JP2003006320A - Information-providing system for contents production and method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information-providing system for contents production which can obtain a degree of the contribution of each producer, and also provide a method therefor. SOLUTION: Contents produced by more than one producer are preliminarily registered in a contribution-production ratio distribution center 1. The contribution-to-production ratio distribution center 1 transmits a contents- selecting picture for the comparison, and the whole and part of the contents preliminarily stored are designated when a contribution-to-production ratio distribution menu is selected with a menu displayed on the terminals 2 on the producers of the contents. A pixel difference information-extracting and -processing part 142 finds the difference between the whole and the part designated, and a difference information numerical value-converting part 143 finds the ratios of the parts thus designated to the whole based on the difference thus found. The ratios thus found are displayed on the terminals 2 of the producers as the contribution ratios of the producers who produce the parts concerned. Accordingly, the producers of the contents can obtain a right share of profit.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information providing system and method relating to content production for providing information on content produced by a plurality of producers via a communication network. Specifically, when multiple content creators (co-authors) exist for digital content production, the uncertainty of the contribution rate of the co-authors is automatically resolved and profit sharing in content sales is performed. The present invention relates to a method of distributing contribution rates to collaborators in a content production process using a computer system, and relates to content registration, comparison, difference extraction, contribution rate conversion, and profit sharing method therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a plurality of creators (co-creators) exist in the production of digital contents,
It is necessary to consider the scope of rights of co-authors (distribution of contribution rate) and proper distribution of sales (profit distribution), but the distribution was mainly done according to the predetermined rules for each.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the past, as a method of sharing the production contribution rate and profits of co-authors,
Since it was established based on a wide variety of pre-determined rules, the uncertainty in the sense of distribution based on legitimate consideration cannot be wiped out, and the consideration is distributed to the profit commensurate with the outcome of the part involved in the production. Can be reflected in advance,
It was a difficult situation to solve with the defined profit sharing method.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to create a content in which the degree of contribution of each of a plurality of creators who have created the content can be obtained. To provide an information providing system and method.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, the present invention of claim 1 relates to content production for providing information on production of content produced by a plurality of producers via a network. An information providing system (composed of a computer system), which specifies the whole and part of the stored content when the whole and part of the content is acquired and stored in response to a registration request. And a means for obtaining a difference between the designated whole and the portion, and a proportion of the designated portion to the whole based on the obtained difference,
A solution means is an information providing system relating to content production, which includes a means for providing the obtained ratio as a ratio of contribution of the creator of the part.

[0006] The present invention according to claim 2 is a method for providing information on content production when information on production of content produced by a plurality of producers is provided via a network. Acquiring and storing in response to a registration request, and designating the whole and part of the stored content,
The step of obtaining the difference between the specified whole and the part, and the ratio of the specified part to the whole based on the calculated difference, and the calculated ratio is the ratio of the contribution of the creator of the part. As a solution means, an information providing method relating to content production including a step of providing

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the providing step, the proportion of the portion other than the designated portion to the whole is obtained, and the obtained proportion is output as the contribution rate of the creator of the portion. The information providing method for content production according to claim 2 is a solution means.

According to the present invention of claim 4, in the step of obtaining the difference, when at least two of the designated portions are designated and one is included in the other, the difference between the one and the other is determined, and The content production according to claim 2, wherein, in the providing step, a ratio of the other part of the other part to the whole is calculated, and the calculated ratio is output as a contribution ratio of the creator of the part. The method of providing information regarding is the solution.

According to the present invention of claim 5, in the providing step, the ratio of the contribution is output as a percentage, and a solution is provided by the method for providing information regarding content production according to any one of claims 2 to 4. Use it as a means.

The present invention according to claim 6 is characterized in that, in the step of obtaining the difference, when the content is image information, the difference is obtained by pattern matching. The solution is the method of providing information on production.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing method for content production according to any one of the second to sixth aspects, in which the provided information is stored.

According to the present invention of claim 8, in the case of requesting the registration, a step of urging an input of a pre-issued manufacturer's identification ID, and a step of determining whether or not to permit the registration based on the input identification ID. The information providing method for content production according to any one of claims 2 to 7 is a solution means.

It is to be noted that the present invention is an information provision program for content production when information on production of content produced by a plurality of producers is provided via a network, and obtains all or part of the content in response to a registration request. And storing the content, designating the whole and the part of the stored content, obtaining a difference between the designated whole and the part, and specifying the difference based on the obtained difference. It is also possible to use an information providing program relating to content production, which comprises a step of obtaining the proportion of the portion to the whole and providing the obtained proportion as the proportion of the contribution of the creator of the portion.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, when digital content is produced by a plurality of creators (co-authors), the content produced by each co-author is compared using a computer system, and the production contribution rate is calculated from the difference information. It is to extract and reflect the contribution rate to profit distribution, and is one means for determining the right range of the co-author (distribution of contribution rate) and sales distribution (profit distribution).

