JP2011253287A - Image data storage service provision device and image data storage service provision system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize an image data storage service provision device for providing a storage service that collects, in one place, image data scattered on a plurality of websites.SOLUTION: When a terminal device requests for an access to an image data storage site, the terminal device displays an image display region allowing storing of image data. After image data of a shopping site or the like is copied to the image display region (step S410), the image data and attribute data thereof are added to a data memory section (step S312) at the image data storage site, and the data is extracted from the post-data addition data memory section using a user ID as key (step S314). Further, structure description language data is generated so as to display an image based on the extracted data in the display region (step S316). The terminal device displays an data added image in the image display region according to the structure description language data.

Description

  The present invention relates to an image data storage service providing apparatus and an image data storage service providing system for providing a service for collectively storing image data respectively acquired by a user from a plurality of websites into one website.

  In recent years, many companies have established websites on the Internet, and products (products) are introduced and products are sold online via the Internet. For example, also in the apparel industry that handles clothing (clothes), many apparel manufacturers have established websites, and products are introduced and sold on the websites. Especially for merchandise sales on the website, there is less intermediary between middlemen compared to the traditional distribution channels of “manufacturers (manufacturers), wholesalers (wholesalers), clothing stores (retailers), and consumers”. For apparel manufacturers, it is possible to obtain a high profit margin, and for consumers to purchase goods cheaply. In the following description, it is assumed that Windows (registered trademark) is adopted as the operating system of the computer.

  When a user (a “user” here refers to a consumer who accesses a manufacturer's website via the Internet from a personal computer) finds a favorite product on the website, In some cases, the purchase of the product is performed immediately. However, it is often determined whether or not the product can be purchased after browsing the product on other websites. For this reason, in general, links called “favorites”, “bookmarks” and the like are often performed so as to facilitate re-access to the website. By making this link, the user can easily access a website on which favorite products are posted at any time.

  The following prior art documents are known in relation to the present invention. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-339214 discloses an online server that provides a server on an internetwork as a personal album area (an area for storing image data obtained by a user shooting with a digital camera or the like). An invention for an album system is disclosed.

JP 2005-339214 A

  However, conventionally, when a user intends to purchase or browse information on a plurality of products having different product providers, the user has to access the website of each product provider. For example, regarding clothing, when a user considers the purchase of “A company shirt, B company skirt and C company socks”, even if the above-mentioned link is already made, It is necessary to access the website of company B and the website of company C. For this reason, it is difficult for the user to understand what the combination (coordination) of the plurality of products is. In particular, for items where a combination of a plurality of items such as clothing is important, it is preferable that the combination is easily visible (as an image).

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to realize an image data storage service providing apparatus and an image data storage service providing system that provide a service for storing image data distributed in a plurality of websites collectively in one place. .

A first invention is an image data storage service providing device for providing a service for storing image data in an image display area displayed on a screen of the terminal device to a terminal device connected via a communication line. And
A data storage unit for storing the image data and attribute data related to the image data in association with user identification information registered in advance;
User identification information receiving means for receiving user identification information transmitted from the terminal device;
An instruction to add image data to the image display area is received from the terminal device, and image data to be added to the image display area and attribute data related to the image data are received by the user identification information receiving unit. Data adding means for adding to the data storage unit in association with the user identification information,
Data extraction means for extracting data stored in the data storage unit based on the user identification information received by the user identification information receiving means;
Image data display data generation means for generating data described in a structure description language so that an image based on the data extracted by the data extraction means is displayed in the image display area in the terminal device;
And image data display data transmission means for transmitting the data generated by the image data display data generation means to the terminal device.

According to a second invention, in the first invention,
A keyword storage unit that stores keywords registered in advance or that can be registered from the outside;
The data adding means is data acquired when an instruction to add image data to the image display area is given, and the keyword is included in data described in a structure description language Only, data is added to the data storage unit.

According to a third invention, in the second invention,
The keyword storage unit is pre-registered with keywords related to clothing.

According to a fourth invention, in any one of the first to third inventions,
An instruction to delete image data from the image display area is received from the terminal device, and based on the user identification information received by the user identification information receiving means, the image data to be deleted from the image display area and the The apparatus further comprises a data deleting means for deleting attribute data related to the image data from the data storage unit.

According to a fifth invention, in any one of the first to fourth inventions,
Each image data can be moved to an arbitrary position in the image display area.

