JP2002259580A - Management center for clipping system and clipping management method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a management center a clipping system and clipping management method, which reduce user's work loads to clip publications. SOLUTION: A management center 3 acquires an electronic copy of news stories recorded in an electronic data format from a server 1 that belongs to a publishing company and stores the copy into a database. The management center 3 receives designation of the news stories being clipped from a user terminal 7 and accumulates data of the designated news stories in a storage device as clipping data by classifying the data into each user's data. The center 3, then, receives the designation of the news stories to be read from the user terminal 7, specifies the news stories to be read by using the designation of clipping, and provides the copy of specified news stories to the user terminal 7 that requests the copy.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a clipping system for supporting a clipping operation for cutting out articles of a publication such as a newspaper or a magazine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, when there is an article to be preserved in a newspaper or a magazine, an individual cuts out a paper article for filing, or reads the article with a scanner or the like and stores it electronically. There was a way.

[0003]

However, the above-described clipping work, filing work, article reading work with a scanner, and the like are complicated for the operator, and a mechanism capable of reducing the work load. The realization of was desired.

In addition, clipping (cutting out) of the user
There has been a demand from the industry to provide various information suitable for users based on the situation.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a management center for a clipping system and the like which can reduce a user's work load in clipping a publication. Another object of the present invention is to provide a management center or the like for a clipping system capable of providing various information suitable for a user.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a management center according to a first aspect of the present invention is a management center for a clipping system that clips an article of a publication in response to a user request. Means for storing the electronic data of the article, means for receiving the specification of the article to be clipped from the user, and accumulating and storing the information of the specified article as clipping information for each user,
Means for receiving a specification of an article to be browsed from a user, and using the clipping information of the user to specify the article to be browsed, and a terminal of a user who has requested the electronic data of the identified article to be browsed Means for supplying to the

[0007] According to such a configuration, the management center accepts designation of an article to be clipped from a user, and accumulates and stores information on the designated article for each user.
By supplying electronic data of a clipped article in response to a browsing request from a user, it is possible to realize a mechanism that allows a user to easily clip an article.

Means for receiving promotion information relating to an advertisement of a product or service; determining means for determining a distribution destination of the promotion information based on a clipping situation of each user; Means for supplying the promotion information to a user terminal. Thereby, the promotion information suitable for the user can be provided.

[0009] Further, there may be provided means for storing information indicating a genre of each article, and the deciding means may decide a distribution destination of the promotion information based on a genre of the article clipped by each user. Good.

[0010] In order to achieve the above object, a clipping management method according to a second aspect of the present invention is a clipping management method for clipping an article of a publication by a computer in response to a user request, The electronic data of the article is stored in the database, the specification of the article to be clipped is received from the user at the center, and the information of the specified article is stored as clipping information in the database for each user as clipping information. Receiving the specification of the article to be browsed from the user, specifying the article to be browsed using the clipping information of the user, and using the electronic data of the identified article at the center at the center of the browsing request source. To a user's terminal.

According to such a configuration, the center accepts the specification of the article to be clipped from the user, stores and stores the information of the specified article for each user, and responds to the browsing request from the user. By supplying the electronic data of the clipped article, a mechanism that allows the user to easily clip the article can be realized.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A clipping system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The clipping system according to the embodiment of the present invention includes:
As shown in FIG. 1, a publisher server 1 and a management center 3
, A client terminal 5, and a user terminal 7, which can be connected via a predetermined network such as the Internet.

The publisher's server 1 automatically or automatically receives data (electronic manuscripts (electronic data of articles) relating to publications such as newspapers and magazines published by the publisher in accordance with an input operation by a person in charge.
And attribute information) to the management center 3 for registration. A publication published by a publisher is supplied (sold) to each user via a store (bookstore) or the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, the management center 3 includes a storage unit 31, a control unit 33, and a communication unit 35.

The storage unit 31 stores a member information database 31
a, an article information database 31b, a clipping information database 31c, and a promotion database 31d.

The member information database 31a stores member information about each member. Member information is, for example, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, data such as member ID, name, address, telephone number, mail address, account name, password and the like are included.

The article information database 31b stores electronic manuscripts received from the server 1 of the publisher and an attribute information table in which attribute information of each electronic manuscript is registered. In the attribute information table, for example, as shown in FIG.
D, publisher information, publication date, article location information indicating the position of the article in the publication, headline (headline) indicating the outline of the article, and attribute information including data such as genre information indicating the genre to which the article belongs are attribute information such as: Registered for electronic manuscript.

The clipping information database 31c is
For example, as shown in FIG. 5, clipping information indicating an article ID or the like of an article for which a user has requested clipping (clipping) is stored for each user. Further, the clipping information database 31c stores, for each user, an ID of the promotion information distributed to the user.

