JP2003108740A - Method, server and program for supporting transaction of character and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a character transaction aiding method, server and program for improving general consumers' interest in characters and activating the transaction of characters and a recording medium with the program recorded thereon. SOLUTION: The server urges a terminal operator of a client terminal to display characters to be voting targets and select one of the characters (Sc2) and calculates the popularity order of respective characters on the basis of the number of votes of each character (Sc4). The server decides whether a character of the previously determined popularity order or more is generated or not (Sc5), and when deciding the generation of the character, performs the selling service for the license fee share right of the character. Upon deciding that a character of the fixed number of share right transactions or more is generated, the server performs service for promoting the commercialization of the character.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a character transaction support method, a server, a program and a recording medium for supporting character transactions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a character is used for stationery, toys, etc., the property right owned by the right holder of the character is called "commercialization right". Where "character"
Is said to be an "abstract concept that should also be called the personality of a character sublimated from a concrete expression in a manga."
Judgment on July 17, 2014). Explaining the conventional character commercialization business, as shown in FIG. 15 showing a general transaction form of characters, first, a window company (a licensor) who has taken over the copyright from the author, or the character is a product of its own. One of the buyers (licensees) of the commercialization right who wants to use the service asks the other party for permission of the commercialization right, or the agency acts as a licensor or a licensee to perform the transaction. Then, the license fee obtained by this transaction is distributed to the author, the licensor, and the agency based on the agreement between the author and the licensor, and the agreement between the author, the licensor, and the agency. Was there.

[0003]

By the way, the value of a character as a commercialization right greatly depends on the popularity of the character. In recent years, an unknown character may become a famous character in a short period of time due to the advertising effect of the media. Also, conventionally,
The general consumer who influences the popularity of the character has not enjoyed the profit obtained from the character. If it is possible to provide such a mechanism for the general consumer to make a profit from the character, the interest of the general consumer in the character will increase, and thus the utility value of the character will also increase to the company side who uses the commercialization right of the character. Therefore, it is considered that character transactions will be activated. In addition, conventionally, various transactions such as character introduction and placement are manually performed, which causes a problem that the transaction takes time and labor. Therefore, depending on the character, when the product that actually uses the character is sold, the popularity of the character may be greatly reduced, the license fee may be high, and the licensor may not be able to use the character. .

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned circumstances, and a character transaction support method for raising the interest of a general consumer who influences the degree of popularity of the character to the character and activating the character transaction, and this character transaction. An object of the present invention is to provide a server and a program used for realizing the support method, and a recording medium storing the program.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the invention of claim 1, in a character transaction support method for supporting transaction of characters, the server is connected through a communication network. A step of displaying a character on the displayed client terminal based on the image data of the character stored in the storage means, and urging the selection of the character so as to promote the sale of a plurality of ownerships of the license fee set for the character. Then, when the server selects a character whose interest is to be sold, the server displays information about the character on the client terminal, and the server sells the ownership based on the number of sales units stored in the storage means. Judgment is made as to whether or not there is a character whose number of rights sold exceeds a predetermined number, and the judgment result is the sales judgment result. And storing in the storage means in association with the respective characters to the server, the client terminal connected through a communication network,
A step of displaying a character based on the sales determination result stored in the storage means and urging the selection of a character who desires the commercialization right, and the server selecting the character who desires the commercialization right. And a step of prompting the client terminal to input an inquiry content by displaying an inquiry screen, and a step of causing the server to notify the licensor of the input inquiry content.

According to a second aspect of the invention, in the character transaction support method for supporting character transactions, the server is stored in the storage means for the client terminal connected via the communication network. A step of displaying a character to be voted based on image data of a plurality of characters and urging the character to be selected, and the server calculates the popularity of each character based on the number of votes of each character, and corresponds to each character. In addition, the step of storing the degree of popularity in the storage means, and the server, based on the information stored in the storage means, determines whether or not a character whose popularity degree is equal to or higher than a predetermined level has occurred. A step of storing the determination result in the storage means in association with each character as a popularity determination result; A character is displayed based on the popularity determination result stored in the storage means to a client terminal connected via, and the character is displayed to encourage the sale of a plurality of ownerships of the license fee set for the character. It is characterized by consisting of steps for prompting selection.

In the invention according to claim 3, in the character transaction support method according to claim 1 or 2, when the server selects a character whose interest is to be sold, the share of the character is acquired. The method further includes a step of performing a charging process for the right and a step of storing the number of sales units of the equity right for each character in the storage means in association with each character. In the invention according to claim 4, in the character transaction support method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the server inputs identification information to a client terminal connected through a communication network. And a step of deciding whether or not to prompt the selection of a character desiring to sell the ownership of the license fee according to the input identification information.

According to a fifth aspect of the invention, in the character transaction support method according to the second aspect, the character whose popularity has become a predetermined level or higher based on the information stored in the storage means. When it is determined that the character has occurred, the server further reads out the mail address stored in the storage unit and notifies by email that the ownership of the license fee of the character will be sold. I am trying. According to a sixth aspect of the invention, in the character transaction support method according to the second aspect, the server determines the number of sales units of the equity right for each character,
Based on the step of storing in the storage means in association with each character, and the server, based on the number of sales units stored in the storage unit, whether there is a character in which the number of sales units of the equity right is a predetermined number or more Determining whether or not, and storing the determination result as a sales determination result in association with each character in the storage means, the server stores the storage result in the storage means for a client terminal connected via a communication network. A step of displaying a character on the basis of the sales determination result, and urging the selection of the character for which the commercialization right is desired, and the client terminal when the server selects the character for which the commercialization right is desired. The step of displaying the inquiry screen and prompting the user to enter the inquiry content, and the server It is characterized by comprising a step of notifying the.

