JP2002342641A - System for providing advertisement - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an advertisement providing system for enabling an advertisement reader to easily read an advertisement that the advertisement reader wants to read. SOLUTION: A server system 1 is provided with a means for transmitting to a manager terminal 15, etc., an input image of data for advertisement generation and storing inputted data for generation, a means for generating an advertisement displayable on a user terminal 3 on the basis of the data for generation, a means for transmitting to the user terminal 3 an input picture of advertisement selection conditions and for registering an inputted selection condition and a means for transmitting an advertisement display picture to the user terminal 3, and the advertisement display picture is configured so as to display an advertisement fitting a registered selection condition. The advertisement reader can easily read advertisements fitting a selection condition registered by the reader himself/herself in the advertisement display picture without retrieving or extracting the advertisements.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a server system for providing an advertisement via a network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a person who wishes to view an advertisement (hereinafter, referred to as an advertisement)
(Advertisement viewers) often viewed advertisements by inserting advertisements in newspapers. However, since the insert advertisement is distributed only to an area determined by the store or the like requesting the insert (for example, an area close to the store), the advertisement viewer is allowed to place the advertisement in an area other than the area where he or she lives, for example, at the work area. Even if the user wants to browse an advertisement of a certain store or the like, it is difficult to browse the advertisement, and for example, there is a problem that an advertisement useful for shopping after commuting cannot be obtained. In addition, there is also a problem that a store or the like cannot reliably distribute an advertisement of the shop to a person who wants to view the advertisement of the shop.

[0003] For this reason, in recent years, advertisements on the Internet have become popular, and according to this, advertisement viewers can browse advertisements in areas other than the area where they live. became.

[0004]

However, each time an advertisement viewer browses an advertisement on the Internet, he or she searches for an advertisement in an area or business type that he / she wants to browse by a search engine and finds himself / herself from a large number of search results. There is a problem that an operation of extracting an advertisement to be browsed is required, and it takes time and effort.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem in Internet advertising, and an object of the present invention is to provide an advertisement providing system in which an advertisement viewer can easily browse an advertisement desired to browse.

[0006]

An advertisement providing system according to the present invention provides an advertisement by using a server system that is accessible from a terminal of an advertisement provider and is accessible from a terminal of an advertisement viewer. Wherein the server system transmits a screen for inputting the data for creating the advertisement to a terminal of the advertisement provider and stores the input creation data, and the server system includes: Means for creating the advertisement in a form that can be displayed on the terminal of the advertisement viewer based on the creation data, and the server system displays a screen for inputting selection conditions of the advertisement by the terminal of the advertisement viewer. Means for registering the selection condition for the advertisement viewer by transmitting the selection condition to the advertisement viewer, and the server system Means for transmitting an advertisement display screen for displaying the advertisement to the terminal of the advertisement viewer in response to an advertisement viewing request from the advertisement viewer via the terminal of the advertisement viewer, wherein the advertisement display screen has , Wherein the advertisement that meets the selection condition registered for the advertisement viewer who has made the advertisement browsing request is configured to be displayed. Here, the selection condition refers to a condition for an advertisement viewer to select an advertisement desired to be viewed.

[0007] Preferably, the creation data includes data on a distribution area of the advertisement, and the selection condition includes a condition on a distribution area of the advertisement.

Further, it is preferable that the creation data includes data relating to the type of business of the advertisement, and the selection condition includes a condition relating to the type of business of the advertisement.

[0009] The program of the present invention provides a server system accessible from the terminal of the advertisement provider and accessible from the terminal of the advertisement viewer, by displaying a screen for inputting the data for creating the advertisement by the advertisement provider. Means for transmitting to the terminal and storing the input creation data, means for creating the advertisement in a form that can be displayed on the terminal of the advertisement viewer based on the creation data, selection conditions for the advertisement Means for registering the selection condition for the advertisement viewer by transmitting a screen for inputting a message to the terminal of the advertisement viewer and storing the input selection condition, via the terminal of the advertisement viewer. In response to the advertisement browsing request from the advertisement viewer, the advertisement that satisfies the selection condition registered for the advertisement viewer who has made the advertisement browsing request is displayed in a table. The construction ad display screen to, characterized in that to function as a unit, to be transmitted to the advertisement reader of the terminal.

[0010] A computer-readable recording medium of the present invention is characterized by recording the program of the present invention.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following description, an inserter refers to a person who has conventionally arranged a newspaper store for inserting an insert advertisement into a newspaper. The insert requester is a person who has conventionally requested an insert trader to insert an insert advertisement into a newspaper, such as a store, and is also referred to as a customer, an insert client, or a client. The administrator refers to an administrator of the system of the present invention.

