JP2003006535A - Content distribution system, content distribution method, content distribution program and computer readable recording medium having content distribution program recorded thereon - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a content distribution system, a content distribution method, a content distribution program and a computer readable recording medium having the content distribution program recorded thereon, with which the efficient transmission of information and advertisement information is enabled. SOLUTION: The content distribution system is provided with a TPNC server 101 for extracting at least one or more pieces of the information and the advertisement information for which at least one or more prescribed conditions are satisfied from a data base and transmitting the information and a client computer 112 for receiving at least one or more pieces of the information and the advertisement information from the TPNC server 101 connected through a network.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a content distribution system, a content distribution method, a content distribution program, and a computer-readable recording medium recording the content distribution program, which appropriately transmits information and advertisement information to at least a recipient. Regarding

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the advance of information technology, efficient acquisition of the latest information has become an important issue in corporate activities.

Typical media for quickly obtaining changes in social conditions, occurrence of incidents, etc. are newspapers, radios,
There are TV, internet, etc. Among them, newspapers are widely used in our daily lives, and many articles can be efficiently posted on a limited space, and they are portable and can be read even while commuting to school or commuting.

Further, it is excellent in recordability such that necessary articles can be cut out and stored. In addition, newspapers have the advantages that they can be delivered to the subscribers' homes, and that the page space can be easily listed and the article outline can be easily grasped.

[0005] Further, in newspapers currently purchased, advertisements are printed on paper together with articles, and leaflet advertisements for each region are folded.

[0006] In addition to the fact that the advertisement information paid by the company bears a part of the price of the newspaper, in addition to the fact that the information of the product that the company wants to advertise can be provided to the reader of the newspaper, the utility of the advertisement is The point is that the price of newspapers can be reduced.

[0007]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the currently sold newspapers, articles and advertisements are decided depending on the region where the subscriber purchases the newspaper. For example, the subscriber wants to see regional information near his / her place of work. In this case, if you subscribe to a newspaper at home, you will not be able to see it, and it is not always the case that the article is distributed to the subscribers that the subscriber wants to read or the advertiser wants to see.

On the other hand, recently, with the spread of the Internet, newspaper companies, portal sites, etc., deliver articles on the Internet for free or for a fee.

For example, in the technology disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-50441, a mechanism has been proposed in which, together with a newspaper article, information on a company advertisement selected based on a customer's attribute is posted on the screen.

However, even if the above-described mechanism is used, for example, articles, advertisements, etc. in areas where subscribers often shop outside the area where they currently live are not necessarily posted.

The advertisement related to economic articles may be related to investment in stocks, bonds, job changes, corporate seminars, business magazines, etc. However, it is not always the case that the person who reads the economic article is in stock trading. Not necessarily, and not necessarily wanting to change jobs.

As described above, even if the above-mentioned method is used, articles and advertisements are delivered efficiently according to the intentions of both the advertised company and the subscriber, depending on the subscriber's action area, action content, taste, etc. Do not mean.

In other words, the attribute classification on the distributor side does not always maximize the advertisement effect for efficiently posting the article desired by the subscriber or for the advertisement leading to the purchase.

A conventional electronic newspaper is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-649.
Since it is supposed to be viewed on a display like the technology disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 76, when trying to publish more information, the number of clicks for a subscriber to see an article increases. I can't find the articles I need in a short time, because I have to search by entering keywords.

Further, in order to carry an electronic newspaper like a normal newspaper, it is necessary to look at it with a mobile terminal or print it with a printer. Many articles cannot be viewed on a small mobile terminal, and the number of prints increases when printed and carried, which is costly, time consuming, and inconvenient to carry.

The present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems individually or collectively, and a content distribution system, a content distribution method, a content distribution program and a content distribution that enable efficient transmission of information and advertisement information. An object of the present invention is to provide a computer-readable recording medium in which a program is recorded.

[0017]

In order to achieve the above object, a content distribution system according to the present invention is a reception contract for a first content and a second content provided by each of a first distributor and a second distributor. In a content distribution system including at least one server for redistributing to a client terminal of a user via a predetermined communication line, the server includes a target area set for the first content and the reception contractor. Has a distribution unit that distributes the second content to the client terminal used by the subscriber in accordance with the combination with the applicable area set by the distribution unit, and the second content is distributed to the client terminal by the distribution unit. And charging processing is performed for the second distributor who is the provider of the second content.

Further, the application area is a plurality of application areas, and the type of content can be set for each of the plurality of application areas.

Further, the server is provided with a first managing means for managing a more detailed content than the redistributed content or a related content for the redistributed first content or second content. Is characterized in that the details or related contents are distributed based on a distribution request from the subscriber.

Further, a distribution base point set for the first content or the second content and a desired distribution area range which is a peripheral range thereof, a collection point of the content set by the reception contractor and a periphery of the collection point. Second management means for managing the area range, and a distribution desired area range set for the first content or the second content, which is managed by the second management means,
Whether the collection point set by the subscriber is included and / or the distribution set for the first content or the second content to the surrounding area range set by the subscriber The first content or the second content is distributed according to whether or not a base point is included.

Further, the second managing means further includes a specifying means for managing the use place set by the client terminal, and specifying the place and the kind of the content according to the information of the use place. The distribution means extracts the content according to the location and the type of the content specified by the specifying means, and distributes the extracted content to the subscriber.

In the second management means, in each of the first content and the second content, the type of content desired to be distributed in each desired distribution area range and the desired reception in each desired reception area range are requested. The type of content to
Is managed by the delivery means, and the delivery means distributes content in which the delivery desired area range and the reception desired range match, and
Alternatively, it is characterized in that a content in which the type of content desired to be delivered matches the type of content desired to be received is extracted from the first content and / or the second content and delivered.

Further, it is determined whether or not the content is distributed based on a combination of the distribution strength for each type of content set by the distributor and the desired reception strength for each type of content set by the receiving contractor. The distribution means distributes the content to the reception contractor based on the judgment, and the content is the first content and / or the second content.

Further, the determination means is responsive to the distribution timings set for the first content and the second content by the first distributor and the second distributor, respectively, and the information on the usage place for each of the receiving contractors. A means for managing the setting of the desired reception time, and determining whether or not the distribution time set by the distributor and the desired reception time for each information of the usage place of the receiving contractor match, The server is characterized in that the content is distributed to the subscriber based on the determination for each intended use place.

Further, as the parameters set by the reception contractor, it is possible to set the collection point, a peripheral area range for the collection point, a place of use, a type of information, a desired reception intensity, and a desired reception time. It further comprises means for changing a selection criterion of at least a part of the content to be redistributed based on a parameter.

Further, it is characterized by further comprising changing means for updating the setting of the desired reception intensity according to the content distribution request log received from the reception contractor.

Further, the delivery by the delivery means is performed via the Internet.

[0028] Further, the first content provided by the first distributor and the second content provided by the second distributor are transferred to the client terminal of the receiving contractor via the predetermined communication line. And / or a content distribution system including at least one or more servers for redistributing the second content, wherein the server is set by the target area set for the first content and the subscriber. Means for determining whether or not the applicable area matches, distribution means for distributing contents to the subscriber based on the judgment, and the distribution means for distributing the second contents to the client terminal. And at least one of charging means for executing charging processing for the second distributor according to the distribution of And

Further, in the content distribution method according to the present invention, the first content and the second content provided by the first distributor and the second distributor are delivered to the client terminal of the receiving contractor via a predetermined communication line. In a content distribution method applied to a content distribution system including at least one server for redistributing the content, the distribution means of the server includes a target area set for the first content and the reception contractor. A step of delivering the second content to the client terminal used by the subscriber in accordance with the combination with the set applicable area,
When the second content is distributed to the client terminal by the distribution unit, a billing process is performed for the second distributor who is the provider of the second content.

Further, the application area is a plurality of application areas, and the type of content can be set for each of the plurality of application areas.

Further, the first managing means includes a step of managing, for the re-distributed first content or second content, a more detailed content than the re-distributed content or a related content. The server further comprises a step of delivering the details or related content based on a delivery request from a subscriber.

Further, the second management means collects the contents based on the distribution base point set for the first content or the second content and the desired distribution area range around the distribution base point and the setting of the receiving contractor. Managing a point and a peripheral area range for the collection point, and receiving the received desired area range set for the first content or the second content, which is managed by the second managing means. Whether the collection point set by the contractor is included and / or the distribution base point set for the first content or the second content is set for the surrounding area range set by the receiving contractor. The method further comprises the step of delivering the first content or the second content depending on whether or not the content is included.

Further, the specifying means of the second management means is
The method further includes the step of managing the usage place set by the client terminal, and specifying the place and the type of the content according to the information of the usage place, wherein the distribution unit identifies the place specified by the specifying unit. It is characterized by comprising a step of extracting the content according to the type of the content and delivering the extracted content to the reception contractor.

Further, in the second management means, in each of the first content and the second content, the kind of content desired to be distributed in each distribution desired area range and the reception in each desired reception area range are desired. The type of content to
Is managed by the delivery means, and the delivery means is configured to match the delivery desired area range and the reception desired range, and /
Alternatively, the method is characterized by including a step of extracting from the first content and / or the second content, the content in which the type of the content desired to be distributed and the type of the content desired to be received are distributed.