According to a sixth invention, in any one of the first to fifth inventions,
The data storage unit further stores an address of a website from which the image data is acquired,
When the data adding means receives an instruction to add image data to the image display area, the data adding means associates with the user identification information received by the user identification information receiving means, and obtains the web from which the image data is acquired. A site address is further added to the data storage unit.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image data providing device that provides image data to a terminal device connected via a communication line, the terminal device and the image data providing device connected via a communication line, and the terminal An image data storage service providing system comprising an image data storage service providing apparatus that provides a service for storing image data in an image display area displayed on a screen of the terminal device for an apparatus,
The image data storage service providing device includes:
A data storage unit that stores the image data, attribute data related to the image data, and an address of a website from which the image data is acquired, in association with user identification information registered in advance;
User identification information receiving means for receiving user identification information transmitted from the terminal device;
An instruction to add image data to the image display area is received from the terminal device, image data to be added to the image display area, attribute data related to the image data, and a website from which the image data is acquired And a data adding means for adding to the data storage unit in association with the user identification information received by the user identification information receiving means,
Data extraction means for extracting data stored in the data storage unit based on the user identification information received by the user identification information receiving means;
Image data display data generation means for generating data described in a structure description language so that an image based on the data extracted by the data extraction means is displayed in the image display area in the terminal device;
Image data display data transmission means for transmitting the data generated by the image data display data generation means to the terminal device;
The image data providing device includes:
When the image data included in the image display area is selected in the terminal device and connected from the terminal device via the communication line, based on the address of the website from which the image data is acquired Product purchase screen data generating means for generating data described in a structure description language so that a screen for purchasing products related to image data is displayed in the image display area in the terminal device;
The product purchase screen data transmission unit transmits the data generated by the product purchase screen data generation unit to the terminal device.

In an eighth aspect based on the seventh aspect,
The image data providing device, when a screen based on the data generated by the product purchase screen data generating means is displayed in the image display area in the terminal device, and then when a product is purchased on the screen, It is further characterized by further comprising billing processing means for performing billing processing determined in advance.

9th invention provides the image data storage service which is a computer which provides the service which preserve | saves image data to the image display area displayed on the screen of the said terminal device with respect to the terminal device connected via a communication line To the device,
A user identification information receiving step for receiving user identification information registered in advance and transmitted from the terminal device;
An instruction to add image data to the image display area is received from the terminal device, and image data to be added to the image display area and attribute data related to the image data are received in the user identification information receiving step. A data addition step of adding to a data storage unit provided in advance in association with the user identification information,
A data extraction step for extracting data stored in the data storage unit based on the user identification information received in the user identification information reception step;
An image data display data generation step for generating data described in a structure description language so that an image based on the data extracted in the data extraction step is displayed in the image display area in the terminal device;
An image data display data transmission step for transmitting data generated in the image data display data generation step to the terminal device.

A tenth aspect of the invention is an image data storage service providing method for providing a service for storing image data in an image display area displayed on a screen of the terminal device to a terminal device connected via a communication line. And
A user identification information receiving step for receiving user identification information registered in advance and transmitted from the terminal device;
An instruction to add image data to the image display area is received from the terminal device, and image data to be added to the image display area and attribute data related to the image data are received in the user identification information receiving step. A data addition step of adding to a data storage unit provided in advance in association with the user identification information,
A data extraction step for extracting data stored in the data storage unit based on the user identification information received in the user identification information reception step;
An image data display data generation step for generating data described in a structure description language so that an image based on the data extracted in the data extraction step is displayed in the image display area in the terminal device;
An image data display data transmission step of transmitting the data generated in the image data display data generation step to the terminal device.

  According to the first aspect, the image data storage service providing device is provided with the data storage unit for storing the image data and the attribute data related to the image data storage service providing device to the data storage unit based on the instruction from the terminal device. The data is added. Further, in the image data storage service providing device, data described in the structure description language is generated so that an image based on the data extracted from the data storage unit is displayed in the image display area on the terminal device. The data described in the structure description language is transmitted from the image data storage service providing device to the terminal device. Therefore, the terminal device can store image data copied from various shopping sites in the image display area. As a result, the user can store and browse image data distributed in a plurality of shopping sites and the like in one place.

  According to the second aspect of the invention, by registering a keyword for specifying a product that can be displayed in the image display area, only image data for a predesignated product can be stored in the image display area. Can be.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to store only image data regarding clothing in the image display area.

  According to the fourth aspect, the image data displayed in the image display area can be deleted. For this reason, the user can always display only necessary image data in the image display area. In addition, unnecessary accumulation of image data in the data storage unit can be suppressed.

  According to the fifth aspect, the user can freely move the image data in the image display area. For this reason, it becomes possible to arrange the image data for a plurality of products related to each other, for example, at close positions. Thereby, it becomes possible to make a user easily confirm the appearance about the combination of several goods.

  According to the sixth aspect, when the image data is added to the image display area, the address of the website from which the image data is acquired is stored in the data storage unit. Therefore, it is possible to associate the image data in the image display area with the address of the website that provides the image data. Thereby, the user can access the website of the provider of each of the plurality of image data from one image display area.

  According to the seventh aspect, the same effect as the first aspect can be achieved in the invention of the system. When image data in the image display area is selected in the terminal device, a screen of a shopping site where a product related to the image data can be purchased is displayed on the terminal device. Thereby, the user can access each shopping site of a plurality of products desired to be purchased from one image display area.

  According to the eighth aspect, when a product is purchased (shopping) from the terminal device, a predetermined charging process is performed. For this reason, for example, a fee can be paid from the shopping site provider to the image data storage service providing system provider when shopping is established. As a result, the provider of the image data storage service providing system can obtain a profit based on shopping through the system.

  According to the ninth aspect, the same effect as the first aspect can be achieved in the invention of the program.