According to the invention described in claim 7, in the character transaction support method according to claim 1 or 6,
The server prompts the client terminal connected via the communication network to input identification information, and the server selects the character for which the commercialization right is desired, in accordance with the input identification information. And a step of determining whether or not to prompt. According to the invention of claim 8, claim 1, 6 or 7
In the character transaction support method described in (1), in the step of urging the client terminal to select a character for which the commercialization right is to be licensed, the server displays a search screen on the client terminal, A step of prompting the input of a search key, the server, based on the character classification information previously stored in the storage means,
A step of extracting a character corresponding to the input search key, the server, for the client terminal,
The step of displaying the extracted character and prompting the user to select a character from which the desired commercialization right is desired is selected. According to a ninth aspect of the invention, in the character transaction support method according to the eighth aspect, the character classification information includes character motifs, touches, images, usage conditions, and information corresponding to the popularity. At least one of them is described.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the server, the storage means for storing the image data of the character and the client terminal connected via the communication network are stored in the storage means. A means for displaying a character based on the image data of the character, a means for urging the selection of the character to promote the sale of a plurality of equity interests of the license fee set for the character, and a character desiring to sell the equity interest are selected. And means for displaying information about the character on the client terminal,
Based on the number of sales units stored in the storage means, it is determined whether or not there is a character whose number of sales units of equity interest is a predetermined number or more, and the determination result is associated with each character as a sales determination result. And stores the character in the storage means and a client terminal connected via a communication network, displays a character based on the sales determination result stored in the storage means, and desires the approval of the commercialization right. A means for prompting the selection of a character, and a means for prompting the client terminal to display an inquiry screen and inputting the inquiry content when the character for which the commercialization right is desired is selected, and the input inquiry content Is provided to the licensor.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the server, the storage means for storing the image data of the character and the client terminal connected via the communication network are stored in the storage means. Characters to be voted are displayed based on the image data of a plurality of characters, and the popularity of each character is calculated based on the number of votes for each character and the number of votes for each character. Based on the information stored in the storage means and the information stored in the storage means, it is determined whether or not a character whose popularity degree is equal to or higher than a predetermined level has occurred, and the determination result is the popularity determination. As a result, for the means for storing in the storage means in association with each character, and for the client terminal connected via the communication network. Characters are displayed based on the popularity determination result stored in the storage means, and means for urging the selection of the character to promote the sale of a plurality of equity rights of the license fee set for the character is provided. .

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, the image data of the character stored in the storage means with respect to the client terminal connected to the computer via the communication network to support the transaction of the character. A character is displayed based on the character, and a procedure for prompting the selection of the character to promote the sale of a plurality of equity rights of the license fee set for the character; Based on the procedure of displaying information about the character on the terminal and the number of sales units stored in the storage means, it is determined whether or not there is a character in which the number of sales units of equity interest is equal to or more than a predetermined number, A procedure for storing the determination result in the storage means in association with each character as a sales determination result, and connection via a communication network A procedure for displaying a character based on the sales determination result stored in the storage means to the selected client terminal and prompting the selection of the character for which the commercialization right is desired, and the request for the commercialization right is requested. When a character is selected, it is a program that causes the client terminal to execute a procedure of displaying an inquiry screen to prompt input of inquiry content and a step of notifying the licensor of the input inquiry content. I am trying.

In a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, a plurality of characters stored in the storage means are connected to a client terminal connected to a computer via a communication network to support character trading. A procedure for displaying a character to be voted on based on image data and stimulating the selection of the character, and calculating the popularity of each character based on the number of votes for each character, storing the popularity in association with each character Based on the procedure stored in the means and the information stored in the storage means, it is determined whether or not there is a character whose popularity level exceeds a predetermined level, and the determination result is used as the popularity determination result for each character. The procedure of storing in the storage means in association with the above, and the storage means for the client terminal connected via the communication network. A program for displaying a character based on the stored popularity determination result and executing a procedure for prompting selection of the character so as to promote the sale of a plurality of ownerships of the license fee set for the character. I am trying.

In this program, based on the procedure of storing the number of sales units of the equity interest for each character in the storage means in association with each character, and the number of sales units stored in the storage means, A procedure for determining whether or not a character whose number of sales exceeds a predetermined number has occurred and storing the determination result in the storage means in association with each character as a sales determination result, and connecting via a communication network A procedure for displaying a character on the displayed client terminal based on the sales determination result stored in the storage means and prompting the selection of the character for which the commercialization right is desired, and the request for the commercialization right is requested. When a character is selected, the procedure for displaying the inquiry screen on the client terminal and prompting the user to enter the inquiry content, and the entered inquiry The Align contents may further execute a procedure to inform the licensor. Further, in this program, when it is determined that a character whose popularity has become a predetermined level or higher based on the information stored in the storage means is generated, the mail address stored in the storage means is read, The procedure of notifying by e-mail that the ownership of the license fee of the character will be sold may be further executed. Further, in this program, the procedure for urging the client terminal to select a character for which the commercialization right is to be licensed is displayed by displaying a search screen on the client terminal and urging the character search key to be input. A procedure, a procedure for extracting a character corresponding to the input search key based on character classification information stored in advance in the storage means, and displaying the extracted character on the client terminal,
It is characterized in that it is a procedure for urging the selection of a character who desires the permission of the commercialization right.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium in which the program according to the twelfth or thirteenth aspect is recorded.

According to the first, sixth, tenth and twelfth aspects of the present invention, when it is determined that there is a character in which the number of sales units of the ownership of the license fee exceeds a predetermined number,
The character is displayed on the client terminal to prompt the user to select the character whose commercialization right is desired. Therefore, it is possible to quickly extract a character that many terminal operators have determined that the utility value of the commercialization right is high. In addition, since the character is displayed on the client terminal as a character seeking permission for the commercialization right, it is possible to quickly introduce a character with high utility value. Furthermore, when the character for which the commercialization right is desired is selected, an inquiry screen is displayed on the client terminal and the inquiry content entered on the screen is notified to the licensor, so that the terminal operator approves the character. It is possible to inform the licensee easily and promptly that the character wants to receive it, and the character can be quickly connected to commercialization.

