JP2001273558A - Method and device for outputting attendant information in commodity sale, recording medium, and software - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To gather information such as explanations belonging to commodities and to edit them into a single piece of information when a user collects commodities at the user's choice and to gather information such as explanations belonging to a commodity and to edit them in accordance with the layout which is desired by the user or is determined at random when a single commodity is selected. SOLUTION: Pieces of attendant information corresponding to a plurality of commodities on sale respectively and page layout information are acquired, and a plurality of pieces of attendant information are laid out on a page on the basis of this page layout information, and this laid-out page is outputted by an output device. Attendant information corresponding to one commodity on sale is acquired, and the user is made to select desired page layout information from a plurality of pieces of page layout information, or a piece is automatically acquired from a plurality of pieces of page layout information at random or in a prescribed order and pieces of attendant information are laid out in a page on the basis of this page layout information, and the laid-out page is outputted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a method of selling a product to a user through a vending machine or an online shop. When a user selects one product, information attached to the sold product is determined based on page layout information. Pages and output them as prints or computer-readable files, or, if the user selects multiple products, output the prints and computer-readable files in a form that combines information pertaining to each product for sale. The present invention relates to a method, an apparatus, a recording medium, and software for outputting incidental information in product sales, which are characterized by the following.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the rapid spread of the Internet, online shopping is prospering. Although the products handled vary widely, books, songs, videos, computer games, and the like can be delivered to users online.

[0003] Advances in compression technology have made this distribution possible, especially for products with large file sizes, such as songs and videos. In addition, due to the high density of the recording medium, it is possible to receive these files directly on a portable terminal or even record a long program on a television. Similarly, it has become possible to sell music from vending machines installed in stores directly to portable terminals. Mobile phones and PHS (Personal Handy Phone System) are coming into view.

[0004]

On the other hand, we have already experienced the history of the transition of recording media from records to CDs (compact discs), but there was one problem here. That is, records, especially LP records, are large in diameter and record jackets are large squares, and this jacket contains a singer / performer and a commentary on the music (a so-called lyric card). That was another big motivation for buying records. However, as soon as this CD was transferred, it virtually disappeared. Since the diameter of the CD is extremely small, the size of the case is also small, and the manual is small in accordance with the size of the case. The commentary on the record jacket and attached to it, which included a number of photographs, autobiographies, autographs, etc., and made it feel like a kind of fashion, was driven away by nostalgia.

[0005] However, the inventor of the present invention thought that he would like to revive his commentary book in view of the fact that even online books can be sold via the Internet. Certainly, it is convenient to be able to record music and the like on an MD smaller than a CD or a portable semiconductor memory. Furthermore, since the data is recorded in the memory incorporated in the portable terminal, it is not necessary to directly touch the recording medium. Alternatively, there may be a purchase form in which the right to be distributed by streaming is purchased instead of recording. However, it is sad to say that there is no label and no manual.
So I thought that I wanted to revive the commentary.
This may be a paper medium or not.

However, the problem here is that, for example, in the case of a song, in addition to selling a plurality of songs as an album as in the past LP records, one song may be sold individually. Is coming. In the past, it was not possible to purchase only one arbitrary song in an LP record, but it is impossible to purchase only one song or a user who collects songs according to his / her preference and purchases all at once. Can be done.

[0007] When purchasing only one song, there is a dissatisfaction that the lyrics card provided is not the same as everyone. There is also a demand for selecting a favorite layout by himself. Also, when purchasing a plurality of songs, it is possible to arrange the order of the songs to be collected in a personal manner.
When you buy a song you like, you may find that the artists are all different. Every user has a different situation. Or you can feel like you're the publisher. What should you do if you want to provide a commentary that should be called "My Jacket" in response to such individual cases? Here is the point of view of the inventor.

Accordingly, the present invention aims to solve the above-mentioned problem and to utilize this means not only for selling music, but also for selling computer software such as videos, books, network loadable objects, and other products. Make it an issue.

[0009]

Means and actions for solving the problems are as described above. In the means 1 and 6, the additional information corresponding to each product for sale is obtained, the page allocation information is obtained, and the above-mentioned page allocation information is used. A plurality of pieces of additional information are assigned to one page, and the assigned page is output. One sale item can be associated with one or more pieces of supplementary information. Accordingly, the additional information corresponding to each sales product is allocated to one based on the page allocation information, and can be provided to the user as one commentary. The content of this manual differs depending on the combination of products to be purchased. In other words, some users have edited their own "My Label"
You can get unprecedented pleasure of owning a. Also, by using the page layout information, the layout can be made beautiful and easy to see. Since the supplementary information may be obtained passively or actively, information on the plurality of sales products is first received in obtaining the additional information. On the basis of the additional information corresponding to each product for sale, page allocation information is obtained, the plurality of additional information is allocated to one page based on the page allocation information, and the allocated page is output. You can do so.

In the means 5, for example, the above-mentioned commentary on the music, jacket design, commentary on the video, book review of the book, supplementary information described in the band, and commentary on the computer game are formatted and output to the user. It can be a business model to be provided. The general output of a page is a printed matter, but it can also be output as a computer-readable file.

[0011] In the recording medium storing the program for outputting the supplementary information on the sale product of the means 10 and the supplementary information output software on sale of the product of the means 18, the supplementary information corresponding to each sale product is stored in the storage medium. At the same time, page allocation information is obtained, the plurality of pieces of additional information are allocated to pages based on the page allocation information, and the allocated pages are output. Therefore, according to the recording medium or the software, it is possible to collectively output the supplementary information on the products combined by the user and provide the information to the user. As described above, first, information on a plurality of sales products is received, and based on the information on the sales products, accompanying information corresponding to each sales product can be obtained, and page allocation information can be obtained. .

Further, in the means 2 and 7, the selected page allocation information is obtained from the plurality of page allocation information using the input device, and the additional information is converted into a page based on the selected page allocation information. It is assigned. Therefore, a page having a different appearance can be output depending on which of the page allocation information is selected. It is preferable to leave the selection of the page allocation information to the user.

[0013] In the recording medium storing the program for outputting the incidental information of the sales product of the means 11, the page allocation information selected from the plurality of page allocation information using the input device is obtained. Based on the selected page allocation information, a program for allocating the additional information to a page is recorded. By preparing a large number of page allocation information, it is possible to increase the number of options for the user.

Further, the means 3 and 8 send out the allocated page to the corresponding output device based on the output format selected by using the input device from the plurality of output formats. For example, if the output format is a document, it is output to a printer, if the output format is an electronic file, it is output to a memory of a portable terminal, or transmitted to a user terminal via the Internet. In the case of the transmission, a port corresponding to a protocol to be used is also included in this. Therefore, it is possible to output from an output device that is convenient for the user.

[0015] In the recording medium storing the program for outputting the incidental information of the sales product of the means 12, the allocation is performed based on the output format selected from the plurality of output formats using the input device. A program for sending the output page to a corresponding output device. For example, in a case where a music vending machine and a user's mobile terminal are connected by an infrared port and the music is transmitted to the mobile terminal, and if the mobile terminal has a monitor, the user is provided with an input device. By operating this, it is possible to select to transmit the incidental information to the memory of the mobile terminal. Alternatively, the user can select to output a printed matter from a printing machine of a vending machine. Therefore, according to this program, it is possible to select and output an output format that is convenient for the user.

Further, in the means 4 and the means 9, only one doubled portion is removed from a plurality of pieces of incidental information so as to remain. Corresponding supplementary information is prepared for each sale product. For example, in the case of a song by the same singer, the same thing such as a commentary on a profile may be commonly described in some supplementary information. In particular, when the supplementary information is already prepared as an independent page corresponding to each sales product, a situation occurs in which the same information is allocated to the same location on the layout. Since these are duplicated in the output united by the present invention, only one is left, and the remaining duplicated portion is removed. Therefore, it is possible to output an easily viewable and beautiful layout without duplication due to duplicate information.

