JP2001268023A - Information distribution service system, broadcast system, broadcast reception system, charging system and storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information distribution service system where contents to be televised due to aperiodic cause can be switched. SOLUTION: The information distribution service system achieving the task above has a broadcasting system that broadcast a program schedule deciding contents to be televised and each of contents decided by the program schedule and ahs a broadcasting/receiving system that receives information broadcast by the broadcasting system. The broadcasting/receiving system has an information storage means that stored the received program schedule and each of the contents, a televising control means that reads, monitors and televises the contents corresponding to each time land from the information storage means according to the program schedule stored in the information storage means, and a televising switching control means that switches the content according to the program schedule into other predetermined contents.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information distribution service system, and more particularly, to an information receiving system for distributing information such as an advertisement by broadcasting and receiving the broadcast information. The present invention relates to an information distribution service system that broadcasts information.

[0002] The present invention also relates to a broadcasting system, a broadcast receiving system, and a billing system used for such an information distribution service system.

[0003] Further, the present invention relates to a recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform processing in the broadcast receiving system.

[0004]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been proposed an information distribution service system for distributing information such as an advertisement using satellite broadcasting to, for example, a distribution retailer. In this information distribution service system, information (hereinafter, referred to as contents) such as advertisements for products handled at distribution retail stores is distributed by satellite broadcasting according to a predetermined schedule (program schedule). Then, the receiving device installed in the distribution store sequentially receives the contents according to the program schedule, and sequentially provides the received contents to the video processing device. The video processing device broadcasts a program such as an advertisement on each monitor in the store according to the provided content.

In such an information distribution service system, when a contract is made with a broadcasting service provider (which performs content creation, program creation, broadcasting, etc.), advertisements for products handled at the local store, which are regularly distributed, are provided. Will be automatically broadcast on the monitor in the store.

[0006]

By the way, for example, in a retail store of automobile goods, products whose demand is affected by weather conditions, such as snow tires, tire chains, window anti-fog agents, etc., are not limited to those specific products. Under weather conditions (temperature drop, rainfall, snowfall, road surface freezing, etc.), demand for commodities sharply increases. Further, there is a case where it is desired to promote sales of a specific product by a spot-like time service. As described above, when there is a product whose demand is expected to increase in accordance with the weather condition or a product whose sales are to be promoted in a spot manner, the increase in demand for the advertisement of the product is expected. It is preferable to broadcast on a monitor in the store in a timely manner or during a time zone in which sales are to be promoted.

However, in the conventional information distribution service system as described above, each content (information such as an advertisement) is sequentially broadcast according to a predetermined program schedule, and as described above, due to irregular factors, The demand for switching the content to be broadcast cannot be satisfied.

Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is to provide an information distribution service system capable of switching contents to be broadcast due to irregular factors.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a broadcasting system used for such an information distribution service system.

A third object of the present invention is to provide an information receiving system used for such an information distribution service system.

A fourth object of the present invention is to provide a billing system used for such an information distribution service system.

A fifth object of the present invention is to provide a storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute processing in the information receiving system.

[0013]

In order to solve the above-mentioned first problem, an information distribution service system according to the present invention determines contents to be broadcast at each time zone as described in claim 1. A broadcast system that broadcasts a program schedule and each content defined by the program schedule, and a broadcast reception system that receives information broadcast by the broadcast system, wherein the broadcast reception system receives the received program schedule And information storage means for storing each content, and broadcast control means for reading the content corresponding to the time zone from the information storage means at each time zone according to the program schedule stored in the information storage means and broadcasting the content on a monitor, The content to be broadcast on the monitor is changed from the content according to the program schedule to another predetermined content. Configured to have a broadcast switching control means for switching the tool.

In such an information distribution service system, in a broadcast receiving system, contents are sequentially broadcast on a monitor according to a program schedule distributed from the broadcast system. In this process, when the content to be broadcast on the monitor is switched from the content according to the program schedule to another content by the broadcast switching control means,
The other content is broadcast on the monitor instead of the content according to the program schedule.

According to the present invention, as described in claim 2,
In the information distribution service system, the broadcast switching control means includes condition determination means for determining whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied, and when the condition determination means determines that the condition is satisfied. Furthermore, the content to be broadcast on the monitor can be switched from the content according to the program schedule to another predetermined content.

In such an information distribution service system, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, instead of the content according to the program schedule, the other content is broadcast on the monitor.

The above-mentioned predetermined conditions can be set variously according to the purpose of broadcasting the content. For example, in a system that broadcasts contents related to a commercial advertisement of a product, conditions are set such that the effect of the advertisement is enhanced. For example, in the case of a product whose demand fluctuates according to weather conditions, it is possible to switch to a content related to an advertisement of a product whose demand increases under current weather conditions in order to enhance its advertising effect.

According to the present invention, as set forth in claim 3,
In the information distribution system, the broadcasting system includes:
A program schedule that defines content as a normal program to be broadcast in each time zone and content to be broadcast when the above-described predetermined condition is satisfied in place of the content of the normal program in a predetermined time zone, The content to be broadcasted is broadcast when the condition is satisfied, and when broadcasting the content in the predetermined time period, the broadcast switching control means determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied. When the determination means determines,
By referring to the program schedule, the content to be broadcast on the monitor can be switched from the content as a normal program to the content to be broadcast when the predetermined condition is satisfied.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the information distribution service system, the broadcasting system determines whether or not the predetermined condition is satisfied by the condition determining means. In such a case, the determination information of the condition to be referred to at the time of transmission may be distributed to the broadcast receiving system by broadcasting.

