JP2006119873A - Information terminal, information distribution server, and information distribution method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide contents which reflect intentions of a convents provider and preference of a user. <P>SOLUTION: The information terminal comprises: a broadcast information reception part 101 for receiving contents distributed by the information distribution server; an information storage part 104 for storing information on the user; a link information analysis part 102 for extracting from the contents link information to show a location of other contents and request information to show that an addition of attribute information is requested; an evaluation information generation part 103 for generating evaluation information on the user by referring to the information on the user stored by the information storage part on the basis of the request information; a contents requesting part 108 for adding the generated attribute information to make a distribution request of other contents; and an information reproduction processing part 105 for performing reproduction processing to the received contents. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a technology for distributing content in a broadcast manner.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is an information terminal that collects content desired by a user from content distributed in broadcast (for example, Patent Document 1). The information terminal of Patent Document 1 includes a memory for recording content, an information condition setting means for presetting information conditions for content to be recorded in the memory, a filtering means for recording only contents corresponding to the information conditions in the memory, and a memory And browsing operation means for browsing the content recorded in the file, and collects the content desired by the user.

JP 2002-176403 A

  However, when receiving the content, the above-described conventional information terminal filters broadcast content based on specific category information and keywords set and input by the user, and is optimal for the filtering and the user as intended by the distribution side. Filtering is not always performed.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides an information terminal, an information distribution server, and an information distribution method capable of providing content reflecting the intention of the content provider and the user's preference. With the goal.

  An information terminal of the present invention includes an information receiving unit that receives content distributed from an information distribution server, an information storage unit that stores information related to a user, link information indicating the location of other content from the content, Attribute information related to the user by referring to the information related to the user stored in the information storage unit based on the request information based on the request information indicating that the request information indicating that the addition of the attribute information is requested is extracted An attribute information generation unit that generates the content information, an information request unit that adds the generated attribute information and requests distribution of the other content, and an information reproduction processing unit that reproduces the received content.

  According to the above configuration, the information distribution server transmits content including link information of other content to the information terminal, and the received information terminal refers to the link information and adds attribute information to distribute desired content. By making a request, the information terminal can receive the content generated by reflecting the attribute information related to the user for the content selected by the user from the content that the distribution side wants to provide. It is possible to receive content reflecting the intentions of users and the preferences of users.

  Moreover, the information terminal of this invention produces | generates the evaluation information regarding a user with reference to the information which the said attribute information generation part evaluated for every category of the content which the said information storage part memorize | stores. In the information terminal of the present invention, the attribute information generation unit generates evaluation information related to a user with reference to information related to a location stored in the information storage unit.

  According to the above configuration, the attribute information generation unit relates to the user by generating the evaluation information related to the user by referring to the information evaluated for each category of content stored in the information storage unit or the information related to the location. The content reflecting the evaluation for each category of content or the evaluation related to the location can be received.

  The information distribution server of the present invention includes an information distribution unit that distributes content including link information indicating the location of other content and request information indicating that addition of attribute information is requested, and the link information. A request receiving unit that receives a content distribution request based on the information, an information generation unit that generates content based on an analysis result of attribute information related to a user added to the distribution request based on the request information, and the generated content And an information transmission unit that transmits the information to the information terminal that has transmitted the distribution request.

  According to the above configuration, the information distribution server transmits content including link information of other content to the information terminal, and the received information terminal refers to the link information and adds attribute information to distribute desired content. By making a request, the information distribution server can extract and provide content reflecting the attribute information related to the user for the content selected by the user from the content that the distribution side wants to provide. It is possible to provide content reflecting the user's intention and user's preference.

  In the information distribution server of the present invention, the attribute information related to the user added to the distribution request is information related to a content category, and the information generation unit is based on an analysis result of the information related to the category. , Content is generated. Further, in the information distribution server of the present invention, the attribute information related to the user added to the distribution request is information related to the location, and the information generation unit performs content based on the analysis result of the information related to the location. Is generated.

  According to the above configuration, the information generation unit generates the content based on the analysis result of the information related to the content category or the information related to the location, and thereby the information related to the content category related to the user or the information related to the location. It is possible to provide content that reflects the evaluation.

  Furthermore, the information distribution method of the present invention is an information distribution method in which the information distribution server distributes content to an information terminal, and a request indicating that link information indicating the location of other content and addition of attribute information are requested. The content request generated by the information terminal having received the content including the information generated based on the analysis result of the attribute information related to the user added to the content distribution request based on the link information is transmitted. Is sent to the information terminal.