Whether the judging means distributes the content by a combination of the distribution strength for each kind of content set by the distributor and the desired reception strength for each kind of content set by the subscriber. The method further comprises a step of determining whether or not the content is to be delivered to the subscriber based on the determination, and the content is the first content and / or the second content. It is characterized by

Further, the judging means is the first distributor,
For each of the receiving contractors, the distribution time set by the second distributor for the first content and the second content, respectively.
It manages the setting of the desired reception time according to the information of the usage place,
There is a step of judging whether or not the distribution time set by the distributor matches the desired reception time for each information of the usage place of the reception contractor, and the server receives the reception based on the judgment. The method is characterized by including the step of delivering the content to the contractor for each usage location.

Further, the means for changing the selection criterion uses, as parameters set by the reception contractor, the collection point and the surrounding area range for the collection point, the place of use, the type of information, the desired reception intensity, the desired reception time. Can be set, and the method further comprises the step of changing a selection criterion of at least a part of the content to be redistributed based on the parameter.

Further, the changing means further comprises a step of updating the setting of the desired reception intensity according to the content distribution request log received from the subscriber.

Further, the distribution by the distribution means is carried out via the Internet.

Further, the first content provided by the first distributor and the second content provided by the second distributor are transferred to the client terminal of the receiving contractor via the predetermined communication line and the first content. And / or a content distribution method applied to a content distribution system including at least one or more servers for redistributing the second content, wherein the server and the target area set for the first content A step of determining whether or not the applicable area set by the receiving contractor matches, a step of distributing the content to the receiving contractor based on the determination by the distribution means of the server, and a charging means. A step of executing a charging process for the second distributor in response to the distribution unit distributing the second content to the client terminal. It is characterized by having at least one or more steps.

Further, the content distribution program according to the present invention causes a computer to perform predetermined communication of the first content and the second content provided by the first distributor and the second distributor to the client terminal of the subscriber. A content distribution program for causing the computer to function as the server in a content distribution system comprising at least one server for redistributing via a line, wherein the computer sets a target area set for the first content. Distribution means for distributing the second content to a client terminal used by the reception contractor according to a combination with an applicable area set by the reception contractor,
When the second content is delivered to the client terminal by the delivery means, it is caused to function as means for performing a charging process for a second distributor who is a provider of the second content.

[0042] Further, the computer is provided with the first content provided by the first distributor and the second content provided by the second distributor via the predetermined communication line to the client terminal of the receiving contractor. First content, and /
Alternatively, a content distribution program for causing the computer to function as the server in a content distribution system including at least one server for redistributing second content, the target being set to the first content by the computer. Means for determining whether or not the area and the applicable area set by the reception contractor match, a distribution means for distributing the content to the reception contractor based on the judgment, and the distribution means for transmitting to the client terminal. At least one or more means for performing a charging process for the second distributor according to the distribution of the second content.

Furthermore, the computer-readable recording medium recording the content distribution program according to the present invention receives the first content and the second content provided by the first distributor and the second distributor on the computer. A computer-readable recording medium recording a content distribution program for functioning as a server in a content distribution system comprising at least one server for redistributing to a client terminal of a contractor via a predetermined communication line. , Delivering the second content to the client terminal used by the subscriber in accordance with a combination of the target area set for the first content and the applicable area set by the subscriber The delivery means for performing the second Ceiling was recorded contents distribution program for causing to function as means for performing charging processing to the subject a second distributor is a provider of the second content to be delivered to the client terminal.

Further, the computer is configured to transfer the first content provided by the first distributor and the second content provided by the second distributor to the client terminal of the receiving contractor via a predetermined communication line. First content, and /
Alternatively, a computer-readable recording medium recording a content distribution program for functioning as the server in a content distribution system comprising at least one server for redistributing second content, the computer comprising: A means for judging whether or not a target area set for one content and an applicable area set by the reception contractor coincide with each other; a distribution means for distributing the content to the reception contractor based on the judgment; Content distribution for functioning as at least one or more means of a charging means that executes a charging process for the second distributor according to the distribution means distributing the second content to the client terminal. The program was recorded.

[0045]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be illustratively described in detail below with reference to the drawings. However, the dimensions of the components described in this embodiment,
Unless otherwise specified, the material, the shape, the relative arrangement, and the like are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention thereto.

Further, in the following drawings, the same members as those described in the above drawings are designated by the same reference numerals. Further, the following description of each embodiment of the content delivery system according to the present invention also describes each embodiment of the content delivery method, the content delivery program, and the computer-readable recording medium recording the content delivery program according to the present invention. Also serve.

(First Embodiment) First, a first embodiment of the content distribution system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Here, the types of contents in the present invention are, for example, e-mail magazines of predetermined contents,
Although it can be applied to various forms such as contents related to hobbies, in this embodiment, an electronic newspaper will be described as an example.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an electronic newspaper system with an advertisement as a first embodiment of a content distribution system according to the present invention. In the present embodiment,
As an embodiment of the content distribution system according to the present invention, an electronic newspaper system with advertisement will be described as an example.

The electronic newspaper system with advertisement of this embodiment is a system for distributing and managing electronic newspapers customized for each receiving subscriber on the Internet, and performing subscriber registration, article reception and distribution, and subscriber management procedures. Is.

A TotalProvider as a server shown in FIG. 1 as claimed in the claims of the present application.
The of News Contents (hereinafter referred to as TPNC) server 101 is a client computer 1 as a client terminal described in the claims of the present application.
12, the information and the advertisement information are edited and distributed (transmitted).

The client computer 112 is a client computer operated by the reception contractor 111 as a user who receives information. The present invention corresponds to a device that is a main body that receives (receives) content, that is, information for displaying the content in the present invention. Further, since the internal block diagram has the same mechanism as that of FIG. 2 described later, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

Further, the reception contractor 111 is a reception contractor who has signed a reception contract for information transmission from the TPNC server 101.

The client computer 112 is a terminal used by the reception contractor 111.

The printer 113 is a printer connected to the client computer 112 used by the reception contractor 111.

The news servers 121 to 126 are TPs
It is a server that delivers an article (information) and provides a news source to the NC server 101.

The advertisement servers 131 to 133 use the TPNC
It is a server that delivers (provides) advertisement information to the server 101.

The TPNC server 101, the client computer 112, each news server, and each advertisement server are connected to each other via a network (Internet).

However, the network used in the present invention is not limited to the Internet, and any other network may be substituted or used together.

The network may be wired or wireless and may be a combination of wired and wireless.

Further, in place of or in combination with the client computer 112 shown in FIG. 1, a mobile terminal (mobile phone, PDA (personal digital) is used.
l assistants)) and the like can be used.

Further, the numbers of the TPNC server 101, the client computer 112, each news server, and each advertisement server are not limited to the numbers shown in FIG. 1, and may be any other number of 1 or more. .

The TPNC server 101 holds in advance IP address relating to the news server and the advertisement server, and attribute information such as a mail address for sending and receiving electronic mail.

Here, the TPNC server 1 shown in FIG.
The internal structure of 01 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is an internal block diagram of the TPNC server 101 used in the electronic newspaper system with advertisement shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, the TPNC server 1
01 is a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 201
An input device 202, a main storage device 203, an output device 204, an auxiliary storage device 205, and a clock device 206.
And a communication device 209.

The CPU 201 is a member conceived as an alias processing device, and is a control device 207 for sending a command to each device in the system to control its operation, and a calculation for performing a calculation process of digital data in the central part of the server. Device 208
Consists of.

Here, the CPU 201 cooperates with the programs stored in the main storage device 203 and the auxiliary storage device 205 to perform the management means and various determinations described in the claims of the present application. It functions as a judging means and a changing means.

In addition, according to the claims of the present application,
Management means, judgment means for making various judgments, change means,
Of the TPN by the CPU 201 as described above.
It may be configured integrally with the C server 101,
Connected to the TPNC server 101 via a network
It may be configured independently of the PNC server 101.

Further, the CPU 201 functions as a storage means for storing information in the main storage device 203 and the auxiliary storage device 205 and as an updating means for updating the information stored therein.

Here, the functions of the extracting means, transmitting means, calculating means, storing means and updating means are controlled by the CPU 201.
It may be realized in cooperation with a program stored in the main storage device 203 or the output device 204.

When the internal block diagram shown in FIG. 2 is applied to the client computer 112, C
The PU 201 serves as a receiving unit that cooperates with the communication device 209 to receive information and advertisement information.

The control device 207 reads the data input from the input device 202 or a predetermined procedure (for example, program or software) into the main storage device 203 according to the timing of the clock generated by the clock device 206, and the read contents. Based on the above, an instruction is sent to the arithmetic unit 208 to perform arithmetic processing. The result of this operation is
Based on the control of the control device 207, the main storage device 203,
The data is transmitted to internal devices such as the output device 204 and the auxiliary storage device 205 and external devices.

The input device 202 is a member for inputting various data, such as a keyboard, a mouse, a pointing device, a touch panel, a mouse pad, and a CC.
D camera, card reader, paper tape reader,
A magnetic tape device or the like can be considered.

The main storage device 203 is a member that is considered as another name of memory, and is a member that refers to all the addressable storage spaces used for executing instructions in the processing device and the internal storage device. This main storage device 203
Is mainly composed of a semiconductor memory element, stores and holds an input program or data, and controls the controller 2
In accordance with the instruction of 07, this stored and held data is read out to, for example, a register.

A RAM (Random Access Memory) or R is used as a semiconductor memory element constituting the main memory device 203.
It is composed of an OM (Read Only Memory) and the like.

The output device 204 is the arithmetic device 208.
Is a member for outputting the calculation result of, for example, CR
T, a plasma display panel, a liquid crystal display and other display devices, a printing device such as a printer, a voice output device, and the like.