  According to the tenth aspect of the invention, the same effect as that of the first aspect of the invention can be achieved in the method invention.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the image data storage service provision apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention, and the apparatus relevant to it. In the said 1st Embodiment, when a terminal device accesses an image data storage site, it is a figure which shows an example of the browser screen displayed on the display part of the said terminal device. In the said 1st Embodiment, it is a figure which shows the example of a display of an image display area. In the said 1st Embodiment, it is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the web server of an image data storage site. In the said 1st Embodiment, it is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of the image data storage service provision apparatus. It is a layout figure of the image information table in the said 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the data stored in an image information table in the said 1st Embodiment. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the image data storage service providing apparatus when an access request is made from the terminal device to the image data storage site in the first embodiment, together with a processing procedure in the terminal apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the login screen in the said 1st Embodiment. In the said 1st Embodiment, it is a figure which shows the example of a display of an image display area. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the image data storage service providing device when a request for adding image data is made from the terminal device to the image data storage site, together with a processing procedure in the terminal device, in the first embodiment. In the said 1st Embodiment, it is a figure for demonstrating addition of the image data to an image display area. In the said 1st Embodiment, it is a figure for demonstrating arrangement | positioning of the said image data when image data is added to an image display area. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the image data storage service providing device when a request for deleting image data is made from the terminal device to the image data storage site in the first embodiment, together with a processing procedure in the terminal device. It is a figure for demonstrating the modification of the said 1st Embodiment. It is a layout figure of the image information table in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. In the said 2nd Embodiment, it is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the web server of a shopping site when the image data in an image display area is selected in a terminal device with the process sequence in a terminal device. In the said 2nd Embodiment, it is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the image data preservation | save service provision apparatus when the image data in an image display area is selected in the terminal device with the process procedure in a terminal device.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

<1. First Embodiment>
<1.1 Overall configuration and operation>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an image data storage service providing apparatus 100 and related apparatuses according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The image data storage service providing apparatus 100 includes a web server 110 and a database server 120. The image data storage service providing apparatus 100 can store and display image data acquired by users from a plurality of websites (hereinafter referred to as “image data”). A “storage site” is provided on the Internet 4. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of web servers 200 that provide a user with a shopping site where products can be purchased and a plurality of terminal devices 300 used by the user are connected to the Internet 4. The web server 200 corresponds to an image data providing device.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of a browser screen (screen displayed by a web browser which is software for browsing the website) 320 displayed on the display unit of the terminal device 300 when the terminal device 300 accesses the image data storage site. FIG. The browser screen 320 includes an image display area 330 for the user to accumulate and display image data. In this image display area 330, as shown in FIG. 3, for example, product image data is displayed together with the product name and price of the product. In addition, about the content displayed with the image data of goods, it is not limited to a goods name and a price.

  The image data storage service providing apparatus 100 includes the web server 110 and the database server 120 as described above. Note that these devices are connected to each other via a predetermined local area network (LAN) that conforms to, for example, IEEE 802.3. One or both of these devices may be dedicated hardware, or may be a computer in which software for realizing these functions is installed. All of these functions may be realized by a single computer.

  In response to a processing request from the terminal device 300, the web server 110 accumulates image data published on the Internet 4 by the web server 200 of the shopping site in the database server 120 and also accumulates in the database server 120 for each user. The displayed image data is displayed together on the display unit of the terminal device 300. Regarding the display of the image data on the display unit of the terminal device 300, in detail, the data described in the structure description language is transmitted from the web server 110 to the terminal device 300 so that the desired image data is displayed. Is done by. As a structure description language, for example, HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is known.

  The database server 120 stores the image data received from the web server 110 in association with a user ID that is data for identifying the user, and outputs the stored image data in response to a request from the web server 110. To do. In the present embodiment, user identification information is realized by this user ID.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the web server 110. As shown in FIG. 4, the web server 110 includes a CPU (control unit) 114 that performs various calculations and realizes various functions, and a RAM 115 that develops programs executed by the CPU 114 to realize the various functions. , Comprising a hard disk drive (HDD) 116 for storing programs and various data to be described later executed by the CPU 114, a network interface (network I / F) 117 for transmitting / receiving data to / from the outside, a liquid crystal panel, a CRT, and the like. A display device (display unit) 111, an input device 112 including a keyboard and a mouse, and a DVD-ROM drive device 113 are provided. Since the configuration of the web server 110 shown in FIG. 4 is the same as that of a general computer, detailed description thereof is omitted. The same applies to the configuration of the database server 120, the shopping site web server 200, and the terminal device 300.

<1.2 Functional Configuration of Image Data Storage Service Providing Device>
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the image data storage service providing apparatus 100. As shown in FIG. 5, this image data storage service providing device 100 functionally includes a user ID receiving unit (user identification information receiving means) 131 that receives a user ID sent from the terminal device 300, image data, and the like. A data storage unit 132 that stores related attribute data, a data extraction unit 133 that extracts (searches) image data and attribute data from the data storage unit 132 using a user ID as a key, and an additional instruction sent from the terminal device 300 A data adding unit 134 for adding image data and attribute data to the data storage unit 132 based on the data; a data deleting unit 135 for deleting image data and attribute data from the data storage unit 132 based on a deletion instruction sent from the terminal device 300; The image based on the data extracted by the data extraction unit 133 is displayed on the terminal device 300. A structure description language data generation unit (for example, an HTML file) that generates data (hereinafter referred to as “structure description language data”) (for example, an HTML file) described in a structure description language so as to be displayed in the image display area 330 of the browser screen 320 Image data display data generation means) 136 and a data transmission unit (image data display data transmission means) 137 for transmitting the structural description language data to the terminal device 300 are provided.

