JP2001306936A - Method for controlling advertisement information transmitting system and computer to be used for the same system and method for controlling the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily exhibit advertisement information on a web page. SOLUTION: This advertisement information transmitting system is provided with a server 2, a client 3, and a consumer computer 4. The server 2 reads information to be advertised related with the client 3 from a data base in response to a request from the client 3, prepares an advertisement information registration page including the information to be advertised, and transmits it to the client 3. The client 3 which receives the advertisement information registration page accepts the input of the advertisement information following the advertisement information registration page, and transmits the advertisement information to the server 2. The server 2 stores the received advertisement information in the data base. The server 2 reads the advertisement information stored in the data base in response to a request from the consumer computer 4, and prepares an advertisement page for the consumer including the advertisement information. Then, the prepared advertisement page for the consumer is transmitted to the consumer computer 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a control method for an advertisement information transmission system, a computer used in the advertisement information transmission system, and a control method therefor.

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION With the development of communication technology including the Internet technology in recent years, and the improvement of performance of computers and communication devices, general users can relatively easily display web pages on a display screen. ing.

Information displayed on a web page is generally information stored in a WWW server (web server). For this reason, when information is to be provided to a user through a web page, data for a web page (for example, HTML) containing the information to be provided is provided.
(Hyper Text Markup Language) files, etc.) must be stored in the web server in advance.

[0004] Creating a web page (web page data) requires knowledge of the HTML language and the like. Creating well-formed web pages is not easy, especially for those unfamiliar with computers. Even if a web page is registered in a web server, it takes time to update the content.

[0005]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily create a web page.

Another object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily update the contents of a web page.

A web page is generally an image (window) displayed on a screen when data (program or script) for displaying the web page is read by a browser. Hereinafter, in this specification, data for displaying a web page is also simply referred to as a web page (or page).

[0008] A control method for an advertisement information transmission system according to the present invention is a control method for an advertisement information transmission system in which a server computer, a shop computer, and a consumer computer are interconnected by a network.

In the server computer, in response to a request from the shop computer, the shop computer
The advertisement information associated with the computer is read from the database. An advertisement information registration page including the read advertisement target information is created, and the advertisement information registration page is transmitted to the shop computer.

[0010] In the shop computer receiving the advertisement information registration page, the input of the advertisement information according to the advertisement information registration page is accepted. The accepted advertisement information is transmitted to the server computer.

In the server computer receiving the advertisement information, the advertisement information is stored in a database.

Further, the server computer having received the advertisement information reads the advertisement information stored in the database in response to a request from the consumer computer,
A consumer advertisement page including the read advertisement information is created. The created consumer advertisement page is transmitted to the consumer computer.

The advertisement information registration page transmitted from the server computer to the shop computer contains advertisement target information. The user of the shop computer inputs the advertisement information according to the advertisement information registration page. The advertisement information preferably includes at least a part of the advertisement target information. That is, the user of the shop computer can select the advertisement information from the advertisement target information on the advertisement information registration page. The selected advertisement information is transmitted to the server computer. Advertising information is stored in a database at the server computer.

When requested by the consumer computer, a consumer advertisement page including advertisement information stored in the database is created in the server computer and transmitted to the consumer computer. Consumer advertising pages include:
Contains advertising information selected by the shop computer user. Advertising information desired by the user of the shop computer can be displayed on the consumer advertising page on the consumer computer.

The advertisement target information is, for example, a plurality of information (a plurality of store names, a plurality of product names, etc.) for a plurality of items such as a store name, a product name, a product price, a catch phrase, and the like. Since the advertising target information is associated with the shop computer, only the advertising target information associated with the requesting shop computer is transmitted to the shop computer. Since advertisement target information suitable for the user (shop) is displayed on the advertisement information registration page in the shop computer, input of advertisement information using the advertisement information registration page can be facilitated.

The server computer reads out the advertisement information stored in the database and creates a consumer advertisement page every time there is a request from the consumer computer.
The consumer advertisement page displayed on the consumer computer always contains the latest advertisement information.

As described above, according to the present invention, since the consumer advertisement page is created in the server computer using the advertisement information transmitted from the shop computer, the user of the shop computer can start the advertisement page from scratch. There is no need to create Even if the user is unfamiliar with a computer, a page including advertisement information can be provided to a consumer relatively easily.

In the server computer, a database for storing advertisement target information and a database for storing advertisement information may be prepared. When the advertisement information is selected from the advertisement target information, at least a part of the data in the database storing the advertisement information and the data in the database storing the advertisement target information overlap. A copy of the data in the database storing the advertisement target information may be stored as it is in the database storing the advertisement information, or the two databases may be linked (linked) by an identification symbol or the like.

The present invention further provides a control method for a server computer used in an advertisement information transmitting system.

A first control method for a server computer according to the present invention is a control method for a server computer in an advertisement information transmitting system including a server computer having a database and a storage device, and a consumer computer.

In the server computer, the advertisement information is stored in the database in advance, and the template for the consumer advertisement page is stored in the storage device in advance. In response to a request from a consumer computer, advertising information from the database
A template for a consumer advertisement page is read from the storage device, and the advertisement information is inserted into the template to create a consumer advertisement page. The created consumer advertisement page is transmitted to the consumer computer.

The template for the consumer advertisement page includes a description of characters, images, and links to be displayed on the consumer advertisement page, and a description of the arrangement and size of these characters, images, and links on the page. And a description indicating that the advertisement information stored in the database is read and displayed on the consumer advertisement page. The advertisement information is inserted into the template for the consumer advertisement page to complete the consumer advertisement page. By using such a database-linked page as a consumer advertisement page, the content of the consumer advertisement page can be changed (updated) only by rewriting the content of the database. In addition, by using a template, it is not necessary to create a consumer advertisement page from scratch, so that the processing load on the server computer can be reduced.

A second method for controlling a server computer according to the present invention is a method for controlling a server computer in an advertisement information transmitting system including a server computer having a database and a storage device, and a shop computer.

The advertisement target information is stored in the database in advance. In addition, a template for the advertisement information registration page is stored in the storage device in advance. In response to a request from the shop computer, the advertisement target information is read from the database and the template for the advertisement information registration page is read from the storage device, and the advertisement target information is inserted into the template to register the advertisement information. Create a page. The created advertisement information registration page is transmitted to the shop computer.
Also in the second control method, the content of the advertisement information registration page provided to the shop computer can be changed (updated) only by updating the content of the database of the server computer.

