JP2016024553A - Electronic magazine creation device, electronic magazine creation system, electronic magazine creation method, and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make the back numbers of electronic magazines appropriate.SOLUTION: An electronic magazine creation device comprises: a search execution unit that searches for content via a communication network at a prescribed timing and under a prescribed search condition; a content acquisition unit that acquires content via the communication network on the basis of the search result; a magazine creation unit that creates magazine data displayed on a screen using the acquired content; and an already-read management unit that manages the already-read content related to the magazine data. The magazine creation unit creates back numbers from unread parts of the content of the magazine data on the basis of the already-read management of the content.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic magazine creation device, an electronic magazine creation system, an electronic magazine creation method, and a computer program.

  Conventionally, for example, Patent Literature 1 is known as a technique for distributing digital content in which a plurality of content such as news is published in the form of newspapers or magazines to a user terminal. In the prior art of Patent Document 1, when the content distribution terminal reaches the distribution date and time specified by the user, the content registration database is searched based on the keyword specified by the user, and the result is obtained as a result of this search. Create digital content using content for posting. Then, the content distribution terminal distributes the created digital content to the terminal of the user.

JP 2002-140364 A

However, the conventional techniques described above have the following problems.
For example, when digital contents are created regularly such as daily and weekly, it is conceivable to save the previous digital contents when providing new digital contents. The past digital content before the last time is the so-called back number, but if the back number includes the content for publication that has been read by the user (already read), the data amount of the back number may become useless. It is done.

  For this reason, it is possible to grasp whether the content for posting included in the digital content distributed to the user terminal has been read by the user (whether read) or not yet read (unread). preferable. However, there is a problem that the load on the content distribution terminal is large when the content distribution terminal grasps the read / unread contents of each posting content included in the distributed digital content for each user terminal. .

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and provides an electronic magazine creation device, an electronic magazine creation system, an electronic magazine creation method, and a computer program capable of optimizing the back number of an electronic magazine. The task is to do.

(1) According to one aspect of the present invention, a search execution unit that searches for content via a communication network with a predetermined search condition at a predetermined time, and acquires content via the communication network based on the search result A content acquisition unit, a magazine creation unit that creates magazine data displayed on the screen using the acquired content, and a read management unit that manages the read of the content related to the magazine data, The magazine creation unit is an electronic magazine creation device that creates a back number from an unread portion of the content of the magazine data based on management of the content already read.
(2) According to one aspect of the present invention, in the electronic magazine creation device according to (1), the magazine creation unit includes an unread portion of the magazine data content and a heading of the magazine data content already read. This is an electronic magazine creation device that creates back numbers.
(3) One aspect of the present invention is the electronic magazine creation device according to any one of the above (1) and (2), wherein the magazine creation unit includes the number of contents acquired from the previous magazine data creation time. Is an electronic magazine creation device that uses the unread content of the content included in the back number to create the magazine data when the predetermined number is not reached.
(4) According to one aspect of the present invention, in the electronic magazine creation device according to (3), the magazine creation unit includes a new content at the time of content acquisition or content creation from among unread content included in the back number To an electronic magazine creating apparatus used for creating the magazine data.
(5) One aspect of the present invention is the electronic magazine creation device according to any one of (1) to (4), wherein the magazine creation unit includes the acquired content from the previous magazine data creation time, This is an electronic magazine creation device that displays on the screen information that distinguishes the content of the back number.
(6) One aspect of the present invention is the electronic magazine creation device according to any one of (1) to (5), wherein the magazine creation unit is configured to perform the back number storage period after the back number creation time has elapsed. An electronic magazine creation apparatus that deletes a back number and changes the back number storage period according to the frequency of use of the back number.
(7) One aspect of the present invention is an electronic magazine creation system in which any one of the above-described electronic magazine creation devices (1) to (6) and a content provider device are connected via a communication network. The content providing device is an electronic magazine creation system that provides the content via the communication network based on the search result by the electronic magazine creation device.
(8) According to one aspect of the present invention, the electronic magazine creation device searches for content via a communication network at a predetermined time and with a predetermined search condition, and the electronic magazine creation device is based on the search result. The content is acquired via a communication network, and the electronic magazine creation device creates the magazine data displayed on the screen using the obtained content, and the electronic magazine creation device creates the content related to the magazine data. Is read, and the electronic magazine creating apparatus creates a back number from the unread portion of the content of the magazine data based on the read management of the content.
(9) According to one aspect of the present invention, a search execution function for searching a content via a communication network at a predetermined time and a predetermined search condition is transmitted to a computer via a communication network based on the search result. A content acquisition function for acquiring content, a magazine creation function for creating magazine data displayed on the screen using the acquired content, a read management function for managing read of content related to the magazine data, It is a computer program for realizing a back number creation function for creating a back number from an unread portion of the content of the magazine data based on management of the content already read.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain an effect that the back number of the electronic magazine can be optimized.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an electronic magazine creation device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the hardware which implement | achieves the electronic magazine production apparatus 1 shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the electronic magazine production system which uses the electronic magazine production apparatus 1 shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the whole procedure of the electronic magazine production method which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence chart which shows the specific example of the electronic magazine production method which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the read management data based on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the already-read determination method of the content which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the preparation method of the back number which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the deletion method of the back number which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the change method of the retention period of the back number which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the creation method of the electronic magazine using the back number which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the discrimination information which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the other example of a display of the distinction information which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, an electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 includes an input unit 2, a search timing condition data storage unit 3, a search execution unit 4, a content acquisition unit 5, a content data storage unit 6, a magazine creation unit 7, and a magazine data storage unit 8. A read management unit 9, a read management data storage unit 10, a usage frequency detection unit 11, and an output unit 12 are provided.

