JP2009175888A - System and method for information exchange, program, and its storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily and efficiently exchange information related with an acquired content among many users by interlocking the acquisition processing of the content with participation processing in a community. <P>SOLUTION: In user terminals US1 to USn, when the acquisition processing of a Web page is performed by a Web browser 301, an authentication ID acquisition request including the URL of the Web page is transmitted to an information exchange server CSV by an authentication ID acquisition control module 303 following this processing. Then, in the information exchange server CSV, the authentication ID for performing access to an information exchange tool corresponding to the Web page is issued, and transmitted to the user terminal US1 according to URL included in the authentication acquisition request. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a system, method, program, and storage medium for exchanging information related to content acquired from, for example, a Web server between user terminals via an information exchange server.

  In recent years, it has been frequently performed that a user uses an information terminal to acquire various content information from an information site via a communication network such as the Internet or a LAN (Local Area Network). For example, a personal computer or a portable terminal is used to access a Web server on the Internet, and information on a desired Web page is acquired from this Web server. Also, in an art museum or a museum, by accessing the server based on information of a tag such as RFID (Radio Frequency ID) installed in association with the exhibit, the information terminal receives the explanation information on the exhibit. indicate. By using such a system, the user can quickly and easily acquire contents such as information on Web pages and information on exhibits, which is very convenient.

  By the way, when content is acquired in this way, users may exchange information with other users, such as discussing opinions and impressions about the content using a personal computer or mobile terminal. . As a system for exchanging information related to this content, for example, a bulletin board on the Web and an SNS (Social Network System) are known. This type of system forms an electronic community on a network, for example, and exchanges information or shares information between users via a browser or e-mail through this community (for example, Patent Document 1). Or see 2).

Japanese Patent No. 3528536

JP 2000-222470 A

  However, when an attempt is made to exchange information about the acquired content using such an existing information exchange system, after the acquisition of the content, the user selects a community in which information exchange is performed with the content as a theme. Need to look for and participate in this. For this reason, much time and effort are required to exchange information, and efficient information exchange cannot be performed. In addition, if an appropriate community cannot be found, there is a problem in that information exchange must be abandoned, and participants in the community are limited.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to the above circumstances, and the purpose of this invention is to link the content acquisition process and the community participation process in many ways to exchange information related to the acquired content. An object is to provide a system, a method, a program, and a storage medium for exchanging information that can be easily and efficiently performed between users.

In order to achieve the above object, one aspect of the present invention provides a plurality of user terminal devices capable of information communication with a content information management device that distributes content information via a communication network, and the plurality of users. A terminal device includes an information exchange device including an information exchange tool for exchanging information related to the content information via the communication network. In the user terminal device and the information exchange device, the following It is configured to execute such processing.
That is, the user terminal device first transmits a distribution request including identification information of content information desired to be distributed to the content information management device, and the content information distributed from the content management device in response to the distribution request. Receive. In response to the content acquisition operation, the identification information included in the transmitted distribution request is transmitted to the information exchange apparatus. On the other hand, when the information exchange device receives the access request transmitted from the user terminal device, the information exchange device issues authentication information for specifying the information exchange tool corresponding to the identification information included in the access request. Sent to the requesting user terminal. The user terminal device receives the authentication information transmitted from the information exchange device, and transmits an access request including the received authentication information to the information exchange device. When an access request including the authentication information arrives from the user terminal device, the information exchange device activates an information exchange tool corresponding to the authentication information, and thereafter stores the content information with the user terminal device. Send and receive related information.

  Therefore, according to one aspect of the present invention, when content information acquisition processing is performed in the user terminal device, the identification information of the content information acquired from the user terminal device to the information exchange device in response to this processing is obtained. In response to this identification information, authentication information for accessing the information exchange tool corresponding to the content information is issued by the information exchange device and transmitted to the user terminal device. That is, in response to the content acquisition process in the user terminal device, authentication information of the information exchange tool corresponding to the content information is automatically notified from the information exchange device. For this reason, after the content information is acquired, the user can start exchanging information related to the acquired content information without performing any operation for searching for an information exchange tool corresponding to the content information. . That is, after the content information is acquired, it is possible to immediately and easily start exchanging information on the relevant information of the content.

One aspect of the present invention is also characterized by having various specific functions as follows.
In the first function, when information related to content information is transmitted to the information exchange device in the user terminal device, tag information indicating whether the information needs to be stored is added to the content related information. In the information exchange apparatus, it is determined whether or not the content related information sent from the user terminal device needs to be stored based on the tag information, and if it is determined that the storage is necessary, the content related information is stored in the past information storage means. To remember. Then, when a browsing request for past content related information is sent from the user terminal device, the past content related information exchanged by the information exchange tool corresponding to the authentication information included in the browsing request is stored in the past information storage. It is read out from the means and transmitted to the requesting user terminal device.
In this way, the user can browse past content related information exchanged via the information exchange tool as needed. In addition, by attaching tag information indicating the necessity of storage to content-related information at the time of information exchange, only content-related information permitted by the user can be used for browsing. Unrestricted browsing of related information can be prevented.

The second function is to display a list of the content related information exchanged through the information exchange tool of the information exchange device in association with the content information acquired from the content management device in the user terminal device.
In this way, content-related information exchanged via the information exchange tool is displayed in a list in a state of being correlated with content information acquired in advance, so that information exchange of content-related information can be performed more smoothly. Can be done.

