JP2003141140A - Content data supply device and method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user to easily search and acquire optimum content data in conformity with positional information of the user. SOLUTION: The content data device is equipped with a holding means 12 for holding a plurality of content data selected by a user, a position specifying means 15 for specifying the current position of the user, and a content data supply means 17 for supplying the user with the content data associated with the specified current position of the user from the content data held in the holding means 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to, for example, a plurality of content data such as broadcast television programs,
The present invention relates to a technique for providing desired content data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the increase in the number of channels of broadcast programs in recent years, the content of broadcasted TV programs and content data such as advertisements are temporarily registered, and the user can search for this data when needed and select it. A system for obtaining content data is provided.

[0003]

However, in the conventional system, even if the user can select and register a large number of programs and advertisements that he / she is interested in, the content data desired by the user at a later time is required. It was extremely difficult to search for and extract. In particular, when searching for content data using a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, it is very difficult to input and select data because the number of operable keys is small and the display is small.
In addition, if there is a large amount of information to be searched, the originally necessary information is overlooked, and in many cases the registered content data cannot be effectively utilized.

[0006] In addition, content data providers such as broadcasting stations that provide programs and advertisements have interest in the viewers who are users of the broadcast programs and advertisements, and where the registered information is actually and where. However, there is a problem that it is not possible to grasp and analyze information such as what kind of user is being used and how much the user's purchasing behavior is affected.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a mechanism capable of efficiently providing desired content data to a user.

[0006]

According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a content data providing device, a holding means for holding a plurality of content data, a position specifying means for specifying a position where a user exists, and the holding means. Providing means for providing the user with the content data related to the specified position of the user from among the content data stored in.

The above-mentioned providing means provides the mobile terminal which the user holds with the outline information of the content data related to the position of the user, and provides the content data selected by the user based on this outline information. Good.
Further, the history data storage unit that stores the content data provided by the provision unit and the information specifying the user who is the provision destination of the content data in association with each other, and the use of the content data with reference to the history storage unit It may further have an analysis means for analyzing the situation.
Further, it further has facility information collecting means for collecting information on the use status of facilities around the position where the user is present, and the providing means uses from the use status of each facility collected by the facility information collecting means. Content data regarding possible facilities may be provided.

A content data providing method according to an aspect of the present invention includes a process of holding a plurality of content data selected by a user, a process of identifying a position where the user exists, and a holding unit. Among the content data, content data processing for providing the user with content data related to the specified position of the user.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an example of an embodiment in which the content data providing apparatus according to the present invention is applied to a system for providing content data such as broadcast programs and advertisements. In FIG. 1, the content data providing device according to the present invention is realized by an information processing server 1.
The information processing server 1 can be connected to a broadcasting station system 2 and a receiver 3 arranged at the user's home or the like via a predetermined communication line, and the user can be connected by a predetermined wireless communication network. Mobile phone terminal 4 as a mobile terminal to hold
Can be connected.

The broadcasting station system 2 is composed of a predetermined computer or the like, and broadcasts content data such as broadcast programs and advertisements. The broadcasting station system 2 of the present embodiment
When broadcasting content data such as programs and advertisements,
As the broadcast content related information, a content ID for identifying the type of the content data, type information indicating the type of the content data, and position information indicating the location information related to the content data are superimposed on the content data. Can be broadcast.

The receiver 3 is composed of, for example, a television receiver, and can demodulate the content data broadcast by the broadcasting system and output the content data. In addition, the receiver 3 of the present embodiment receives and holds the broadcast content related information broadcast from the broadcast station system, and also transmits the broadcast content related information of the content data specified by the user via a predetermined communication line. It can be sent to the processing server 1.

The mobile phone terminal 4 can receive information such as content data notified from the information processing server 1 and output it to a predetermined display, speaker or the like.
In addition, the mobile phone terminal 4 can transmit the information input by the user using the input keys or the like to the information processing server 1 via the wireless communication network of the mobile phone.