The contents of the database in which the advertisement target information is stored may be changed (corrected, updated) by using a shop computer.

Preferably, the advertisement target information stored in the database is associated with an ID for identifying a shop computer. The ID includes a code, a number, a symbol, and the like. When there are a plurality of shop computers, the shop computer can be specified by the ID, so that the transmission of the ID from the shop computer is accepted, and the advertisement target information related to the accepted ID is read from the database. Accordingly, the advertisement target information inserted into the advertisement information registration page can be made the advertisement target information related to the shop computer.

The ID and the password are stored in the database in advance, and the transmission of the ID and the password from the shop computer is accepted.
It may be determined whether to transmit the advertisement information registration page based on D and the password.
This is a so-called shop computer authentication (authentication of a person who uses the shop computer), and the created advertisement information registration page can be transmitted only to the authenticated client computer. I used for authentication
D and the ID used to read the advertisement target information related to the shop computer may be the same or different.

The present invention further provides a server computer suitable for an advertisement information transmission system.

The server computer according to the present invention comprises:
A first receiving means for receiving a page transmission request from a shop computer, the server computer being a server computer, a shop computer, and a consumer computer provided with a database in an advertisement information transmitting system interconnected by a network. ,
In response to the reception of the page transmission request by the first receiving unit, the first reading unit that reads the advertisement target information associated with the shop computer from the database, and the first information that is read by the first reading unit. Means for creating an advertisement information registration page including advertisement target information, first transmission means for transmitting the advertisement information registration page created by the advertisement information registration page creation means to the shop computer, and information transmitted from the shop computer A second receiving unit that receives the advertisement information, a unit that stores the advertisement information received by the second receiving unit in a database, a third receiving unit that receives a page transmission request from a consumer computer, In response to the reception of the page transmission request by the receiving means, the advertisement information stored in the database is updated. Second reading means for reading from the database, means for creating a consumer advertisement page including the advertisement information read by the second reading means, and consumer information created by the consumer advertisement page creation means There is provided a second transmission means for transmitting the advertisement page to the consumer computer.

Another server computer according to the present invention includes a database storing advertisement information, a storage unit storing a template for creating a consumer advertisement page,
Means for reading advertisement information from the database, reading the template for creating the consumer advertisement page from the storage means, and reading the template read from the storage means by the reading means from the database. A means for creating a consumer advertisement page by inserting advertisement information is provided.

Still another server computer according to the present invention includes a first database storing information to be advertised, storage means for storing a template for creating an advertisement information registration page, and a page transmission request given from an external computer. Means for reading the advertisement target information from the database and reading a template for creating an advertisement information registration page from the storage means, and the template read from the storage means by the reading means. Means for creating an advertisement information registration page by inserting the advertisement target information read from the server, means for transmitting the advertisement information registration page created by the creation means to the external computer that has requested page transmission, and Based on the advertisement information registration page given Those having a means for registering the Ku advertisement information in the second database.

The control method of the advertisement information transmission system can be more generally defined as a control method of the information transmission system. The control method of the information transmission system is server /
This is a method for controlling an information transmission system in which a computer, a first client computer, and a second client computer are interconnected by a network.

In response to the request from the first client computer, the server computer reads out the information associated with the first client computer from the database, and stores a transmission information registration page including the read information. The created transmission information registration page is transmitted to the first client computer. The first client computer that has received the transmission information registration page receives an input of transmission information according to the transmission information registration page, and transmits the received transmission information to the server computer. The server computer that has received the transmission information stores the received transmission information in a database. Second client
In response to a request from the computer, the transmission information stored in the database is read, an information transmission page including the read transmission information is created, and the created information transmission page is transmitted to the second client computer.

Further, the present invention provides a control method of a server computer suitable for the above-mentioned information transmission system and a recording medium for the server computer. The recording medium includes a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, an optical disk, a semiconductor memory, and the like.

[0035]

[Embodiment] An advertisement information transmission system is a system in which each registered company, store, business office, business office, etc., uses a computer to transmit store information, product information, and product price information through a communication line such as the Internet. This is a system for transmitting special sale information of a product (hereinafter referred to as advertisement information) to consumers. Advertising information sent to consumers is provided to consumers in the form of web pages. WWW (Worl
(d Wide Web) A web server creates a web page (consumer page) using advertisement information stored in a server (hereinafter referred to as a web server) and transmits the web page to a consumer computer.

In the advertisement information transmission system, as will be described later, members who can transmit (provide) advertisement information are specified in advance. This member is given a login ID and a password. The member given the login ID and the password can register the advertisement information to be posted on the consumer page in the WWW server.

(1) Basic Configuration of Advertising Information Transmission System FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the advertising information transmission system.

The advertisement information transmission system is based on the network 1
It is composed of a WWW server computer 2 (hereinafter, referred to as a web server 2), a plurality of client computers 3, and a plurality of consumer computers 4 connected to each other via the Internet. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the web server 2 is under the control of the provider of the advertisement information transmission system (the operator of the web server 2). The client computer 3 is under the control of a person (member (member): a corporation or an individual) who is permitted to transmit various types of advertisement information to consumers using the advertisement information transmission system. Shall be. It is assumed that the consumer computer 4 is under the control of a consumer (a general user, a person who receives provision of advertisement information). Network 1
It also includes public lines, dedicated lines, other communication lines, and facilities (communication satellites, CATV facilities, etc.) and devices (routers, etc.) provided on the communication lines.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the flow of basic data (including programs and scripts) in the advertisement information transmission system. Since a plurality of client computers 3 and consumer computers 4 perform the same operation, only one client computer 3 and consumer computer 4 are shown here.

In the advertisement information transmission system, data transmission and reception are basically performed between the web server 2 and the client computer 3 and between the web server 2 and the consumer computer 4. No data is transmitted and received between the client computer 3 and the consumer computer 4.

Between the web server 2 and the client computer 3, advertisement information (advertisement information data) is stored in a database provided in the web server 2 in advance.
Is transmitted and received for registering the. When the client computer 3 transmits a request for transmitting a registration information and other web page (member web page) to the web server 2 (), the web server 2 adapts to the client computer 3 as described later. Ad information registration web page (ASP (Active Server Pages
) File, HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language)
File, etc.) and client computer 3
Send to (). The registration information web page is displayed on the display screen of the display device of the client computer 3 (FIG. 24). The member inputs advertisement information to be transmitted to consumers on a registration web page such as advertisement information using a mouse or a keyboard. The input advertisement information (data representing the advertisement information) is transmitted from the client computer 3 to the web server 2 (). Web server 2
Is stored in the database.