Here, the system of the present invention provides an advertisement through a network in response to a request from an insertion requester, and an advertisement provided through the network is referred to as a web flyer. . The advertisement provider is a person who provides an advertisement, and includes an insertion company, an insertion requester, and a manager. Note that the present system is configured so that any of the insert trader, the insert requester, and the administrator can create a Web flyer. The advertisement viewer refers to a person who browses the provided advertisement, such as a consumer, and is also referred to as a user or a user hereinafter.

In this embodiment, a server system 1 is provided in a data management center as shown in FIG.
In the server system 1, via the Internet 4, an insert requester terminal (hereinafter, also referred to as a client terminal) 16 used by an insert requester, an inserter terminal 17 used by an inserter, and some managers use. Therefore, the partial administrator terminal 18 provided outside the data management center and the user terminal 3 used by the user are connected. Here, the connection may be wired or wireless.

Client terminal 16, inserter terminal 1
7 and a part of the administrator terminal 18 are personal computers (hereinafter referred to as personal computers) each having a Web browser, and the user terminal 3 is a Web server.
General user terminal 31 which is a personal computer with a browser
Terminal 3 which is a mobile phone equipped with a Web browser
And 2. The client terminal 16, the inserter terminal 17, the general user terminal 31, and the portable terminal 32 are all connected to the server system 1 in a plural number. Only shows.

The server system 1 comprises a secure server 11, a Web server 12, and a mail server 1 connected to each other.
4 and an administrator terminal 15, and a DB server 13 connected to the Web server 12. The secure server 11 is a server for protecting the security of the system, the Web server 12 is a server having Web page data displayed on each terminal, and the DB server 13 is a database (hereinafter, referred to as D) as described later.
Also described as B. ), And the mail server 14 is a server for transmitting and receiving electronic mails to and from each terminal.

As shown in FIG. 2, the DB server 13 includes a general user management DB 21, a user details DB 22, a user mail address management DB 23, and a category DB 24.
, Regional area DB25, insert client management DB
26, flyer information DB27, analysis / sales management DB2
8 is provided.

The general user management DB 21 stores (ie, registers) basic user information including a name, a user ID, and the like for each user. In addition, user details DB2
2 shows, for each user, W
User detailed information including a web flyer category (hereinafter, also referred to as a desired category), a distribution area of a web flyer (hereinafter, also referred to as a desired area) that the user wishes to browse, and the like are registered. Here, the category refers to a business type such as a supermarket, a department store, or a pharmacy, and “registering a category” means registering data indicating a category, such as a category name (ie, a business name) and a category code. is there. Similarly, "registering an area" means registering data indicating an area, such as an area name and an area code. A plurality of desired areas can be registered for each desired category. Also,
In the user mail address management DB, user address information including a mail address, a mobile mail address, and the like is registered for each user. Note that the user information includes user basic information, user detailed information, and user address information.

In the category DB 24, category data including category names and the like is registered for all categories of the web flyer. Further, the distribution area data including the distribution area name and the like is registered in the regional area DB 25 for all distribution areas of the Web flyer.

In the insert client management DB 26, customer information including a customer name, a customer ID and the like is registered for each client. In addition, each W
As the data for creating the eb flyer, flyer data including a client name, a distribution area, a category, an expiration date, a title, a comment, detailed information, and the like of a client who has requested creation are registered. In the analysis / sales management DB 28,
The sales information of the server system 1, the access log to the Web flyer, the browsing information, the information on cost effectiveness, and the like are registered.

In FIG. 2, the DBs connected by lines are associated (linked) with each other. In particular, the distribution area data in the local area DB 25 and the category DB
The category data in 24 and the flyer data in the flyer information DB 27 are linked as shown in FIG. That is, all distribution area data are linked to each category data, and Web distribution flyer data with the area indicated by the distribution area data as a distribution area is linked to each distribution area data.

Next, the operation of the server system 1 in each terminal will be described. In the following description,
When saying "the server system 1 displays a screen", it means "the server system 1 transmits screen data (that is, Web page data), and the Web browser displays the screen (that is, Web page)". It is. The phrase "display a screen" includes a case where another window such as a dialog box is displayed on the screen. Also, the server system 1
When the access is made from the partial administrator terminal 18 or the inserter terminal 17, the operation is the same as when accessed from the administrator terminal 15. Therefore, the operation of the server system 1 in the partial administrator terminal 18 and the inserter terminal 17 is performed. The description of is omitted. 1. Operation in Administrator Terminal 15 (see FIGS. 4 to 10) As shown in FIG.
In, when the administrator inputs the ID and password,
The server system 1 displays the main menu screen K2 on the administrator terminal 15. The main menu screen K2 contains “Client Management”, “Category Management”, “Flyer Management”
Buttons for “general user management” and “Mail management” are provided, and when the administrator clicks and selects one of the buttons with, for example, a mouse, the server system 1
Performs processing according to the selected button as follows.

