JP2002223431A - Program organization system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program organization system that provides a system able to organize a program to a program director without the need for individual calculation of program charges fluctuated depending on a broadcast station and a broadcast time. SOLUTION: This network system including an organizing terminal and a server unit is provided with a means that extracts program information of a program in matching with broadcast frame information by the server unit, a means that calculates program fee of each program and a means that displays the calculated result on the organizing terminal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for organizing programs such as televisions and radios using a network, and a server device thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A broadcasting station organizes a program that determines which program is to be broadcast at which time. In this case, the content and broadcast time of the program are important, but it is also extremely important to organize programs in combination with a predetermined organization budget.

[0003] Specifically, a broadcasting station purchases a program and pays a fee. On the other hand, between these programs, programs that can be paid by broadcasting commercials etc. are also broadcast. in this way,
The broadcasting station organizes programs by appropriately combining programs for which fees are paid and programs for which income is to be paid.

Here, if the program fee (program fee) is a fixed amount, the calculation can be said to be easy. However, for cable television (hereinafter, CATV) broadcasting stations, the program fee may fluctuate depending on the number of subscribers and the number of households that can view. In addition, fees may vary depending on the scale of the broadcasting station (key stations are expensive, local stations are cheap, etc.).

[0005] Further, some programs vary depending on the day of the week or the time of broadcasting. For example, from 19:00 to 2
In the golden time such as midnight, the program fee is relatively high, while in the late night, the price is low.

In such a case, the organizer considers desirable contents and broadcast time among the programs to be provided,
It was necessary to select a program by paying attention to the composition budget and perform the composition. In the past, programming has been performed by the organizer calculating the balance for each program or according to a guide based on experience.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention
The purpose is to allow the organizer to easily organize the program. In particular, it is an object of the present invention to provide an organizer with a system capable of organizing programs without individually calculating a fee for a program that fluctuates appropriately according to a broadcast station and a broadcast time.

[0008]

Means for Solving the Problems and Their Effects (System) (1) In order to solve the above problems, the present invention enables a knitting terminal used by a knitting person and a server machine used by a manager to transmit and receive via a network. The server is connected to the "broadcast station information" for a plurality of broadcast stations
And "program information" of each broadcast station and "program information" relating to a plurality of programs, respectively, and the "program information" is used for determining program charges. The composition terminal has means for accessing the server device. The server device, in response to access from the composition terminal, means for specifying a broadcast station and a "broadcast station" of the specified broadcast station Means for extracting "information" and "composition information", and means for transmitting a composition table based on "composition information" to the accessing composition terminal; And means for transmitting "broadcast frame information" for specifying an arbitrary broadcast frame to the server machine based on the composition table.-The server machine transmits a "program" of a program matching the "broadcast frame information". Information "and a means for extracting each program. There are means for calculating the "program fee" based on the "charge determination information" included in the "program information", and means for transmitting the extracted "program information" and the calculated "program fee" to the scheduling terminal. The composition terminal has means for displaying “program information” corresponding to the specified broadcast frame and the “program fee”, and
It is characterized by having means for displaying a "composition fee" which is a total of "program fees" for a certain period.

[0009] Here, the "fee determination information" is information determined for each program, and is a factor for determining a fee such as a broadcast area, a basic fee, an added amount per subscriber, and a surcharge based on broadcast time. A generic term that includes various information. For example,
This is information on extras and discounts depending on the broadcasting time zone, and information on changing the fee depending on the day of the week.

[0010] The program terminal displays the program information of the program corresponding to the selected broadcast frame and its fee. In particular, this fee is calculated based on the fee determination information. Thus, the organizer does not need to calculate the program fee by himself, and can select a program considered appropriate based on the displayed program information and the fee, and can organize the program. Further, the knitting operation can be promptly performed.

In the present invention, a "program" refers to a program broadcasted not only by terrestrial waves but also by satellites or cables, and the content is not particularly limited. The content of this program includes news programs (news), dramas,
In addition to movies, it also includes commercial films (hereinafter, CMs) for sales promotion. It also includes radio programs.

(Server) (2) In order to implement the system, the present invention relates to a server used by an administrator connected to a knitting terminal used by the knitter via a network so as to be able to transmit and receive, Means for storing broadcast station information on a plurality of broadcast stations, organization information of each broadcast station, and program information including information on a plurality of programs and including charge determination information; Means for identifying a broadcast station and extracting broadcast station information; means for reading composition information based on the broadcast station information and displaying a composition table based on the composition information on a composition terminal; Means for receiving broadcast frame information from the scheduling terminal and extracting program information of a program matching the broadcast frame information; a program number of each program based on fee determination information included in the extracted program information; Means for calculating a set fee; means for displaying program information and a program fee on a scheduling terminal. With this server machine, the organizer can easily organize programs as in the system described above.

(3) For some programs, there are combinations of time zones and programs that cannot be broadcast. For example, tobacco commercials cannot be broadcast during the day. Also, when a drama has a sponsor, it is not possible to broadcast a commercial of a rival company. It is necessary for the organizer to organize programs in consideration of such conditions that cannot be broadcast.

Therefore, a preferred embodiment of the present invention is the above-mentioned server machine, which has means for not displaying a program matching the prohibition information on the scheduling terminal. Here, "prohibited information" refers to information that defines conditions that cannot be broadcast in consideration of the restrictions set by law, voluntary regulations of the industry, and corporate strategies, etc. And the day of the week, the broadcast area, and the like. Further, for a program that is repeatedly broadcast, a minimum number of broadcasts and a maximum number of broadcasts may be determined, or an interval for rebroadcasting the same program may be determined. In addition, a program or a genre of the program which should not be broadcast immediately before / after may be determined.

[0015] This prevents the organizer from selecting a program that matches the prohibition information. In addition, since any program can be selected as long as the program is displayed after clearing the prohibition information, the knitting work is facilitated. In addition, it is possible to avoid a situation where a program cannot be broadcasted even though a program is selected in consideration of time and budget.

Further, a preferred embodiment of the present invention is the above-mentioned server machine, which has means for displaying “a program corresponding to the prohibition information” on the knitting terminal. This eliminates the possibility that the organizer selects a program that matches the prohibition information, and provides the same effect as the above-described non-display mode.