Web server 2 and consumer computer 4
The transmission and reception of data for displaying the consumer web page on the display device of the consumer computer 4 are performed between the server and the server. When a transmission request for a consumer web page is transmitted (), the web server 2 creates a consumer web page using the advertisement information registered in the database, and transmits it to the consumer computer 4 (). . On the display screen of the display device of the consumer computer 4, a consumer web page (FIG. 29) including advertisement information previously transmitted to the web server 2 by the member is displayed.

(2) Configuration of Web Server, Client Computer and Consumer Computer

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the web server 2. The web server 2 is configured by a computer system. Its main part is the computer main body, that is, the processing device 10. The processing device 10 includes a CPU (not shown).
U controls the entire web server 2 as a whole.

The processing device 10 includes a display device (CRT display device, liquid crystal display device, etc.) 17 for displaying a screen (window, page) based on display data, and an input device 18 (keyboard, A mouse 19) and a transmitting / receiving device (modem, terminal adapter, router, etc.) 19 for transmitting and receiving data and programs are connected.

The storage device 20 is connected to the processing device 10. The storage device 20 includes an OS (operating system) that controls the overall operation of the web server 2, a communication program that controls transmission and reception of data and the like between the web server 2 and another computer system, A page creation program and a plurality of template data are stored. Based on these programs and data, the web server 2 executes various processes for operating the advertisement information transmission system. Web server 2
The details of the operation processing for the advertisement information transmission system will be described later.

The processing device 10 is further connected to four master databases, a member master 11, a store master 12, a product master 13 and a catch phrase master 14, and an on-sale database 15. These databases are realized by a magnetic disk storage device, a magneto-optical disk storage device, and other storage devices. These databases can be realized by one or more storage devices. Of course, a part of the storage device 20 described above may be used. In the operation of the advertisement information transmission system, writing / reading of data to / from these databases is performed. Details of these databases and how the databases are used in operation of the advertisement information transmission system will be described later.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the client computer 3.

The client computer 3 is also constituted by a computer system. The processing device 23 includes a display device 24 for displaying a screen (window, page) based on display data, an input device 25 for inputting data, and a transmitting / receiving device for transmitting and receiving data and programs.
26 and a storage device 27 are connected. Client 3
The storage device 27 stores an OS and a communication program (such as a browser). When the web server 2 is accessed by the client computer 3 via the transmission / reception device 26 and the network 1 using the communication program, an advertisement is displayed on the display screen of the display device 26 of the client computer 3 as described later. A web page for registering information and the like in the database of the web server 2 (registered web page for advertisement information and the like) is displayed.

The consumer computer 5 also has basically the same hardware configuration as the client 3. In FIG. 4, hardware constituting the consumer computer 5 is indicated by reference numerals in parentheses. Storage device of consumer computer 5
The OS and a communication program (browser or the like) are also stored in 35. When the web server 2 is accessed by the consumer computer 5 by using the communication program, a consumer web page including advertisement information is displayed on the display screen of the display device 32 as described later.

(3) Database FIGS. 5 to 9 show examples of the contents of five databases connected to the processing device 10 of the web server 2 respectively.

Member Master As shown in FIG. 5, the member master 11 stores data (member information) on members of the advertisement information transmitting system. A member means a person (including both a corporation and an individual) who has been permitted to transmit advertisement information to consumers using the advertisement information transmission system.

The member master 11 includes items such as a member ID, a member name, a postal code, an address, a telephone number, a mail address, a classification, a login ID, and a password.

The member ID identifies a member of the advertisement information transmitting system, and is associated with the member on a one-to-one basis. As will be described later, the item field of the member ID is a database other than the member master 11 (the store master 12, the product master 13, the catch phrase master 14, and the on-sale master).
It is also included in the database 15). All databases of the web server 2 are associated with each other by the member ID.

The member name is the name of the member (such as a company name), and the postal code, address, telephone number, mail address, classification, login ID, password, and the like of the member are stored in the row direction. The classification means the general type or type of business (supermarket, private school, home center, izakaya, etc.). The login ID and the password are given to the member in advance by the provider of the advertisement information transmission system (the operator of the web server 2), and the member uses the client computer 3 to make the web server 2 Used when accessing.

Store Master Some members may have multiple stores (branches, offices, etc.). Each store is generally given a store name (branch name, business office name). Store master 12 is a member master
When the member stored in 11 has a plurality of stores (branches, sales offices, etc.), data (store information) for identifying each of the stores is stored.

As shown in FIG. 6, the store master 12 includes three item columns of a store ID, a store name, and a member ID. The store ID identifies each store. Store ID
The store name and the member ID representing the name of the store are stored in correspondence with. For example, a member with a member ID of 34 (see FIG. 5, the member name “Super Patent”) includes three stores (branch point, sales office) (Junno point, Kasumigaseki store, Shimbashi store). The store IDs of these three stores are 4, 5 respectively.
And 6.

Merchandise Master The merchandise master 13 stores data (merchandise information) relating to merchandise (or services). As shown in FIG. 7, the product master 13 includes three items: a product ID, a product name, and a member ID.

In the product name, for each member,
The name of the product handled by each member is registered. As described later, registration of the product name in the product master 13 is performed by each member for each member. For example, member ID 34
"Scallop", "shrimp" and "squid"
One product name is stored (a member with a member ID of 34 can be said to be a company or a store dealing in food). The product IDs identifying these product names are 12, 13, and 14, respectively.
It is. Speaking of members with member ID 35, "tissue paper", "detergent", "toothbrush", "toilet
Each product name of "paper" is stored (product IDs are 15, 16, 17, and 18, respectively).

Catch Copy Master The catch copy master 14 stores data (catch copy information) relating to the catch phrase (slogan). As shown in FIG.
Is the tagline ID, tagline and member I
D contains three items. Catchphrase master
The registration of the catch phrase to 14 is also performed by each member for each member, similarly to the registration of the product name described above. For example, three catch phrases “cheap”, “delicious”, and “fresh” are stored in association with the member with the member ID 34. The catch phrase IDs for identifying these catch phrases are 8, 9 and 10, respectively.