The promotion database 31d stores promotion information received together with a distribution request from the client terminal 5 and distribution condition information indicating the distribution conditions.

The storage unit 31 stores a program executed by the control unit 33 and various data necessary for processing.

The control unit 33 executes the program stored in the storage unit 31 to execute the program shown in FIG. 6 so that the member registration unit 331, electronic manuscript reception unit 332, request reception unit 333, promotion process The unit 334 and the like are realized.

The member registration unit 331 assigns a member ID to each member (user) that has received a predetermined member registration request, and based on personal information and the like acquired from the user, obtains predetermined member information (user). 3 is created and stored in the member information database 31a.

The electronic manuscript receiving unit 332 receives the electronic manuscript of the publication and the corresponding attribute information (see FIG. 4) from the server 1 of the publisher and registers it in the article information database 31b.

The request accepting unit 333 accepts designation of an article to be clipped in response to a predetermined clipping request (cutting request) from the user terminal 7, and extracts the article ID of the designated article from the article information database 31b. . Then, it is stored in the clipping information database 31c as clipping information of the requesting user. In addition, the request receiving unit 333 responds to a predetermined browsing request from the user terminal 7 and
Then, the specification of the article to be browsed from the articles stored for the requesting user is received, the electronic manuscript of the specified article is read, supplied to the requesting user terminal 7, and displayed.

The method of specifying the article to be clipped and the method of specifying the article to be browsed are arbitrary. For example, for the article to be processed, the specification of the headline, publisher information, issue date, article ID, etc. is accepted and specified. The electronic manuscript corresponding to the selected item may be searched and extracted from the database and processed. Alternatively, a keyword may be specified, and an electronic document including the specified keyword in a headline or an article may be searched and extracted from a database and processed.

Further, another article (related article) related to the clipped article may be supplied to the user. The method of searching for related articles is arbitrary. For example, an article including the same keyword in the headline may be searched, or an article having the same genre may be searched. In addition, the method of supplying related articles to the user is arbitrary. For example, in response to a request to view a clipped article, the data of the specified article is supplied to the user at the same time. Alternatively, the information may be supplied by e-mail or a predetermined homepage.

The promotion processing unit 334 receives promotion information relating to the promotion from the client terminal 5 and distribution condition information corresponding thereto, and registers them in the promotion database 31d. Then, based on each distribution condition and the like, the distribution destination user of each promotion information is determined, and for example, the ID of promotion information to be distributed is registered for each user, and the determined content is stored in the clipping information database 31c. Register with. And
At a predetermined timing, the promotion information associated with each user is stored in the promotion database 3.
Read from 1d and supply to each user terminal 7. The method of supplying the promotion information is arbitrary. For example, when the user terminal 7 transmits a browsing request to the management center 3,
The promotion information may be provided together with the display screen of the electronic manuscript. Further, the information may be supplied using an e-mail, a homepage, or the like.

The setting of the delivery condition is optional.
For example, a user whose clipping number of an article of a predetermined genre is equal to or more than a predetermined number may be designated as a distribution target, or a user who has clipped a predetermined article may be designated as a distribution target. Further, as a condition for distribution, a user address, a telephone number, and the like may be specified.

Further, the promotion processing section 334 acquires information on the reaction of the user to the supply of the promotion information, and supplies the information to the client terminal 5 as information indicating the result of the promotion. FIG. 7 shows an example of information supplied to the client terminal 5. FIG. 7 shows, as a result of the promotion, for example, for each genre of the clipped article, the total number of supplied promotion information, the response ratio to the supply of the promotion information, and the like.

The requester terminal 5 transmits and registers the promotion information and its distribution condition information to the management center 3 according to the input operation of the person in charge or automatically. Further, the client terminal 5 receives data indicating the promotion result from the management center 3 and stores and displays the data.

The user terminal 7 is composed of, for example, an information terminal such as a personal computer, a mobile phone, or a PDA having a control section, a display section, an input section, a storage section, a communication section and the like. The user terminal 7 performs a clipping request, browses a clipped article, and the like in accordance with a user's input operation or the like, by the control unit executing a program stored in the storage unit.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a screen display when the user terminal 7 requests clipping. When the target article is designated from the headline, for example, FIG.
As shown in FIG. 8B, input of information such as a publication, a publication date, and a corresponding page is accepted, and as shown in FIG. 8B, for example, a headline of an article corresponding to the input data is acquired from the management center 3. To display and accept the specification of the article to be clipped.