  The functions of these components shown in FIG. 5 (except for the data storage unit 132) are typically realized by the CPU 114 executing a predetermined program expanded in the RAM 115. Here, the program is provided by, for example, a DVD-ROM that is a recording medium on which the program is recorded. That is, a DVD-ROM as a recording medium for the program is mounted on a DVD-ROM drive device 113 built in as an auxiliary storage device, and the program is read from the DVD-ROM to be HDD 116 (or other storage device). (Typically installed). The program may be provided via a recording medium other than a DVD-ROM or a communication line. For example, when a predetermined operation for starting the web server 110 is performed, the predetermined program installed in the HDD 116 is transferred to the RAM 115 and expanded (temporarily stored) there, and executed by the CPU 114. . Thereby, the control process of the web server 110 and the database server 120 is implement | achieved.

  FIG. 6 is a layout diagram of a table (hereinafter referred to as “image information table”) 141 constituting a part of the data storage unit 132. The image information table 141 includes a plurality of items whose item names are “user ID”, “image data storage destination”, “product name”, and “price”, respectively. In the field of each item (area in which individual data is stored) of the image information table 141, data having the following contents is stored. “User ID” stores a unique number for identifying the user. In “image data storage location”, information indicating the storage location of the image data is stored, for example, with a full path name. The “product name” stores the name of the product displayed by the image data. The “price” stores the price of the product displayed by the image data. In this image information table 141, for example, data as shown in FIG. 7 is stored. In the present embodiment, a data storage unit is realized by the image information table 141 and an area (for example, a folder) in which image data is stored.

<1.3 Operation of Image Data Storage Service Providing Device when Access Request is Made>
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the image data storage service providing apparatus 100 when an access request is made from the terminal apparatus 300 to the image data storage site, together with a processing procedure in the terminal apparatus 300. In FIG. 8, the processing procedures in the terminal device 300 and the image data storage service providing device 100 are described in parallel so that the data transmission / reception relationship is clearly shown, and data transmission including a processing request is transmitted. The direction is marked with a dotted arrow.

  First, at an arbitrary timing, an access request to the image data storage site is made from the terminal device 300 (step S210). As a result, the image data storage service providing apparatus 100 accepts an access request from the terminal apparatus 300 (step S110). Then, in the image data storage service providing device 100, the structure description language data for displaying the login screen on the display unit of the terminal device 300 is generated by the structure description language data generation unit 136 (step S112). Is transmitted to the terminal device 300 by the data transmission unit 137 (step S120).

  When the structural description language data is sent from the image data storage service providing device 100 to the terminal device 300, the terminal device 300 displays a login screen 340 as shown in FIG. 9 on the display unit based on the structural description language data, for example. (Step S220). As shown in FIG. 9, the login screen 340 includes a text box 341 for inputting the user ID and a button (hereinafter referred to as “OK button”) 342 for confirming the input content. On the login screen 340, the user inputs the user ID into the text box 341 and presses the OK button 342 with the mouse (step S230). By the way, in order for the user to receive the service provided by the image data storage site, a user ID for identifying the user must be registered in advance in the image data storage site. Since the method for registering such a user ID is well known, the description thereof is omitted here. It should be noted that the password is registered together with the user ID, and the image data storage site is only provided when the user ID sent from the terminal device 300 to the image data storage service providing apparatus 100 has been registered and the password is correct. The user may be allowed to use the provided service.

  In step S <b> 130, the user ID sent from the terminal device 300 to the image data storage service providing device 100 is received by the user ID receiving unit 131. In the image data storage service providing apparatus 100, the data extraction unit 133 extracts image data and attribute data from the data storage unit 132 using the user ID as a key (step S132). Specifically, a record is extracted from the image information table 141 using the user ID as a key, and image data, product name data, and price data are acquired based on the extracted record. Thereafter, in the image data storage service providing apparatus 100, the structure description language data generation unit 136 generates structure description language data for displaying an image based on the data extracted in step S132 in the image display area 330 in the terminal device 300. (Step S134), the structure description language data is transmitted to the terminal device 300 by the data transmission unit 137 (Step S140).

  When the structural description language data is sent from the image data storage service providing apparatus 100 to the terminal apparatus 300, the terminal apparatus 300 stores image data and its attribute data (product name and attribute data) in the image display area 330 based on the structural description language data. Price) is displayed (step S240). For example, when the user ID input in the text box 341 in step S230 is “AB001” and the contents of the image information table 141 are as shown in FIG. 7, the image display area 330 is shown in FIG. Thus, two image data and their attribute data are displayed.

  As described above, when an access request is made from the terminal apparatus 300 to the image data storage site, the image data storage service providing apparatus 100 extracts data from the data storage unit 132 based on the user ID, and Structure description language data is generated such that an image based on the data is displayed on the terminal device 300. The structure description language data is transmitted from the image data storage service providing device 100 to the terminal device 300, and the terminal device 300 displays the image data and its attribute data in the image display area 330.