On-sale database When the web server 2 is accessed by the consumer computer 5, advertisement information (store information, merchandise information, merchandise price information, merchandise bargain information, etc.) provided by the member is described later. Is created by the web server 2 and transmitted to the consumer computer 5. On-sale database 15 contains
A part of data for constructing a consumer web page is stored.

As shown in FIG. 9, the on-sale database 15, on-sale ID, classification, member ID, and store I
D, product name, catch phrase, price, quantity, unit, start month, start date, start am / pm division, start time, end month,
The column includes an end date, an end am / pm section, and an end time.

The on-sale ID is used for each member who publishes an advertisement on the consumer web page or when the member has a plurality of stores and each store publishes an advertisement. It is attached to each store.

For the merchandise stored in the merchandise name, the price (10, 100, 200, etc.), quantity (1, 100, 500, etc.) and unit (counting method) (unit, g (gram), unit) are stored, respectively. Have been.

If the special sale period of the product is determined in advance, the start of the special sale period (start month, start date, start am / pm categorization (“1” is morning, “2” is pm), start time) And the end period (end month, end date, end am / pm section and end time) are stored.

(4) Operation of Advertisement Information Transmission System In the advertisement information transmission system, the Web server 2 mainly performs the following three operation processes.

Member registration process This is a process for registering a person who sends an advertisement to a consumer using the advertisement information sending system. A person registered as a member by the registration process becomes a member of the advertisement information transmission system. Member information (member name, etc.) of the member is registered in the member master 11.

Advertisement Information Registration Process This is a process of registering advertisement information to be posted on a consumer web page in the on-sale database 15 of the web server 2 and updating other contents of the master databases 11 to 14. .

Consumer Web Page Creation Processing When there is a request from the consumer computer 5,
This is a process of creating a consumer web page based on the advertisement information stored in the on-sale database 15 and transmitting the created web page to the consumer computer 5.

Member Registration Process FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of the member registration process. In the member registration process, the operator of the web server 2 stores the member information (member name, postal code, address, telephone number, mail address, etc.) based on the description of the membership application form received from the applicant. This is the process of registering (memorizing) the data in step 11. Correction and deletion of the registered member information are also performed in the member registration process. FIGS. 11 to 16 show examples of windows (web pages) displayed on the display screen of the display device 17 of the web server 2 in the member registration process.

The operator of the web server 2 that has accepted the membership application starts up the browser, and stores the page data (eg, HTML (Hy
When the browser reads the perText Markup Language (file), a web page (control panel) is displayed on the display screen of the display device 17 for accepting the selection of the member registration or the member search. (Step 40, FIG. 11).

The control panel (FIG. 11) includes two character display portions of "member registration" and "member search". When the character display part of "Register member" is clicked (registered in step 40), a new member registration process is started. On the display screen of the display device 17, a new web page (member registration page) for receiving input of the member information is displayed (step 41, FIG. 12).

The member registration page (FIG. 12) includes five character input boxes (fields) for receiving input of member information (member name, postal code, address, telephone number, and e-mail address). I have. The operator of the web server 2 uses the keyboard to input data into the character input box based on the description on the application form (step 42).

[Next] is displayed at the bottom of the member registration page (FIG. 12).
Button and "Cancel" button are displayed. When the "Next" button is clicked after the member information has been input, a login ID and a password are issued to the person displayed in the member name character input box on the member registration page. A new page showing the issued login ID and password is displayed on the display screen (FIG. 13).
The issued login ID and password will be sent to the website by mail, fax, e-mail, or other means.
The administrator of the server 2 notifies the member. The data entered in the character input box, the login ID and the password are stored in the member master 11 (FIG. 5) (step 43). A member ID is assigned, and this member ID is also registered in the member master 11. The operator of the web server 2 inputs the business type of the member into the web server 2 and registers it in the member master 11. The new member registration process ends. In the member master 11 (FIG. 5), one line (one record) of data is added.

When the "cancel" button at the bottom of the member registration page (FIG. 12) is clicked, all the character displays in the character input box are cleared.

When the character display portion of "search for members" is clicked on the control panel (FIG. 11) (search in step 40), the purpose is to correct or delete the member information already registered in member master 11. Search processing is started.

A page including a character input box for receiving an input of a character string to be searched (search page) is displayed on the display screen of the display device 17 (step 44, FIG. 14). In the character input box in the search page (FIG. 14), the entire (or part) of the login ID is input by the operator (step 45).

A "data search" button and a "reset" button are displayed on the right side of the character input box. When the "Reset" button is clicked, the character display in the character input box is cleared. When the "Search Data" button is clicked, the login ID is entered based on the login ID entered in the character entry box.
The member information of the member having is searched and extracted in the member master 11. The extracted member information is read from the member master 11 and displayed on the display screen of the display device 17 together with the login ID (step 46, FIG. 15: search result page).

At the lower part of the search result page (FIG. 15), a "correct data" button and a "delete data" button are included. The "correct data" button is clicked when correcting member information. When the "correct data" button is clicked (corrected in step 47), a page for correcting data (a member information correction page) including a character input box is displayed on the search result page (FIG. 15), as shown in FIG. Is displayed on the display screen in place of (step 48, FIG. 16). An "OK" button is included at the bottom of the member information correction page (FIG. 16). The member information is corrected using the member information correction page (step 49), and when the "OK" button is clicked thereafter, the data before correction is rewritten to the data after correction in the member master 11, and the member master 11 is updated. Updated (step 50).

When the "delete data" button is clicked on the search result page (FIG. 15) (deleted in step 47), the member information on the member displayed on the display screen is displayed in the member master including the login ID and the password. 11
(Step 51).

Advertisement Information Registration Process FIG. 17 shows the web server 2 in the advertisement information registration process.
Processing flow of the client computer 3
It is a flowchart shown with the flow of processing (indicating the processing of only one of the plurality of client computers 3, the member who uses the client computer 3 is referred to as member i). 18 to 27 show the display device of the client computer 3 in the advertisement information registration processing.
24 shows a web page displayed on the 24 display screen.

A browser is started on the client computer 3 by the member i, and a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for registering advertisement information and the like is input to the input device.
When the password is entered from 25 (step 61), a page (authentication page) for member authentication is transmitted from the web server 2 to the client computer 3 via the network 1 (step 62). Client computer 3
The authentication page is displayed on the display screen of the display device 24 (step 63, FIG. 18).