That is, a content producer terminal for registering content produced by each digital content co-creator and a production contribution rate distribution center are connected via a communication network, and the content of each part involved in the production by each co-creator. It is equipped with a means for registering the registered content, a means for comparing the registered contents, a means for extracting difference information, a means for converting the extracted difference information into a contribution rate for each creator, and further a means for distributing profits to co-creators. There is. Further, in the present embodiment, it is possible to convert the difference information between the contents produced by the respective co-authors into pixel units of the contents so as to convert into the production contribution rate according to each production result.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an embodiment of the present invention. The production contribution rate distribution center 1 is a computer system that is connected to a content creator terminal 2 such as a personal computer used by a content creator via a communication network 3 such as the Internet, and is created by a plurality of creators. The content creator terminal 2 is provided with information related to content creation. The content creator terminal 2 includes a display device for displaying the provided information, and also includes a mouse and a keyboard for inputting and selecting the displayed information.

The production contribution rate distribution center 1 includes an input processing unit 1
1, the output processing unit 12, the control processing unit 13, the contribution rate conversion unit 14, and the database management unit 15. Also,
The contribution rate conversion unit 14 includes a content comparison and extraction processing unit 14
1, a pixel difference information extraction processing unit 142, a difference information numerical value conversion unit 143, a contribution rate numerical value conversion unit 144, and a profit sharing conversion unit 145. Also, the database management unit 15
The content creator information database 151 and the content information database 152 are managed. The blocks other than the database are realized by reading and executing the program stored in the storage device.

The input processing unit 11 is means for registering and authenticating information regarding a plurality of content creators such as co-creators, and is means for registering content at the stage when each co-creator produced. Output processing unit 12
Is a means for outputting information about the content creator and information about the content.

Based on the information from the input processing unit 11, the control processing unit 13 issues a command to the contribution rate conversion unit 14, inputs and outputs information to and from the database management unit 15, and outputs information to the output processing unit 12. Is a means for doing.

The content comparison / extraction processing section 141 in the contribution rate conversion section 14 is means for extracting the content to be compared from the content information database 152 in response to an instruction from the control processing section 13. The pixel difference information extraction processing unit 142 is means for extracting difference information between the contents extracted by the content comparison and extraction processing unit 141.
The difference information numerical value conversion unit 143 is a unit that converts the difference information extracted by the pixel difference information extraction processing unit 142 into a numerical value. The contribution rate numerical value conversion unit 144 includes the difference information numerical value conversion unit 1.
It is a means for converting the numerical value converted in 43 into a percentage. The profit distribution conversion unit 145 is a means for obtaining a profit distribution ratio based on the numerical value obtained by the contribution ratio numerical conversion unit 144.

Content creator information database 151
Is a means for storing information (content creator information) about the content creator from the input processing unit 11. The content information database 152 is a means for storing information (content information) about the content from the input processing unit 11 and the contribution rate conversion unit 14.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an operation outline of the embodiment of the present invention. First, the content creator inputs information about the content creator himself / herself from the content creator terminal 2 to the production contribution rate distribution center 1 via the communication network 3. As a result, the subsequent production contribution ratio distribution center 1
Can be connected to. The content creator uses the content creator terminal 2 to connect to the production contribution rate distribution center 1 and after authentication, the input processing unit 11 registers the created content (S1). In the database management unit 15,
The content creator information database 151 manages the content creator information, and the content information database 152 manages the registered content information.
As shown in FIG. 2, the content A0 is created by the creator X, and the content A0 is added by the creator Y to produce the content A1, and further the creator Z is added to produce the content A2. In this case, each content A0, A1, A2 is registered.

The content comparison / extraction processing unit 141 extracts the content designated by the content creator from the registered content (S2). The pixel difference information extraction processing unit 142 extracts the difference information between the two extracted contents in pixel units by pattern matching (S3). The difference information numerical value conversion unit 143 converts the extracted difference information into numerical values (S4). The contribution rate numerical conversion unit 144 converts the digitized difference information into a percentage (production contribution rate) that the difference information occupies in the whole (S).
5). The profit sharing conversion unit 145 converts the production contribution ratio into a profit sharing ratio (S6). Then, the output processing unit 12 transmits the production contribution rate and the profit distribution rate to the content creator terminal 2 (S7).