In the recording medium storing the program for outputting the additional information of the sales product of the means 13, only one overlapping portion is left from the plurality of additional information so as to be removed and allocated to the page. Recorded programs. That is, for example, assuming that the same identifier is assigned to the same photograph (the file name is also a kind of this), if the same photograph is commonly included in several pieces of additional information, the output is performed. In the process, only one process is performed. On the contrary, if there is an icon such as an icon that can be overlapped, such setting may be made. Alternatively, it is also possible to assign different identifiers to the same object and intentionally duplicate them in the output.

The means 14 and 16 provide the merchandise to the user while being recorded on the user's recording medium. Further, additional information corresponding to each sales product is obtained, and page allocation information is obtained. The plurality of additional information is allocated to a page based on the page allocation information, and the allocated page is output. In the case where a writer for recording sales products on a recording medium on the user side is connected via a network, sales products are first sent out to this.
The recording medium on the user side may be brought in by the user, or may be newly provided by the vending apparatus to the user. Further, the sales product and the supplementary information may be located at different locations on the network, or may be located at the same location.

In the means 15, the sales merchandise is provided to the user in a state of being recorded on the recording medium of the user, and further, for example, the above-mentioned music description, video description,
A business model can be provided in which a book review of a book or supplementary information described in a band is formatted and output and provided to a user. Although a general output of a page is a printed matter, it can also be output as a computer-readable file.

In the recording medium storing the program for outputting the supplementary information on the sold product in the means 17 and the supplementary information output software in the product sales in the means 19, the user can select a plurality of products by These sales products are provided to the user while being recorded on the recording medium of the user. Further, based on the page allocation information, it is possible to provide the user with additional information related to a plurality of purchased products allocated to one.

So far, the invention of allocating a plurality of supplementary information to one page has been described with respect to the purchase of a plurality of items for sale. An invention in which a single supplementary information is laid out and provided will be described.

The above object is achieved by the means 20 and 25,
The user is allowed to select desired page layout information from a plurality of page layout information, acquire additional information corresponding to the sale product, acquire the page allocation information, and page the additional information based on the page allocation information. Assigned to
This is achieved by outputting the allocated page. Several different layouts (page layout information) may be prepared in advance, and presented to the user for selection. The layout may be added or replaced as needed.
The user may be allowed to select items to be displayed during the layout. Even when a plurality of products are selected, one page is separately provided for each product. These may all have the same layout, or may have different layouts selected, and may be designed so that any one of the above can be selected by the user.

The means 21 and means 26 acquire the additional information corresponding to the product for sale, acquire one of the plurality of page allocation information at random or in a predetermined order, and based on the page allocation information. The additional information is assigned to a page, and the assigned page is output. Therefore, even if there is a person who has purchased the same product before and after oneself, the page output information is obtained at random or in a predetermined order, and thus the output page is made between yourself and the people before and after yourself. Can be considered to be almost all different.

In the means 23 and 24, for example, one product purchased with respect to a song description, a jacket design, a video description, a book review or supplementary information described in a band, a computer game description, etc. Can be output as a business model to be provided to the user. The general output of a page is a printed matter, but it can also be output as a computer-readable file. As for the type of product purchase,
Purchasing a recording medium on which a product is recorded, purchasing the product by recording the product on the recording medium, and having the user play a performance, such as music, or distribute karaoke. , Etc.), but the accompanying information is formatted and output for these,
It is a business model provided to users.

Further, the means 22 and 27 send the allocated page to the corresponding output device based on the output format selected by the user from a plurality of output formats. The output format and output device are as described above.

In the recording medium storing the program for outputting the additional information on the merchandise of the means 28 and the additional information output software on the merchandise sales of the means 39, the user can select from a plurality of page allocation information. The user is allowed to select favorite page allocation information, acquire additional information corresponding to a product for sale, acquire the page allocation information, allocate the additional information to a page based on the page allocation information, and output the allocated page. . Therefore, even for the purchase of only one product, the additional information of the product alone can be laid out and provided based on the user's favorite page layout information.

In the means 29 and means 40, the additional information corresponding to the sales product is obtained, and one of a plurality of page allocation information is obtained at random or in a predetermined order, and based on this page allocation information. The additional information is assigned to a page, and the assigned page is output. Therefore, even for the same product, there are many opportunities to obtain additional information having a layout different from that of a person.

Further, the means 30 sends the allocated page to the corresponding output device based on the output format selected by the user from among a plurality of output formats. The output format and the output device are as described above in detail.

In the means 31 and the means 35, the sales merchandise is
It is provided to the user in a state recorded on the user's recording medium. Further, the user is allowed to select desired page allocation information from a plurality of page allocation information, acquire the additional information corresponding to the product for sale, acquire the page allocation information, and page the additional information based on the page allocation information. And output the assigned page. Conventionally, only the supplementary information (printed matter) with fixed layout and contents prepared by the sales side could be obtained, but in the present invention, the user is required to select from at least some layouts. I can do it. Therefore, the output page may have different layouts for different persons within the range of the layout type.

In the means 32 and means 36, the merchandise to be sold is
It is provided to the user in a state recorded on the user's recording medium. In addition, additional information corresponding to the sale product is obtained, and one of a plurality of page allocation information is obtained at random or in a predetermined order, and the additional information is allocated to the page based on the page allocation information. Page that is output. In this case, means 31
Unlike the means 35 and the means 35, the user has no freedom in selecting a layout, but the layout is automatically selected at random or in a predetermined order. Therefore, also in this case, the output page differs for each person within the range of the layout type. Since the page corresponding to the same sales product is different for each person, it is possible to play, for example, exchanging the page with another person.

In the means 33, the sales product is provided to the user in a state of being recorded on the recording medium of the user, and further, for example, the above-mentioned music description, video description,
The book review and the accompanying information described in the obi (all of which correspond one-to-one with the sale product) are generated by allocating based on the page allocation information selected by the user.

In the means 34, the sales product is provided to the user in a state of being recorded on the recording medium of the user, and additional information corresponding to the sales product is obtained, and at the same time, randomly or among a plurality of page allocation information. 1 in the given order
The additional information is acquired, the additional information is allocated to the page based on the page allocation information, and the allocated page is output. Although a general output of a page is a printed matter, it can also be output as a computer-readable file.

In the recording medium storing the program for outputting the supplementary information on the sales product of the means 37 and the additional information output software on the sale of the goods of the means 41, the sales product is stored in the recording medium on the user side. Provided to the user in the recorded state, further allows the user to select the desired page allocation information from a plurality of page allocation information, obtains the additional information corresponding to the sale product and obtains the page allocation information, The additional information can be allocated to a page based on the page allocation information, and the page can be output and provided to the user.

In the recording medium storing the program for outputting the supplementary information of the sales product of the means 38 and the additional information output software in the sale of the goods of the means 42, the sales product is stored in the recording medium on the user side. Provided to the user in a recorded state, and further obtain additional information corresponding to the sale product, and obtain one randomly or in a predetermined order from a plurality of page allocation information, based on this page allocation information The additional information can be allocated to a page, and this page can be output and provided to the user.

(Description of Acquisition Source of Additional Information) The acquisition source of the additional information may be a storage device installed locally or a storage device connected via a network. Therefore, a storage device that stores additional information corresponding to each product and page allocation information for allocating such information to pages is locally installed, and additional information corresponding to each product is read from the storage device. An additional information output device for merchandise sales, which reads out page allocation information from the storage device, and the control device allocates the additional information to pages based on the page allocation information, and outputs the allocated page from an output device. It can be.

Therefore, the storage device further stores a plurality of page allocation information, and has an input device for selecting desired page allocation information from among the plurality of page allocation information, and the control device is selected by the input device. The additional information may be allocated to the page based on the page allocation information. At least one page layout information is required, but it is preferable that the user can freely select from a plurality of page layout information. In addition, below the means 20,
Multiple page allocation information is required.