The third function is that the information exchange apparatus accepts designation input of usage range information indicating a range of users permitted to exchange information related to the content information for each content information. Remember. When an access request is received from the user terminal device, authentication information is transmitted to the user terminal device included in the range specified by the stored use range information.
In this way, it is possible to set in advance a range of users who can participate in the exchange of related information for each content information. For example, it is possible to make settings so that all users can participate in certain content information, and only other users belonging to a specific group can participate in other content information.

  In short, according to one aspect of the present invention, information related to acquired content can be exchanged easily and efficiently among many users by linking content acquisition processing and community participation processing. It is possible to provide a system, a method, a program, and a storage medium for exchanging information.

Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
(First embodiment)
In the first embodiment of the present invention, in a user terminal, information on a Web page is acquired as content information from a Web server, and a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) used to acquire the Web page is automatically transmitted to an information exchange server. Thus, an authentication ID for accessing the information exchange tool corresponding to the Web page is acquired from the information exchange server. Based on the acquired authentication ID, the information exchange tool of the information exchange server is accessed from the user terminal, and information related to the Web page can be exchanged thereafter through the information exchange tool. Is.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an information exchange system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. This system includes, for example, a Web server WSV as a content management device and an information exchange server CSV as an information exchange device on the Web. Between these servers WSV and CSV and a plurality of user terminals US1 to USn, Data communication for browsing a web page and exchanging information related to the web page is made possible via a communication network NW.
The Web server WSV has a function of downloading a corresponding Web page to the requesting user terminals US1 to USn via the communication network NW when a browsing request including a URL is received from the user terminals US1 to USn.

  Note that the communication network NW includes, for example, an IP (Internet Protocol) network represented by the Internet and an access network for accessing the IP network. As the access network, for example, a wired public communication network, a CATV (Cable Television) network, a wired LAN (Local Area Network), an automobile / mobile communication network, and a wireless LAN are used.

By the way, the information exchange server CSV is configured as follows. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the hardware and software.
That is, the information exchange server CSV includes a central control unit (CPU) 11, and a program memory 13, a data memory 14, and a communication interface (communication I / F) 15 are connected to the CPU 11 via a bus 12. Is. The communication I / F 15 performs data communication with the user terminals US1 to USn according to a communication protocol defined by the communication network NW under the control of the CPU 11. As a communication protocol, TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) or HTTP / IP (Hyper Text Transport Protocol / Internet Protocol) is used.

  The data memory 14 is provided with an authentication information table 141 and a past exchange information database 142. The authentication information table 141 includes authentication information (authentication ID) for accessing an information exchange tool created corresponding to the Web page in association with the URL of the Web page as content information, and the information exchange tool. IDs of user groups that can access and IDs of users belonging to the group are stored. The past exchange information database is used to store content related information exchanged between the user terminals US1 to USn via an information exchange tool.

The program memory 13 stores an authentication ID issue control program 131, an information exchange / share control program 132, and a past information management control program 133 as application programs necessary for carrying out the present invention.
The information exchange / sharing control program 132 causes the CPU 11 to execute the following processing. That is, for example, in response to a request from a Web server or Web page administrator, an information exchange tool is created corresponding to the information of the distributed Web page. When an access request including an authentication ID arrives from the user terminals US1 to USn, an information exchange tool corresponding to the authentication ID is selectively activated, and thereafter the user terminals US1 to USn are used by the information exchange tool. Web page related information exchange processing performed between them is executed.

  The authentication ID issue control program 131 reads the authentication ID of the information exchange tool corresponding to the URL from the authentication information table 141 when an authentication ID issue request including the URL of the Web page arrives from the user terminals US1 to USn. The CPU 11 is caused to execute processing for transmitting the authentication ID to the requesting user terminals US1 to USn.

  The past information management control program 133 stores the web page related information in the past exchange information database 142 when tag information allowing storage is added to the web page related information exchanged by the information exchange tool. To do. Further, when a related information browsing request including an authentication ID is received from the users US1 to USn, the corresponding past Web page related information is read from the past exchange information database 142, and the read past Web page related information is requested. The CPU 11 is caused to execute processing for transmitting to the original user terminals US1 to USn.

  On the other hand, the user terminals US1 to USn include, for example, a personal computer, a mobile phone, and a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), and are configured as follows. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the hardware and software configurations of the user terminal constituted by the mobile phone.

  That is, the user terminals US1 to USn each include a wireless unit 21, an antenna 22 connected to the wireless unit 21, a signal processing unit 23, and a call unit connected to the signal processing unit 23. The call unit includes a speaker 24 and a microphone 25, and is used as an audio input / output device when performing a voice call.

  The radio unit 21 receives a radio carrier signal transmitted from a radio base station of the communication network NW via the antenna 21, demodulates it to a received baseband signal, and outputs the received baseband signal to the signal processing unit 23. At the same time, the radio carrier signal is modulated by the transmission baseband signal output from the signal processing unit 23, and the modulated radio carrier signal is amplified and transmitted from the antenna 22 to the radio base station.

  The signal processing unit 23 performs packet separation processing, depacket processing, data decoding processing, and the like on the reception baseband signal output from the wireless unit 21 to reproduce information data. If the reproduced information data is audio data, it is converted into an analog signal and output from the speaker 24. On the other hand, if the reproduced information data is HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) data such as a Web page, the HTML data is supplied to the control unit 30.

