JP2003016343A - Character information selling method and its system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a character information selling method and its system which are easy for an information customer to judge purchase value, and eliminates the need to generate a page or file for sales and also eliminates the need to generate a page for sales advertisement or a page for a specific information customer. SOLUTION: The character information selling method which sells character information by a computer system is equipped with a means which displays hidden characters to the information customer while putting them in a document, a means which urges the selection of information corresponding to the hidden characters, and a means which replaces the hidden characters with sale character information and display it when purchase is selected.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character information selling method and system for selling character information by a computer system, such as selling electronic publications.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional character information selling method and its system, a selling method in page units and its system are known. Such a character information selling method and its system create a page containing sales character information in advance, and after confirming the password input and purchase selection to go to that page, the page is presented to the information customer. It was intended to be displayed.

In addition, a text unit having a specific meaning is also known as a sales unit. For example, sales character information corresponding to a text is created in a file format in advance, and after a password is input and purchase selection is confirmed. , Files were sent to information customers.

[0004]

However, when the sales unit is a page or a file, it is necessary to prepare in advance a page or a file containing a sentence of a portion that is not to be sold. In addition, the information customer cannot easily determine the purchase value for the information customer because the amount of the sales character information and the position in the sentence including the sales character information are unknown.

Further, in order to actually encourage the information customer to make a purchase, it is necessary to create a page for sales promotion in order to enable the judgment of the purchase value. Further, it is not easy to change the display of only a part of the sales character information by a specific information customer on the same page, and in fact, a separate page or file has been created for the specific information customer.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention that it is easy for an information customer to judge the purchase value and it is not necessary to create a page or file for sale. It is to provide a method and system for selling character information that does not require the creation of pages for sales promotion or the creation of pages for specific information customers.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a character information selling method for selling character information by a computer system according to the invention of claim 1, wherein a text is written to an information customer. A means for displaying by including hidden characters or a display equivalent to hidden characters,
Means to prompt the user to select the purchase of hidden text or information equivalent to the hidden text, and when the purchase is selected, replace the hidden text in the text or the display corresponding to the hidden text with the sales text information. The present invention provides a method for selling character information, which is characterized by including means for performing.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the character information selling method according to the first aspect, wherein the specific sales character information is already purchased by a specific information customer.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in a character information sales system using a computer that sells character information, a hidden character or a sentence represented by a display corresponding to the hidden character is provided, and the information customer is provided with the text. Hidden characters or a display equivalent to a hidden character based on a sentence represented by a hidden character or a display equivalent to a hidden character. A means for prompting the purchase of the corresponding information, a means for reading the sales character information when the purchase is selected, and a hidden character in the text for the information customer or a display corresponding to the hidden character. (EN) A character information sales system characterized by having a function of providing a means for replacing and displaying the character information.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the character information selling system according to the third aspect, wherein the specific sales character information is already purchased by a specific information customer.

By using the character information selling method of claim 1, it is easy for the information customer to judge the purchase value,
There is no need to create a page or file for sales, and a page for sales promotion is also unnecessary.

By using the character information selling method of claim 2, in addition to the effect of claim 1, it is not necessary to create a page for a specific information customer.

By using the character information sales system according to claim 3, it is easy for the information customer to judge the purchase value, the sales page or file need not be created, and the sales promotion page creation is also unnecessary. At the same time, confidentiality management of sales character information can be achieved.

By using the character information sales system according to the fourth aspect, in addition to the effect according to the third aspect, it is not necessary to create a page for a specific information customer.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of this embodiment. In this figure, reference numeral 10 is a server, which is connected to the Internet NET via a route control device, a telephone line, a mobile line, and a communication line such as an optical fiber.

Reference numerals 101, 102, ... denote various terminals, which are connected to the Internet NET in the same manner as the server 10.

