JP5420983B2 - Platform system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a platform construction technique for constructing a general-purpose platform system.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a platform related to a service that uses the Internet to distribute content (for example, text, still image, video, audio) according to a user's personality from a server to a user terminal that is a client has been proposed. (For example, refer to Patent Documents 1 and 2).

  The platform is generally a concept including a computer hardware environment and an OS environment, and refers to a basic execution environment required for executing an application program. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an apparatus that provides advertisement content according to a user attribute by causing each user to register attribute information such as a user's sex, age, occupation, and hobby in advance.

  Patent Document 2 collects usage result information on digital contents (for example, magazines and articles) used by each user, and accumulates the usage result information as attribute information of each user, so that the user's interests are collected. A device that provides content corresponding to a change in an object is disclosed.

  In the platform in the above-described conventional technology, a collection of a plurality of functions (user management function, content management function, etc.) for the purpose of providing a service related to content distribution is provided on a single server.

JP 2001-312643 A JP 2002-351911 A

  However, in the above-described conventional platform, a dedicated system is constructed according to the user to be provided for the service and the content type.

  FIG. 13 is a conceptual diagram of the conventional platform. In this conventional system, a communication unit (A in the figure) that receives requests and distributes content with user terminals, a user database in which user information is stored, and a user to be distributed from this user database A user extraction unit (B in the figure) for extracting the content, a content database in which the content to be distributed is stored, and a content extraction unit (C in the figure) for extracting the content distributed from the content database are in the server It is built in and managed centrally.

  For example, the platform disclosed in Patent Document 2 realizes a service related to the distribution of digital contents related to publications such as magazines and articles. In this platform, digital content distributed to each user is registered in the content database, and browsing result information such as the type of digital content distributed to each user is registered in the user database. Then, with reference to these databases, a type of digital content having a high browsing frequency is determined as a digital content to be distributed. As described above, the platform is constructed as a system dedicated to distributing digital contents according to users.

  However, regarding the above platform, if the information resource referred to when determining the digital content to be distributed is changed to other content (for example, a purchase history in the user's shopping) instead of the digital content browsing result, The above user database cannot be supported. Further, since this is inseparably managed as a dedicated database in the system, it is necessary to review the entire system as the database is changed.

  As described above, since the conventional platform as described above is constructed as a dedicated system, it is highly dependent on the system configuration. As a result, if the service contents were expanded or changed, it was necessary to completely review or redesign the system being used each time. Further, the information resources stored in the database (user database and content database) in the above system are not configured to be used in common with other systems. For this reason, there was a problem that the versatility and expandability were poor.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a general-purpose platform system for content distribution according to the individuality of a user.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides the following.

(1) A user information server that collects user information from the user terminal, a content server that collects content from the submission terminal, and a distribution server that distributes content to the user terminal are linked on the network, A platform system that distributes and distributes content according to users,
The user information server is
User information collecting means for collecting information from the user terminal;
A condition receiving means for receiving a condition for selecting users;
A target user extraction unit that refers to the collected information and extracts a user that satisfies the received condition as a target user;
Target user transmission means for transmitting the extracted target user via an API,
The content server
Content collecting means for collecting content information including content and distribution conditions associated with the content from the trafficking terminal;
Transmitting means for transmitting the collected content information via an API,
The distribution server
A request receiving means for receiving a request for content distribution from the user terminal;
Receiving means for receiving the content and a target user who distributes the content;
Content distribution means for distributing the corresponding content to the user terminal when the user of the user terminal receiving the request is the target user,
Distribution conditions included in the content information are transmitted from the content server to the user information server via the API,
The content included in the content information is transmitted from the content server to the distribution server via an API,
A platform system, wherein the servers are linked together so that the target user is transmitted from the user information server to the distribution server via an API.

  According to (1), each existing server device provided on the network can be used without change, and the functions of each server device and the mutual use of information resources can be used in accordance with the individuality of the user. Content distribution can be realized.

(2) The user information server transmits the extracted target user to the outside via the API by the target user transmission unit, while the distribution server transmits the target user by the target user transmission unit. Receive the target user to be sent via API,
The content server transmits the collected content information to the outside via the API by the transmission unit, while the distribution server converts the content information transmitted by the transmission unit to the content information transmitted by the reception unit. The content included is received via an API, and the user information server receives, via the API, a distribution condition included in the content information transmitted by the transmission unit by the condition receiving unit. The platform system according to (1).