  In the voice communication mode, the signal processing unit 23 converts the voice signal output from the microphone 25 into a digital signal, and then performs voice coding. The coded voice data is packetized and then multiplexed with other packets. This is output to the wireless unit 21 as a transmission baseband signal. On the other hand, in the data communication mode, various request data output from the control unit 30 and HTML data such as Web page related information are packetized and then multiplexed with other packets, which are used as transmission baseband signals as the wireless unit 21. Output to.

  The control unit 30 is composed of, for example, a microcomputer, and includes a Web browser 301, an information exchange browser 302, and an authentication ID acquisition control module 303 as control functions necessary for carrying out the present invention. All of these control functions are realized by causing the microcomputer to execute an application program.

The Web browser 301 accesses the Web server WSV according to the URL input by the key input unit 26 or other input means, and displays information on the Web page downloaded from the Web server WSV on the display unit 27.
The information exchange browser 302 accesses the information exchange tool by transmitting an access request including the authentication ID distributed from the information exchange server CSV to the information exchange server CSV in response to a user operation on the key input unit 26. Thereafter, control for transmitting / receiving Web page related information to / from the information exchange tool is executed. The transmitted / received web related information is displayed on the display unit 27 in a state of being superimposed on the web page acquired by the web browser 301. Furthermore, when transmitting the Web page related information, a process of adding tag information indicating whether or not to allow the storage of the information is performed in accordance with a user input instruction from the key input unit 26.

When the control for acquiring the Web page is performed by the Web browser 301, the authentication ID acquisition control module 303 sends an authentication ID acquisition request including the URL of the Web page in response to this control to the information exchange server CSV. Send to. And when authentication ID is sent from the information exchange server CSV, while displaying this authentication ID on the display part 27, the process matched with said URL and preserve | saved at the memory | storage part 31 is performed.
The power supply circuit 28 generates a predetermined power supply voltage Vcc based on the output of the battery 29 and supplies it to the units 21, 23, 30.

  Next, a series of operations related to the exchange of Web page related information in the system configured as described above will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing control procedures and control contents of the Web server WSV, the information exchange server CSV, and the user terminal. Here, a case where the user terminal US1 acquires a Web page and transmits / receives related information will be described as an example.

  In the user terminal US1, when the user performs an operation for starting the Web browser 301 by the key input unit 26, the control unit 30 first starts the Web browser 301 in step S41. At the same time, the information exchange browser 302 is activated in step S42. In this state, when the user inputs a URL through the key input unit 26, the control unit 30 proceeds from step S43 to step S44, and sends a Web browsing request including the input URL from the wireless unit 21 to the Web server WSV. Send it.

  When receiving the web browsing request in step S45, the web server WSV searches for the web page information specified by the URL included in the web browsing request in step S46 and downloads it to the requesting user terminal US1. When receiving the web page information downloaded from the web server WSV, the control unit 30 of the user terminal US1 displays the web page information on the display unit 27 in step S47.

  When the Web page acquisition operation is completed, the control unit 30 of the user terminal US1 subsequently activates the authentication ID acquisition control module 303 in step S48 and receives an authentication ID acquisition request including the URL transmitted to the Web server WSV. And the generated authentication ID acquisition request is transmitted from the wireless unit 21 from the information exchange browser 302 to the information exchange server CSV.

  When the information exchange server CSV recognizes in step S49 that the authentication ID acquisition request has been received by the communication I / F 15, the information exchange server CSV activates the authentication ID issuance control program 131 in step S50, and receives the received authentication ID acquisition request. The authentication ID of the information exchange tool corresponding to the included URL is read from the authentication information table 141. At this time, the authentication ID issuance control program 131 also displays information indicating the range of users stored in the authentication information table 141, that is, the IDs of user groups that can access the information exchange tool and the IDs of users belonging to the groups. It is determined whether or not the ID corresponding to the transmission source address of the requesting user terminal US1 is included in the read user group ID and the user IDs belonging to the group. If the ID corresponding to the requesting user terminal US1 is included as a result of the determination, the read authentication ID is transmitted from the communication I / F 15 to the requesting user terminal US1.

  When the control unit 30 of the user terminal US1 receives the authentication ID in step S51, the control unit 30 stores the received authentication ID in the storage unit 31 in association with the URL. At the same time, a message notifying that the exchange of information with the received authentication ID is possible is displayed on the display unit 27 together with the Web page.

  In this state, when the user selects the authentication ID in the key input unit 26 to exchange information about the Web page being displayed, the control unit 30 moves from step S52 to step S53, where the information exchange browser An access request including the authentication ID is transmitted from 302 to the information exchange server CSV. On the other hand, when the information exchange server CSV receives the access request through the communication I / F 15, the information exchange / sharing control program is activated in step S54, and the information exchange corresponding to the authentication ID included in the received access request is performed. Start the tool.

  Accordingly, when the user subsequently inputs information related to the Web page being displayed in the user terminal US1, this input information is transmitted to the information exchange server CSV as HTML data. Note that tag information indicating whether the information is stored in the information exchange server CSV is added to the input web page related information. The tag information may be designated and input in advance by the user in batches for each Web page, or the user may specify and input for each sentence of related information.

  When the information exchange server CSV receives the Web related information transmitted from the user terminal US1 through the communication I / F 15, the information exchange server CSV converts the received related information into the information exchange tool under the control of the information exchange / sharing control program 132. The display data of the information exchange tool reflecting this related information is transmitted from the communication I / F 15 to the user terminal US1 that is the transmission source.