[0020] As described above, the present invention is intended to improve the advertising effect when broadcasting the content related to the advertisement of a commodity whose demand fluctuates due to weather conditions. In each of the information distribution service systems, the predetermined condition is a weather condition, and the broadcast switching control unit performs the broadcast on the monitor when the condition determination unit determines that the weather condition is satisfied. The content to be switched can be switched from the content according to the program schedule to another predetermined content.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the information distribution service system, the broadcast switching is performed from the viewpoint that the content to be broadcast on the monitor can be switched by a user's designation. The control means has content specifying means for specifying the content based on the information input from the input unit, and specifies the content to be broadcast on the monitor from the content according to the program schedule by the content specifying means. It can be configured to switch to the selected content.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the information distribution service system, the broadcasting system determines a content as a normal program to be broadcast in each time zone and sets the content in a predetermined time zone. A program schedule that defines the content to be broadcast when predetermined information is specified in place of the content of the normal program, and broadcasts the content to be broadcast when the predetermined information is specified; When broadcasting the content in the time zone, the content specifying means refers to the program schedule and determines whether the information input from the input unit corresponds to the predetermined information defined in the program schedule. It has a correspondence judging means, and when the information inputted from the input unit corresponds to the predetermined information defined in the program schedule, When the corresponding determination means determines, with reference to the program schedule may be configured to identify the content to be broadcast when the predetermined information is specified.

Further, in view of the fact that additional information can be displayed in superimposition on the content to be broadcast, the present invention provides an information distribution service system comprising: A receiving system configured to generate information to be displayed on a monitor based on the information input from the input unit, and to superimpose the information generated by the display information generating unit on the content to be broadcast on the monitor; And information display control means for displaying the information.

In such an information distribution service system, the content specified by the information input from the input unit and to be broadcast on the monitor instead of the content of the program schedule is determined based on the information input from the input unit. It is preferable that the information is related to the content of the information created. By doing so, for example, in a system that broadcasts content related to a product's publicity advertisement, the content to be broadcasted and information superimposed thereon can be combined to enhance the advertising effect of the product.

In view of the use of a telephone as an input unit, the present invention provides,
In each of the information distribution service systems, a telephone set provided in a facility where the broadcast receiving system is installed is set as the input unit, and the content specifying unit is configured to transmit contents based on information input from the telephone set in an extension mode. It can be configured to be specified.

Further, from the same viewpoint, the present invention relates to claim 10
As described in the above, in the information distribution service system, a telephone provided in a facility where the broadcast receiving system is installed is set as the input unit, and the display information generating means is input from the telephone in an extension mode. Information to be displayed on the monitor based on such information.

In each of the above information distribution service systems, contents other than the contents according to the program schedule can be broadcast. Therefore, from the viewpoint that reliable billing processing can be performed in such a situation, according to the present invention, in each of the information distribution service systems, the broadcast receiving system includes: It has broadcasting result recording means for recording the broadcasting result, and is configured to have charging processing means for performing a charging process relating to the broadcasting of each content based on the broadcasting result of each content recorded by the broadcasting result recording means. can do.

Further, according to the present invention, in the information distribution service system, the accounting processing means may be connected to another system connected to the broadcast receiving system via a predetermined network. Provided, the other system collects the broadcast results of each content recorded by the broadcast result recording means in the broadcast receiving system from the broadcast receiving system via the predetermined network, and the billing processing means, Based on the broadcast results of each content collected from the broadcast receiving system, it is possible to perform a charging process for broadcasting each content.

In order to solve the above second problem, the present invention provides a broadcast system for broadcasting information to a broadcast receiving system for displaying received information on a monitor. In the system, a program that defines content as a normal program to be broadcast in each time zone and content to be broadcast when predetermined conditions are satisfied in place of the content of the normal program in a predetermined time zone It is configured to broadcast the schedule, the content as the normal program, and the content to be broadcast when the above conditions are satisfied.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a broadcast receiving system for broadcasting received information on a monitor. In a broadcasting system to be performed, a program schedule that defines content as a normal program to be broadcast in each time zone and content to be broadcast when predetermined information is designated in place of the normal program content in a predetermined time zone And broadcast the content to be broadcasted when the content as the normal program and the predetermined information are designated.

Further, in order to solve the third problem, the present invention provides a program schedule which defines contents to be broadcast in each time zone broadcast from a broadcast system, and a program schedule therefor. In a broadcast receiving system for receiving each content defined by a program schedule, information storage means for storing the received program schedule and each content, and each time zone according to the program schedule stored in the information storage means. Broadcast control means for reading content corresponding to the program from the information storage means and broadcasting the content on the monitor; and broadcast switching control for switching the content to be broadcast on the monitor from the content according to the program schedule to another predetermined content. Means.

Furthermore, in order to solve the fourth problem, according to the present invention, a program schedule that defines contents to be broadcast in each time zone and a program schedule defined by the program schedule are provided. A broadcast system that broadcasts each of the received contents, a program schedule broadcast from the broadcast system and each of the contents are received, and the content is displayed on a monitor according to the program schedule, and the content to be broadcast on the monitor is displayed. A broadcast receiving system capable of switching from content according to the program schedule to another predetermined content; and a billing system applied to an information distribution service system having a broadcast receiving system. A broadcast result collection means for collecting broadcast results;
Based on the broadcast results of each content from the broadcast receiving system collected by the broadcast result collection means, the system is configured to include a billing processing means for performing a billing process relating to the broadcast of each content.

[0033] In order to solve the fifth problem, the present invention provides a program schedule which defines contents to be broadcast in each time zone broadcast from a broadcast system, and a program schedule therefor. In a storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform processing in a broadcast receiving system that receives each content defined by a program schedule, information for storing the received program schedule and each content in information storage means. A storage control procedure, a broadcast control procedure of reading out the content corresponding to the time zone from the information storage means and broadcasting the content on the monitor at each time slot according to the program schedule stored in the information storage means, and broadcasting the content on the monitor. Content that should be changed from the content according to the program schedule to another predetermined content. Configured as a storage medium storing a program having a broadcast switching control procedure for switching to.

