JP6389057B2 - Menu generation server, menu display program, menu display method, and menu display system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a menu generation server, a menu display program, a menu display method, and a menu display system.

  Conventionally, content provided by a web page or application is provided with a menu for selecting sub-contents constituting the content (see, for example, Patent Document 1). By providing a substantial menu, the user who uses the content can easily select the sub-content to be used. If the evaluation of the content is improved by improving the convenience of the content, the effect of attracting customers can be enhanced by introducing users who use the content.

JP 2007-157093 A

  However, when the number of users using the content is small, even if the convenience of the content is high, there is a problem that the effect of attracting customers by introduction of the user is small and it is difficult to greatly increase the number of users. there were. Such a problem is a common problem for many content managers. Therefore, it is demanded to efficiently increase the effect of attracting customers in many contents.

  The present invention has been made in view of these points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a menu generation server, a menu display program, a menu display method, and a menu display system that can efficiently increase the content collection effect. .

  The menu generation server according to the first aspect of the present invention includes: a service partner information storage unit that stores a plurality of service partner information that associates address information for calling service content and a category to which the service content belongs; A receiving unit that receives an acquisition request for a common display menu that is displayed in common with service content, and when the receiving unit receives the acquisition request, a plurality of service partner information is referred to, and the category of the common display menu A specifying unit for specifying address information of the corresponding service content, a generating unit for generating the common display menu including the category and the specified address information in association with each other, and the generated common display menu for the terminal A transmission unit for transmission.

  The menu generation server further includes a user information storage unit that stores user information that associates the identification information of the user of the terminal and the attribute information of the user, and the service partner information storage unit includes the address information and the The attribute information of the service content is further associated with the category and stored, the receiving unit receives the identification information of the user together with the acquisition request, and the specifying unit refers to the user information storage unit and The service content address corresponding to the category of the common display menu and corresponding to the attribute information of the user is specified by identifying the attribute information of the user related to the identification information of the user and referring to a plurality of the service partner information Information may be specified.

  The service partner information storage unit further stores attribute information of the service content in association with the address information and the category, and the reception unit stores the address of the service content displayed on the terminal from the terminal. The information is further received, and the specifying unit specifies attribute information corresponding to the address information received with reference to a plurality of the service partner information, corresponds to the category of the common display menu, and corresponds to the attribute information The address information of the service content to be specified may be specified.

The generation unit may generate the common display menu that defines a display order of the categories based on the attribute information.
The generation unit may generate a common display menu capable of displaying information indicating the number of service contents whose contents are updated among the service contents associated with the common display menu.

  The service partner information storage unit stores the address information and the category in association with information corresponding to a priority order in which the service content is displayed on the common display menu, and the specifying unit includes a plurality of the services. The address information of the service content corresponding to the category of the common display menu may be specified based on information corresponding to the priority order with reference to partner information.

  The menu display program according to the second aspect of the present invention refers to a service partner information storage unit which stores a plurality of service partner information in which address information for calling service content and a category to which the service content belongs are associated with a computer. Identifying the address information of the service content corresponding to the category of the common display menu to be displayed on the service content, and generating the common display menu including the category and the identified address information in association with each other And displaying the generated common display menu on a display unit.

  The menu display method according to a third aspect of the present invention refers to a service partner information storage unit that stores a plurality of service partner information in which address information for calling service content and a category to which the service content belongs are associated with each other. Specifying the address information of the service content corresponding to the category of the common display menu to be displayed on the content; generating the common display menu including the category and the specified address information in association with each other; And displaying the common display menu on a display unit.

  A menu display system according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is a menu display system including a menu generation server that generates a common display menu displayed on service contents of a plurality of partners who have subscribed to a predetermined service, and a terminal. The terminal includes a terminal transmission unit that transmits the acquisition request for the common display menu to the menu generation server, a terminal reception unit that receives the common display menu from the menu generation server, and the received common A display control unit that displays a display menu on the display unit, wherein the menu generation server stores a plurality of service partner information that associates address information for calling the service content with a category to which the service content belongs. The information storage unit and the acquisition from the terminal A server receiving unit that receives a quest, and a specification that identifies address information of the service content corresponding to a category of the common display menu with reference to a plurality of service partner information when the server receiving unit receives the acquisition request And a generation unit that generates the common display menu including the category and the identified address information in association with each other, and a server transmission unit that transmits the generated common display menu to the terminal.