1-1. Client Management Process When the administrator selects the “Client Management” button on the main menu screen K2, the server system 1 displays a customer management main menu screen K11 on the administrator terminal 15 as shown in FIG.

1-1-1. Client Registration Process When newly registering customer information, the administrator selects a “new client registration” button on the customer management main menu screen K11. Then, the server system 1
Displays a new customer information creation screen K12. The administrator
When the customer information is entered on the new customer information creation screen K12 and the "confirmation" button is selected, the server system 1 displays the input information confirmation screen K13. Here, the customer information includes a registration date, a customer name such as a company name, a shop name, a postal code, an address, a telephone number, a FAX number, a representative name, a person in charge, a person in charge, a URL, an e-mail address. , Main business, password, etc. can be entered. When the administrator confirms the input information on the input information confirmation screen K13 and selects the "register" button, the server system 1 registers the inputted customer information in the insert client management DB 26, issues a customer ID, and processes the result. The display screen K14 is displayed.

1-1-2. Customer information change processing When the administrator changes customer information that has already been registered,
On the customer management main menu screen K11, a "client search" button is selected. Then, the server system 1 displays the search screen K15. The administrator sets the search screen K
When a search condition is input and a "search" button is selected in step 15, the server system 1
26, and a search result list display screen K16 is displayed. The search result list display screen K16 displays a customer ID, a customer name,
A list of registration dates is displayed.

When the administrator selects a customer ID or the like of a customer to change on the search result list display screen K16, the server system 1 displays a customer information change screen K17. The customer information change screen K17 displays customer information registered for the selected customer. When the administrator inputs the details of the change on the customer information change screen K17 and selects the "register" button, the server system 1 changes the customer information in the insert client management DB 26 according to the input change contents, and displays a processing result display screen. K14 is displayed.

1-2. Category Management Processing As shown in FIG. 4, when the administrator selects the “category management” button on the main menu screen K2, the server system 1 displays the category management screen K3 on the administrator terminal 15.
Is displayed.

1-2-1. Category Creation Processing When the administrator selects the “Create Category” button on the category management screen K3, the server system 1
, A category information input screen K21 is displayed on the administrator terminal 15. On the category information input screen K21, a list of category names of categories registered in the category DB 24 is displayed, and a category addition column is provided.

The administrator inputs a category information input screen K21.
In, when the category name to be added is entered in the category addition column and the “confirm” button is selected, the server system 1 displays an input content confirmation screen K22. When the administrator checks the input content on the input content confirmation screen K22 and selects the "register" button, the server system 1 additionally registers category data including the input category name in the category DB 24, and displays the processing result display screen K23. Is displayed.

1-2-2. Category Update Processing When the administrator selects the “category update” button on the category management screen K3, the server system 1 proceeds to FIG.
, A category update screen K51 is displayed on the administrator terminal 15. On the category update screen K51, the category names of the categories registered in the category DB 24 are displayed in a list by a pull-down menu, and a category correction column is provided.

When the administrator selects a category name to be corrected from the pull-down menu on the category update screen K51, inputs the corrected category name in the category correction column, and selects a "correction" button, the server system 1 performs the input. A content confirmation screen K52 is displayed. When the administrator checks the input content on the input content confirmation screen K52 and selects the “register” button, the server system 1 updates the original category name in the category DB 24 with the corrected category name, and displays a processing result display screen. Display K53.

Further, the administrator sets the category update screen K5
In step 1, by selecting the category name to be deleted from the pull-down menu and selecting the "Delete" button,
The server system 1 deletes the category data including the category name from the category DB 24.

1-3. Flyer Management Processing As shown in FIG. 4, when the administrator selects the “flyer management” button on the main menu screen K2, the server system 1 displays a flyer management screen K4 on the administrator terminal 15.

1-3-1. Key Code Issuance Processing When the administrator selects the “key code issuance” button on the flyer management screen K4, the server system 1 changes the key code issuance screen K31 to the administrator terminal 1 as shown in FIG.
5 is displayed. The key code issuance screen K31 displays the customer I
Columns for inputting D, expiration date, distribution area, and application form ID are provided. Here, the application form ID is an ID attached to the application form when the customer has applied for the creation of a Web flyer. When the administrator inputs these data on the key code issuance screen K31 and selects the "Issue" button, the server system 1 issues a key code issuance confirmation screen (key code issuance confirmation dialog box) K3.
2 is displayed.