The authentication page (FIG. 18) includes two character input boxes for inputting a login ID and a password, and a “next” button and a “cancel” button.

The login ID and the password notified to the member i in advance by the member i are input to the input device 25.
(Keyboard or the like) is input into each of the character input boxes (step 64). When the “Next” button is clicked, data representing the input login ID and password is transmitted from the client computer 3 to the web server 2. When the "cancel" button is clicked, the characters in the character input box are cleared.

The web server 2 that has received the login ID and password performs an authentication process (step 65). The authentication process determines whether the received login ID is registered in the member master 11 (FIG. 5), and if registered, the password registered in the member master 11 corresponding to the login ID is: This is a process for determining whether or not the received password matches.

If the received login ID is registered in the member master 11, and the received password matches the password registered in the member master 11 corresponding to the login ID (YES in step 65). , Member i is determined to be a proper member of the advertising information transmission system,
The member control panel is transmitted to the client computer 3 (step 67). On the other hand, although the received login ID is not registered in the member master 11, or the received login ID is registered in the member master 11, the received password is registered in the member master 11 corresponding to the login ID. If the password does not match, a termination process such as transmitting display data indicating that authentication has not been performed to the client computer 3 is performed (NO in step 65, step 66).

The control panel for members is ASP (Ac
tive Server Pages) (ASP file) is written on the client computer 3
Is a web page displayed by being read by the browser running on the Web browser. When the ASP file is read into the browser, the extension ".as" is added at the end of the address description at the top of the member control panel.
p "is described. The web pages based on the ASP files are stored in databases (member master 11, store master 12, product master 13, catch-up master 14, and on-sale database 1) connected to the web server 2.
Works in conjunction with 5). Generally, an ASP file is created by inserting predetermined data in a database into a template prepared in advance. The template includes a description for specifying a database (or its record) for reading data used for display on a web page, and a database for writing characters (character data) entered in a character input box or the like on a web page. And a description that defines a description position in a page such as data read from a database or a character input box.

The member control panel (FIG. 19) includes six buttons of “change password”, “store master”, “product master”, “catch copy”, “register product”, and “modify product”. Have been.

"Change Password", "Store Master",
The "product master" and "catch copy" buttons are buttons that are clicked when changing the registered contents of the member master 11, the store master 12, the product master 13, and the catch phrase master 14, respectively.

The “register product” and “modify product” buttons are buttons that are clicked when changing the registered contents of the on-sale database 15.

When the "change password" button is clicked (step 69), the web server 2 generates the member information (member name) of the member i specified by the previously received login ID based on the web page creation program. , Zip code, address, telephone number, e-mail address) from the member master 11 and a template for the password change page stored in the storage device 20. With the web page creation program,
A page in which the member information of member i is incorporated into the template and a password change is accepted (password change page;
ASP file) is created. The created password change page is transmitted to the client computer 3 (step 70). The password change page is displayed on the display screen of the display device 24 of the client computer 3 (step 71, FIG. 20).

The password change page (FIG. 20) includes a character input box for inputting a new password, a “change password” button, a description of a login ID, and a description of member information. When the member i uses the input device 25 to input a new password in the character input box and clicks the "change password" button, data representing the new password input in the character input box is transmitted from the client computer 3 to the web browser. Sent to server 2 (step 72).

Web server 2 that received the password
Registers the received password in the member master 11 instead of the password of the member i already stored in the member master 11. The data content of the member master 11 is updated (step 73).

When the "store master" button is clicked (step 69) and the web server 2 receives the click, the web server 2 transmits the member ID of the member i (in the member master 11, from the login ID to the member ID). Is uniquely specified), the store information (store name) registered in the store master 12 is read from the store master 12, and the template for the store list / additional page is read out, and the store list / additional page is read. Create The created store list / added page is transmitted from the web server 2 to the client computer 3 (step 70). The store list / add page is displayed on the display screen of the display device 24 of the client computer 3 (step 71, FIG. 21).

On the store list / add page (FIG. 21), the store names already registered in the store master 12 in association with the member ID of the member i are displayed in a list, and the store name of the new store is displayed. A character input box for addition and an "add store" button are displayed.

When the member i inputs a store name into the character input box by using the input device 25 and clicks the “add store” button, data representing the store name input to the character input box is transmitted from the client computer 3. It is transmitted to the web server 2 (step 72). In the web server 2 receiving the data representing the store name, the store master 12
The data content of FIG. 6 is updated. That is, the received store name is newly added to the store name column of the store master 12,
A new ID is assigned and stored in the corresponding store ID column. The member ID column stores the member ID of the member i.

When the "merchandise master" button is clicked (step 69) and the web server 2 receives the click, the web server 2 transmits the merchandise master in association with the member i.
The product information (product name) already registered in 13 is read from the product master 13 and the template for the product list / additional page is read out to create the product list / additional page. The created product list / add page is transmitted from the web server 2 to the client computer 3 (step 70). Display device of client computer 3
The product list / add page is displayed on the display screen 24 (step 71, FIG. 22).

On the product list / add page (FIG. 22), product names already registered in the product master 13 in association with the member i are displayed in a list, and a product name of a new product is added. Character input box and an "add product" button are displayed. When the member i inputs a new product name into the character input box using the input device 25 and clicks the “Add Product” button, the data representing the product name input in the character input box is displayed on the client computer 3.
Is sent to the web server 2 (step 72). In the web server 2 having received the data indicating the product name, the data content of the product master 13 is updated. That is, the received product name is newly added to the product name column of the product master 13, and a new ID is assigned and stored in the product ID column. The member ID stores the member ID of the member i.

When the "catch-copy" button is clicked (step 69) and the web server 2 receives the click, the web server 2 is registered in the catch-copy master 14 in association with the member i. The catch phrase is read from the catch phrase master 14, the template for the catch phrase list / catch phrase addition page is read from the storage device 20, and the catch phrase list / catch phrase addition page is created. The created catch phrase list / catch phrase addition page is transmitted from the web server 2 to the client computer 3 (step 70). The catch phrase list / add page is displayed on the display screen of the display device 24 of the client computer 3 (step 71, FIG. 23).