The output device may be a print engine only, and the sales device may assign the additional information and develop the assigned print data to send the bit image to the output device. Therefore, even when the vending device and the output device are separate units, or are placed at different places from each other as in the case of the relationship between the vending server and the output device (see FIG. 26), the vending device and the output device can be used. The sales server assigns the additional information and expands the assigned print data, so that the print data can be sent to the output device, and further, the bit image can be sent. It is also possible to pass a URL pointing to a sales device or a sales server to an output device, from which the output device itself downloads and prints the print data.

(Explanation of Information on Sales Items) In the present invention, as described above, information on sales items is first received, and based on the information on sales items, additional information corresponding to the sales items is acquired, and page information is acquired. Assignment information can be obtained. In this case, the information of the sale product includes a product name, an additional information name corresponding to the sale product, a combination of the additional information name corresponding to the sale product and a page allocation information name, and a location where the additional information corresponding to the sale product exists. URL (Unifo
rm Resource Locator). On the other hand, the supplementary information itself can be received. Any of the above cases may be used as long as additional information and page allocation information can be acquired when allocating pages.

(Page Allocation Information and Explanation of Pages) The page allocation information may be in a template file format used by the shaping program and into which the additional information can be poured, but may be in a reference file format in which the additional information shaping information is written. The program may be a program, a program incorporated in the shaping program, or the shaping program itself. Further, for example, in a case where a plurality of pieces of additional information are allocated to one sheet of paper and printed, it may not be possible to allocate the additional information properly depending on the number of additional information and a blank block may occur. Should be set in advance to what kind of processing is to be performed. For example, a photo may be inserted into this block, an advertisement may be inserted, or a memo field may be configured. As described above, in the case where there is a part in the supplementary information, the control device is configured to leave only one part that is doubled, and the control device determines one part that is doubled from the plurality of pieces of the additional information. The information output device can be used as a supplementary information output device for selling products, in which only information is left and removed and assigned to pages. In addition, when the information of the sale product is received, even if the sale product is singular rather than plural, it goes without saying that a single additional information corresponding to the sale may be output. However, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a laid-out page even for one sales product.

The acquisition source of the page layout information does not need to coincide with the acquisition source of the supplementary information, but may coincide. The same applies to the acquisition timing. The term “acquiring” includes reading from a locally installed storage device, but also includes the operation of a program embedded in the shaping program.

A page is a collection of a plurality of pieces of supplementary information. The printed page may be a single-piece roll using roll paper or a single-sheet folded four times. Although it is a single connection, it may be divided into multiple sheets because it is a single vote, it may be bound, or it may be printed on the front and back of these, in short, it must be one sheet This means that only one copy is required. If the file is computer readable, it may be in a scroll format described in HTML, a hypertext format in which a plurality of pages are linked to each other, or a PDF (Portable Docume).
nt format) or ExpandBook format (both are trademarks), and various so-called DTP (Desktop Pub)
lishing) output format. It is also possible to construct and output a page as a moving image such as a video clip instead of a stationary document. In the case where the paper is provided by folding the paper surface, a folding device used in a printing machine may be attached to the output device. The printed matter also includes a refill for a system organizer and a sticker having an adhesive layer and a release paper on the back surface. It is also possible to provide the sticker in a shape like a record label or a CD label. The material is not limited to paper but may be a film or the like.

Also, the page is transmitted as an e-mail to a predetermined address of the server, and upon receipt of the page, the server receives the HTML.
It is also possible to convert the data into a document format such as PDF or PDF, store it in the user's dedicated area, or send it to the user's computer. For example, a plurality of pieces of supplementary information are compiled into one text page and transmitted as an e-mail to a predetermined address. The server which has received the e-mail generates a shaping process, shapes the contents of the e-mail, attaches and outputs an HTML tag, and records it in the user area of the storage device. The file in the user area is accessed by the WWW server by the user, and the user is authenticated so that only the user who has purchased the supplementary information, that is, the product corresponding to the supplementary information, can access the file.

An input device may be provided for allowing the user to select whether to output the page as a printed matter or as a computer-readable file. Therefore,
Comprising a plurality of output devices each corresponding to a plurality of output formats,
An input device for selecting a desired output format is provided, and the control device sends the allocated page to the corresponding output device based on the output format selected by the input device, and outputs additional information in product sales. It can be a device.

It is optional to provide this page to the user when and how. For example, when the user actually purchases the product selected by the user,
Receiving the information on the sale product, the supplementary information may be formatted and output, or may be set so as to be output when selected, although not purchased. Providing this page prior to purchase to encourage users to purchase a product makes sense for the business. The output may be provided for a fee or for free. It is also possible to charge for free if the product is actually purchased, and to pay for not purchasing it. Alternatively, the page may be set as a WWW page and placed in a mobile phone base station to collect an access fee.

Also, for example, the sold product is a song, and the song is recorded in a portable semiconductor memory owned by the user inserted into the output device of the vending machine. Assume the case of output. After a user selects and purchases five songs and issues a "My Jacket" with five lyrics cards assigned, the user wants to add another song to the portable semiconductor memory. . In such a case, the user can store the purchased songs or read the previously sold songs from the portable semiconductor memory, and the lyrics cards for the six songs including the added one can be allocated. It is also possible to make it possible to reissue "My Jacket". If the user has already received the output but wants to obtain a re-selected or re-edited version, it can be permitted. Also, it is possible to obtain lyrics cards for three songs from which unnecessary songs have been deleted. Also, a page in which commentary of different genres is mixed, such as a song, a video, and a book, may be output.

What has been described so far mainly relates to the case where a plurality of pieces of supplementary information are combined into one. However, even when providing a page laid out for one sales product, Many of them can be applied as appropriate.

(Explanation of Sale Product) As a sales form in the case where a sale device for a product is provided, selling a recording medium on which the product is recorded or selling the product by recording the product on the recording medium may be used. Can be done. In the latter case, it is recorded on a recording medium at the point of sale. In some cases, the recording medium on the user side is a cache memory using a RAM or a hard disk. This corresponds to the case of video-on-demand, karaoke distribution, Internet streaming broadcast, and the like, where a product can only be temporarily consumed and cannot be stored on a recording medium. However, even in such a consumption mode, as long as consumption occurs, a desire for supplementary information is generated.

(Description of Recording Medium) The recording medium on which the program is recorded is a concept including a CD-ROM, a hard disk, a flexible disk, a ROM, a RAM, a memory card, a paper tape, a punch card, and the like. In addition to a recording medium on which a program is recorded in a state that can be directly executed by a computer, for example, a recording medium on which a program that can be executed by being installed from a CD-ROM to another recording medium such as a hard disk, It also includes a recording medium on which an encoded, encrypted, or compressed program is recorded. The reason for including the RAM is that the program received via the network may be loaded on the RAM.

[0049]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.

(First Embodiment) As shown in FIG. 2, this embodiment relates to a lyrics card printing apparatus 2 installed along with a music vending machine 9, and FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration of a device 2. The lyric card printing device 2 is connected to the vending machine 9 via a connection cable 22. The vending machine 9 flows the identification code of the music purchased by the user onto the connection cable 22, and the other end of the connection cable 22 It is wired to the connection device 10 of the lyrics card printing device 2. The supplementary information is stored in the storage device 12, and the control device 1 reads out the supplementary information corresponding to the identification code of the music received by the connection device 10 from the storage device 12 based on the identification code of the music received, and shapes it according to the page allocation information. Then, the printing device 11 prints out the lyrics card. The control device 1 controls the connection device 10, the printing device 11, and the storage device 12.