[0034]

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

An information distribution service system according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured, for example, as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 1, the information distribution service system includes a broadcasting center 100 connected to a predetermined network NW (for example, ISDN), a satellite communication center 200,
A plurality of broadcast receiving systems 300 (1), 300 (2)
And a remote monitoring center 400. The broadcasting center 100 and the satellite communication center 200 are mutually connected by a dedicated line L.

The broadcast center 100 creates a commercial advertisement CF (hereinafter, referred to as content) based on a request from an advertiser, and broadcasts each content based on a request from a company that wants to distribute a program. Program schedule). The broadcast center 100 also collects and creates condition determination information (for example, weather information) for determining a content broadcasting condition as described later.

The satellite communication center 200 broadcasts, via the satellite CS, a program schedule provided from the broadcast center 100 via the dedicated line L, contents to be broadcast in the program schedule, and condition determination information. Each of the broadcast receiving systems 300 (1) and 300 (2) is installed in each store of a company that wants to distribute the program, and receives the program schedule, content, and condition determination information broadcasted via the satellite CS. . Then, the content to be broadcast is selected from the received content according to the program schedule and the condition determination information, and the selected content is broadcast on a monitor in the store.

The remote monitoring center 400 is connected to each of the broadcast receiving systems 300 (1), 300 via the network NW.
It monitors whether (2) is operating normally. Also,
The remote monitoring center 400 is connected to each broadcast receiving system 30
0 (1), 300 (2), collects log files of the contents actually broadcasted at predetermined intervals, and transmits them via the network NW to each of the broadcast receiving systems 300 (1), 300 (2).
Is transmitted to the broadcast center 100. In the broadcast center 100, each broadcast receiving system 300
The number of times each content is broadcast is managed based on the log files from (1) and 300 (2), and the advertiser is charged according to the number of times each content is broadcast.

Each of the above broadcast receiving systems 300 (1), 3
00 (2) is configured, for example, as shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 2, the broadcast receiving system comprises:
Satellite receiving device 310, control device 320, video processing device 3
30 and a plurality of monitors 340 (1), 340 (2),
.. 340 (n). Satellite receiver 310
Receives information broadcast from the satellite communication center 200 via the satellite CS. The control device 320 accumulates the content, the program schedule, and the condition determination information received by the satellite receiving device 310, and selects the content to be broadcast based on the program schedule and the condition determination information from the stored content, and Provided to the processing device 330. The video processing device 330 transmits the content provided by the control device 320 to each monitor 34 installed in the store.
0 (1), 340 (2),... 340 (n). Then, the distributed content (for example, a product advertisement) is broadcast on each monitor.

The control unit 320 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 321, a memory unit 322, an interface circuit 323 for interfacing with the satellite receiver 310, an auxiliary storage unit 324 such as a hard disk unit, and a video processing unit 330. An interface circuit 325 for performing an interface, a communication processing unit 326, and a CD-ROM driver unit 327 are provided. These units and circuits are connected to the bus B. The CPU 321 includes a memory unit 322
In accordance with the program stored in, processing such as storage of received information and selection of content is performed. Memory unit 322
Has a RAM and a ROM, and stores a program to be executed, information necessary for processing, and the like.

The auxiliary storage unit 324 has a satellite receiver 310 input via the interface circuit 323.
, Program schedule and condition determination information, various programs, tables, and the like. A program for processing related to reception and broadcasting of content distributed by satellite broadcasting is provided to the broadcast receiving system on the CD-ROM 328, for example. That is, CD-RO
When the M-328 is set in the CD-ROM driver unit 327, the programs and tables stored in the CD-ROM 328 are stored in the CD-ROM driver unit 32.
7, and the read programs, tables, and the like are installed in the auxiliary storage unit 324. Then, when processing according to the program stored in the auxiliary storage unit 324 is to be executed, a program corresponding to the processing is read from the auxiliary storage unit 324 and stored in the memory unit 322.

The communication processing unit 326 has a PBX 350
Is connected to the line network NW through the network. Another system connected to the network NW (for example, the remote monitoring center 40
Information (operation confirmation information, a log file, etc.) to be transmitted to (0) is transmitted from the communication processing unit 326. The information sent from the communication processing unit 326 is P
A communication partner (for example, BX350 and the network NW)
Transmitted to the remote monitoring center 400).

Note that the PBX 350 has telephones 351 (1), 351 (2),..., 351 installed in the store.
(M) is connected. The PBX 350 performs processing such as connection switching between external telephone calls and internal telephone calls by each telephone.

The operation of the information distribution service system having the above configuration will be described below.

In the broadcast center 100, for example, processing (work) is performed according to the procedure shown in FIG.

In FIG. 3, as described above, a content such as a product advertisement is created based on a request from an advertiser (information provider) (S1). Further, a program is organized based on a request from a company (information user) receiving the distribution of the advertisement (S2). In this programming, for example,
The selection of content related to the advertisement of the product handled by the company to which the advertisement is distributed and the creation of a broadcast schedule (program schedule) of the content are performed. At this time, each content is classified according to a condition described later.

By the above-described program scheduling work, for example, a program schedule as shown in FIG. 4 is created.

In FIG. 4, contents 1, contents 2, contents 3, contents 4,... Are assigned to each time slot as a regular program. When the condition 1 is satisfied, the content 15 to be aired is the airing time zone of the content 2 in the regular program (time zone from 10:10)
Is assigned to Further, when the condition 2 is satisfied, the content 20 to be broadcast is allocated to the broadcast time zone (time zone from 10:30) of the content 4 in the regular program.

For example, it is assumed that a system that broadcasts a product advertisement at a store for automobile supplies as described above.
In this case, for example, the condition that “the temperature is 0 ° C. or less and the snowfall probability is 10% or more” is set as the condition 1, and the condition 2 is that the “rainfall probability is 30% or more” is set.
And the content 2 in the regular program is "normal tire"
When the condition 1 is satisfied, the content 15 to be aired is, for example, an advertisement for "snow tires". When the content 4 in the normal program is related to the advertisement of “wax”, the content 20 to be broadcast when the above condition 2 is satisfied is defined as the content related to the advertisement of “water-repellent coating agent for window”. I do.