Furthermore, according to this embodiment, even a program that matches the prohibition information is displayed, so that the organizer can recognize the presence of the displayed program. As a result, among the recognized programs, programs that have attracted the organizer's interest have an opportunity to be organized under broadcast conditions that do not match the prohibited information, such as different time zones and days of the week.

(4) In the present invention, the means for calculating the program fee based on the "charge determination information" includes 1)
Form based on "Price determination information" and "Broadcast station information", 2)
Form based on "fee determination information" and "broadcasting frame information", 3)
The present invention can be implemented as a form based on both "charge determination information" and "broadcast station information and charge determination information".

Therefore, as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned server machine has means for calculating a program fee based on the fee determination information and the broadcast station information. As a result, it is possible to set the program fee according to the size of the broadcasting station or the broadcasting area. Specifically, program fees are set high for key stations that have many households that can view, and profits are set. On the other hand, for a broadcast station in an unpopular area, the fee is set low, and priority is given to having the program broadcast. (5) When the program fee is changed for each broadcasting station, an important matter in calculating the program fee is the number of viewers who can view each broadcasting station. Broadcasting at a broadcasting station with a larger number of viewers generally means more viewers. For example, when a CM is broadcast, the effect of sales promotion is greater.

Therefore, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the server includes the target number information relating to the number of target persons who can view the broadcast station information, and the program information is associated with the number of target persons. It is characterized in that it includes means for including the information for determining the fee and for calculating the program fee based on the information on the number of subjects.

Thus, the program fee can be set based on the number of subjects for each broadcasting station, and the fee can be set in accordance with the expected effect of the commercial. It is easy for the distributor of the program to set the program fee (the fee can be set without having to consider which station is being broadcast). Also, according to the present invention, a program fee according to the size of the broadcasting station is presented, so that the organizer can program in a range according to the broadcast size. In particular, since a low fee is calculated for a broadcasting station with a small number of subjects, the organizer has a wider range of program selection.

Here, the "number of viewable viewers" refers to the number of viewers who may view some of the programs broadcast from a certain broadcasting station. For example, in the case of a terrestrial broadcasting station, the number of households / regional population in the broadcasting area, and in the case of CATV, the number of subscribers. Therefore, free broadcasting means including the number of people who can watch.

(6) An important matter in determining a program fee is an area where a program is broadcast. Therefore, one of the preferred embodiments of the present invention is the above-described server device, wherein the broadcast station information includes broadcast area information regarding a broadcast area, and calculates a fee for a program based on the broadcast area information. It is characterized by having means.

Thus, it is possible to set a fee in consideration of the regional characteristics of the broadcasting station. For example, for a broadcasting station in a region where a program sponsor is focusing on sales, it is desired to give priority to the broadcasting of a program even if the price is slightly lower. In such a case, according to the present invention, it is possible to set a program fee that matches the broadcast area and the corporate strategy of the sponsor.

(7) In setting and calculating the program fee, there is a form in which the program fee is changed depending on the time and day of the week when the program is broadcast. Therefore, one of the preferred embodiments of the present invention is the above-described server device, wherein the program information includes information for determining a program fee related to a broadcast time, and the program fee is determined based on the specified broadcast frame information. Is calculated.

Thus, the organizer can easily organize a program based on a program fee corresponding to a broadcast frame. In addition, a sales strategy of a program according to a broadcast frame can be realized. Specifically, for a program whose popularity is specialized only in a certain time zone, the fee is set high in that time zone. On the other hand, since the number of viewers is small at other times, the sales strategy is to set a low price and broadcast repeatedly.

In a preferred embodiment capable of exhibiting the effects of the above-described invention, the server described above is used, based on both "charge determination information", "broadcast station information" and "broadcast frame information". It is characterized by having means for calculating a program fee. As a result, it is possible to set a detailed fee in consideration of a broadcasting station and a broadcasting frame.

(8) In order to implement the above-described invention, it is necessary that the server machine stores a plurality of pieces of program information in advance. Therefore, as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the server machine described above is connected to a distributor terminal used by a distributor so as to be able to transmit and receive via a network, and a program registration screen for prompting the distributor terminal to register program information. And a means for storing received program information.

This enables the distributor of the program to input the program information via the network, so that the administrator of the server does not need to input the program information and the work load is reduced. On the other hand, the distributor can quickly register a program to be broadcasted (a program to be sold) and display it to the organizer. In addition, the distributor does not need to operate the program he wants to sell himself, and the organizer can purchase the program simply by registering it on this server machine.
There is an advantage that sales are unnecessary.

Here, the "distributor" means a person who sells and sells each program, and also includes a person who purchases an overseas program and sells it in Japan, in addition to a person who produces each program. It is.

(Knitting Terminal) The present invention described above can be implemented using the following knitting terminals. (9) A knitting terminal used by an organizer communicably connected via a network to a server machine used by an administrator, means for receiving a knitting table from the server machine and displaying the knitting table; Means for specifying a broadcast frame based on the broadcast frame information and transmitting the broadcast frame information; means for displaying a program corresponding to the broadcast frame and a program fee for the program; Means for displaying an organization fee, which is the total of the program fees of the programs selected up to, and means for adding the program fee of the arbitrarily selected program to the organization fee, and displaying the added organization fee. It is characterized by having. As described above, the present invention makes it easier for the organizer to organize programs.

(10) As a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the above-mentioned organization terminal, the program corresponding to the broadcast frame and the program fee of the program are rearranged based on the program information. It has a display means.

By rearranging the programs displayed on the knitting terminals based on the program information, the knitting operator can display the programs meeting his / her request at a higher rank, thereby facilitating knitting work. For example, in the case of paying the most attention to the programming fee, it is necessary to pay attention to the size of the program fee. In such a case, it is desirable to display the programs in the order of the program fees. On the other hand, in the case of organizing a plurality of short-time broadcasts, it is necessary to pay attention to the content time of the program. In such a case, if the contents are displayed in order of time, the knitting work becomes easy.

As described above, desirable information in the “program information” includes “content time” and “program fee”.
Therefore, as a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the server device described above, the program corresponding to the broadcast frame, and the program fee, based on the "content time" and "program fee" of the program information, It has a means for arbitrarily rearranging and displaying in that order.