The auxiliary storage device 205 is a member for supplementing the storage capacity of the main storage device 203, and is, for example, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, a hard disk, a CD by a magnetic disk device, an optical disk device, a semiconductor disk device, or the like. -ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, MO, etc. correspond. The auxiliary storage device 205 can be a database.

The communication device 209 is a device for communicating with an external network, and performs data transmission / reception, digital-analog conversion, and the like as appropriate according to the connected network.

Here, the above-mentioned devices are mutually connected by an address bus or a data bus.

The numbers of the main storage device 203 and the auxiliary storage device 205 are not limited to one each.
Any number may be used. These, the main storage device 20
3 and the number of auxiliary storage devices 205 increases, the fault tolerance of the server improves accordingly.

The TPNC server 101 according to the present invention
Various programs for executing the process are stored (recorded) in at least one of the main storage device 203 and the auxiliary storage device 205.

Therefore, the computer-readable recording medium in which the program according to the present invention for causing the server to execute the processing is recorded corresponds to at least one of the main storage device 203 and the auxiliary storage device 205. Become. However, in addition, CD-ROM, F
D, CD-R, CD-RW, and the like can also be used as the computer-readable recording medium recording the program according to the present invention.

The computer-readable recording medium in the present invention and the present embodiment includes a recording medium readable by the server and a recording medium readable by the client.

Here, in the present invention, the program applied to the system means an individual program applied to each of the computer, the server, the database, and the device which configure the system, and each individual program applied to each such Applicable to any combination of programs and all such programs as applicable to each of them.

Further, even when the program for implementing the processing of the system comprises a plurality of steps, one apparatus may be provided with a recording medium in which all the steps are recorded. By providing a recording medium in which any one of the steps is recorded in any device that constitutes the system, the recording medium in which any one of the plurality of steps is recorded is arbitrary. It is also possible to configure a program that is provided in the above device to realize the processing of the system as a whole.

In the above description, the TP shown in FIG.
Although only the internal configuration of the NC server 101 has been described, the internal configuration of the client computer 112, each news server, and each advertisement server shown in FIG. 1 is also the same as the configuration shown in FIG. 2, and the same description holds.

Next, the operation of the electronic newspaper system with advertisement shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. Figure 3
[Fig. 2] is an operation conceptual diagram of the electronic newspaper system with advertisement shown in Fig. 1.

Between the TPNC server 101 and the newspaper company that provides information (corresponding to the first distributor of the present invention), TP
The NC server 101 refers to information including a content (a document, an image, a program, data (such as music data)) or an arbitrary combination thereof as a first content which is a component of the present invention from a newspaper company. The same applies hereinafter. , And pay the content distribution contract fee. Of course, the information provider is not limited to a newspaper company, but may be a magazine company or other person. The second contents described in the claims of the present application include, for example, advertisements and questionnaires.

Incidentally, in the distribution of contents from the newspaper company to the TPNC server 101, the information processing apparatus used in the newspaper company actually uses a predetermined communication line (for example, a communication line using the Internet communication network). It is realized by executing a process of transmitting content information to the TPNC server 101 via the. Further, the internal configuration of the information processing apparatus used by the newspaper company has the same mechanism as that described in FIG. 2 above, and therefore detailed description thereof is omitted here.

Here, as a method of collecting / paying various charges in the present embodiment (the present invention), a mechanism using the Internet or the like, which is already known and used in electronic commerce, can be considered.

For example, here, electronic settlement processing (billing processing) associated with billing between the newspaper company and the TPNC server 101.
An example will be described.

In a server having an electronic settlement function (hereinafter referred to as an electronic settlement server), authentication data (for example, a TPNC credit card card) received from a terminal device of the other party (for example, an information processing apparatus used by a newspaper company). The approval information including the number, the personal identification number corresponding to the card number, and the amount charged to the financial company (credit company) (commodity price) is acquired. Then, the examination is performed based on the acquired authentication data.

For example, when it is confirmed that the card is not a theft report, the result is generated as the approval result notification information.

Then, the payment according to the billed amount (transfer instruction to a predetermined account) is made from the electronic settlement server to the newspaper company.

If it is confirmed that the fraudulent card is used or the payment is impossible, the payment of the price is not made and the approval result notification information indicating the approval refusal is generated. A process of transmitting the generated approval result notification information to the information processing device used by the newspaper company is performed. It should be noted that the card company is responsible for collecting the payment paid by the card company from the customer.

When the fee collection / payment cannot be carried out using the Internet, etc., TPNC
Fees are deducted through a financial institution according to the amount of contents distributed to each destination recorded in the server 101 (stored in storage means) (number of contents or amount of contents information), or each distribution The present invention also envisions a form that uses a mechanism realized by payment of a fee through a financial institution according to the amount of content information received from the source (the number of contents or the amount of content information). .

Between the TPNC server 101 and the advertiser (corresponding to the second distributor of the present invention), the TPNC server 10
1 receives an advertisement request from an advertiser and requests / receives an advertisement fee and sends information about a subscriber. The interaction with the advertiser may be via an advertising agency, as shown in FIG. The advertiser in the present invention (embodiment) actually corresponds to an information processing device used by each advertiser, and the internal configuration of the information processing device is shown in FIG. Since the information processing apparatus has the same mechanism as that described above, detailed description will be omitted here.

That is, for the distribution of various content information from the advertiser, the information processing device used by the advertiser sends the information to the TPNC server 101 through a predetermined communication line (for example, a communication line using the Internet communication network). It is assumed that the information for displaying the content is realized by executing the transmission processing.

Between the TPNC server 101 and the reception contractor, the TPNC server 101
Distribute content, request / receive subscription fee from customer, request update of customer information, etc.

Next, in the electronic newspaper system with advertisement shown in FIG. 1, the operation when the receiving contractor 111 makes a receiving contract with the TPNC server 101 is shown in FIG.
Will be described with reference to. In the processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 4, the operation processed by the client computer 112 is the client computer 11
The operation performed by the second CPU in cooperation with the program and the processing performed by the TPNC server 101 is T
It is processed by the CPU 1001 of the PNC server 101 in cooperation with the program.

In the electronic newspaper system with advertisement shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 shows that the client computer 112 of the receiving contractor 111 tells the TPNC server 101
It is a flow chart of operation at the time of making a reception contract. That is, it is a flowchart of the operation for a subscriber who will make a reception contract (however, in the explanation of FIG. 4, it means a person who will make a reception contract, not a person who has completed the reception contract).

First, in step S 401, the client computer 112 of the reception contractor 111 is the client computer 112 used by the reception contractor 111.
, Start a web browsing program (hereinafter, simply referred to as a browser).

Then, the client computer 112 of the reception contractor 111 who will make a reception contract from now on, using the web browsing program, uses the TPNC server 10
1. Access the URL of the site for subscription.

The TPNC server 101 detects access to the URL.

In step S402, the TPNC server 101 transmits form data for registering a new reception contract to the client computer 112 used by the reception contractor 111.

The form based on this form data is, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, a form prompting the input of the name and address of the receiving contractor. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a new registration screen displayed on the screen of the client computer 112 based on an instruction from the TPNC server 101 shown in FIG.

The client computer 112 of the reception contractor 111 uses the data necessary for the registration form, for example,
Enter data such as the name and address of the receiving contractor 111,
It is transmitted to the TPNC server 101.

[0107] In step S403, the TPNC server 101 confirms, among the received data, that there is no registration data such as a name or an address that overlaps with the reception contractor 111 in the database of the registration contractor.

If there is duplicate registration data, the TPNC server 101 sends error information to the client computer 112 in step S410 and ends the operation.

If the received data is new, the TPNC server 101 issues a reception contract ID in step S404.

Then, the TPNC server 101 sends the data to the client computer to authenticate the reception contract, that is, to set the password (authentication information) for the reception contractor 111 to access a specific URL of the TPNC server with access restriction. Send to 112.

The reception contractor 111, as shown in FIG. 6 for example, inputs the password on the screen which becomes the received form and transmits it to the TPNC server 101. 6 is shown in FIG.
From the client computer 112 shown in FIG.
9 is a schematic diagram of a password input screen for confirmation of registration, which is transmitted to the C server 101. FIG.

At step S 404, the TPNC server 101 receives the password of the reception contractor 111.

Next, in step S405, the TPN
The C server 101 transmits form data to the client computer 112 of the reception contractor 111, which prompts the contract information regarding the news content desired to be distributed.

[0114] As the form for prompting the input of the contract information, for example, the distribution number setting, the connection form, and the
There are forms shown in FIG. 8 such as distribution conditions such as a newspaper company and a genre for which distribution is desired, and a form shown in FIG.

FIGS. 7, 8 and 9 show the T shown in FIG.
6 is a schematic diagram of a contract information input screen displayed on the screen of the client computer 112 based on an instruction from the PNC server 101. FIG. By thus using the form as shown in FIG. 8, the user can set the content type for each of a plurality of applicable areas. On the other hand, T
The PNC server 101 manages the information input from the user and input through the form as shown in FIG. 8, so that the content of each type of a plurality of applicable areas for each user can be distributed. It will be possible. Further, in FIG. 8, a collection point (base point), a surrounding area range (application area) for the collection point, a type of information (genre),
Detailed parameters such as desired reception strength (reception strength), desired reception start date in FIG. 9 (delivery start date in FIG. 9), and the like can be set, and the TPNC server 101 that manages the set information is more effective. It becomes possible to deliver the content according to the user's request. In addition, FIG.
In the above setting form, the form in which the delivery start date is set has been described, but a form in which the delivery end date is also set is also envisaged in the present invention.