  According to the present invention, there is an effect that it is possible to efficiently increase the content collection effect.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the menu display system of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example by which the service content was displayed on the display part of the terminal. It is a figure which shows the example by which the menu screen of the service content was displayed on the display part of the terminal. It is a figure which shows the whole structure of a menu screen. It is a functional block diagram of the terminal and menu generation server which concern on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the some service partner information which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which shows the flow of a process until the terminal which concerns on 1st Embodiment displays a common display menu. It is a functional block diagram of the terminal and menu generation server which concern on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the user information memorize | stored in the user information storage part. It is a figure which shows an example of the some service partner information which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which shows the flow of a process until the terminal which concerns on 2nd Embodiment displays a common display menu. It is a sequence diagram which shows the flow of a process until the terminal which concerns on 3rd Embodiment displays a common display menu. It is a figure which shows the example by which the menu screen of the service content which concerns on 4th Embodiment was displayed on the display part of the terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the some service partner information which concerns on 5th Embodiment.

<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a menu display system S according to the first embodiment.
The menu display system S is a system for providing a common display menu service that displays a common display menu on each of a plurality of service contents. The menu display system S includes a terminal 1, a menu generation server 2 that generates a common display menu, and a plurality of content servers 3 that provide service content. The terminal 1, the menu generation server 2, and the plurality of content servers 3 are connected to be communicable via a communication network 4.

The content server 3 is a server managed by each of a plurality of service partners that use the common display menu service.
The terminal 1 is a mobile terminal such as a smartphone, for example. The terminal 1 accesses the plurality of content servers 3 to receive service content, and displays the service content on the display unit 12 included in the terminal 1. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example in which service content is displayed on the display unit 12 of the terminal 1. As shown in FIG. 2, service content related to the recipe site is displayed on the display unit 12, and a tab 111 is displayed.

  When the user of the terminal 1 touches the tab 111, a service content menu screen is displayed instead of the service content display screen. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a service content menu screen is displayed on the display unit 12 of the terminal 1. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of the service content menu screen of the AAA shop. Hereinafter, the service content menu screen is simply referred to as a menu screen.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the menu screen includes an advertising space, a site service menu, a common display menu, and a tab 112. The display unit 12 of the terminal 1 includes at least a part of the menu screen. Is displayed. The advertisement frame is a frame for displaying the advertisement information acquired by the content server 3, for example. Although the advertisement information is acquired by the content server 3, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be acquired from an advertisement server (not shown) when the terminal 1 displays the menu screen.

  The site service menu is for displaying a menu of service content that was displayed immediately before the menu screen is displayed, and is provided by the content server 3. For example, FIG. 3 shows a recipe site menu.

  The common display menu is a menu provided by the menu generation server 2. The common display menu displays multiple categories such as news and shopping. Each of these categories is associated with address information (link) that calls service content of multiple service partners that use the common display menu service. It has been.

  When the user of the terminal 1 touches the category name displayed in the common display menu, the service content of the service partner is displayed based on the address information corresponding to the category. For example, the user can access the service content of the BBB store, which is a service partner different from that of the AAA shop, from the common display menu of service contents of the AAA shop shown in FIG. As a result, the user can be guided from the currently displayed service content to the service content of another service partner that uses the common display menu service. Therefore, service partners who use the menu display system S can receive access to service content not only from their own customers but also from other customers who have accessed the service content of other service partners. Can be made.

  The tab 112 is an image for transitioning to a service content display screen. For example, when the tab 112 is touched by the user of the terminal 1 in the state shown in FIG. 3, the service content screen shown in FIG. 2 is displayed again.

  Next, functional configurations of the terminal 1 and the menu generation server 2 that constitute the menu display system S will be described. FIG. 5 is a functional configuration diagram of the terminal 1 and the menu generation server 2 according to the first embodiment.

[Configuration example of terminal 1]
First, the functional configuration of the terminal 1 will be described. The terminal 1 includes an input unit 11, a display unit 12, a wireless unit 13, a storage unit 14, and a control unit 15.

The input unit 11 includes, for example, a button, a contact sensor arranged so as to overlap the display unit 12, and receives an operation input from the user of the terminal 1.
The display unit 12 includes, for example, a liquid crystal display or an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) display. The display unit 12 displays characters, graphics, and the like under the control of the control unit 15.

