JP2013214175A - Information providing server and information providing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information providing server and an information providing program in which a display order of contribution information can be adjusted with an easy operation.SOLUTION: An e-mail reception unit 310 receives an e-mail having four types of set mail addresses as destinations. An information extraction unit 330 extracts the destination addresses and contribution information etc. from the received e-mail. A contribution time decision unit 340 which stores a plurality of types of contribution rules for determining a number of times and timing to contribute the same contribution information to an electronic bulletin board decides a date and time of contribution by determining a contribution rule to be adopted on the basis of the reception mail addresses. A distribution unit 360 displays the contribution information extracted by the information extraction unit 330 on a contribution web site on the basis of the date and time of contribution decided by the contribution time decision unit 340.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information providing server and an information providing program for providing, for example, information related to products and services provided by companies, stores, and the like to consumers via the Internet.

  Conventionally, various portal sites for introducing products and services using the Internet are known. In this type of portal site, a top screen is often provided for each category of region, business type, etc., and information (name, photo, summary description, etc.) for each provider (company, store, etc.) is displayed on the top screen. Are displayed in a predetermined order.

  On the other hand, a method using a web blog is known as another method for performing advertisements using the Internet. As is well known, in many web blogs, posted articles are displayed in order from the latest posting date. Also, many web blog services can post articles using email. That is, the user can post to the web blog by inputting the post information in the body field of the e-mail and transmitting it to the web / blog management server (paragraph [0052] in Patent Document 1 below). -See [0053]). By using a web blog, companies and the like can post desired information on a website by a simple operation in a short time.

JP 2008-217344 A

  There are cases where companies and the like frequently use the Internet to provide useful information only to consumers for a short period of time. For example, in a retail store, information related to the special sale of the day needs to be transmitted on a daily basis, but the information value is lost after the store is closed on the day. Further, for example, information regarding the out-of-stock of a specific product becomes incorrect information when the product is received again, and it is necessary to newly transmit information indicating that the product is received again. Web blogs are more convenient than portal sites when you want to send such short-term information frequently over the Internet. In other words, web blogs are excellent as means for frequently providing new information because information can be displayed in the order of posting by a simple operation.

  On the other hand, since the posted information is displayed in the order of posting, the web blog has a disadvantage that it is difficult for a viewer to understand when information useful for a short period and information useful for a medium period and a long period are mixed. For example, if you want to send information about "Today's Specials" and information about "Discount Sale of the Month" on the same web blog, new postings about the former are repeated every day, and the posting position of the latter is lower (posting If the date and time are displayed in order, the screen moves to the lower part of the web screen. As a result, the past “today's sale item” information that has become useless is displayed between the useful “today's sale item” information and the useful “this month's discount sale” information.

  Similarly, web blogs also have the disadvantage that urgent or highly important information is lowered in display order for other posts, making it difficult for viewers to notice.

  To eliminate these shortcomings, you can manually delete useless information from your web blog. However, manually deleting each time increases the time and effort of the operation, and the advantages of the web blog as described above are impaired.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an information providing server and an information providing program capable of adjusting the display order of posted information by a simple operation.

  The information providing server according to the present invention is an information providing server that provides via the Internet a posting website that displays posting information posted by a user in order of posting date and time, and an e-mail receiving unit that receives an e-mail; An information extracting unit that extracts the posted information from the email received by the email receiving unit; and a plurality of types of posting rules that determine the number and timing of posting the same posted information; and the email receiving unit Selects one of the posting rules using the e-mail received, and determines a posting date and time according to the selected posting rule, and has reached the posting date and time determined by the posting time determination unit Sometimes, the information processing unit includes a distribution unit that displays the posted information extracted by the information extracting unit on the posting website.

  In the information providing server of the present invention, a plurality of e-mail addresses are set in the e-mail receiving unit, the information extracting unit extracts a destination address from the e-mail received by the e-mail receiving unit, and determining the posting time Preferably, the section selects any one of the posting rules based on the destination address extracted by the information extraction section.

  In the information providing server of the present invention, it is preferable that the plurality of posting rules include a posting rule that repeats the process of posting the same posting information at predetermined time intervals or predetermined time intervals.