Next, the detailed configuration of the server 10 will be described. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server 10. In this figure, reference numeral 11 is a control means, CP
It is composed of U and the like, and controls each part, transfers data, performs various calculations, temporarily stores data, and the like.

Reference numeral 12 is an input control means, which controls data input from a terminal connected via the Internet NET. Reference numeral 13 is an output control means, which controls data output to the terminal. Reference numerals 14 to 16 are all storage means, and store the following files,
Remembered Further, reference numeral 17 is also a storage means,
It is placed outside the server and stores and remembers the files described later.

First, the storage means 14 stores a main program. The main program is used in the control means 11.

For example, a program for displaying a screen showing a hidden character or a sentence including a display corresponding to the hidden character on the display unit of the terminal, or a hidden character in the sentence or display information corresponding to the hidden character is a sales character. It is composed of a program for converting information, a program for collating ID and password, and the like.

In addition, the storage means 14 stores in the terminal 10
Information such as impressions regarding the sales character information transmitted from Nos. 1, 102, ... Is temporarily stored. Note that these operations will be described later.

Note that the control according to the present embodiment described below is generally delivered to the information customer by transmitting an HTML format, an XML format, or another browser control language, but for convenience of explanation. Although the description will be given using the control only in the HTML format, it goes without saying that other browser control languages may be used. Further, the storage unit 16 stores customer information. The customer information according to the present embodiment is composed of information such as a registrant ID, a password, and sales for each customer.

The storage means 17 also stores a sentence including sales character information. The sales character information according to the present embodiment is in the HTML format, and is provided with the same number of characters as the hidden characters or the display corresponding to the hidden characters, or the same number of characters.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. Here, the terminals 101, 102, ... Are each connected to the server 10 for communication, and both function as terminals of information customers. However, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the terminal 101 is connected to the server 10 and the following description will be given. To do.

When the terminal 101 is connected to the server 10,
The control means 11 detects this connection via the input control means 12 and controls the terminal 101 according to the main program.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of the main program. First, it is assumed that the terminal operator is an information customer. FIG. 4 is a screen configuration diagram for explaining the configuration of the public screen.

In step 201 shown in FIG. 3, the control means 11 displays the public screen as shown in FIG. 4 on the display section of the terminal 101, and the sentence 305 is displayed therein.
Is displayed, and the image is controlled so that a hidden character or a display 306 corresponding to the hidden character is displayed in a part thereof.

On this public screen, the sales character information in the storage means 17 is called, and <mojikesi> and </ mojikesi> in the general text information used for the display.
Recognize the tag> and display the hidden character or the character "x" which is a display equivalent to the hidden character between the tags.
It is a screen based on the public information converted so that the same number as the number of sales characters is displayed. In this way, even if general text information including new sales character information is generated, the information <mojikesi> before and after the sales character information in the general text information,
Immediate processing is possible only by adding the tag </ mojikesi>. However, it is also possible to use the public information in which the storage character information that has been subjected to the same processing in advance is stored in another storage means.

The control according to the present embodiment is performed, for example, by the public information in the HTML format as described above. In the text information used for display, <mojikesi> and <
A tag "/ mojikesi>" is provided, and a hidden character "x" is provided between the tags in the same number as the number of sales characters.

However, <mojikesi> and </ m
The tag "ojikesi>" is not recognized on the display unit of the terminal 101, and is ignored, and the character "x" is simply displayed in the text in the same number as the sales character number.

The hidden character is not necessarily the character "x", but is a character such as "?""_""○""■""" (however, the character in "" is JIS code 0020). In addition to characters that have a code such as JIS, other characters that can be identified such as hidden characters, such as changing the background color to black or red by controlling the area of the number of characters with tags etc. A corresponding display may be used.

If the display area of the hidden character 306 is clicked, the purchase processing of the hidden character or the display corresponding to the hidden character is performed. Here, it is assumed that the terminal operator enters the purchase process by clicking the hidden character 306, but the purchase process may be entered by clicking another purchase button.