(11) Further, the present invention provides the above-mentioned knitting terminal, which comprises means for displaying a "purchased program" for which a contract is made on the premise of a plurality of broadcasts in a separate frame from other programs. It is characterized by having.

The "already purchased program" means a program for which a contract for paying for a program has already been established but a broadcast schedule has not yet been determined. For example, it refers to a program whose broadcasting schedule has been postponed in the past, a program that has been contracted on the premise of multiple broadcasts, and has not been broadcast all times.

Such a purchased program must be broadcast with priority over other programs. For example, if a broadcast is postponed, the broadcaster is responsible for broadcasting. In addition, since a broadcast period is generally set for a program, if the program is not broadcast during the period, the fee already paid by the broadcasting station will be wasted.

Therefore, in the present invention, already purchased programs are displayed in separate frames, and the organizer is always made aware of them. As a result, the arrangement of the already purchased programs is preferentially performed, and it is possible to avoid a situation where the already purchased programs are not broadcasted forever.

(12) The program fee is not limited to the one-time broadcast fee, but may be a program for which a fee is determined on the premise of a plurality of broadcasts within a certain period (referred to as “multiple broadcast programs”). is there. In this plurality of broadcast programs, the fee for one broadcast is determined after all the broadcasts are completed. For example, if a charge of 5 broadcasts and 50,000 yen is set, the charge for one broadcast is 10,000 yen for 5 broadcasts, but the charge for one broadcast is 50,000 yen for only one broadcast. It is.

Therefore, the present invention is directed to the above-mentioned knitting terminal, wherein in the means for displaying the knitting fee, when a plurality of broadcast programs for which a fee is set based on a plurality of broadcasts within a certain period are selected, It is characterized by having means for adding a charge for one broadcast to the composition fee and displaying the same.

Thus, even if the organizer selects a plurality of broadcast programs, it is possible to obtain a set fee as a fee per broadcast, thereby facilitating the knitting operation. Further, the fee per broadcast is changed depending on the number of subsequent broadcasts, but according to the present invention, it is possible to set an estimate of the programming fee.

In particular, according to the invention (11), it is possible to avoid a situation in which a period in which a purchased program can be broadcast without organizing has passed, and the validity of the fee per broadcast is increased.

[0043]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Overall Configuration FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a network system according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, the outline of the present invention is that a knitting terminal used by a knitting station of a broadcasting station and a server machine used by a manager who manages each program information are communicably connected to each other via a network. Things. Further, the present invention is also implemented in a form in which a distributor terminal and a server device are connected.

Here, the "organizer" is a person who organizes a program at a broadcasting station. The "server machine" has means for transmitting a schedule, program information and a program fee to the schedule terminal in order to facilitate program scheduling.
"Distributor" refers to a person who sells programs to broadcasters. According to the present invention, a distributor registers a program to be sold (a program desired to be broadcast) in a server machine and entrusts the sales to an administrator.

In the present invention, a server machine and a knitting terminal,
The distributor terminal mainly communicates via a network, but a dedicated line such as a LAN or WAN may be used for the line. Further, the network (network) in the present invention is not limited to a mode using a wire, and a mode for transmitting and receiving information wirelessly is also an embodiment. From the viewpoint of implementing the invention over a wide area, this network is preferably the Internet.

2. Configuration of Each Device (1) (Configuration of Server) Next, the configuration of the server will be described with reference to the block diagram shown in FIG. In this figure, reference numeral 21 denotes control means,
It is composed of a CPU, a memory, and the like, and performs control of each unit, data distribution, various calculations, temporary storage of data, and the like. Reference numeral 22 denotes an input means for controlling data input from a knitting terminal / distributor terminal connected via a network. Reference numeral 23 denotes an output unit for controlling various information output to the knitting terminal. Reference numerals 24 to 26 denote various storage units, which store the following programs, data, and files, respectively.

(Storage means 24) The storage means 24 stores a "program file". The program of this file is used in the control means 21. The stored programs include a program to exercise the server function of transmitting various types of information (composition table, program information, etc.), as well as those that receive information, searching for "program information" and "broadcast station information". The one to be extracted, the one to calculate the fee of the program based on the fee determination information, and the like. In addition, a program for performing each processing according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in each embodiment.

(Storage Unit 25) The storage unit 25 stores a “broadcast station information file”. This file stores, for each broadcast station, broadcast station information on a broadcast station that organizes programs according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 shows an example of this broadcast station information. The broadcast station information may be any information as long as it specifies the broadcast station and includes various information about the broadcast station. In the figure, A broadcast station and B broadcast station are shown as broadcast station names. Then, in the embodiment in which the fee is calculated according to the type of broadcast, the type is stored.
Specifically, the A broadcast station is a CATV, and the B broadcast station is a BS station.

In the case of an embodiment in which the fee for a program is calculated based on the number of subjects at the broadcasting station, the number of subjects is stored as the number of subjects information. As contents of the number of target persons, the broadcasting station A stores “the number of subscribers” and “the number of non-subscribers”. here,
The number of non-subscribers is a household whose cable wiring has been completed but who have not subscribed yet (those who can view free broadcasts but cannot view paid broadcasts). B station is B
Since it is S, the number of BS antenna purchasers and decoder purchasers in Japan is stored. Other target number information can be implemented based on the number of households or population in the broadcasting area. Furthermore, in the embodiment in which the fee is calculated according to the broadcast area, the broadcast area is stored.

There is no limitation on the number of pieces of broadcast station information to be stored, but from the viewpoint of providing services to various broadcast stations, it is preferable that the broadcast station information includes five or more pieces of broadcast station information.
The broadcast station information is stored in advance, but it is desirable that new information, such as when the number of subscribers or the broadcast area is changed, be transmitted from the knitting terminal to the server via the network and stored. This makes it easy to update the broadcast station information, and the fee calculation is more in line with the actual situation.

The storage unit 25 stores an “organization information file” for each broadcasting station. The "organization information" is composed of "organization basic information" and "selected program information", and includes "already purchased program information" described later in some embodiments.

