JP2003006124A - System for distributing digital pamphlet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a digital pamphlet distribution system, capable of reducing the burden for taking home a heavy pamphlet for exhibition visitors, and meanwhile reducing the costs for pamphlet distributors. SOLUTION: This digital pamphlet distribution system is provided with a digital pamphlet managing part 12b for managing a digital pamphlet which digitized data, an applicant registering part 12a for associating the mail address of a pamphlet an applicant with identification information identifying the applicant to register them, an identification information issuing part 11a for issuing the identification information, at least one identification information reading part 13a to 13d for reading the issued identification information, a pamphlet- specifying part 12 for specifying a digital pamphlet according to the read identification information, and a transmitting part 12c for transmitting e-mail with at least one the specified digital pamphlet attached thereto to an address destination, corresponding to the read identification information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a digital pamphlet distribution system suitable for distributing pamphlets to a large number of visitors such as an exhibition hall.

[0002]

[Prior Art] Many exhibitions are held all over the country. In such an exhibition, a large amount of PR pamphlets and the like of own products are distributed at the exhibition booths of the companies. Most visitors to the exhibition will collect and collect the brochures of the booths that are of little interest to them.

[0003]

However, the pamphlets collected in this way quickly become enormous in size, and therefore, at the exit of the exhibition hall, it is often a pile of garbage as early as possible. In addition, even if a large amount of pamphlets that are heavy in weight are taken home, it is not actually necessary, and it is often that they are discarded just by looking through them. In addition, since new pamphlets are often produced immediately, there is little need to store them for a long period of time. In this way, the pamphlets distributed at exhibitions are not likely to reach the people who really need them at the cost of a great deal of cost and effort, and have little effect on investment.

[0004] An object of the present invention is to provide a digital pamphlet distribution system which can reduce the burden of bringing a heavy pamphlet to a visitor for exhibitions and can reduce the cost for a pamphlet distributor. Is.

[0005]

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by the following means for solving the problems. It should be noted that, for ease of understanding, reference numerals corresponding to the embodiments of the present invention will be given and described, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In order to solve the above problems, the invention of claim 1 provides a digital brochure management unit (12b) for managing a digital brochure in which the brochure is converted into digital data, an e-mail address of the applicant for the brochure, and an applicant for the brochure. An applicant registration unit (12a) that registers identification information to identify and an identification information issue unit (11c) that issues the identification information of the pamphlet applicant.
And at least one identification information reading unit (1) that reads the identification information issued by the identification information issuing unit (11c).
3a to 13d) and a brochure specifying unit (12) that specifies the digital brochure managed by the digital brochure managing unit (12b) according to the identification information reading unit (13a to 13d) that has read the identification information. ,
A sending unit (12) for sending an e-mail with at least one digital brochure identified by the brochure identifying unit (12) to an address corresponding to the identification information read by the identification information reading units (13a to 13d).
c) is a digital pamphlet distribution system.

[0006] The invention of claim 2 provides a digital pamphlet management unit (12b) for managing a digital pamphlet in which the pamphlet is converted into digital data, an e-mail address of the pamphlet acquisition applicant, and identification information for identifying the pamphlet acquisition applicant. A corresponding applicant registration unit (12a), an identification information issuing unit (11c) for issuing identification information of the pamphlet acquisition applicant, and an identification information issued by the identification information issuing unit (11c) are read. , At least one identification information reading unit (13a to 13)
d) and the identification information reading unit (1
3a to 13d), a brochure specifying unit (12) for specifying a digital brochure managed by the digital brochure managing unit (12b) and identification information read by the identification information reading units (13a to 13d). To the corresponding address, the brochure identification section (12)
URL that can browse the digital pamphlet specified by
And a transmitting unit (12c) for transmitting an electronic mail including at least one of

The invention of claim 3 relates to claim 1 or claim 2.
In the digital pamphlet distribution system described in
Input unit (11a) that can input the e-mail address
It is a digital pamphlet distribution system comprising:

The invention of claim 4 is from claim 1 to claim 3.
In the digital pamphlet distribution system according to any one of the above items, the identification information issuing unit (11c),
A printer for printing the identification information of a person who desires to obtain a pamphlet in the form of a bar code, the identification information reading unit (13
a to 13d) are digital pamphlet distribution systems characterized by bar code readers for reading bar coded identification information.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings. (First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of a digital pamphlet distribution system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an installation diagram of the system. The digital pamphlet distribution system 10 attaches the digital pamphlet desired by the visitors of the exhibition to the e-mail,
This is a system for transmitting to the mail server 20. The digital pamphlet distribution system 10 includes a reception device 11 and
System control device 12 and first barcode reader 13a
, A second bar code reader 13b, a third bar code reader 13c, and a fourth bar code reader 13d.