  According to (2), each server device opens its functions and information resources to the outside via the API, and as a result, they are linked to each other. Therefore, it is suitable for realizing a unified mechanism that enables cooperation among the server devices without losing the versatility of the server devices.

(3) A user information server that collects user information from the user terminal, a content server that collects content from the submission terminal, and a distribution server that distributes content to the user terminal are linked on the network, A platform system construction method that distributes and distributes content according to users,
The user information server is
A user information collecting step for collecting information from the user terminal;
A condition receiving step for receiving a condition for selecting users;
A target user extraction step of referring to the collected information and extracting a user that satisfies the received condition as a target user;
A target user transmission step of transmitting the extracted target user; and
The content server
A content collection step for collecting content information including content and distribution conditions associated with the content from the trafficking terminal;
Transmitting the collected content information; and
The distribution server
A request receiving means for receiving a request for content distribution from the user terminal;
A storage step of storing content and a target user to which the content is distributed;
When the user of the user terminal that has received the request is the target user, a content distribution step of distributing the corresponding content to the user terminal is executed.
Distribution conditions included in the content information are transmitted from the content server to the user information server,
The content included in the content information is transmitted from the content server to the distribution server,
A construction method of a platform system, wherein the servers are configured to cooperate with each other so that the target user is transmitted from the user information server to the distribution server.

  According to the platform system of the present invention, it is possible to provide a general-purpose platform system for content distribution according to the individuality of the user.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the content delivery platform system concerning one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of the user information table in a user database. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of the condition table in a user database. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of the object user list in a user database. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of the submission content table in a content database. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of the delivery condition table in a content database. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of the delivery content table in a delivery database. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of the delivery object list | wrist in a delivery database. It is a sequence diagram which shows the process example of embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which shows the process example of embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which shows the process example of embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which shows the process example of embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the conventional system.

  Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Outline of platform system)
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a content distribution platform system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The content distribution platform system 1 includes a user information collection platform (hereinafter referred to as a user information collection system) 2, a content collection platform (hereinafter referred to as a content collection system) 3, which are provided on a network such as the Internet. The content distribution platform 4 (hereinafter referred to as a content distribution system) 4 cooperates with each other to execute distribution and distribution of content according to the user configuration.

  The user information collection system 2 includes a user information server 10 and a user database 20. The content collection system 3 includes a content server 30 and a content database 40. The content distribution system 4 includes a distribution server 50 and a distribution database 60.

  The user information server 10, the content server 30, and the distribution server 50 are each configured by a computer (single or plural) including a control unit, a storage unit, and the like. Specifically, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) constituting the control unit, a ROM (Read Only Memory) or RAM (Random Access Memory) or HDD (Hard Disc Drive) constituting the storage unit, and a communication I constituting the communication unit. It consists of hardware resources such as / F (interface).

  The user database 20, the content database 40, and the distribution database 60 each constitute storage means and systematically hold predetermined data on a storage medium such as an HDD in a computer that holds each database. Controls such as data registration, update, and search performed on each database and the definition of a table in which data is to be stored are implemented using SQL (Structured Query Language).

(User information collection system 2)
The user information collection system 2 collects information about the user from the user terminal 5 or the external service server 6 connected via the network.

  The user terminal 5 is a terminal device used by a user who uses various services on the network, and examples thereof include a mobile phone, a PC (Personal Computer), and a PDA (Personal Degital Assistants). The user terminal 5 includes a general browser (web browser). The browser functions to perform request / acquisition / display of page data described in a language such as HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), transmission of form data, etc. according to HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) which is a standard protocol of the Internet. have.

  The service server 6 is a device that provides various services to the user on the network, and examples thereof include a shopping site, a news distribution site, and a server that operates a social network service (SNS).

  The user information server 10 constituting the user information collection system 2 includes user information collection means 11, condition reception means 12, target user extraction means 13, and target user transmission means 14.

  Each unit included in the user information server 10 is realized by a computer program executed on hardware resources such as the control unit and the storage unit of the computer described above. Note that these means do not need to be arranged on a single computer, and may be distributed as necessary.

  Information about the user collected in the user information collection system 2 is provided to an external source such as another server provided on the network. In the present embodiment, a database (user database 20) in which collected user information is accumulated is opened to the outside using an API (Application Program Interface) included in the computer program described above, and is transferred to the database via the API. The network architecture for using the information resources stored in the database is constructed. Note that data to be imported into the database is also collected from an external source via the API.