According to the invention described in claims 2, 11 and 13, a character's vote is accepted from the terminal operator of the client terminal, and the popularity of the character exceeds a predetermined level based on the number of votes. When it is determined that the character has occurred, the character is displayed on the client terminal,
Encourage the selection as a character that promotes the sale of multiple ownerships of the license fee. Therefore, it is possible to quickly extract a character having a certain popularity from many terminal operators.
In addition, since the ownership of the license fee of the character that has gained popularity is sold to the terminal operator, it is possible to further increase the interest of the terminal operator in the character, which influences the popularity of the character, and to shorten the utility value of the character. Can be increased in between. According to the third aspect of the invention, since the server charges the ownership of the character, the ownership can be sold quickly.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, it is determined whether or not to prompt the selection of the character who desires to sell the ownership of the license fee according to the input identification information. , For example, it is possible to sell the ownership of the license fee only to the members. According to the invention of claim 5, when it is determined that a character whose popularity has become equal to or higher than a predetermined level has occurred, the mail address stored in the storage means is read and the ownership of the license fee of the character is read. Since it is notified by e-mail that the character will be sold, it is possible to preferentially notify only a specific terminal operator that the ownership of the license fee of the character will be sold.

According to the invention described in claim 7, it is determined whether or not to prompt the selection of the character for which the license of the commercialization right is desired, in accordance with the input identification information. Therefore, a specific terminal operator, for example, , Only members can preferentially select characters with high utility value. According to the invention described in claim 8, a search screen is displayed on the client terminal to prompt the user to input a character search key, and the character corresponding to the input search key is selected based on the character classification information. Since it is extracted and displayed, the terminal operator can easily and quickly search for a desired character. According to the invention described in claim 9, since at least one of a character motif, a touch, an image, a use condition, and a degree of popularity is described in the character classification information, the terminal operator can select a desired motif. Characters corresponding to touch, image, usage condition, and popularity can be searched, and a desired character can be searched accurately.

According to the invention of claim 14, by recording the program of claim 12 or 13 in a computer-readable recording medium, the computer can read the program stored in this recording medium. By executing the above operation, it is possible to quickly extract a character that has gained a certain degree of popularity from many terminal operators and a character that is determined to have a high utility value for the commercialization right.
In addition, the ownership of the license fee of these characters is sold to the terminal operator, or displayed on the client terminal as a character for licensing the commercialization right. Can raise interest in and activate the transaction of characters.

[0021]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings as appropriate.

(1) Embodiment (1.1) Outline of Embodiment First, an outline of a service provided by a Web server according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Web
The server 10 is a server that builds three markets (partial market, second-part market, over-the-counter open market) on the Internet for the purpose of distributing characters. As shown in the figure, in the present embodiment, a service corresponding to a partial market and a second-part market is called a "character market", and a service providing an over-the-counter market and other services is called a "character fan club". . Hereinafter, each market will be described. i) In the over-the-counter open market, if a character that does not violate public order and morals or copyright law is passed a certain examination, it is entered (registered) and the entered character (hereinafter referred to as "entry character") is aimed to become prominent. In this market, entry characters that have reached a certain level of popularity with general consumers are managed as over-the-counter characters. The over-the-counter public character is treated as a character in which part of the ownership of the license fee obtained by the character is sold to general consumers. ii) The second-part market is a market that manages, as popular characters, those characters for which a certain amount of equity rights have been purchased among publicly displayed characters, and promotes commercialization of popular characters. In this market, popular character search services, popular character introductions, merchandise right placement, etc. are performed. iii) Some markets manage characters that are more popular than the characters handled in the second part market as famous characters,
It is a market that promotes the commercialization of famous characters. In this market, we provide famous character search services, introduce famous characters, and seek commercialization rights. The open market is mainly for general consumers, while the second and partial markets are mainly for corporate transactions.

(1.2) Configuration of the Embodiment FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention. In this figure, a Web server 10 is connected to the Internet via a route control device (router) 11 and is also connected to a terminal 12 of a service providing company via an Ethernet (trademark) cable. In addition, on the Internet, PCs (Personal Com) operated by general consumers and corporations (corporations that may be licensees) are operated.
client terminals 13, 14, 15, 16 such as puters), PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), mobile phones, etc.
Are connected via an ISP (Internet Service Provider) not shown. Here, this Web server 1
Data communication between 0 and each of the client terminals 13 to 16 is performed based on the TCP / IP protocol, and H is performed by the Web browser of each of the client terminals 13 to 16.
An HP (Home Page), which is a file described in an HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) language using a TTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) protocol, is browsed. Although illustration is omitted, the Web server 10 and each of the client terminals 13 to 1 are available on the Internet.
A general Internet server group, such as a mail server, an SMTP server, and a POP server, for realizing electronic mail exchange among the six is connected.

(1.2.1) Web Server Next, the detailed configuration of the Web server 10 will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the Web server 10. In the web server 10, the control unit 20 has a CPU
Control of each part of the Web server 10,
Storing or reading various data in the storage units 21 to 24,
Calculations such as retrieval of the data stored in the storage units 21 to 24 are performed. The input control unit 25 controls the data input from the client terminals 13 to 16 connected via the Internet. The output control unit 26 controls the data output to the client terminals 13-16. The input / output control unit 27 uses the terminal 12 of the service providing company via the LAN.
Input and output data to and from.