The reception contractor 111 describes desired delivery conditions, delivery method, etc. in the received form and sends it to the TPNC server 101 (step S405).

Next, in step S406, the TPN
The C server 101 extracts the item relating to the advertisement option from the data such as the distribution condition received from the reception contractor 111.

When the layout with advertisement option is selected, the TPNC server 101 sends form data for obtaining questionnaire information regarding the advertisement to the client computer 112 in step S407.

When the option of the layout with advertisement is selected, the receiving contractor 111 selects the TPNC server 1
For example, as shown in FIG. 10, the reception condition for the advertisement layout is described in the form data for describing the questionnaire regarding the advertisement, which is transmitted from 01, and is transmitted to the TPNC server 101. FIG. 10 shows FIG.
6 is a schematic diagram of an information input screen such as a reception condition for an advertisement layout displayed on the screen of the client computer 112 based on an instruction from the TPNC server 101 shown in FIG.

The "base point" shown in FIG. 10 is the advertisement base point designated by the client. Similarly,
The “application area” corresponds to the advertisement receiving range, and the “genre” corresponds to the type. In this way, regarding the advertisement, the content type can be set for each of a plurality of applicable areas. Also,
In FIG. 10, detailed parameters such as a collection point (base point), a peripheral area range (application area) for the collection point, a type of information (genre), and a desired reception intensity (reception intensity) can be set. , T that manages the setting information
The PNC server 101 can deliver the content more suited to the user's request to the terminal device used by the user.

Then, the TPNC server 101 receives the reception condition for the advertisement layout transmitted from the reception contractor 111.

Then, the TPNC server 101 stores the received reception conditions in the database as advertisement information regarding the reception contractor 111. This database may be configured by an auxiliary storage device 1005 such as a hard disk of the TPNC server 101, or TP
The database server may be connected to the NC server 101. Article information is also stored in this database.

Here, the TPNC server 1 shown in FIG.
The distribution contract information regarding the reception contractor 111 stored in 01 is shown in FIGS. 11 and 12. 11 and 12
Is stored in the TPNC server 101 shown in FIG.
It is a schematic diagram of distribution contract information regarding the receiving contractor 111.

FIG. 11 shows notation data, user IDs, distribution setting numbers, etc. for each user.

In FIG. 11, the address is the place where the user lives, but this address may be the location of the client computer 112 at the same time. This is because the address of the user and the location of the client computer 112 usually match. For example, as in the display state as shown in FIG. 8, when "home" is set in the "base point" setting, the home address is set in the "base point" in FIG. Become. Further, in FIG. 8, for example, when a home (in addition, a workplace, shopping, etc. is assumed) is set, this is not used only for specifying an address, but the TPNC server 101 uses the place of use. Shall also be used to identify Detailed description will be given later with reference to FIG.

Further, FIG. 12 shows information about advertisement options, base points regarding advertisement information, applicable areas, and the like.

Next, in step S408 of FIG.
The TPNC server 101 creates an electronic mail account dedicated to the subscriber 111 in the TPNC server 101.

Then, the TPNC server 101 transmits this electronic mail account information to the reception contractor 111.

Furthermore, the TPNC server 101 transmits to the reception contractor 111 an automatic reception program for transferring the electronic mail to the client computer 112 of the reception contractor 111 based on the electronic mail account.

Next, in step S409, TPN
The C server 101 has the distribution information shown in FIG.
The electronic mail is transmitted to the news server side based on the reception setting shown in 2.

For example, the TPNC server 101 sends an electronic mail to the distribution manager of the news server 121 managed by A newspaper company or the distribution management system based on the distribution information shown in FIG. 11 and the reception setting shown in FIG. To send.

The electronic mail of this example is an electronic mail that prompts a setting to cause the TPNC server 101 to deliver an article in which the applicable area is World Wide and the genre is political at 3 am.

Similarly, the TPNC server 101 is a news server 122 managed by B newspaper company, a news server 123 managed by C newspaper company, a news server 124 managed by D newspaper company, and a news server 12 managed by E newspaper company.
5. An electronic mail urging each news server 126 managed by the F newspaper company to distribute articles is sent to the manager of each news server or the distribution management system.

The delivery manager of the news server 121 or the delivery management system, which has received the electronic mail urging the delivery setting, checks the delivery condition list to be delivered to the TPNC server 101 for duplication, and determines the applicable area and genre. Is a new delivery item, the TPNC server 101
Add to the article delivery condition to.

Although not shown here, FIG.
The delivery information shown in (1) is not limited to one for one newspaper company, but may be more than one.

In this case, for each newspaper company, an electronic mail urging the distribution of articles under all conditions is transmitted to the manager of each news server or the distribution management system.

Next, the operation of the TPNC server 101 for receiving and storing the distributed articles and advertisements in the electronic newspaper system with advertisement shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. Further, in the processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 13, the operation processed by the TPNC server 101 is processed by the CPU 1001 of the TPNC server 101 cooperating with a program.

The articles and advertisements are articles distributed from the news servers 121 to 126 and advertisements distributed from the advertisement servers 131 to 133, respectively.

FIG. 13 shows that the TPNC server 101 in the electronic newspaper system with advertisement shown in FIG. 1 receives the articles distributed from the news servers 121 to 126 and the advertisement distributed from the advertisement servers 131 to 133. 7 is a flowchart of an operation of saving.

First, in step S 1301, the news servers 121 to 126 send articles to the TPNC server 101 based on the article distribution request sent from the TPNC server 101.

For example, an article transmitted from the news server 121 has an applicable area of World at 3:00 am
The article data is Wide and the genre is politics.

The above article is transmitted to the TPNC server 101 by electronic mail in accordance with the form shown in FIG. 14, for example. FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of article data transmitted from the news server 121 shown in FIG. 1 to the TPNC server 101. Here, “distribution strength” shown in FIG. 14 is information attached to each content, and the distribution strength set here and the distribution strength set via FIG. 8 or FIG. TPNC server 101
Determines whether to deliver the content.

Similarly, the news servers 122 to 126
Also, the article data is transmitted to the TPNC server 101 by electronic mail.

The TPNC server 101 receives the article transmitted from the news server.

At step S1302, the TPNC server 101 checks the electronic mail of the article data transmitted from the news server at a predetermined time, for example, 4:00 am, and stores all the article data in the article database.

For example, the article data in the form shown in FIG. 14 is stored in the article database by the TPNC server 101 according to the form shown in FIG. Figure 15 shows
It is a conceptual diagram when the TPNC server 101 shown in FIG. 1 stores article data.

Next, the TPNC server 101 receives the advertisement data in step S1303.

First, the advertisement servers 131 to 133 send the T
The update information is transmitted to the TPNC server 101 based on the advertisement distribution request transmitted from the PNC server 101.

For example, at 3:00 am, the advertisement server 131 sends the update information to the TPN in accordance with the form shown in FIG.
It is transmitted to the C server 101. 16 is a schematic diagram of update information data transmitted to the TPNC server 101 by the advertisement server 131 shown in FIG.

When there is no advertisement information to be updated, the above update information is an electronic mail TPNC in the form of only updating the update flag (corresponding to No in Yes of FIG. 16).
If there is advertisement information that is sent to the server 101 and should be updated, the update information is sent as an electronic mail to the TPNC server 1
01 is sent.

The TPNC server 101 checks the electronic mail of the advertisement data transmitted from the advertisement server at a predetermined time, for example, 4:00 am.

Here, the "recipient contractor base address" shown in FIG. 16 will be described. This indicates the setting information for the advertiser to desire the intended use place to be distributed, and what kind of use A place, for example, a home or a company.

That is, in FIG. 16, if the advertiser's desired area to which the advertisement is distributed is Tokyo XX ward, it is used for home, company, or shopping (sales). It means that you want to deliver in a place where it is located and in Tokyo XX ward.

Here, the information of "home", "company", and "shopping" corresponds to the setting of "base point" in FIG. 8 (home in FIG. 8). That is, when "home" is set in the "base point" setting of FIG. 8, the TP that manages the set information
The NC server can manage the address (place) and the use of the place from the setting information of "home", and compare the managed information with the setting information of the content set through FIG. This makes it possible to identify the type of content to be delivered and deliver the identified content to the customer.

Next, the TPNC server 101 determines in step S1304 whether there is advertisement data to be updated.

If there is data to be updated, the TPNC server 101 stores all the advertisement data to be updated in the advertisement database in step S1305.

For example, the TPNC server 101 is shown in FIG.
18 using the advertiser number of the advertiser database shown in FIG.
According to the form shown in, the advertisement data of the form shown in FIG. 16 is stored in the database. 17 is shown in FIG.
18 is a conceptual diagram of advertiser data stored in the database of the TPNC server 101 shown in FIG.
6 is a schematic diagram of a format of saving advertisement data in a database in the TPNC server 101 shown in FIG.

Next, the TPNC server 10 shown in FIG.
1 is a client computer 1 of the subscriber 111
With reference to FIG. 19, an operation when delivering an article to the subscriber 12 based on the contract content of the reception contractor 111 will be described. FIG. 19 shows the TPNC server 10 shown in FIG.
1 is a client computer 1 of the subscriber 111
12 is a flowchart of an operation when an article is distributed to 12 based on the contract content of the receiving contractor 111.