  The input unit 2 inputs data used in the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1. The search timing condition data storage unit 3 stores data indicating search timing and search conditions. The search execution unit 4 searches for content via a communication network with a predetermined search condition at a predetermined time. The predetermined timing and the predetermined search condition are based on data stored in the search timing condition data storage unit 3. The content acquisition unit 5 acquires content via the communication network based on the search result by the search execution unit 4. The content data storage unit 6 stores content data acquired by the content acquisition unit 5. The magazine creation unit 7 creates the magazine data displayed on the screen using the content acquired by the content acquisition unit 5. The magazine data storage unit 8 stores the magazine data created by the magazine creation unit 7. The read management unit 9 manages the read of content related to magazine data. The already-read management data storage unit 10 stores data related to the management of content that has been read regarding magazine data.

Further, the magazine creation unit 7 creates a back number from the unread portion of the magazine data content (in this embodiment, only the unread portion) based on the management of the already read content related to the magazine data. The magazine data storage unit 8 stores back number data created by the magazine creation unit 7. The usage frequency detector 11 detects the usage frequency of the back number of the magazine data.
The output unit 12 outputs data such as magazine data.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of hardware that implements the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 illustrated in FIG. 1. In FIG. 2, the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 includes a CPU unit 21, a storage unit 22, a communication unit 23, an operation unit 24, and a display unit 25. These units are configured to exchange data.

  The CPU unit 21 controls the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1. This control function is realized by the CPU unit 21 executing a computer program. The storage unit 22 stores a computer program executed by the CPU unit 21 and various data. The storage unit 22 stores an electronic magazine creation program 31. The functions of each unit of the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 are realized by the CPU unit 21 shown in FIG. 2 executing an electronic magazine creating program 31 stored in the storage unit 22. Each storage unit of the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 is provided in the storage unit 22 shown in FIG.

  The communication unit 23 communicates with other devices via a communication network. The operation unit 24 includes input devices such as a keyboard, a numeric keypad, and a mouse, and performs data input according to a user operation. The display unit 25 includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display device and displays data. Further, a touch panel capable of both data input and data display may be provided.

  The electronic magazine creation device 1 may be configured using a general-purpose computer device, or may be configured as a dedicated hardware device. Further, as the electronic magazine creation device 1, a mobile communication terminal device such as a smartphone, a tablet computer device, a stationary personal computer device, or the like may be used.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an electronic magazine creation system using the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. The electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 communicates with content providers such as a content search / distribution system 40, a news distribution server 41, an electronic commerce server 42, an SNS (Social Networking Service) server 43, and a video sharing server 44 via a communication network 50. To do. The electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 searches the content provider for content under a predetermined search condition, and acquires content from the content provider based on the search result.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an overall procedure of the electronic magazine creation method according to the present embodiment. With reference to FIG. 4, an outline of the entire operation related to electronic magazine creation performed by the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 of the present embodiment will be described.

(Step S1) First, search timing and search conditions are set. Search timings and search conditions include those designated by the user and preset as defaults. As for the data indicating the search timing and search conditions designated by the user, the data input from the input unit 2 is stored in the search timing condition data storage unit 3. Data indicating the default search timing and search conditions is stored in advance in the search timing condition data storage unit 3.

(Step S <b> 2) The search execution unit 4 searches for content via a communication network with a predetermined search condition at a predetermined time. The predetermined timing and the predetermined search condition are based on data stored in the search timing condition data storage unit 3.

(Step S3) The content acquisition unit 5 acquires the content via the communication network based on the search result by the search execution unit 4. The acquired content data is stored in the content data storage unit 6.

(Step S4) The magazine creation unit 7 creates the magazine data displayed on the screen using the content acquired by the content acquisition unit 5. The created magazine data is stored in the magazine data storage unit 8.

(Step S5) The read management unit 9 manages the read of content related to magazine data. Data regarding this read management is stored in the read management data storage unit 10.