(1.2.2) A main program is stored in the storage content storage unit 21 of the storage unit of the Web server.
This main program is read and executed by the control unit 20, and, for example, the client terminals 13 to 16 are used.
, A program for displaying the main menu screen, member registration screen, search screen, etc., character recruitment, registration,
A program to introduce, a program to sell multiple ownerships of a character's license fee, a program to send and receive e-mail, a program to search for a character, and popular vote results for a character And a program for creating a character table described later.

Image data of the character is stored in the storage unit 22. The image data of the character is, for example, a copyrighted work managed by a general consumer (character) who created the copyrighted work such as the character or a sales company of the character. It should be noted that although there may be any type of image data for one character, in the present embodiment, description will be given assuming that one type of image data is stored for convenience of explanation. It should be noted that the storage unit 22 stores data such as an introduction sentence of the author of each character in association with each image data.

The storage unit 23 also stores a character table 30. In the character table 30, as shown in FIG. 4, the file name of the image data that has been examined out of the image data of the character stored in the storage unit 22, the data that identifies the market that handles the character,
The classification information of the character, the number of sold ownership of the license fee of the character, and the number of votes for each attribute (general, male, female, teen, etc.) are described in association with each other.

Here, the classification information is information that characterizes the character and is information that is used when searching, and as shown in FIG. 4, motifs, touches, images,
It consists of fields such as time of announcement, usage conditions, and popularity ranking. Specifically, the motif is used to classify a character by a person, an animal, a plant, a landscape, or the like. For each classification, a person (one person / group / family / child / baby / young / adult), animal ( Detailed categories are set such as bear / dog / cat / monkey / gorilla / other). In addition, the touch classifies the character into fancy, pop, fairy tale, comical humor, art, CG (Computer Graphics), hemuma, classical, and the like. The image classifies the character into retro, gentle, surreal, simple, reality, individuality, adorable, masculine, feminine, fun, Japanese style, Western style, etc. Then, in each of the motif, touch, and image fields, one kind of classification selected from these classifications is described. In the present embodiment, the service provider company selects the motif, touch, and image of each character by examination. The reason for this is that the judgment of the character's author is that the arbitrary tendency becomes too strong, which may deviate from the feeling of general consumers. in this way,
By setting motifs, touches, and images through a third-party examination, it is possible to improve the search accuracy of general consumers.

In the usage conditions, the industry category (AB shown in FIG. 4) indicates the industry in which the license of this character is permitted. However, due to the nature of the commercialization right, duplicate use of the same industry is possible. Since it is necessary to restrict the above, information indicating that the industry has already been contracted is written or deleted from the industry category.

Member files are stored in the storage unit 24. This member file is a member ID, password, name, handle, gender, birthday, email address, bank account, questionnaire result at registration, character information registered by the member (file name, etc.), member service usage information. Etc. Of these, the service usage information is information that mainly indicates the usage frequency of the over-the-counter open market (access frequency, usage time, purchase history of equity interest, etc.). This information is used, for example, when an equity interest in the license fee of the character is sold, to notify the member who frequently uses it by e-mail.

(1.3) Operation of the Embodiment Next, the operation of the Web server 10 in this embodiment will be described. Hereinafter, for convenience of description, a case where the client terminal 13 accesses the Web server 10 and uses various services will be described as an example. First, the client terminal 13 uses the HP address of the Web server 10 (URL: Uniform Reso
urce Locators) to establish a communication link with the Web server 10, the control unit 2 of the Web server 10
As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 5, 0 causes the main menu screen to be displayed on the screen of the client terminal 13 (step Sa1) and prompts the terminal operator to perform the “member registration” and “login” processings of this embodiment. , "Character fan club", "Character market" to select the desired processing. On such a main menu screen, a mouse cursor is displayed, and the terminal operator can select the desired process by moving the mouse cursor to the display area corresponding to the desired process and clicking the mouse. ing.

(1.3.1) Member Registration First, the operation at the time of member registration will be described. When the terminal operator selects the "member registration" process on the main menu screen, the control unit 20 displays the member registration screen on the screen of the client terminal 13 (step Sa2). On this member registration screen, as shown in FIG. 6, input boxes and check boxes for inputting name, handle name, gender, credit number, date of birth, email address, answer result of questionnaire, and transmission instruction of these input information. A "send" button B1 for performing the operation and a "clear" button B2 for instructing deletion of the input information are displayed. On the member registration screen, the terminal operator moves the mouse cursor to the display area of each box and clicks the mouse or operates the keyboard to check the check box or input characters in the input box. Then, when the terminal operator clicks the "send" button B1, the control unit 20 determines whether or not all the information has been input (step Sa3), and when all the information has not been input,
A message to that effect is displayed to prompt the user to enter information that has not been entered.

On the other hand, when the control unit 20 determines that all the information has been input, it issues a registration keyword that uniquely identifies the terminal operator (step Sa4), and the mail address entered on the member registration screen. Is read out and the registered keyword is notified to the terminal operator by e-mail (step Sa5). Information input to the member registration screen (hereinafter referred to as "member information") is temporarily stored in the storage unit 24 or the like in association with the registration keyword.

Next, when the control unit 20 sends the electronic mail, the password registration screen is displayed on the screen of the client terminal 13 (step Sa6). On the password registration screen, as shown in Fig. 7, a message such as "The registration keyword has been sent by email. Please check the mailbox!" And the input box for the registration keyword and password are displayed. The operator is prompted to enter the registered keyword notified by e-mail and the password desired by the terminal operator.

When the registration keyword and password are input and the terminal operator clicks the "send" button B1, the control unit 20 searches the input registration keyword and determines whether or not it has been issued. (Step Sa
7) If already issued, a member file is created from the member information associated with the registered keyword and the input password (step Sa8) and stored in the storage unit 25. At this time, the control unit 20 controls the client terminal 1
Display the message "Registered." On the screen of 3.
The terminal operator is notified that member registration has been completed (step Sa9). On the other hand, the control unit 20 deletes the member information for which the registered keyword and password have not been input after a certain period of time, so as to avoid the case where the member information is stored forever. here,
On the member registration screen, it is possible to return to the main menu screen at any time by performing a predetermined operation. Further, in the various screens shown below, it is possible to return to the main menu screen at any time by performing a predetermined operation.