  The radio unit 13 modulates the signal output from the control unit 15 to generate an RF (Radio Frequency) signal, and the RF signal is transmitted to an antenna such as a base station (not shown) or a wireless LAN via an antenna (not shown). Wireless transmission to an access point (not shown). The radio unit 13 demodulates the RF signal received from the base station or the access point via the antenna, and outputs a signal obtained by the demodulation to the control unit 15. In the following description, it is assumed that the terminal 1 communicates with the menu generation server 2 and the content server 3 via the wireless unit 13.

  The storage unit 14 is configured by, for example, a ROM and a RAM. The storage unit 14 stores various programs for causing the terminal 1 to function. For example, the storage unit 14 stores a web browser program for causing the control unit 15 of the terminal 1 to function as a terminal transmission unit 151, a terminal reception unit 152, and a display control unit 153 described later. The storage unit 14 may read and store a program stored in a storage medium such as an external memory, or may store a program downloaded from an external device via the communication network 4.

  The control part 15 is comprised by CPU, for example. The control unit 15 comprehensively controls functions related to the terminal 1 by executing various programs stored in the storage unit 14. The control unit 15 includes a terminal transmission unit 151, a terminal reception unit 152, and a display control unit 153.

The terminal transmission unit 151 transmits a service content acquisition request to the content server 3 in response to the input unit 11 receiving a service content acquisition operation.
The terminal receiving unit 152 receives the service content corresponding to the acquisition request from the content server 3 and also receives the site service menu of the service content.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the display control unit 153 displays the service content received from the content server 3 and the tab 111 for displaying the menu screen on the display unit 12. Here, since the site service menu of the service content is displayed after the tab 111 is touched, the display wait state is entered. For this reason, the site service menu is temporarily stored in the storage unit 14 by the terminal reception unit 152.

  Thereafter, when receiving an operation of selecting the tab 111 by the input unit 11, the display control unit 153 displays a menu screen on the display unit 12, and the site service menu temporarily stored in the storage unit 14 on the menu screen Is displayed.

  Here, the source code of the menu screen includes a script for acquiring the common display menu from the menu generation server 2, and the terminal transmission unit 151 displays the common display menu on the menu generation server 2 based on the script. Send a menu acquisition request. For example, the terminal transmission unit 151 transmits an acquisition request for a common display menu using Ajax.

The terminal reception unit 152 receives a common display menu corresponding to the acquisition request from the menu generation server 2.
The display control unit 153 displays the common display menu received by the terminal reception unit 152 from the menu generation server 2 on the menu screen displayed on the display unit 12.

[Configuration Example of Menu Generation Server 2]
Next, the functional configuration of the menu generation server 2 will be described. The menu generation server 2 includes a storage unit 21 and a control unit 22.

  The storage unit 21 is configured by, for example, a ROM and a RAM. The storage unit 21 stores various programs for causing the menu generation server 2 to function. For example, the storage unit 21 stores a menu generation program for causing the control unit 22 of the menu generation server 2 to function as a server reception unit 221, a specification unit 222, a generation unit 223, and a server transmission unit 224 described later. The storage unit 21 may read and store a program stored in a storage medium such as an external memory, or may store a program downloaded from an external device via the communication network 4.

  In addition, the storage unit 21 stores information for calling service content of a service partner using the common display menu service. Specifically, the storage unit 21 includes a service partner information storage unit 211 that stores a plurality of service partner information. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a plurality of service partner information according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 6, the service partner information is information in which the name of the service content, address information for calling the service content, and the category to which the service content belongs are associated with each other. The address information for calling the service content may be a URL for reading a Web page, for example, or may be a URL scheme described so as to include an application activation instruction. In this case, if the application designated in the terminal 1 is not installed, the application transits to the store site for installing the application. If the application is not installed, the designated application is activated. .

  The control part 22 is comprised by CPU, for example. The control unit 22 comprehensively controls functions related to the menu generation server 2 by executing various programs stored in the storage unit 21. The control unit 22 includes a server reception unit 221 as a reception unit, a specification unit 222, a generation unit 223, and a server transmission unit 224 as a transmission unit.

The server reception unit 221 receives a common display menu acquisition request from the terminal 1.
When the server receiving unit 221 receives the common display menu acquisition request, the specifying unit 222 refers to a plurality of service partner information stored in the service partner information storage unit 211, and provides service content corresponding to the category of the common display menu. Specify address information for. Here, it is assumed that the category displayed in the common display menu is determined in advance.