The information processing server 1 is composed of a computer and includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a C
RA storing computer program executed by PU
The functional blocks and the like shown in FIG. 1 can be configured by an internal memory such as M and ROM and an external storage device such as a hard disk drive device. This functional block etc.
The user information database 11, the content database 12, the usage status storage unit 13, the registration processing unit 14, the facility information collection unit 15, the user position specification unit 16, the content data provision processing unit 17, and the analysis processing unit 18.

The user information database 11 is a database of personal information of users. As shown in FIG. 2, the user information database 11 can store a name, an address, a telephone number, a mail address, a password, etc. for each user in association with a user ID for identifying the user. The user ID may be any unique information that can identify the user, for example, an ID given to the user, an ID given to the device of the receiver 3 itself, various point card numbers held by the user, and the like. May be In addition to this, the user information database 11 also includes the user's sex, age, occupation, and
User attribute information such as hobbies and tastes may be stored.

The content database 12 is a database of a plurality of content data selected by the user for each user. FIG. 3 shows an example of data held in the content database 12. As shown in FIG. 3, the registration database 12 stores the content ID of the content data selected by the user, the type information of the content data, and the content data file for each user.

The content ID is information for identifying each content data. This content ID may be configured, for example, so that the broadcasting station system 2 can identify which channel and content data was broadcast at which timing by combining data such as the broadcast channel and broadcast time. . Type information is
This is information indicating the type of content data. As this type, for example, information indicating a large classification of retail stores, restaurants and the like, and a small classification in each large classification (for example, if the large classification is a restaurant, the small classification is a pub, a coffee shop, etc.) You may comprise from the information showing.

The position information is information for specifying a place, an area, a point, etc. to which the content data is related. Further, the position information may be, for example, a zip code or an address itself, or area information notified to the mobile phone from the network side of the mobile phone to specify a base station accessed by the mobile phone. Also, a plurality of position information may be stored in association with one content data. The content data file is
It is a file that stores content data such as programs and advertisements selected by the user.

The usage status storage unit 13 is a storage unit for storing history information of the content data provided to the user by the content data provision processing unit 17. FIG. 4 shows an example of data stored in the usage status storage unit 13. As shown in FIG. 4, the usage status storage unit 13 stores the content ID of the content data for which the outline information is provided to the user, the position information for identifying the position of the user when the content information is provided, and the content data. Information regarding the transmission date and time transmitted to the user and the provision status indicating whether or not the content data file was actually provided to the user are stored.

The registration processing unit 14 receives the content data selected by the user from the broadcasted content data and the broadcast content related information, and stores and retains the content data and the broadcast related information in the content database 12.

The facility information collection unit 15 collects information on the usage status of a given facility. The facility information collection unit 15 collects information on the usage status such as the congestion status of facilities such as parking lots, restaurants, and department stores. This information may be collected by arranging a predetermined camera, etc., or if another organization collects information on the usage status of each facility, it may collect information from the facility. Good.

The user position specifying unit 16 is used for the mobile phone terminal 4
Is used to identify the position of the user who made the content data acquisition request. Area information of the mobile phone terminal 4 and GPS (Global P
ositioning System) to identify the location of the user.

The content data providing processing unit 17 extracts the content data related to the position of the specified user from the content data stored in the content database 12 by the user and provides the user with the extracted content data. Further, when providing the content data to the user, the content data providing processing unit 17 notifies the user of the outline information of the content data related to the specified position of the user, and the user selects based on the notified outline information. Provide the content data. When notifying the user of the outline information, the content data provision processing unit 17 narrows down only the outline information of the content data regarding the facilities that can be used at present, from the usage status of each facility collected by the facility information collecting unit 15. May be provided at. The outline information of the content data is, for example, the title of each content data, which may be provided as a list.

The analysis processing unit 18 refers to the usage status storage unit 13 and analyzes the usage status such as the status of providing each content data based on the status of the content data acquisition of each user. For this analysis, for example, if the user is interested,
How many pieces of content data are instructed to be registered, the time / place where each piece of content data was actually requested, the attributes of the requesting user, the number of pieces of registered content data that provided the content data information to the user, and From the content data information provided to the user, it is possible to analyze how many content data the user actually requested to obtain.