  When the display data of the information exchange tool reflecting the Web page related information is sent from the information exchange server CSV, the control unit 30 of the user terminal US1 causes the information exchange browser 302 to display the display data on the display unit 27. 5 and 6 show an example of the display result of the Web page related information on the display unit 27 of the user terminal US1. As shown in the figure, the Web page related information CM is displayed in an arbitrary area on the Web page WP. 5 shows a state where the display position of the Web page related information CM and the display position of the pointer P do not overlap, and FIG. 6 shows that the display position of the Web page related information CM overlaps the display position of the pointer P. Each state is shown.

  As another display example of the Web page related information CM, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, a balloon type Web page related information is displayed in an area other than the display area of the substantial information content in the display area of the Web page WP. A display area CM may be provided, and Web page related information may be displayed in this area CM.

  Further, during the information exchange control, the information exchange server CSV determines whether or not the tag information given to the Web page related information exchanged by the information exchange tool allows the relevant information to be stored. If the storage is permitted, the Web page related information is stored in the past exchange information database 142.

  The exchange control process for the Web page related information is performed by the user at the user terminal US1 using the key input unit 26. This operation is detected at step S55, and the user terminal US1 and the information exchange server CSV are respectively stepped. The process is terminated by performing a termination operation in S56 and Step S57.

  Further, it is assumed that after the exchange of the Web related information is completed, an operation for browsing information exchange information that the user has performed in the past is performed on the key input unit 26 in the user terminal US1. In this case, the control unit 30 generates a related information browsing request including an authentication ID corresponding to the Web related information to be browsed by the web browser 301, and transmits the browsing request to the information exchange server CSV.

  On the other hand, when the related information browsing request including the authentication ID arrives from the user US1, the information exchange server CSV starts the past information management control program 133. Then, the corresponding past Web page related information is read from the past exchange information database 142, and the read past Web page related information is transmitted from the communication I / F 15 to the requesting user terminals US1 to USn.

  When receiving the past web page related information transmitted from the web server WSV, the control unit 30 of the user terminal US1 stores the received past web page related information in the storage unit 31 under the control of the web browser 301. And temporarily displayed on the display unit 27. Therefore, the user can arbitrarily browse the Web page related information in the information exchange performed in the past as needed later.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, when a Web page acquisition process is performed by the Web browser 301 in the user terminals US1 to USn, the authentication ID acquisition control module 303 is followed by the URL of the Web page. Is sent to the information exchange server CSV. Then, in the information exchange server CSV, an authentication ID for accessing the information exchange tool corresponding to the Web page is issued and transmitted to the user terminal US1 in accordance with the URL included in the authentication ID acquisition request.

  In other words, in response to the Web page acquisition process in the user terminals US1 to USn, the information exchange tool authentication ID corresponding to the Web page is automatically notified from the information exchange server CSV. Therefore, the user can start exchanging information related to the acquired Web page without performing any operation for searching for an information exchange tool corresponding to the Web page after acquiring the Web page. Therefore, it becomes possible to start information exchange of related information of the Web page immediately and easily after acquiring the Web page.

  Further, tag information indicating whether or not storage is necessary is given to the Web page related information when transmitted from the user terminals US1 to USn, and the information exchange server CSV allows the user to store based on the tag information. Only Web page related information is stored in the past exchange information management database 142. Therefore, it is possible to prevent unlimited browsing of Web page related information by others.

  Furthermore, in the user terminals US1 to USn, the web page related information exchanged by the information exchange tool of the information exchange server CSV is displayed in an overlapping manner on the web page acquired from the web server WSV. For this reason, since the web page related information is displayed in a list in a state of being associated with the web page acquired in advance, information exchange of the web page related information can be smoothly performed while viewing the web page. Become.

  Further, in the information exchange server CSV, information indicating the range of users permitted to exchange the web page related information for each web page is input from the administrator terminal of the web server WSV and set in the authentication information table 141. . When an authentication ID acquisition request arrives from the user terminals US1 to USn, the authentication ID is transmitted only to the user terminals included in the usage range information set in the authentication information table 141. Therefore, it is possible to set a range of users who can participate in the exchange of related information for each Web page in advance, thereby allowing all users to participate in a certain Web page, for example, With respect to the web page, various settings can be made such that only users belonging to a specific group can participate.

(Second Embodiment)
In the second embodiment of the present invention, for example, when a user appreciates a picture in a museum, the information management server transmits an access code corresponding to the picture to the information management server using a portable information terminal. From the information exchange server to the information exchange tool corresponding to the picture by automatically transmitting the access code corresponding to the picture to the information exchange server. An authentication ID for access is acquired. Then, based on the acquired authentication ID, the information terminal accesses the information exchange tool of the information exchange server so that the information related to the picture can be exchanged through the information exchange tool. It is.

  FIG. 8 is a schematic configuration diagram of an information exchange system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. This system includes an information management server MSV as a content management device and an information exchange server CSV as an information exchange device. A user can communicate with these servers MSV and CSV via a communication network NW and a radio base station device RP. The information terminals IS1 to ISm possessed can be connected.

  When the browsing request including the access code corresponding to the pictures G1 to Gk arrives from the information terminals IS1 to ISm, the information management server MSV sends the explanation information of the corresponding pictures G1 to Gk to the requesting information terminals IS1 to ISm. It has a function of downloading via the communication network NW and the radio base station apparatus RP.