  Further, when there are a plurality of service contents corresponding to the category of the common display menu, the specifying unit 222 may randomly specify any one of these service contents. The specifying unit 222 may specify a plurality of service contents for one category.

  The generation unit 223 generates a common display menu that includes the category and the address information specified by the specifying unit 222 in association with each other. When the specifying unit 222 specifies a plurality of service contents for one category, the generation unit 223 determines a plurality of service contents related to the category in response to selection of a category displayed on the common display menu. The common display menu is generated so as to display the addresses. Here, the generation unit 223 may display at least one of a category, a service content name, and an icon corresponding to the service content in the common display menu. For example, the generation unit 223 may write the category and the service content name together in the common display menu, or may display the service content name instead of the category.

Further, the generation unit 223 may display the service content displayed on the common display menu by distinguishing whether the service content is a web page or an application. For example, when the service content corresponding to a category is a web page, a symbol or the like is not displayed for the category, and when the service content is an application, a symbol or the like indicating that the application is switched to the category is displayed. May be. By doing in this way, the terminal 1 can make a user grasp | ascertain whether a web page changes, or an application is performed when service content is selected.
The server transmission unit 224 transmits the common display menu generated by the generation unit 223 to the terminal 1.

[Sequence related to display of common display menu]
Next, a process flow until the terminal 1 displays the common display menu will be described. FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram showing the flow of processing until the terminal 1 according to the first embodiment displays the common display menu.

First, the terminal transmission unit 151 of the terminal 1 transmits a service content acquisition request to the content server 3.
In response to receiving the service content acquisition request, the content server 3 acquires the service content and site service menu stored in its storage unit (S10), and the acquired service content and site service menu are stored in the terminal. 1 to send.

  Subsequently, when the terminal receiving unit 152 receives the service content and the site service menu from the content server 3, the display control unit 153 displays the service content and the tab 111 for displaying the menu screen on the display unit 12. (S20).

  Subsequently, the display control unit 153 determines whether or not the tab 111 has been selected (S30). When determining that the tab 111 is selected, the display control unit 153 displays a menu screen on the display unit 12 and displays the site service menu received from the content server 3 on the menu screen (S40).

  Subsequently, the terminal transmission unit 151 transmits a common display menu acquisition request to the menu generation server 2 based on a script included in the menu screen for acquiring the common display menu from the menu generation server 2.

  Subsequently, when the server reception unit 221 receives the common display menu acquisition request from the terminal 1, the specifying unit 222 refers to the service partner information storage unit 211, and address information of service content corresponding to the category of the common display menu Is specified (S50).

  Subsequently, the generating unit 223 generates a common display menu that includes the category and the address information specified by the specifying unit 222 in association with each other (S60). The server transmission unit 224 transmits the generated common display menu to the terminal 1.

  Subsequently, when the terminal reception unit 152 receives the common display menu from the menu generation server 2, the display control unit 153 displays the common display menu on the menu screen displayed on the display unit 12 (S70). When the currently displayed service content is included in the common display menu displayed on the menu screen, the common display menu corresponding to the currently displayed service content may have a different color scheme or selection. You may control to invalidate. The site service menu is displayed on the menu screen in response to the selection of the tab 111, but is not limited thereto. For example, the display of the site service menu may be performed simultaneously with the display of the service content. Then, only the common display menu may be displayed in response to selection of the tab 111.

  When a category included in the common display menu is selected on the terminal 1, the terminal 1 acquires service content corresponding to the selected category from the content server 3, and causes the display unit 12 to display a service content display screen. . At this time, the display control unit 153 may first display the menu screen of the service content without directly displaying the display screen of the service content. By doing so, the menu screen is continuously displayed at the time of transition of the service content, so that the service content can be transitioned in a natural flow. In addition, the display control unit 153 may first display the menu screen of the service content and display the service content display screen after a predetermined time has elapsed.

[Effect in the first embodiment]
As described above, when receiving the common display menu acquisition request from the terminal 1, the menu generation server 2 associates the category with the address information of the service contents of a plurality of service partners that use the common display menu service. Is transmitted to the terminal 1. As a result, a common display menu associated with address information for calling service contents of a plurality of service partners using the common display menu service is displayed on the service content menu screen displayed on the terminal 1. Thereby, the user of the terminal 1 can select and browse service contents of a plurality of service partners from the common display menu. Therefore, since the service partner using the menu display system S can receive access to the service content not only from the customer of the company but also from the customer of another company who has accessed the service content of another service partner, the menu display system S It is possible to efficiently increase the customer collection effect of the service content of the service partner using.