Returning to FIG. 3, when the program schedule is created as described above, the broadcast center 100 further acquires information for determining the conditions set in the program schedule as described above ( S3). When the conditions 1 and 2 set in the program schedule as described above are “temperature is 0 ° C. or less and the snowfall probability is 10% or more” and “rainfall probability is 30% or more”, these conditions are determined. Is obtained via, for example, the Internet. The weather information for judging the above conditions is put together as a weather information table, for example, as shown in FIG.

When the creation of the content, the organization of the program (creation of the program schedule) and the creation of the condition determination information (weather information table) are completed as described above, the content, the program schedule and the condition determination information are broadcast. The data is transmitted from the center 100 to the satellite communication center 200 via the dedicated line L. Then, the information is broadcast from the satellite communication center 200 via the satellite CS (S
4).

The broadcast receiving system 30 installed in each store
Satellite receiver 310 at 0 (1), 300 (2)
Receives the information broadcast as described above, and supplies the received information to the control device 320. Control device 320
Inputs the content, program schedule, and condition determination information from the satellite receiver 310, and the information is stored in the auxiliary storage unit 324.

In such a state, the CPU 321 stores the program schedule (see FIG. 4) and the condition determination information (weather information table: FIG. 5) stored in the auxiliary storage unit 324.
) Is read out to the memory unit 322, and the processing is executed, for example, according to the procedure shown in FIG.

In FIG. 6, by comparing the time measured by the internal timer with the start time of the program schedule, it is determined whether or not the content switching time (start time) has come (S11). When the content switching time comes, a search for the content corresponding to the time is performed with reference to the program schedule (S12). Then, the result of the search, that is, the presence or absence of the content corresponding to the time is determined (S13). If the content corresponding to the time is not set in the program schedule (there is no broadcast schedule), the process returns to the determination process of the content switching time (S11).

On the other hand, when the content corresponding to the time is set in the program schedule, it is determined whether or not the condition 1 is satisfied by referring to the condition determination information (S14). When the condition 1 is not satisfied, it is further determined whether or not the condition 2 is satisfied with reference to the condition determination information (S15). When the condition 2 is not satisfied, the contents of the normal program set at the start time of the program schedule are stored in the auxiliary storage unit 324.
(S16).

If it is determined in the course of the above processing that the condition 1 is satisfied, the content to be broadcast when the condition 1 is satisfied is set in accordance with the time of the program schedule. Is determined (S1).
7). If the content to be broadcast when the condition 1 is satisfied is set, the content to be broadcast when the condition 1 is satisfied instead of the content of the regular program (for example, from the start time 10:10) In the time zone, the content 15) is read from the auxiliary storage unit 324 (S18).

If it is determined in the course of the above processing that the above condition 2 is satisfied, the content to be broadcasted when the condition 2 is satisfied is set corresponding to the time in the program schedule. Is determined (S
19). If the content to be broadcast when the condition 2 is satisfied is set, the content to be broadcast when the condition 2 is satisfied instead of the content of the normal program (for example, when the start time is 10:30) In the time zone, the content 20) is read from the auxiliary storage unit 324 (S20).

Even if the condition 1 is satisfied, if the content to be broadcast when the condition 1 is satisfied is not set corresponding to the time in the program schedule (YES in S14 and S17 At N
O), whether or not the above condition 2 is satisfied (S15) and whether or not the content to be broadcast when the condition 2 is satisfied is set corresponding to the time in the program schedule (S19). Depending on the state, either the content of the normal program or the content to be broadcast when Condition 2 is satisfied is read from the auxiliary storage unit 324 (S16 or S20). Further, even if the condition 2 is satisfied, if the content to be broadcast when the condition 2 is satisfied is not set corresponding to the time in the program schedule (YES in S15 and S1
No. 9), the content of the normal program (for example, content 1 in the time zone from start time 10:00, content 3 in the time zone from start time 10:20) is read from auxiliary storage unit 324 (S16).

The content read as described above is supplied from the control device 320 to the video processing device 330 (S21). Then, the video processing device 330 transmits the provided content to the monitor 240 installed in the store.
(1), 240 (2),..., 240 (n), and the content, for example, a product advertisement is broadcast on each monitor.

When the content to be broadcasted is supplied from the control device 320 to the video processing device 330, information specifying the content is registered in the log file (S22). This log file has, for example, a structure in which contents broadcasted in each time zone are described, as shown in FIG.

When the registration of the broadcasted content in the log file is completed, it is determined whether the supply of the final content to the video processing device 330 has been completed with reference to the program schedule (S23). And yet,
If there is content to be broadcast, the process returns to the content switching time determination process (S11). The above-described processing is executed again.

When the supply of the final content to the video processing device 330 is completed in accordance with the program schedule, the process in the control device 320 (CPU 321) is completed.

By the above-described processing, each monitor 2 installed in the store according to the program schedule and each of the conditions 1 and 2
The contents (for example, product advertisements) are sequentially switched and broadcast on 40 (1), 240 (2),..., 240 (n).

More specifically, for example, as described above, in a system for broadcasting an advertisement for goods at a store for automobile goods, the above conditions 1 and 2 and the contents (see FIG. 4) are as follows. Assuming

Condition 1: "When the temperature is 0 degrees or less, the probability of snowfall is 10%.
Condition 2: “The rainfall probability is 30% or more” Content 2: Advertising for “normal tires” Content 15: Advertising for “snow tires” Content 4: Advertising for “wax” Content 20: “Water-repellent window” Coating agent"
In such a case, in the broadcast receiving system 300 (1) installed in the store in the area B which has received the weather information table as shown in FIG. 5 as the condition determination information, if the condition 1 is satisfied. Is determined. As a result, the start time 10: 1 in the program schedule as shown in FIG.
In a time zone starting from 0, an advertisement (content 15) of “snow tires” is broadcast on each monitor in the store instead of an advertisement (content 2) of “normal tire” of a normal program.