  The communication network NW includes, for example, an IP (Internet Protocol) network represented by the Internet and an access network for accessing the IP network, as in the first embodiment. The radio base station apparatus RP is constituted by, for example, a wireless LAN access point.

The information terminals IS1 to ISm are, for example, portable terminals that can access a wireless LAN, and are configured as follows. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the hardware and software.
That is, the information terminals IS <b> 1 to ISm include a wireless unit 41, an antenna 42 connected to the wireless unit 41, and a signal processing unit 43. The radio unit 41 receives the radio carrier signal transmitted from the radio base station apparatus RP via the antenna 41, demodulates it to a received baseband signal, and outputs the received baseband signal to the signal processing unit 43. At the same time, the radio carrier signal is modulated by the transmission baseband signal output from the signal processing unit 43, and the modulated radio carrier signal is amplified and transmitted from the antenna 42 to the radio base station apparatus RP.

  The signal processing unit 43 performs packet separation processing, depacket processing, data decoding processing, and the like on the received baseband signal output from the wireless unit 41 to reproduce information data. The reproduced information data is supplied to the control unit 50. The signal processing unit 43 packetizes HTML data such as various request data and content-related information output from the control unit 50 and then multiplexes it with other packets, which are transmitted to the radio unit 41 as a transmission baseband signal. Output.

  The control unit 50 is composed of, for example, a microcomputer, and includes a content browsing control module 501, an information exchange control module 502, and an authentication ID acquisition control module 503 as control functions necessary for carrying out the present invention. All of these control functions are realized by causing the CPU to execute an application program.

  The content browsing control module 501 is a content management server in accordance with an access code input by a user using the key input unit 46 or by reading information of tags such as RFIDs installed corresponding to the paintings G1 to Gk. Access MSV. And the process which displays the description information of the picture corresponding to the said access code downloaded from the said content management server MSV on the display part 47 is performed.

  The information exchange browser 502 transmits an access request including the authentication ID distributed from the information exchange server CSV to the information exchange server CSV in response to an operation for exchanging information by the user at the key input unit 46. , And then executes control for transmitting and receiving picture-related information to and from this information exchange tool. The related information of the picture transmitted / received is displayed on the display unit 47 in a state where it is aligned with the description information of the pictures G1 to Gk acquired by the content browsing control module 501. The information exchange browser 502 also performs a process of giving tag information indicating whether or not storage of the information is permitted according to a user input instruction from the key input unit 46 when transmitting the related information of the picture.

When the content browsing control module 501 performs control for acquiring the description information of the paintings G1 to Gk, the authentication ID acquisition control module 503 responds to this control with the access code of the paintings G1 to Gk. An authentication ID acquisition request including this is transmitted to the information exchange server CSV. And when authentication ID is sent from the information exchange server CSV, while displaying this authentication ID on the display part 47, the process preserve | saved in the memory | storage part 51 matched with the said access code is performed.
The power supply circuit 48 generates a predetermined power supply voltage Vcc based on the output of the battery 49 and supplies it to the units 41, 43 and 50.

  Since the configuration and function of the information exchange server CSV are basically the same as those described in the first embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted here with the aid of FIG.

  Next, operations related to the exchange of picture-related information by the system configured as described above will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the control procedure and control contents. Here, the case where the information terminal IS1 acquires the description information of the pictures G1 to Gk and transmits / receives the related information will be described as an example.

  In the information terminal IS1, when the user performs an operation for starting the content browsing control module 501 using the key input unit 46, the control unit 50 first starts the content browsing control module 501 in step S101. At the same time, the information exchange control module 502 is activated in step S102. In this state, the user inputs the access code of the painting G1 at the key input unit 46 or reads the access code from the tag installed corresponding to the painting G1 using the tag reader provided in the information terminal IS1. To do. Then, the control unit 50 proceeds from step S103 to step S104, and causes the wireless unit 41 to transmit an acquisition request for explanation information including the input access code to the content management server MSV.

  When the content management server MSV receives the acquisition request in step S105, the content management server MSV searches for the description information of the painting G1 designated by the access code included in the acquisition request in step S106 and downloads it to the requesting information terminal IS1. . When receiving the description information of the painting G1 downloaded from the content management server MSV, the control unit 50 of the information terminal IS1 displays the description information of the painting G1 on the display unit 47 in step S107.

  Now, when the acquisition process of the description information of the said picture G1 is complete | finished, the control unit 50 of information terminal IS1 starts the authentication ID acquisition control module 503 by step S108. Then, an authentication ID acquisition request including the access code previously transmitted to the content management server MSV is generated, and the generated authentication ID acquisition request is transmitted from the information exchange control module 502 to the information exchange server CSV from the wireless unit 41. .

  When the information exchange server CSV recognizes in step S109 that the authentication ID acquisition request has been received by the communication I / F 15, the information exchange server CSV activates the authentication ID issuance control program 151 in step S110, and receives the received authentication ID acquisition request. The authentication ID of the information exchange tool corresponding to the included access code is read from the authentication information table 141. At this time, the authentication ID issuance control program 151 also displays information indicating the range of users stored in the authentication information table 141, that is, an ID of a user group that can access the information exchange tool and an ID of a user belonging to the group. It is determined whether or not the ID corresponding to the transmission source address of the requesting information terminal IS1 is included in the read ID of the user group and the IDs of the users belonging to the group. If the ID corresponding to the requesting information terminal IS1 is included as a result of this determination, the read authentication ID is transmitted from the communication I / F 15 to the requesting information terminal IS1.