The "organization basic information" is information on the organization roughly determined before a specific program is organized, and is determined by a person on the broadcast station side. FIG. 6 shows a composition table based on the composition basic information. FIG. 6 is a weekly organization table. As shown in the figure, the composition basic information defines a large division of broadcasting time. For example, on Monday,
"4: 00-7: 00, 7: 00-9: 00, 9: 00-12: 00 ..." Then, the divided time frame is defined as a broadcast frame.

Next, the organization basic information stores the "genre" of the program to be broadcast for each broadcast frame, the "organization budget" of the entire broadcast frame, and the like. The broadcast frame of “Saturday, 9:00 to 12:00” in FIG. 6 has the genre “current affairs / information” and “composition budget” of “-10
000 yen ". Information included in this broadcast frame is referred to as broadcast frame information. If there is a genre of a program that cannot be broadcast in a broadcast frame, such information may be included as prohibition information.

☆ “Selected program information” refers to information related to a program selected and broadcast by the organizer.
The program information of the program selected in the present invention is sequentially stored in the organization information. More specifically, the program to be broadcasted is determined in accordance with the broadcast frame and its time.

In FIG. 6, the white portion is the portion where the program to be broadcasted has already been determined and the formation has been completed, and the dark portion is the undetermined portion. The program portion is selected by the embodiment of the present invention.

The table based on the composition information does not necessarily have to be a week, but only needs to be displayed in an appropriate form such as a day, a month, or an year. There are no restrictions on the means of registering this basic information,
In addition to the means for accessing and registering the server machine from the knitting terminal via the network, the administrator may contact the administrator via telephone or facsimile and input the information.

As the prohibition information, if it is a condition desired by the broadcasting station, it is input according to an instruction from the broadcasting station (organizer). On the other hand, if the conditions are based on laws and regulations, the administrator may voluntarily input the information without an instruction from the broadcasting station.

In the lower part of the knitting table, the total of the knitting budget for each day of the week is “Week”, “Month”,
Display in the unit of "Year". Thus, when determining the composition budget, the total can be used as a guide. In addition, the present invention can be implemented in a form in which the set fee of the determined program is displayed according to the set budget.

(Storage means 26) The storage means 26 stores a "program information file". This file stores program information including various information that informs the organizer of the outline of the program. Further, the program information includes "charge determination information" which is a factor for determining the price of the program. Although the number of program information is not limited, from the viewpoint of meeting the needs of various organizers, the number of the program information is preferably 100 or more.

Program Information FIG. 4 shows an example of the program information. The contents of the program information include the program title, its genre, the content time (the actual time to broadcast), the broadcastable period during which the program can be broadcast, and information such as performers and directors as "details" as appropriate. It is composed. In FIG. 4, the information variety of the title of the program “Onsen that can go with pets.
The following description will be given on the assumption that the CM of “XX automobile” is Program 2. In addition, in order to pay and receive the program fee,
This program information includes information for specifying the distributor.

[Prohibition Information] The prohibition information defines conditions under which a program cannot be broadcast and conditions under which a distributor does not want a program. In program 1, "1
2: 00 ~ 16: 00 ”is prohibited. Also, incorporation of tobacco commercials is prohibited in consideration of the image of the program. Also, if the same program is repeatedly broadcast, the viewer gets bored and the feeling of the program deteriorates. In addition, if the degree of broadcasting of the CM is too long, the advertising effect is reduced. Therefore, in the case where a limit is set on the number of times a program is broadcast and its period, the number of times (period) is determined. Program 2 allows up to 10 broadcasts per week.

“Fee Decision Information” “Fee decision information” includes the following contents. This fee determination information is set by a distributor who produces and sells programs. Further, the present invention can also be implemented in a form in which an appropriate change is made in response to the opinion of the manager or the organizer.

Fixed amount This is a fixed fee for broadcasting a program. In this case, the indicated amount becomes the program fee as it is regardless of the broadcasting station, the broadcasting area, the number of subscribers, and the like. Program 1 does not employ a fixed amount, so there is no data. On the other hand, in program 2, it is set to “+50,000”. Here, what is indicated by "+" in the fee corresponds to a broadcast station receiving the fee by broadcasting, such as a CM, a program including a CM, a sponsored program such as television shopping, and the like. On the other hand, what is displayed as "-" means that the broadcasting station that broadcasts the program pays the fee (the program that the broadcasting station pays for and purchases), mainly drama and movie.

Broadcasting station This defines the increase or decrease of the fee for each broadcasting station. In the program 1, the A station in the whole country ward is "+ 10%" (additional), and the B station in the local station is "-5%" (discount). In this way, by giving a discount to a specific broadcast station, it is possible to increase opportunities for this program (mainly CM) to flow in the area of the broadcast station and promote sales. In addition, as for the form of the increase or decrease of the charge, in addition to "%" display,
It can be implemented with both the display of the amount of money as “XX yen”.

Basic charge (subscriber unit price) This is a form of calculating a charge mainly for broadcasting stations of a type such as CATV, BS and CS. In program 1, the basic fee is "\ -10,000" and "\ -0.5" for each subscriber
It adds the yen. The subscriber is a subordinate concept of the target person, and the embodiment of the present invention can be implemented in a form in which a unit price is determined for each target person.

The number of broadcasts (period) Some programs are premised on a plurality of broadcasts instead of a single broadcast. For example, a program with "50,000 yen, up to 10 times" can be broadcasted up to 10 times if 50,000 yen is paid. In addition, when determining how long a program that can be broadcasted a plurality of times can be broadcasted, the broadcastable period is also determined.

The program 2 is "10 times / until the end of December". Since the fixed amount of this program 2 is "50,000 yen" and allows 10 broadcasts, the fee per time is "5,000 yen".

Broadcasting Area (Broadcasting Area) This is defined when the fee is increased or decreased depending on the area (area) where the program is broadcasted. In Program 1, for broadcast stations broadcasting in the 23 wards, a surcharge of “+ 5%” is given in consideration of the large number of viewers and subscribers, while other ○
○ For districts, a “-10%” discount is provided. Further, a specific amount such as “\ +10,000” may be set.

Day of the week This is determined by changing the fee according to the day of the week on which the program is broadcast. Program 1 is set to increase by 20% in consideration of an increase in viewers on Friday and Saturday. In addition, if it increases or decreases during a special period (such as a holiday) such as 1/1 to 3 days, that fact is determined.