  FIG. 5 is a sequence chart showing a specific example of the electronic magazine creation method according to the present embodiment. The example of FIG. 5 corresponds to the electronic magazine creation system of FIG. With reference to FIG. 5, the specific example of the operation | movement which concerns on the electronic magazine preparation which the electronic magazine preparation apparatus 1 of this embodiment performs is demonstrated.

(Step S11) First, the user inputs a keyword. The keyword is input by operating the operation unit 24 (see FIG. 2), for example. The input unit 2 stores the input keyword in the search timing condition data storage unit 3. In the example of FIG. 5, three keywords X, Y, and Z are input and stored in the search timing condition data storage unit 3.

(Step S12) The search execution unit 4 searches for content using keywords X, Y, and Z at a predetermined time. As the predetermined time, for example, the contents are searched every day at 5 am. This content search is performed for each of the keywords X, Y, and Z. Specifically, the search execution unit 4 transmits the keyword X, the content search distribution system 40, the news distribution server 41, the electronic commerce server 42, the SNS server 43, and the video sharing server 44 via the communication network 50. Y and Z are transmitted, and a search is requested for each of the keywords X, Y, and Z. As a response to the search request, the search execution unit 4 receives, for each of the keywords X, Y, and Z, from the content search distribution system 40, the news distribution server 41, the electronic commerce server 42, the SNS server 43, and the video sharing server 44. , Receive search results.

  The news distribution server 41, the electronic commerce server 42, the SNS server 43, and the video sharing server 44 connected to the Internet 52 receive information indicating their own contents corresponding to the keywords X, Y, and Z as keywords , Z as a search result. In the content search / distribution system 40, the search server 61 searches the content stored in the content database 62 included in the content search / distribution system 40 for each of the keywords X, Y, and Z, and the content as a result of the search. Is returned as a search result of each keyword X, Y, Z.

(Step S13) The content acquisition unit 5 downloads (receives), for example, a predetermined number of contents from the contents indicated by the search results received in Step S12. The content acquisition unit 5 causes the content data storage unit 6 to store content data acquired by the download. The content data includes the content heading data and the detailed data of the content. The moving image sharing server 44 downloads moving image header data and a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) indicating the location of the moving image data, and does not download the detailed moving image data.

(Step S14) The magazine creation unit 7 creates magazine data to be displayed on the screen using the content acquired in step S13. This magazine data is created for each of the keywords X, Y, and Z. The magazine creation unit 7 creates magazine data for the keyword X by using the content acquired based on the search result by the keyword X. Further, the magazine creation unit 7 creates magazine data for the keyword Y by using the content acquired based on the search result by the keyword Y. Further, the magazine creation unit 7 creates magazine data for the keyword Z using the content acquired based on the search result by the keyword Z.

  The magazine creation unit 7 stores the created magazine data in the magazine data storage unit 8. The output unit 12 outputs the created magazine data. The output magazine data is displayed on the display screen of the display unit 25 (see FIG. 2), for example. In displaying the magazine data, for example, the cover of the magazine is first displayed. The magazine data may be displayed on the display unit 25 of the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 or may be displayed on the external display apparatus by outputting the magazine data to a display apparatus external to the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1. It may be displayed.

(Step S15) When the user performs a browsing operation on the magazine data displayed on the screen, the headings and details of the contents included in the magazine data are displayed on the screen. The browsing operation for the magazine data is performed on, for example, a touch panel on which the magazine data is displayed. Information about the heading and details of the content displayed on the screen by the user's operation is input by the input unit 2. The already-read management unit 9 manages the already-read contents based on the input information.

(Steps S16, S17, S18) When the user reproduces the moving image indicated by the content acquired from the moving image sharing server 44, the user operates the reproduction button of the moving image displayed on the screen (step S16). Information on this operation is input by the input unit 2. In response to the input operation information, the content acquisition unit 5 accesses the URL of the corresponding moving image and requests streaming reproduction of the moving image (step S17). Thereby, streaming reproduction of a moving image is performed (step S18).

  Next, a content read management method according to the present embodiment will be described.

  For example, let us consider a case in which digital content is distributed daily from a content distribution terminal to a user terminal. One day (for convenience of explanation, it will be May 1st), digital content created using the content for posting searched based on the keyword X specified by the user (digital content May 1 issue) Is distributed from the content distribution terminal to the user terminal. Next, on the next day (May 2), similarly, the digital content May 2 issue created using the content for posting searched based on the keyword X is transferred from the content distribution terminal to the user terminal. Delivered to. Here, since the digital content May 1 issue and the digital content May 2 issue use the posting content searched based on the same keyword X, the same posting content (for convenience of explanation, news A and May be included.