  According to the present invention, the information distribution server transmits content including link information of other content to the information terminal, and the received information terminal refers to the link information and adds attribute information to distribute desired content. By making a request, the information distribution server can generate and provide content reflecting attribute information related to the user for the content selected by the user from the content that the distribution side wants to provide. It is possible to provide content reflecting the user's intention and user's preference.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  The information terminal described in the present embodiment provides content information by providing evaluation information to the information distribution server when acquiring other content based on link information indicated in the broadcast content during reception and playback of the broadcast content. It is possible to provide content reflecting the intention of the provider and the user's preference. As the information terminal, a mobile phone, a portable information terminal, a notebook personal computer, a personal computer on a network constructed by a wireless LAN or a wired LAN, or the like is used.

  1-9 is explanatory drawing of the information provision system for describing one Embodiment of this invention. First, the configuration of the information providing system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  An information providing system 350 shown in FIG. 1 includes an information distribution server (broadcast server) 300 for transmitting data, a plurality of information terminals 301 to 303 such as a mobile phone and a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), and the information distribution server 300 to the Internet. A plurality of information providing servers 311 to 313 that provide content via 330 and a base station that receives data from the information distribution server 300 via the core network 320 and transmits this data to the information terminals 301 to 303 321 to 323. Further, the information distribution server 300 has a function of providing desired information content based on distribution requests from the information terminals 301 to 303. Here, the numbers of the information terminals 301 to 303, the information providing servers 311 to 313, and the base stations 311 to 313 are not particularly limited in the present invention.

  Next, the configuration of the information terminals 301 to 303 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the information terminal of this embodiment. The information terminal 100 of the present embodiment includes a broadcast information receiving unit 101, a link information analyzing unit 102, an evaluation information generating unit 103, an information storage unit 104, an information reproduction processing unit 105, and a content requesting unit 108. ing.

  The broadcast information receiving unit 101 performs broadcast information reception processing including broadcast content distributed in broadcast and playback control information indicating a broadcast content playback method. The link information analysis unit 102 includes link information indicating the location of other content included in the broadcast information, and request information indicating that addition of attribute information is requested when acquiring the content indicated by the link information. Extract.

  Based on the request information extracted by the link information analysis unit 102, the evaluation information generation unit 103 refers to attribute information related to the user stored in the information storage unit 104 and generates evaluation information related to the user. The information storage unit 104 stores information related to the user such as user attribute information and user characteristic information. The information reproduction processing unit 105 reproduces information such as information related to broadcast information and content received based on a request to the information distribution server 300.

  When the content request unit 108 acquires content by referring to link information indicating the location of other content included in the broadcast content, the content request unit 108 adds the evaluation information generated by the evaluation information generation unit 103 to add other content. Make a delivery request.

  Next, an information reproducing method will be described with reference to FIG. The information terminal 100 stores user preference information shown in FIG. 4 as information related to the user. Processing in the information terminal 100 when receiving the broadcast information shown in FIG. 5 in this state will be described using the processing flow of FIG.

  The user preference information shown in FIG. 4 is information composed of a combination of category information and an evaluation value, and the category information includes “sports”, “entertainment”, and “economics”. “10”, “8”, and “4”.

  Broadcast information 600 shown in FIG. 5 includes layout information 610 and reproduction content information 620. The layout information 610 includes first display area information 631 and second display area information 632. The reproduction content information 620 indicates that the content referred to by the three pieces of content information 641, 642, and 643 surrounded by <par> and </ par> is simultaneously reproduced. The content information 620 includes sound information 641, text base information 642, and link information 643 indicating that the location of the content is “broadcastServer”.

  The sound information 641 is information included in the broadcast information identified by the data name “AudioContent”. The text base information 642 is information included in the broadcast information identified by the data name “baseContent”. The text base information 642 indicates that the information is displayed in the first display area 631 indicated by “id =“ a ”” by the information “region =“ a ””. The attribute request information 651 included in the link information 643 is information indicating that a media request is made by adding evaluation information about a category (“category”) when accessing “broadcastServer”. The content acquired based on the link information 643 is displayed in the second display area 632 indicated by “id =“ b ”” based on the information “region =“ b ””.

  As shown in FIG. 3, in step S <b> 201, the broadcast information receiving unit 101 receives broadcast information 600. In step S202, the link information analysis unit 102 extracts link information 643 indicating the location of other content from the received broadcast information 600. In step S203, the link information analysis unit 102 extracts attribute request information 651 from the link information 643, and when a content distribution request based on the link information 643 is requested, addition of evaluation information is requested by “requestValuation”. It is detected that the evaluation information is information related to the category “category”.