  In the information providing server of the present invention, it is preferable that the distribution unit deletes all of the posted information displayed on the posted website in a predetermined time period.

  An information providing program according to the present invention is an information providing program for causing a computer to provide a posting website that displays posting information posted by a user in order of posting date and time, and sets an e-mail address in the information providing server. A setting step for storing, a storing step for storing a plurality of types of posting rules for determining the number and timing of posting the same posting information in an internal memory, a receiving step for receiving an e-mail addressed to the e-mail address, An extraction step of extracting the posting information from the email received in the receiving step; a determination step of selecting any posting rule using the email and determining a posting date according to the selected posting rule; When the posting date determined in the determining step is reached, the information The posted information output unit is extracted, characterized in that to execute a distribution step in a computer to be displayed on the post website.

  According to the information providing server according to the present invention, since there are provided a plurality of types of posting rules for determining the number and timing of posting the same posted information, the display order of the posted information can be adjusted by a plurality of postings. It becomes. Moreover, since the posting rule to be used can be selected using the posting e-mail, the contributor can easily select a desired posting rule.

  In the information providing server of the present invention, by specifying the posting rule by the destination mail address, the user can easily specify the posting rule.

  In the information providing server of the present invention, by including a posting rule that repeats the process of posting the same posted information at predetermined time intervals or at specified time intervals, the display order of the posted information is higher (post date / time) at a predetermined timing. Can be changed to the upper part of the web screen.

  In the information providing server of the present invention, by deleting all of the posted information displayed on the posting website at a predetermined time period, the posting having no information value in a short period of time is deleted to improve the convenience of the viewer be able to. On the other hand, postings with medium and long-term information value can maintain display during a desired period by appropriately determining the number and timing of posting the same posting information.

  In the information providing server of the present invention, when a plurality of types of posting websites are provided, a plurality of mail addresses registered in the e-mail receiving unit are made different for each posting website, thereby depending on the addresses. The posting website and the posting rule can be selected at the same time.

  According to the information providing program of the present invention, the information providing server of the present invention can be realized by a computer.

It is a conceptual diagram which shows the network structure which concerns on embodiment. It is a table | surface for demonstrating operation | movement of the information provision server which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows notionally the function structure of the information provision server which concerns on embodiment.

  Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a network configuration according to this embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the network 100 of this embodiment includes an information providing server 110, member terminals 120, 120,..., Browser terminals 130, 130,. The agency terminal 150 and the Internet 160 are included.

  The information providing server 110 receives post information from the member terminal 120 via the Internet 160 and performs processing for posting the post information on a post website (in this embodiment, an electronic bulletin board). Specific contents of the posting process will be described later.

  The member terminal 120 transmits post information to the information providing server 110 via the Internet 160. In the present embodiment, electronic mail is used as means for transmitting post information to the information providing server 110.

  The browser terminal 130 browses the website according to this embodiment by accessing the information providing server 110 via the Internet 160.

  The operation headquarters terminal 140 can post to the posting websites all at once by accessing the information providing server 110 via the Internet 160. For example, the operation headquarters terminal 140 can be used when a campaign or event is announced.

  The agency terminal 150 has the same function as the member terminal 120 described above. For example, the agency terminal 150 can be used for a presentation for recruiting members.

  The website provided by the information providing server 110 is divided into area sections having a tree structure. The area classification may be, for example, a local government unit, a nearest station unit, another unit, or a combination thereof. In this embodiment, the hierarchy of area divisions is set in the order of prefecture> city> ku> nearest station, prefecture> city> nearest station, prefecture> town or village. In addition, when one station extends over a plurality of wards, it is only necessary to make it possible to reach the area section of the station through two routes.

The website according to this embodiment includes web pages such as a top page, an article browsing page, and a member introduction page. Hereinafter, these pages will be described.
(1) Top page

  As the top page, for example, a Japanese top page and an English top page are provided. The top page is provided with a UI (User Interface) for transitioning to a web page desired by the viewer. For example, the viewer can reach an electronic bulletin board page (described later) in a desired area from the top page in the order of prefecture → municipality → ward → nearest station.