  In the first embodiment, the example in which the web browser program displays the common menu has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a terminal application that provides service content installed on the terminal 1 may display the common display menu. For example, the terminal application displays service content including the tab 111 as illustrated in FIG. 2 in response to the execution. Then, the terminal application accesses the menu generation server 2 in response to the pressing of the tab 111, refers to the service partner information storage unit 211, and displays the service content corresponding to the category of the common display menu to be displayed on the service content. The address information is specified, a common display menu including the category and the specified address information in association with each other is generated, and the generated common display menu is displayed on the display unit 12.

<Second Embodiment>
[Generate common display menu based on attribute information of user of terminal 1]
Next, the second embodiment will be described. In the first embodiment, when there are a plurality of service contents corresponding to the categories displayed in the common display menu, the menu generation server 2 randomly selects the service contents from these service contents. However, in this method, service content suitable for the user of the terminal 1 is not always associated with the common display menu.

  Therefore, in the second embodiment, the specifying unit 222 of the menu generation server 2 specifies service content corresponding to the category displayed on the common display menu based on the user attribute information. Hereinafter, a second embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, about the structure similar to 1st Embodiment, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

  FIG. 8 is a functional configuration diagram of the terminal 1 and the menu generation server 2 according to the second embodiment. The storage unit 21 of the menu generation server 2 according to the second embodiment further includes a user information storage unit 212. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of user information stored in the user information storage unit 212. As illustrated in FIG. 9, the user information is information in which a user ID as identification information of the user of the terminal 1 is associated with the attribute information of the user. The attribute information is information such as sex, age, user occupation, residence, and hobbies, for example.

  In the second embodiment, the service partner information storage unit 211 stored in the storage unit 21 stores the service content name, the address information, and the category in association with the service content attribute information. Here, the attribute information of the service content is, for example, information such as gender, age, occupation, residence, and hobby suitable for the service content.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a plurality of pieces of service partner information according to the second embodiment. For example, it can be confirmed that the service content name “A trip” is associated with at least “woman in 40s” as attribute information.

[Sequence related to display of common display menu]
Subsequently, detailed processing of the control unit 15 of the terminal 1 and the control unit 22 of the menu generation server 2 in the second embodiment will be described using a sequence. FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram showing a flow of processing until the terminal 1 according to the second embodiment displays the common display menu. Since the processing until the service content screen is displayed and the tab is pressed is the same in the terminal 1, FIG. 11 does not show the sequence up to S30, but only the sequence from S40.

  In S40, the display control unit 153 displays the menu screen on the display unit 12, and displays the site service menu received from the content server 3 on the menu screen.

  Subsequently, the terminal transmission unit 151 transmits a common display menu acquisition request to the menu generation server 2 based on the script included in the menu screen. Further, the terminal transmission unit 151 transmits the user ID of the user of the terminal 1 to the menu generation server 2.

  Subsequently, when the server receiving unit 221 receives the user ID together with the common display menu acquisition request from the terminal 1, the specifying unit 222 refers to the user information storage unit 212 and specifies the user attribute information related to the user ID. (S42). For example, when the user ID is “u0001”, the specifying unit 222 refers to the user information illustrated in FIG. 9 and specifies the attribute information of the user as “20s female” and “business”.

  Subsequently, the specifying unit 222 refers to the plurality of service partner information in the service partner information storage unit 211, corresponds to the category of the common display menu, and addresses of service content corresponding to the user attribute information specified in S42 Information is specified (S50). For example, since the attribute information of the identified user is “20s female” and “business”, the identifying unit 222 refers to the service partner information illustrated in FIG. 10 and sets the category “TV / radio” as service content. Specify “BBB Radio”.

  Subsequently, the generating unit 223 generates a common display menu that includes the category and the address information specified by the specifying unit 222 in association with each other (S60). Here, the generation unit 223 may generate the common display menu that defines the display order of the categories based on the attribute information. Specifically, the category and attribute information of the category are associated with each other and stored in the storage unit 21. Then, the generation unit 223 determines the display order so that the category associated with the attribute information that matches the attribute information of the user of the terminal 1 specified by the specifying unit 222 is displayed at the top of the common display menu. Also good.

