JP2001312609A - Creator finding method and information gathering method using network - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method which is effective in finding and bringing up a nameless writer and an effective information gathering method which uses the Internet. SOLUTION: By this creator finding method using the network, works of creators are invited and works which are applied for the invitation are made open to the public on the network to invite investors; when the investors reach a target, the works are made open to the public on the network and their subscription rates and advertisement charges are partially returned to the creators and investors.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to various services using the Internet.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the Internet business has been expanding, and has been used for a wide variety of purposes such as information collection and shopping through the Internet. In addition, with the expansion of the Internet business, participation in the Internet business has been actively conducted.

[0003] Here, in the Internet,
For example, animation (hereinafter referred to as "animation")
In addition, when providing content such as photos (hereinafter referred to as “works”), if the provider of the work (ie, “author”) is famous (hereinafter referred to as “famous author” for convenience), It is expected to increase. As is well known, many banner advertisements are posted as link information on famous websites because many accesses can be expected. As described above, if the author is famous, it is expected that many users will have a chance to view (access) the advertisement effect. On the other hand, if the author is not famous (this unfamiliar author is hereinafter referred to as “anonymous author”), even if the content is very excellent, the viewing opportunity is lower than that of the famous author's work. Is naturally expected to decrease, and it will take a long time before the work becomes widely known.

At the present time, there are few opportunities to evaluate works of unknown authors, and follow-up for training unknown artists is not sufficient.

[0005]

As described above, there is a problem that it takes a long time for an unknown artist to disseminate the work, and it is difficult to obtain follow-up for training.

[0006] It is an object of the present invention to provide an effective method for finding a creator widely.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an efficient information collection method using the Internet.

[0008]

According to the present invention, the following means have been taken in order to solve the above-mentioned problems.

A creator finding method according to the present invention is a creator finding method using a network, in which works of the creator are publicly recruited, and the works applied for in the public recruitment are disclosed on the network, and the stakeholders are invested. If the investor exceeds the target, the work is released on the network and a part of the subscription fee and advertising fee accompanying it is returned to the creator and the investor. .

Another creator digging method according to the present invention is a creator digging method using a network, in which works of the creator are publicly offered, and works applied for in the public offering are disclosed on a network. It is characterized by soliciting popular votes from viewers, publishing works with a large number of votes on the network as a result of this vote, and returning a part of the subscription fee and advertising fee to the creator.

In the above-described creator excavation method, preferred embodiments are as follows.

(1) The creator can receive guidance from a famous writer on a network.

[0013] (2) Characters appearing in a work that the investor has exceeded the target or in a work with a large number of votes are always displayed on his / her own screen and made public on the network.

(3) Displaying, on a part of a screen for displaying a character appearing in a work which the investor has exceeded the target or a work having a large number of votes on the network, on the network, the network viewer searches for the character. To encourage

Further, the information collecting method according to the present invention is characterized in that an animation based on product planning information is made public on a network, and at least one of a popularity vote for the animation and a questionnaire on the product planning information is performed. .

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network to which a service method according to the first embodiment of the present invention is applied. In the following embodiments, animation may be described as an example of a specific work, but it is not limited to animation, and can be distributed on the Internet, for example,
The present invention is applicable to all works including photographs, music, CG (computer graphics), and the like. Also, this work,
The work is not limited to a specific work but may be an ability of an individual. In this case, it is only necessary to treat a talent or an entertainer as a work.

In FIG. 1, a service center 2, a sponsor 3, a customer 4, a writer 5, and a provider 6 are connected on a network 1. Here, the service center 2,
The sponsor 3, the customer 4, the writer 5, and the provider 6 are, for example, computer terminals connected to the network 1 and can collect information from the network 1 and deliver information to the network 1. In the following, unless otherwise specified, it is assumed that what is connected to the network 1 is a computer terminal having such a function. In FIG. 1, the writer 5 does not need to be directly connected to the network 1 and is not particularly limited as long as the writer can send the work to the service center 2. Also, the sponsor 3 does not need to be directly connected to the network 1 similarly to the writer 5, and it is only necessary that the exchange with the service center 2 is possible by means other than the Internet, for example, a means such as mobile telephone or digital broadcasting. . In addition, the provider 6
In this specification, the term includes not only a provider for enabling communication on a network but also a bank or a credit company capable of giving or receiving money (for example, electronic money) or contracting the money on the network. .