  Furthermore, a UI for switching languages is also provided on the top page. For example, when English is selected on the Japanese top page, the screen of the viewer terminal 130 is switched to the English top page. Then, the viewer can reach the English bulletin board page (described later) in the desired area from the English top page in the order of prefecture → municipality → ward → nearest station.

Furthermore, on the top page, a “friend introduction” button (a button for displaying an email transmission screen for introducing a web page according to this embodiment to an acquaintance), a “customer voice” button (a website operator or A button for displaying a message transmission screen for members).
(2) Article browsing page

  In this embodiment, an article browsing page is provided for each area division.

  The electronic bulletin board is provided for each article browsing page corresponding to the area classification of the lowest layer (for example, the “nearest station” described above). A member can post to an electronic bulletin board of an area division registered in advance by the member. An electronic bulletin board (hereinafter referred to as “Japanese bulletin board”) for posting in Japanese and an electronic bulletin board (hereinafter referred to as “English bulletin board”) for posting in English are provided as electronic bulletin boards.

  Furthermore, this embodiment has an article browsing page in units of “prefectures”, an article browsing page in units of “municipalities”, and an article browsing page in units of “ward”. On these article browsing pages, all articles posted on the electronic bulletin board corresponding to the area classification (electronic bulletin boards in all the lowest layer areas included in the area classification) are displayed in order of posting date and time. For example, the article browsing page for Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture displays all posted articles on the Japanese bulletin board corresponding to all stations in Kanagawa-ku in the order of the posting date in the Japanese article column, and all stations in the Kanagawa-ku All posts posted on the English bulletin board corresponding to are displayed in the order of posting date as an English article column. On the article browsing page in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, posts posted on all electronic bulletin boards corresponding to all stations in all wards in Yokohama City are displayed in order of the posting date, divided into a Japanese bulletin board and an English bulletin board.

  In this embodiment, a web blog type is used as the electronic bulletin board. Posted articles are displayed in order of posting date. In the present embodiment, the posted articles are displayed in order of newest posting date. However, it is also possible to adopt a format in which posted articles are displayed in order from the oldest posting date. In the present application, an article having a new posting date is expressed as “upper article”.

  In this embodiment, when a member transmits an e-mail to the information providing server 110, posting to the electronic bulletin board is performed. The member registers one or a plurality of email addresses (maximum of three in this embodiment) in the information management server 110 at the time of member registration. As will be described later, the information management server 110 determines that only an e-mail having a registered e-mail address as a sender address is a legitimate e-mail.

  Post information is entered in the body of the e-mail. In this embodiment, of the character information entered in the text field of the e-mail, the first 12 characters are entered in the title column of the electronic bulletin board, and the next 138 characters (that is, the 13th to 150th characters). Is entered in the body of the electronic bulletin board. However, the electronic bulletin board, title column, and text column may be determined by other methods. The posted information may be only text information or may include other information such as a photograph.

  In the information management server 110, a plurality of types of rules (hereinafter referred to as “posting rules”) for determining the number and timing of posting the same article on the electronic bulletin board are set. In this embodiment, “real time posting” and “repetitive posting” are set as posting rules. Here, “real-time posting” means that posting information received by the information management server 110 is posted only once without considering the posting timing. That is, post information posted in real time is posted on the electronic bulletin board after a slight processing time. On the other hand, “repetitive posting” means that posting information received by the information management server 110 is repeatedly posted a plurality of times at a predetermined timing. The timing of posting may be determined by time or by time intervals. As the repeated posting by time, for example, a posting rule that repeats postings at 8 am, 11 am and 4 pm for 5 days can be adopted. On the other hand, as a repeated posting at time intervals, for example, a posting rule that a posting every 60 minutes is repeated from 8:00 am to 2:00 am the next day can be adopted. The posting rule for repeated postings may be determined in advance by the operator of the information management server 110, or the member may select one or more types from a plurality of types of posting rules determined by the operator. It may be determined freely by the member. In this embodiment, a posting rule of repeating postings at 8 am, 11 am and 4 pm for 5 days (hereinafter referred to as “repeated posting at a specified time”), and posting every 60 minutes from 8 am The information management server 110 is provided with a function for executing two types of posting rules (hereinafter referred to as “designated periodic repetition posting”) that repeat until 2 am the next day, and one of them is selected by a registered member.