Broadcast time zone This is determined in such a manner that the fee is changed according to the time zone in which the program is broadcast. For program 1, the golden time "18: 00-22: 00" increases by 5%.
For "00-8: 00", a 5% discount is set.

In the fee determination information described above, the "fixed amount" is used alone to calculate the fee for the program.
“Broadcasting station” to “broadcasting area” are values for varying the program fee depending on the broadcasting station. In this case, the fee is calculated based on “fee determination information and broadcasting station information”. The “day of the week” and the “broadcast time zone” are values that change the fee of the program depending on the day of the week and the time when the program is broadcast. In this case, the fee is calculated based on the “fee determination information and the broadcast frame information”.

(Supplementary Explanation) In FIG. 2, the storage means 24-2
6 are described in separate configurations. However, the storage devices need not be physically independent, and can be implemented as one storage device. Also, these storage means need not be integrated with the server machine, but may be independent of the server machine and may be of a type that transmits and receives various types of information via a network (dedicated line). And a dedicated line).

(2) (Structure of knitting terminal / distributor terminal) The knitting terminal and the distributor terminal only need to have an input device, a control device, a communication device, and a display device. Can be implemented.

3. Flow of Various Information A main flow of the present invention will be described with reference to the schematic diagram of the system shown in FIG.

(1) Flow of program organization The organizer accesses the server from the organization terminal and requests the organization table. The server specifies a broadcasting station and transmits a composition table of the broadcasting station to the composition terminal. The organizer who has viewed the composition table specifies a broadcast frame (time zone) in which the composition is to be performed, and transmits the broadcast frame information to the server machine. The server extracts program information of the program corresponding to the broadcast frame, calculates the fee of the program, and transmits them to the scheduling terminal. From the program information and the fee, the organizer selects a desired program. Information on the selected program (selected program information) is transmitted to the server machine, and the information is added to the organization information and stored as new organization information.

(2) Flow of Registration of Program Information The distributor accesses the server machine. A program registration screen is transmitted from the server machine to the distributor terminal. According to the program registration information, the distributor inputs the program information and transmits the input program information to the server machine. The server stores (registers) the received program information.

4. Steps of organizing FIG. 5 shows the steps by which the organizer organizes a program.

(S1) The organizer accesses the server machine from the knitting terminal via the network. The means for accessing is possible by usual means for implementing the Internet. When making this access, the organizer can transmit the broadcast station name, ID number, password, etc. (organizer information) in order to identify the user (broadcast station). In this embodiment, the organizer of the A broadcast station shown in FIG. 3 organizes a program.

(S2) The server specifies a broadcasting station in response to access from the organizer.

As means for specifying, the control means 21 of the server machine searches for and specifies a broadcast station information file in the storage means 25 based on the organizer information, and also includes the broadcast station information file based on access source information. It may be a means for searching and specifying. Then, the control means 21 determines the specified A
The broadcast station information of the broadcast station is extracted from the storage means 25 and temporarily stored.

(S3) The control means 21 of the server machine
After the broadcast station is specified, the organization information of the broadcast station A is stored in the storage unit 2.
5 and temporarily store it. And storage means 2
From 4, a program for creating a composition table is executed to create a composition table for the A broadcast station based on the composition information. As described above, the composition table is composed of the basic composition information and the selected program information.

(S4) The control means 21 of the server transmits the created composition table from the output means 23 via the network, and causes the composition terminal of the A broadcast station to display the composition table.

(S5) The composition terminal displays the received composition table. Means for the knitting terminal to display the knitting table can be implemented by a normal browser function (when the network is the Internet). FIG. 6 shows the composition table displayed on the composition terminal. FIG. 6 shows a one-week organization table of the broadcasting station A. The information specified for each time frame can be confirmed by clicking on that part.

When "SAT (Saturday) 9: 00-12: 00" is clicked, its contents are displayed in the right frame. The genre is "current affairs / information", and its organizational budget is "-100,00
0 ", and this broadcast frame is a frame for broadcasting a program even if money is paid. Also, the total program fee (composition fee) of the already selected program is “-98,000”. On the other hand, "THU
From 18:00 to 23:00 on (Thursday), the genre is "Entertainment", and the organization budget is "+1,000,000". It is a broadcast frame that is expected to generate a profit of 1 million yen. And this broadcast slot is "+1,0
The program was selected so that the program fee was "50,000". Broadcast frames of any genre, such as "12: 00-15: 00" on weekdays, indicate "unspecified" to that effect.

(S6) The organizer specifies the date and time of the organization by clicking “FRI 12: 00-14: 00” in the undecided broadcast frame. Information on the specified date and time (date, day of the week, broadcast time) is defined as broadcast frame information. The broadcast frame information includes other information such as “composition budget, genre, and prohibition information” depending on the embodiment.

The broadcast frame information in this embodiment is “12
Monday, Friday, 12: 00-15: 00 "," No genre specified, organization budget is -100,000 yen, and prohibited information is tobacco CM ". Then, the organizer transmits the broadcast frame information specified from the knitting terminal to the server machine.

(S7) In the server machine which has received the broadcast frame information, the control means 21 analyzes the information included in the broadcast frame information, and recognizes that the organization of “14:00 to 15:00” is undetermined. I do. Then, the control unit 21 extracts the program information of the program matching the broadcast frame information from the storage unit 26. Specifically,
The control unit 21 extracts from the storage unit 26 a program whose content time is within 60 minutes. Here, the “program that matches the broadcast frame information” is defined as the time included in the broadcast frame information.
The program means a program within the undetermined time.

Note that the form of “extracting a program that matches broadcast frame information” can be implemented in a form that takes into account the genre, prohibition information, organization budget, program fee, etc., in addition to the content time. Will be described later.