The server transmission unit 224 transmits the generated common display menu to the terminal 1.
Subsequently, the display control unit 153 displays the common display menu received by the terminal reception unit 152 on the menu screen displayed on the display unit 12 (S70).

[Effects of Second Embodiment]
As described above, the menu generation server 2 according to the second embodiment specifies service content address information corresponding to the category of the common display menu and corresponding to the attribute information of the user of the terminal 1. Accordingly, a common display menu corresponding to service content suitable for the user of the terminal 1 is displayed on the menu screen displayed on the terminal 1. Therefore, among users who have accessed service content of other service partners, users who are highly likely to be interested in the products and services provided by the company can be made to access their service contents. The effect of attracting customers to content can be further enhanced.

<Third Embodiment>
[Generate common display menu based on attribute information of displayed service contents]
Subsequently, a third embodiment will be described. The service content currently displayed on the terminal 1 is selected by the user of the terminal 1, and is the service content that the user of the terminal 1 is browsing with some interest. For this reason, it is preferable that the service content associated with the common display menu is highly relevant to the currently displayed service content.

  Therefore, in the third embodiment, the specifying unit 222 of the menu generation server 2 specifies service content corresponding to the category displayed on the common display menu based on the attribute information of the service content displayed on the terminal 1. .

The menu generation server 2 according to the third embodiment, for example, the service content of the service partner B who sells accessories for women in their 20s on the menu screen of the service content of the service partner A who sells clothing for women in their 20s. The common display menu including the address information of the service partner A is displayed, and the common display menu including the address information of the service content of the service partner A is displayed on the common display menu of the service content of the service partner B. By doing in this way, the service partner A and the service partner B who do not compete with each other can guide the user who accesses the other service content to the service content of the company. Therefore, the service partner can improve the ability to attract customers as compared with the case where the service content is independently operated.
Hereinafter, detailed processing of the control unit 15 of the terminal 1 and the control unit 22 of the menu generation server 2 in the third embodiment will be described with reference to sequences.

  FIG. 12 is a sequence diagram showing the flow of processing until the terminal 1 according to the third embodiment displays the common display menu. In FIG. 12, the sequence up to S30 is not shown, and only the sequence from S40 is shown.

In S40, the display control unit 153 displays the menu screen on the display unit 12, and displays the site service menu received from the content server 3 on the menu screen.
Subsequently, the terminal transmission unit 151 transmits a common display menu acquisition request to the menu generation server 2 based on the script included in the menu screen. Also, the terminal transmission unit 151 transmits the address information of the service content displayed on the terminal 1 before the tab 111 is pressed to the menu generation server 2.

  Subsequently, when the server receiving unit 221 receives the address information of the service content together with the common display menu acquisition request from the terminal 1, the specifying unit 222 refers to the plurality of service partner information in the service partner information storage unit 211, The attribute information corresponding to the received address information is specified (S43).

Subsequently, the specifying unit 222 refers to the plurality of service partner information in the service partner information storage unit 211, corresponds to the category of the common display menu, and obtains address information of service content corresponding to the attribute information specified in S43. Specify (S50).
Since the processing from S60 to S70 is the same as the processing from S60 to S70 in the sequence of the first embodiment, a description thereof will be omitted.

[Effect in the third embodiment]
As described above, the menu generation server 2 according to the third embodiment generates the common display menu related to the address information of the service content corresponding to the attribute information of the currently displayed service content. As a result, the menu screen displayed on the terminal 1 displays a common display menu that includes address information of service content that is highly relevant to the service content that the user of the terminal 1 is currently browsing. The possibility that the service content associated with the common display menu is selected can be increased.

<Fourth Embodiment>
[Display the number of updated service contents in the common display menu]
Subsequently, a fourth embodiment will be described. When the update frequency of the service content associated with the common display menu is low, the user of the terminal 1 determines that the service content is unlikely to be updated, and can select the service content in the common display menu There is a problem that the property becomes low.

  Therefore, in the fourth embodiment, the generation unit 223 generates a common display menu that can display information indicating the number of service contents whose contents are updated among the service contents associated with the common display menu.

  Specifically, the control unit 22 periodically acquires the service content based on the address information of the service content constituting the plurality of service partner information, and identifies the service content whose content has been updated. And the control part 22 associates the update date information which shows an update date with the service partner information of the service content in which the content was updated among several service partner information.