In the process of the flowchart shown in FIG. 19, the operation processed by the TPNC server 101 is processed by the CPU 1001 of the TPNC server 101 cooperating with a program.

[0160] In step S1901, the TPNC server 101, based on the distribution information of the reception contractor 111,
The articles (information) to be distributed are extracted from the article database according to predetermined conditions.

As the above-mentioned predetermined condition, for example, the information distributor sets the distribution base point and the distribution desired area range which is the peripheral area thereof, and the reception contractor on the client computer 112 side also collects the point and the peripheral area of the point. Set the range and say "when the collection point set by the subscriber is included in the desired distribution area" or / and "when the distribution base address is included in the area around the collection point set by the recipient" Conditions can be mentioned.

Note that "when the collection point set by the receiving contractor is included in the desired distribution area range" and "when the distribution base address is included in the peripheral area range around the collecting point set by the receiving contractor" This is the case. Here, in the electronic newspaper system with advertisement shown in FIG. 1, when the TPNC server 101 extracts articles (information) to be delivered from the article database according to predetermined conditions based on the delivery information of the receiving contractor 111. The concept will be described with reference to FIGS. 20 to 24. 20 to 24 show that, in the electronic newspaper system with advertisement shown in FIG. 1, the TPNC server 101 is based on the distribution information of the receiving contractor 111.
It is a conceptual diagram when extracting the article (information) to deliver from an article database according to a predetermined condition.

As shown in FIG. 20, 1. The second distributor (advertiser) selects the base point A (e
x. Set up 1-chome store in XX town. 2. Second distributor wants area AA (ex. ○ × city)
To set.

Next, as shown in FIG. The reception contractor sets collection point B (ex. Own address, work place, transfer station on the way to work). 4. a. Area BB around collection point B (ex. XX town)
Is automatically set based on a predetermined condition.

Or b. The peripheral range BB of the collection point B is set by the input of the receiving contractor.

After the above settings are made, a. “When the collection point set by the receiving contractor is included in the desired distribution area range” means that B is included in the AA range as shown in FIG.

B. "When the distribution base address is included in the area surrounding the collection point set by the receiving contractor" is shown in FIG.
It is assumed that A is included in the range of BB as described above.

It should be noted that both "when the collection point set by the receiving contractor is included in the desired distribution area range" and "when the distribution base address is included in the peripheral area range set by the receiving contractor". In this case, as shown in FIG. 24, it is assumed that B is included in the range of AA and A is included in the range of BB.

For example, the “applicable area” shown in FIG. 11 corresponds to the information on the distribution area.

As the predetermined condition, for example, the type of information to be received set in the client computer 112 and the type of information set in the information stored in the TPNC server 101 match, or It is possible to set a condition that the type of information to be received includes the type of information to be transmitted.

As the type of information set in the information stored in the TPNC server 101, for example, "genre" shown in FIG. 11 corresponds. This genre includes, for example, politics, economy, society, life, accommodation, and baseball, but other types (genres) can also be included.

The fact that the type of information to be transmitted includes the type of information to be transmitted means that when the information to be received is "political", the type of information to be received is "primary". This is the case when the data is sent at a higher rank than the type of information sent by.

Further, as the above-mentioned predetermined conditions, for example, at the time of receiving the information to be received set in the client computer 112 and at the time of transmitting the information set in the information stored in the TPNC server 101 (at the time of distribution) It is possible to set a condition that "when the information is transmitted" is included when the received information is received.

Here, when the information is transmitted when the information to be received is included, it means that when the date and time of the information to be received is January, the date and time of the information to be transmitted is January 1st. , The date and time of the received information may be higher than the date and time of the transmitted information.

The unit for receiving and transmitting is as follows.
The unit can be seconds, minutes, hours, days, days of the week, weeks, months, or years.

When the information set in the information stored in the TPNC server 101 is distributed, it is not shown in FIG. However, the distribution date and time regarding the advertisement information is described in FIG. 12, and the same distribution date and time can be set as the distribution time of the information set in the information stored in the TPNC server 101.

As the predetermined condition, for example, the reception strength of the information to be received set in the client computer 112 is equal to or higher than the distribution strength of the information set in the information stored in the TPNC server 101. Conditions can be set.

[0178] As the reception strength of the information set in the information stored in the TPNC server 101, for example, "reception strength" shown in Fig. 11 corresponds. The reception strength includes, for example, strong, medium, and weak. When expressed by a numerical value, the higher the strength, the larger the numerical value. On the contrary, the “delivery intensity” has, for example, strong, medium and weak, and when expressed by a numerical value, the stronger the intensity, the smaller the numerical value.

In this way, assuming that the reception intensity is x and the distribution intensity is y, the information actually received will be
It can be expressed that the reception intensity x satisfies x ≧ y. Of course, the intensity classification is not limited to the three-level intensity classification, and the intensity classification may be performed in another number of levels.

Next, in step S1902, TP
The NC server 101, for each of the extracted n articles, from the first to the nth article, the reception contractor 11
1 Unique number from 1 to n (custom content code)
Assign This custom content code is TP
The NC server 101 manages a data address unique to the receiving contractor, which is an arbitrary combination of any one of the receiving contractor code, the delivery date and time, and the content number.

Then, the TPNC server 101 stores the assigned numbers 1 to n as a custom content code in the article number conversion table log of the reception contractor 111 in the reception contractor information database.

Further, the TPNC server 101 allocates and stores the original content code of the article corresponding to each assigned custom content code in the article number conversion table / log of the reception contractor 111 in the reception contractor information database. To do.

FIG. 25 is a conversion table between the assigned custom content code and the original content code used in the electronic newspaper system with advertisement shown in FIG.

This conversion table is created for each reception contractor and is held as distribution log information. According to this conversion table, for example, an article with a custom content code of 1 has an original content code of 00-200007.
It is associated with 02-000103-0001.

Next, in step S1903, TP
The NC server 101 determines whether or not the layout is with an advertisement.

When there is no advertisement, the TPNC server 101
In step S1904, in step S1902.
The custom content code assigned in step 1 and the extracted article data corresponding to the custom content code are laid out based on the contract information of the receiving contractor 111.

The layout method is not the subject of the present invention. However, for example, as a layout method, the technique described in the embodiment of "Electronic Newspaper Display Device and Electronic Newspaper Distribution System" described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 09-062688, that is, a technique for displaying structured information, etc. Can be used.

If the advertisement option is selected in step S1903, the TPNC server 101 determines in step S1905 the advertisement layout ratio and
Calculate the number of ads that can be delivered from the number of deliveries.

Next, in step S1906, TP
The NC server 101 determines whether each of all the advertisements in the advertisement database satisfies a predetermined condition (a predetermined condition when extracting the advertisement information), and the posted advertisement candidate list. To create.

That is, as the above-mentioned predetermined condition, [Condition 1] the base address of the receiving contractor 111 (advertisement base point designated by the client) is included in the distribution desired area (advertisement transmission range) of the advertiser. ] [Condition 3] The desired genre (type of advertisement information) of the receiving contractor 111, in which the base address of the advertiser (predetermined advertising starting point) is included in the distribution desired area (advertising receiving range) of the receiving contractor 111, [Condition 4] The base point attribute of the contractor 111 (the attribute of the advertisement base point designated by the client) that matches or is included in the advertiser's advertisement genre (the type set in the advertisement information) is the distribution base point of the advertiser. [Condition 5] The reception strength of the subscriber 111 that is equal to or included in the attribute (attribute set in the advertisement information) is equal to or greater than the distribution strength of the advertiser, and [Condition 6] The delivery date of the subscriber 111 [Condition 7] The user attribute (user attribute) of the receiving contractor 111 is (at the time of receiving the advertisement information) matches or is included in the delivery date and time of the advertiser (at the time of transmitting the advertisement information), and is distributed by the advertiser. [Condition 8] An advertisement that meets or includes the target user attribute (the attribute of the advertisement information set by the server) and that the current advertisement distribution number +1 is less than or equal to the number of customers to whom the advertisement is distributed. As an example, in order to extract data and hold the extracted advertisement, an advertisement number and a distribution strength are stored in the distribution candidate list.

However, in the above description, the advertisement information satisfying all the above conditions is extracted, but the present invention is not limited to such a case, and for example, some of the above conditions may be arbitrarily selected. The combination may be used as a condition.

Here, the base point attribute of the reception contractor 111 is
Included in the distribution base attribute of the advertiser is, for example, when the base attribute of the subscriber is an amusement park, and when the distribution base attribute of the advertiser is a resort, the base attribute of the subscriber 111 is included. Is a subordinate concept of the distribution origin attribute of the advertiser.

The delivery date and time of the receiving contractor 111 is included in the delivery date and time of the advertiser, for example, when the receiving contractor 111 is received on January 1st, and the delivery date and time of the advertiser is 1. As in the case of the month, the date and time of the information to be received may be lower than the date and time of the information to be transmitted.

Further, the user attribute of the reception contractor 111 is
The distribution target user attribute included in the advertiser means that the age of 30 is set as the user attribute of the receiving contractor 111, and the age is 25 to 3 as the distribution target user attribute of the advertiser.
It includes the case of setting 5 years old. Further, as the user attribute of the reception contractor 111 and the distribution target user attribute of the advertiser, for example, age, sex, place of origin, occupation, educational background, etc. can be raised.

FIG. 27 shows the concept of [condition 1] and [condition 2], and FIG. 26 shows the concept of [condition 5].