(1.3.2) Login Next, on the main menu screen, the terminal operator enters the user ID and password in the "User ID" and "Password" input boxes to log in, and then "Login". When the button B3 is clicked, the control unit 20 searches the member file stored in the storage unit 25 to determine whether the input user ID and password have been registered, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. It is determined whether or not (step Sb1). Then, the control unit 20
When it is determined that the user ID and password have been registered, the login screen is displayed on the screen of the client terminal 13,
For terminal operators, "character fan club",
Prompt to select the desired process from the "character market". At this time, the control unit 20 can immediately determine that the terminal operator has switched to the login screen by changing the background color of the screen to a color different from the main menu screen.

On the other hand, when the user ID and password are not registered, the control unit 20 clears the contents of the input box and prompts the user to enter the user ID and password again. In the present embodiment, the mail address entered on the member registration screen is used as the user ID. As a result, since the terminal operator can be uniquely identified by the user ID, the password may be duplicated with another person, and the password can be set easily for the terminal operator to remember.

(1.3.3) Character Fan Club on Main Menu Screen Also, when the terminal operator clicks the mouse on the display area of "Character Fan Club" on the main menu screen, the flowchart of FIG. As shown in, the control unit 20 displays the service menu screen on the screen of the client terminal 13 (step Sc1), and provides the terminal operator with a “character popularity vote”, which is a non-member service of the character fan club. Voting result ",
Prompt to select the desired service from "Character library" and "Introduction of member services".

Here, when the terminal operator clicks the mouse in the "character popularity vote" display area, the control unit 20 displays the voting screen on the screen of the client terminal 13 (step Sc2). This voting screen will include
As shown in FIG. 10, a preset number of characters to be voted, a check box for inputting a reason for a favorite character selected from among them, and attributes of the terminal operator (male, female, etc.) are set. A check box for input is displayed, prompting the terminal operator to select a favorite character and to input the reason and attribute of the terminal operator.
The character for voting is the character table 30.
The market field of is selected from the characters of "entry" (= entry character).

When the terminal operator inputs all the information and clicks the "vote" button B4, the control section 20 displays a message "Thank you for voting" on the screen of the client terminal 13 ( Step Sc3). At this time, the control unit 20 updates the value of the number-of-votes field of the character table 30 stored in the storage unit 23 to the latest number of votes for the voted character, and updates the latest number of votes based on the value of the number of votes field. The popularity ranking is calculated, and the popularity ranking field is updated to the latest popularity ranking (step Sc4).

Next, the control unit 20 determines whether or not an entry character whose popularity ranking is equal to or higher than a predetermined standard has occurred, based on the value of the popularity ranking field of the character table 30 (step Sc5). Here, the control unit 2
For 0, the processing is terminated when no entry character having a popularity ranking higher than the reference is newly generated, whereas when there is an entry character having a popularity ranking higher than the reference, a market field of the corresponding character in the character table 30. Is changed from "entry" to "storefront" (step Sc6). That is, an entry character that has gained a certain degree of popularity from the result of the popularity vote is treated as an over-the-counter public character.

In this case, the control unit 20 searches for a member who frequently uses the service based on the service use information of the member file stored in the storage unit 24, reads out the mail address of the member, and stores it in the store. An e-mail describing that a character has been newly registered in the open market is transmitted (step Sc7). As a result, members who frequently use it can know that the character has been newly listed on the over-the-counter open market, in other words, the ownership of the license fee for the new character has been sold. You can get to know things quickly.
It should be noted that electronic mail may be sent to all members, not just members who frequently use the service.

On the other hand, when the terminal operator clicks on the "voting result" display area on the service menu screen, the control unit 20 displays the previous voting target character and its popularity ranking on the screen of the client terminal 13. Is displayed (step Sd1). When the terminal operator clicks on the display area of the “character library” on the service menu screen, several types of characters are displayed on the screen of the client terminal 13 based on the image data of the characters stored in the storage unit 22. It is displayed (step Se1). When the terminal operator clicks on the "Introduction to member services" display area on the service menu screen, the control unit 20 displays the member service introduction screen on the screen of the client terminal 13 (step Sf1). . On the introduction screen of the member service, explanations of “open-air market” and “character recruitment” are displayed. It should be noted that, also on these various screens, it is possible to return to the service menu screen by a predetermined operation, or to return to the main menu screen and log in.

(1.3.4) Character Market on Main Menu Screen When the terminal operator clicks the mouse on the display area of "Character Market" on the main menu screen, the control unit 20 displays As shown in FIG. 9, an introduction screen of the member service provided by the character market is displayed on the screen of the client terminal 13 (step Sg
1). On the introduction screen of such a service, explanations of "partial market" and "second part market" are displayed. In this embodiment, all the services provided by the character market are member services, so the character market on the main menu screen is limited to the description of the services.

(1.3.5) Character screen of login screen Next, the operation when the login screen is displayed will be described. When the terminal operator clicks the mouse on the display area of the "character fan club" on the login screen, as shown in the flowchart of FIG.
0 displays the service menu screen on the screen of the client terminal 13 (step Sb4), and prompts the terminal operator to use all the character fan club services such as "character popularity vote", "voting result", and "character library". , Prompt to select the desired service from the “open-air market” and “character recruitment”. here,
The operation of the control unit 20 when a click operation is performed on the display areas of the “character popularity vote”, the “voting result”, and the “character library” is step Sc3 to step S described above.
c8, step Sd2, step Se2 and step S
The description is omitted because it is the same as f2.