Upon entering the purchase process, the control means 11 which has detected this advances the procedure to step 202 shown in FIG. 3 and prompts the display section of the terminal 101 to input purchase information and whether the purchase is permitted or not. Control to display the purchase screen.

In this purchase screen, "Purchase",
Check button 40 corresponding to each process of "do not purchase"
1 to 402 are shown, and the terminal operator is prompted to select any processing.

In response to this, the information customer clicks the check button 401 to select the "purchase" process, and proceeds to the authentication screen which is the next step 203.

FIG. 6 is a screen configuration diagram for explaining the configuration of the following authentication screen. Next, the control means 11 when detecting the process of "purchase" advances the procedure to step 203 shown in FIG.
Control is performed so that an authentication screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed.

The input box 501 of this authentication screen
Enter the registrant ID. After that, the terminal operator similarly inputs the password into the input box 502.

When these operations are completed, the terminal operator clicks the "purchase" button 503 to inform the server 10 of the fact.

By this operation, the procedure goes to step 204.
In order to avoid duplicate registration, the control means 11 compares the entered registrant ID and password with the customer file in the storage means 16 and checks if they match.

If the control means 11 determines that they do not match, the control means 11 proceeds to step 205 and controls the display of "terminal ID 101 is incorrect" on the display of the terminal 101. After that, the process returns to step 201 and the public screen is displayed again. On the other hand, if the control means 11 determines that they match each other, it performs the processing of the next step 206.

FIG. 7 is a screen configuration diagram for explaining the configuration of the following replacement screen. In the next step 206, the control means 11 controls the display unit of the terminal 101 to replace the hidden character with the sales character 601 and display the replacement screen.

The control means 11 described above is the terminal 1
As a method of controlling to display on the display unit 01, the control is performed by sending an HTML format signal to the display unit of the terminal 101.

This is because the control means 11 operates an accounting system provided separately, and based on the accounting system, from the sales character file stored in the storage means 17, <mojikesi> and </ mojikes> in the text information.
The sales character information corresponding to the tag i> is fetched.

Next, <mojikesi> in the text information
And the display character corresponding to the hidden character or the hidden character sandwiched between the tags </ mojikesi> and the both tags is replaced with the sales character information to create replacement screen information. The terminal 101 constitutes a replacement screen by transmitting the created replacement screen information to the terminal 101.

In the control according to the present embodiment, <moji
kesi> and </ mojikesi> tags are also replaced with sales character information and deleted. However, this is not recognized on the display unit of the terminal 101, and <mo
Jikesi> and </ mojijisi> tags remain, and the replacement screen is displayed with the sales characters simply embedded in the text, so there is no problem.

In this embodiment, it is possible to make the sales information variable for each customer attribute. For example, a case will be described where the customer attribute has two levels: a general member and a special member.

First, the tag is set to <mojikesi_ipp
a> and </ mojikesi_ippan> combination, and <mojikesi_tokubetu> and <
There are two types of combinations of / mojikesi_tokubetu>.

If you are a general member, <mojik
esi_ippan> and </ mojikesi_ipp>
The sales character information between an> can be purchased. On the other hand, if you are a special member, <mojikesi_ippan
> And </ mojikesi_ippan> sales character information, and <mojikesi_tokubet
The sale character information between u> and </ mojikesi_tokubetu> can be purchased. This makes it possible to change the sales information for each customer attribute.

Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the customer authentication is performed at the time of purchase is shown, but it is also possible to perform the customer authentication before the public screen. In order to do so, a top page for registering membership or setting an ID and password will be provided separately.

As an example, the following pretreatment can be considered. If membership registration is selected, various membership registration processing is performed and then the ID and password are supplied.

On the other hand, if it is not a membership registration, ID and password authentication processing is performed, and if authentication is successful, the step of displaying public information is displayed. If authentication is unsuccessful, the original top page is displayed. Go to step. On the other hand, if the customer authentication is performed before the public screen, the public information can be made variable for each customer attribute.