26 and 27 are conceptual diagrams of conditions for extracting advertisement data in the electronic newspaper system with advertisement shown in FIG. Further, in FIG. 27, an asterisk is the base address of the subscriber or the base address of the advertiser.

At this time, if each condition is set to "ALL", this condition is skipped.

It is also possible to set the distribution desired area of the advertiser to have priority over the desired distribution area of the receiving subscriber, and in this case, the condition of [condition 2] is skipped.

[0200] Further, there are cases in which an advertisement is distributed to a larger number of people even if it costs a large amount of advertising fees, and cases where it is desired to distribute the advertisement to a person who is likely to be interested in the advertisement without paying too much advertising fee. . As a delivery method that enables various selections according to the needs of the distributor side, and the receiving subscriber side can receive advertisements that are more preferred and interesting to them, for example, the advertisement distributor side It is conceivable that the receiving subscriber side sets the receiving strength, and determines whether to deliver or not to deliver, by advertisement or by receiving subscriber.

[0200] The distribution strength here is an index for determining how much the advertiser should target the distribution of advertisements according to the tastes and interests of the receiving subscribers. It gets stronger, and on the contrary, it gets weaker if you want to target people who might be more interested. Further, the reception intensity is an index for determining how much preference or interest a receiving subscriber has for a certain genre. The stronger the preference or interest, the stronger the weakness.

As shown in FIG. 26 relating to condition 5, the reception strength of the advertisement information is, for example, strong, medium or weak.
In terms of numerical values, the stronger the strength, the larger the value. On the contrary, "delivery intensity" has, for example, strong, medium, and weak, and when expressed by a numerical value, the stronger the intensity, the smaller the numerical value. Of course, the intensity classification is not limited to the three-level intensity classification, and the intensity classification may be performed in another number of levels.

By setting the conditions with numerical values in this way, the TPNC server 101 sets the received intensity as x and the delivery intensity as y, and the received information indicates that the received intensity x is x ≧ y.
It is determined that the condition is satisfied, and it is added to the distribution list for each receiving subscriber. If not, the information is not received and is not added to the distribution list.

Next, in step S1907, TP
When the number of advertisements in the distribution candidate list obtained in step S1906 is smaller than the number of deliverables, the NC server 101 determines the distribution candidate list as the distribution list, and the advertisements in the database shown in FIG. Update the number of real customers for advertisement distribution.

That is, the TPNC server 101 inputs the predetermined condition set in the advertisement information and calculates the number of client computers 112 to which the advertisement information is transmitted.

[0205] If the number of advertisements in the distribution candidate list obtained in step S1906 is larger than the number of deliverables, TPN
The C server 101 determines, as a distribution list, advertisement numbers corresponding to the number of deliverables in order from the advertisement with the highest reception desired strength of the reception contractor 111, and updates the number of actual customers of advertisement distribution in the determined advertisement database. .

[0206] In step S1908, the TPNC server 101 lays out the article data extracted together with the custom content code assigned in step S1902, based on the contract information of the reception contractor 111.

Further, the TPNC server 101 lays out the advertisement data extracted based on the distribution list obtained in step S1907 based on the contract information of the reception contractor 111.

As a layout method, as described above,
For example, the technology of the embodiment of “Electronic Newspaper Display Device and Electronic Newspaper Distribution System” described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 09-062688, that is, the technology of displaying structured information can be used.

[0209] In step S1909, the TPNC server 101 has the reception contractor 1 laid out in step S1904 or step S1908.
A distribution data file to be distributed to 11 is created.

Then, the TPNC server 101 sends the created distribution data file to the TPNC server 101.
It is arranged in the form of an attached file in the spooler of the electronic mail account dedicated to the reception contractor 111 inside.

[0211] In step S1910, the automatic reception program installed in the hard disk of the client computer 112 used by the reception contractor 111 has the client computer 112 used by the reception contractor 111 and the printer at the set time, for example, 5 am. 113 is activated.

Then, the automatic reception program is TPNC.
The article data spooled in the electronic mail account dedicated to the reception contractor 111 in the server 101 is received as an electronic mail.

Then, the automatic reception program extracts the attached article data file from the received electronic mail and outputs it to the printer 113.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the TPN
The C server 101 can select an article or advertisement to be delivered according to the location or preference arbitrarily set by the subscriber, edit it, and send it to the subscriber 111.

Therefore, the subscriber 111 can obtain articles and advertisements that match his or her wishes, and the advertiser can advertise more appropriate and effective subscribers.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the content distribution system according to the present invention will be described. The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned first embodiment. In the present embodiment, an electronic newspaper system with advertisement will be described as an example of an embodiment of the content distribution system according to the present invention.

In the first embodiment described above, the custom content code was only allocated,
By using this code, the receiving contractor 111
It is possible to more easily refer to (receive) detailed article information and related article information.

The configuration of the entire system of this embodiment, the structure of the TPNC server 101, the client computer 112, each news server, each advertisement server, etc. that compose this system are the same as those in the first embodiment. is there.

The operation is the same as the operation of the first electronic newspaper system with advertisement, except for the operation when the receiving contractor 111 refers to the detailed article. Therefore, in the following description, points different from the above-described first embodiment will be described.

The operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 28 is a flowchart of the operation of the electronic newspaper system with advertisement as the second embodiment of the content distribution system according to the present invention. Further, in the processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 28, the operation processed by the TPNC server 101 is the TPNC server 101.
CPU 1001 is processed by cooperating with a program.

The TPNC server 101 uses the reception contractor 11
From the first client computer 112, a predetermined URL (uniform) as the address of the server site
When you receive a (resource locator),
Data that prompts the user ID and password to be input is transmitted to the reception contractor 111.

The predetermined URL includes, for example, a URL exclusively for article reference from the reception contractor 111 and a URL with a character string of a custom content code added to the end.

As an example of such a URL, a URL dedicated to article reference is http: // www. × △△△. jp
If the custom content code of the referenced article is 2, it is written as http: // www. × △△△. jp /
There are two types of URLs.

The above predetermined URL is created by the client computer 112.

That is, when the receiving contractor inputs a custom content code (for example, 2), the client computer 112 uses the URL (for example, h
http: // www. × △△△. jp / 2) is created.

Then, the client computer 112
The browser accesses the file of the TPNC server 101 designated by the created URL.

Therefore, the reception contractor 111 generally does not need to input the URL consisting of several tens of characters, and can access the desired site only by inputting the custom content code.

Next, as a user authentication operation, the TPNC server 101 receives the user ID and password from the reception contractor 111 (user authentication).

[0229] Then, the TPNC server 101 collates with the database of the registered reception contractor 111.

Then, the TPNC server 101 ends the operation if the received data is invalid.

If the received data is valid, the TPNC server 101 acquires the custom content code from the URL with the custom content code added to the end. In this case it will be 2.

Then, the TPNC server 101, based on the user ID and the custom content code (2), selects the reception contractor 1 from the database of the registration reception contractor 111.
The latest delivered / outputted article history in item 11 is extracted.

That is, since the original content corresponding to the custom content code is uniquely determined for each receiving contractor 111, the receiving contractor 111 can extract the original content using the custom content code. .

Then, the TPNC server 101 transmits the original content data corresponding to the custom content code in the article history to the receiving contractor 111.

As described above, according to this embodiment, it is possible to obtain the same effect as that of the first embodiment of the electronic newspaper system with advertisement according to the present invention described above, and at the same time, the receiving contractor 111 can use the custom contents. By using the code, the detailed article of the desired article can be easily accessed.

(Third Embodiment) Next, a third embodiment of the content distribution system according to the present invention will be described. The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned first and second embodiments. In the above-described first embodiment,
The articles distributed from the news server and stored in the TPNC server 101 had no association between the articles. In the present embodiment, an electronic newspaper system with advertisement will be described as an example of an embodiment of the content distribution system according to the present invention.

However, when there is a relation with an article distributed in the past, the related distribution data may be in the article data format described in the article data.

In the third embodiment, when there is a relation with an article distributed in the past, the related distribution data is
In the embodiment, the article data format is described in the article data.

The configuration of this embodiment, the structures of the TPNC server 101, the client computer 112, the news server, the advertisement server, etc. are the same as those of the first embodiment.

Further, in this embodiment, if there is a relation with an article distributed in the past, the related distribution data is
Except for the operation described in the article data, the operation is the same as that of the first electronic newspaper system with an advertisement described above. Therefore, in the following description, points different from the above-described first embodiment will be described.

For example, as shown in FIG. 29, an article data format including items related to related articles is distributed from the news server to the TPNC server 101. FIG. 29 is a concept of an article data format of an electronic newspaper system with an advertisement as a third embodiment of the content delivery system according to the present invention, which is delivered from the news server to the TPNC server 101 and includes items related to related articles. It is a figure.

In FIG. 29, the number of related articles 2401 corresponding to the distribution source number 121 and the information 2 of the first related article are shown.
402, information 2403 of the second related article. Of course, the number of related articles is not limited to two as shown in FIG. 29, and may be any other number.

[0243] The TPNC server 101 builds an article in the format including the items related to the distributed related articles in the database.

[0244] Then, the TPNC server 101 delivers the article data including the items relating to the related articles to the reception contractor 111.

The operation of this embodiment will be further described with reference to FIG. First, the reception contractor accesses the self-dedicated site from his / her client computer 112 ((a) in FIG. 30). Each item is listed as a menu on this self-dedicated site. FIG. 30 is a schematic diagram of a screen displayed on the client computer 112 in the electronic newspaper system with advertisement as the third embodiment of the content distribution according to the present invention.