The administrator confirms the key code issuance confirmation screen K32
, When the “Yes” button is selected, the server system 1 transmits the application form ID (that is, the created Web
A different key code is issued for each flyer, a key code issuance completion screen (key code issuance completion dialog box) K33 is displayed, and a key code, a customer ID, an expiration date, a distribution area, and an application form ID are displayed. Each data,
Register it in the flyer information DB 27. When the administrator selects the “OK” button on the key code issuance completion screen K33, the server system 1 redisplays the flyer management screen K4. The issued key code is displayed on the manager terminal 15 and transmitted to the client terminal 16 of the customer who has applied for the creation of the Web flyer by e-mail.

The reason for registering the expiration date and the distribution area at the manager terminal 15 (or the inserter terminal 17 or the partial manager terminal 18) is that the expiration date is set to be indefinite, This is to keep the distribution area under the control of the administrator so as not to be unlimited.

1-3-2. Flyer editing processing When the administrator selects the “Web flyer search / edit” button on the flyer management screen K4, the server system 1
Displays a flyer search screen K61 on the administrator terminal 15 as shown in FIG. The flyer search screen K61 is provided with input fields for an application form ID, a key code, a customer name, a shop name, a category, a title, and an expiration date.
When the administrator inputs search conditions in these input fields as necessary and selects the “search” button, the server system 1
Searches the handbill information DB 27 for handbill data that matches the input search condition, and displays a part of the handbill data on the handbill list screen K62.

When the administrator selects the flyer data to be edited on the flyer list screen K62, the server system 1 displays a flyer update screen K63. It should be noted that the administrator can create a new flyer or update a once-created flyer, either on the flyer update screen K.
63 is used.

The flyer update screen K63 includes an application ID,
Each column of customer name, shop name, category, title, comment, detailed description, expiration date, distribution area, image data is provided. Application form ID, customer name, expiration date,
In each column of the distribution area, data registered in the handbill information DB 27 in the key code issuing process described above is displayed. Further, when there is data registered in the flyer information DB 27 in other fields, such as when updating a Web flyer once created, the data is also displayed.

The flyer update screen K63 includes a basic information editing screen, a basic confirmation screen, a detailed confirmation screen, and a detailed information editing screen. Although these screens are not shown, they are the same as the flyer edit screen C4, the basic confirmation screen C5, the detail confirmation screen C6, and the flyer detail edit screen C7 in FIG. 11, respectively. Using these screens, the administrator can divide the flyer data into basic information and detailed information as described below.

That is, the basic information editing screen is provided with columns for customer name, shop name, category, title, comment, expiration date, distribution area, and image data (these are referred to as basic information). As described above, when there is already registered data, the data is displayed in the corresponding column. When the administrator enters unregistered basic information or enters changed basic information to change the displayed basic information on the basic information editing screen, and selects the "confirm" button, the server system 1
Displays a basic confirmation screen. On the basic confirmation screen, the input basic information is displayed as an image close to a Web flyer, for example, the image data is displayed as an actual image.

When the administrator confirms the input basic information on the basic confirmation screen and requests a display of the next screen, the server system 1 displays a detailed confirmation screen. This detailed confirmation screen includes an image of a Web flyer created from the input basic information and the already registered detailed information (FIG. 1).
6 is displayed on the flyer display section 40 of FIG. 6, an “add detail” button is provided, and each item (detailed name and detailed name of the detailed name) constituting the detailed information is further provided. ) Is provided with a “correct” button and a “delete” button. However, when detailed information is not registered as in the case of newly creating a web flyer, the detailed information is not displayed.

The administrator selects the "add details" button when adding detailed information. Then, the server system 1 displays a detailed information editing screen. The detailed information editing screen is provided with columns for inputting a detailed name and a detailed description (these are referred to as detailed information).
The administrator inputs a product name or the like as the detailed name, inputs a description of the details of the product, a list price, a selling price, or the like as the detailed description, and selects an “update” button. In addition, when correcting or deleting the detailed information, the administrator selects the “correction” button of the corresponding item and inputs the correction content, or
Select the "delete" button for the relevant item to delete the detailed information and select the "update" button. Then, the server system 1 displays an image of a Web flyer created from the input basic information and the updated detailed information on the flyer confirmation screen K64.

When the administrator checks the image of the Web flyer on the flyer confirmation screen K64 and selects the "Yes" button, the server system 1 registers the input flyer data in the flyer information DB 27, or has already registered the flyer information. The flyer data registered in the information DB 27 is updated, and a flyer update completion screen (flyer update completion dialog box) K65 is displayed.