  The control unit 22 may receive update information indicating that the service content has been updated from the content server 3 instead of periodically acquiring the service content. In this case, the control unit 22 may associate update date / time information indicating the update date / time with the service partner information of the service content corresponding to the update information among the plurality of service partner information.

  The generation unit 223 sets the number of service contents whose update date / time information is within a predetermined time from the current date / time among the service contents associated with the common display menu as the number of service contents whose contents have been updated, and A common display menu including information indicating the number is generated. For example, the generation unit 223 sets the total value obtained by adding the update numbers of the service contents associated with the respective categories included in the common display menu as the number of service contents whose contents are updated.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a service content menu screen according to the fourth embodiment is displayed on the display unit 12 of the terminal 1. In the example illustrated in FIG. 13, it is confirmed that there are two service contents whose contents are updated among the service contents associated with the category, and the number of the service contents is displayed as “2” on the tab 112. it can. Note that the generation unit 223 may display an icon indicating that the category has been updated in the category corresponding to the updated service content, or may make the background color of the category different from the background color of another category. . In the above description, when the common menu screen is displayed, the number of service content updates is displayed on the tab 112 displayed at the same time as the common menu screen. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the number of service content updates associated with a category may be displayed on the tab 111 displayed together with the service content. In addition, when a plurality of service contents are associated with each category, the generation unit 223 may display the number of updated service contents (update number) for each category.

[Effects of the fourth embodiment]
As described above, the menu generation server 2 of the fourth embodiment generates a common display menu that can display the number of service contents updated in the common display menu, so the user of the terminal 1 determines the number of service contents. It is possible to confirm and increase the possibility of selecting service content associated with the common display menu.

<Fifth Embodiment>
[Determine service content to be associated with the common display menu based on priority]
Subsequently, a fifth embodiment will be described. Since a plurality of service partners using the common display menu service may have a service partner who wants to intensively increase the ability to attract customers, in the fifth embodiment, the menu generation server 2 provides the service A bid for the amount of money for the service content is received from the partner as information corresponding to the priority order. Then, the specifying unit 222 specifies the address information of the service content corresponding to the category of the common display menu based on the bid price.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a plurality of service partner information according to the fifth embodiment. As shown in FIG. 14, in the plurality of service partner information, the bid amount is further associated with the service content name, address information, and category as information corresponding to the priority for displaying the service content on the common display menu. ing. When a plurality of service contents are associated with the same category, the probability of being associated with the common display menu increases as the bid amount increases.

  For example, in the example shown in FIG. 14, “C spot news”, “D news”, and “E news” exist as service contents corresponding to the category “news” displayed in the common display menu. For example, the specifying unit 222 determines the probability (selection probability) that three service contents are selected based on the ratio of the bid price to the total bid price (50,000 yen) of the three service contents. . For example, the selection probability of “C news” is 10%, the selection probability of “D news” is 20%, and the selection probability of “E news” is 70%. The specifying unit 222 selects service content corresponding to the category “news” based on the selection probability.

[Effects of Fifth Embodiment]
As described above, the menu generation server 2 according to the fifth embodiment specifies the address information of the service content corresponding to the category of the common display menu based on the bid amount as information corresponding to the priority order. By doing in this way, the service partner can raise the ability to attract customers compared with other service contents by raising the bid amount.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications or improvements can be added to the above embodiment. In particular, the specific embodiments of the distribution / integration of the devices are not limited to those illustrated above, and all or a part thereof may be added in arbitrary units according to various additions or according to functional loads. It can be configured functionally or physically distributed and integrated. For example, each of the service partner information storage unit 211 and the user information storage unit 212 of the above embodiment may be provided in another server different from the menu generation server 2.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Terminal, 11 ... Input part, 12 ... Display part, 13 ... Radio | wireless part, 14 ... Memory | storage part, 15 ... Control part, 151 ... Terminal transmission part, 152 ... terminal receiving unit, 153 ... display control unit, 2 ... menu generation server, 21 ... storage unit, 211 ... service partner information storage unit, 212 ... user information storage unit, 22・ ・ ・ Control unit, 221 ... Server reception unit, 222 ... Identification unit, 223 ... Generation unit, 224 ... Server transmission unit, 3 ... Content server, 4 ... Communication network, S ... Menu display system

Claims (9)