Further, in the broadcast receiving system 300 (2) installed in the store in the area C which has received the weather information table as shown in FIG.
Condition 1 is not satisfied, but Condition 2 is satisfied. As a result, in the time zone from the start time 10:30 in the program schedule as shown in FIG. 4, the advertisement of the “water-repellent coating agent for the window” is replaced with the advertisement of the “wax” (content 4) of the normal program. (Content 20)
Is broadcast on each monitor in the store.

As described above, in the process of broadcasting the advertisement of a normal program in the program schedule, the advertisement of a product whose demand is expected to increase in accordance with the weather conditions is broadcast instead of the advertisement of the normal program. Therefore, the advertising effect of the product can be further enhanced.

In the above example, information (for example, weather information) for determining the conditions 1 and 2 set in the program schedule is transmitted from the broadcast center 100 together with the program schedule to each of the broadcast receiving systems 300 (1), 300
Although it is distributed to (2), it is not limited to such a mode.
If the conditions to be set in the program schedule to be distributed are previously determined in the information distribution service system, the broadcast receiving systems 300 (1) and 300 (2) determine the condition determination information. It is also possible to collect and create judgment information.

In the information distribution service system described above,
The actually broadcast content depends not only on the program schedule but also on various set conditions (for example, weather conditions). Therefore, the information provider (advertiser) cannot be billed accurately only from the schedule of the normal program, but must be billed based on the broadcasting results (number of times, time, amount of information, etc.) of the content. Therefore, the accounting process is performed as follows.

Each broadcast receiving system 3 installed in each store
As described above, the control device 320 in 00 (1) and 300 (2) generates a log file of the broadcasted content (S22 in FIG. 6). The remote monitoring center 400 monitors the operation status of each of the broadcast receiving systems 300 (1) and 300 (2) via the network NW, and also monitors each of the broadcast receiving systems 300 (1) and 300 (2).
The log files generated in (2) are regularly collected. The log file collected by the remote monitoring center 400 is further transmitted to the broadcasting center 1 via the network NW.
Sent to 00. The broadcasting center 100 executes a billing process based on the received log files.

In the broadcast center 100, various management tables as shown in FIG. 9 are created. That is, a content management table (see FIG. 9A) for managing the relationship between the content and the provider (sponsor) of the content, and a broadcast record table (FIG. 9) for managing the number of times the content is broadcast.
(B)), a billing table for managing the billing amount for each sponsor (see FIG. 9C), and a sponsor management table for managing billing processing information for each sponsor (see FIG. 9D). Created.

The ID of the content that the sponsor (information provider) desires to broadcast is registered in the content management table for each sponsor. Billing processing information such as payment conditions, account information, and billing address specified by the sponsor is registered in the sponsor management table for each sponsor.

The accounting process is performed according to the procedure shown in FIG.

In FIG. 8, every time a log file is received from the remote monitoring center 400 (S31), the broadcast record table (see FIG. 9B) is displayed based on the broadcasted content information described in the log file. Updated (S
32). Then, the sponsor of the content registered in the broadcast result table is searched from the content management table, and the charge amount for the sponsor is calculated based on the number of times the content is broadcast. The charge table (FIG. 9) is calculated based on the calculated charge for each sponsor.
(See (c)) is updated (S33).

As described above, the billing table is updated every time a log file is received. At a predetermined time (for example, at the end of the month), the billing amount for each sponsor managed in the billing table is charged. Processing is performed. This billing process is performed in the sponsor management table (see FIG. 9D).
Is charged for each sponsor based on the charging processing information of each sponsor.

When the billing processing of the billing amount is completed, the broadcast result table and the billing table are initialized.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described.

In this embodiment, information such as bargain information and service wait time can be superimposed and displayed on each monitor on which the content is broadcast, and the broadcast content can be displayed in the superimposed manner. It is possible to switch to content suitable for the information to be transmitted.

The basic configuration of the information distribution service system (see FIG. 1), each of the broadcast receiving systems 300 (1), 30
The configuration of 0 (2) (see FIG. 2) is the same as that described above.

Telephone 351 installed at each sales floor of the store
From (1), 351 (2),..., 351 (m), information to be superimposed on each monitor on which the content is broadcast is specified as described above. The designation of the information to be displayed is, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, by letters and numbers input by the push button of the telephone in the extension mode.

In FIG. 10, “#” is a superimpose request code, the first digit of a four-digit number string is an information code for specifying a model of information to be displayed, and the second digit is a sales floor. The third digit and the fourth digit are additional codes that specify information to be embedded in the model.

The relationship between the information code and the model of the information to be superimposed is managed in an information code table as shown in FIG. In this example, the information code "0" is " * The wait time at the counter is ** minutes."
Information code "1"
However, it corresponds to the template of the message " ** is a bargain at today's * sales floor."

The relationship between the sales floor code and the sales floor name is managed in a sales floor code table as shown in FIG. In this example, the sales floor code "0" corresponds to the sales floor name "A",
The sales floor code “1” corresponds to the sales floor name “B”, and the sales floor code “2” corresponds to the sales floor name “C”.

Information to be embedded in ** in the template of the message is managed in the additional code table as shown in FIG. In this example, the additional code “01” at the sales floor code “0” corresponds to “product a”, the additional code “02” at the sales floor code “0” corresponds to “product b”, and the sales floor code “0” The additional code “03” in “” corresponds to “commodity c”. Further, the additional code “01” at the sales floor code “1” corresponds to “product d”, and the additional code “02” at the sales floor code “1” corresponds to “product e”.