The music purchase from the vending machine 9 is shown in FIG.
This is performed by writing to a recording disk inserted in the disk slot 91 as shown in FIG. When a card is inserted into the credit card insertion slot 90, a desired song is selected one by one with the song selection button 62, and the operation button is pressed again by pressing the cancel button 93 and finally the purchase button 94 is pressed. The music is written on the recording disk inserted into the disk slot 91. If there is a song to be added, the add button 95 is pressed and the above operation is repeated. When the purchase is completed, the recording disk is returned from the disk slot 91 and the card is returned from the credit card insertion slot 90. When cash is used instead of a credit card, the input port 96 may be used. When only one song is purchased instead of a plurality of songs, the lyrics card printing apparatus 2 may treat this as an exception and print out a lyrics card to which only the supplementary information of the song is assigned. (In this case, the user may be allowed to lay out the layout, select an arbitrary one from a plurality of layouts, or automatically select an arbitrary one from a plurality of layouts. Will be described from the seventh embodiment onward.)

The lyric card printing device 2 does not have a display or the like, but may be provided with a display device for notifying the user of the progress of the processing.

In this embodiment, a case in which a lyrics card is printed in response to the sale of music will be described. However, a case in which a commentary book corresponding to the sale of a video or a book is printed, or not printed but sent to a WWW server The same applies to the case of uploading a file or writing to a memory.

Next, FIG. 3 shows a hardware configuration when the control device 1 of FIG. 1 is realized by using the CPU 6. Note that the control device 1 may be configured by hardware logic without using the CPU 6. In FIG. 3, a CPU 60 has a memory 60, a LAN card 10 as a connection device, a printer 11 as a printing device, a hard disk 12 as a storage device, a display 14 as a display device, a keyboard 15 as an input device, and a CD-ROM. The drive 61 is connected. The hard disk 12 stores an operating system (OS) 7, a processing program 70, a printing program 71, a text 3, and a photograph 35. The processing program 70, the printing program 71, the text 3 and the photograph 35 are installed from the CD-ROM 62 via the CD-ROM drive 61.

The text 3 and the photograph 35 are supplementary information.
The format of the text 3 is as shown in FIG. 5, in which a song title 31, an artist name 32, song data 33, and a song description 34 are separated by one blank line 30 and stored as one file. The page allocation information is provided in the processing program 70 together with the style sheet 4. The page layout information here is information for determining which of the four types of style sheets to use based on the number of identification codes sent from the vending machine 9. The maximum number of lyrics cards that can be printed using
The setting of 5 or more is set to sequentially print on the second and subsequent print sheets. SS1 of style sheet 4 uses the left column of the front two columns, SS2 the left column and the right column, SS3 uses the left column of the two columns of the back surface in addition to the front panel, and SS4 uses all columns of the front and back. Is specified for each. The style sheet 4 describes a print font, a font size, a font color, a header size of the song title 31 and the artist name 32, and a designation of an arrangement location of each of the photograph 35, the song data 33, and the song description 34.

The text 3 and the photograph 35 in the hard disk 12 are set so as to correspond to the identification code in a pair. The identification code corresponds to the product (FIG. 4). FIG. 7 shows a processing program 7 for printing a lyrics card.
0 is shown in a flowchart. The processing program 70
The identification code of the music purchased by the user sent from the vending machine is received via the LAN card 10 (step S1), and the number of identification codes is counted (step S1).
2). Here, it is assumed that the products A-1 and C-1 have been purchased, and that the identification codes A100 and C100 have been sent, the number is two. Therefore, the processing program 70 determines to use the style sheet SS2 (step S3). Next, the processing program 70 generates a text A1 and an image a1 corresponding to the identification code A100,
Text C1 and image c1 corresponding to identification code C100
Are read from the storage device 12 (step S4), and the text A1 and the image a1, the text C1 and the image c are referred to with reference to the style sheet SS2 separately read from the storage device 12.
1 is assigned (step S5). At this time, as shown in FIG. 5, there is a blank line 30 in the text 3, and the blank line 30 is used as a mark to read the song title 31, the song title 31,
The artist name 32, the music data 33, and the music commentary 34 are respectively cut out and shaped according to the style sheet SS2. The result is as shown in FIG. 6, where the surface of one print sheet is made up of two columns on the left and right, the additional information on the product A-1 is arranged on the left, and the additional information on the product C-1 is arranged on the right. The lyric card is sent to the printing process (step S6). The specific print processing is performed by the print program 71.
In charge.

Note that it is necessary to make the tunes sold by the vending machine 9 correspond to the supplementary information possessed by the lyric card printing apparatus 2 properly. Therefore, when the music is exchanged with the vending machine 9, the supplementary information may be exchanged with the lyrics card printing apparatus 2. It does not matter whether this operation is performed locally or remotely.

After the user purchases a song at the vending machine 9, the user can press the print button of the lyrics card printing device 2. Then, the processing program 70 is activated, and the printed lyrics card 5 is finally discharged from the discharge port 21. The user collects and purchases one song at a time at the vending machine 9 according to his / her own preference. From the lyrics card printing device 2, “my jacket” or “my” A description is provided, which is a newly assigned printed matter, referred to as a "label" (both are trademarks of the inventor). FIG. 6 shows a lyrics card 5 in which a photograph 35, music data 33, and the like are allocated to the left and right sides.

(Second Embodiment) As shown in FIG. 8, this embodiment relates to an apparatus which connects to a network to purchase a music piece and to print out the associated information. The overall configuration is shown. The transmission / reception device 13 is in charge of connection to the network. The storage device 12 stores the downloaded music, and the performance device 16 performs the music. The control device 100 allocates the supplementary information downloaded via the transmission / reception device 13 based on the page layout information downloaded at this time, and prints the resulting lyrics card on the printing device 1.
Output from 1. The input device 15 is for receiving an instruction from the user for these processes, and the display device 14 is for notifying the user of the processing status and the like. Note that the control device 100 includes the transmitting / receiving device 13,
It supervises the printing device 11, the storage device 12, the display device 14, the input device 15, and the performance device 16.

In this embodiment, the case of downloading a song and printing a lyrics card will be described. However, the case of purchasing a video or a book, the rental of a video, and the like, and the printing of a commentary thereof, etc. The same applies to the case of uploading to a WWW server or writing to a memory.

Next, FIG. 9 shows a hardware configuration when the control device 100 of FIG. 8 is realized by using the CPU 6. Note that the control device 100 may be configured by hardware logic without using the CPU 6. In FIG. 9, a CPU 60 includes a memory 60, a terminal adapter 13 as a transmission / reception device, a printer 11 as a printing device, a hard disk 12 as a storage device, a display 14 as a display device, a keyboard 15 as an input device, and a performance device. Speaker 63 as output terminal, CD-ROM drive 6
1 is connected. The hard disk 12 has an operating system (OS) 7 and a processing program 7.
0, a print program 71, a transmission / reception program 72, and a performance program 73. These processing program 70, printing program 71, transmission / reception program 72,
The performance program 73 is installed from the CD-ROM 62 via the CD-ROM drive 61. The hard disk 12 stores the downloaded music.

The processing program 74 is the transmission / reception program 7
2 to connect to a music server (not shown).
This is performed via the Internet using the terminal adapter 13. Although a music purchase screen is not shown, a list of purchased music is transferred to the rearrangement operation screen 8 shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 shows a rearrangement operation screen 8 for performing a rearrangement operation of purchased music pieces. An item display section 80 for entering music pieces and a move button for changing the order of music pieces in the vertical direction are displayed. 81 and a confirm button 82 are displayed. The selected tunes are arranged in the item display section 80. One of the selected tunes is highlighted and moved to a desired position in the up / down direction by the move button 81.

FIG. 11 shows a column selection screen 83 for performing a process of allocating supplementary information of a plurality of purchased songs, and is an example of a column for presenting a previously prepared pattern. 84 and a move button 85 for displaying another pattern that cannot be displayed on this screen
And a confirmation button 86 to be pressed after selecting one of them. When the confirm button 82 is pressed on the rearrangement operation screen 8 of FIG.
Is displayed. Then, a desired pattern is selected and the confirm button 86 is pressed. As a result, the processing program 74 further performs the allocation processing, and the print program 71 prints out the lyrics card.