The reception device 11 is installed at the entrance of the exhibition hall, accepts visitors, and replaces the reception information such as an email address with a bar-coded ID.
(Hereinafter referred to as "bar code ID") is issued. The reception device 11 includes a reception information input unit 11a and an ID generation unit 11b.
And a barcode issuing unit 11c. The reception information input unit 11a is a portion for the visitor to input reception information such as name and mail address, and is, for example, a keyboard, a touch panel, or the like. The ID generation unit 11b generates a visitor ID (personal identification information) for each visitor who inputs the reception information. This ID is different for each visitor and must not be duplicated. Therefore, for example, it is sequentially numbered in the order of reception. The barcode issuing unit 11c is the ID generating unit 1
This is a printer that prints the ID generated in 1b by converting it into a bar code.

The system controller 12 is a controller for controlling the entire digital pamphlet distribution system 10. Further, the system control device 12 includes a visitor database (DB) 12a and a digital pamphlet DB.
It has 12b and the electronic mail transmission part 12c. Further, the system control device 12 specifies the digital pamphlet to be attached to the electronic mail based on the barcode reader identification information, as described later. The visitor DB 12a records and manages the reception information (name, email address, etc.) of the visitor input from the reception information input unit 11a and the ID generated by the ID generation unit 11b in association with each other. The digital pamphlet DB 12b digitizes and manages pamphlets distributed at each exhibition booth. As will be described later, the e-mail sending unit 12c sends an e-mail by attaching at least one digital pamphlet identified as described above to the address corresponding to the bar code ID read by each bar code reader 13a to 13d. To do. The e-mail sending unit 12c sends e-mails at regular time intervals. If the sending is successful, a completion flag is set and the digital pamphlet once sent is not sent from the next time.

The first bar code reader 13a, the second bar code reader 13b, the third bar code reader 13c and the fourth bar code reader 13d are optical reading devices for reading the bar code ID issued by the reception device 11. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the first to fourth exhibition halls are displayed.
It is installed in the booth. Bar code readers 13a-1
When 3d reads the bar code ID of the visitor who wants to obtain the pamphlet, the bar code ID and information for identifying the bar code reader (bar code reader identification information) are transmitted to the system control device 12.

(Reception Processing) FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the reception processing of the digital pamphlet distribution system according to the present invention. The reception device 11 receives the reception information (name, mail address, etc.) from the reception information input unit 11a by the visitor.
Is input (step (hereinafter referred to as “S”) 10
1) The visitor ID is generated (S102), and the ID is bar-coded and printed (S103). Further, the reception information and ID are recorded / managed in the visitor database (DB) 12a (S104).

(Reading Process) FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the reading process of the digital pamphlet distribution system according to the present invention. When the visitor causes each bar code reader installed in the exhibition booth to distribute the desired pamphlet to read the bar code ID, each bar code reader starts processing (S20).
1). The barcode reader that has read the barcode ID transmits the barcode ID and the identification information of the barcode reader to the system controller 12 (S202).

(Pamphlet distribution process) FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a pamphlet distribution process of the digital pamphlet distribution system according to the present invention. Upon receiving the barcode ID and the like from the barcode reader, the system control device 12 starts the pamphlet distribution process (S30).
1). The system control device 12 identifies the digital pamphlet based on the barcode reader identification information (S30
2) Attach the digital pamphlet to an email addressed to the address specified by the barcode ID (S303). When a barcode ID or the like is received again (S301) until a certain time (for example, the average visit time of the visitor) has passed (S304), the digital pamphlet is specified each time (S302), Attach it to the e-mail (S303). Then, when a certain time has elapsed (S304), an electronic mail is transmitted (S30).
5). This distributes the digital brochure to the email recipients.

Visitors to the exhibition use the digital pamphlet distribution system as follows. At the reception, visitors to the exhibition enter their name, email address, etc. into the reception device 11 and, after receiving the barcode ID,
enter. Whenever a visitor visits each exhibition booth and wishes to obtain a pamphlet, he / she causes the bar code reader of each booth to read the bar code passed at the reception desk. When the visitor returns home and confirms the e-mail, the e-mail with the digital brochure attached can be confirmed. You can then open the attached file and browse the digital brochure.