Next, a content data providing method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, the user has previously registered the user information in the user information database 11 by a predetermined method such as a postcard, the Internet, or a telephone, and each user has a user ID.
Shall be given. First, referring to FIG.
A process when a user registers content data in the information processing server 1 will be described. In FIG. 5, when the user receives content data broadcast from the broadcasting station system 2 by the receiver 3 and views it, if there is content data such as a program or advertisement to be registered, the user receives the content from the receiver 3 When is operated to request the registration of the content data, the registration processing unit 14 receives the registration request of the content data (S101). The registration processing unit 14
The content ID of the content data requested to be registered and the broadcast content related information such as type information and position information are specified (S102). This specifying process is performed by, for example, the registration processing unit 14 receiving the content ID and the broadcast content related information included in the broadcasted content data to the user's receiver 3.

After specifying these pieces of information, the registration processing unit 14 confirms with the user whether or not to register these pieces of information (S103). As a result of the confirmation, if the registration is not performed, the process ends.

If the user confirms that the registration is to be performed, the registration processing section 14 associates the specified content ID, type information, and position information with the user ID of the user and stores them in the content database 12. Remember (S
104), and the process ends.

Next, regarding the processing when the user acquires the registered content data by the mobile phone terminal 4,
This will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 6, when the user requests acquisition of content data while notifying the user's own user ID using the mobile phone terminal 4 held by the user, the user position specifying unit 16 receives the request and the area The position of the user is specified by using information or GPS (S201, S202).

When the position of the user can be specified, the content data providing processing unit 17 causes the content database 12
Of the content data registered in association with the user ID of, all content data having position information of the specified position is extracted (S203). The content data provision processing unit 17 refers to the usage status such as the congestion status of each facility collected by the facility information collection unit 15 and narrows down to the content data regarding the currently available facility among the extracted content data ( S204).

The content data providing processing unit 17 notifies the mobile phone terminal 4 of the user of the outline information such as the title of the content data that has been narrowed down, and selects the outline information from which the user requests acquisition of the content data. Request to do so (S205).

At this time, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the content data providing processing unit 17 displays items such as titles of each content data as a list step by step, and provides the provided content data to the user. May be selected. In the example shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, various titles (in this case, the name of the store) of the content data previously registered by the user are stored in the user's mobile phone terminal 4 as shown in FIG. Display according to other information. Then, with respect to the item selected by the user from the displayed items, predetermined content data may be selected and specified as shown in FIG.

In this state, when the user specifies the title of the desired content data, the content data providing processing section 17 refers to the content database 12 and
The content data specified by the user is transmitted (S206). As a result, desired content data is displayed on the user's mobile phone terminal 4 as shown in FIG. 9, for example.

When the transmission of the content data is completed, the content data providing processing section 17 causes the content IDs of all the content data that have provided the summary information list, the user IDs of the users who provided the information, the position information of the user at that time, and the transmission. The date and time and the provision status of the content data are stored in the usage status storage unit 13 (S207), and the process ends.

When receiving an analysis request for the content data from a broadcasting station or the like, the analysis processing section 18 refers to the usage status data in the usage status storage section 13 and analyzes the requested information. , Notify the result to broadcasting stations.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the registration processing section 14 holds the broadcasted content data in the content database 12 in response to the request from the user, and in response to the request from the user. The user position specifying unit 16 specifies the current position of the user and provides the content data related to the position information to the user based on the specified position information. It is possible to easily specify the desired content data from among the above. As a result, the user can efficiently obtain the required content data from a large amount of content data when necessary.

Since the content data is transmitted to the mobile phone terminal 4 of the user, the user can access the desired content data related to the place where he is. Since the content data provision processing unit 17 first transmits the outline information about the content data and specifies the content data requested by the user from the list, the storage capacity of the data like the mobile phone terminal 4 is set. The desired content data can be easily specified even if the terminal is small and it is difficult for the user to input information.