When a character "#" and a 4-digit number string are input in the extension mode from each telephone, the information code table (FIG. 11), the sales floor code table (FIG. 12) and the additional code table (FIG. 13) ), A message to be superimposed is generated on each monitor on which the content is being broadcast. The details of the processing will be described later.

On the other hand, similarly to the above-described example, a program schedule and contents of each program in the program schedule are created in the broadcasting center 100, and the program schedule and each content are transmitted from the satellite communication center 200 to the satellite CS.
Via the respective broadcast receiving systems 300 (1), 300
Delivered to (2). Then, each broadcast receiving system 30
At 0 (1) and 300 (2), the received program schedule and each content are stored in the auxiliary storage unit 324 of the control device 320.

The program schedule is, for example, as shown in FIG.
It is configured as shown in FIG. As in the above-described example, contents 1, contents 2,... Are allocated to each time slot as a regular program. In addition, the modes 1001, 1002, 110
A schedule specified by 1,... Is defined. In each of these modes, for example, a time zone during which a bargain sale of a product is planned at one of the sales floors or a time slot where a bargain sale of the product is possible is designated by the information code “1” described above. The content of the image (such as the image of the bargain item) suitable for the message using the ruina model, " ** is a bargain item at the * store floor today," is allocated.

Note that the numbers (100
1, 1002, 1101, etc.) correspond to the four-digit number to be input to the telephone when specifying a message as described above. Therefore, the content 25 to be broadcast according to the schedule of mode 1001 relates to the advertisement of the product a (additional code “01”) sold at the sales floor A (store code “0”), and is broadcast according to the schedule of mode 1002. Content 30 to be done
Is a product b sold at the sales floor A (sales floor code "0")
The content 40 related to the advertisement of (additional code “02”) and the content 40 to be broadcast in accordance with the schedule of the mode 1101 is a product d (additional code “01”) sold at the B sales floor (sales floor code “1”). ).

The control device 320 of each of the broadcast receiving systems 300 (1) and 300 (2) that has received the program schedule as described above performs processing according to, for example, the procedures shown in FIGS.

First, in a state where some content is being broadcast on a monitor installed at each sales floor by a process described later, a 4-digit number together with the character "#" is transmitted from the telephone 251 (i) installed at the sales floor. Entered in extension mode. Then, the information (# and 4-digit number string) is stored in the PBX350
And is stored in a queue (a predetermined area of the memory unit 322) as superimpose request information. The four-digit number entered in extension mode is CTI (Computer Telephony I
The PB tone conversion function is used to convert the data into digital data corresponding to each tone and process it as superimpose request information.

In such a state, similar to the above-described example,
When the content switching time comes (YE in S11)
S), a content corresponding to the time is searched from the program schedule (S12). As a result, if the content exists (YES in S13), it is further determined whether or not superimposition request information is stored in the queue (S41). Here, if the request information of the superimpose as described above is stored in the queue, the code constituting the request information is analyzed (S42). Specifically, from the request information, the first digit from the four-digit number string is recognized as the information code, the second digit is the sales floor code, and the third and fourth digit strings are recognized as additional codes. .

After this code analysis, the model of the message to be superimposed specified by the information code is determined with reference to the information code table (see FIG. 11) (S43). Next, the sales floor name specified by the sales floor code is determined from the sales floor code table (see FIG. 12), and the sales floor name is embedded in the ( * ) portion of the template of the determined message (S44).

Then, it is determined what the information code is (S45), and information is embedded in the ( ** ) portion of the template of the determined message according to the determination result. For example, when the information code is "0", the number of the additional code is embedded in the ( ** ) portion of the template (S46). The information code is "1"
In the case of, the product name specified by the additional code in the sales floor code is determined with reference to the additional code table (see FIG. 13), and the product name is ( ** ) in the template of the determined message. Embedded in (S4
7).

As described above, the message to be superimposed is determined by embedding the sales floor name, the number of the additional code, the product name, and the like in the template specified by the information code. Then, the determined message is temporarily stored in the memory unit 322.

As a result of the above processing, for example, FIG.
When a character # and a numeric string (0030) as shown in (a) are input from the telephone in the extension mode, the sales floor name A (see FIG. 11) is assigned to the model designated by the information code "0" (see FIG. 11). Sales floor code "0") and number 30 (additional code "3")
0 ”) is embedded and the message“ A section wait time is 30 minutes ”is created.
22.

When a character # and a numeral string (1101) as shown in FIG. 10B are input from the telephone in the extension mode, a model designated by the information code "1" (see FIG. 11). )), The store name B (store code "1") and the product d
(Additional code “01” at sales floor code “1”) is embedded, and a message “ Product d is a bargain item at today's sales floor B ” is created and stored in the memory unit 322. .

As described above, when a message to be superimposed is stored in the memory unit 322 in the video of the content broadcast on the monitor in response to the request from the sales floor, the processing shifts to the processing shown in FIG.

In FIG. 16, it is determined whether or not the program schedule has a mode designated by the same code as the code composed of the four-digit number string input from the telephone as described above (S50). ).

Here, for example, "* The waiting time at the counter is *
*is. Is input from a telephone set, the information code "0" designating the message "" is determined that the mode specified by such a code does not exist in the program schedule (see FIG. 14). You. On the other hand, the information code "1" which specifies the message "** is a bargain item at today's * counter"
Numeric string (code) starting with, for example, 1001, 10
When a code such as 02, 1101, etc. is input, it is determined that the mode specified by the code exists.

When it is determined that the mode specified by the same code as the code composed of the four-digit number string input from the telephone is in the program schedule (YE in S50).
S), it is determined whether there is any content to be broadcast in the time zone starting from the switching time in the schedule of the mode (S51). If there is content to be broadcast during that time zone, the content in that mode is read from the auxiliary storage unit 324 (S53).