  In step S <b> 204, the evaluation information generation unit 103 generates evaluation information of category information based on the attribute request information 651. The evaluation information generation unit 103 generates an evaluation value by referring to the user preference information shown in FIG. 4 stored in the information storage unit 104 as an evaluation value of category information. That is, the evaluation values of “sports”, “entertainment”, and “economy” are “10”, “8”, and “4”, respectively. In step S <b> 205, the content request unit 108 adds the evaluation information generated by the evaluation information generation unit 103 in a predetermined format determined in advance, and makes a content distribution request to the information distribution server 300.

  FIG. 6 is a data example of a content distribution request. The distribution request is information including media identification information 710 and evaluation information 720. The media identification information 710 is information indicating the reference address of the content requested for distribution. The evaluation information 720 is information generated by the evaluation information generation unit 103 in step S204.

  In step S206, the media request unit 108 receives content corresponding to the distribution request in step S205 from the information distribution server 300. The processing of the information distribution server 300 will be described later. In step S207, the information reproduction processing unit 105 performs reproduction processing of the sound information 641, the text base information 642, and the content newly acquired in step S206.

  FIG. 7 is a display example of content reproduced by the information reproduction processing unit 105. The sound information 641 is output from the speaker 410. The content referred to in the text base information 642 is displayed in the first display area 420. The content newly acquired in step S206 is displayed in the second display area 430. By making the distribution request with the addition of the evaluation information, the sports information evaluated as having the highest priority for the user is preferentially displayed in the second display area 430.

  Next, with respect to the media providing process of the information distribution server 300 that distributes the broadcast content and responds to the distribution request in step S206 in response to the distribution request in step S205, the configuration diagram in FIG. 8 and the processing flow in FIG. Will be described.

  First, the configuration of the information distribution server 300 will be described with reference to FIG. The information distribution server 300 includes a broadcast request reception unit 801, a broadcast information generation unit 802, a broadcast information transmission unit 803, a content request reception unit 804, a content generation unit 805, and a content transmission unit 806.

  The broadcast request receiving unit 801 receives broadcast requests (broadcast content distribution requests) and broadcast content transmitted from the information providing servers 311 to 313. The broadcast information generation unit 802 generates reproduction control information indicating a broadcast content reproduction method. The broadcast information generation unit 802 generates reproduction control information including evaluation request information described later.

  Broadcast information transmitting section 803 distributes broadcast information generated based on distribution requests from information providing servers 311 to 313 to information terminals 301 to 303 via base stations 321 to 323. The media request receiving unit 804 receives content distribution requests from the information terminals 301 to 303. The content generation unit 805 newly generates or extracts content based on the distribution request received by the content request reception unit 804. That is, the content generation unit 805 generates or extracts content according to user characteristics with reference to evaluation information that is information related to the user included in the distribution request. The content transmission unit 806 transmits the generated content to the information terminal that has made the distribution request.

  Next, an information providing method of the information distribution server 300 will be described with reference to FIG. In step S901, the information distribution server 300 receives broadcast requests from the information providing servers 311 to 313. In step S902, the broadcast information generation unit 802 generates broadcast information. The broadcast information is information including reproduction control information indicating a content reproduction method in addition to the broadcast content. The broadcast information generation unit 802 generates broadcast information 600 including request information 651 indicating that the evaluation information of the user who has received the broadcast content is requested. The broadcast information generation unit 802 determines what evaluation information is necessary for extracting content more important to the user from the broadcast information, and broadcasts including request information 651 indicating that the evaluation information is requested. Information 600 is generated.

  In step S903, the broadcast information transmitting unit 803 distributes the broadcast information to the information terminals 301 to 303 via the base stations 321 to 323. In step S <b> 904, the content request receiving unit 804 receives a content distribution request from the information terminals 301 to 303. For example, the distribution request with evaluation value shown in FIG. 6 is received from the information terminal 301.

  In step S905, the content generation unit 805 reconfigures the display order based on the user evaluation information 720 based on the user evaluation information 720 from the content group referred to by the content identification information 710. Specifically, information relating to “sports” having a high evaluation value is given top priority and is placed at the top of the list.

  In step S906, the content transmission unit 806 transmits the content reconfigured (generated) based on the user evaluation information 720 to the information terminal 301 that has transmitted the distribution request. In the information terminal 301 that has received the content, information related to “sports” is preferentially displayed as shown in the second display area 430 of FIG.