Catch Copy List / Additional Page (FIG. 23)
In the list, the catch phrase already registered in the catch phrase master 14 in association with the member i is displayed in a list, a character input box for inputting a catch phrase to be added, and an "add a catch phrase" button. Is displayed. When the member i inputs a catch phrase to be added to the character input box by using the input device 25 and clicks the “Add catch phrase” button, data representing the catch phrase input to the character input box is transmitted from the client computer 3 to the client computer 3. It is transmitted to the web server 2 (step 72). In the web server 2 receiving the data representing the catch phrase, the data content of the catch phrase master 14 is updated. That is, the received catch phrase is newly added to the catch phrase field,
A new ID is assigned and stored in the catch-copy ID column. The member ID of the member i is stored in the member ID.

The "register product" button and the "modify product" button are used to change (add or update) the registered contents of the on-sale database 15 as described above. As will be described later, since the content of the on-sale database 15 is reflected in the display content of the consumer web page provided to consumers, when the data content of the on-sale database 15 is updated, On the consumer computer 5 accessing the web server 2 after the update, a consumer web page including the changed advertisement information is displayed.

When the “register product” button is clicked (step 69) and the web server 2 receives the click,
The web server 2 stores a store master 12, a product master 13, and a catch phrase master in association with the member ID of the member i.
The store name, product name, and catch phrase registered in 14 are read, and the template for the product information registration page is read from the storage device 20 to create an advertisement information registration page. The created advertisement information registration page is web server 2
To the client computer 3. An advertisement information registration page is displayed on the display screen of the display device 24 of the client computer 3 (step 71, FIG.
twenty four).

On the advertisement information registration page (FIG. 24), store name, product name, catch phrase, price, quantity, unit (unit,
g, unit), sales start date and time, and sales end date and time, a list box for selecting and entering, member information, a "register" button and a "redo" button are displayed.

In the store name list box, one of the store names stored in the store name column of the store master 12 in association with the member ID of the member i is displayed. The right end of the list box has a radio button. When the radio button is clicked, as shown in FIG. 25, an area for displaying the shop name in the list appears so as to overlap the advertisement information registration page. All the store names stored in the store name column of the store master 12 in association with the member ID of the member i are displayed in a list.

In the store name list box, a store name to which product information is advertised is selected and input using a consumer web page described later. Since the selectable store names are displayed in the list, the member i may select any of the store names (FIG. 25) displayed on the display screen using the mouse. The selected store name is displayed in the store name list box.

Similarly, in the product name list box, the product master 13 (FIG. 7) is associated with the member ID of the member i.
One of the registered product names is displayed in the product name column. When the radio button on the right of the product name list box is clicked, the names of all the products registered in the product name column of the product master 13 in association with the member ID of the member i are displayed in a list. You. The same applies to the catch phrase list box. Catchphrase master
One of the catch phrases stored in the catch phrase column 14 (FIG. 8) is displayed. When the radio button at the right end of the catch phrase list box is clicked, all catch phrases registered in the catch phrase column of the catch phrase master 14 in association with the member ID of the member i are displayed in a list. You. The member i selects the product name and catch phrase displayed on the display screen using the mouse.

The input box of "price" and the input box of "quantity" are used to input the price of the product selected in the product name list box by using a keyboard or the like.
Enter the sales unit of measure and each. Use the selection button on the right side of the quantity input box to select the product unit (how to count)
("Animal", "g" or "piece").

For the sales start date and time and the sales end date and time, a list box including radio buttons for selecting month, day, morning or afternoon and time is prepared. The mouse is used by member i,
Numerical values are selected for day and time, and either AM or PM is selected and input for the selection of AM / PM.

At the bottom of the advertisement information registration page (FIG. 24),
"Register" button is displayed. When the "register" button is clicked, the input data in the list box and the input box is transmitted from the client computer 3 to the web server 2 (step 72). The web server 2 that has received the input data registers the received data in the on-sale database 15 (FIG. 9) (step
73). That is, the received store name, product name, catch phrase, price, quantity, unit, sales start date and time, and sales end date and time are stored in the corresponding columns (in the row direction) in the on-sale database 15. A new ID is assigned and stored in the on-sale ID column. The member ID of the member i is stored in the member ID.

When the "Modify Product" button is clicked on the member control panel (FIG. 19) and the web server 2 receives the click, the web server 2 executes the on-sale in association with the member ID of the member i. Reads the advertisement information (for one record) stored in the database 15 and the member information of the member i stored in the member master 11, and stores a template for the on-sale advertisement information confirmation page from the storage device 20. Read and create an on-sale advertisement information confirmation page. The created on-sale advertisement information confirmation page is transmitted from the web server 2 to the client computer 3 (step 70). As shown in FIG.
An on-sale advertisement information confirmation page is displayed on the display screen of the display device 24 of the client computer 3 (step 71).

On-sale advertisement information confirmation page (FIG. 26) includes on-sale (advertisement) information (store name, product name, catch phrase, price, quantity and unit, sales start date and time, sales end date and time), member information (Member name, postal code, address, telephone number, e-mail address) are displayed. For member i, a plurality of advertisement information is stored in on-sale database
(When multiple records are stored in on-sale database 15 for member i)
When the "read next item" button at the top of the screen is clicked, other advertisement information for the member i is displayed on the screen.

At the bottom of the on-sale advertisement information confirmation page (FIG. 26), a “DATA CORRECTION” button and a “DATA DELETE” button are displayed.
Buttons are included. The “correct data” button is clicked when correcting the advertisement information displayed on the screen. When the "Modify Data" button is clicked, the image shown in
Screen for data correction including list box and character input box as shown in (advertisement information correction page)
Is displayed on the screen instead of the advertisement information confirmation page. The lower part of the advertisement information correction page includes a "correct data" button. When the member i corrects the advertisement information using the advertisement information correction page and clicks the "correct data" button (step 72), the data content of the on-sale database 15 is rewritten and updated with the corrected data content. (Step 73). On the other hand, when the “Delete Data” button is clicked on the on-sale advertisement information confirmation page (FIG. 26) (step 72), the advertisement information (one record in the on-sale database 15) displayed on the screen is displayed.
Deleted from on-sale database 15 (step
73).

FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing the operation flow of the web server 2 in the consumer web page creation process together with the process flow in the consumer computer 5. Since a plurality of consumer computers 5 perform the same processing, only the processing of one consumer computer 5 is shown.