  Regarding the above processing, a user identification information reception step is realized by step S130, a data extraction step is realized by step S132, an image data display data generation step is realized by step S134, and an image data display step is executed by step S140. A data transmission step is realized.

<1.4 Operation of Image Data Storage Service Providing Device When Requested to Add Image Data>
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the image data storage service providing apparatus 100 together with a processing procedure in the terminal apparatus 300 when a request for adding image data is made from the terminal apparatus 300 to the image data storage site.

  In step S410, a request for adding image data from the terminal device 300 to the image data storage site is made. Specifically, in the terminal device 300, the following operation is performed by the user (see FIG. 12). The user causes the display unit 310 to display two browser screens 320a and 320b. The user accesses the image data storage site from one browser screen 320a, and accesses one of the shopping sites from the other browser screen 320b. In a state where both the screen of the image data storage site and the screen of the shopping site are displayed on the display unit 310, the user can add one of the image data displayed on the screen of the shopping site to the screen of the image data storage site. Is copied (copied) to the image display area 330. Note that the above operation is merely an example, and a request for adding image data to the image data storage site may be made by other operations.

  When a request for adding image data from the terminal device 300 to the image data storage site is made, the addition request is accepted by the image data storage service providing device 100 (step S310). Note that since the image display on the browser screen of the terminal device 300 is based on the structure description language data, the terminal device 300 does not only add image data to be added to the image display area 330 but also attribute data related to the image data. Can also be acquired from the web server 200 of the shopping site. Therefore, it is possible to include image data and attribute data in the addition request.

  In the image data storage service providing apparatus 100, after accepting the addition request, the image data to be added to the image display area 330 and the attribute data related to the image data are associated with the user ID acquired in step S130 of FIG. Processing to add to the data storage unit 132 is performed by the data addition unit 134 (step S312). In the image data storage service providing apparatus 100, the data extraction unit 133 extracts image data and attribute data from the data storage unit 132 after the data addition in step S312 using the user ID as a key (step S314). Specifically, as in step S132 of FIG. 8, a record is extracted from the image information table 141 using the user ID as a key, and image data, product name data, and price data are acquired based on the extracted record. Is done. Thereafter, in the image data storage service providing apparatus 100, the structure description language data generation unit 136 generates structure description language data for displaying an image based on the data extracted in step S314 in the image display area 330 in the terminal device 300. (Step S316), the structure description language data is transmitted to the terminal device 300 by the data transmission unit 137 (Step S320).

  When the structural description language data is sent from the image data storage service providing apparatus 100 to the terminal apparatus 300, the terminal apparatus 300 stores image data and its attribute data (product name and attribute data) in the image display area 330 based on the structural description language data. Price) is displayed. For example, when image data is added to the image display area 330 as shown in FIG. 12, the image data is based on a predetermined rule in the image display area 330 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 13B, the image data is displayed at the position where the user dropped the image when “drag and drop” was performed as an operation for copying the image data. It may be displayed.

  As described above, when a request for adding image data is made from the terminal device 300 to the image data storage site, the image data storage service providing device 100 causes the data storage unit 132 to store the image data for which the addition request is made and its attribute data. After that, the structure description language data is generated so that the image after the image data addition is displayed on the terminal device 300. In the terminal device 300, based on the structure description language data generated by the image data storage service providing device 100, the image data after adding the data and its attribute data are displayed in the image display area 330.

  Regarding the above processing, a data addition step is realized by steps S310 and S312, a data extraction step is realized by step S314, an image data display data generation step is realized by step S316, and an image data display step is executed by step S320. A data transmission step is realized.

<1.5 Operation of Image Data Storage Service Providing Device when Image Data Deletion Request is Made>
FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the image data storage service providing apparatus 100 together with a processing procedure in the terminal apparatus 300 when a request for deleting image data is made from the terminal apparatus 300 to the image data storage site.

  In step S610, a request to delete image data is made from the terminal device 300 to the image data storage site. Specifically, in the terminal device 300, image data included in the image display area 330 is selected by the user (for example, selected by clicking a mouse), and an operation of deleting the selected image data is performed.

  When a deletion request for image data is made from the terminal device 300 to the image data storage site, the deletion request is accepted by the image data storage service providing device 100 (step S510). In the image data storage service providing apparatus 100, after receiving the deletion request, the image data to be deleted from the image display area 330 and the attribute data related to the image data are based on the user ID acquired in step S130 of FIG. Processing for deleting from the data storage unit 132 is performed by the data deletion unit 135 (step S512). In the image data storage service providing apparatus 100, the data extraction unit 133 extracts image data and attribute data from the data storage unit 132 after the data deletion in step S512 using the user ID as a key (step S514). Specifically, as in step S132 of FIG. 8, a record is extracted from the image information table 141 using the user ID as a key, and image data, product name data, and price data are acquired based on the extracted record. Is done. Thereafter, in the image data storage service providing apparatus 100, the structure description language data generation unit 136 generates structure description language data for displaying an image based on the data extracted in step S514 in the image display area 330 in the terminal device 300. (Step S516), the structure description language data is transmitted to the terminal device 300 by the data transmission unit 137 (Step S520).