When the target article is designated from the article ID, for example, as shown in FIG.
Input of information such as the publication date is accepted, and FIG.
As shown in (1), the input of the article ID of the target article is received. In this case, a mechanism is required that allows the user to recognize the ID of each article in the publication, such as a unique ID assigned to each article on the space of the publication.

When a target article is designated by a keyword, for example, as shown in FIG.
As shown in (F), the headline or the like of the article corresponding to the input keyword is acquired from the management center 3 and displayed, and the specification of the article to be clipped is received.

In any of the above specifying methods, when the clipping request is properly received by the management center 3, for example, a completion screen as shown in FIG. 8G is displayed.

FIG. 9 shows an example of a display screen when the user terminal 7 requests browsing of a clipped article. For example, as shown in FIG. 9A, a list of headlines of each article stored in the management center 3 for the user is displayed, and when a headline is selected from the user, the list shown in FIG. ), An article corresponding to the selected headline may be displayed. Also, if you click a predetermined button on the screen, etc.,
Even if promotion information addressed to the user is displayed as shown in FIG. 9C, or a related article related to the designated article is displayed as shown in FIG. 9D. Good.

From the display screen of the promotion information shown in FIG. 9C, for example, a request for detailed information, a display of a store handling the introduced product, a purchase request for the introduced product, and the like can be made. It may be. FIG. 9D
For example, a request to add clipping, a display of the contents of a book in which the article is published, a display of a handling store, a purchase request of a book, and the like may be made from the display screen of the related article shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of the clipping system according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First,
A system operation in a process related to clipping of a specified article and browsing of the clipped article will be described. First, a publisher delivers newspapers, magazines, and other publications to stores and the like, and also supplies electronic manuscripts and attribute information from a publisher server 1 to a management center 3. In response, the management center 3 registers the electronic manuscript and the attribute information supplied from the server 1 of the publisher in the article information database 31b (S1).

Next, for example, the user A obtains a member ID by performing a predetermined member registration procedure. In the management center 3, the member information of the user A is registered in the member information database 31a. When the user A reads a publication purchased from a store or the like and finds an article of interest, the user A accesses the management center 3 using the user terminal 7, presents the member ID, and displays the member ID. Request clipping (S2). The method of specifying an article to be clipped is arbitrary as described above, for example, a headline,
It may be specified using publisher information, issue date, article ID, keyword, and the like.

In response to the clipping request, the management center 3 authenticates the member ID received from the user terminal 7 with reference to the registered information in the member information database 31a (S3). Then, when it is confirmed that the user is a member, the article to be clipped is specified based on the data relating to the designation of clipping received from the user terminal 7 and the registration information in the article information database 31b and the like. Is acquired and registered in the clipping information of the user A in the clipping information database 31c (S4). Thus, clipping of the article desired by the user A is completed.

Next, the user A accesses the management center 3 using the user terminal 7 in order to browse the previously clipped article, and requests browsing of the clipped article (S5). The method of specifying the article to be viewed is arbitrary as described above, for example, headline, publisher information,
It may be specified using an issue date, an article ID, a keyword, or the like.

The management center 3 responds to the browsing request for the clipped article, and receives the data relating to the specification of the viewed article received from the user terminal 7 and the article information database 31.
b, based on the registration information of user A, etc.
An article to be browsed is specified (S6), and an electronic manuscript or the like of the specified article is supplied to the user terminal 7 (S7). As a result, the user A can browse the previously clipped article.

Next, a description will be given of a system operation in a process in which promotion information is registered from the client terminal 5 and distributed to each member. The requester terminal 5 supplies the promotion information and the distribution condition information to the management center 3. In response, the management center 3 adds the I
D, etc., and registered in the promotion database 31d together with the distribution condition information (S8).

The management center 3 determines the distribution destination of each promotion information based on the distribution condition information and the like, and stores and stores the promotion ID and the like for each distribution destination user in the clipping information database 31c (S9). Then, for example, when a request to browse a clipped article is received from a user, the promotion ID stored in the clipping information database 31c for the user is obtained, and the corresponding promotion information is read from the promotion database 31d. It is supplied to the user terminal 7 (S10) (see FIG. 9). Also,
The management center 3 collects information (for example, the number of responses) from the user who provided the promotion information (S11), and supplies a promotion result based on the collected result to the requester terminal 5 (S12).

In this way, the specification of the article to be clipped is received from the user, the information of the specified article is stored and stored for each user, and the clipped article is deleted in response to a browsing request from the user. By supplying an electronic manuscript, it is possible to realize a system in which a user can easily clip an article. Further, since the distribution destination of the promotion information can be determined based on, for example, the clipping situation of each user, it is possible to provide the promotion information suitable for the user.

In the above description, the article ID of the clipped article is stored in the clipping information database 31c.
However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the clipping information database 31c may store copy data of the electronic document to be clipped, a pointer to the electronic document, and the like.