1-4. User Management Process When the administrator selects the “general user management” button on the main menu screen K2 shown in FIG. 4, the server system 1 displays a user information management menu screen K41 as shown in FIG. User information management menu screen K4
1 is provided with a “user list” button.

The administrator selects the "user list" button to change the already registered user information. Then, the server system 1 displays the user information search screen K
44 is displayed. The user information search screen K44 is configured such that a user ID, a name, a registration date, or a postal code can be input as search conditions, and the administrator inputs necessary search conditions and selects a "search" button. Then, the server system 1 searches the general user management DB 21 and
The user information that matches the input search condition is displayed on the user information display / change screen K45.

However, if there are a plurality of pieces of user information that match the search conditions, the server system 1 displays the user ID, name, mail address, and the like of the user information in a list on the user information list display screen K43. I do. Then, when the administrator selects the user information to be changed from the user information list display screen K43, the server system 1 displays the selected user information on the user information display / change screen K45.
To be displayed. If the administrator wants to further search for user information, he or she selects a “search” button provided on the user information list display screen K43. Then, the server system 1 redisplays the user information search screen K44.

The user information display / change screen K45 is provided with fields for user ID, registration date, postal code, name, password, mail address, mobile mail address, desired category, desired area, and desired mail distribution. In each column, already registered information is displayed. On the user information display / change screen K45, when the administrator inputs the correction content in the corresponding field for the information to be corrected and selects the "update" button, the server system 1 displays the original user information based on the input correction content. To update.

1-5. Mail Management Process When the administrator selects the “Mail Management” button on the main menu screen K2 shown in FIG. 4, the server system 1 displays a mail management menu screen (not shown).
Using this mail management menu screen, the administrator can send an e-mail from the server system 1 to the user terminal 3 and check the transmission log. At this time, since the server system 1 has information on the desired category and desired area of each user, the administrator refers to the information and refers to the information to obtain an e-mail D suitable for the user's needs.
M (direct mail) can be transmitted. 2. Operation at the client terminal 16 (FIGS. 11 and 1
As shown in FIG. 11, when the customer inputs the customer ID and the password on the login screen C1 of the client terminal 16, the server system 1 displays the customer main menu screen C2 on the client terminal 16. The customer main menu screen C2 is provided with buttons for "update company information", "update flyer", and "history of flyer". When the customer selects one of the buttons, the server system 1 selects the button. The processing corresponding to the button performed is performed as follows. The “flyer history” button is a button for browsing the history of the flyer created by the customer so far, and the description thereof will be omitted.

2-1. Flyer creation / update processing When the customer selects the “flyer creation / update” button on the customer main menu screen C2, the server system 1
A key code input screen C3 is displayed on the client terminal 16. Here, the process proceeds in the same manner when the customer creates a new web flyer or updates the once created web flyer, so that these cases will be collectively described below.

In the key code input screen C3, the customer
When the key code of the flyer to be created or updated is entered, the server system 1 searches the flyer information DB 27 for flyer data that matches the entered key code,
A flyer editing screen C4 is displayed. The key code has been notified to each customer in advance by the administrator.

The flyer editing screen C4 includes an administrator terminal 15
Like the basic information editing screen in, there are provided input fields for basic information in the flyer data, namely, customer name, shop name, category, title, comment, expiration date, distribution area, and image data. If there is already registered basic information, that information is displayed. When the customer inputs unregistered basic information or changes the displayed basic information to change the displayed basic information on the flyer editing screen C4, and selects the "Confirm" button, the server system 1 A basic confirmation screen C5 is displayed. On the basic confirmation screen C5, the entered basic information is displayed in the same manner as the basic confirmation screen on the administrator terminal 15,
It is displayed as an image close to a Web flyer.

As described above, the customer name, the expiration date, and the distribution area must always be the administrator terminal 15.
(Alternatively, the inserter terminal 17 or the partial administrator terminal 1
8) and is configured not to be changed from the client terminal 16.

When the customer confirms the input basic information on the basic confirmation screen C5 and requests display of the next screen, the server system 1 displays a detailed confirmation screen C6. In the detailed confirmation screen C6, similarly to the detailed confirmation screen on the administrator terminal 15, if there is already registered detailed information, an image of the Web flyer is displayed including the detailed information, and "add details" is displayed. A button and a “correct” button and a “delete” button for each item of detailed information are provided.

To add detailed information, the customer selects the "add details" button. Then, the server system 1
Displays a flyer detail edit screen C7 similar to the detail information edit screen on the administrator terminal 15, so that the customer inputs the detailed information and selects the "update" button. To modify or delete the detailed information, the customer selects the “Modify” button of the corresponding item and inputs the details of the modification, or selects the “Delete” button of the corresponding item to delete the detailed information. Delete and select the "Update" button. Then, the server system 1 displays an image of the updated Web flyer on the confirmation screen C8, similarly to the flyer confirmation screen K64 on the administrator terminal 15.