It is also possible to perform processing so that the print result is as shown in FIG. For example, here, it is assumed that six songs have been purchased, and it is assumed that the supplementary information for the six songs is to be collected into one and that the song title table 300 of the six songs is to be added. Then, if one print sheet is evenly distributed, it will not be possible to achieve a good result with seven tiers, and there is no choice but to make eight tiers. The advertisement 51 prepared in advance is downloaded and allocated to the surplus part generated there. In the drawing, reference numeral 36 denotes an image, 37 denotes an icon, and these are one of supplementary information corresponding to each product. In addition, a lyric card title 38 and a common photograph 39 are assigned to the row to which the song title table 300 is assigned. A function for allowing the user to edit the lyrics card title 38 on the column selection screen 83 may be provided. In addition, the supplementary information of each song is
In the case where it is configured to be able to be acquired as one piece of supplementary information shaped in advance, as in the supplementary information described in the embodiment, this is used as it is and only the arrangement is processed, for example, as shown in FIG. It can be applied to any layout of various patterns.

It is also possible to add the following new processing. That is, according to the flowchart of the supplementary information processing program shown in FIG.
After the assignment processing in step (1), a selection is made as to whether or not to convert this into HTML format and save it. In performing the process of allocating the supplementary information of the purchased music, the user selects the music order (step S
7) When a template is selected (step S8),
The accompanying information, ie, text and image, corresponding to each song title is downloaded (step S9), and the template is downloaded (step S10), and the text and image are allocated (step S11). Next, the user is prompted to select whether or not to output HTML (step S12), and if not, the previously assigned one is sent to print processing (step S15). However, in the case of consent, an HTML conversion process is performed on the one already allocated (step S13), and the lyrics card is
Save to the hard disk in L format (step S14),
After that, the printing process is performed for the printer that has already been allocated (step S15). The lyrics card saved in the predetermined hard disk area in step S14 is WWW
It can be browsed from a browser.

The supplementary information may be downloaded simultaneously with the music. HT for the lyrics card
When converting to ML format, the link to the song that was downloaded and recorded on a recording medium such as a hard disk
It may be described on an L format lyrics card.

(Third Embodiment) As shown in FIG. 15, this embodiment relates to a lyric card printing device 23 installed at a place away from a vending machine such as the vending machine 9 described above. Also, for example, songs purchased in a memory such as a portable player or a card type at a remote vending machine 9 or songs purchased in a form downloaded from a sales server 97 to a mobile phone are installed in the nearest convenience store later. This can be applied to a case where a lyrics card is to be obtained by the lyrics card printing device 23. FIG. 14 shows the overall configuration of the lyrics card printing apparatus 2.

The lyrics card printer 23 is connected to the music sales server 97 via the Internet. At this time, the transmission / reception device 13 is in charge of connection to the network. The input / output device 17 uses the card slot 25 to receive a card type memory. Billing device 18
Is provided with a card insertion slot 29 for a credit card, and charges for printing output by the printing apparatus 11. The display device 14 includes a touch panel 24 as a user interface, and allows the user to select a music piece to be printed or a layout. The storage device 12 temporarily records an image captured by a camera 26 described later. Reference numeral 27 denotes a monitor at the time of shooting.
Reference numeral 28 denotes a photographing button, which performs this photographing process on the photographing device 19.
Is in charge. The control device 101 includes a transmitting / receiving device 13, a printing device 11, a storage device 12, a display device 14, and an input / output device 1.
7, supervising the billing device 18 and the photographing device 19;

FIG. 16 shows an example of purchasing music by downloading it from the sales server 97 to a mobile phone. While watching the display screen 98 of the mobile phone, the user operates the mobile phone to record music data to be purchased in the card type memory 99. Of course, a mobile phone having such a function is used. This mobile phone and sales server 9
In exchange with 7, the sales server 97 stores sales information for this user. This sales information is transmitted when the transmission / reception device 13 connects to the sales server 97.
Therefore, based on this information, additional information and page allocation information are obtained from the sales server 97. When the print button 20 is pressed, the image captured by the camera 26 is stored in the storage device 12.
And performs allocation processing in conjunction with the additional information.
The print output is discharged from the discharge port 21. That is, a photograph of the user's face or the like is captured in the lyrics card. This lyrics card is provided for a fee, and the charging device 18 charges the user. The payment may be made in cash or a lyrics card may be provided free of charge.

A photograph of the user's face is photographed by the camera 26. If the portable telephone is equipped with a camera 900, an image photographed using the camera 900 is stored in the card type memory 99. Or sales server 9
7, the lyrics card printing device 23 may use this image later. In addition, infrared communication or the like can be used for exchanging data between the mobile phone and the lyrics card printing device 23.

In the above description, the sales information is obtained from the sales server 97.
When the music is recorded, the sales information can also be recorded at the same time. In this case, the control device 101
Reads the sales information from the card-type memory 99 using the input / output device 17, and transmits the associated information and the page allocation information corresponding thereto using the transmission / reception device 13 to the sales server 97.
To get from. In this case, the control device 10 of the embodiment in this case is
1 can be configured by hardware logic or realized by using a CPU as in the above-described embodiment. FIG. 17 shows a flowchart of a processing program when the CPU is used.

The sales information of the music already purchased is recorded in the card type memory 99. Then, the processing program reads the sales information from the card type memory 99 (step S16), and when the template is selected by the user (step S17), acquires the accompanying information from the sales server 97 based on the sales information (step S18). The selected template is obtained from the sales server 97 (step S19). Subsequently, when the user selects an output destination (step S20), allocation analysis is performed to generate an output corresponding to each output destination (step S21), and allocation is performed thereafter (step S22), and the selected output is selected. An output corresponding to the above is performed (step S23). The output destination here is a printing device, card type memory, WW
I took up the W server. As described above, various so-called DTs
If it is a P (Desktop Publishing) output format, it can be printed or stored in a card type memory. HTM
If the output format is L, it can be uploaded to the WWW server. In the case of a WWW server, the user may be allowed to access the HTML output after performing user authentication.

It is also possible to record not the sales information but the accompanying information in the card type memory 99 and read out the accompanying information. That is, when the music is recorded in the card type memory 99 of the mobile phone, the supplementary information corresponding to the music can be recorded together. Also, this is not limited to music, but can be similarly realized with books and the like.

(Fourth Embodiment) In this embodiment, the device also serves as a product sales device. As shown in FIG.
02 is a transmitting / receiving device 13, a storage device 12, an input / output device 17
Is used to control product sales to the user-side recording medium. The sales product is electronic data that can be handled by a computer, and is downloaded from the sales server via the transmission / reception device 13 at the time of sale, and is temporarily stored in the storage device 12 in preparation for a writing error on the user-side recording medium. The controller 102 writes the sales product thus downloaded to the recording medium on the user side by the input / output device 17 and charges. After the sale of the product, the printer 11 outputs a page to which the additional information of the product is collectively allocated. Note that the transmission / reception device 13 and the sales server may be connected by a wired line such as a dedicated line.
Alternatively, the connection may be made by wireless such as a mobile phone network. In addition, products having a large sales volume may be cached in the storage device 12.

In this case, the control device 102 according to the embodiment is used.
Can be configured by hardware logic or realized by using a CPU as in the above-described embodiment.
A flowchart of a processing program using a CPU is shown in FIG. The sales processing program selects a music piece by the user (step S24) and, when the music order is selected (step S25), inquires of the user whether there is a desire to add a music piece (step S26). When an addition request is issued, the process returns to step S24 to allow any number of items to be added and to change the order of the songs to increase the number of songs. If there is no additional request, the selected music piece is written on the user's recording medium and charged (step S2).
7) Record the music and sales destination (step S2)
8). The description of the printing program will be omitted to avoid complication.

(Fifth Embodiment) This embodiment is, as shown in FIG. 20, for allowing a user to create and edit page layout information. An edit screen 87 is displayed on the display device 14, and a tool box 88 is displayed on the right side. Using a pointing device such as a mouse, a part can be selected from the tool box 88 and dragged and dropped on the edit screen 87 to adjust the position and size of the part. When the OK button is pressed, the information is stored in the storage device 12 as page allocation information, and is read out later as needed when the additional information is shaped.