Data such as electronic manuscripts registered by the publisher in the management center 3 may be registered in the management center 3 via, for example, a recording medium storing the data.

For each member, promotion information distribution means information indicating means for distributing promotion information (mail, telephone, direct mail, etc.) is set, and the promotion information is supplied to each user according to the set contents. Is also good.

As the member ID, an existing identifier may be used. For example, a member registration number or a point card number already assigned by a publisher may be used.

As a method of specifying an electronic document to be clipped, for example, among electronic documents displayed on a screen,
A method of designating a desired article portion by surrounding it with a pointing device or the like may be adopted.

In the above description, the distribution destination of the promotion information is determined based on the distribution condition information. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the management center 3 determines the content of the promotion information and the member information of each user. Alternatively, the distribution destination may be determined based on clipping information or the like.

In addition, a usage fee, a fee, and the like of a service provided by the present system may be collected through a predetermined settlement period. The timing of collection is arbitrary. For example, a fixed monthly fee may be collected, or may be collected each time use is made. The collecting means is optional, and may be collected by, for example, transferring funds between accounts, or charging by electronic money or debit. In addition, at the time of collection, the fee will be reduced for members who purchase the publication using home delivery, etc., and for users who have provided predetermined information attached to the publication (such as information proving purchase). Exemption or the like may be performed. Further, according to the effect of the promotion, a fee may be collected from a supplier of the promotion information or a user who responds to the promotion information.

The means for receiving the member registration request is optional, and the management center 3 may receive the request from the user terminal 7, or may receive the application at a postcard or at a store. You may accept.

In the above description, the request for clipping is received from the user terminal 7. However, the means for requesting clipping is not limited to this, and may be any method, for example, by telephone, mail, or the like. You may do so. When a request is received by telephone, mail, or the like, a predetermined institution that manages the management center 3 receives a telephone call, mail, or the like from a user, and an operator or the like receives clipping from an input unit (not shown) of the predetermined management center 3. Data relating to designation may be input, and the management center 3 may perform a process for clipping based on the input data.

It should be noted that the system of the present invention can be realized using an ordinary computer system without using a dedicated system. For example, a computer readable recording medium (F
D, CD-ROM, DVD, etc.), and distributes the program, and installs the program on a computer, thereby executing the above-described processing at the publisher server 1, management center 3, client terminal 5, user terminal 7. Etc. may be configured. Alternatively, the program may be stored in a disk device of a server device on a network such as the Internet, and may be superimposed on a carrier wave and downloaded to a computer. In addition, the above functions are shared by the OS or the OS
In the case of realizing by joint application with
Only the parts other than the OS may be stored in the medium and distributed,
Further, it may be superimposed on a carrier wave and downloaded to a computer.

[0056]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to realize a mechanism that allows a user to easily clip an article.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a clipping system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a management center used in the clipping system of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining member information.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an attribute information table.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining clipping information.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a functional configuration diagram of a management center.

FIG. 7 is an example of information indicating a result of a promotion supplied to a client terminal.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example of a user terminal when a clipping request is made;

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example of a user terminal at the time of a browsing request.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a system operation of the clipping system of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Publisher's server 3 Management center 31 Storage part 31a Member information database 31b Article information database 31c Clipping information database 31d Promotion database 33 Control part 35 Communication part 5 Requester terminal 7 User terminal

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A management center for a clipping system for clipping an article of a publication in response to a request of a user, wherein a means for storing electronic data of the article, and a specification of an article to be clipped by a user. Reception,
Means for accumulating and storing the information of the designated article as clipping information for each user; accepting designation of an article to be browsed from a user and identifying the article to be browsed using the clipping information of the user; And a means for supplying electronic data of the specified article to a terminal of a user who has requested viewing. 2. A means for receiving promotion information relating to an advertisement of a product or service; a decision means for deciding a destination of the promotion information based on a clipping situation of each user; The management center according to claim 1, further comprising: means for supplying the promotion information to a terminal of a previous user. 3. A means for storing information indicating a genre of each article, wherein the deciding means determines a distribution destination of the promotion information based on a genre of the article clipped by each user. 3. The management center according to claim 2, wherein 4. A clipping management method for clipping an article of a publication by a computer in response to a user's request, wherein electronic data of the article is stored in a database, and a center designates an article to be clipped. Is received from the user, the information of the specified article is stored and stored in the database for each user as clipping information, and at the center, the specification of the article to be viewed is received from the user, and the clipping of the user is performed. A clipping management method comprising: identifying an article to be browsed using information; and supplying, in the center, electronic data of the identified article to a terminal of a user who has requested browsing.