  In this embodiment, selection of a Japanese bulletin board / English bulletin board and selection of real-time posting / repetitive posting are performed according to the destination address of an email transmitted from a member. For this purpose, the information providing server 110 has four types of mail addresses for receiving post information. As shown in FIG. 2, when a member posts in real time on a Japanese bulletin board, the destination address is ADD1, and when repeatedly posting on a Japanese bulletin board, the destination address is ADD2, and when the member posts in real time on an English bulletin board. The destination address is ADD3, and when it is repeatedly posted on the English bulletin board, the destination address is ADD4.

  On the other hand, the area classification of the electronic bulletin board posted by the member is set in the information providing server 110 in advance. As described above, in this embodiment, the member's email address is registered in the information providing server 110. Then, the information providing server 110 identifies the registered member by the source address of the e-mail, and further identifies the lowest layer area classification (that is, the above “closest station” or the like) corresponding to the registered member (described later). For example, a retail store or the like whose main purchaser is a resident around a specific station may be registered in the area classification corresponding to the nearest station of the store. On the other hand, the city hall, city facilities, etc. may be registered in all the lowermost area classifications corresponding to the city. Thus, the number of area sections corresponding to members may be one or two or more. When two or more area divisions are set for one member, the same posting is made almost simultaneously on the electronic bulletin boards of all the set area divisions.

In addition, when posting the posted information as an article, the information providing server 110 according to this embodiment includes a member name (store name, etc.), a link to a member introduction page (described later), a member Can automatically add links, images (photos, logos, etc.) to websites that have been opened by themselves.
(3) Member introduction page

  A member introduction web page (member introduction page) is provided for each member. On this member introduction page, the name of the member, a map, an introduction sentence, a photograph, and the like can be posted.

  The member introduction page displays only the latest articles posted by the member among the articles posted on the electronic bulletin board corresponding to the member. If image information (photos, logos, etc.) is added to the latest article, the images can also be displayed. When a new post is made, the displayed article or image information is deleted and replaced with a new one.

  Further, a “customer voice” button is displayed on the member introduction page. By selecting this button, a message transmission screen for the member can be displayed on the display screen of the browser terminal 130.

  When a message is transmitted to a member using the message transmission screen, when the member responds to the message, the message and the response are displayed on the member introduction page. These messages and responses are also automatically displayed on the corresponding electronic bulletin board. For example, if the “customer's voice” is a complaint or request for the member, it can be posted on the member introduction page and the electronic bulletin board as a post indicating that the complaint or request has been resolved.

  Furthermore, when the member is a local government or the like, an emergency button can be provided on the member introduction page. By selecting this button, a rescue request message transmission screen can be displayed on the display screen of the browser terminal 130. The member's local government can request the help of the viewer by reflecting the rescue request message on the electronic bulletin board.

  FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram schematically showing the functional configuration and operation of the information providing server 110 according to this embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the information providing server 110 includes an e-mail receiving unit 310, a storage unit 320, an information extraction unit 330, a posting time determination unit 340, an article generation unit 350, and a distribution unit 360.

  In FIG. 3, an e-mail receiving unit 310 receives an e-mail for posting from the member terminal 120 via the Internet 130. As described above, four types of mail addresses A1 to A4 are set in the e-mail receiving unit 310 (see FIG. 2). That is, an e-mail having these four types of e-mail addresses as destination addresses is received by the e-mail receiving unit 310.

  The storage unit 320 is member master information 320a, an article table 320b, a user comment table 320c, an access log table 320d, a batch table 320e, automatic delivery article master information 320f, and administrator master information, which are information necessary for website management. 320g, area master information 320h, accounting master information 320i, billing destination master information 320j, member area master information 320k, company master information 320l, and the like are stored.

  The member master information 320a includes names and IDs (namely, identification numbers), e-mail addresses (e-mail addresses used as transmission source addresses when the members transmit post information), membership fees, and the like of registered stores and local governments. Includes payment status information. As described above, in this embodiment, up to three member e-mail addresses can be registered.

  The article table 320b is a table in which post information (title, text, photograph, etc.) received by e-mail from a member is stored. Also, post information for distribution (post information in which a store name or the like is added to post information received by e-mail, which will be described later) is also stored in the article table 320b.