  When receiving the authentication ID in step S111, the control unit 50 of the information terminal IS1 stores the received authentication ID in the storage unit 51 in association with the access code. At the same time, a message notifying that exchange of related information about the received authentication ID and the painting G1 is possible is displayed on the display unit 47 together with the explanation information of the painting G1 acquired previously.

  In this state, when the user selects the authentication ID in the key input unit 46 for exchanging information related to the picture G1 being displayed, the control unit 50 proceeds from step S112 to step S113, where An access request including the authentication ID is transmitted from the information exchange control module 502 to the information exchange server CSV. On the other hand, when receiving the access request through the communication I / F 15, the information exchange server CSV activates the information exchange / sharing control program in step S114, and exchanges information corresponding to the authentication ID included in the received access request. Start the tool.

  Therefore, when the user in the information terminal IS1 thereafter inputs information related to the painting G1 whose explanatory information is being displayed on the display unit 47 in the key input unit 46, the input information is stored as HTML data in the radio base station apparatus RP and the communication network. It is transmitted to the information exchange server CSV via the NW. Note that tag information indicating whether the information is stored in the information exchange server CSV is attached to the input picture-related information. The tag information may be designated and input by the user in advance for each of the paintings G1 to Gk, or may be designated and input for each sentence of related information.

  When the information exchange server CSV receives the picture related information transmitted from the information terminal IS1 through the communication I / F 15, the information exchange server CSV exchanges the received picture related information under the control of the information exchange / sharing control program 132. The data is reflected on the bulletin board of the tool, and the display data of the information exchange tool reflecting the picture-related information is transmitted from the communication I / F 15 to the information terminal IS1 of the transmission source.

  When the display data of the information exchange tool reflecting the painting related information is sent from the information exchange server CSV via the communication network NW and the radio base station apparatus RP, the control unit 50 of the information terminal IS1 sends the information exchange control module 502. Thus, the display data is displayed on the display unit 47 in a state where the display data is aligned with the description information of the picture that has already been displayed.

  Further, during the information exchange control, the information exchange server CSV determines whether or not the tag information given to the picture related information exchanged by the information exchange tool allows the picture related information to be stored. If the storage is permitted, the picture related information is stored in the past exchange information database 142.

  Note that the picture-related information exchange control process is terminated at the information terminal IS1 by the user at the key input unit 46. This operation is detected at step S115, and at the information terminal IS1 and the information exchange server CSV, respectively. And it complete | finishes by performing completion | finish operation by step S117.

  Further, it is assumed that after the exchange of the picture related information is completed, an operation for browsing information exchange information that the user has performed in the past is performed by the key input unit 46 in the information terminal IS1. In this case, the control unit 50 uses the content browsing control module 501 to generate a related information browsing request including an authentication ID corresponding to the painting related information to be browsed, and sends the browsing request to the radio base station apparatus RP and the communication network NW. Via the information exchange server CSV.

  On the other hand, when the information exchange server CSV receives a related information browsing request including the authentication ID from the information terminal IS1, the past information management control program 133 is activated. Then, the corresponding past picture related information is read from the past exchange information database 142, and the read past picture related information is transmitted from the communication I / F 15 to the requesting information terminals IS1 to ISm.

  When receiving the past picture related information transmitted from the content management server MSV, the control unit 50 of the information terminal IS1 stores the received past picture related information under the control of the content browsing control module 501. 51 is temporarily stored and displayed on the display unit 47. Therefore, the user can browse the painting related information in the past information exchange after appreciation.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, when the content browsing control module 501 performs the process of acquiring the picture description information in the information terminals IS1 to ISm, the authentication ID acquisition control module 503 performs the above process. An authentication ID acquisition request including a picture access code is transmitted to the information exchange server CSV. In the information exchange server CSV, an authentication ID for accessing the information exchange tool corresponding to the picture is issued and transmitted to the information terminal IS1 according to the access code included in the authentication ID acquisition request.

  That is, in response to the process of acquiring the description information of the picture in the information terminals IS1 to ISm, the authentication ID of the information exchange tool corresponding to the picture is automatically notified from the information exchange server CSV. For this reason, the user can start exchanging information related to the acquired picture without performing any operation for searching for an information exchange tool corresponding to the picture after obtaining the description information of the picture. Therefore, it is possible to immediately and easily start exchanging information about related information of the painting after obtaining the description information of the painting.

  Also, the picture-related information is given tag information indicating the necessity of storage when transmitted from the information terminals IS1 to ISm, and the information exchange server CSV allows the user to store the picture based on the tag information. Only relevant information is stored in the past exchange information management database 142. Therefore, it is possible to prevent unlimited viewing of the picture-related information by others.

  Further, in the information terminals IS1 to ISm, the picture related information exchanged by the information exchange tool of the information exchange server CSV is displayed in a state where it is arranged with the picture description information acquired from the content management server MSV. For this reason, the painting-related information is displayed in a list in a state of being correlated with the previously acquired description information of the painting, so that it is possible to smoothly exchange information on the painting-related information while viewing the description information. Become.