When the customer confirms the image of the Web flyer on the confirmation screen C8 and selects the "update" button,
The server system 1 registers the input flyer data in the flyer information DB 27, or
The flyer data registered in 27 is updated, and a processing result display screen C9 is displayed.

2-2. Company Information Update Processing When the customer selects the “update company information” button on the customer main menu screen C2, the server system 1
The insert client management DB 26 is searched by the customer ID input on the login screen C1, and as shown in FIG.
The company information update screen C11 is displayed on the client terminal 16. On the company information update screen C11, customer information such as company name, shop name, postal code, address, telephone number, fax number, person in charge, customer I
D, password, URL, mail address, etc. are displayed. When the customer inputs the change on the company information update screen C11, checks the input on the information confirmation screen C12 displayed next, and selects the "update" button,
The server system 1 updates the original customer information in the insert client management DB 26 with the input contents, and displays the processing result display screen C13. 3. Operation in General User Terminal 31 (FIGS. 13 to 14)
As shown in FIG. 13, when the user accesses the server system 1 at the general user terminal 31, the server system 1 displays the entrance screen U1 on the general user terminal 31.

3-1. User Registration Process When newly registering user information, the user selects a “user registration” button on the entrance screen U1. Then, the server system 1 displays the usage agreement screen U2 on the general user terminal 31. When the user selects the “Yes” button on the terms of use screen U2, the server system 1
Displays a user registration screen U11 as shown in FIG.

The user registration screen U11 includes a name, a zip code, a mail address, a mobile mail address, a user I
Each column is provided for inputting user information such as D, a password, whether or not a mail is desired to be delivered, and a "category selection" button is provided. In the user registration screen U11, when the user inputs user information corresponding to each column and selects a "category selection" button, the server system 1 displays a category selection screen U12.

On the category selection screen U12, a list of category names registered in the category DB 24 is displayed, and a "confirm" button is provided. When the user selects a desired category from the list and selects the "confirm" button, the server system 1 displays an input content confirmation screen U13. The user confirms the input content confirmation screen U1
When the user confirms the input contents in step 3 and selects the "register" button, the server system 1 registers the input user information in the general user management DB 21, the user details DB 22, and the user mail address management DB 23, and the processing result is displayed. The display screen U14 is displayed.

In the user registration process, only a desired category can be registered. As will be described later, an area where the user lives (a distribution area including the user's address) is set as a temporary desired area, and other desired areas are registered. The registration is performed in a user customizing process described later.

3-2. Flyer display processing When browsing a Web flyer, the user registers user information as described above, inputs a user ID and a password on the entrance screen U1, and selects a "login" button. Then, the server system 1 displays the user top screen U3 as shown in FIG.
To be displayed.

The user top screen U3 is provided with a flyer list display section 34, in which a category display section 35, an area display section 36, and a heading display section 37 are provided. Then, the desired categories registered by the user are displayed on the category display unit 35, and for each displayed desired category, the desired areas registered by the user for the desired category are displayed and displayed on the area display unit 36, respectively. For each desired area,
A headline advertisement composed of a title and a store name is displayed in a list on the headline display section 37. That is, the heading display section 3
7 has a desired area displayed on the area display section 36 immediately above it as a distribution area and a desired category displayed on the category display section 35 immediately above it as a category.
A list of eb flyer headline advertisements is displayed.

That is, the server system 1 determines that the category matches the desired category registered by the user, and
The flyer data whose distribution area matches the desired area registered by the user for the category is stored in the flyer information DB.
27, the title and store name are classified as headline advertisements for each desired category, further classified for each desired area, and displayed in a list on the flyer list display section 34.

If the user has not registered a desired area on a user customizing screen U5, which will be described later, for example, when the user first displays the user top screen U3 after registering the user information, the server system 1
Based on the postal code in the user information, a list of Web flyer advertisements in which the distribution area including the user's address is set as the temporary desired area and the temporary desired area is set as the distribution area for each desired category.

When the user selects any one of the Web flyer headline advertisements on the user top screen U3, the server system 1 displays a flyer display screen U4 as shown in FIG. On this flyer display screen U4,
The entire selected Web flyer is displayed. That is, a flyer display section 40 is provided on the flyer display screen U4, and the shop name display section 41, the expiration date display section 42, the title display section 43, and the comment display section 44 are provided on the flyer display section 40.
And an image display unit 45 and a detailed information display unit 46 are provided.
The customer name, expiration date, title, comment, image data, and detailed information in the flyer data are displayed, respectively.