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing in detail the functions of the service center 2 in the network diagram of FIG. The contents of FIG. 2 will be briefly described.

The service center 2 has various processing units and a database so that various services can be provided. An input / output unit 21 for transmitting and receiving data is an interface to the network 1. The data transmitted and received by the input / output unit 21 is stored in each database through a predetermined process, or is extracted from the database and sent to the outside. The database includes the following. The work database 231 stores all works created by the writer 5. The product planning database 232 is a database in which a policy for planning a product, a study subject, and the like are stored. When used together with the questionnaire database 233, the product planning database 232 stores data used for a questionnaire. The charging database 234 is a database for managing copyright and license fees. Collection information database 235
Stores information collected from outside and processed information.

The present invention, which will be described in detail later, can be achieved by accessing the database as described above as follows.

The work accepting unit 221 accepts all works via the input / output unit 21 irrespective of the famous author 51 or the unknown author 522, and stores the accepted works in the work database 231. In this case, the license conditions and the like for the work are also recorded. Then, the received result is reported to the writer 5 via the input / output unit 21. The work license / providing unit 222 provides the works requested to be provided among the works stored in the work database 231. In this case, billing conditions are set and a license contract is also made. The publication / information collection unit 223 publishes the work stored in the work database 231 or collects desired information. In addition, this publication
In some cases, the information collection unit 223 also performs a contest or a voting to introduce a work of the unknown writer 522. In addition, recruitment of investors from customers 4 may be performed together with the release of the work. Further, when it is necessary to collect information by a survey request from the sponsor 3, a questionnaire is created based on the data from the work database 231, the product planning information database 232, and the questionnaire database 233, and the answer to the questionnaire is obtained. Collect and analyze information based on the information. Then, the result is stored in the collection information database and used for subsequent data processing. School introduction part 2
In order to improve the ability of the unknown writer 522, the 24 introduces an educational institution on the network and follows the unknown writer 522 registered in the educational institution, as will be described in detail later. The consideration receipt / payment unit 225 is a part that performs charge management and the like, and manages a copyright fee and a subscription fee based on a license agreement and the like, as well as a dividend when the customer 4 becomes an investor.

A specific embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the above configuration.

(First Embodiment) The first embodiment is an embodiment in which the work of the writer 5 is distributed to the customer 4 when the writer 5 is the famous writer 51. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a service method when the work of the famous writer 51 is distributed to the customer 4. The present embodiment is an embodiment in which works of famous authors 51 are distributed as one means for increasing access to the service center 2.

First, the service center 2 is a renowned writer 51
And submit a request to create a work. Conditions in this case include, for example, a copyright fee and a serialization period. Then, when agreement is obtained, the famous writer 51 creates a work and hands it over to the service center 2. Then, the service center 2 sets a subscription fee and distributes the work. Here, when the customer 4 wants to subscribe to the work, he pays a subscription fee to the service center 2 and subscribes. This subscription is performed, for example, by pay-per-view of the work, download, or distribution in the i-mode. And the service center 2
The copyright fee is paid to the famous writer 51 under predetermined conditions.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the famous authors 51
By distributing the works, more customers 4 can be collected. This makes it possible to smoothly provide services to the customer in the second and subsequent embodiments. In this embodiment, the service center 2
Can distribute advertisements, it is also possible to recruit advertisement sponsors 3 and display advertisements simultaneously with distribution of advertisements. In this case, since a predetermined advertisement fee can be collected from the sponsor 3, for example, the subscription fee can be reduced or made free. In this way, it is possible to easily increase the number of customers and to broaden the customer base.

(Second Embodiment) A second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The second embodiment of the present invention relates to an unknown writer 5
2 is disclosed a method for effectively realizing the excavation. In the second embodiment, even if there are no sponsors for a work that many people would like to subscribe to, an unknown writer 5 who made a sufficient follow-up and created an excellent work
An example will be described in which an environment is set up so that the work can be made public by continuing the creation.

A method of excavating the unknown writer 52 when the sponsor 3 is not recruited will be described with reference to FIG. The service center 2 first recruits works of the unknown writer 52 on, for example, a homepage. Here, when a work is posted from the unknown writer 52, the service center 2 publishes the work on a homepage, for example, and solicits applicants to subscribe to the work (first public offering). Then, if a predetermined number (target value) or more of the applicants for the subscription (in this case, the number of subscribers or the amount of investment) can be obtained, the applicant for subscription in the first public offering is considered as an investor. Center 2
Decides to publish or serialize and publish the work. The costs for publishing or serializing are based on a predetermined subscription fee (investment amount) from applicants for subscription in the first public offering. Then, when a person who wants to subscribe to the published work appears, a part of the subscription fee is returned to the first person who wants to subscribe (investor) as a dividend. Further, it is preferable that the anonymous writer 52 be paid the copyright fee from a part of the subscription fee.