For example, a case will be described in which the customer attribute has two levels, that is, a general member and a special member. First, change the tag to <moji
kesi_ippan> and </ mojikesi_ip
combination of <pan> and <mojikesi_tok
ubetu> and </ mojikesi_tokubet
There are two types of combinations of u>.

For general members, <mojikesi_
Sales character information between ippan> and </ mojikesi_ippan>, and <mojikesi_to
kubetu> and </ mojikesi_tocube
Information cannot be obtained unless the sales character information between tu> is purchased.

On the other hand, in the case of a special member, <mojike
si_ippan> and </ mojikesi_ippa>
For the sales character information between n>, the sales information is disclosed from the time of the public image, and <mojikesi_tokubetu>
The information cannot be acquired unless only the sales character information between "and mojikesi_tokubetu" is purchased.

As a result, if customer authentication is performed before the public screen, the public information can be made variable for each customer attribute.

Further, in this embodiment, the storage means 17 in which the file of sales character information is stored is provided outside the server 10 for security protection. It is also possible to have a configuration provided in.

Further, in the present embodiment, the charging system is provided inside the server 10, but it is also possible to provide it outside the server 10 for security protection.

This billing system records the history of which customer purchased which information, sets payment conditions such as price, and performs billing processing.

Further, although the purchase screen and the authentication screen are separately provided in the present embodiment, they can be integrated.

Further, in the present embodiment, the description has been made on the assumption that the payment condition is only the price. However, in addition to the price, the customer can select from a plurality of payment conditions such as card payment and bit cash payment. When selecting a payment condition, it is possible to select it on the purchase screen and display the payment condition on the authentication screen.

[0061]

As described above, according to the present invention,
For the information customer, the purchase value can be easily determined, it is not necessary to create a page or file for sale, and it is not necessary to create a page for sales promotion or a page for a specific information customer.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a server in the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation in the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a screen configuration diagram for explaining a configuration of a public screen in the same embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a screen configuration diagram for explaining a configuration of a purchase screen in the same embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a screen configuration diagram for explaining a configuration of an authentication screen in the same embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a screen configuration diagram for explaining a configuration of a replacement screen in the same embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

NET ... Internet 10 ... Server 11 ... Control means 12 ... Input control means 13 ... Output control means 14, 15, 16 ... Storage means 101-104 ... Terminals 201-206 ... Step MC ... Mouse Cursors 301 to 304, 401, 402, 503, 504 ...
Buttons 401, 402 ...... Input box 505 ...... Sentence 506 ...... Hidden characters or display 601 corresponding to hidden characters ...... Sales characters

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A character information selling method for selling character information by a computer system, a means for displaying information characters by including a hidden character or a display corresponding to the hidden character in a sentence, and a hidden character or a hidden character. A means for urging the purchase of information corresponding to the display corresponding to the characters,
A method for selling character information, comprising: means for replacing a hidden character in a sentence or a display corresponding to the hidden character with sales character information when the purchase is selected. 2. The character information selling method according to claim 1, wherein the specific sales character information is already purchased by a specific information customer. 3. A character information sales system using a computer for selling character information, comprising a hidden character or a sentence represented by a display corresponding to the hidden character, and the hidden character or the hidden character is displayed to an information customer. A means for displaying a hidden character or a display corresponding to a hidden character in a sentence based on a sentence expressed by a corresponding display, and a method of displaying hidden characters or information corresponding to a display equivalent to a hidden character to an information customer. A means for prompting selection, a means for reading out the sale character information when the purchase is selected, and a hidden character in the text to the information customer or a display corresponding to the hidden character is replaced with the read sale character information. A character information sales system having a function of providing a display means. 4. The character information sales system according to claim 3, wherein the specific sales character information is already purchased by a specific information customer.