  Here, when the same news A is included in the digital content May 1 issue and the digital content May 2 issue, when the user does not read the news A of the digital content May 1 issue Since news A is also included in the May 2 issue of digital content, the user can be given another opportunity to read news A. On the other hand, when the user reads the news A of the May 1 issue of digital content, the news A included in the May 2 issue of the digital content is likely to become unnecessary for the user.

For this reason, the content for publication included in the digital content distributed to the user terminal has been read by the user (whether read) or not yet read (unread), It is preferable to select a content for posting to be used for creating digital content. However, it may be that the load on the content distribution terminal is heavy because the content distribution terminal grasps the read / unread contents of each posting content included in the distributed digital content for each user terminal. .
Therefore, in the present embodiment, as will be described below, a configuration example is shown in which the load on management of already read content that has been searched at different times is reduced. In addition, regarding such read management, a configuration different from the present embodiment may be used.

[Read Content Management: About Content ID]
The already-read managing unit 9 manages the reading of the content related to the magazine data by using the content identifier (content ID) corresponding to the type of content acquired by the content acquiring unit 5. Specifically, for a content having a content ID unique to the content provider, the content ID unique to the content provider is used. On the other hand, for content that does not have a content ID unique to the content provider, information unique to the content is used as the content ID.

  For example, in each of the news distribution server 41, the electronic commerce server 42, the moving image sharing server 44, and the content search / distribution system 40 illustrated in FIG. 3, a unique content ID is assigned to each content. In this case, for the content acquired from the news distribution server 41, the content ID unique to the news distribution server 41 assigned to the content by the news distribution server 41 is used. For the content acquired from the electronic commerce server 42, the content ID unique to the electronic commerce server 42 assigned to the content by the electronic commerce server 42 is used. For the content acquired from the video sharing server 44, the content ID unique to the video sharing server 44 assigned to the content by the video sharing server 44 is used. For the content acquired from the content search / distribution system 40, a content ID unique to the content search / distribution system 40 assigned to the content by the content search / distribution system 40 is used. The content IDs specific to these content providers are included in, for example, the content ID field in a response message to an API (Application Programming Interface) of a search request transmitted to the content provider.

  On the other hand, in each of the SNS servers 43 illustrated in FIG. 3, it is assumed that a unique content ID is not assigned to each content. In this case, for content acquired from the SNS server 43, information unique to the content is used as the content ID. For example, a URL (content position information) indicating the location of the content acquired from the SNS server 43 is used as the content ID of the content.

  The read management unit 9 identifies the content by the content ID, and manages the read about each content. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the read management data according to the present embodiment. The read management data is data for managing the read of the content used for the magazine data, and is stored in the read management data storage unit 10. In the example of FIG. 6, whether or not the corresponding content has been read for each content ID is shown for each content provider from which the content acquisition unit 5 has acquired the content. When “read” is shown in the column corresponding to the content ID in FIG. 6, this indicates that the content with the content ID has been read, and when the column is blank, the content with the content ID is Indicates that it has not been read (that is, has not been read).

  In FIG. 6, the content acquired from the news distribution server A is given a unique content ID to the news distribution server 41, and whether or not the corresponding content has been read for the content ID. It is shown. For example, among the contents acquired from the news distribution server A, the content with the content ID_1 is “read”, and the content with the content ID_2 is “unread”. Similarly, for each content acquired from each of the electronic commerce server B, the video sharing server C, the video sharing server D, and the content search / distribution system E, a unique content ID is assigned to each content provider, and the content is provided. For each source, whether or not the corresponding content has been read for the content ID is indicated.

  In addition, in FIG. 6, for the content acquired from the SNS server F, the URL that is the location information of the content is used for the content ID of the content, and the corresponding content is already read for the content ID. It is shown whether or not. For example, among the contents acquired from the SNS server F, the content of URL_F1 is “read”, and the content of URL_F2 is “unread”. Similarly, for the content acquired from the SNS server G, the URL that is the location information of the content is used for the content ID of the content, and whether the corresponding content has been read for the content ID. Whether or not is shown.

[Content read management: About the timing of content read]
When the magazine data heading is displayed, the read management unit 9 marks the content of the displayed heading as read. The magazine data includes content heading data and detailed data of the content. When the heading data is displayed on the screen, the read management unit 9 displays the screen display in the read management data. “Read” is shown in the column corresponding to the content ID of the headline content. Information about the headline displayed on the screen is input by the input unit 2. The already-read management unit 9 updates the already-read management data based on the information about the input headline.

  The magazine data headings are displayed by genre or date / time. Examples of the genre include the type of content provider. In the example of FIG. 3, there are four types of content providers: news (news distribution server), shopping (electronic commerce server), SNS (SNS server), and entertainment (video sharing server). For example, the genre of the content acquired from the news distribution server 41 is news, and the content heading data for news included in the magazine data is classified and displayed as the heading for news. Regarding the content search / distribution system 40, when each content database 62 provided in the content search / distribution system 40 is classified by genre, the genre of the content database 62 is used. When displaying headings by date and time, the data of content headings created in the same time zone on the same date are classified and displayed as the same date and time. Further, the content heading data may be classified and displayed by genre and date / time.