As described above, the user top screen U3
Is a Web that meets the selection conditions (desired category and desired area in this embodiment) registered by the user in advance.
Since the headline advertisement of the flyer is displayed, and further selecting the headline advertisement displays the entire Web flyer, it corresponds to the advertisement display screen of the present invention.

3-3. User Customization Process When the user wants to change the user information, in particular, when he wants to customize the displayed top screen U3 for the user by changing the desired category or desired area, the user is provided on the top screen U3 for the user. "Registration information" button 38 (see FIG. 15) is selected. Then, the server system 1 displays a user customization screen U5 as shown in FIG.

The user customization screen U5 is provided with a user information display section 50 and a user information change column 51. The user information display section 50 displays a name, a zip code, a user ID, a password, a mail address, and a mobile mail address among the registered user information. The user information change column 51 is configured so that a new password, a new e-mail address, and a new mobile mail address can be input.
When 7 is selected, the server system 1 updates the user information with the input contents.

Further, the user customizing screen U5 includes
Desired category display sections 52 are provided by the number of desired categories registered by the user, and the desired categories are respectively displayed. Further, for each desired category display section 52, a desired area display section 53 displays the desired category registered by the user. As many as the number of areas are provided, and each desired area is displayed. When the user customization screen U5 is displayed for the first time after the user information is registered, the above-described temporary desired area is displayed.

When the user wants to add a desired category, he or she selects an "add category" button 54. Then, the server system 1 displays a category addition menu listing all categories as shown in FIG. In this menu, when the user selects a category to be added and selects an "update" button 58, the server system 1 additionally registers the selected category in the user information as a desired category.

When the user wants to add a desired area in a certain desired category, a desired category is displayed on a desired category display section 52 on which the desired category is displayed.
"Add area" button 55 is selected. Then, the server system 1 displays an area addition menu listing all distribution areas as shown in FIG. In this menu, when the user selects an area to be added and selects an "update" button 59, the server system 1
Registers the selected area as the desired area in the user information.

When the user wants to delete a desired category, the user selects a delete mark 56 provided on the right of the display of the desired category to be deleted. Then, the server system 1 deletes the desired category from the user information.

When the user wants to delete a desired area in a certain desired category, the desired category is displayed on the desired category display section 52 on which the desired category is displayed.
A deletion mark 56 provided on the right side of the display of the desired area to be deleted is selected. Then, the server system 1 deletes the desired area in the corresponding desired category from the user information.

As described above, since the user can add / delete desired categories and further add / delete desired areas for each desired category, the Web flyer displayed on the user top screen U3 can be displayed as follows. It can be customized to categories and areas according to your preference.

In this embodiment, at the time of registering the user information, only the desired category can be registered. This is because it is cumbersome for the user to select the desired area from the beginning, and it is determined that the operability is better for the user if the user customizes after seeing the state actually displayed on the user top screen U3. However, it is needless to say that the user information may be registered up to a desired area when registering the user information.

In the present embodiment, the category and the distribution area are used as the selection conditions. However, the selection conditions are not limited to these, and for example, a customer name (that is, a company name or a store name) may be used as the selection condition. Then, the user can browse the Web flyer of the favorite shop on the user top screen U3.

Further, in the present embodiment, in order to reduce the burden on the customer in creating a flyer, the flyer data can be input to the manager terminal 15, the partial manager terminal 18, and the inserter terminal 17, Further, in order to prevent the expiration date from being indefinite or the distribution area from being unlimited, the client terminal 16 cannot change the customer name, the expiration date, and the distribution area. If no consideration is given, all the flyer data may be input from the client terminal 16.

Although the general user terminal 31 is used as the user terminal 3 in the present embodiment, a portable terminal 32 may be used. In this case, the displayed screen is displayed on the mobile terminal 3.
2 and the contents to be displayed are synchronized with the general user terminal 31, so that the user can obtain the same information as the general user terminal 31 regardless of the location. The nature becomes high.

In this embodiment, the Internet 4
Although the server system 1 is connected to each terminal by using the above, it may be connected by another WAN (Wide Area Network) or the like.

That is, the hardware configuration and the software configuration are not limited to those described above, and the configuration can be freely changed without departing from the scope of the claims.