Then, the desired content (information) is accessed by using the technique described in the second embodiment. The access operation according to the technique of the second embodiment will be described below again.

That is, “Dissolution of the House of Representatives” is given the custom content code 1, “Providing profits from XX company” is given the custom content code 2, and “Completion of human genome decoding” is given the custom content code 3. , "A record heavy rain in Tokyo" has been given a custom content code 4.

Therefore, the subscriber who wants to investigate the “human genome decoding completion” in more detail inputs the custom content code 3.

Then, the client computer 1
12 is the URL of the site shown in FIG.
The TPNC server 101 is accessed with the URL assigned with 3.

When the TPNC server 101 receives the URL to which the above-mentioned custom content code 3 is added, it authenticates the user (reception contractor).

Then, when the TPNC server 101 finds that the user is a valid user as a result of the user authentication, the TPNC server 101 transmits detailed information of the information designated by the custom content code to the client computer 112.
The above is the operation of the part according to the second embodiment.

The present embodiment is characterized in that related articles are included in the transmitted information.

That is, the client computer 11
The information received by 2 includes not only the article “human genome decoding completed”, as shown in FIG.
"Press conference video", "Past related articles", "Ministry of Health and Welfare hp
(Homepage), "Experts'comments","○○ company hp", etc. are linked. Therefore, the user can easily access the related articles.

Therefore, in this embodiment, it is possible to obtain the same effects as those of the first and second embodiments described above, and not only obtain the desired information properly but also the information-related information. Information can also be obtained in the form of potatoes.

(Fourth Embodiment) Next, a fourth embodiment of the content distribution system according to the present invention will be described. The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned first to third embodiments. In the present embodiment, an electronic newspaper system with advertisement will be described as an example of an embodiment of the content distribution system according to the present invention.

The configuration of this embodiment and the structures of the TPNC server 101, the client computer 112, the news server, the advertisement server, etc. are the same as those of the first embodiment.

The operation of this embodiment is the same as that of the above-described first electronic newspaper system with advertisement, except for the operation of the parts described below. Therefore, in the following description, points different from the above-described first embodiment will be described.

In the above-described first embodiment, the advertisement option only bears a part of the subscription fee of the subscriber 111 by the advertisement.

However, the output layout condition of the receiving contractor 111 to the output printer 113, for example, the paper size,
Depending on the maximum number of output sheets, color ratio, etc., not only will the burden of advertising be part of the subscription fee, but the subscriber 1
For example, the printer 113 of 11 can be expanded to additional services such as provision of a predetermined number of consumable items such as toner, ink, and paper, discount sale of consumable items, and provision of money and securities.

Further, the reception strength for the advertisement information shown in FIG. 12 may be changed according to the reaction of the receiving contractor 111 to the advertisement, for example, the access history of the link destination URL of the advertisement. For example, when there is an access history more than a predetermined number of times, it is assumed that the distribution strength is automatically changed.

That is, the TPNC server 101 records an access log which is information relating to access from the reception contractor 111 to the TPNC server 101, and when the information recorded in this access log is predetermined information,
Change the conditions set in the advertisement information.

For example, if the reception strength is not strong because the number of accesses to the link destination URL exceeds 20, the strength is changed to strong.

However, the condition to be changed according to the access history is not limited to the reception intensity, and the distribution intensity and other conditions can be arbitrarily changed as necessary.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, it is possible to provide a service more suited to the needs of the user.

[0265]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide online article transmission that enables detailed settings for different needs of each customer.

[0266] Further, from the custom content code, the original code for the original article can be simply
More detailed information such as related articles can be provided.

[0267] Further, by accessing the link to the advertisement by the user, services such as discount of the subscription fee can be easily provided.

Further, since the extraction condition of the information and the advertisement information is changed based on the access log, the information can be transmitted more in line with the user's taste and the advertiser's intention.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an electronic newspaper system with an advertisement as a first embodiment of a content distribution system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an internal block diagram of a TPNC server 101 used in the electronic newspaper system with advertisement shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an operation concept diagram of the electronic newspaper system with advertisement shown in FIG. 1.

4 is a client computer 1 of a subscriber 111 in the electronic newspaper system with advertisement shown in FIG.
12 is a flowchart of the operation when making a reception contract with the TPNC server 101.

5 is a schematic diagram of a new registration screen displayed on the screen of the client computer 112 based on an instruction from the TPNC server 101 shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a client computer 11 shown in FIG.
2 is a schematic diagram of a password input screen for confirming registration, which is transmitted from 2 to the TPNC server 101. FIG.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a contract information input screen displayed on the screen of the client computer 112 based on an instruction from the TPNC server 101 shown in FIG.

8 is a schematic diagram of a contract information input screen displayed on the screen of the client computer 112 based on an instruction from the TPNC server 101 shown in FIG.

9 is a schematic diagram of a contract information input screen displayed on the screen of the client computer 112 based on an instruction from the TPNC server 101 shown in FIG.

10 is a schematic diagram of an information input screen such as a reception condition for an advertisement layout displayed on the screen of the client computer 112 based on an instruction from the TPNC server 101 shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of distribution contract information stored in the TPNC server 101 shown in FIG. 1 and related to the reception contractor 111.

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of distribution contract information stored in the TPNC server 101 shown in FIG. 1 and related to the reception contractor 111.

FIG. 13 is a news server 12 in which the TPNC server 101 in the electronic newspaper system with advertisement shown in FIG.
Articles distributed from 1 to 126 and advertisement server 131
Is a flowchart of the operation of receiving and storing the advertisements distributed from 1 to 133.

FIG. 14 shows the news server 121 to T shown in FIG.
3 is a schematic diagram of article data transmitted to the PNC server 101. FIG.

FIG. 15 is a conceptual diagram when the TPNC server 101 shown in FIG. 1 stores article data.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the advertisement server 131 shown in FIG.
3 is a schematic diagram of update information data transmitted to the C server 101. FIG.

17 is a conceptual diagram of advertiser data stored in the database of the TPNC server 101 shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

18 is a schematic diagram of a format of saving advertisement data in a database in the TPNC server 101 shown in FIG.

19 is a flowchart of an operation when the TPNC server 101 shown in FIG. 1 delivers an article based on the contract content of the reception contractor 111 to the client computer 112 of the reception contractor 111. FIG.

20 is a diagram showing an electronic newspaper system with an advertisement shown in FIG. 1 in which the TPNC server 101 extracts an article (information) to be delivered from an article database according to a predetermined condition based on delivery information of the receiving contractor 111. It is a conceptual diagram of.

21 is a diagram showing a case where the TPNC server 101 extracts an article (information) to be distributed from an article database according to a predetermined condition based on distribution information of the receiving contractor 111 in the electronic newspaper system with advertisement shown in FIG. It is a conceptual diagram of.

22 is a diagram illustrating a case where the TPNC server 101 extracts an article (information) to be delivered from an article database according to a predetermined condition based on delivery information of the receiving contractor 111 in the electronic newspaper system with advertisement shown in FIG. It is a conceptual diagram of.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a case where the TPNC server 101 extracts an article (information) to be delivered from an article database according to a predetermined condition based on delivery information of the receiving contractor 111 in the electronic newspaper system with advertisement shown in FIG. 1. It is a conceptual diagram of.

24 is a diagram showing a case where the TPNC server 101 extracts an article (information) to be distributed from the article database according to a predetermined condition based on the distribution information of the receiving contractor 111 in the electronic newspaper system with advertisement shown in FIG. It is a conceptual diagram of.

FIG. 25 is a conversion table of assigned custom content codes and original content codes used in the electronic newspaper system with advertisement shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 26 is a conceptual diagram of conditions when extracting advertisement data in the electronic newspaper system with advertisement shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 27 is a conceptual diagram of conditions when extracting advertisement data in the electronic newspaper system with advertisement shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 28 is a second of the content distribution system according to the present invention.
3 is a flowchart of the operation of the electronic newspaper system with advertisement as the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 29 is a third content distribution system according to the present invention.
2 is a conceptual diagram of an article data format in which items related to related articles distributed from the news server to the TPNC server 101 are added in the electronic newspaper system with advertisement as the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 30 is a schematic diagram of a screen displayed on the client computer 112 in the electronic newspaper system with advertisement as the third embodiment of content distribution according to the invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 TPNC server 111 Subscriber 112 Client computer 113 Printer 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126 News server 131, 132, 133 Advertising server 201 CPU 202 Input device 203 Main storage device 204 Output device 205 Auxiliary storage device 206 Clock Device 207 Control device 208 Computing device 209 Communication device 2401 Number of related articles 2402 Information of first related article 2403 Information of second related article

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Takayuki Nagatsuka             3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo             Non non corporation (72) Inventor Katsuhiko Tanaka             3-30-2 Shimomaruko, Ota-ku, Tokyo             Non non corporation

Claims (28)