  The user information collecting unit 11 collects information related to a user (hereinafter referred to as user information) transmitted from the user terminal 5 in response to an input from the user or user information managed by the service server 6 and registers it in the user database 20. To do.

  2 to 4 are diagrams illustrating examples of the data structure of the user database 20. FIG. 2 shows a user information table that the user database 20 has.

  In the user information table, user information collected from the user terminal 5 and the service server 6 is stored. The user information table has a set of various items such as “user ID”, “attribute information”, “log information”, and “service usage history information” as one record, and the individuality of each user with respect to a plurality of users. The information shown is managed.

  “User ID” is data for identifying a user who uses various services on the network via the user terminal 5. The user ID is prepared or dynamically generated in advance and assigned to the user when the user starts using the service. An item such as “terminal ID” for identifying a terminal device used by the user can be added together with the user ID.

  “Attribute information” is information related to the user's attributes, and for example, data indicating a profile or identity such as the user's gender, occupation, date of birth, and address can be employed.

  “Log information” is information relating to recording of data input to the user terminal 5 and recording of data communication. For example, the web page accessed by the user via the network, the number of accesses and the access corresponding to each web page In the case of a user who uses a mobile phone as the user terminal 5, data such as packet usage can be employed.

  “Service usage history information” is information relating to a user's history of using a service on the network. For example, data such as an input search word, content used, a user's purchased products and money in Internet shopping may be adopted. it can.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the condition receiving means 12 is provided on the network via the API with information (hereinafter referred to as selection condition information) regarding conditions for selecting users (users managed in the user database 20). Receive from external sources such as other servers. Further, the condition receiving unit 12 registers the received selection condition information in the user database 20.

  FIG. 3 shows a condition table that the user database 20 has. Selection condition information is stored in the condition table. The condition table has a set of various items such as “condition ID” and “condition content” as one record.

  “Condition ID” is data for identifying selection condition information received from the outside. The condition ID is prepared in advance or dynamically generated and assigned to the received selection condition information. In this embodiment, as an example, the condition ID is managed by being associated with an ID (for example, a distribution condition ID described later) managed by the transmission source of the selection condition information, and managed from the condition ID by the transmission source. It is possible to specify the ID that has been set.

  “Condition content” is data indicating the content of a condition for selecting a user. For example, items such as “attribute information”, “log information”, and “service usage history information” of the user, and keywords and numerical values related to combinations thereof are defined. A user having user information that matches the condition content is a user who satisfies the distribution condition.

  If it is attribute information, contents such as “30's / company employee / male” can be adopted, for example. For log information, for example, a content such as “user who has accessed web page A 10 times or more” can be employed. Further, if it is service usage history information, contents such as “user who purchased product A” can be adopted.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the target user extraction unit 13 refers to each user information stored in the above-described user information table (FIG. 2), and selects each selection condition information stored in the above-described condition table (FIG. 3). Accordingly, a user who satisfies the condition contents is extracted as a target user.

  For example, if the condition content includes data specifying the condition related to the attribute information “30's / company employee / male”, the user information table is referenced to identify all users having the attribute information. Do. The target user extraction unit 13 registers the target user extracted according to the selection condition information in the user database 20.

  FIG. 4 shows a target user list that the user database 20 has. The target user list has a set of various items such as “condition ID” and “user ID” as one record, and manages target users satisfying the condition contents for each selection condition.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the target user transmission unit 14 transmits the target user stored in the target user list of the user database 20 to an external source such as another server provided on the network.

(Content collection system 3)
The content collection system 3 collects various content information input by the content provider from the submission terminal 7 connected via the network.

  The submission terminal 7 is a terminal device used by a content provider to submit content information, and may be a PC or the like.

  The content server 30 configuring the content collection system 3 includes a content collection unit 31 and a content transmission unit 32.

  Each unit included in the content server 30 is realized by a computer program executed on hardware resources such as a control unit and a storage unit of the computer described above. Note that these means do not need to be arranged on a single computer, and may be distributed as necessary.

  The content information collected in the content collection system 3 is provided to an external source such as another server provided on the network. In this embodiment, a database (content database 40) for storing collected content information is opened to the outside using the API included in the computer program described above, and access to the database can be executed via the API. Thus, the information resource stored in the database is used.