[Content read management: About content read determination]
The read management unit 9 reads the content (newly acquired content) acquired by the content acquisition unit 5 when the magazine data is newly issued based on the read management data stored in the read management data storage unit 10. Determine. The newly acquired content whose determination result is already read is discarded. As a result, the magazine creation unit 7 uses only unread content as a result of the already-read determination from the newly acquired content to create newly issued magazine data.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a procedure of the content already read determination method according to the present embodiment. With reference to FIG. 7, an operation related to the content read determination performed by the read management unit 9 of the present embodiment will be described.

(Step S101) The already-read management unit 9 checks whether or not the already-read management data has the same content ID as the content ID of the newly acquired content. In this investigation, only the content ID for the content provider of the newly acquired content in the already-read management data is checked to see if it matches the content ID of the newly acquired content. For example, in the read management data of FIG. 6, when the content provider of the newly acquired content is the news distribution server A, only the content ID for the news distribution server A in the read management data is targeted. It is checked whether or not the content ID of the newly acquired content matches.

(Step S102) As a result of the investigation in step S101, if the content ID that matches the content ID of the newly acquired content is present in the read management data, the process proceeds to step S103. On the other hand, if the corresponding content ID does not exist in the read management data, the processing in FIG.

(Step S103) The read management unit 9 checks whether or not the read management data has been read for each content ID found in step S101 in the read management data.

(Step S104) As a result of the investigation in step S103, the content ID that has been read is processed in step S105. On the other hand, no processing is performed for content IDs that have not been read.

(Step S105) As a result of the investigation in step S103, the already-read management unit 9 discards the newly acquired content that is the already-read content ID. Thereafter, the process of FIG. 7 is terminated.

  Note that the above-described content read determination of FIG. 7 may be performed only for a predetermined period. For example, the already-read management unit 9 stops the already-read determination of the content used for the magazine data after a predetermined period has elapsed since the creation of the magazine data. The creation date and time of the magazine data and the content ID of the content used for the magazine data are recorded separately. Regarding the content ID of the content for which the read determination is stopped, the read determination is stopped by deleting the content ID from the read management data. As the predetermined period, for example, stopping the read determination of the corresponding content in one week can be mentioned. The content with the content ID for which the read determination has been stopped may be used for creating new magazine data as newly acquired content. However, for example, it is considered that there is a low possibility that the latest news is searched again after one week, for example, after being posted in the magazine data as the latest news. For this reason, even if the read determination of the content is stopped only for a predetermined period such as one week after the content is used for the magazine data, if the disadvantage can be tolerated, only the amount of the read determination is stopped. The effect of reducing the load can be obtained.

  According to the above-described embodiment, the electronic magazine creation device 1 manages the already-read content for the content retrieved at different times. As a result, the content provider need not manage the read of the distributed content for each content provider.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, a newly acquired content can be obtained by matching the content ID assigned to whether or not read in the already read management data held by the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 with the content ID of the newly acquired content. Can be determined. This greatly contributes to the reduction of the load required for determining whether the newly acquired content has already been read. This point will be described. Whether the content (used content) used for the magazine data that has already been issued is the same as the newly acquired content can also be determined by checking the used content and the newly acquired content one by one. Can do. However, checking the used content and the newly acquired content one by one is heavy and takes time. For this reason, if the same content ID can be assigned to the same content, it is possible to easily determine the match between the used content and the newly acquired content based on the content ID. However, the problem here is how to assign the same content ID to each of the contents searched for at different times even if they are the same contents. As a means for solving this problem, in the present embodiment, a content ID corresponding to the type of content acquired by the content acquisition unit 5 is used. As a result, the same content ID can be assigned to the same content retrieved at different times.

Moreover, according to this embodiment, the effect shown below is acquired.
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 selects unread content from newly acquired content, and uses only the selected unread content for creation of newly issued magazine data. For this reason, the content provider need not extract only the result of the unread content from the search result by the keyword received from the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1. That is, the content provider may transmit the search result to the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 as it is. This contributes to reducing restrictions on the content provider, and is useful when configuring an electronic magazine creation system.

  For example, as an electronic magazine creation system, contents satisfying both the search condition A “only contents created within the last week” and the search condition B “only unread contents” are assigned to the content provider X and the content provider Y. Suppose you want to develop what you get from each. Here, since the content provider X belongs to the developer, it is possible to create a new API for designating each of the search conditions A and B for the content provider X. On the other hand, since the content provider Y does not belong to the developer, it is difficult to create a new API for the content provider Y. For example, the search condition A can use an existing API, but the search condition B corresponds to the corresponding API. There is a problem that the search condition B cannot be specified. Even under such circumstances, according to the present embodiment, the processing of the search condition B is performed by the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1, and therefore only the search condition A needs to be requested from the content providers X and Y. Thus, according to this embodiment, the effect that the freedom degree in development of an electronic magazine production system becomes large is acquired.