[Claims] 1. At least one or more of redistributing the first content and the second content provided by each of the first distributor and the second distributor to the client terminal of the receiving contractor via a predetermined communication line. In a content distribution system including a server, the server is a client used by the reception contractor according to a combination of a target area set for the first content and an applicable area set by the reception contractor. The terminal has a distribution means for distributing the second content, and when the distribution means distributes the second content to the client terminal, a charging process is performed for the second distributor who is the provider of the second content. A content distribution system characterized by being performed. 2. The application area is a plurality of application areas,
The content distribution system according to claim 1, wherein a content type can be set for each of the plurality of applicable areas. 3. The redistributed first content,
Alternatively, the second content may be provided with a first management unit that manages a more detailed content than the re-distributed content or a related content, and the server may further include the detailed content based on a distribution request from a subscriber. Or the related contents are distributed, The contents distribution system according to claim 1 or 2. 4. The distribution base point set for the first content or the second content and a desired distribution area range which is a peripheral range thereof, a collection point of the content set by the reception contractor, and the vicinity of the collection point. Second management means for managing an area range; and the receiving contractor for the distribution desired area range set for the first content or the second content, which is managed by the second management means. Whether or not the collection point set by is included and / or the distribution base point set for the first content or the second content is included for the surrounding area range set by the subscriber. The first content or the second content is delivered according to whether or not the contents are distributed. Ntsu delivery system. 5. The second management unit further includes a specifying unit that manages the use place set by the client terminal, and specifies the place and the type of content according to the use place information. The content distribution system according to claim 4, wherein the distribution means extracts the content according to the location and the type of the content specified by the specifying means, and distributes the extracted content to the subscriber. 6. The second management means, in each of the first content and the second content, requests the type of content desired to be distributed in each desired distribution area range and the desired reception in each desired reception area range. The type of content to be distributed is managed, and the distribution means is configured so that the distribution desired area range and the reception desired range match, and / or the kind of content desired to be distributed and the content desired to be received. The content delivery system according to claim 4 or 5, wherein content having the same type is extracted from the first content and / or the second content and delivered. 7. A determination is made as to whether or not to distribute the content based on a combination of the distribution strength for each type of content set by the distributor and the desired reception strength for each type of content set by the reception contractor. The distribution means further distributes content to the subscriber based on the determination, and the content is the first content and / or the second content. Item 7. The content delivery system according to any one of items 1 to 6. 8. The determining means is responsive to the distribution timings set for the first content and the second content by the first distributor and the second distributor, respectively, and the information on the usage place for each of the receiving contractors. And managing the setting of the desired reception time, and determining whether or not the distribution time set by the distributor matches the desired reception time for each piece of information on the usage place of the receiving contractor, 8. The server delivers the content to the subscriber based on the determination for each intended use location.
Content distribution system described in. 9. As the parameter set by the reception contractor, the collection point, a peripheral area range for the collection point, a place of use, a type of information, a desired reception intensity, and a desired reception time can be set. Based on the parameters
The method further comprising means for changing a selection criterion of at least a part of the content to be redistributed.
9. The content distribution system according to any one of 1 to 8. 10. The method according to claim 7, further comprising changing means for updating the setting of the desired reception intensity according to the content distribution request log received from the receiving contractor. Content distribution system. 11. The delivery by the delivery means is performed via the Internet.
Content distribution system described in. 12. The first content provided by the first distributor and the second content provided by the second distributor are transmitted to the client terminal of the receiving contractor via a predetermined communication line to obtain the first content. And / or a content distribution system including at least one server for redistributing the second content, wherein the server is set by the target area set for the first content and the receiving contractor. A unit that determines whether or not the applicable area matches; a distribution unit that distributes the content to the subscriber based on the determination; a second unit that distributes the content to the client terminal. And at least one of charging means for executing charging processing for the second distributor according to the distribution of Content distribution system for. 13. At least one or more of redistributing the first content and the second content provided by each of the first distributor and the second distributor to the client terminal of the receiving contractor via a predetermined communication line. In a content distribution method applied to a content distribution system including a server, the distribution means of the server sets a combination of a target area set for the first content and an applicable area set by the reception contractor. In response to the second content being delivered to the client terminal used by the subscriber, and when the second content is delivered to the client terminal by the delivery means, it is a provider of the second content. (Ii) A content distribution method characterized in that a charging process is performed for distributors. 14. The content distribution method according to claim 13, wherein the applicable area is a plurality of applicable areas, and a content type can be set for each of the plurality of applicable areas. 15. The first management means, for the redistributed first content or second content,
A step of managing more detailed content than re-delivered content, or related content, wherein the server is based on a delivery request from a subscriber,
15. The content distribution method according to claim 13, further comprising a step of distributing the details or related content. 16. The second management means collects the contents based on the distribution base point set for the first content or the second content and a distribution desired area range which is a peripheral range of the distribution base point and the reception contractor. Managing a point and a surrounding area range for the collection point; and for receiving the receiving desired area range set for the first content or the second content, which is managed by the second managing means. Whether the collection point set by the contractor is included and / or the distribution base point set for the first content or the second content is set for the surrounding area range set by the receiving contractor. 16. The method according to claim 13, further comprising a step of delivering the first content or the second content depending on whether the content is included. Content delivery method according to Re one term. 17. The method further comprising the step of: the specifying means of the second managing means managing the use place set by the client terminal, and specifying the place and the type of the content according to the use place information. 17. The method according to claim 16, further comprising a step of extracting the content by the distribution unit according to the location and the type of the content identified by the identifying unit, and delivering the extracted content to the subscriber. Content delivery method. 18. The second management means, in each of the first content and the second content, requests a type of content desired to be distributed in each desired distribution area range and a desired reception in each desired reception area range. The type of content to be distributed is managed, and the distribution means matches the distribution desired area range with the reception desired range, and / or the kind of content desired to be distributed and the content desired to be received. Content that matches the type of the first content, and /
Alternatively, the content distribution method according to claim 16 or 17, comprising a step of extracting from the second content and distributing the content. 19. The distribution means distributes contents according to a combination of distribution strength for each kind of content set by the distributor and desired reception strength for each kind of content set by the receiving contractor. The method further comprises a step of determining whether or not the delivery means delivers the content to the subscriber based on the determination, wherein the content is the first content and / or the second content. The content distribution method according to any one of claims 13 to 18, characterized in that: 20. The determining means determines the distribution time set for each of the first content and the second content by the first distributor and the second distributor, and the use place information for each of the receiving contractors. A step of managing the setting of the desired reception time according to the above, and determining whether or not the desired distribution time set by the distributor and the desired reception time for each information of the usage place of the receiving contractor, 20. The content delivery method according to claim 19, further comprising the step of delivering the content to the subscriber based on the determination for each usage location. 21. The means for changing the selection criteria, as the parameter set by the receiving contractor, the collection point and the surrounding area range for the collection point, the place of use, the type of information, the desired reception intensity, the desired reception time. 21. The method according to claim 13, further comprising a step of changing selection criteria of at least a part of the content to be redistributed based on the parameter. Content delivery method. 22. The changing means further comprises a step of updating the setting of the desired reception intensity according to the content distribution request log received from the subscriber. Content delivery method described in section. 23. The content distribution method according to claim 13, wherein the distribution by the distribution unit is performed via the Internet. 24. The first content provided by the first distributor and the second content provided by the second distributor are sent to the client terminal of the receiving contractor via a predetermined communication line to obtain the first content. And / or a content distribution method applied to a content distribution system including at least one or more servers for redistributing the second content, wherein the server and a target area set for the first content A step of determining whether or not the applicable area set by the reception contractor matches, a step of distributing the content to the reception contractor based on the determination, and a charging means, A step of executing a charging process for the second distributor in response to the distribution unit distributing the second content to the client terminal. Content distribution method according to claim further comprising at least one or more steps. 25. A computer at least 1 for redistributing the first content and the second content provided by each of the first distributor and the second distributor to the client terminal of the receiving contractor via a predetermined communication line. A content distribution program for functioning as the server in a content distribution system comprising one or more servers, wherein the computer is set by a target area set for the first content and the receiving contractor. Distribution means for distributing the second content to the client terminal used by the subscriber in accordance with the combination with the applicable area, and provision of the second content when the second content is distributed to the client terminal by the distribution means. To function as a means to perform billing processing for the second distributor who is a person Content distribution program characterized by. 26. A computer, wherein the first content provided by a first distributor and the second content provided by a second distributor are transmitted to a client terminal of a receiving contractor via a predetermined communication line. A content distribution program for causing the computer to function as the server in a content distribution system comprising at least one server for redistributing first content and / or second content, wherein the computer is set to the first content. A means for judging whether the target area set for the reception contractor and the applicable area set by the reception contractor are coincident, a distribution means for distributing contents to the reception contractor based on the judgment, and the distribution means Is a charging process targeting the second distributor according to the distribution of the second content to the client terminal. Content distribution program for functioning as at least one means of the charging means for performing. 27. At least 1 for redistributing a computer to a client terminal of a subscriber by first content and second content provided by each of a first distributor and a second distributor via a predetermined communication line. A computer-readable recording medium in which a content distribution program for functioning as the server in a content distribution system comprising one or more servers is recorded, wherein the computer is a target area set for the first content. Distribution means for distributing the second content to the client terminal used by the reception contractor according to the combination with the applicable area set by the reception contractor, and the second content is distributed to the client terminal by the distribution means. Then, the second distributor who is the provider of the second content is A computer-readable recording medium recording a content distribution program, characterized by causing a target to function as means for performing a charging process. 28. A computer, wherein the first content provided by the first distributor and the second content provided by the second distributor are transmitted to a client terminal of a subscriber via a predetermined communication line. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded therein a content distribution program for functioning as the server in a content distribution system comprising at least one server for redistributing first content and / or second content, Means for determining whether or not the target area set for the first content and the applicable area set by the reception contractor match the computer, and the content for the reception contractor based on the judgment Distribution means for distributing the second content to the client terminal. Computer readable recording medium recording a content distribution program for functioning as at least one means of the billing means for executing billing processing as an object the second distributor according to that.