FIG. 5 shows a display example of the screen in this case. FIG. 5A is a screen for urging investment in the first public offering. FIG. 5B is a screen for entering investment conditions and the like of the applicant for investment. In FIG. 5, a customer 4 (here, an investor) looks at an animation, for example, and if the animation is a favorite and wants to serialize, if the first public invitation is made, the artist 4 Whether or not to invest is displayed (FIG. 5 (a)). When the customer 4 decides to invest (Yes in FIG. 5A), the amount of investment, the method of paying the investment, the method of receiving the dividend, the name, address, E-mail address, etc. of the investor are input. Screen (FIG. 5B). Here, the customer 4 can be an investor by inputting necessary parts for the items displayed on the screen. In this case, for example,
It is preferable that the investment be prepared in several stages so that many customers 4 can easily participate. In addition, various methods can be applied to the payment method, such as paying a pooled one to a provider, in addition to credit and bank settlement. In this case, the dividends may be pooled with the provider, and the pooled funds may be managed when necessary.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when finding an unknown writer 52, the cost of publishing an excellent work is generated by the investment of the customer 4 who has contributed to the work without recruiting a sponsor. At the same time, it can be widely distributed to customers 4 as well as works judged to be excellent in the contest. In addition, in the first public offering, applicants who are interested in and want to subscribe to the work (ie, investors)
Has the advantage that by becoming an investor who has discovered the work, a part of the subscription fee from the subscriber after the work is released can be obtained as a dividend. In addition, the unknown writer 5
If the customer 2 has more than a predetermined number of subscribers who wish to subscribe, there is a possibility that it will be recognized as an excellent work even if he does not enter the contest, and as a result, the service center 2 will request the creation of a work. And the associated royalties can be obtained as income, so that more works can be disclosed to many people and continuous creativity can be achieved by obtaining the royalties.

(Third Embodiment) Next, an excellent work that has won a prize in the content (hereinafter, referred to as a "winning work")
The case where there is a sponsor 3 for supporting the above will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the third embodiment, and is a diagram illustrating a method of excavating the unknown writer 52 when the sponsor 3 is present.

The service center 2 recruits sponsors 3 for excavating the unknown writer 52. This sponsor 3
, For example, becomes the sponsor 3 of the contest of the application, publishes an advertisement in the contest, and provides prizes and prizes. When the sponsor 3 is determined, the service center 2 recruits works of the unknown writer 52. A contest is held in the submitted works, and the customer 4 is encouraged to vote. In this case, a questionnaire described later in detail may be used together. Then, the service center 2 counts the voting results, and the popular work (a prize-winning work in a case where a predetermined number of voting works or a prize-winning work, for example, the top several works by voting) is provided from the sponsor 3. The prize and the prize are awarded to the unknown writer 52. At this time, if a questionnaire was conducted, the customer 4
In contrast, for example, if a product sample or a small gift is provided, the voting of the customer 4 is caused and the collection efficiency of the questionnaire is increased.

FIG. 7 shows a display example of the screen of the contest. FIG. 7 shows a screen display example of an animation contest. On this screen, a sponsor's advertisement (for example, a banner advertisement) is placed below the title, and clicking on the banner advertisement accesses the sponsor's homepage. And, for example, in the anime contest, works of sports animations (for example, baseball, soccer, swimming, basketball, etc.) that have been applied as “sports animation specials” as this special issue are posted. For example, when an item of a work collection is selected on the screen, the works submitted to the contest can be watched, and a vote for an excellent work or a favorite work is made. Here, if no sponsor is attached, a selection button for investing may be provided. In this case, when the investment button is pressed, the screen shown in FIG. 5B is displayed, and the customer 4 selects and determines investment conditions and becomes an investor.
In addition, it is preferable that a questionnaire is prepared at the lower part of the screen as described above, and that a questionnaire respondent is provided with a gift, and information is collected at the same time as voting. Next, the left side of the display screen is the table of contents,
It is preferable that various information can be searched. In this case, since the object of the contest is an animation, for example, it is assumed that a customer 4 such as an animation corner by a famous writer 51 or an anime research group search corps continuously browses with interest. Is preferred.
As described above, sales of works that have gained much support and winning works (excellent works) are requested by the unknown artist 52 to serialize excellent works and create new works. In accordance with the above, the copyright fee is paid, and the unknown author 52 is cultivated, and a tool for disseminating excellent works is provided. That is, an excellent anime writer work section may be provided in the table of contents of the contest shown in FIG. The character of the work may be sold. In that case, the character may be moved at random so that the character is always displayed on a specific homepage, or the expression or posture may be changed. In addition, the character may be used as a link to a homepage by searching for the character, or may be sold as a pet for e-mail. A part of the profit obtained in this case is of course returned to the unknown writer 52 as a copyright.