Therefore, by connecting to the production contribution rate distribution center 1, the content creators can be provided with information such as the production contribution rate and the profit distribution rate regarding their own content production.

FIG. 3A is a diagram showing an example of items in the content creator information database 151, and FIG.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of items in the content information database 152.

Content creator information database 151
Stored as content creator information are content creator identification ID, creator name, age, gender, date of birth, current address, affiliation, telephone number, mail address, password, and the like. The content creator identification ID is an ID set by each person at the time of initial registration, and is entered by the creator as an essential item other than the mail address.

In the content information database 152,
Stores information such as content identification ID, content creator identification ID, content title, content type (encoding, genre), content size, production date, related content identification ID, production contribution rate, profit distribution rate, free area, etc. To be done.

The content identification ID is automatically and uniquely assigned to each content on the production contribution rate distribution center 1 side when the content is registered. The content creator identification ID is information for identifying the authenticated content creator. The related content identification ID is the content identification ID of the related content that is the content to be compared. For production contribution rate and profit distribution rate,
After the production contribution rate distribution center 1 has performed the distribution processing, the content contribution rate is automatically reflected in the content information database 152.
The content information database 152 also stores the content itself in association with the content information.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flow of registration processing of content creator information. First, the content creator terminal 2
From the production contribution ratio distribution center 1 (101),
The production contribution rate distribution center 1 transmits a service menu screen to the content creator terminal 2 (102). The service menu screen is the content creator information registration menu M
1 is a screen displaying options such as 1, a content information registration menu M2, and a production contribution rate distribution menu M3.

The content creator terminal 2 receives and displays the service menu screen (103, 104). When the content creator selects the content creator information registration menu M1 on the service menu screen (105), the content creator terminal 2 transmits instruction information to the effect that the content creator information registration menu M1 has been selected (10).
6).

Upon receiving the instruction information for selecting the content creator information registration menu M1 (107), the production contribution ratio distribution center 1 transmits a content creator information registration screen to the content creator terminal 2 (108).

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a content creator information registration screen. The content creator information registration screen is
Content creator identification ID, creator name, age, gender,
Date of birth, current address, affiliation, phone number, email address,
It is a screen for registering content creator information such as a password. The content creator identification ID is input by the content creator himself, for example, in one-byte alphanumeric characters. Even after this initial registration, the content creator information can be updated when information other than the content creator identification ID is changed.

The content creator terminal 2 receives and displays the content creator information registration screen (109, 1).
10) When the content creator information is input (11
1) The content creator information is transmitted to the production contribution rate distribution center 1 (112).

Upon receiving the content creator information (113), the production contribution rate distribution center 1 stores this content creator information in the content creator information database 151 (114), and registers that the registration has been successful. A result confirmation screen is transmitted (115).

The content creator terminal 2 receives and displays the registration result confirmation screen (116, 117) and finishes the registration of the content creator information.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a flow of content registration processing. First, when the content creator terminal 2 is connected to the production contribution rate distribution center 1 (201), the above-mentioned service menu screen is transmitted from the production contribution rate distribution center 1 to the content creator terminal 2 (202).

The content creator terminal 2 receives and displays the service menu screen (203, 204). When the content information registration menu M2 is selected from the service menu screen (205), the content information registration menu M2 is selected. The instruction information is transmitted (206).

Upon receiving the instruction information for selecting the content information registration menu M2, the production contribution rate distribution center 1 (20
7), an authentication screen prompting the input of the content creator identification ID and password is transmitted (208).

The content creator terminal 2 receives and displays the authentication screen (209, 210), and when the content creator identification ID and password are input (211), the content creator terminal 2 creates an authentication information screen including them. It transmits to the distribution center 1 (212).

When the production contribution ratio distribution center 1 receives the authentication information screen (213), whether or not to permit content registration depending on whether or not the included content producer identification ID and password are registered in advance. If it is determined that the permission is granted, the content information registration screen is transmitted (214).

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the content information registration screen. The content information registration screen is a screen for registering content information such as content identification ID, content creator identification ID, title, type (coding, genre), size, production date, related content identification ID, reason area, etc. is there. The content creator's identification ID is automatically entered at the time of authentication.

As the content identification ID, a unique ID issued for each content by the production contribution rate distribution center 1 is automatically input. As the related content identification ID, for example, when registering content information of a certain content creator, the content creator inputs the content identification ID of the content creator who created the content including the content.