  When the structural description language data is sent from the image data storage service providing apparatus 100 to the terminal apparatus 300, the terminal apparatus 300 stores image data and its attribute data (product name and attribute data) in the image display area 330 based on the structural description language data. Price) is displayed. When all the image data in the image display area 330 has been deleted, a screen as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed.

  As described above, when a deletion request for image data is made from the terminal device 300 to the image data storage site, the image data storage service providing apparatus 100 in the image data storage service providing device 100 stores the data storage unit 132 for the image data for which the deletion request has been made and its attribute data. Then, the structure description language data is generated so that the image after the image data deletion is displayed on the terminal device 300. In the terminal device 300, based on the structure description language data generated by the image data storage service providing device 100, the image data after the data deletion and its attribute data are displayed in the image display area 330.

<1.6 Effect>
As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the user accesses the image data storage site from the terminal device 300, the browser screen including the image display area 330 in which image data can be stored in the display unit of the terminal device 300. 320 is displayed. In the image display area 330, it is possible to copy the image data displayed on the screen of an arbitrary shopping site. After the image data is copied, the image data to be copied is already stored. It is displayed in the image display area 330 together with the image data. As described above, the user can use the image display area 330 provided by the image data storage site to store and view image data distributed in a plurality of shopping sites in one place.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to delete image data displayed in the image display area 330. Therefore, the user can always display only necessary image data in the image display area 330. In addition, in the image data storage site, unnecessary accumulation of image data in the data storage unit 132 is suppressed.

<1.7 Modification>
In the above-described embodiment, the user can add image data to the image display area 330 and delete image data from the image display area 330. In addition, the user can arbitrarily select image data in the image display area 330. It may be possible to move to the position. For example, it is assumed that image data for a plurality of products is displayed in the image display area 330 as shown in FIG. Under such a display state, the combination (coordination) of the shirt that is the product related to the image data indicated by reference numeral 36 and the skirt that is the product related to the image data indicated by reference numeral 37 is understood. It is difficult for the user to do. On the other hand, if the image data can be moved to an arbitrary position, the user can move the image data of the shirt and the image data of the skirt as shown in FIG. 15B, for example. Thereby, the user can easily grasp what kind of combination the shirt and skirt will be. As described above, by enabling the movement of the image data to an arbitrary position, the user can easily confirm the appearance of the combination of the plurality of products.

  In the above embodiment, the image data that can be stored in the image display area 330 is not limited. However, only image data for a predesignated product may be stored in the image display area 330. In order to realize this, for example, a keyword storage unit that stores (stores) a keyword for specifying a product may be provided in the image data storage service providing apparatus 100. Typically, a plurality of keywords can be registered in the keyword storage unit. The keywords may be registered in advance or may be registered from the outside as necessary. For example, in order to allow only image data related to clothing to be stored in the image display area 330, the provider of the image data storage site pre-sets names related to clothing such as “shirt”, “suit”, and “tie”. Register in the keyword storage. Further, when a request for adding image data is made from the terminal device 300 to the image data storage site, the following processing is performed in the terminal device 300 and the image data storage service providing device 100. When the user tries to copy image data from the shopping site to the image display area 330 in the terminal device 300, the structure description language data for displaying the image data is transmitted from the terminal device 300 to the image data storage service providing device 100. . In the image data storage service providing apparatus 100, the data adding unit 134 determines whether or not the keyword registered in the keyword storage unit is included in the structural description language data sent from the terminal device 300. Then, only when the keyword is included in the structural description language data, the data adding unit 134 adds the image data and its attribute data to the data storage unit 132. As described above, it is possible to store only image data for a predesignated product in the image display area 330.

<2. Second Embodiment>
<2.1 Overview>
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the present embodiment, when a user selects image data in the image display area 330 (for example, selection by clicking a mouse) on the terminal device 300, a screen of a shopping site where a product related to the image data can be purchased. Is displayed on the display unit of the terminal device 300. And the user can purchase the said goods online from the screen of the shopping site. In addition, when a user accesses a shopping site from an image data storage site and purchases a product, the shopping site provider (for example, an apparel manufacturer) is charged so that a predetermined fee is paid to the image data storage site provider. Processing is performed. In addition, in order to implement | achieve said process, the provider of an image data storage site cooperates with the provider of a shopping site beforehand.

<2.2 Configuration>
The overall configuration (see FIG. 1), the schematic configuration of the web server 110 (see FIG. 4), and the functional configuration of the image data storage service providing apparatus 100 (see FIG. 5) are the same as those in the first embodiment. The description is omitted. In the present embodiment, an image data storage service providing system is realized by the image data storage service providing device 100 and the web server 200 (which constitutes a shopping site) connected to each other via the Internet 4 (see FIG. 1).

  FIG. 16 is a layout diagram of the image information table 146 in the present embodiment. Compared to the configuration in the first embodiment shown in FIG. 6, an item whose item name is “shopping site address” is added. In the field of this item, an address (URL: Uniform Resource Locator) on the Internet 4 of a shopping site where merchandise related to image data can be purchased is stored.