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The advertisement information providing system of the present invention uses a server system accessible from the terminal of the advertisement provider and the terminal of the advertisement viewer, and the server system is used to input the data for creating the advertisement. Means for transmitting the screen to the terminal of the advertisement provider and storing the input creation data; means for creating an advertisement in a form displayable on the terminal of the advertisement viewer based on the creation data; Means for registering the selection conditions for the advertisement viewer by transmitting a screen for inputting the selection conditions to the terminal of the advertisement viewer and storing the input selection conditions; Means for transmitting an advertisement display screen for displaying an advertisement to the terminal of the advertisement viewer in response to the advertisement viewing request from the viewer, wherein the advertisement display screen is Ad viewers are configured to display advertisements that meet the registered selection criteria, so that ad viewers can easily search for their own advertisements without the hassle or time of searching by search engines or extracting from search results. You can browse the advertisement you want to browse.

Further, assuming that the creation data includes data relating to the distribution area of the advertisement and the selection condition includes a condition relating to the distribution area of the advertisement, the viewer of the advertisement can read the area other than the area where he or she lives. Is designated as a viewing condition, an advertisement distributed to another area can be easily viewed.

Further, if the creation data includes data relating to the type of business of the advertisement and the selection condition includes a condition relating to the type of business of the advertisement, the advertisement viewer can easily browse the advertisement of the type of business desired to browse. Can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a link relationship of a database.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a link relationship between category data, distribution area data, and flyer data.

FIG. 4 is a screen flow of a login processing part in the administrator terminal.

FIG. 5 is a screen flow of a client management processing part in the administrator terminal.

FIG. 6 is a screen flow of a category creation processing portion in the administrator terminal.

FIG. 7 is a screen flow of a category update processing part in the administrator terminal.

FIG. 8 is a screen flow of a key code issuance processing portion in the administrator terminal.

FIG. 9 is a screen flow of a flyer editing process part in the administrator terminal.

FIG. 10 is a screen flow of a user management processing part in the administrator terminal.

FIG. 11 is a screen flow of a flyer creation / update processing part in the insertion requesting client terminal.

FIG. 12 is a screen flow of a company information update processing part in the insert requester terminal.

FIG. 13 is a screen flow of a flyer display process and a user customization process portion in the general user terminal.

FIG. 14 is a screen flow of a user registration processing part in a general user terminal.

FIG. 15 is an example of a user top screen.

FIG. 16 is an example of a flyer display screen.

FIG. 17 is an example of a user customization screen.

FIG. 18 is an example of a category addition menu.

FIG. 19 is an example of an area addition menu.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Server system 3 ... User terminal 11 ... Secure server 12 ... Web server 13 ... DB server 14 ... Mail server 15 ... Manager terminal 16 ... Insertion requester terminal (client terminal) 17 ... Inserter terminal 18 ... Partial administrator Terminal 31: General user terminal 32: Portable terminal

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An advertisement providing system that provides an advertisement by using a server system that is accessible from a terminal of an advertisement provider and accessible from a terminal of an advertisement viewer, wherein the server system includes the advertisement. Means for transmitting a screen for inputting the creation data to the terminal of the advertisement provider, and storing the input creation data, and the server system, based on the creation data,
Means for creating the advertisement in a form that can be displayed on the terminal of the advertisement viewer; and the server system transmits to the terminal of the advertisement viewer a screen for inputting selection conditions for the advertisement, and the input is performed. Means for registering the selection condition for the advertisement viewer by storing the selection condition, and wherein the server system responds to an advertisement viewing request from the advertisement viewer via a terminal of the advertisement viewer. Means for transmitting an advertisement display screen for displaying the advertisement to a terminal of the advertisement viewer, wherein the advertisement display screen is registered for the advertisement viewer who made the advertisement viewing request. An advertisement providing system configured to display the advertisement satisfying a condition. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the creation data includes data on a distribution area of the advertisement, and the selection condition includes a condition on a distribution area of the advertisement.
Advertisement providing system as described. 3. The advertisement providing system according to claim 1, wherein the creation data includes data on a type of the advertisement, and the selection condition includes a condition on a type of the advertisement. 4. A server system accessible from the terminal of the advertisement provider and accessible from the terminal of the advertisement viewer, transmits a screen for inputting the data for creating the advertisement to the terminal of the advertisement provider. Means for storing the input creation data; means for creating the advertisement in a form that can be displayed on the terminal of the advertisement viewer based on the creation data; and inputting selection conditions for the advertisement. Means for registering the selection condition for the advertisement viewer by transmitting the screen of (1) to the terminal of the advertisement viewer and storing the input selection condition, the advertisement browsing through the terminal of the advertisement viewer. Responding to an advertisement browsing request from a user, displaying the advertisement that satisfies the selection condition registered for the advertisement browsing requester that has made the advertisement browsing request. And the advertisement display screen, said means for transmitting to the advertisement reader of the terminal, program for functioning as a. 5. A computer-readable recording medium on which the program according to claim 4 is recorded.