The tools in the tool box 88
From the top, horizontal and vertical lines for columns, a header frame H, an image insertion frame P, a text flow frame, a connection bar between these frames, and a text font size setting tool.

(Sixth Embodiment) In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 21, only one common portion is left from a plurality of pieces of auxiliary information individually allocated in advance, and the common portion is set at the upper end. It is characterized in that parts are shaped and reconfigured so as to be sequentially connected.

FIG. 21 shows a case where three pieces of preliminarily allocated additional information are once allocated, and then the additional information is reallocated separately based on the page allocation information to be combined into a single piece of paper. The song title A, song title B, song title C are different parts, photos, pictures, photos are different parts,
Commentary B and Commentary C are also different parts. On the other hand, the common explanation and the common heading have the same contents throughout. Therefore, when these are collectively shaped, in this embodiment, a common finding and a common commentary are arranged under a newly added common photograph to form one common part, followed by a song title A, a photograph, Restructured the description into one,
Following this, the song title B, the photograph, and the commentary B are further reconstructed into the song title C, the photograph, and the commentary C, and finally, the three pieces of supplementary information are combined into one.

For example, a song of the same artist may have a common heading describing the artist name and the like, and a common commentary part such as a profile. However, repeating this many times is a problem. Therefore, as described above, only one part that is doubled out of a plurality of pieces of supplementary information is removed and removed. Since there are three common headings and three common explanations, only one is left for each. This gives you a clean lyrics card.

(Seventh Embodiment) In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 22 and 23, when only one product is purchased, a lyric card printing device 23 which lays out and provides supplementary information of the product alone is provided. It is. This lyrics card printing device 23 is obtained by adding a function of providing a lyrics card in which a user selects a layout to the third embodiment described above when a single item is purchased.

The lyrics card printing device 23 is connected to the music sales server 97 via the Internet. FIG. 22 shows a layout selection screen 89 for performing a process of allocating supplementary information about one purchased song, and illustrates a layout example 800 for presenting a previously prepared pattern. On the touch panel 24, a move button 85 for displaying another pattern which cannot be displayed on this screen and a confirm button 86 which is pressed after selecting one of them is displayed on the touch panel 24. Therefore, a desired layout is selected and the confirm button 86 is pressed.

According to the flowchart of the supplementary information processing program shown in FIG. 23, when the song title is selected by the user (step S29), the supplementary information corresponding to the title of the song, that is, the text and the image are downloaded (step S30). Next, when a layout is selected by the user (step S31), a text and an image are allocated (step S32), and a printing process is performed (step S31).
33).

Each layout is composed of items such as a song title, an artist name, and lyrics. However, not only layout selection but also item selection may be performed.

(Eighth Embodiment) In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 24 and 25, with respect to the purchase of only one product, one layout is randomly selected from a plurality of prepared layouts, and The page is automatically generated by applying the supplementary information corresponding to.
In this embodiment, layout selection by the user is not performed.

When the song title is selected by the user (step S34), additional information corresponding to the song title, that is, text and images are read out (step S35).
Next, a random number is generated (step S36), the last digit of this number is adopted, an allocation process is executed based on the layout corresponding to this number (step S37), and the generated page is transmitted (step S38). ). Therefore, this page is printed on the receiving side. In this case, the type of the layout selected at random is 1
Although it is set to 0, it is possible to change the type of layout that can be handled depending on the post-processing of the generated random number.

Although random numbers are used in this embodiment, for example, it is also possible to design such that ten types of layouts from 0 to 9 are selected in ascending or descending order, and a loop is formed at the extreme end. .

(Ninth Embodiment) The lyric card printing apparatus 200 of this embodiment is connected to a music sales server 97 via the Internet, and also serves as a music sales apparatus. And a function of recording the data in the card type memory 99 as a memory card.

FIG. 25 shows a session between the sales server 97 and the lyrics card printing apparatus 200. In response to a music purchase request from the lyrics card printing device 200 operated by the user, the corresponding music is transmitted from the sales server 97 side.
On the 0 side, this is downloaded and recorded in the card type memory 99. When the layout is selected by the user in order to provide one page of the lyrics card for one purchased song, the sales server 97 generates a page. The page (lyric card) is downloaded by the lyrics card printing apparatus 200, printed, and provided to the user.

In the embodiment relating to the provision of the supplementary information on one purchased song, various designs in the above-described embodiment in which a plurality of supplementary information corresponding to a plurality of songs are combined into one are appropriately adopted. You can do it. For example, instead of allowing the user to select one of the ready-made layouts, a design is made so that the user can create and edit page layout information as in the fifth embodiment shown in FIG. It is possible to Creating such a page-editing program in a network-loadable language and enabling it to be edited on a mobile phone equipped with a virtual machine capable of executing such a program would interest many people. Will attract.

(Regarding Music Distribution) In the present invention, as a route from a sales server that distributes music to a user, a route example diagram as shown in FIG. 26 can be given as an example. Install a music sales device and sell it to the user's mobile terminal or memory from there, or sell it from the sales server using a communication network such as a mobile phone or PHS,
Sell to PCs and Internet TVs via the Internet. In FIG. 26, the dashed line indicates this path. A double line indicates a route for transferring a purchased song to another terminal owned by the same user. Bold lines indicate various printing paths as described above. It is also possible to realize a system in which the designation of the output destination is a printing device of a post office or a home delivery company, and the printed matter as a printing result here is delivered to a desired address. Various other routes are conceivable, but the present invention can be applied to such routes. The same applies to distribution of books and the like other than music distribution.

In FIG. 26, the sales server and the music vending apparatus (vending machine) are connected by a dedicated line. However, wireless (including satellite distribution), the Internet, or the like may be used. The same applies to the lower printing device. If the sales server sells songs to computers,
It is the personal computer that actually records the song on the user's recording medium, but the sales server sends the song to the personal computer, and as a result, the sales server stores the song on the user's recording medium. This is what we provide to our users.

In the figure, an e-mail is transmitted from a mobile phone to a sales server. This is a collection of a plurality of pieces of supplementary information in one text page. Receives the email, generates a formatting process, formats the content of this email, HTML
A tag is added and output and recorded in the user area of the storage device. A WWW server for this purpose is attached to the sales server. Also, if the data is formatted in Compact-HTML, the page is suitable for browsing with this mobile phone. It should be noted that the function of assigning the page of the supplementary information can be provided to the mobile phone or the base station of the mobile phone.

FIG. 27 is a relational diagram showing the correspondence between sales merchandise and shaped supplementary information in an embodiment in which a plurality of supplementary information corresponding to a plurality of music pieces are combined into one, and is recorded on a recording medium. It is characterized in that each of the plurality of sold products and each item in a set of supplementary information that has been formatted and output correspond to each other. In particular, the shaping output differs firstly depending on what product the user has actually selected and how the order of the selected products has been determined, and secondly, whether the information accompanying each product has already been shaped. Regardless of whether or not the information is applied to the layout of the pattern as shown in FIG. 11, for example, thirdly, regardless of whether or not the information accompanying each product has already been shaped, for example, This depends on the way of reconfiguring the layout including font information and the like as shown at 20.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, when the present invention relates to music sales, a hit chart, an artist's action schedule on that day, fan club information, or the like, or a single person's information during layout is displayed. It is possible to configure a page by randomly inserting one of a plurality of photos for an artist. According to this, different "my jackets" are obtained for different people. It is also possible to automatically translate and publish the lyrics of a foreign song, or to automatically generate and publish a score.

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As described above, according to the present invention, additional information corresponding to each of a plurality of sales products is obtained and page allocation information is obtained, and the plurality of additional information is converted into one page based on the page allocation information. And output the assigned page. As a result, when a user gathers products according to his or her preference, information such as commentary accompanying them can be collected, formatted as one, and provided to the user. .