  The content collection means 31 collects content information transmitted from the submission terminal 7 in response to input from the content provider and registers it in the content database 40.

  The content information includes data related to content composed of text, still images, moving images, music, or combinations thereof, and data related to distribution conditions associated with the content. The distribution condition defines conditions for distributing content, and for example, a range of users to be distributed, a date and time to be distributed, and the like can be adopted.

  5 and 6 are diagrams showing examples of the data structure of the content database 40. FIG. The content database 40 has a submitted content table (FIG. 5) and a distribution condition table (FIG. 6).

  FIG. 5 shows the submitted content table. The submitted content table stores data related to the content included in the content information. The submitted content table has a set of various items such as “content ID”, “content content”, and “content main body” as one record, and manages information indicating the details of the submitted content. doing.

  “Content ID” is data for identifying the submitted content. The content ID is prepared in advance or dynamically generated and assigned to the submitted content.

  “Content content” is data including “type” for classifying the submitted content, “title” corresponding to text introducing the content, and the like. The content type includes, for example, “advertisement”, “movie”, “news”, “advertisement”, “notification with text”, “notification with image”, “ Various aspects can be adopted up to relatively small classification items such as “banner”, “thumbnail”, and “guide link to campaign page”.

  The “content body” is content data itself or reference data indicating a storage location of the content data. In addition, the item linked to “content ID” includes “trafficator ID” for identifying the provider who submitted the content, “date of submission” indicating the date and time of submission, etc. May be.

  FIG. 6 shows a distribution condition table. The distribution condition table stores data relating to distribution conditions included in the content information. The distribution condition is a condition for distributing the content to the user, and is information used when selecting a specific user to be distributed from a large number of users.

  The distribution condition table has a set of various items such as “content ID”, “distribution condition ID”, and “distribution condition content” as one record, and information indicating the distribution condition of the content regarding the submitted content Is managing.

  “Content ID” is a “content ID” managed in the submitted content table. “Distribution condition ID” is data for identifying a distribution condition submitted as content information together with content. The distribution condition ID is prepared in advance or dynamically generated and assigned to the submitted distribution condition. In the present embodiment, as an example, the distribution condition ID is managed in association with the content ID that is paired with the distribution condition ID, so that the paired content ID can be specified from the distribution condition ID.

  “Delivery condition content” is data indicating the content of the delivery condition. For example, items such as “attribute information”, “log information”, and “service usage history information” of the user, and keywords and numerical values related to combinations thereof are defined.

  In the content database 40, the content information is managed by the submitted content table and the distribution condition table, but these can be managed as one table.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the content transmission means 32 transmits the content information stored in the content database 40 to an external source such as another server provided on the network.

(Content distribution system 4)
The content distribution system 4 receives a content distribution request transmitted from the user terminal 5 via the network, and distributes content according to the user.

  The distribution server 50 constituting the content distribution system 4 includes content receiving means 51, target user receiving means 52, request receiving means 53, content determining means 54, and content distribution means 55.

  Each unit included in the distribution server 50 is realized by a computer program executed on hardware resources such as the control unit and the storage unit of the computer described above. Note that these means do not need to be arranged on a single computer, and may be distributed as necessary.

  The content receiving unit 51 receives content information from an external source such as another server provided on the network via the API. Further, the content receiving unit 51 registers the received content information in the distribution database 60.

  7 and 8 are diagrams showing examples of the data structure of the distribution database 60. FIG. The distribution database 60 has a distribution content table (FIG. 7) and a distribution target list (FIG. 8).

  FIG. 7 shows a distribution content table. The distribution content table has a set of various items such as “distribution content ID” and “content information” as one record, and manages information related to the content to be distributed to the user.

  “Distribution content ID” is data for identifying content to be distributed. The content ID is prepared in advance or dynamically generated and assigned to content information received from an external source. In this embodiment, as an example, the distribution content ID is managed in association with the ID managed by the content information transmission source (for example, the content ID managed by the content collection system 3). The ID managed by the transmission source can also be specified.

  “Content information” is information relating to content received from an external source and distributed to the user. The content information includes “content ID” and “distribution condition ID” managed by the transmission source. Further, the content receiving unit 51 may receive the “content body” from the outside, and in this case, it is not necessary to access the transmission source to acquire the “content body” at the time of content distribution. .