In this way, the promising unknown writer 52 can be effectively excavated, and the promising unknown writer 52 can obtain funds, so that it is possible to continuously create works.

(Fourth Embodiment) Next, in each of the above embodiments, follow-up of an unknown writer 52 who has applied for a work will be described. In the above two examples, the case where the work is excellent and it can be commercialized immediately is explained. However, if the work is lost in the contest, or even if it is an excellent work, it is preferable to add more ability. The follow-up operation when the judgment is made will be described with reference to FIG. In addition,
Here, for the sake of convenience of explanation, the description will be made assuming that the unknown writer 52 who was not selected in the contest is to be followed.

In FIG. 8, the steps up to the summation of the voting results of the contest are the same as those in FIG. In the event of a loss in the contest, the service center 2 obtains the advice of the famous author 51 and determines whether or not the guidance by an expert is necessary. If the guidance by the expert is required, the service center 2 trains the anime writer 5. Anonymous writer 52
To introduce. The anime school 6 may be a part of the service of the service center 2 or an external affiliate school. In the present embodiment, the animation school 6 will be described as a part of the service of the service center 2.

When the anonymous writer 52 enters the anime school 6, the entrance fee and tuition are paid to the anime school 6, and a correction instruction by a specialist using the network can be received. Thereby, the ability of the unknown writer 52 is cultivated, and the ability to pass as an animation writer can be acquired. Here, the service center 2 may request the service center 2 to create a work with respect to a part of the creation request to the service center 2 even for the excellent human resources among the unknown authors 52 even during enrollment. Then, the creation fee is received by the unknown writer 52. By doing so, the promising unknown writer 52 can obtain the creation fee for the created work at any time, so that it is possible to continuously create and study the work, and it is effective for finding promising newcomers. .

If the anime school is outside, the service center 2 receives the referral fee from the anime school and the introduction business ends here. Although not shown in FIG. 8, it is preferable that the service center 2 performs employment placement and job introduction for graduates of the anime school and excellent new artists. In this way, even after graduation from Anime Gakuen, it is possible to secure a job that makes the most of that ability or continue to create a work.

(Fifth Embodiment) Next, a method of collecting information by a questionnaire applied to each of the above embodiments will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the fifth embodiment. For example, if a sponsor 3 requests a service center 2 to conduct a design questionnaire on the development of a new product, the service center 2 responds to the writer 5 (here,
(To be described as an anime writer) to create an animation that includes the product concept. In this case, the anime writer 5 may be the famous writer 51 or the unknown writer 52, or may request a student who is enrolled in the above-mentioned anime school to create a work by giving a theme. The best one may be adopted. Here, the animation creator 5 incorporates the product concept of the sponsor 3 into the animation work, and completes the animation work that incorporates its own idea as an animation. Here, for example, in the case of the famous writer 51, a TV made by Company A is placed in a famous animation such as “Mr.
It is an animation that can be used to create a questionnaire by having a camera made by the company, a bag made by the company C, and a wristwatch made by the company D.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration example of such a questionnaire screen. In the questionnaire screen (a) in FIG. 10, a scene in which a woman is in her room is extracted, and when she clicks on a bag in her hand, various scenes are displayed as shown in FIG. 10 (b). Since the type of bag is displayed, the user can select a desired bag. If there is no corresponding bag, the name, photograph, etc. of the bag can be entered. Also,
In the figure, the same selection can be made for the contents described in the animation such as the TV, the sofa, or the hairstyle and clothes of the person.