  As described above, according to the information providing system of the present embodiment, the information distribution server 300 transmits content including link information of other content to the information terminals 301 to 303, and the received information terminal 301 is linked. The information distribution server 300 refers to the information, adds the evaluation information related to the user, and makes a distribution request for the desired content, so that the information distribution server 300 can select the content selected by the user from the contents that the information providing servers 311 to 313 want to provide. Since it is possible to provide the reconfigured content reflecting the attribute information related to the user, it is possible to provide the content reflecting the intention of the content provider and the user's preference.

  In the present embodiment, as an example of the evaluation information, the evaluation value for the category information is used. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and only the category information with the highest priority may be used as the evaluation information. Or you may make it notify the information which a user does not need.

In the present embodiment, an example in which category information is used as information related to the user of the attribute request information 651 has been described. Information related to a place such as position information included in the schedule information to be performed may be used. For example, by setting “place” instead of “category” in the attribute request information 651, the information terminal can transmit a distribution request for information related to the place to the information distribution server. In addition, regarding the evaluation regarding the location information in the information terminal, it is possible to perform the evaluation in the information terminal such as taking into account the current position, taking into consideration the schedule of action of the schedule information and past movement information. It is not always necessary to send private information to the information distribution server.
In addition, in the attribute request information 651, candidate information related to the category and location may be transmitted from the information distribution server to the information terminal. As a result, it is possible to further grasp the characteristics of the information desired by the information distributor and distribute the information.

  In the present invention, an information distribution server transmits content including link information of other content to an information terminal, and the received information terminal refers to the link information and adds attribute information to request distribution of the desired content. By doing so, the information distribution server can provide the content generated by reflecting the attribute information related to the user for the content selected by the user from the content that the distribution side wants to provide. This has the effect of enabling the provision of content reflecting user preferences, and is useful for an information distribution server that distributes content in a broadcast manner.

The block diagram of the information provision system for describing one Embodiment of this invention The block diagram of the information terminal for demonstrating one Embodiment of this invention A flowchart for explaining a processing method of an information terminal when receiving broadcast information The figure which shows an example of the user preference information which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows an example of the reproduction | regeneration control information which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention The figure which shows the example of data of the delivery request | requirement of the content which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention The figure which shows an example of the display of the broadcast information which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. The block diagram of the information delivery server for demonstrating one Embodiment of this invention The flowchart explaining the information delivery method for describing one Embodiment of this invention

Explanation of symbols

100, 301, 302, 303 Information terminal 101 Broadcast information reception unit 102 Link information analysis unit 103 Evaluation information generation unit 104 Information storage unit 105 Information reproduction processing unit 108 Content request unit 300 Information distribution servers 311, 312, 313 Information provision server 320 Core network 321, 322, 323 Base station 330 Internet 801 Broadcast request reception unit 802 Broadcast information generation unit 803 Broadcast information distribution unit 804 Content request reception unit 805 Content generation unit 806 Content transmission unit

Claims (7)

An information receiving unit for receiving content distributed from the information distribution server;
An information storage unit for storing information related to the user;
A link information analysis unit for extracting link information indicating the location of other content and request information indicating requesting addition of attribute information from the content;
Based on the request information, an attribute information generation unit that generates attribute information related to the user with reference to information related to the user stored in the information storage unit;
An information requesting unit that adds the generated attribute information and requests distribution of the other content;
An information reproduction processing unit for reproducing the received content;
An information terminal comprising:   The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the attribute information generation unit generates evaluation information related to a user with reference to information evaluated for each content category stored in the information storage unit.   The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the attribute information generation unit generates evaluation information related to a user with reference to information related to a location stored in the information storage unit. An information distribution unit that distributes content including link information indicating the location of other content and request information indicating that addition of attribute information is requested;
A request receiving unit for receiving a content distribution request based on the link information;
An information generating unit that generates content based on an analysis result of attribute information related to a user added to the distribution request based on the request information;
An information transmission unit that transmits the generated content to the information terminal that transmitted the distribution request;
An information distribution server comprising: The attribute information related to the user added to the distribution request is information related to the content category,
The information distribution server according to claim 4, wherein the information generation unit generates content based on an analysis result of information related to the category. The attribute information related to the user added to the distribution request is information related to the location,
The information distribution server according to claim 4, wherein the information generation unit generates content based on an analysis result of information related to the place. An information distribution method in which an information distribution server distributes content to an information terminal,
Added to the content distribution request based on the link information transmitted by the information terminal that has received the content including link information indicating the location of other content and request information indicating that addition of attribute information is requested. An information distribution method for transmitting content generated based on an analysis result of attribute information relating to a user to the information terminal that transmitted the distribution request.

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