<2.3 Operation of Image Data Storage Service Providing Device>
Since the image data storage service providing apparatus 100 performs substantially the same operation as in the first embodiment, only differences from the first embodiment will be described. First, when a request for adding image data is made from the terminal device 300, in step S312 of FIG. 11, in addition to the image data and its attribute data, a shopping site where a product related to the image data can be purchased. Are added to the data storage unit 312. When a request for deletion of image data is made from the terminal device 300, in step S512 of FIG. 14, in addition to the image data and its attribute data, a shopping site where a product related to the image data can be purchased. Are deleted from the data storage unit 312. The operation when the image data in the image display area 330 is selected in the terminal device 300 will be described later.

<2.4 Operation of each device related to purchase of goods at a shopping site>
Next, the operation of each device when a product is purchased at a shopping site will be described. The process for the user to purchase a product is started when the user selects image data in the image display area 330 in the terminal device 300. In order to distinguish from selection when deleting image data, for example, selection of image data when purchasing a product is a click of the left button of the mouse, and selection of image data when deleting image data is a mouse Click the right button of.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of the web server 200 of the shopping site when image data in the image display area 330 is selected in the terminal device 300, together with a processing procedure in the terminal device 300. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the image data storage service providing apparatus 100 when the image data in the image display area 330 is selected in the terminal apparatus 300, together with the processing procedure in the terminal apparatus 300.

  In step S810, the image data in the image display area 330 is selected by the terminal device 300 by the user. When the image data is selected, the terminal device 300 must display a screen of a shopping site where the product related to the image data can be purchased on the display unit. Here, the address of the shopping site is stored in the data storage unit 132 (specifically, the image information table 146) of the image data storage service providing apparatus 100 of the image data storage site. Therefore, processing for requesting the address of the shopping site from the terminal device 300 to the image data storage site is performed (step S811).

  When the address request of the shopping site is made from the terminal device 300 to the image data storage site, the address request is accepted by the image data storage service providing device 100 (step S812). After receiving the address request, the image data storage service providing apparatus 100 searches the data storage unit 132 for the address of the shopping site based on the image data information selected by the terminal device 300 and the user ID (step S813). . Thereafter, the address searched in step S813 is transmitted from the image data storage service providing apparatus 100 to the terminal apparatus 300 (step S814), and the address is received by the terminal apparatus 300 (step S815).

  Next, in the terminal device 300, an access request to the shopping site at the address received in step S815 is made (step S820). Thereby, in the web server 200 of a shopping site, the access request from the terminal device 300 is received (step S720). Then, in the web server 200, structure description language data for displaying a shopping screen on the display unit of the terminal device 300 is generated (step S722), and the structure description language data is transmitted to the terminal device 300 (step S730). .

  When the structural description language data is sent from the web server 200 to the terminal device 300, the terminal device 300 displays a shopping screen on the display unit based on the structural description language data (step S830). Thereafter, in terminal device 300, it is determined whether or not a product has been purchased on the shopping screen (whether or not shopping has been established) (step S840). As a result of the determination in step S840, when shopping is established, information indicating that shopping is established is transmitted from the terminal device 300 to the web server 200, and when shopping is not established, the processing in the terminal device 300 ends. .

  When information indicating that shopping is established is sent from the terminal device 300 to the shopping site, the web server 200 generates structure description language data for displaying on the display unit a screen indicating that shopping is established in the terminal device 300. (Step S740), the structure description language data is transmitted to the terminal device 300 (Step S750).

  Thereafter, in terminal device 300, based on the structure description language data sent from web server 200, a screen indicating that shopping has been established is displayed on the display unit (step S850). On the other hand, in the web server 200, predetermined rules (for example, “a fixed amount for the price of the purchased product is a fee”, “a fixed amount for each product purchased is a fee) The billing process is performed (step S760). There are no particular limitations on the specific implementation method of the billing process since various methods have been known.

<2.5 Effect>
According to this embodiment, as in the first embodiment, the user can use the image display area 330 provided by the image data storage site to place the image data distributed in a plurality of shopping sites in one place. It becomes possible to save and view all at once.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, when image data in the image display area 330 is selected in the terminal device 300, a screen of a shopping site where a product related to the image data can be purchased is displayed. Therefore, the user can access a shopping site that sells products desired to be purchased online based on the image data storage site. In addition, after the shopping site screen is displayed on the display unit of the terminal device 300 and shopping is established, a predetermined charging process is performed. For this reason, for example, when shopping is established, a fee can be paid from the provider of the shopping site to the provider of the image data storage site. As a result, the provider of the image data storage site not only provides the user with a service for storing the image data distributed in a plurality of websites in one place but also shopping through the image data storage site. It is possible to obtain a profit based on.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 4 ... Internet 100 ... Image data storage service providing apparatus 110 ... Web server (of image data storage site) 120 ... Database server 131 ... User ID reception part 132 ... Data storage part 133 ... Data extraction part 134 ... Data addition part 135 ... Data Deletion unit 136 ... structure description language data generation unit 137 ... data transmission unit 141, 146 ... image information table 200 ... (shopping site) web server 300 ... terminal device 330 ... image display area