  The user comment table 320c stores a message transmitted from the browser terminal 130 using the message transmission screen of the member introduction page (described above).

  The access log table 320d stores an access log for each page of the website (top page, each article browsing page, each member introduction page, etc.).

  The batch table 320e stores a set posting rule (described above) for each member ID. In addition, when repeated posting (specified time repeated posting or specified periodic repeated posting) is set as the posting rule, the date and time when the posting processing of the posting information is performed is stored in the batch table 320e.

  The automatic distribution article master information 320f stores, for each member ID, a member name (store name, etc.), a link to a member introduction page, a link to a website opened by the member himself, and the like. When creating post information for distribution (articles actually posted on an electronic bulletin board), information read from the automatic distribution article master information 320f is added to post information extracted from the e-mail. As described above, the created posted article is stored in the article table 320b.

  The administrator master information 320g is necessary information for a plurality of administrators to manage this website. For example, when there is a member who has joined through the agency, the agency can manage the registration fee request destination of the member by using the administrator master information 320g.

  The area master information 320h is information indicating a tree structure of area classification (prefecture> city> ward> hierarchy structure of the nearest station, prefecture> city> hierarchy structure of the nearest station, prefecture> hierarchy structure of the town or village, etc.) It is.

  The accounting master information 320i is information related to accounting processing for each member. This information includes, for example, billing address, company name, address telephone number, facsimile number, e-mail address (e-mail address when contacting the member), representative name, department in charge, It includes information such as the name of the person in charge, bank account number, contract date, contract form (direct contract, distinction of contract via agency, etc.), contract amount, etc.

  The billing destination master information 320j includes a member ID, a biller ID, a contract confirmation date and a payment information flag associated with each member stored in the accounting master information 320i (when the service is stopped because there is no payment). Information such as a flag to be invalidated).

  The member area master information 320k includes the relationship between the ID of each member and the registered lowest layer area section. That is, the electronic bulletin board corresponding to each member is specified by the member area master information 320k.

  The company master information 320l includes information on each member and each agency, for example, ID, membership / agency distinction, contract details, agency name at the time of membership registration (in the case of a direct contract with the operator), communication Includes information such as the destination. This information is used for collecting fees from members and paying fees to agents.

  The information extraction unit 330 extracts the source address, the destination address, and the posted information from the email received by the email receiving unit 310. As understood from the above description, the “destination address” is any one of the mail addresses A1 to A4 registered in the electronic mail receiving unit 310. On the other hand, “posted information” is information described in the text column of the e-mail. The extracted posting information is stored in the article table 320b.

  The posting time determination unit 340 specifies an electronic bulletin board (Japanese bulletin board or English bulletin board) and a posting rule (real-time posting or repeated posting) based on the destination address extracted by the information extraction unit 330 (see FIG. 2). . Also, the posting time determination unit 340 identifies the member who has transmitted the e-mail from the members registered in the member master information 320a, using the sender address of the e-mail. Further, by checking the billing master information 320j and the like, it is determined whether or not posting based on the electronic mail is to be performed. When posting, if the posting rule is real-time posting, the posting time determination unit 340 writes that in the batch table 320e. On the other hand, in the case of repeated posting, the posting time determination unit 340 reads information such as the distinction between designated time repeated posting / designated period repeated posting from the member master information 320a of the member, calculates the posting date, and calculates the calculation result. Write to batch table 320e. For example, when the posting rule is a post at a specified time (ie, a post rule that repeats a post at 8 am, 11 am and 4 pm for 5 days) and the e-mail reception time is 5 pm on April 1 Then, 8 am, 11 am and 4 pm from April 1st to 5th are written in the batch table 320e as the posting date and time.

  The article generation unit 350 creates post information for distribution using post information (post information extracted by the information extraction unit 330) stored in the article table 320b and information stored in the automatic distribution article master information 320f. To do. At this time, the photo attached to the e-mail can be included in the post information for distribution, but when no photo is attached, a preset image (photo, logo, etc.) is used. Also good. Then, the article generation unit 350 stores the created distribution posting information in the article table 320b.