  The target user receiving unit 52 receives a target user who distributes content from an external source provided on the network via the API. Further, the target user receiving means 52 registers the received target user in the distribution database 60.

  FIG. 8 shows a distribution target list. The distribution target list has a set of various items such as “distribution content ID” and “user ID” as one record, and manages information that associates the content to be distributed with the target user to which the content is distributed. To do.

  “Distribution content ID” is a distribution content ID managed in the distribution content table (FIG. 7). “User ID” is a user ID received as a target user from an external source.

  Since the content to be distributed is determined in advance according to each user by creating the above distribution target list, it is not necessary to access an external source at that time in response to a distribution request from the user, and the distribution request The time required from content delivery to content delivery can be shortened.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the request receiving unit 53 receives the content distribution request transmitted from the user terminal 5 and the user ID added thereto.

  The content determination unit 54 refers to the distribution target list (FIG. 8) registered in the distribution database 60 based on the user ID accompanying the content distribution request, is associated with the user ID, and is registered as the distribution target. Decide what content you have.

  The content distribution unit 55 transmits the content determined as the distribution target by the content determination unit 54 to the user terminal 5.

<Operation>
9 to 12 are sequence diagrams illustrating processing examples of the content distribution platform system 1 according to the present embodiment.

(Processing related to collection of user information)
With reference to FIG. 9, processing related to user information collection performed by the user information server 10 of the user information collection system 2 will be described.

  First, the user terminal 5 receives input of user information by the user, and transmits the input user information to the user information server 10. Alternatively, the service server 6 transmits user information (such as service use history information) acquired via the user terminal 5 based on user input to the user information server 10.

  The user information collecting means 11 of the user information server 10 receives the user information transmitted from the user terminal 5 (step S11), and receives the user information transmitted from the service server 6 (step S12).

  Subsequently, the user information collecting unit 11 registers the user information received in step S11 or step S12 in the user database 20 (step S13). That is, according to the received user information, a set of various items such as “user ID”, “attribute information”, “log information”, and “service usage history information” is added to the user information table (FIG. 2) as a new record. Set. The user information server 10 collects and accumulates user information by repeatedly performing steps S11 to S13.

(Processing related to content information collection)
With reference to FIG. 10, processing related to content information collection performed by the content server 30 of the content collection system 3 will be described.

  First, the submission terminal 7 receives input of content information from the content provider, and transmits the input content information to the content server 30.

  The content collection means 31 of the content server 30 receives the content information transmitted from the submission terminal 7 (step S21). Subsequently, the content collection unit 31 registers the received content information in the content database 40 (step S22). That is, according to the received content information, a set of various items such as “content ID”, “content content”, and “content main body” is set in the submitted content table (FIG. 5), and “content” is set in the distribution condition table (FIG. 6). A set of various items such as “ID”, “distribution condition ID”, and “distribution condition content” is set as a new record. The content server 30 collects and accumulates content information by repeatedly performing steps S21 and S22.

(Processing related to content distribution)
With reference to FIG. 11, processing related to content distribution performed by the distribution server 50 will be described.

  First, the user terminal 5 transmits a content distribution request to the distribution server 50 based on an input by the user. The content distribution request is obtained by transmitting a message including a GET method according to HTTP, a standard protocol of the Internet, a request URI (Uniform Resource Indicator), and the like from the browser of the user terminal 5 to the request receiving unit 53 of the distribution server 50. Done. If the user has already logged in, a URL parameter indicating a user ID, a session ID, or the like is added to the content distribution request.

  The request receiving means 53 of the distribution server 50 receives the content distribution request transmitted from the user terminal 5 (step S31).

  Next, the content determination unit 54 of the distribution server 50 refers to the distribution target list (FIG. 8) of the distribution database 60 and associates “user ID” that matches “user ID” associated with the content distribution request. The “content ID” is read, and the content to be distributed is determined (step S32).

  Next, the content distribution means 55 of the distribution server 50 transmits the determined content to the user terminal 5 that requested it according to an HTTP response or the like (step S33).

  Then, the user terminal 5 receives the content from the content distribution means 55 of the distribution server 50 and displays it by the browser (step S34).

(Processing related to the exchange of information between each server via API)
With reference to FIG. 12, processing related to information exchange between the servers via the API will be described.

(Transmission of information from the content server 30 to other servers)
First, processing related to transmission of information from the content server 30 to another server will be described.