Further, since the information on the content data acquired by the user is stored in the usage status storage section 13 and the analysis processing section 18 analyzes the data in response to the request, for example, the broadcasted content. The number of content data that the user is interested in in the first place and requested registration, and the number of times the summary information of the registered content data was provided to the user and the location where the request was made. It is possible to analyze the time, the attribute of the user, and the number and ratio of the content data actually requested from the list. As a result, whether the content data was actually provided from among the content data for which judgment of the effect itself of broadcasting, analysis of the number of users moving to a certain area assumed by the information source, and summary information were provided. For example, if the number of broadcasts is sufficient, but the number of registration requests from the user is insufficient, it can be understood that the broadcast content is not sufficient in the first place, and many users are interested. If the number of requests to actually acquire the content data is small despite the fact that the user has held the summary information, it can be analyzed that the competitiveness of the company is lower than that of the other company.

In the above embodiment, an example in which the broadcasting station broadcasts the broadcast content related information together with the content data has been described. However, identification information for synchronizing the content data and the broadcast content related information is added to each. In the above, the broadcasting station system 2 may directly provide the broadcast content related information to the information processing server 1.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the content data providing processing unit 17 provides the outline information of the content data, it relates to the facilities that can be used based on the utilization status of each facility collected by the facility information collecting unit 15. Although the example of narrowing down to the outline information of the content data has been described, the outline information of all the content data having the position information of the position where the user exists may be notified to the user without performing such processing.

The information processing server 1 according to the present embodiment is
It may be a dedicated device or may be realized by using a general-purpose computer and computer program. When it is realized by using a general-purpose computer, for example, from a computer program for executing the above-mentioned operation on the general-purpose computer or a computer-readable medium (FD, CD-ROM, etc.) storing the computer program. You may make it comprise each apparatus which performs the above-mentioned process by installing a computer program. When the OS (Operating System) shares the above-mentioned functions or when the OS and the application program are jointly implemented, only a part other than the OS is stored as a computer program, and the computer program is stored in a computer-readable medium. You may.

Further, it is also possible to superimpose each computer program for the information processing server 1 on a carrier wave and distribute it via a communication network. For example, the program may be posted on a bulletin board (BBS) of a communication network and distributed via the network.
Then, this computer program may be started up and executed in the same manner as other application programs under the control of the OS to execute the above-mentioned processing.

[0041]

According to the present invention, optimum content data can be provided according to the position of the user.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a conceptual configuration of a content data providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of data stored in a user information database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of data stored in a content database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of data stored in a usage status storage unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a processing flow when registering content data according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a processing flow when providing content data according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example in which information related to content data according to an embodiment of the present invention is displayed.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another example of displaying information related to content data according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of displaying content data according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Information processing server 12 content database 13 Usage status storage 14 Registration Processing Department 15 Facility Information Collection Department 16 User position identification unit 17 Content data provision processing unit 18 Analysis processing unit

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A position of the user specified from among holding means for holding a plurality of content data, position specifying means for specifying a position where a user exists, and content data held in the holding means. Providing means for providing a user with content data related to the content data providing device. 2. The providing means provides summary information of content data related to a user's position to a mobile terminal held by the user, and provides content data selected by the user based on the summary information. The content data providing device according to claim 1. 3. A history information storage unit that stores the content data provided by the providing unit and the information specifying the user to whom the content data is provided, in association with each other, and the content by referring to the history storage unit. 3. The content data providing device according to claim 1, further comprising an analysis unit that analyzes the usage status of the data. 4. The system further comprises facility information collecting means for collecting information on the use situation of facilities around the position where the user is present, wherein the providing means is based on the use situation of each facility collected by the facility information collecting means. The content data providing device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which provides content data regarding available facilities. 5. A process of holding a plurality of content data selected by a user, a process of identifying a position where the user exists, and a process of storing the content data held in the holding unit, A content data providing method comprising: a content data process for providing a user with content data relating to a position.