Note that if the mode specified by the code corresponding to the code input from the telephone is not in the program schedule (NO in S50), or if there is such a mode, the time zone If no content has been assigned to (No in S51),
The content of the normal program is read from the auxiliary storage unit 324 (S52).

The content read as described above and the message stored in the memory unit 322 as described above are transmitted from the control device 320 to the video processing device 33.
0 (S54). The image processing device 330 may display image information obtained by superimposing a message on the image of the provided content on each of the monitors 340 (1) and 340.
(2),... 340 (n). As a result, a message is superimposed on the video of the content and displayed on each monitor.

As a result of the above processing, for example, FIG.
When a code (# 1101) as shown in (b) is input from the telephone in the extension mode, in each time zone of the mode designated by the code 1101, the content 40 is replaced with the content of the normal program. The video is broadcast on each monitor, and the message "Product d is cheap for sale in the B section of today." Is superimposed. The content 40 relates to the advertisement of the product d.

When a code (# 0030) as shown in FIG. 10 (a) is input from the telephone in the extension mode, the mode specified by the code 0030 is not in the program schedule. In the video of the content of the normal program, the message "The wait time in the A section is 30 minutes." Is superimposed.

The control device 320 transmits the message to be superimposed with the content to the video processing device 33.
0 (S54), the same as in the above example,
The broadcast content is recorded in the log file (S5).
5). Then, the above-described processing is repeatedly executed until the final switching time comes (S56).

When the superimpose request (#) is not stored in the queue (NO in S41 in FIG. 15), the contents of the normal program are read out (S52 in FIG. 16) and The content is broadcast on the monitor as it is (S54).

According to the above-described example, each monitor is normally provided with a numeric string input in an extension mode from a telephone set at a sales floor or the like without providing an input device for designating a message. To specify the message to be superimposed.

Further, when a message is superimposed based on an irregular request, content suitable for the content of the message can be broadcasted instead of the content of the normal program. Therefore, the effect of the message can be enhanced.

In each of the above examples, the auxiliary storage unit 324 shown in FIG. 2 corresponds to the information storage means, and steps S11, S12, S13, S14, S15, S1 shown in FIG.
6, a series of processes in S21 corresponds to the broadcast control means.
Processing of steps S14, S17, S18 shown in FIG.
5. The processing of S19 and S20 corresponds to the broadcast switching control means. Further, the processing in steps S14 and S15 shown in FIG. 6 corresponds to the condition determining means.

The processes in steps S50 and S51 shown in FIG. 16 correspond to the content specifying means.

Further, steps S41 and S4 shown in FIG.
The processing in 2, S43, S44, S45, S46, and S47 corresponds to the display information generating means, and corresponds to step S shown in FIG.
The processing at 53 corresponds to information display control means.

Further, the processing in step S22 shown in FIG. 6 and the processing in step S55 shown in FIG. 16 correspond to the broadcast result recording means, and the processing in the procedure shown in FIG. 8 corresponds to the charging processing means.

[0115]

As described above, according to the present invention, the content to be broadcast on the monitor is switched from the content according to the program schedule to another content by the broadcast switching control means. Therefore, it is possible to realize an information distribution service system capable of switching contents to be broadcast due to irregular factors. .

According to the present invention described in claims 13 and 14, a broadcasting system applied to such an information distribution service system can be realized.

According to the present invention, a broadcast receiving system applied to the information distribution service system as described above can be realized.

Further, according to the present invention, a billing system applied to the information distribution service system as described above can be realized.

Further, according to the seventeenth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform processing in the broadcast receiving system.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of a satellite broadcasting system.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a broadcast receiving system.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure for creating a content, a program schedule, and the like performed by a broadcast center.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a program schedule.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of condition determination information (weather information).

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure in a control device in the broadcast receiving system.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a log file of broadcast content.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure for collecting billing information in a broadcast center.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing various tables used in a billing process.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of an input code made by an extension telephone.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of an information code table.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a sales floor code table.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of an additional code table.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing another example of the program schedule.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart (part 1) illustrating another example of the processing procedure in the control device in the broadcast receiving system.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart (part 2) illustrating another example of the processing procedure in the control device in the broadcast receiving system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 100 Broadcast Center 200 Satellite Communication Center 300 (1), 300 (2) Broadcast Receiving System 310 Satellite Receiving Device 320 Controller 321 CPU 322 Memory Unit 323 Interface Circuit 324 Auxiliary Storage Unit 325 Interface Circuit 326 Communication Processing Unit 327 CD-ROM Driver Unit 328 CD-ROM 330 Video processing device 340 (1) to 340 (n) Monitor 350 PBX 351 (1) to 351 (m) Telephone

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Claims (18)