  The content transmission means 32 of the content server 30 refers to the distribution condition table (FIG. 6) of the content database 40 and transmits information related to the distribution conditions to other servers including the user information server 10 (step S51). That is, “distribution condition ID” and “distribution condition content” are transmitted.

  In step S51, the content transmission unit 32 refers to a table (not shown) in which the transmission destination of information regarding distribution conditions stored in the content database 40 is stored, and determines a transmission destination server. In the table, the address of a server to which information related to distribution conditions is transmitted is registered, and the address of the user information server 10 is included as one of them.

  As the timing at which the content server 30 transmits information to other servers, for example, an unprocessed flag (data indicating that transmission has not been performed) is set in the distribution condition table (FIG. 6). Examples include a case where a record exists, a periodic case such as arrival of a predetermined time, and a case where a request from an external source is received.

  On the other hand, the condition receiving means 12 of the user information server 10 receives the information regarding the distribution condition transmitted from the content server 30 and registers it in the user database 20 as selection condition information (step S52). That is, a set of various items such as “condition ID” and “condition content” is set as a new record in the condition table (FIG. 3) according to the received information regarding the distribution conditions.

  Further, the content transmission means 32 of the content server 30 refers to the submitted content table (FIG. 5) of the content database 40 and transmits content information to other servers including the distribution server 50 (step S53). That is, “content ID” and “distribution condition ID” are transmitted.

  In step S53, the content transmission unit 32 refers to a table (not shown) in which the content information transmission destination stored in the content database 40 is stored, and determines a transmission destination server. In the table, the address of a server to which content information is transmitted is registered, and one of the addresses includes the address of the distribution server 50.

  On the other hand, the content receiving means 51 of the distribution server 50 receives the content information transmitted from the content server 30 and registers it in the distribution database 60 as content information to be distributed (step S54). That is, according to the received content information, a set of various items such as “distribution content ID” and “content information (content ID, distribution condition ID)” is set as a new record in the distribution content table (FIG. 7). In this way, the content server 30 provides content information to other servers by repeatedly performing steps S31 and S33.

(Transmission of information from the user information server 10 to other servers)
Next, processing related to transmission of information from the user information server 10 to another server will be described.

  The target user extraction means 13 of the user information server 10 selects the selection condition information in which the unprocessed flag (data indicating that the user has not been identified) is set from the condition table (FIG. 3) of the user database 20. read out. Then, with reference to the user information table (FIG. 2) of the user database 20, the user information (attribute information etc.) matching the information (attribute information etc.) defined as the condition content is searched, and the corresponding user ID Are extracted as target users (step S61).

  Next, the target user extraction unit 13 of the user information server 10 registers the user ID extracted as the target user in the user database 20 in association with the condition ID of the selection condition information (step S62). That is, a set of various items such as “condition ID” and “user ID” is set as a new record in the target user list (FIG. 4). Thereby, for each condition, a list of all users who satisfy the condition is created.

  Next, the target user transmission unit 14 of the user information server 10 selects a target user for which an unprocessed flag (data that has not yet been transmitted) is set from the target user list (FIG. 4) of the user database 20. Read and transmit to the distribution server 50 (step S63). That is, a set of “condition ID” and “user ID” is transmitted.

  Next, the target user receiving means 52 of the distribution server 50 receives the target user transmitted from the user information server 10 and registers it in the distribution database 60 (step S64). That is, according to the received target user, a set of various items such as “content ID” and “user ID” is set as a new record in the distribution target list (FIG. 8).

  More specifically, the target user receiving means 52 refers to the distribution content table (FIG. 7) of the distribution database, and matches the “condition ID (including distribution condition ID)” received together with the user ID as the target user. The “content ID” associated with the “delivery condition ID” is read out. Then, the “content ID” is associated with the “user ID” of the target user and registered in the distribution target list.

  As a result, for each content, a list of all users to whom the content is to be distributed is created. Alternatively, for each user, a list of all contents to be distributed to that user is created.

<Summary>
As described above, in the platform system 1 of the present embodiment, the content information collected by the content collection system 3 is provided to the content distribution system 4 and the user information collection system 2. The content distribution system 4 holds the content information provided by the content collection system 3 as distribution content.

  Further, the user information collection system 2 identifies users who satisfy the distribution conditions provided by the content collection system 3. Then, the user identified by the user information collection system 2 is provided to the content distribution system 4 as a distribution target user.