(S8) The control means 21 sets the program fee of each extracted program in the “fee determination information” included in the program information.
Calculated based on Here, the program fee for “hot spring with pets” shown in FIG. 4 is calculated as follows based on the fee determination information. The basic fee for this program is "-10,000 yen" and one subscriber is set to "-0.5 yen". The control means 21 calculates the number of subscribers of the A broadcast station “57600” based on the formula (basic charge) + (− 0.5) × (number of subscribers).
(Fare) = (-10,000) + (-0.5) x (57600) = -38,80
Calculate 0. This is to calculate the fee based on the information on the number of subscribers. Next, as the “broadcasting station” of the fee determination information, “+ 10%” is set for the broadcasting station A. Therefore, the fee for broadcasting station A is increased by 10%. (Fare) = (-38,800) x 1.10 = -42,680 In addition, A broadcast station broadcasts to XX area, and XX is included in program information.
If the increase or decrease in broadcasting to the area is defined, the fee is calculated according to the conditions. (The above-described calculation of the program fee is a form of calculation based on the fee determination information and the broadcast station information.) The broadcast frame of this program is “Friday, 12:00 to 15:00”. Then, the fee determination information of this program specifies "day of the week, Fri / Sat + 20%". So, as a Friday
Increase by 20%. On the other hand, broadcast slots are `` 18: 00-22: 00 '' and `` 7:
Since the information does not correspond to any broadcast time zone of “00 to 8:00”, it does not increase or decrease. Therefore, the calculation of the program fee is (charge) =
(-42,680) x (1.20) = -51,216. (This program fee is calculated based on the fee determination information and the broadcast frame information.) By the above calculation, the program fee for the case where the A broadcast station broadcasts “a hot spring where pets can go ...” "-51,216 yen" is calculated. The calculation of the program charges described above is performed for each of the extracted programs, and the program charges of all the programs are obtained. As shown in FIG. 4, the commercial of XX automobile is “+50,00
"0 yen" and the number of permitted broadcasts is 10 times, so the fee for one time is calculated as "+5,000 yen".

(S9) The control means 21 sorts the programs in order of the content time. This makes it easier for the organizer to select a program when the program information is displayed. The rearrangement of the programs may be in the order of fee. Further, the arrangement may be such that the sorting is performed in the knitting terminal.

(S10) The control means 21 of the server transmits the program information of the extracted program and the program fee to the organization terminal of the broadcasting station A via the output means 23.

(S11) The broadcast terminal of broadcast station A displays the received program information and the program fee. The display is shown in FIG.

Frame 1 In frame 1 in the figure, broadcast frame information is displayed. In this frame 1, in addition to the "date and time" and the "broadcasting frame", the scheduling budget defined for this broadcasting frame and the scheduling fee, which is the sum of the fees of the programs already scheduled, are displayed. This display allows the organizer to recognize a selectable program, and to quickly perform a knitting operation.

The organization budget and the organization fee are read from the organization information shown in FIG. 6 and displayed. The knitting budget may be displayed in a form having a certain width, such as "-75,000 to -100,000", in addition to a form in which a fixed amount is displayed.

Frame 2 A frame 2 in the figure shows a program that has already been organized based on the selected program information. In the figure, “14:00” is blank, and a program will be selected. The organizer compares the organization budget "-100,000" of the frame 1 with the organization fee "-32,600", and understands that a program within "-67,400" can be selected.

Frame 3 In frame 3 in the figure, programs matching the broadcast frame information are displayed as “candidate programs”. In this frame, the content is classified and displayed for each time “60 minutes, 30 minutes, 10 minutes”. In addition, "title", "genre", "content time" of program
Is displayed. The figure shows the contents sorted and displayed in chronological order. Furthermore, the program fee (the calculated fee) of each program when the A broadcast station broadcasts is also displayed.

Frame 4 In frame 4 of the figure, a CM that can be broadcast is displayed in another frame as one of the “candidate programs”. Broadcasting stations generate income by broadcasting commercials, and have different characteristics from other programs. Therefore, it is desirable that the composition terminal has means for displaying the CM in a separate frame.

[0098] In each of the frames 3 and 4, it is preferable that the details of the content of the program be displayed by clicking the title of each program.

(S12) The organizer selects a desired program from the display of the frames 3 and 4. As means for selecting, a desired program can be dragged from the frame 3 to the frame 2 or a program number can be input from the keyboard. In FIG. 7, “hot spring where pets can go ... (fee, -51,216)” is selected from the candidate programs in the frame 3 and “XX automobile” (fee, +5,000) is selected from the candidate programs in the frame 4 (S13) The terminal adds the rates of the two programs selected this time to the schedule fee and displays the schedule fee after the addition. In the figure, "-51,216" and "+" are added to "-32,600" before selection.
5,000 "and display as" -78,816 ". This allows the organizer to grasp the budget for selecting another program after the selection. In the frame 2, “53 minutes 10 seconds”, which is the total of the contents time of the selected program, and the remaining time “6 minutes 50 seconds” of the selectable program are displayed.

(S14) The organizer transmits new selected program information relating to the selected program from the schedule terminal to the server machine.

(S15) In the server which has received the selected program information, the control means 21 adds this selected program information to the organization information of the broadcasting station A and stores it in the storage means 25 as new organization information.

5. Embodiment in which the program matching the prohibition information is not displayed on the scheduling terminal In the above (S7), the server machine extracted the program based on the content time. The present invention can be implemented in a form of extracting a program in consideration of prohibition information in addition to the content time. In this case, the program matching the prohibition information is not displayed on the scheduling terminal.
For example, if the prohibition information in the program information specifies `` 12: 00-18: 00 '' as a time zone that should not be broadcast, the broadcast frame of the broadcast frame information is `` 14: 00-15: 00 '' If there is, the control means 21 does not extract this program.

FIG. 8 shows specific steps. (S71) When receiving the broadcast frame information, the control means 21 temporarily stores the information. When prohibition information is included in the broadcast frame information, the information is also stored. (S72) The program within the time of the broadcast frame is extracted from the storage means 26. (S73) The control means 21 reads the prohibition information included in the program information of the extracted program. (S74) The broadcast frame information is compared with the read prohibition information to determine whether they match. (A comparison is also made with the prohibition information included in the broadcast frame information.) (S75) If they do not match, the program is extracted. (S76) If they match, the program is not extracted. (S77) Returning to (S72), the program time of the next program is read out, it is determined whether it is within the time of the broadcast frame, and the program within the time is extracted and the prohibition information comparison step (S74) is performed. After the determination of all programs is completed, the above steps are completed, and the process proceeds to the program fee calculation step (S8).