[Claims] 1. A program schedule that defines content to be broadcast in each time zone, a broadcast system that broadcasts each content defined by the program schedule, and broadcast reception that receives information broadcast by the broadcast system. An information storage unit for storing the received program schedule and each content; and a content corresponding to the time zone in each time zone according to the program schedule stored in the information storage means. Information having broadcast control means for reading from the information storage means and broadcasting on the monitor, and broadcast switching control means for switching the content to be broadcast on the monitor from the content according to the program schedule to another predetermined content. Delivery service system. 2. The information distribution service system according to claim 1, wherein said broadcast switching control means has condition determination means for determining whether a predetermined condition is satisfied, and said condition is satisfied. An information distribution service system for switching the content to be broadcast on the monitor from the content according to the program schedule to another predetermined content when the condition determination means determines 3. The information distribution service system according to claim 2, wherein the broadcasting system determines content as a normal program to be broadcast in each time slot, and replaces the content of the normal program in a predetermined time slot with the predetermined content. A program schedule that defines the content to be broadcast when the defined conditions are met, and the content to be broadcast when the conditions are met are broadcast. When broadcasting the content in the above-mentioned predetermined time zone, The broadcast switching control means, when the condition determining means determines that the predetermined condition is satisfied, refers to a program schedule and displays the content to be broadcast on the monitor as a normal program. From an information distribution service system that switches to content to be broadcast when the predetermined condition is satisfied. Temu. 4. The information distribution service system according to claim 2, wherein the broadcast system has a condition to be referred to when the condition determination means determines whether or not the predetermined condition is satisfied. An information distribution service system configured to distribute the determination information to the broadcast receiving system by broadcasting. 5. The information distribution service system according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined condition is a weather condition, and the broadcast switching control means determines that the weather condition is satisfied. An information distribution service system for switching the content to be broadcast on the monitor from the content according to the program schedule to another predetermined content when the determination is made. 6. The information distribution service system according to claim 1, wherein said broadcast switching control means has content specifying means for specifying content based on information input from an input unit, and broadcasts on said monitor. An information distribution service system in which content to be switched is switched from content according to the program schedule to content specified by the content specifying means. 7. The information distribution service system according to claim 6, wherein the broadcasting system determines a content as a normal program to be broadcast in each time zone, and replaces the content of the normal program in a predetermined time zone. A program schedule that defines the content to be broadcast when the information is specified, and the content to be broadcast when the predetermined information is specified, are broadcast when the content is broadcast during the predetermined time period. Referring to the program schedule, the content identification means includes a correspondence determination means for determining whether or not information input from the input unit corresponds to predetermined information defined in the program schedule; When the correspondence determining means determines that the input information corresponds to predetermined information defined in the program schedule, Referring to the set schedule, information distribution service system adapted to identify the content to be broadcast when the predetermined information is specified. 8. The information distribution service system according to claim 6, wherein the broadcast receiving system generates information to be displayed on a monitor based on information input from the input unit; An information distribution service system comprising: an information display control unit configured to display information generated by the display information generation unit in a manner superimposed on content broadcast on a monitor. 9. The information distribution service system according to claim 6, wherein a telephone provided in a facility where said broadcast receiving system is installed is used as said input unit, and said content specifying means is provided from a telephone. An information distribution service system for specifying a content based on information input in an extension mode. 10. The information distribution service system according to claim 8, wherein a telephone provided at a facility where said broadcast receiving system is installed is used as said input unit, and said display information generating means operates in an extension mode from said telephone. An information distribution service system that generates information to be displayed on a monitor based on input information. 11. The information distribution service system according to claim 1, wherein said broadcast receiving system has broadcast result recording means for recording the broadcast result of each content, and records said broadcast result record means. An information distribution service system having a billing processing means for performing a billing process relating to the broadcasting of each content based on the performed broadcasting results of each content. 12. The information distribution service system according to claim 11, wherein said accounting processing means is provided in another system connected to said broadcast receiving system by a predetermined network, and said other system is a broadcast system. The broadcast result of each content recorded by the broadcast result recording means in the receiving system is collected from the broadcast receiving system via the predetermined line network, and the billing processing means collects the content of each content collected from the broadcast receiving system. An information distribution service system configured to perform a charging process related to the broadcasting of each content based on a broadcast record. 13. A broadcast system for broadcasting information to a broadcast receiving system in which received information is broadcast on a monitor, wherein a content as a normal program to be broadcast in each time zone is determined and a predetermined time zone is defined. A program schedule that defines content to be broadcast when predetermined conditions are satisfied in place of content of a normal program, content as a normal program, and content to be broadcast when the above conditions are satisfied A broadcasting system for broadcasting. 14. A broadcast system for broadcasting information to a broadcast receiving system in which received information is broadcast on a monitor, wherein a content as a normal program to be broadcast in each time zone is determined and a predetermined time zone is defined. A program schedule that defines the content to be broadcast when predetermined information is specified in place of the content of the normal program, and the content as the normal program and the content to be broadcast when the predetermined information is specified Broadcasting system for broadcasting. 15. A broadcast receiving system for receiving a program schedule that defines contents to be broadcast in each time zone broadcast from a broadcast system and each content defined by the program schedule. Information storage means for storing information corresponding to the time zone in accordance with the program schedule stored in the information storage means from the information storage means, and broadcasting the content on the monitor; A broadcast switching control means for switching the content to be broadcast from the content according to the program schedule to another predetermined content. 16. A program schedule which defines contents to be broadcast in each time zone, a broadcast system for broadcasting each content defined by the program schedule, and a program schedule and each content received from the broadcast system are received. And a broadcast receiving system capable of displaying content on a monitor according to the program schedule and switching content to be broadcast on the monitor from content according to the program schedule to another predetermined content. In a billing system applied to an information distribution service system having: a broadcasting result collecting means for collecting broadcast results of each content recorded in the broadcast receiving system; and a broadcast receiving system collected by the broadcasting result collecting means. Based on the broadcast results of each content Charging system having a charging processing means for performing accounting processing in accordance with the showing of Ntsu. 17. A computer executes processing in a broadcast receiving system for receiving a program schedule defining contents to be broadcast in each time zone broadcast from the broadcasting system and each content defined in the program schedule. An information storage control procedure for storing the received program schedule and each content in the information storage means in a storage medium storing a program for causing the program to be stored in the storage medium; A broadcast control procedure for reading the corresponding content from the information storage means and broadcasting the content on the monitor; and a broadcast switching control procedure for switching the content to be broadcast on the monitor from the content according to the program schedule to another predetermined content. And a storage medium storing a program having the following. 18. A program schedule that defines contents to be broadcast in each time zone broadcast from a broadcasting system and, when receiving each content defined by the program schedule, stores the received program schedule and each content in information. In accordance with the program schedule stored in the information storage means, the content corresponding to the time zone is read out from the information storage means and broadcasted on the monitor in accordance with the program schedule stored in the information storage means, and the content to be broadcasted on the monitor is A broadcast receiving method for switching from content according to the program schedule to another predetermined content.