On the other hand, when the terminal operator clicks on the display area of “open market”, the control unit 20 searches the market field of the character table 30 stored in the storage unit 23, An open store character is extracted (step Sb5). Then, the control unit 20
Displays a list of these characters on the screen of the client terminal 13 as an equity right sale screen for license fees (step Sb6), and prompts the terminal operator to select a character who desires to purchase an equity interest. Next, when the terminal operator selects the character (step Sb7), the control unit 20 displays a screen for purchasing the ownership of the license fee on the screen of the client terminal 13 (step Sb8) and purchases the ownership by a predetermined operation. Is instructed (step Sb
9) Perform charging processing for charging the purchase amount using the credit number of the corresponding member file (step Sb)
10).

At this time, the control unit 20 updates the value of the number of units sold field of the equity right of the character table 30 stored in the storage unit 23 by 1 for the character for which the equity right is purchased (step S). Sb11), it is determined whether or not the value of the field (the number of sales units of equity interest) exceeds a predetermined value (for example, 300) (step Sb12). Here, the control unit 20 ends the process when the number of equity units sold is less than or equal to a predetermined value, whereas the control unit 20 determines the character table when the number of equity units sold is greater than or equal to a predetermined value. The market field of the corresponding character of 30 is changed from "storefront" to "two copies" (step Sb13). As a result, the over-the-counter public characters whose number of equity rights sold exceeds the predetermined standard value,
It is treated as a popular character in the Nibu Market. It should be noted that the reason why the character is listed on the second-part market based on the number of sales of equity rights is because the general consumer who influences the popularity of the character has a high utility value of the commercialization right. This is to respect the judgment. In other words, one of the features of the present invention is that the service providing company does not judge whether the character is a popular character, but the general consumer directly makes the judgment.

On the other hand, when the terminal operator clicks on the "character recruitment" display area on the service menu screen, the control unit 20 causes the client terminal 13 to operate.
A mail creation screen for the licensee is displayed on the screen (step Sb14) to prompt the terminal operator to send the image data of the character. Then, when the image data of the character is attached and the "send" button B1 is clicked, the control unit 20 transmits the e-mail to which the image data of the character is attached to a predetermined destination (step Sb15). . Here, this destination is a person in charge of examining the character, etc., and after such person in charge examines the motif, touch, and image of the character, and the contract such as the usage conditions is concluded, the character is regarded as the entry character and the image. The data is stored in the storage unit 22. Further, the character table 30 shows the motif, touch, image, usage condition, etc. of the entry character.
The entry character is made available to the public in the above-mentioned character library or for voting. It should be noted that, also in these various screens, it is possible to return to the service menu screen or the main menu screen by a predetermined operation.

(1.3.6) Character Market on Login Screen Next, when the terminal operator clicks the mouse on the display area of “Character Market” on the login screen, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. And the control unit 2
0 displays a market selection screen on the screen of the client terminal 13 (step Sh1), and asks the terminal operator whether the market is a partial market dealing with famous characters or a two-part market dealing with popular characters. The selection of (Step Sh
1). The operation is the same except that the market field of the character table 30 handles "partial" characters in some markets, and the market field of the character table 30 handles "two" characters in the bipartite market. Therefore, the operation will be described below assuming that one of the markets is selected. If the market field of the character table 30 is “partial”, it is determined that the service providing company has become a famous character, or
This is the case when the author is a famous author. That is, in the present invention,
Since it is relatively easy for a service providing company to determine whether a character is a well-known character, the service providing company makes the determination. By making the above judgment directly by a general consumer, the speed of these judgments can be improved.

Here, when the terminal operator performs a click operation in any of the display areas of the market, the control section 20 causes the search screen to be displayed on the screen of the client terminal 13 (step Sh2) and prompts the terminal operator to do so. Then, the user is prompted to enter a search key for searching for a character for which the commercialization right is desired. As shown in FIG. 13, on the search screen, a selection box 40 for selecting a search key from registered categories such as motifs, touches, images, and usage conditions, the number of lots of products to be commercialized, and the upper generation are input. Input boxes 45, 46 for selecting, a selection box 50 for selecting a search key from registered categories based on the popularity vote of the character, and a "search" button B for instructing to start the search.
4 and "Clear" button B2 to instruct to delete the search key
And are displayed. Then, when the terminal operator selects a search key for a desired box from these various boxes and then clicks a "search" key B4, the control unit 2
0 searches the classification information of the character table 30 stored in the storage unit 23 based on the selected search key to extract the character including the search key (step Sh3), and the extracted character is the search result. Is displayed (step Sh4). As a result, the terminal operator can easily and quickly search for only the character he / she desires from among various characters stored in the Web server 10.

Then, when the terminal operator performs a click operation in the display area of any of the characters (step Sh
5), the control unit 20 displays the detailed screen of the character on the screen of the client terminal 13 (step Sh6). On the character detail screen, as shown in FIG. 14, an image of the character, an introductory text of the author, past commercialization results of this character, merchandisable categories, and an “inquiry” button B5 are displayed. To be done. If the terminal operator has input the lot number and the upper generation of the product to be commercialized on the search screen, the character detail screen further displays the royalty amount calculated based on the input lot number and the first generation. It has become so. As a result, the terminal operator can know the details of the character selected by himself / herself, and can use it for determining whether or not to obtain permission for the commercialization right.

Next, when the terminal operator clicks the "inquiry" button B5, the control section 20 displays the mail creation screen for the licensor on the screen of the client terminal 13 (step Sh7), and the terminal operator Prompts the user to enter inquiry details. Then, when the inquiry content is input and the “Send” button B1 is clicked,
The control unit 20 sends this e-mail to the licensor (step Sh8). Incidentally, even in these various screens, it is possible to return to the login screen by a predetermined operation. With this, the terminal operator can easily and quickly inform the licensor that he / she wants to use this character for his / her own product, and then can discuss specific details between the licensor and the terminal operator. Has become. When a license fee is obtained from this character, the license fee is distributed not only to the author and the licensor, but also to the general consumer who purchased the equity interest.