  Further, when the APIs of the search conditions A and B are used for the content provider X, the processing for the search conditions A and B is performed by the content provider X, so the load on the content provider X increases. On the other hand, according to the present embodiment, since the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 processes the search conditions A and B, the content provider X does not need to process the search conditions A and B. As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to obtain an effect that the load can be distributed between the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 and the content provider.

Next, a back number creation method according to the present embodiment will be described.
[How to create a back number]
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a back number creation method according to an embodiment of the present invention. With reference to FIG. 8, the operation | movement which concerns on preparation of the back number which the magazine preparation part 7 of this embodiment performs is demonstrated.

  Here, in this embodiment, the magazine creation unit 7 creates a back number based on the latest magazine data in the past when creating new magazine data. That is, in the present embodiment, one magazine data of one theme created by one keyword (in this embodiment, any one of X, Y, and Z) is one, and the past magazine data is back number data ( It is stored in the form of data that can differ from magazine data. Various timings may be used as the timing for the magazine creation unit 7 to create the back number. For example, the timing for searching for content to create new magazine data, or the new magazine data Timing in parallel with the processing to be created, timing at which new magazine data is created, or the like may be used.

(Step S201) When creating the back number, the magazine creation unit 7 first reads the content ID of each content of the latest magazine data in the past in the read management data by the read management unit 9. Or (unread).

(Step S202) As a result of the investigation in step S201, the magazine creation unit 7 performs the process in step S203 for the content with the content ID that has not been read. On the other hand, the magazine creation unit 7 proceeds to the processing of step S204 for the content with the content ID that is not yet read (read).

(Step S <b> 203) The magazine creation unit 7 determines that the content with the unread content ID is included in the back number. Thereafter, the process of step S204 is performed.

(Step S204) The magazine creation unit 7 determines whether or not the content IDs of all the contents of the latest latest magazine data have been checked. When the magazine creation unit 7 determines whether or not the content IDs of all the contents of the latest magazine data in the past have been read, the process of step S205 is performed. On the other hand, if this is not the case, the magazine creation unit 7 performs the processing from step S201 onward for unexamined content.

(Step S205) The magazine creation unit 7 generates a back number from unread content (only) determined to be included in the back number, and stores the back number data in the magazine data storage unit 8. Thereafter, the process of FIG. 8 is terminated.

  Thus, in this embodiment, a back number is created from the unread portion of the magazine data content based on the read management.

  Here, in the above description, the magazine creation unit 7 creates a back number using only unread content included in the latest latest magazine data, but as another configuration example, the magazine creation unit 7 The back number may be created from the unread portion (heading and details) of the magazine data content and the already read portion (only) of the magazine data content. As an example, the magazine creation unit 7 may always create a back number from an unread portion of the latest magazine data content in the past and a headline of the already read magazine data content. As another example, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, the magazine creation unit 7 creates a back number using only unread content included in the latest latest magazine data, and the predetermined condition is not satisfied. In this case, a back number may be created from the unread portion of the latest magazine data content and the headings of the magazine data content already read. As the predetermined condition, for example, a condition that the number of unread contents included in the back number is a predetermined number or more may be used.

[Control on back number retention period]
The magazine data storage unit 8 stores a period for storing the back number (storage period). In this embodiment, one week is set as the initial value of the back number storage period. Further, the magazine data storage unit 8 stores information (for example, information such as date and time) at the time of creation of each back number.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a back number deletion method according to an embodiment of the present invention. With reference to FIG. 9, the operation | movement which concerns on deletion of the back number which the magazine preparation part 7 of this embodiment performs is demonstrated.

(Step S301) Based on the back number storage period stored in the magazine data storage unit 8 and the information on the creation time of each back number, the magazine creation unit 7 passes the storage period from the creation time for each back number. Find out if you did.

(Step S <b> 302) The magazine creation unit 7 performs the process of step S <b> 303 for the back number whose retention period has passed as a result of the investigation of step S <b> 301. On the other hand, for the back number for which the storage period has not elapsed, the magazine generation unit 7 proceeds to the process of step S304.

(Step S <b> 303) The magazine creation unit 7 deletes the back number data whose storage period has elapsed from the magazine data storage unit 8. Thereafter, the process of step S304 is performed.