As described above, the contents of the prohibition information may be appropriately determined in accordance with laws and regulations or voluntary regulations of the industry, and whether or not the information matches the prohibition information is appropriately determined in accordance with the contents. I just need. For example, if the prohibition information specifies that the number of broadcasts is ten, every time this program is extracted,
Searching the organization information, counting how many times this program has been included in the organization table, and if the number of times this program has been incorporated is 10 or more, the program is not extracted as matching the prohibition information. And so on.

Note that, instead of the step (S76) of not extracting a program that matches the prohibition information, the program that matches the prohibition information can be implemented as a step of displaying "matching the prohibition information".

A form for extracting a program based on an organization budget and an organization fee A broadcast frame with an organization budget of 50,000 yen has a charge of 100
It is unlikely that a program with a price of 10,000 yen will be selected. Therefore, it is desirable that the extracted programs have a charge within the budget or near the budget. Therefore, the present invention can also be implemented in a form of extracting a program based on an organization budget and a program fee (composition fee) when extracting a program matching the broadcast frame information. The following embodiment is a mode of extracting a program with a fee equal to or less than the organization budget.

However, the selection of a program is performed by appropriately combining programs with positive and negative charges, and a program with a charge exceeding the organization budget may be selected. Therefore, the present invention can also be implemented in a form in which programs within a fee exceeding a predetermined organization budget are extracted (for example, a program exceeding the organization budget is extracted for 5%).

The present invention is carried out as follows in the step (S7) shown in FIG. The control unit 21 of the server extracts a program that matches the time of the broadcast frame. The control means 21 stores the budget of the broadcast frame. From the program information of the extracted program, the control means 21 reads out and stores the fee of the program.・ Compare the read fee with the budget. If the fee exceeds the organization budget, the control means 21 does not extract this program. On the other hand, if the fee does not exceed the organization budget, the control means 21 extracts this program.

If the selected program has already been determined, it is possible to add the fee of the extracted program and the fee of the already selected program, and to compare the total as the schedule fee with the schedule budget. is there.

6. Embodiment in which Purchased Programs are Displayed in Separate Frames (1) As an embodiment of the present invention, “purchased programs” for which a contract has already been established on the premise of multiple broadcasts are displayed in separate frames from other programs. The preferred form is
This purchased program is shown in box 5 of FIG.

(2) To determine whether a program is a purchased program or not, when the program is selected and the broadcast of the program is determined, that fact is stored in the organization information. The information on the purchased program is referred to as already purchased program information. The data content includes a date when the purchase is confirmed, the number of broadcasts indicating how many broadcasts are possible, and a data indicating the expiration date of the broadcast.

If the program extracted as matching the broadcast frame information is the purchased program, the control unit 2
1 executes a separate frame display program from the storage means 24, and provides a frame of "purchased programs" above "candidate programs" in the scheduling table. This composition table is transmitted to the composition terminal and displayed (FIG. 7).
5). The "separate frame display program" is a program for newly creating a table of candidate programs according to the number of read purchased programs, and setting the title thereof to "purchased programs".

(3) It is desirable that the price of the purchased program is not a fee for a plurality of broadcasts but a fee for a single broadcast. For example, if the fee is 60,000 yen for three broadcasts, 20,000 yen is displayed as the fee. If there is a time limit for broadcasting, the time limit is also displayed.
As a result, it is possible to reduce the number of mistakes in which the organizer forgets the existence of the program while purchasing the program and the time limit for broadcasting is over. FIG. 7 shows two purchased programs whose expiration date is “〜12 / 31” in a frame 5.

(4) Then, when this purchased program is selected in the program organizing work, the organizing terminal:
Add the price of the purchased program to the existing programming fee,
indicate. In this case, it is preferable that the added fee be a fee for one broadcast. This facilitates the calculation of the organization fee when the purchased program is included. The means for calculating the organization fee (adding means) is the same as that for calculating the organization fee for the program described above.

7. Registration of program information (1) In order to implement the present invention, program information needs to be stored in a server machine. Here, there is no limitation on the storage means, and the distributor can send (FAX, mail, or the like) a sheet on which a FAX or program information is written to an administrator, and the administrator can input the sheet according to the sheet. . However, the program information is added as needed, and if the administrator inputs the information, the burden is large, and the program information may be erroneous. Therefore, as an embodiment of the present invention, a mode in which a distributor inputs program information via a network is desirable. This reduces the burden on the administrator. In addition, since the latest information of the produced program is added sequentially, the programmer can select a wider range of programs.

(2) FIG. 9 shows a step of registering program information, and FIG. 10 shows a specific example of a program registration screen for prompting a distributor to input program information. The step of registering the program information will be described with reference to FIG.

(S91) The distributor accesses the server machine from the distributor terminal and transmits a message that the program information is to be registered (request for transmission of the program registration screen).

(S92) In the server that has received the transmission, the control means 21 reads out the "program for transmitting a program registration screen" from the storage means 24, and outputs the program registration screen from the output means 23 to the distributor terminal via the network. Send.
(The "program registration screen transmission program" is a means for displaying the program registration screen on the distributor terminal.) (S93) The distributor terminal displays the received program registration screen. FIG. 10 shows a specific example of the program registration screen. Each item for prompting the input is the same as each item of the program information shown in FIG. The items that are prompted to be input on the program registration screen may be appropriately determined according to the program information. In FIG. 10, the user is prompted to input items such as a program title and a genre shown in the figure.

(S94) The distributor inputs each item according to the displayed program registration screen. The means for prompting the input may be a form in which a blank is provided and an input is made directly in the blank, or a form in which an option is provided and selected. In FIG. 10, an option is provided for inputting “genre”.

Various conditions are assumed for inputting the prohibition information. Therefore, a "reference" button is provided, and clicking on this button indicates a representative prohibition condition, and clicking on it enables input of prohibition information. Further, since there are many items in the charge determination information, a button of “details” is provided, and by clicking this button, a screen for prompting input of charge setting information is displayed.

As for the items on the program registration screen described above, it is sufficient for the distributor to input only the items that he / she thinks necessary. However, the title and content time of a program are important items in the organization of the program. Therefore, the input of the title and the content time is mandatory, and the program information can not be registered unless the input is made.

(S95) The information input by the distributor is the program information of the program. After the input, the distributor transmits this program information from the distributor terminal to the server machine. Transmission is Figure 10
Click the "Send" button shown in.