According to this embodiment, since the pamphlet converted into digital information is distributed, the following effects can be obtained.
For those who want to obtain a pamphlet, it is possible to reduce the burden of bringing the pamphlet with them. In addition, secondary distribution is easy. For the pamphlet distributor, the pamphlet production cost can be reduced. Further, the degree of interest can be grasped by the recipient of the paper brochure and the recipient of the digital brochure. Further, since the name of the visitor of the exhibition is input at the time of reception, it is easy to grasp and manage the visitor. Furthermore, since the bar code is used as the identification information of the person who wants to obtain the pamphlet, the system can be constructed at low cost and the reliability of reading with the bar code reader is high.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the digital pamphlet distribution system according to the present invention. It should be noted that parts that perform the same functions as those in the above-described first embodiment will be assigned the same reference numerals and redundant description will be omitted as appropriate. The system control device 12 of the present embodiment includes a visitor database (DB) 12a and an electronic mail transmission unit 12c, and a digital pamphlet DB.
Is different from the first embodiment in that it does not have. Brochures distributed at each exhibition booth are pamphlet DB30
It is digitalized and managed by. The e-mail sending unit 12c sends an e-mail including the URL for browsing the specified digital pamphlet to the address corresponding to the bar code ID read by each bar code reader 13a to 13d.

The electronic mail recipient of this embodiment is the U
Access the RL to browse digital pamphlets managed in the pamphlet DB 30.

According to this embodiment, the size of the electronic mail to be transmitted can be reduced.

(Modifications) The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and changes can be made, which are also within the scope of the present invention. For example, in the above embodiment, the visitor's ID is converted into a bar code, but the bar code is read by a bar code reader. However, the visitor's ID is recorded in an IC card or the like and the IC card reader is used. Read it out, and also enter the text information of the visitor
It may be read by CR or the like. Even if it does so, the same effect can be obtained.

[0022]

As described in detail above, according to the first aspect of the invention, an electronic mail is transmitted with a specific pamphlet attached to an address corresponding to the identification information read by the identification information reading section. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the burden of taking out the pamphlet to the pamphlet recipient, and to reduce the cost of producing the pamphlet.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the electronic mail including the URL for browsing the digital pamphlet is transmitted, the size of the transmitted mail is small.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the input section for inputting the e-mail address is provided, it can be used at an exhibition hall or the like.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the identification information issuing unit is a printer which prints the identification information of the person who wants to obtain the pamphlet in the form of a bar code, and the identification information reading unit outputs the bar coded identification information. Since it is a bar code reader for reading, a system can be constructed at low cost.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of a digital pamphlet distribution system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system installation diagram showing a first embodiment of a digital pamphlet distribution system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a reception process of the digital pamphlet distribution system according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a reading process of the digital pamphlet distribution system according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a pamphlet distribution process of the digital pamphlet distribution system according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of a digital pamphlet distribution system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Digital Brochure Distribution System 11 Reception device 11a Reception information input section 11b ID generation unit 11c Bar code issuing department 12 System controller 12a Visitor DB 12b Digital Brochure DB 12c Email sender 13a to 13d Bar code reader 20 mail server

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A applicant registration for registering a digital brochure management section that manages a digital brochure in which the brochure is converted into digital data, an e-mail address of a person who wants to obtain the brochure, and identification information for identifying the person who wants to obtain the brochure. Section, an identification information issuing section for issuing the identification information of the applicant for obtaining the pamphlet, and reading the identification information issued by the identification information issuing section,
At least one identification information reading unit, a pamphlet identifying unit that identifies the digital pamphlet managed by the digital pamphlet managing unit according to the identification information reading unit that has read the identification information, and the identification information reading unit reads the pamphlet identifying unit. A digital pamphlet distribution system comprising: a transmission unit for transmitting an electronic mail to which at least one digital pamphlet identified by the pamphlet identification unit is attached to an address corresponding to the identification information. 2. The applicant registration in which the digital brochure management section that manages the digital brochure in which the brochure is converted into digital data, the e-mail address of the applicant for obtaining the brochure, and the identification information for identifying the applicant for obtaining the brochure are registered in association with each other. Section, an identification information issuing section for issuing the identification information of the applicant for obtaining the pamphlet, and reading the identification information issued by the identification information issuing section,
At least one identification information reading unit, a pamphlet identifying unit that identifies the digital pamphlet managed by the digital pamphlet managing unit according to the identification information reading unit that has read the identification information, and the identification information reading unit reads the pamphlet identifying unit. A digital pamphlet distribution system, comprising: a transmission unit for transmitting an electronic mail including at least one URL for browsing the digital pamphlet identified by the pamphlet identification unit to an address corresponding to the identification information. 3. The digital pamphlet distribution system according to claim 1, further comprising an input unit capable of inputting the electronic mail address. 4. Any one of claims 1 to 3
In the digital pamphlet distribution system described in the item 1, the identification information issuing unit is a printer that prints the identification information of the pamphlet acquisition applicant in the form of a bar code, and the identification information reading unit outputs the bar coded identification information. A digital pamphlet distribution system, which is a bar code reader for reading.