According to the present invention, additional information corresponding to one sale product is acquired, and the user is allowed to select desired page allocation information from a plurality of page allocation information, or a plurality of page allocations are automatically performed. One of the information is obtained at random or in a predetermined order, the additional information is allocated to the page based on the page allocation information, and the allocated page is output. As a result, it is possible to provide a user with a favorite layout or to provide a user with an automatic but different layout.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the lyrics card printing apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a hardware configuration diagram when the device in FIG. 1 is realized by a CPU;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a process from receiving an identification code to printing output.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a text as supplementary information.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a print output.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a supplementary information processing program.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a hardware configuration diagram when the device in FIG. 2 is realized by a CPU;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display screen at the time of a song sorting operation.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display screen when a column is selected.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a print output.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a supplementary information processing program.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram of a third embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a front view of the lyrics card printing apparatus.

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram in the case of using a network.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of a supplementary information processing program.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram of a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart of a product sales program.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a display screen at the time of editing a page in the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram of a print output according to a sixth embodiment.

FIG. 22 is a view showing a display screen at the time of layout selection according to the seventh embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart of a supplementary information processing program.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart of a supplementary information processing program according to the eighth embodiment.

FIG. 25 is a view showing a session according to the ninth embodiment;

FIG. 26 is an exemplary view showing a route indicating a destination of a sold product and an output destination of supplementary information in the music sales according to the present invention.

FIG. 27 is a relational diagram showing a correspondence between a plurality of merchandise sales and a shaped plurality of incidental information.

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 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 control device 10 connection device 11 printing device 12 storage device 13 transmitting and receiving device 14 display device 15 input device 16 playing device 17 input / output device 18 charging device 19 shooting device 100 control device 101 control device 102 control device 2 lyrics card printing device 20 printing Button 21 Discharge port 22 Connection cable 23 Lyric card printing device 24 Touch panel 25 Card slot 26 Camera 27 Monitor 28 Shooting button 29 Card slot 200 Lyric card printing device 3 Text 30 Blank line 31 Song title 32 Artist name 33 Song data 34 Song description 35 Photo 36 Image 37 Icon 38 Lyric card title 39 Common photo 300 Song table of contents 4 Style sheet 5 Lyric card 51 Advertisement 6 CPU 60 Memory 61 CD-ROM drive 62 CD-ROM 6 3 Speaker 7 OS 70 Processing Program 71 Printing Program 72 Transmission / Reception Program 73 Performance Program 74 Processing Program 8 Rearrangement Operation Screen 80 Item Display Section 81 Move Button 82 Confirm Button 83 Column Selection Screen 84 Column Example 85 Move Button 86 Confirm Button 87 Editing screen 88 Tool box 89 Layout selection screen 800 layout example

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Claims (42)