  Further, in the information exchange server CSV, information representing the range of users permitted to exchange the picture related information for each of the pictures G1 to Gk is input from the administrator terminal of the content management server MSV and set in the authentication information table 141. Is done. When an authentication ID acquisition request arrives from the information terminals IS1 to ISm, the authentication ID is transmitted only to the information terminals included in the usage range information set in the authentication information table 141. Therefore, it is possible to set in advance a range of users who can participate in the exchange of related information for each of the paintings G1 to Gk, and thereby, for example, all users can participate in a certain painting, For other paintings, various settings can be made such that only users belonging to a specific group can participate.

(Other embodiments)
In the first embodiment, the Web server WSV and the information exchange surge CSV are configured by separate servers, but may be integrated into one server. Similarly, the information management server MSV and the information exchange server CSV in the second embodiment may be integrated into one server. In the second embodiment, the case where a picture is used as the content information of the real object is exemplified. However, other exhibits such as a calligraphy, a sculpture, and an object may be used, and a product at an event venue, a musician at a concert venue, It is also possible to target actors and actors at dance halls.

In addition, the types and configurations of communication networks, the types and configurations of information exchange devices and user terminal devices, control procedures, control contents, and the like can be variously modified and implemented without departing from the scope of the present invention.
In short, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments as they are, and can be embodied by modifying the components without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. Moreover, various inventions can be formed by appropriately combining a plurality of constituent elements disclosed in the above embodiments. For example, some components may be deleted from all the components shown in each embodiment. Furthermore, you may combine suitably the component covering different embodiment.

It is a schematic block diagram of the content related information exchange system concerning 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the information exchange server in the system shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the user terminal in the system shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure and content of content related information exchange operation by the system shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the display result of the content and exchange information in the user terminal shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the other example of the display result of the content in the user terminal shown in FIG. 3, and exchange information. It is a figure which shows another example of the display result of the content and exchange information in the user terminal shown in FIG. It is a schematic block diagram of the content related information exchange system concerning 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the information terminal which a user uses in the system shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure and content of a content relevant information exchange operation by the system shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  WSV ... Web server, CSV ... Content related information server, NW ... Communication network, US1 to USn ... User terminal, MSV ... Information management server, CSV ... Information exchange server, RP ... Radio base station apparatus, IS1-ISm ... Information terminal, G1 to Gk: Painting as a real object, 11: CPU of information exchange server, 12: Bus, 13 ... Program memory, 14 ... Data memory, 141 ... Authentication information table, 142 ... Past exchange information management database, 15 ... Communication interface 21, 41 ... wireless unit, 22, 42 ... antenna, 23, 43 ... signal processing unit, 24 ... speaker, 25 ... microphone, 26, 46 ... key input part, 27, 47 ... display part, 28, 48 ... power supply Circuit, 29, 49 ... Battery, 30, 50 ... Control unit, 301 ... Web browser, 3 2 ... information exchange browser, 303, 503 ... authentication ID acquisition control module, 501 ... content browsing control module, 502 ... information exchange control module.

Claims (9)