In the consumer computer 5, a communication program (browser) is started, and a URL for a consumer web page is input from the input device 33 (step 9).
1) When the web server 2 receives the data indicating that, the web server 2 sends the data to the on-sale database 15.
To read the advertisement information stored in the on-sale database 15 and read the template for the consumer web page stored in the storage device 20. The template contains an on-sale database
The embedding position is described so as to correspond to each of the 15 items. The advertisement information of the on-sale database 15 is inserted into the corresponding embedding position. A consumer web page is created (step 92).

The created consumer web page is transmitted from the web server 2 to the consumer computer 5 (step 93). In the consumer computer 5,
The consumer web page is displayed on the display screen of the display device 32.

FIG. 29 shows a display device of the consumer computer 5.
32 shows an example of a consumer web page displayed on the 32 display screens. The consumer web page 100 includes a category list display area 101 and a corporate advertisement display area 102.

In the category list display area 101, there are major categories of "food", "culture", "fashion &shopping","hobbies / entertainment" and "life", and a middle category for each of the major categories. Items are displayed in the list. When the item name portion of the middle category item is clicked, the advertisement information of the members included in the clicked category is displayed in the corporate advertisement display area 102.

[0118] In the corporate advertisement display area 102, the advertisement information of the member is displayed. In FIG. 29, a corporate advertisement display area 102
The advertisement of a company (super patent, super ABC, super Hanako and Ichibanya) belonging to the classification of “supermarket” is displayed. FIG. 30 shows the relationship between the items in the on-sale database 15 and the display position of each item in the corporate advertisement display area 102. The display of the corporate advertisement display area 102 can be displayed so as to scroll on the screen.

As described above, the member can use the client computer 3 to change (update) the advertisement information registered in the on-sale database 15 (limited to the part relating to himself / herself) at any time. Since the consumer web page is created by taking in the advertising information stored in the on-sale database 15, the changed advertising information is immediately reflected on the consumer web page.

Also, since the web page (FIG. 24) for registering the advertisement information is provided from the web server 2 to the client computer 3, the member selects the advertisement information using the mouse and uses the keyboard to select the advertisement information. By simply entering a numerical value, advertising information can be posted on a well-designed consumer web page. The burden of creating web pages is light, and even if you are unfamiliar with computers, you can easily post advertising information on consumer web pages.

In the embodiment described above, the consumer computer 5 is used for receiving and displaying the consumer web page. However, a mobile phone may be used instead of the consumer computer 5. In this case, a template for a consumer web page for a mobile phone is prepared in the storage device 20 of the web server 2. The web server 2 accesses the on-sale database 15 to read the advertisement information stored in the on-sale database 15 and stores the advertisement information stored in the storage device 20 for the mobile phone consumer page. Read the template. The advertisement information of the on-sale database 15 is inserted into this template, and a consumer web page for a mobile phone is created. The created consumer web page for the mobile phone is transmitted to the mobile phone.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of an advertisement information transmission system.

FIG. 2 shows the basic data flow between a web server and a client computer and between a WWW server and a consumer computer.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a web server.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of a client computer.

FIG. 5 shows the contents of a member master.

FIG. 6 shows the contents of a store master.

FIG. 7 shows the contents of a product master.

FIG. 8 shows the contents of a catch phrase master.

FIG. 9 shows the contents of an on-sale database.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a member registration process.

FIG. 11 shows a control panel.

FIG. 12 shows a member registration page.

FIG. 13 shows a screen for issuing a login ID and a password.

FIG. 14 shows a member search page.

FIG. 15 shows a search result page.

FIG. 16 shows a member information correction page.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a registration process of advertisement information and the like.

FIG. 18 shows a member authentication page.

FIG. 19 shows a member control panel.

FIG. 20 shows a password change page.

FIG. 21 shows a store list / store addition page.

FIG. 22 shows a product list / product addition page.

FIG. 23 shows a catch phrase list / catch phrase addition page.

FIG. 24 shows an advertisement information registration page.

FIG. 25 shows an example of an image when a radio button is clicked.

FIG. 26 shows an on-sale advertisement information confirmation page.

FIG. 27 shows an advertisement information correction page.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing the flow of a consumer web page creation process.

FIG. 29 shows an example of a consumer web page.

FIG. 30 shows the relationship between items in the on-sale database and the display position of each item in the corporate advertisement display area.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Network 2 Web server 3 Client computer 4 Consumer computer 10 Processing device 11 Member master 12 Store master 13 Product master 14 Catch copy master 15 On-sale database 17, 24, 32 Display device 18, 25, 33 Input device 19, 26, 34 Transceiver 20, 27, 35 Storage

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] July 18, 2001 (2001.7.1)
8)

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0027

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

The ID and the password are stored in the database in advance, and the transmission of the ID and the password from the shop computer is accepted.
It may be determined whether to transmit the advertisement information registration page based on D and the password.
This is a so-called shop computer authentication (authentication of a person who uses the shop computer), and the created advertisement information registration page can be transmitted only to the authenticated client computer. I used for authentication
D and the ID used to read the advertisement target information related to the shop computer may be the same or different.

[Procedure amendment 2]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0064

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

The price (10, 100, 200, etc.) and quantity (1, 100, 50) for the product with the product name stored in the product name column
0, etc.) and units (how to count) (animals, g (grams), pieces)
Are respectively stored.

[Procedure amendment 3]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name]

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

At the bottom of the advertisement information registration page (FIG. 24),
"Register" button is displayed. When the "register" button is clicked, the input data in the list box and the input box is transmitted from the client computer 3 to the web server 2 (step 72). The web server 2 that has received the input data registers the received data in the on-sale database 15 (FIG. 9) (step
73). That is, the received store name, product name, catch phrase, price, quantity, unit, sales start date and time, and sales end date and time are stored in the corresponding columns (in the row direction) in the on-sale database 15. A new ID is assigned and stored in the on-sale ID column. The member ID column stores the member ID of the member i.