As described above, in the present embodiment, in the "character fan club", the popularity vote of the entry character by the general consumer is performed, and when the popularity rank becomes equal to or higher than the predetermined rank, the "store open market" is displayed. Since it is used as a character handled by, the character that has gained popularity can be quickly extracted. Then, in the "open-air market", the ownership of the license fee of the character is sold to general consumers, and when the number of units sold reaches a predetermined value, it is treated as a character handled in the "two-part market". It is possible to quickly extract a character that the consumer determines that the value of the commercialization right is high and link it to commercialization. Further, in the “open-air market”, the ownership of the license fee of the character is sold to the general consumer, so that the general consumer's interest in the character can be significantly increased.

Although a case has been described in which it is determined whether or not the character is handled in the "open-air market" based on the popularity ranking. In short, the determination may be made based on the popularity of the character. The determination may be made based on the growth rate of the number, the number of votes in a predetermined period, or the growth rate of the votes. The number of votes is not limited to the method of counting the votes of one terminal operator as one vote. One terminal operator may vote a plurality of points at a time, and the total number of points may be counted as the number of votes.
For example, one terminal operator votes 10 points for a character and 5 points for another character,
You may adopt a voting form such as.

Further, in the present embodiment, in the “partial market” and the “second part market”, a person who desires to obtain the commercialization right searches for a desired combination of motifs, touches, images, usage conditions, and the like. Since the corresponding character can be extracted as a key, the character that suits the user can be extracted easily and quickly. As a result, it becomes possible to activate the character transaction through various services provided by the Web server 10 of the present embodiment.

In the above-described embodiment, We
Although the case where various services are provided only by the b server 10 has been described, the Web server 10 may provide these services by using an application server.
For each service, for example, "Character Fan Club",
The above services may be provided using different Web servers or application servers for each "character market".

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the word in the introduction sentence of the character may be further searched in addition to the character motif, touch, image and use condition at the time of searching. . By thus preparing a plurality of types of search conditions, the search accuracy can be improved.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a service for providing a partial market, a second-part market, and an over-the-counter market is provided, and processing for handling a character in the over-the-counter open market or the second-part market is performed. Program in advance on the Web server 10
However, the program is recorded in a computer-readable recording medium such as a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, or a semiconductor storage medium, and a computer such as a server reads and executes the program. You may do it.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, We
The case where the b server 10 performs the charging process associated with the sale of the ownership of the license fee of the character has been described, but another server may perform the charging process to reduce the processing load of the Web server 10. The electronic payment method is not limited to the credit card payment method, and an electronic money payment method or the like may be applied. Alternatively, a payment method other than electronic payment may be adopted so that the Web server 10 or the like does not perform payment processing (billing processing). The terminal operator of the client terminal 13 may be allowed to select a desired payment method from various payment methods such as electronic payment, bank transfer, postal transfer, cash on delivery, and convenience payment.

In addition, the character in the present invention reflects recent circumstances in which expression development is wide-ranging, and is not limited to "abstract concept that should be called personality of character sublimated from concrete expression of cartoon", It includes all abstract concepts that can be applied to various purposes. Specifically, those born by general human arrangements, those born by general animal arrangements, anthropomorphized (human character) animals, anthropomorphized (human character). Includes robots and other fictitious (created) creatures / robots, fictitious (created) world itself, brands (including brand logo), marks, photographs, paintings, etc. The types of characters that can be applied to the present invention are listed by application.
There are anime characters, corporate characters (developed in M, posters, and products), comic characters (including picture books, etc., generally used for publishing), movie characters, game characters, and characters on digital contents.

[0061]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to raise the interest of the general consumer who influences the degree of popularity of the character, to quickly extract and introduce the popular character, and to activate the transaction of the character.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of services provided by a Web server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a Web server.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the contents of a character table.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a member registration screen.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a password registration screen.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a voting screen.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a search screen.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a character detail screen.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a conventional transaction form of a commercialization right.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Web server, 12 …… Administrator terminal, 13 to 16 ... Client terminal, 20 ... control unit, 21-24 ... storage unit, 25 ... Input control unit, 26 ... Output control unit, 27 ... Input / output control unit, 30 ... Character table.

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Yuji Takeda             1-5-1 Taito, Taito-ku, Tokyo Toppan stamp             Imprint Co., Ltd.

Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. A character transaction support method for supporting character transactions, wherein a server displays a character to a client terminal connected via a communication network based on the image data of the character stored in the storage means. Then, the step of urging the selection of the character to promote the sale of a plurality of equity interests of the license fee set for the character, and the server, when the character wishing to sell the equity interest is selected, The step of displaying information about the character, the server, based on the number of sales units stored in the storage means, determines whether or not there is a character in which the number of sales units of equity rights is a predetermined number or more, A step of storing the judgment result as a sales judgment result in association with each character in the storage means; A step of displaying a character to a client terminal connected via a communication network based on the sales determination result stored in the storage means, and urging the selection of the character for which the commercialization right is desired, However, when the character for which the commercialization right is desired is selected, a step of displaying an inquiry screen on the client terminal and prompting the user to enter the inquiry content, and the server sends the entered inquiry content to the licensor. A character transaction support method comprising the step of notifying. 2. A character transaction support method for supporting character transactions, wherein a server votes to a client terminal connected via a communication network based on image data of a plurality of characters stored in a storage means. The step of displaying the target character and prompting the character to be selected, the server calculates the popularity of each character based on the number of votes for each character, and stores the popularity in the storage means in association with each character. And the server, based on the information stored in the storage means,
A step of determining whether or not a character having a popularity level equal to or higher than a predetermined level has occurred, and storing the determination result in the storage means in association with each character as a popularity determination result; A character is displayed based on the popularity determination result stored in the storage means to a client terminal connected via the terminal, and the character is selected to promote the sale of a plurality of ownerships of the license fee set for the character. A character transaction support method comprising the steps of: 3. A server, when a character desiring to sell an equity interest is selected, a step of performing charging processing for the equity interest of the character, and associating the number of sales units of the equity interest for each character with each character. The method further comprises a step of storing the character in the storage means as described above. 4. A step in which the server prompts a client terminal connected via a communication network to input identification information, and the server sells the ownership of the license fee according to the input identification information. 4. The character transaction support method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of determining whether or not to prompt selection of a desired character. 5. The server determines the mail address stored in the storage means when it is determined that a character whose popularity has become equal to or higher than a predetermined level has occurred based on the information stored in the storage means. 3. The character transaction support method according to claim 2, further comprising the step of reading out and notifying by e-mail that the ownership of the license fee of the character will be sold. 6. A step in which the server stores the number of sales units of the equity interest for each character in the storage means in association with each character, and the server shares the number of sales units based on the number of sales units stored in the storage means. A step of determining whether or not a character whose number of rights sold exceeds a predetermined number has occurred, and storing the determination result in the storage means in association with each character as a sales determination result; A step of displaying a character on the client terminal connected via the network based on the sales determination result stored in the storage means, and urging the selection of the character for which the license of the commercialization is desired; When the character for which the commercialization right is desired is selected, an inquiry screen is displayed on the client terminal to prompt the user to enter the inquiry content. The character transaction support method according to claim 2, further comprising: a step of notifying the licensor of the input inquiry content. 7. A step in which a server prompts a client terminal connected via a communication network to input identification information, and the server requests permission of a commercialization right in accordance with the input identification information. 7. The character transaction support method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of determining whether or not to prompt selection of a character to be performed. 8. The step of urging the client terminal to select a character for which a commercialization right is to be granted, the server displays a search screen on the client terminal and inputs a character search key. Prompting the server to extract the character corresponding to the input search key based on the character classification information stored in advance in the storage means, and the server extracting the character to the client terminal. 8. The character transaction support method according to claim 1, 6 or 7, further comprising the step of displaying the displayed character and urging the user to select a character for which the commercialization right is desired. 9. The character classification information includes at least one of a character motif, a touch, an image, a usage condition, and information corresponding to the popularity, which is described in the character classification information. Character trading support method. 10. A storage unit for storing image data of the character and a client terminal connected via a communication network, the character is displayed based on the image data of the character stored in the storage unit, A means for encouraging the selection of a character to promote the sale of a plurality of equity interests of the license fee set for the character, and when a character desiring to sell the equity interest is selected, information regarding the character is displayed on the client terminal. Means, and based on the number of sales units stored in the storage unit, it is determined whether or not there is a character in which the number of sales units of the equity right is equal to or more than a predetermined number, and the determination result is used as a sales determination result for each character. Means for storing in the storage means in association with, and for client terminals connected via a communication network , Displays the character on the basis of the sales determination result stored in the storage means, and means for prompting the selection of a character desired license of merchandising rights, the character wants to grant the merchandising rights are selected,
A server comprising means for displaying an inquiry screen on the client terminal to prompt input of inquiry content, and means for notifying the licensor of the entered inquiry content. 11. A voting target character based on image data of a plurality of characters stored in the storage means with respect to a storage means for storing image data of the character and a client terminal connected via a communication network. Means for prompting the selection of a character, means for calculating the popularity of each character based on the number of votes for each character, and storing the popularity in the storage means in association with each character; Based on the information stored in the means, it is determined whether or not there is a character whose popularity level exceeds a predetermined level, and the determination result is stored in the storage means as a popularity determination result in association with each character. And a client terminal connected via a communication network, based on the popularity determination result stored in the storage means. Te displaying characters, characterized in that it comprises means for prompting the selection of a character to prompt sales of a plurality of equity rights license fee set in the character server. 12. A character is displayed on the basis of image data of the character stored in the storage means to a client terminal connected to a computer via a communication network to support transaction of the character, and the character is displayed. A procedure for urging the selection of a character to promote the sale of a plurality of equity interests of the license fee set in step 1, and a procedure for displaying information on the character on the client terminal when the character wishing to sell the equity interest is selected. Based on the number of sales units stored in the storage means, it is determined whether or not there is a character whose number of sales units of equity interest is equal to or more than a predetermined number, and the determination result is used as a sales determination result with each character. The procedure of associating and storing in the storage means and the client terminal connected via the communication network , To display the characters based on the stored sales determination result in the storage unit, a step of prompting the user to select the character you wish to grant the merchandising rights, the character wants to grant the merchandising rights are selected,
A program for causing the client terminal to execute a procedure of displaying an inquiry screen to prompt input of inquiry content and a step of notifying the licensor of the entered inquiry content. 13. A character to be voted based on image data of a plurality of characters stored in a storage means to a client terminal connected to a computer via a communication network to support character trading. A step of displaying and prompting the selection of a character; a step of calculating the popularity of each character based on the number of votes for each character and storing the popularity in the storage means in association with each character; On the basis of the information stored in the above, it is determined whether or not a character whose popularity has become equal to or higher than a predetermined level has occurred, and the determination result is stored in the storage means as a popularity determination result in association with each character. Based on the procedure and the popularity determination result stored in the storage means for the client terminal connected via the communication network. Display character Te, and a program for executing a procedure to prompt the selection of a character to prompt sales of a plurality of equity rights license fee set for the character. 14. A computer-readable recording medium in which the program according to claim 12 or 13 is recorded.