A plurality of user terminal devices capable of information communication via a communication network with a content information management device that distributes content information;
An information exchange device including an information exchange tool for exchanging information related to the content information via the communication network, the plurality of user terminal devices;
The user terminal device
A distribution request including identification information of content information desired to be distributed is transmitted to the content information management apparatus via the communication network, and is distributed from the content information management apparatus via the communication network in response to the distribution request. Content acquisition means for receiving content information;
In response to the content acquisition operation by the content acquisition means, the identification information included in the transmitted distribution request is transmitted to the information exchange device via the communication network, and the information exchange is performed in response to the transmission of the identification information. Authentication information acquisition means for receiving authentication information transmitted from the apparatus via the communication network;
An access request including authentication information received by the authentication information acquisition unit is transmitted to the information exchange device via the communication network, and information related to the acquired content information is transmitted to and received from the information exchange device. Related information transmitting / receiving means for performing
The information exchange device
When the access request transmitted from the user terminal device is received via the communication network, the authentication information for specifying the information exchange tool corresponding to the identification information included in the access request is issued, Authentication information issuing means for transmitting to the requesting user terminal device via the communication network;
When an access request including the authentication information arrives from the user terminal device, an information exchange tool corresponding to the authentication information is activated to transmit / receive information related to the content information to / from the user terminal device And an information exchange system. The user terminal device
Means for giving tag information indicating necessity of storage of the information to the content related information when transmitting information related to the content information to the information exchange device;
Means for transmitting a browsing request for past content related information including the authentication information to the information exchange device via the communication network,
The information exchange device
The content-related information exchanged by the information exchange tool is determined based on the tag information attached to the information, and the content-related information is stored when it is determined that storage is necessary. Past information storage means;
When the browsing request arrives from the user terminal device, the past content related information exchanged by the information exchange tool corresponding to the authentication information included in the browsing request is read from the past information storage means, and this reading is performed. The information exchange system according to claim 1, further comprising means for transmitting the past content-related information to the requesting user terminal device.   The user terminal device further comprises means for displaying a list of content related information transmitted / received by the related information transmitting / receiving means in association with content information received by the content acquisition means. The information exchange system described. The information exchange device
For each content information, further comprising means for accepting a designation input of usage range information representing a range of users permitted to exchange information related to the content information, and storing the received usage range information,
The authentication information issuing means, when receiving an access request transmitted from the user terminal device via the communication network, to the user terminal device included in the range specified by the stored usage range information, The information exchange system according to claim 1, wherein the authentication information is transmitted. A plurality of user terminal devices capable of information communication with a content information management device that distributes content information via a communication network, information related to the content information acquired from the content information management device, and an information exchange tool An information exchange method for exchanging via an information exchange device having
The user terminal device transmits a distribution request including identification information of content information desired to be distributed to the content information management device via the communication network, and from the content management device to the communication network in response to the distribution request. A first process of receiving content information distributed via
A second process in which the user terminal device transmits identification information included in the transmitted distribution request to the information exchange device via the communication network in response to the content acquisition operation in the first process. When,
When the information exchange device receives an access request transmitted from the user terminal device via the communication network, authentication information for specifying an information exchange tool corresponding to the identification information included in the access request is provided. Issuing and transmitting to the requesting user terminal device via the communication network;
A fourth process in which the user terminal device receives authentication information transmitted from the information exchange device via the communication network in response to transmission of the identification information;
A fifth step in which the user terminal device transmits an access request including the authentication information received in the fourth step to the information exchange device via the communication network;
When the information exchange device receives an access request including the authentication information from the user terminal device, the information exchange tool activates an information exchange tool corresponding to the authentication information and the content information with the user terminal device. And a sixth step of transmitting and receiving information related to the information exchange method. A plurality of user terminal devices capable of information communication with a content information management device that distributes content information via a communication network, and information related to the content information by the plurality of user terminal devices is transmitted to the communication network An information exchange device provided with an information exchange tool for exchanging via the computer, and the user terminal device and the information exchange device each used in an information exchange system provided with a computer,
In the computer of the user terminal,
Content that transmits a distribution request including identification information of content information desired to be distributed to the content information management apparatus via the communication network, and is distributed from the content management apparatus via the communication network in response to the distribution request Content acquisition processing to receive information;
In response to the content acquisition operation by the content acquisition process, the identification information included in the transmitted distribution request is transmitted to the information exchange device via the communication network, and the information exchange is performed in response to the transmission of the identification information. Authentication information acquisition processing for receiving authentication information transmitted from a device via the communication network;
An access request including the authentication information received by the authentication information acquisition process is transmitted to the information exchange device via the communication network, and information related to the acquired content information is transmitted to and received from the information exchange device. To perform content-related information transmission / reception processing,
In the computer of the information exchange device,
When the access request transmitted from the user terminal device is received via the communication network, the authentication information for specifying the information exchange tool corresponding to the identification information included in the access request is issued, Authentication information issuance processing for transmitting to the requesting user terminal device via the communication network;
When an access request including the authentication information arrives from the user terminal device, an information exchange tool corresponding to the authentication information is activated to transmit / receive information related to the content information to / from the user terminal device And a program for executing the processing.   A storage medium for storing the program according to claim 6. A plurality of user terminals capable of information communication with a Web server that distributes Web page information via a communication network;
An information exchange server comprising an information exchange tool for exchanging information related to the web page information via the communication network, the plurality of user terminals;
The user terminal is
A distribution request including URL (Uniform Resource Locator) information corresponding to Web page information desired to be distributed is transmitted to the Web server via the communication network, and from the Web server via the communication network in response to the distribution request. A web browser for receiving the web page information distributed
In response to a Web page acquisition operation by the Web browser, URL information included in the transmitted distribution request is transmitted to the information exchange server via the communication network, and the information is transmitted in response to the transmission of the URL information. Authentication information acquisition means for receiving authentication information transmitted from the exchange server via the communication network;
An access request including the authentication information received by the authentication information acquisition unit is transmitted to the information exchange server via the communication network, and information related to the Web page information acquired with the information exchange server is transmitted. And an information exchange browser for sending and receiving,
The information exchange server
When the access request transmitted from the user terminal is received via the communication network, the authentication information for identifying the information exchange tool corresponding to the URL information included in the access request is issued, and the request Authentication information issuing means for transmitting to the original user terminal via the communication network;
When an access request including the authentication information arrives from the user terminal, an information exchange tool corresponding to the authentication information is activated to transmit / receive information related to the Web page information to / from the user terminal. And an information exchange system. A plurality of information browsing terminals capable of information communication via a communication network with an information management server that distributes browsing information describing a real object;
An information exchange server comprising an information exchange tool for exchanging information related to the browse information via the communication network, the plurality of information browsing terminals;
The information browsing terminal is
A distribution request including an access code corresponding to browsing information of a real object desired to be distributed is transmitted to the information management server via the communication network, and from the information management server via the communication network in response to the distribution request Browsing information acquisition means for receiving browsing information to be distributed;
In response to the browsing information acquisition operation by the browsing information acquisition means, the access code included in the transmitted distribution request is transmitted to the information exchange server via the communication network, and the access code is transmitted in response to the transmission of the access code. Authentication information acquisition means for receiving authentication information transmitted from the information exchange server via the communication network;
An access request including the authentication information received by the authentication information acquisition means is transmitted to the information exchange server via the communication network, and is related to the acquired real object browsing information with the information exchange server. Related information transmitting / receiving means for transmitting and receiving information,
The information exchange server
When the access request transmitted from the information browsing terminal is received via the communication network, the authentication information for identifying the information exchange tool corresponding to the access code included in the access request is issued, and the request Authentication information issuing means for transmitting to the original information browsing terminal via the communication network;
When an access request including the authentication information is received from the information browsing terminal, an information exchange tool corresponding to the authentication information is activated and information related to the browsing information of the real object is exchanged with the information browsing terminal. An information exchange system comprising: means for performing transmission / reception.

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