In order to increase the number of subscribers to the questionnaire, it is preferable to include the evaluation of the animation itself. For example, as a questionnaire for the animation itself, it is preferable to include (1) animation preference (2) animation character preference (3) story quality (4) favorite animation, character, and the like. In addition, with respect to the information collection by the questionnaire, the customer 4 can collect more questionnaire by preparing a corresponding present (a small gift). These questionnaires can be stored in the service center 2 as customer information in a form that does not infringe on the privacy of individuals, or the stored information can be processed and sold to other companies for a fee. It is also possible.

(Sixth Embodiment) In each of the above-mentioned embodiments, in response to the act of excavating the unknown writer 52, works of the unknown writer 52 are recruited, and a contest or the like for the work is carried out. The main purpose is to sell. On the other hand, instead of the individual unknown writer 52, as a part of the creation cost of the work for the contest, for example, a club for animation (for example, a “manga study group” at a university. The method of giving a subsidy and holding a contest against Man Lab is also preferable in terms of finding the unknown writer 52. This is because, for example, in a club such as a manga study group, people who are interested in animation gather together to form a society, so it is effective in finding high interest in animation and finding promising newcomers. This is because it can be said that it is a typical group.

By providing assistance to this Mann Lab,
A sixth embodiment in which an unknown creator is found will be described. In the present embodiment, the flow is almost the same as that in FIG.

In this case, the service center 2
In place of the writer 5 (anonymous creator), the service center 2 sponsors and gives a subsidy to a manga study group at a university or a high school, and contests the work. The works exhibited in the contest are subject to, for example, a trust agreement or a license agreement that allows the service center 2 to have an exclusive right to the implementation. And we ask customer 4 to vote in the contest,
Recognize the research group that won the contest and give prizes and prizes. Then, the service center 2 plans the commercialization of the winning work, serializes it, and requests creation of a new work. For the release of the work, the funds are allocated by recruiting sponsors and collecting advertisement fees or collecting subscription fees from customers 4, and a part of the profits is copyrighted. As paid to the study group.

With such a system, there is an advantage that the financial support of the research group having the excellent unknown writer 52 can be smoothly performed, the fund management of the research group can be easily performed, and the creation cost can be easily obtained.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments of the present invention, but can be, of course, carried out in various modifications without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0046]

According to the present invention, first, by distributing works of famous authors, more customers can be gathered. And if a lot of customers gather, the contest can also sell anonymous creators with sponsors (investors). If you lose in the contest, you can expect a follow-up to back up your education, which will increase the number of anonymous creators.

In addition, by linking information collection with works (anime), for example, linking a questionnaire to a famous anime or linking a newcomer to a questionnaire of a famous company, the information collection rate for the questionnaire is low. A synergistic effect can be expected, such as increasing the number of readers of new anime and increasing the audience.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a network to which a service method according to a first embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a function of a service center in detail in the network diagram of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a service method when a work of a famous writer is distributed to a customer.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a method of excavating an unknown writer 52 when a sponsor is not recruited.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of a screen.

FIG. 6 is a view for explaining a case where there is a sponsor for supporting a winning work of content.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a display example of a contest screen.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining follow-up when a work is lost in a contest.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a method of collecting information by a questionnaire applied to each of the above embodiments.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a questionnaire screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... network, 2 ... service center, 3 ... sponsor, 4 ... customer, 5 ... writer.

Claims (6)

[Claims] [Claim 1] In a method for discovering a creator using a network, a work of the creator is publicly invited, a work applied for in this public offering is disclosed on a network, investors are invited, and the investor reaches a target or more. A method of exposing the work on a network, and returning a part of a subscription fee and an advertising fee to the creator and the investor when the work is performed. 2. In a method for discovering a creator using a network, a work of the creator is publicly offered, and works applied for in the public offering are disclosed on a network.
Invite popular votes from network viewers, and as a result of voting, publish works with a large number of votes on the network and return a portion of the subscription and advertising fees to the creator. Excavation method. 3. The creator digging method according to claim 1, wherein said creator can receive guidance of a famous writer on a network. 4. The creator excavation method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a character which appears in a work which the investor has reached a target or which has a large number of votes is always displayed on his / her own screen. A method for discovering the creator, characterized in that it is made public on the network. 5. The creator excavation method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a character that appears in a work that the investor has reached a target or a work with a large number of votes is disclosed on a network. A creator excavating method that prompts the network viewer to search for the character. 6. An information collection method, comprising publishing an animation based on product planning information on a network, and performing at least one of a popularity vote for the animation and a questionnaire regarding the product planning information.