[Claims] 1. A control device that acquires additional information corresponding to each of a plurality of sales products, acquires page allocation information, and allocates the additional information to a page based on the page allocation information. And an output device for outputting the supplementary information in the sale of goods. 2. An input device for selecting desired page allocation information from a plurality of page allocation information, wherein the control device converts the additional information based on the page allocation information selected by the input device. 2. The supplementary information output device in selling goods according to claim 1, which is assigned to a page. 3. An output device, comprising: a plurality of output devices respectively corresponding to a plurality of output formats; and an input device for selecting a desired output format, wherein the control device is configured to control the output device based on the output format selected by the input device. 2. The additional information output device in merchandise sales according to claim 1, wherein the allocated page is sent to a corresponding output device. 4. The supplementary information output in merchandise sales according to claim 1, wherein the control device is configured to remove one of the overlapping portions from the plurality of supplementary information so as to leave only one portion, and assign the same to a page. apparatus. 5. A method for causing a computer to output supplementary information of a sale product, wherein the computer obtains information associated with each of a plurality of sale products and combines the plurality of supplementary information into one. And a computer for forming the plurality of additional information as a page based on the page allocation information, and outputting the page to the computer. . 6. A step of obtaining additional information corresponding to each of the plurality of sales products and obtaining page allocation information; a step of allocating the plurality of additional information to a page based on the page allocation information; Outputting a page by an output device. 7. A method for acquiring selected page allocation information from a plurality of page allocation information using an input device, and allocating the additional information to a page based on the selected page allocation information. Item 6. A method for outputting incidental information in product sales according to item 6. 8. The merchandise sales according to claim 6, wherein the allocated page is sent to a corresponding output device based on an output format selected using an input device from among a plurality of output formats. Output method of incidental information in. 9. The method according to claim 6, further comprising the step of leaving only one of the overlapping portions out of the plurality of pieces of additional information so as to remain. 10. A recording medium storing a program for causing a computer having an output device to output supplementary information of a sale product, wherein the supplementary information corresponding to each of a plurality of sale products is acquired, and page allocation is performed. A recording medium for recording a program for causing a computer to acquire information, assign the plurality of pieces of additional information to pages based on the page assignment information, and output the assigned pages by an output device. 11. A recording medium storing a program for causing a computer having an input device to output supplementary information of a sale product, wherein the program is selected from a plurality of page allocation information using the input device. The recording medium according to claim 10, wherein the program is configured to acquire page allocation information and allocate the additional information to a page based on the selected page allocation information. 12. A computer comprising an input device and a plurality of output devices respectively corresponding to a plurality of output formats,
A recording medium on which a program for outputting incidental information of a sale product is recorded, wherein, based on an output format selected using an input device from among a plurality of output formats, an output corresponding to the allocated page is output. To be sent to the device,
A recording medium on which the program according to claim 10 is recorded. 13. A recording medium on which the program according to claim 10, wherein the program is configured to remove only a doubled portion from the plurality of pieces of supplementary information so as to leave it, and to assign it to a page. 14. A vending apparatus for providing a user with a plurality of sales products recorded on a recording medium on the user side,
A control device that acquires additional information and page allocation information corresponding to each of the plurality of sales products, and allocates the additional information to a page based on the page allocation information;
And an output device for outputting the allocated pages. An additional information output device in selling goods, characterized by comprising: 15. A method for causing a computer to output incidental information of a product for sale, wherein the computer sells the product by providing the user with a plurality of products for sale in a state recorded on a recording medium on the user side. The computer acquires information associated with each of the plurality of sales products, and acquires page allocation information for combining the plurality of additional information into one, and the computer obtains the plurality of additional information based on the page allocation information. As a page, and the computer outputs the page. 16. Providing a plurality of sales products to a user in a state of being recorded on a recording medium on the user side;
Acquiring additional information corresponding to each of the plurality of sales products, acquiring page allocation information, allocating the plurality of additional information to pages based on the page allocation information, and outputting the allocated pages to an output device. And outputting the supplementary information in the sale of goods. 17. A recording medium recording a program for outputting a supplementary information of a sales product to a computer provided with a sales device for providing a sales product to a user in a state of being recorded on a recording medium on the user side, A plurality of sales products are provided to the user in a state of being recorded on the recording medium of the user side, and additional information corresponding to each of the plurality of sales products is obtained, and page allocation information is obtained, and based on the page allocation information, Allocating the plurality of pieces of additional information to a page, and outputting the allocated page by an output device;
A recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to perform processing is recorded. 18. A software for causing a computer equipped with an output device to output supplementary information of a sale product, acquiring supplementary information corresponding to each of a plurality of sale products, acquiring page allocation information, Allocating the plurality of additional information to a page based on the page allocation information;
Software that causes a computer to perform the processing of outputting the allocated pages by an output device. 19. Software for outputting incidental information of a sales product to a computer having a sales device that provides the user with the sales product recorded on a recording medium on the user side. Provided to the user in the state of being recorded on the recording medium, acquire the additional information corresponding to each of the plurality of sales products, acquire the page allocation information, and based on the page allocation information, the page of the plurality of additional information Software for causing a computer to perform the processing, and output the allocated page using an output device. 20. An input device for allowing a user to select desired page allocation information from a plurality of page allocation information, and additional information corresponding to a product for sale, and the page allocation information are obtained. An additional information output device for selling goods, comprising: a control device for allocating the additional information to a page based on the allocation information; and an output device for outputting the allocated page. 21. Acquiring additional information corresponding to a sale product, acquiring one of a plurality of page allocation information at random or in a predetermined order, and adding the additional information to a page based on the page allocation information. , And an output device for outputting the allocated page. A supplementary information output device in the sale of goods, characterized by comprising: 22. A control device, comprising: a plurality of output devices respectively corresponding to a plurality of output formats; and an input device for selecting a desired output format, wherein the control device is configured to control the output device based on the output format selected by the input device. 22. The additional information output device in selling goods according to claim 20, wherein the allocated page is sent to a corresponding output device. 23. A method for causing a computer to output supplementary information of a sale product, wherein the computer allows a user to select desired page layout information from a plurality of page layout information, and the computer corresponds to the sale product. Acquiring additional information and acquiring the page allocation information, a computer allocating the additional information to a page based on the page allocation information, and outputting a page to the computer. Information output method. 24. A method for causing a computer to output supplementary information of a sale product, wherein the computer acquires the supplementary information corresponding to the sale product and randomly or in a predetermined order from a plurality of page layout information. And a computer allocating the additional information to a page based on the page allocation information, and the computer outputting the page, and the computer outputs the page. 25. A step of allowing a user to select desired page allocation information from a plurality of page allocation information, a step of obtaining additional information corresponding to a product for sale and a step of obtaining the page allocation information, A method of outputting the additional information to a page based on the information, and a step of outputting the allocated page. 26. A step of obtaining additional information corresponding to a sale product, obtaining one of a plurality of page allocation information at random or in a predetermined order, and obtaining the additional information based on the page allocation information. A method for outputting supplementary information in the sale of goods, comprising: a step of allocating to a page; and a step of outputting the allocated page. 27. A system according to claim 25, further comprising: allowing a user to select a desired output format from a plurality of output formats; and outputting the allocated page to a corresponding output based on the output format. 27. A method according to claim 26, wherein the additional information is output in selling goods. 28. A recording medium for recording a program for causing a computer having an input device and an output device to output supplementary information of a product for sale, wherein the input device allows a user to select from a plurality of page layout information. The page allocation information is selected, the additional information corresponding to the product for sale is obtained, and the page allocation information is obtained.The additional information is allocated to the page based on the page allocation information, and the allocated page is output by the output device. A recording medium on which a program for outputting and causing a computer to perform processing is recorded. 29. A recording medium storing a program for causing a computer having an output device to output supplementary information of a sale product, wherein the acquisition device acquires the supplementary information corresponding to the sale product and stores a plurality of page allocation information. A program for obtaining one from among them randomly or in a predetermined order, allocating the supplementary information to a page based on the page allocation information, outputting the allocated page by an output device, and causing a computer to perform a process. Recording medium on which is recorded. 30. A recording medium recording a program for causing a computer having a plurality of output devices respectively corresponding to a plurality of output formats to output supplementary information of a sales product, wherein 30. A recording medium storing the program according to claim 28, wherein the allocated page is sent to a corresponding output device based on an output format selected using an input device. 31. A sales apparatus for providing a user with sales merchandise recorded on a recording medium on the user side, and an input apparatus for allowing the user to select desired page allocation information from a plurality of page allocation information. A control device that obtains the additional information corresponding to the sale product and obtains the page allocation information, and allocates the additional information to the page based on the page allocation information, and an output device that outputs the allocated page. An additional information output device in selling goods, characterized in that it is constituted. 32. A sales apparatus for providing a user with sales products recorded in a recording medium on the user side, and accompanying information corresponding to the sales products is obtained, and randomly or among a plurality of page allocation information. A control device that acquires one in a predetermined order and allocates the supplementary information to a page based on the page allocation information, and an output device that outputs the allocated page. An auxiliary information output device in product sales. 33. A method for causing a computer to output incidental information of a product for sale, wherein the computer sells the product by providing the user with the product for sale in a state recorded on a recording medium on the user side. Allows the user to select desired page allocation information from a plurality of page allocation information, the computer obtains the additional information corresponding to the product for sale and obtains the page allocation information, and the computer performs the processing based on the page allocation information. A method of outputting additional information in merchandise sales, including allocating additional information to a page and outputting the page by a computer. 34. A method for causing a computer to output incidental information of a product for sale, wherein the computer sells the product by providing the user with the product for sale in a state recorded on a recording medium on the user side. Obtains the additional information corresponding to the sale product, acquires one of the plurality of page allocation information randomly or in a predetermined order, and the computer allocates the additional information to the page based on the page allocation information, A computer outputs this page, including a method of outputting incidental information in merchandise sales. 35. A step of providing a user with sales merchandise recorded on a recording medium on the user side, a step of allowing the user to select desired page allocation information from a plurality of page allocation information, A method of outputting the additional information to a page based on the information, and a step of outputting the allocated page. 36. A step of providing a product for sale to a user in a state of being recorded on a recording medium on the user side, acquiring supplementary information corresponding to the product for sale, and randomly or a predetermined number from a plurality of page allocation information. A step of obtaining one in order, a step of allocating the supplementary information to a page based on the page allocation information, and a step of outputting the allocated page. Output method of incidental information. 37. A program for outputting ancillary information of a sales product to a computer having a sales device for providing the user with the sales product recorded on a recording medium on the user side and a computer having an input device and an output device. A recording medium on which a plurality of items for sale are provided to the user in a state recorded on the recording medium on the user side, and the input device allows the user to select desired page allocation information from the plurality of page allocation information. Acquiring the additional information corresponding to the sales product and acquiring the page allocation information, allocating the additional information to a page based on the page allocation information, and outputting the allocated page by an output device to a computer. A recording medium on which a program to be executed is recorded. 38. A recording in which a program for outputting incidental information of a sales product to a computer having a sales device for providing the user with the sales product recorded on a recording medium on the user side and an output device is recorded. A medium for providing a plurality of products for sale to a user in a state of being recorded on a recording medium on the user side, acquiring supplementary information corresponding to the products for sale, and randomly or predetermined from a plurality of page layout information. And assigns the additional information to a page based on the page allocation information,
A recording medium for recording a program for causing a computer to perform a process of outputting the allocated page by an output device. 39. Software for causing a computer having an input device and an output device to output supplementary information of a sale product, wherein the input device allows a user to select favorite page layout information from a plurality of page layout information. A process of acquiring the additional information corresponding to the product for sale and acquiring the page allocation information, allocating the additional information to a page based on the page allocation information, and outputting the allocated page by an output device. Software to make a computer do. 40. Software for causing a computer including an output device to output supplementary information of a sale product, wherein the software acquires supplementary information corresponding to the sale product,
A computer which obtains one of a plurality of page allocation information at random or in a predetermined order, allocates the additional information to a page based on the page allocation information, and outputs the allocated page by an output device. Software to let you do it. 41. Software for outputting ancillary information of a sales product to a computer having a sales device for providing the user with the sales product recorded on a recording medium of the user side and a computer having an input device and an output device. The sales product is provided to the user in a state of being recorded on the user's recording medium, and the input device allows the user to select desired page layout information from a plurality of page layout information, and the incidental device corresponding to the sales product is provided. Software for causing a computer to perform a process of obtaining information and the page allocation information, allocating the additional information to a page based on the page allocation information, and outputting the allocated page by an output device. 42. Software for outputting ancillary information of a sales product to a computer including a sales device for providing the user with the sales product recorded on a recording medium on the user side and an output device, The sales product is provided to the user in a state of being recorded on the user's recording medium, and additional information corresponding to the sales product is obtained, and one of a plurality of page allocation information is obtained randomly or in a predetermined order. And software for causing a computer to perform a process of allocating the additional information to a page based on the page allocation information and outputting the allocated page by an output device.