The content creator terminal 2 receives and displays the content information registration screen (215, 21).
6) When the content information is input (217), the input contribution information and the content in the separately designated content creator terminal 2 are added to the production contribution rate distribution center 1
(218). The production contribution distribution center 1
When the content information and the content are received (219),
This is stored in the content information database 152 (2
20) Then, a registration result confirmation screen indicating that the registration is normally performed is transmitted (221).

The content creator terminal 2 receives and displays the registration result confirmation screen (222, 223) and finishes the registration of the content information.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the flow of the production contribution rate distribution processing. In the following description, the content A0 that is an image
Is created by the creator X, the content ΔA1 created by the creator Y is added to the content A0 to become the content A1, the contents A0 and A1 are respectively registered in the production contribution rate distribution center 1, and the creator Y
The process of knowing the contribution rate of the creator A and the creator X for the content A1 will be described. The content A1 does not necessarily have to be completed, and may be incomplete.

First, the creator Y is the content creator terminal 2
From the production contribution ratio distribution center 1 (301),
The production contribution rate distribution center 1 transmits the above-mentioned service menu screen to the content creator terminal 2 (302).

The content creator terminal 2 receives and displays the service menu screen (303, 304), and when the production contribution rate distribution menu M3 is selected (305), the production contribution rate distribution menu M3 is selected. The instruction information of is transmitted (306).

The production contribution rate distribution center 1 receives the instruction information for selecting the production contribution rate distribution menu M3 (30
7) The authentication screen is transmitted (308).

The content creator terminal 2 receives and displays the authentication screen (309, 310), and when the content creator identification ID and password are input (311), the authentication information screen is displayed on the production contribution ratio distribution center 1. Send to (31
2).

Upon receipt of the authentication information screen (313), the production contribution rate distribution center 1 transmits a comparison target content selection screen (314). The content creator terminal 2 receives and displays this comparison target content selection screen (3
15, 316).

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a comparison target content selection screen. The comparison target content selection screen displays the content identification ID and the related content identification I to be compared.
It is a screen for inputting D. The content creator Y is the content creator identification ID given to the content A1.
And the content identification ID given to the content A0
Input (related content identification ID).

Now, when the content identification ID and the related content identification ID are input (317), the content creator terminal 2 transmits these to the production contribution rate distribution center 1 as comparison target content identification ID information (318). .

When the production contribution rate distribution center 1 receives the comparison target content identification ID information (319), the content comparison / extraction processing unit 141 extracts the corresponding content from the content information database 152 (32).
0). That is, the image contents A0 and A1 are extracted. Then, the pixel difference information extraction processing unit 142 extracts the difference information ΔA1 (321). That is, the pixel difference information extraction processing unit 142 obtains the difference between the whole and the part, with one of the contents to be compared as the whole and the other as the part.

Next, the difference information numerical value conversion unit 143 obtains the ratio of each of the content A0 and the difference information ΔA1 to the content A1 (322). Further, the contribution rate numerical value conversion unit 144 converts these ratios into percentages (production contribution rate) (323), and further, the profit sharing conversion unit 1
45 converts the production contribution rate into a profit distribution rate (32
4). Then, the calculation results of the production contribution rate and the profit distribution rate are stored in the content information database 152 (32
5), send the production contribution rate conversion processing result screen (32
6).

The content creator terminal 2 receives the production contribution rate conversion processing result screen and displays it as shown in FIG. 10 (327, 328), and ends the production contribution rate distribution processing.
In FIG. 10, it is shown that the production contribution rate for the content produced by the content producer X is 60%, while the production contribution rate for the content ΔA1 produced by the content producer Y is 40%. . Also, the same value is shown for each profit sharing ratio.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the degree of contribution of each producer in the production is clarified, and the producer can receive the proper profit sharing.

In this embodiment, the content A0 is created by the creator X, and the content ΔA1 created by the creator Y is added to the content A0 to create the content A1.
The case where the content ΔA2 produced by the creator Z is further added to form the content A2 will be described.

In other words, the contents A0 and A1 are both parts of the content A2 as a whole, and one content A1 includes the other content A0.

In such a case, on the comparison target content selection screen of FIG. 9, for example, the contents A0 and A1 are designated by the content identification ID as the related contents of the content A2. The content comparison / extraction processing unit 141 uses the specified content A0,
Extract A1 and A2. Since the relationship between A1 and A2 is the same as the relationship between A0 and A1 described above, the production contribution rate of the creator Z who has produced ΔA2 is similarly obtained.