  The distribution unit 360 generates electronic data for displaying each electronic bulletin board on the viewer terminal 130. The distribution unit 360 processes the distribution posting information stored in the article table 320b as a posted article posted on the date and time stored in the batch table 320e. Then, when there is an access from the browser terminal 130, the distribution unit 360 distributes electronic data of the electronic bulletin board corresponding to the access to the viewer terminal 130.

  In this embodiment, the distribution unit 360 automatically deletes all articles posted on the electronic bulletin board at a predetermined time (for example, 2:00 am) every day. Thereby, since all the posts posted on the previous day are not displayed, there is no possibility that old posts that have lost their information value will mislead the viewer. For this reason, the member may send the real-time post of the day by e-mail after 2:00 am. Thereafter, a new posting by repeated posting is started at, for example, 8:00 am the next morning. In this embodiment, posts that have information value over multiple days may be “repetitive posts”, so when all articles posted on the electronic bulletin board are automatically deleted every day, only valuable information is saved. It can be hidden.

  As described above, according to the information providing server 110 according to this embodiment, it is possible to automatically post the same posting information a plurality of times at a predetermined timing. Thereby, according to this embodiment, it becomes possible to adjust the display order of postings without increasing the burden on members (that is, contributors).

  In addition, since the posting rule to be used (real-time posting or repeated posting) can be selected by the destination address of the e-mail, the member can easily select a desired posting rule.

  Further, since posting on the Japanese bulletin board and posting on the English bulletin board can be selected by the destination address of the electronic mail, the member can easily select the electronic bulletin board to be posted.

  In addition, in this embodiment, an electronic bulletin board is provided for each area division in the lowest layer, and all articles posted on the electronic bulletin board corresponding to the area division are displayed in order of posting date and time on the browsing page of the area division other than the lowest layer. It was decided to. For this reason, the browsing person can browse the post | mailbox corresponding to the wide area classification of arbitrary ranges easily.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Network 110 Information provision server 120 Member terminal 130 Browser terminal 140 Administration headquarter terminal 150 Agency terminal 160 Internet 310 E-mail receiving part 320 Storage part 320a Member master information 320b Article table 320c User comment table 320d Access log table 320e Batch table 320f Automatic distribution article master information 320g Administrator master information 320h Area master information 320i Accounting master information 320j Billing destination master information 320k Member area master information 320l Company master information 330 Information extraction unit 340 Posting time determination unit 350 Article generation unit 360 Distribution unit

Claims (5)

An information providing server that provides a posting website that displays posting information posted by a user in order of posting date and time via the Internet,
An email receiver for receiving emails;
An information extraction unit that extracts the post information from the email received by the email reception unit;
A plurality of types of posting rules that determine the number and timing of posting the same posting information are stored, and one of the posting rules is selected using the email received by the email receiving unit, and the selected posting A posting time determination unit that determines the posting date and time according to the rules;
A distribution unit that displays the posted information extracted by the information extraction unit on the posting website when the posting date and time determined by the posting time determination unit is reached;
An information providing server comprising: A plurality of e-mail addresses are set in the e-mail receiving unit,
The information extracting unit extracts a destination address from the email received by the email receiving unit,
The posting time determination unit selects one of the posting rules based on the destination address extracted by the information extraction unit.
The information providing server according to claim 1, wherein:   The information providing server according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of posting rules include a posting rule that repeats the process of posting the same posting information at predetermined time intervals or at predetermined time intervals.   4. The information providing server according to claim 1, wherein the distribution unit deletes all the posted information displayed on the posted website at a predetermined time period. 5. An information providing program for providing a posting website that displays posting information posted by a user in order of posting date on a computer, via the Internet,
A setting step for setting an e-mail address in the information providing server;
A storage step of storing, in an internal memory, a plurality of types of posting rules that determine the number and timing of posting the same posting information;
A receiving step of receiving an e-mail addressed to the e-mail address;
An extraction step of extracting the post information from the email received in the reception step;
Selecting any of the posting rules using the email and determining a posting date according to the selected posting rules;
A distribution step of displaying the posting information extracted by the information extraction unit on the posting website when the posting date and time determined in the determination step is reached;
An information providing program for causing a computer to execute.

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