(Step S304) The magazine creation unit 7 determines whether or not the storage period has been checked for all back numbers. When the magazine creation unit 7 examines the passage of the storage period for all back numbers, the process of FIG. 9 ends. On the other hand, if this is not the case, the magazine creation unit 7 performs the processing from step S301 onward for the back numbers that have not been investigated.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the magazine creation unit 7 deletes the back number after the back number storage period has elapsed since the creation of the back number.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the method for changing the back number retention period according to the embodiment of the present invention. With reference to FIG. 10, the operation | movement which concerns on the change of the preservation | save period of the back number which the magazine preparation part 7 of this embodiment performs is demonstrated.

(Step S401) The magazine creation unit 7 detects the usage frequency of the back number by the usage frequency detection unit 11. As the use frequency of the back number, for example, the use frequency for an unspecified back number may be used, or the use frequency for a specific back number may be used. Further, as the usage frequency, for example, the frequency at which the back number is used in a predetermined period (for example, a part or the whole is displayed) may be used. Such use frequency detection is performed, for example, every predetermined period, and may be performed, for example, every back number storage period or every time when magazine data is created.

(Step S <b> 402) The magazine creation unit 7 determines whether or not to change the back number storage period based on the use frequency of the back number. If it is determined that the back number storage period is to be changed, the magazine creation unit 7 performs the process of step S403. On the other hand, if not, the process of FIG. 10 is terminated.

(Step S403) The magazine creation unit 7 changes the retention period of the back number stored in the magazine data storage unit 8. Thereafter, the process of FIG. 10 is terminated. Here, as a method of changing the back number storage period based on the back number use frequency, for example, when the back number use frequency is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold, the back number storage period is increased by a predetermined amount. Or a method of reducing the back number storage period by a predetermined amount when the frequency of use of the back number is less than a predetermined threshold. Further, the storage period may be set in accordance with a condition in which a back number storage period to be set for each use frequency of the back number is determined. Moreover, as a back number used as the object which changes a preservation | save period, all the back numbers may be sufficient, for example, or a specific back number (for example, the one from which usage frequency was detected) may be sufficient.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the magazine generation unit 7 changes the back number storage period according to the use frequency of the back number.

[Magazine data creation using back numbers]
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a method for creating an electronic magazine using a back number according to an embodiment of the present invention. With reference to FIG. 11, an operation related to creation of an electronic magazine using a back number performed by the magazine creation unit 7 of the present embodiment will be described.

(Step S501) The magazine creation unit 7 detects the number of contents acquired by the content acquisition unit 5 from the previous magazine data creation time.

(Step S502) The magazine creation unit 7 determines whether or not the number of acquired contents reaches a predetermined number (whether or not it is a predetermined number or more). When the number of acquired contents reaches a predetermined number, the magazine creation unit 7 performs the process of step S504. On the other hand, if not, the process of step S503 is performed.
Here, various values may be used as the predetermined number, for example, 30 cases, 50 cases, 100 cases, and the like may be used.

(Step S503) The magazine creation unit 7 determines to use the unread content of the content included in the back number for creation of magazine data. When the process proceeds from step S502 to step S504, the magazine creation unit 7 does not use unread content included in the back number for creating magazine data.

(Step S504) The magazine creation unit 7 creates magazine data.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the magazine creating unit 7 determines the unread content included in the back number when the number of contents acquired from the previous magazine data creation time does not reach a predetermined number. Used to create magazine data.

  Here, for example, the magazine creating unit 7 is used to create magazine data from the unread content included in the back number from the new content at the time of content acquisition or content creation (priority). The content acquisition timing is stored in the content data storage unit 6 for each content, for example. The content creation timing is included in the attribute information of the content, or is stored in the content data storage unit 6 for each content.

  As new content at the time of content acquisition or content creation, for example, new content may be used considering only the content acquisition timing, or new content may be used only considering content creation timing. Alternatively, new content may be used in consideration of both (content acquisition timing and content creation timing). In addition, as new content at the time of content acquisition or content creation, for example, when a new content at the time of content acquisition (or content creation time as another example) is basically used and there is no information New content at the time of content creation (or as another example described above, content acquisition time) may be used.

[Displaying magazine data using back numbers]
The magazine creation unit 7 may display on the screen information (discrimination information) for distinguishing the content acquired from the previous magazine data creation time and the back number content.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a display example of the discrimination information according to the embodiment of the present invention.
In this example, when the heading and details of individual contents (content A in the example of FIG. 12) are displayed on the screen of the display unit 25 (screen 101 in the example of FIG. 12), the content is the previous magazine data. Information (discrimination information 111) for distinguishing whether the content is the content acquired from the creation time or the back number content is displayed.
In addition, the distinction information 111 may be displayed only when displaying a headline, for example, about a headline and details, or may be displayed only when displaying a detail, or each of a headline and a detail is displayed. It may be displayed when displaying.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing another display example of the discrimination information according to the embodiment of the present invention.
In this example, a title (for example, an example of a headline) of a plurality of contents (contents A to E in the example of FIG. 13) on the screen of the display unit 25 (the screen 121 in the example of FIG. 13). For each content, information for distinguishing whether each content is content acquired from the previous magazine data creation time or back number content (discrimination information 131-135). indicate.