Further, the pixel difference information extraction processing section 142.
Calculates ΔA1, which is the difference between the contents A0 and A1, and further calculates the ratio of ΔA1 to the contents A2. Then, the calculated ratio is provided to the content creator terminal 2 as the production contribution rate of the creator Y having ΔA1 together with the production contribution rates of the creators X and Z.

Therefore, even when the content is produced in a relay manner by a plurality of producers, the contribution ratio of each producer to the content can be provided as information.

By the way, in the present invention, the processing for charging the user may be performed. That is, the charge amount is calculated by multiplying the number of times the information is provided on the production contribution rate conversion processing result screen by a predetermined unit price, and
As a result, it is stored in the content creator information database 151. Then, for example, the billing amounts may be summed up for each month and processed so as to be deducted from the creator's financial institution account.

The program for executing the above-described processing is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a semiconductor memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a magnetic tape, or via a communication network such as the Internet. It can be transmitted and widely distributed.

Further, the "creator" is not the meaning of one creator alone, but in the present invention, a group can also be the "creator". Further, it goes without saying that the content is not limited to images and may be video or audio.

[0065]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Specify the whole and part of the stored content, find the difference between the specified whole and part, and based on the found difference,
Since the ratio of the specified part to the whole is calculated and the calculated ratio is provided as the ratio of the contribution of the creator of the part, it is convenient when the content is co-produced by multiple content creators. Is improved. That is,
By quantitatively deriving the production contribution rate, the profit distribution, and the like from the difference information of the digital contents, it is possible to properly distribute the contents according to the production ratio.

As a result, the content creator can obtain a profit in the part related to the production and can eagerly tackle the content production. Further, the present invention is one method for deriving a legitimate production contribution ratio and profit distribution to content creators, which is the basis and contributes to the distribution of high quality digital contents in today's network society. To do.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an operation outline of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 (a) is a diagram showing an example of items in a content creator information database 151, and FIG. 3 (b) is
It is a figure which shows the example of the item of the content information database 152.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flow of registration processing of content creator information.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a content creator information registration screen.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a flow of content registration processing.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a content information registration screen.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a flow of a production contribution rate distribution process.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a comparison target content selection screen.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a production contribution rate distribution processing result screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Production Contribution Ratio Distribution Center 2 Content creator terminal 3 communication network 11 Input processing unit 12 Output processing unit 13 Control processing unit 14 Contribution rate converter 15 Database Management Department 141 Content Comparison Extraction Processing Unit 142 Pixel Difference Information Extraction Processing Unit 143 Difference Information Numerical Conversion Unit 144 Contribution rate numerical converter 145 Profit Sharing Converter 151 Content creator information database 152 Content Information Database A0, A1, A2 contents ΔA1, ΔA2 Difference information X, Y, Z content creator

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An information providing system regarding content production, which provides information regarding production of content produced by a plurality of producers via a network, wherein all and part of the content are acquired in response to a registration request. Means for designating the whole and part of the stored content when stored, means for obtaining a difference between the designated whole and part, and the designated portion based on the obtained difference An information providing system relating to content production, comprising means for determining a proportion of the total content, and providing the determined proportion as a proportion of contribution of the creator of the relevant portion. 2. A method for providing information regarding content production when information regarding production of content produced by a plurality of producers is provided via a network, wherein all or part of the content is acquired in response to a registration request. And storing the stored content, designating the whole and the portion of the stored content, obtaining a difference between the designated whole and the portion, and designating the designated content based on the determined difference. The method for providing information about content production, comprising the step of: determining the proportion of the portion to the whole and providing the obtained proportion as the proportion of the contribution of the creator of the portion. 3. The providing step is characterized in that a ratio of a part other than the designated part to the whole is calculated, and the calculated ratio is output as a contribution ratio of the creator of the part. A method of providing information on content production according to item 2. 4. In the step of obtaining the difference, when at least two of the designated portions are designated and one is included in the other, the difference between the one and the other is obtained, and in the providing, the difference is obtained. 3. The information providing method according to claim 2, wherein a ratio of the other part other than the one part to the whole is calculated, and the calculated ratio is output as a contribution ratio of the creator of the part. 5. The method according to claim 2, wherein in the providing step, the ratio of the contribution is output as a percentage.
A method of providing information related to content production described in any of the above. 6. The information providing method according to claim 2, wherein, in the step of obtaining the difference, when the content is image information, the difference is obtained by pattern matching. 7. The information providing method for content production according to claim 2, wherein the provided information is stored. 8. A step of prompting for input of a pre-issued manufacturer's identification ID in the registration request, and the input identification I
8. The method for providing information regarding content production according to claim 2, further comprising the step of determining whether or not to permit registration by D.