  In the content distribution system 4, the content information provided from the content collection system 3 and the distribution target user provided from the user information collection system 2 are managed in association with each other to distribute the content. You can create and maintain a list of all users you want to target.

  As a result, the content distribution system 4 can distribute the content to be distributed according to the attribute and history of the user who requested the distribution by using the list created using the external source. Become. That is, the content distribution system 4 can realize content distribution according to the individuality of the user by using data provided from external sources such as the user information collection system 2 and the content collection system 3.

  As described above, in the platform system 1 of the present embodiment, it is possible to exchange data for realizing mutual use without changing existing server apparatuses and databases provided on the network. As a result, it is possible to realize a unified mechanism that enables cooperation among the respective server devices while keeping the existing server devices versatile. In other words, it is possible to realize the distribution of content according to the individuality of the user by organically integrating the individual functions and information resources of each server device provided on the network for mutual use. A system with improved versatility and expandability can be provided.

  The present invention has been described above by the preferred embodiments of the present invention. While the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, various modifications and changes may be made to the embodiments without departing from the broad spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims. Obviously you can. In other words, the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the details of the specific examples and the accompanying drawings.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Content distribution platform system 2 User information collection system 3 Content collection system 4 Content distribution system 5 User terminal 6 Service server 7 Submission terminal 10 User information server 11 User information collection means 12 Condition reception means 13 Target user extraction means 14 Target user transmission Means 20 User database 30 Content server 31 Content collection means 32 Content transmission means 40 Content database 50 Distribution server 51 Content reception means 52 Target user reception means 53 Request reception means 54 Content determination means 55 Content distribution means 60 Distribution database

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A user information server that collects user information from the user terminal, a content server that collects content from the submission terminal, and a distribution server that distributes content to the user terminal are linked to the user terminal in accordance with the user. Platform system that distributes and distributes content,
The user information server is
User information collecting means for collecting information from the user terminal;
A condition receiving means for receiving a condition for selecting users;
A target user extraction unit that refers to the collected information and extracts a user that satisfies the received condition as a target user;
Target user transmission means for transmitting the extracted target user via an API,
The content server
Content collecting means for collecting content information including content and distribution conditions associated with the content from the trafficking terminal;
Transmitting means for transmitting the collected content information via an API,
The distribution server
A request receiving means for receiving a request for content distribution from the user terminal;
Receiving means for receiving the content and a target user who distributes the content;
Content distribution means for distributing the corresponding content to the user terminal when the user of the user terminal receiving the request is the target user,
Distribution conditions included in the content information are transmitted from the content server to the user information server via the API,
The content included in the content information is transmitted from the content server to the distribution server via the API,
A platform system, wherein the servers are linked together so that the target user is transmitted from the user information server to the distribution server via the API. The user information server transmits the extracted target user to the outside via the API by the target user transmission unit, while the distribution server is transmitted by the target user transmission unit by the reception unit. Receive the target user via API,
The content server transmits the collected content information to the outside via the API by the transmission unit, while the distribution server converts the content information transmitted by the transmission unit to the content information transmitted by the reception unit. The content included is received via an API, and the user information server receives, via the API, a distribution condition included in the content information transmitted by the transmission unit by the condition receiving unit. The platform system according to claim 1. A user information server that collects user information from the user terminal, a content server that collects content from the submission terminal, and a distribution server that distributes content to the user terminal are linked on the network to respond to the user. A platform system that distributes and distributes content,
The user information server is
A user information collecting step for collecting information from the user terminal;
A condition receiving step for receiving a condition for selecting users;
A target user extraction step of referring to the collected information and extracting a user that satisfies the received condition as a target user;
A target user transmission step of transmitting the extracted target user; and
The content server
A content collection step for collecting content information including content and distribution conditions associated with the content from the trafficking terminal;
Transmitting the collected content information; and
The distribution server
A request receiving means for receiving a request for content distribution from the user terminal;
A storage step of storing content and a target user to which the content is distributed;
When the user of the user terminal that has received the request is the target user, a content distribution step of distributing the corresponding content to the user terminal is executed.
Distribution conditions included in the content information are transmitted from the content server to the user information server,
The content included in the content information is transmitted from the content server to the distribution server,
A construction method of a platform system, wherein the servers are configured to cooperate with each other so that the target user is transmitted from the user information server to the distribution server.

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