Claims (15)

[Claims] 1. A method of controlling an advertisement information transmitting system in which a server computer, a shop computer, and a consumer computer are interconnected by a network, wherein the server computer responds to a request from the shop computer. The advertisement information associated with the shop computer is read from the database, an advertisement information registration page including the read advertisement information is created, the created advertisement information registration page is transmitted to the shop computer, and the advertisement information is sent to the shop computer. The shop computer receiving the registration page accepts the input of the advertisement information according to the advertisement information registration page, transmits the received advertisement information to the server computer, and receives the advertisement information at the server computer receiving the advertisement information. information The advertisement information stored in the database is read out in response to a request from the consumer computer, the advertisement information stored in the database is read out, a consumer advertisement page including the read advertisement information is created, and the created consumer advertisement page is displayed. A method for controlling an advertisement information transmission system, which is transmitted to the consumer computer. 2. A server computer, a shop computer, and a consumer computer having a database are server computers in an advertisement information transmission system interconnected by a network, and receive a page transmission request from the shop computer. First receiving means, first reading means for reading advertisement target information associated with the shop computer from the database in response to the reception of the page transmission request by the first receiving means, the first reading means; Means for creating an advertisement information registration page including the advertisement target information read by the reading means; first transmission means for transmitting the advertisement information registration page created by the advertisement information registration page creation means to the shop computer;・ The space sent from the computer Second receiving means for receiving notification information,
Means for storing the advertisement information received by the second receiving means in the database, third receiving means for receiving a page transmission request from the consumer computer, and responding to the reception of the page transmission request by the third receiving means. Second reading means for reading the advertisement information stored in the database from the database, means for creating a consumer advertisement page including the advertisement information read by the second reading means, and the consumer A server computer comprising second transmission means for transmitting the consumer advertisement page created by the advertisement page creation means to the consumer computer. 3. A fourth receiving means for receiving the information constituting the advertising information transmitted from the shop computer, and the information constituting the advertising information received by the fourth receiving means being stored in the database. 3. The server computer according to claim 2, further comprising: a storage unit. 4. The server computer according to claim 2, wherein the advertisement information includes at least a part of the advertisement target information. 5. The server computer according to claim 2, further comprising a database that stores the advertisement target information and a database that stores the advertisement information. 6. A method of controlling a server computer in an advertisement information transmitting system including a server computer having a database and a storage device and a consumer computer, wherein the advertisement information is stored in advance in the database, A template for the consumer advertisement page is stored in the storage device in advance, and in response to a request from the consumer computer, the advertisement information is read from the database and the storage device stores the advertisement information for the consumer advertisement page. A method for controlling a server computer, comprising reading a template, inserting the advertisement information into the template, creating a consumer advertisement page, and transmitting the created consumer advertisement page to the consumer computer. 7. A method for controlling a server computer in an advertisement information transmitting system including a server computer having a database and a storage device and a shop computer, wherein advertisement target information is stored in the database in advance. A template for the advertisement information registration page is stored in the storage device in advance, and in response to a request from the shop computer,
The advertisement target information is read from the database and the template for the advertisement information registration page is read from the storage device, and the advertisement target information is inserted into the template to create an advertisement information registration page. Send the page to the shop computer above,
Control method of server computer. 8. In the database, the advertisement target information is stored in association with an ID for identifying the shop computer. The transmission of the ID is received from the shop computer, and the advertisement target information related to the received ID is stored in the database. 8. The control method for a server computer according to claim 7, wherein the method is read from a database. 9. An ID and a password are stored in the database in advance, and transmission of the ID and the password is received from the shop computer, and whether or not to transmit the advertisement information registration page based on the received ID and the password is determined. The method for controlling a server computer according to claim 7, wherein the determination is performed. 10. A database in which advertisement information is stored,
Storage means for storing a template for creating a consumer advertisement page, reading advertisement information from the database,
A means for reading the template for creating the consumer advertisement page from the storage means, and a template read from the storage means by the reading means.
Means for creating a consumer advertisement page by inserting the advertisement information read from the database. 11. A first database in which advertisement target information is stored, storage means for storing a template for creating an advertisement information registration page, and the first database in response to a page transmission request given from an external computer. Means for reading advertisement target information from the database and reading a template for creating an advertisement information registration page from the storage means, and for the template read from the storage means by the reading means, the advertisement target information read from the database. Means for creating an advertisement information registration page by inserting an advertisement information registration page, means for transmitting the advertisement information registration page created by the creation means to the external computer that has requested page transmission, and an advertisement information registration page provided from the external computer For registering advertising information based on a second database Server computer with 12. A method for controlling an information transmission system in which a server computer, a first client computer, and a second client computer are interconnected by a network, wherein the server computer has a first client computer. In response to the request from the client, the information associated with the first client computer is read from the database, a transmission information registration page including the read information is created, and the created transmission information registration page is read by the first client computer. The first client computer, which has transmitted to the client computer and received the transmission information registration page, receives input of transmission information according to the transmission information registration page,
The received outgoing call information is transmitted to the server computer, and the received outgoing call information is stored in a database at the server computer that has received the outgoing call information, and the received outgoing call information is stored in the database in response to a request from the second client computer. A method for controlling an information transmission system, comprising reading out stored transmission information, creating an information transmission page including the read transmission information, and transmitting the created information transmission page to the second client computer. 13. A method of controlling a server computer in an information transmission system including a server computer having a database and a storage device and a client computer, wherein transmission information is stored in advance in the database, and A template for an information transmission page is stored in the device in advance, and in response to a request from the client computer, transmission information is transmitted from the database and a template for the information transmission page is transmitted from the storage device. Read out, insert the transmission information into the template to create an information transmission page, and transmit the generated information transmission page to the client computer;
Computer control method. 14. A method of controlling a server computer in an information transmission system including a server computer having a database and a storage device and a client computer, wherein transmission target information is stored in advance in the database. A template for an outgoing information registration page is stored in advance in a storage device, and in response to a request from the client computer, information to be transmitted from the database and a template for an outgoing information registration page from the storage device are stored. A server computer control method for reading out the transmission information, inserting the transmission target information into the template, creating a transmission information registration page, and transmitting the created transmission information registration page to the shop computer. 15. A program for controlling a server computer in an information transmission system in which a server computer, a first client computer, and a second client computer are interconnected by a network, the program comprising: a first client computer; In response to the request from the computer, the information associated with the first client computer is read from the database, a transmission information registration page including the read information is created, and the first client computer transmits the information. In accordance with the information registration page, the input information is received, the received transmission information is received, the received transmission information is stored in a database, and the transmission information stored in the database is transmitted in response to a request from the second client computer. Read, read An information transmission page including the transmitted transmission information is created, and the created information transmission page is referred to as the second information transmission page.
A storage medium storing a program for controlling a server computer so as to be transmitted to another client computer.