(S96) The server receives this program information, and the control means 21 stores it as new program information in the storage means 26 (means for storing the received program information). As a result, in the organization of subsequent programs,
The newly registered program information is also searched, and if it matches, it is extracted and the program information is transmitted to the organizing terminal.

8. Utilization of Composition Table (Disclosure via Internet, etc.) The composition table / composition information in the present invention can be said to be the latest broadcast schedule in each broadcasting station (however, the contents may be changed). Therefore, the developed embodiment of the present invention converts the composition table / composition information into various specifications and uses them.

For example, if this composition table is created in the HTML format, it can be disclosed on the Internet. As a result, the broadcasting station does not need to prepare its own program guide, but only needs to disclose this schedule on the Internet. In addition, when general viewers want to know the future program schedule, they can access the server machine and specify the broadcast station, so that the latest program schedule can be known from the scheduling table transmitted by the server machine. Becomes This embodiment is constituted by the following means. A means for accessing the server from the terminal of the viewer. A means for specifying a broadcasting station and requesting a composition table. The server reads the composition table of the broadcasting station from the storage means 25 and transmits it on the Internet. Means for doing This can also be used on a network when this composition table is created in XML format.

A program guide of each broadcasting station can be created based on the organization information, and a publication can be created.

It is also possible to operate and manage an actual program broadcast based on this organization information. In particular,
The server device according to the present invention is connected to a system for actually performing television broadcasting, and an automatic program transmission system in the broadcasting system is operated based on the organization information. Here, the "automatic transmission system" manages the movement of video tapes between a video rack accommodating a large number of video tapes and a broadcast VCR. Take out the video tape of the program, transport it, insert it into the broadcast VCR, and play it back. After the broadcast, replace the videotape. It has the above functions.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a server machine.

[Fig. 3] Data example of broadcast station information

[Fig. 4] Data example of program information

[Fig. 5] Steps for organizing a program

FIG. 6: Specific example of a weekly composition table

FIG. 7 is a specific example of a program selection screen.

FIG. 8 is a step of comparing with prohibition information.

FIG. 9 is a program information registration step.

FIG. 10 Specific example of a program registration screen

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A system in which a knitting terminal used by an organizer and a server machine used by an administrator are connected via a network so as to be able to transmit and receive, and the server machine has “broadcast station information” regarding a plurality of broadcast stations.
And "program information" of each broadcast station and "program information" relating to a plurality of programs, respectively, and the "program information" is used for determining program charges. The composition terminal has means for accessing the server device. The server device, in response to access from the composition terminal, means for specifying a broadcast station and a "broadcast station" of the specified broadcast station Means for extracting "information" and "composition information", and means for transmitting a composition table based on "composition information" to the accessing composition terminal; And means for transmitting "broadcast frame information" for specifying an arbitrary broadcast frame to the server machine based on the composition table.-The server machine transmits a "program" of a program matching the "broadcast frame information". Means for extracting "information" and the Means for calculating the "program fee" based on the "charge determination information" included in the program information, and means for transmitting the extracted "program information" and the calculated "program fee" to the scheduling terminal, -The organization terminal has means for displaying "program information" corresponding to the specified broadcast frame and its "program fee", and
A device having means for displaying a "composition fee" which is a total of "program fees" for a certain period. 2. A server machine used by an administrator, which is connected to a knitting terminal used by the knitter via a network so as to be able to transmit and receive via a network, comprising: broadcast station information relating to a plurality of broadcasting stations; Means for storing program information, including information on a plurality of programs and including fee determination information, respectively; means for identifying a broadcast station for access from an organizer and extracting broadcast station information; Means for reading the composition information based on the composition information and displaying the composition table based on the composition information on the composition terminal; receiving the broadcast frame information specified based on the composition table from the composition terminal, and matching the program with the broadcast frame information Means for extracting the program information of the program, means for calculating the program charge of each program based on the charge determination information included in the extracted program information, means for displaying the program information and the program charge on the scheduling terminal , Characterized by having. 3. The server according to claim 2, wherein:
Means for not displaying programs matching the prohibited information on the programming terminal,
Alternatively, there is provided means for displaying on the knitting terminal that the program matches the prohibition information. 4. The server according to claim 2, further comprising means for calculating a program fee based on said fee determination information and broadcast station information. 5. The server device according to claim 2, wherein the broadcast station information includes target number information relating to the number of viewable target persons, and the program information includes the target number information. A program which includes information for determining a related program fee and has means for calculating a program fee based on the number-of-subjects information. 6. The server according to claim 2, wherein the broadcast station information includes broadcast area information on a broadcast area, and a program fee is calculated based on the broadcast area information. Characterized by having means for performing. 7. The server according to claim 2, wherein the program information includes information for determining a program fee related to a broadcast time, and the program information is based on the specified broadcast frame information. Characterized by having means for calculating a program fee by using the program. 8. The server machine according to claim 2, wherein the server machine is connected to a distributor terminal used by the distributor via a network so as to be able to transmit and receive, and registers program information in the distributor terminal. Characterized in that it has means for displaying a program registration screen prompting the user, and means for storing received program information. 9. A knitting terminal used by an organizer communicably connected via a network to a server machine used by an administrator, comprising: means for receiving a knitting table from the server machine and displaying the knitting table; Means for specifying a broadcast frame based on the scheduling table and transmitting the broadcast frame information; a program corresponding to the broadcast frame, and a means for displaying a program fee of the program; Has a means for displaying an organization fee that is the total of the program fees of the programs selected so far, and adds the program fee of the arbitrarily selected program to the organization fee, and displays the added organization fee. Characterized by having means. 10. The organization terminal according to claim 9, further comprising: means for rearranging and displaying a program corresponding to the broadcast frame and a program fee of the program based on the program information. What to do. 11. The knitting terminal according to claim 9, wherein a “purchased program” for which a contract is established on the premise of a plurality of broadcasts is displayed in a separate frame from other programs. Characterized by having. 12. The knitting terminal according to claim 9, wherein the means for displaying the knitting fee includes a plurality of program charges for which a plurality of broadcasts are set within a predetermined period. When a broadcast program is selected, there is provided a means for adding a charge for one broadcast to the set fee and displaying the same.