Here, the discrimination information 111 and 131 to 135 in the examples of FIGS. 12 and 13 indicate, for example, whether the content is the content acquired from the previous magazine data creation time or the content of the back number. Two types of marks that can be identified may be used.
In addition, as another example, the distinction information 111 and 131 to 135 according to the examples of FIGS. 12 and 13 is a predetermined mark displayed only when the content is the content acquired from the previous magazine data creation time. May be used, or a predetermined mark displayed only when the content is the content of the back number may be used. That is, it may be possible to identify whether the content is the content acquired from the previous magazine data creation time or the content of the back number depending on whether or not the discrimination information is displayed.

As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail with reference to drawings, the specific structure is not restricted to this embodiment, The design change etc. of the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention are included.
The present invention can be implemented as, for example, an electronic magazine creation device, an electronic magazine creation system, an electronic magazine creation method, a computer program, and the like.

Further, a computer program for realizing the functions of the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 described above is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into a computer system and executed. Also good. Here, the “computer system” may include an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.
“Computer-readable recording medium” refers to a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, a writable nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory, a portable medium such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), and a built-in computer system. A storage device such as a hard disk.

Further, the “computer-readable recording medium” means a volatile memory (for example, DRAM (Dynamic DRAM) in a computer system that becomes a server or a client when a program is transmitted through a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. Random Access Memory)), etc., which hold programs for a certain period of time.
The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the “transmission medium” for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line.
The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Electronic magazine production apparatus, 2 ... Input part, 3 ... Search time condition data storage part, 4 ... Search execution part, 5 ... Content acquisition part, 6 ... Content data storage part, 7 ... Magazine creation part, 8 ... Magazine data Storage unit, 9 ... read management unit, 10 ... read management data storage unit, 11 ... use frequency detection unit, 12 ... output unit, 21 ... CPU unit, 22 ... storage unit, 23 ... communication unit, 24 ... operation unit , 25 ... display unit, 31 ... electronic magazine creation program, 40 ... content search and distribution system, 41 ... news distribution server, 42 ... electronic commerce server, 43 ... SNS server, 44 ... video sharing server, 50 ... communication network, 61 ... Search server, 62 ... content database, 101, 121 ... screen, 111, 131 to 135 ... distinction information

Claims (9)

A search execution unit for searching for content via a communication network at a predetermined time and with a predetermined search condition;
A content acquisition unit that acquires content via a communication network based on the search result;
A magazine creation unit that creates magazine data displayed on the screen using the acquired content;
A read management unit that manages the read of content related to the magazine data,
The magazine creation unit is an electronic magazine creation device that creates a back number from an unread portion of the content of the magazine data based on management of the content already read.   The electronic magazine creation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the magazine creation unit creates a back number from an unread portion of the content of the magazine data and a heading of the read portion of the content of the magazine data.   The magazine creation unit uses the unread content of the content included in the back number for creation of the magazine data when the number of contents acquired from the previous magazine data creation timing does not reach a predetermined number. The electronic magazine production apparatus of any one of Claim 1 or 2.   The electronic magazine creation device according to claim 3, wherein the magazine creation unit is used to create the magazine data from a new content at the time of content acquisition or content creation time among unread contents included in the back number.   5. The electronic magazine creation according to claim 1, wherein the magazine creation unit displays information for distinguishing the acquired content from the previous magazine data creation time and the back number content on a screen. apparatus.   The magazine creation unit deletes the back number after the back number storage period elapses from the creation time of the back number, and changes the back number storage period according to the use frequency of the back number. The electronic magazine preparation apparatus of Claim 1. An electronic magazine creation system in which the electronic magazine creation device according to any one of claims 1 to 6 and a content provider device are connected via a communication network,
The content providing device provides the content via the communication network based on the search result by the electronic magazine creation device.
Electronic magazine creation system. The electronic magazine creation device searches for content via a communication network with a predetermined search condition at a predetermined time,
The electronic magazine creation device acquires content via a communication network based on the search result,
The electronic magazine creation device creates the magazine data displayed on the screen using the acquired content,
The electronic magazine creation device manages the reading of content related to the magazine data,
The electronic magazine creation device creates a back number from the unread content of the magazine data based on the read management of the content;
How to create an electronic magazine. On the computer,
A search execution function for searching for content via a communication network at a predetermined time and with a predetermined search condition;
A content acquisition function for acquiring content via a communication network based on the search result;
A magazine creation function for creating magazine data displayed on the screen using the acquired content;
A read management function for managing the read of content related to the magazine data;
A back number creation function for creating a back number from an unread portion of the content of the magazine data based on the management of the read of the content;
Computer program for realizing.

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