is located, and a local server 28 for the movie theater broadcasts a second local broadcast related to the contents of the movie. To do. Here, for the first local broadcast, the second local broadcast, and the national broadcast, the local server 28 for movie theaters adjusts the contents of the broadcast time and the broadcast time. Thereby, information distribution suitable for the installation location of the vending machine can be further performed.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 10, the local server 28 for the movie theater includes the national broadcast from the national server 100, the first local broadcast from the local server 25 (Tokyo), and the local server 26 (23 wards). Information is broadcast to the vending machine 32 by adjusting the second local broadcast from the third local broadcast and the third local broadcast from the local server 28 (movie theater).

  Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the information distribution system 1 may include a vending machine that broadcasts only the national broadcast, such as the vending machine 34, and the first local broadcast and the national broadcast are performed. A vending machine 30 that adjusts and broadcasts may be included.

  As an advantage of using the national server 100 and the local servers 20 to 29 as separate servers, as described above, the national broadcast provider and the local broadcast provider can individually specify the information distribution contents. In addition to this, there is an advantage that information distribution suitable for the place where the vending machine is installed can be flexibly performed. In movie theaters and soccer fields, people who are interested in the movies and soccer to be screened gather, so by distributing information that such consumers are interested in flexibly, it is possible to improve the sales of vending machines and Advertisement delivery.

  The present invention is not only applicable to advertisement information distribution as an information distribution system, but also various information distribution, for example, emergency information, route information, traffic jam information, news, weather forecast, fortune telling, etc. Distribution is also applicable.

It is a figure which shows the information delivery system of this invention. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of a national server. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of a local server. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of a vending machine. It is a flowchart figure which shows the operation | movement which each structural requirement of an information delivery system performs. It is a figure which shows the national schedule for every broadcast pattern. It is a figure which shows C of the broadcast pattern 1 of a national schedule. It is a figure which shows a local schedule. It is a figure which shows an integrated schedule. It is a figure which shows the information delivery system which made the local server the hierarchical structure as another Example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information distribution system 10-15 30-35 Vending machine 20-29 Local server 40 Audio | voice output means 41 Display means 42 Sales means 43 Broadcast recording means 44 Integrated schedule recording means 45 Control means 46 Communication means 50 Display means 51 Input means 53 National broadcast recording means 54 National schedule recording means 55 Control means 56 National server communication means 60 Display means 61 Input means 62 Local broadcast recording means 63 National broadcast recording means 64 Local schedule recording means 65 Control means 66 Local server communication means 67 Integrated schedule determination Means 68 Integrated schedule recording means 100 National server

Claims (6)

An information distribution system that outputs information to a vending machine,
The information distribution system includes a national server, a local server connected to the national server via a communication line, and a vending machine connected to the local server,
The national server is a national broadcast recording means for recording a national broadcast that is broadcast in common in all vending machines of the information system, a national schedule recording means for recording a schedule of the national broadcast, and the local server. Comprising a national server communication means for transmitting the national broadcast and the national schedule,
The local server includes a local broadcast recording unit that records a local broadcast that is a broadcast based on a place where the vending machine is installed, a local schedule recording unit that records a schedule of the local broadcast, a schedule of the national broadcast, An integrated schedule is prepared by adjusting the schedule of the local broadcast, and an integrated schedule determination means for selecting a broadcast scheduled to be broadcast in the integrated schedule from the national broadcast and the local broadcast; And a local server communication means for transmitting the selected broadcast,
The vending machine includes broadcast recording means for recording the selected broadcast, schedule recording means for storing the integrated schedule, display means for performing the selected broadcast based on the integrated schedule, and audio output means. Provided information distribution system. The information distribution system according to claim 1,
When the national schedule recording means of the national server records the schedule, the priority level of the scheduled broadcast is recorded together with the schedule, and the national server communication means is added to the national broadcast and the national schedule, Send this priority level to the local server,
Based on the transmitted priority level, the integrated schedule determination means adjusts the schedule of the national broadcasting and the schedule of the local broadcasting to create an integrated schedule, and is scheduled to be broadcast on this integrated schedule. An information distribution system that selects national and local broadcasts.   The information distribution according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the national server transmits a plurality of national broadcasts to a local server, and the integrated schedule determination unit of the local server selects one national broadcast among the plurality of national broadcasts. system.   The information distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the local server is connected hierarchically to perform information distribution more suitable for a vending machine installation location. A method of outputting information to a vending machine using an information distribution system,
The information distribution system includes a national server, a local server connected to the national server via a communication line, and a vending machine connected to the local server,
The national broadcast recording means of the national server records the national broadcast that is broadcast in common to all vending machines of the information system, and the national schedule recording means of the national server records the national broadcast schedule. When,
The national server communication means of the national server transmits the national broadcast and the national schedule to the local server;
A local broadcast recording unit of the local server records a local broadcast that is a broadcast based on an installation location of the vending machine, and a local schedule recording unit of the local server records a schedule of the local broadcast;
The integrated schedule determination means of the local server creates an integrated schedule by adjusting the schedule of the national broadcast and the schedule of the local broadcast, and the broadcast scheduled to be broadcasted by the integrated schedule is broadcast nationally and locally. A step to choose from,
The communication means of the local server transmits an integrated schedule and the selected broadcast to the vending machine;
The broadcast recording means of the vending machine records the selected broadcast, and the schedule recording means stores the integrated schedule;
A method in which the display unit and the audio output unit of the vending machine perform a selected broadcast based on the integrated schedule.   A program capable of executing the method according to claim 5.

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