A service partner information storage unit for storing a plurality of service partner information in which address information for calling service content provided by each of a plurality of service partners using the common display menu service and a category to which the service content belongs;
A terminal that displays the service contents, together with the address information of the service content displayed on the terminal, is displayed in common to said service content, receives an acquisition request of the common display menu corresponding to the common display menu Service A receiving unit to
When the receiving unit receives the acquisition request, it refers to a plurality of the service partner information, corresponds to the category of the common display menu, and includes address information of service content that does not conflict with the service content indicated by the received address information. A specific part to identify;
A generating unit that generates the common display menu including the category and the identified address information in association with each other;
A transmission unit for transmitting the generated common display menu to the terminal;
A menu generation server comprising: A user information storage unit for storing user information that associates the identification information of the user of the terminal and the attribute information of the user;
The service partner information storage unit further stores attribute information of the service content in association with the address information and the category,
The receiving unit receives the identification information of the user together with the acquisition request;
The identifying unit identifies the user attribute information related to the user identification information with reference to the user information storage unit, refers to a plurality of the service partner information, and corresponds to the category of the common display menu And specifying address information of the service content corresponding to the attribute information of the user,
The menu generation server according to claim 1. The service partner information storage unit further stores attribute information of the service content in association with the address information and the category,
The receiving unit further receives the address information of service content displayed on the terminal from the terminal,
The specifying unit specifies attribute information corresponding to the address information received with reference to a plurality of the service partner information, and corresponds to the category of the common display menu and the address of the service content corresponding to the attribute information Identify information,
The menu generation server according to claim 1 or 2. The generation unit generates the common display menu that defines the display order of the categories based on the attribute information.
The menu generation server according to claim 2 or 3. The generation unit generates a common display menu capable of displaying information indicating the number of service contents whose contents are updated among the service contents associated with the common display menu.
The menu generation server according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The service partner information storage unit stores the address information and the category in association with information corresponding to a priority order for displaying the service content on the common display menu,
The identifying unit refers to a plurality of the service partner information, and identifies address information of the service content corresponding to the category of the common display menu based on information corresponding to the priority order;
The menu generation server according to any one of claims 1 to 5. On the computer,
From a terminal that displays service content provided by each of a plurality of service partners using a common display menu service, together with address information of the service content displayed on the terminal, the service content is displayed in common with the service content, Receiving a common display menu acquisition request corresponding to the common display menu service;
When receiving the acquisition request, and address information for calling the service content, referring to the service partner information storage unit for storing a plurality of service partner information associating the category to which the service content belongs, the category of pre-Symbol Common View menu And identifying address information of service content that does not conflict with the service content indicated by the received address information ;
Generating the common display menu including the category and the identified address information in association with each other;
Displaying the generated common display menu on the display unit of the terminal ;
Menu display program for running. The computer runs,
From a terminal that displays service content provided by each of a plurality of service partners using a common display menu service, together with address information of the service content displayed on the terminal, the service content is displayed in common with the service content, Receiving a common display menu acquisition request corresponding to the common display menu service;
When receiving the acquisition request, and address information for calling the service content, referring to the service partner information storage unit for storing a plurality of service partner information associating the category to which the service content belongs, the category of pre-Symbol Common View menu And identifying address information of service content that does not conflict with the service content indicated by the received address information ;
Generating the common display menu including the category and the identified address information in association with each other;
Displaying the generated common display menu on the display unit of the terminal ;
A menu display method comprising: A menu display system comprising: a menu generation server for generating a common display menu corresponding to the common display menu service displayed on service content provided by each of a plurality of service partners using the common display menu service; and a terminal. There,
The terminal
To display the service content, and the menu generation server, together with the address information of the service content displayed on the terminal, the terminal transmitting section transmits an acquisition request of the common display menu,
A terminal receiving unit that receives the common display menu from the menu generation server;
A said service content, and a display control unit for displaying on the display unit and the common display menu received,
The menu generation server
A service partner information storage unit for storing a plurality of service partner information in which address information for calling the service content and a category to which the service content belongs are associated;
A server receiving unit that receives the acquisition request together with address information of service content displayed on the terminal from the terminal ;
When the server reception unit receives the acquisition request, the address information of the service content that refers to a plurality of the service partner information, corresponds to the category of the common display menu, and does not conflict with the service content indicated by the received address information A specific part for identifying
A generating unit that generates the common display menu including the category and the identified address information in association with each other;
A server transmission unit for transmitting the generated common display menu to the terminal;
A menu display system.

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