Claims (10)

An image data storage service providing device that provides a service for storing image data in an image display area displayed on a screen of the terminal device to a terminal device connected via a communication line,
A data storage unit for storing the image data and attribute data related to the image data in association with user identification information registered in advance;
User identification information receiving means for receiving user identification information transmitted from the terminal device;
An instruction to add image data to the image display area is received from the terminal device, and image data to be added to the image display area and attribute data related to the image data are received by the user identification information receiving unit. Data adding means for adding to the data storage unit in association with the user identification information,
Data extraction means for extracting data stored in the data storage unit based on the user identification information received by the user identification information receiving means;
Image data display data generation means for generating data described in a structure description language so that an image based on the data extracted by the data extraction means is displayed in the image display area in the terminal device;
An image data storage service providing apparatus, comprising: image data display data transmitting means for transmitting data generated by the image data display data generating means to the terminal device. A keyword storage unit that stores keywords registered in advance or that can be registered from the outside;
The data adding means is data acquired when an instruction to add image data to the image display area is given, and the keyword is included in data described in a structure description language The image data storage service providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein only the data is added to the data storage unit.   The image data storage service providing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a keyword related to clothing is registered in the keyword storage unit in advance.   An instruction to delete image data from the image display area is received from the terminal device, and based on the user identification information received by the user identification information receiving means, the image data to be deleted from the image display area and the 4. The image data storage service providing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a data deleting unit that deletes attribute data related to image data from the data storage unit. 5.   5. The image data storage service providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each image data can be moved to an arbitrary position in the image display area. 6. The data storage unit further stores an address of a website from which the image data is acquired,
When the data adding means receives an instruction to add image data to the image display area, the data adding means associates with the user identification information received by the user identification information receiving means, and obtains the web from which the image data is acquired. 6. The image data storage service providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a site address is further added to the data storage unit. An image data providing device for providing image data to a terminal device connected via a communication line, and connected to the terminal device and the image data providing device via a communication line. An image data storage service providing system comprising an image data storage service providing device for providing a service for storing image data in an image display area displayed on a screen of a terminal device,
The image data storage service providing device includes:
A data storage unit that stores the image data, attribute data related to the image data, and an address of a website from which the image data is acquired, in association with user identification information registered in advance;
User identification information receiving means for receiving user identification information transmitted from the terminal device;
An instruction to add image data to the image display area is received from the terminal device, image data to be added to the image display area, attribute data related to the image data, and a website from which the image data is acquired And a data adding means for adding to the data storage unit in association with the user identification information received by the user identification information receiving means,
Data extraction means for extracting data stored in the data storage unit based on the user identification information received by the user identification information receiving means;
Image data display data generation means for generating data described in a structure description language so that an image based on the data extracted by the data extraction means is displayed in the image display area in the terminal device;
Image data display data transmission means for transmitting the data generated by the image data display data generation means to the terminal device;
The image data providing device includes:
When the image data included in the image display area is selected in the terminal device and connected from the terminal device via the communication line, based on the address of the website from which the image data is acquired Product purchase screen data generating means for generating data described in a structure description language so that a screen for purchasing products related to image data is displayed in the image display area in the terminal device;
An image data storage service providing system comprising: a product purchase screen data transmission unit that transmits data generated by the product purchase screen data generation unit to the terminal device.   The image data providing device, when a screen based on the data generated by the product purchase screen data generating means is displayed in the image display area in the terminal device, and then when a product is purchased on the screen, The image data storage service providing system according to claim 7, further comprising billing processing means for performing billing processing determined in advance. An image data storage service providing device, which is a computer that provides a service for storing image data in an image display area displayed on the screen of the terminal device, for a terminal device connected via a communication line,
A user identification information receiving step for receiving user identification information registered in advance and transmitted from the terminal device;
An instruction to add image data to the image display area is received from the terminal device, and image data to be added to the image display area and attribute data related to the image data are received in the user identification information receiving step. A data addition step of adding to a data storage unit provided in advance in association with the user identification information,
A data extraction step for extracting data stored in the data storage unit based on the user identification information received in the user identification information reception step;
An image data display data generation step for generating data described in a structure description language so that an image based on the data extracted in the data extraction step is displayed in the image display area in the terminal device;
A program for executing an image data display data transmission step of transmitting the data generated in the image data display data generation step to the terminal device. An image data storage service providing method for providing a service for storing image data in an image display area displayed on a screen of the terminal device for a terminal device connected via a communication line,
A user identification information receiving step for receiving user identification information registered in advance and transmitted from the terminal device;
An instruction to add image data to the image display area is received from the terminal device, and image data to be added to the image display area and attribute data related to the image data are received in the user identification information receiving step. A data addition step of adding to a data storage unit provided in advance in association with the user identification information,
A data extraction step for extracting data stored in the data storage unit based on the user identification information received in the user identification information reception step;
An image data display data generation step for generating data described in a structure description language so that an image based on the data extracted in the data extraction step is displayed in the image display area in the terminal device;
An image data storage service providing method comprising: an image data display data transmission step of transmitting the data generated in the image data display data generation step to the terminal device.

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