JP2003150489A - Web letter managing server and receiving terminal, web letter notifying system and web letter preparing method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a web letter notifying system with a little load to a server, inexpensively notifying a web letter, and capable of using a staff roll in place of a banner advertisement. SOLUTION: The web letter notifying system is provided with the web letter managing server 2 connected to the Internet 1, a web letter sending terminal 5 carrying out registration of web letter sending by accessing to a home page of the web letter managing server 2 and inputting request information in a form, and the connected web letter receiving terminal 6. It is characterized by that the staff roll is composed of continuously posted information including advertisement information and a sender name of data sent from the web letter managing server 2 by an extended browser means 63 of the web letter receiving terminal 6, and each piece of data is superposed in accordance with each display level and displayed in a browser means 62.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a web letter management server capable of notifying a large number of unique web letters on the web, a receiving terminal therefor, and a web letter unique to each sender. The present invention relates to a web letter notification system that can be performed on a server and has a light load, and a method for creating a web letter that easily creates a unique web letter.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, the spread of the Internet is rapid,
By connecting terminals such as computers and mobile phones, it has become possible to obtain various services and information from websites for business and personal use. In addition, electronic mail via the Internet is becoming one of the protagonists of communication means. Under such circumstances, a card service on the web using e-mail and a web that can transmit images and sounds, especially a card service on the web that creates and sends a greeting card with multimedia support has been attracting attention. This is a support service for making cards on the web, and sends the card on the web created on behalf of the person, and some websites that provide such services appeared on the Internet. ing.

This conventional greeting card service prepares a greeting card menu consisting of moving images such as images, animations, videos, etc. in which standard messages are written in advance, and optionally music to be added, and this is registered as a member. The members are provided on the Web to provide support, and the greeting card selected by the member is attached with this member name, and an email is sent on a designated date, for example, birthday. In some cases, the recipient who receives the e-mail can simply open the e-mail with the e-mail software and view the message with the image, or from the URL described in the e-mail to the page of the card on the web linked to this. In some cases, you can view animations and other videos by accessing with a browser.

[0004] Unlike the conventional e-mail which only sends a text message clerically, the card on the web using this e-mail can convey the richness that cannot be said only by the characters, and the e-mail card can be used. It was possible to arbitrarily set the transmission date and time, which is a characteristic, and to secure the degree of freedom of reception on the side of the recipient, opening a new genre of cards on the web.

However, in this conventional greeting card service, the content of each greeting card constituting the menu is fixed once determined and has a low degree of freedom for change. Sure, you can select music as an option and send it at the same time, but basically there is only the content of the card prepared in the menu, and the message is also a fixed phrase on each screen of the card, and it will meet the needs of the caller. Therefore, it was not flexible enough to change the contents of each card partially before sending. If you want to respond to various demands and situational changes with this conventional greeting card service, you have to prepare new content each time.
This cannot meet diversified needs, and it will be a costly service to realize unique web cards.

In addition to this, another conventional multimedia letter system is proposed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 2001-512788. The system proposed here is equipped with software for composing multimedia e-mail on a web server, and a user plugs in assets from the web server in order to obtain each data composing multimedia e-mail. And upload the obtained data (images and other materials prepared by the user) to the web server. On the web server, the above-mentioned software is used to compose a multimedia e-mail web page using each piece of data sent, and this is notified to the destination (the other party) by email, and the destination (the other party) Is for browsing multimedia emails in a browser.

The multimedia letter system proposed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 2001-512788 is different from the above-mentioned greeting service system in that the sender prepares contents by himself or herself, and the card on the web is uniform. Instead, it was possible to make a unique card on the web at will. However, each time I sent an e-mail, I had to prepare new content each time, which was inefficient, and I could not quickly respond to diversified needs. It is the user who prepares the contents of the e-mail, and the user needs to take a great deal of time to prepare the contents, and the contents such as images, voices, and videos are processed and configured by individual general users. It takes a huge amount of time and equipment for processing, so it costs a lot of money. Therefore, the number of users is very limited, and it will be an obstacle to the spread and use of this system itself. Therefore, the fixed content is similar to the greeting service system.

The biggest drawback of this system is that it imposes a heavy load on the web server. This is because all the process of composing a web letter is done on the web server side, and the browser side just browses it. This system can also be used for cards on the web that have a limited number of users and do not require image processing, etc., but on the web that will be carefully differentiated for each sender expected in the future. It can't handle the case of sending a lot of cards. For example, to send a unique web card that reflects individual circumstances to thousands or tens of thousands of customers, the load on the web server is too heavy and it is not a realistic system. And, of course, it is not easy to handle such processing on the browser side. This multimedia letter system has been difficult to provide the actual service on the Internet.

[0009]

As described above,
In the conventional greeting card service, once the content of each greeting card is determined, it is fixed and lacks flexibility. The number of cards on the web that can be sent is basically only the number of cards prepared in the card menu, only the sender's name is written in one scheduled area on the form, and each sender's unique It was not enough to be a unique card that fully reflected the needs of It is not flexible enough to change the contents of each greeting card depending on the situation and it is difficult to respond to various needs expected in the future, resulting in a high cost service. there were.

Although the greeting card should be a new medium that can convey a deeper emotion and feelings of the sender as compared with an electronic mail or the like, a banner advertisement is always displayed around the conventional card, There was a drawback that it impaired the impression. However, the conventional greeting card service is based on the advertising revenue from this banner advertisement, and it is unavoidable for users to use this service free of charge.

[0011] In this way, killing the good impression, which is the greatest feature of the greeting card, for business reasons may be a bottleneck for future services. Moreover, when the banner advertisement is eliminated, there is currently no advertisement system that can effectively perform the advertisement instead of the banner advertisement. The development of new advertising methods and systems that replace banner advertising is desired.

Further, the multimedia letter system proposed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-512788 also needs to prepare new contents every time, is inefficient, and cannot quickly respond to diversified needs. Since it is the user who prepares the content and it takes a lot of time and effort to prepare the content, it is practically impossible to individually process and compose the content such as the image, the sound, and the moving image. In addition, this system has a problem that the load on the web server is extremely large. In the case of sending a large amount of finely differentiated cards on the web that are expected in the future, it is not possible to support it very much. In addition, it is not possible to easily perform such processing on the browser side.

In order to solve the conventional problems, the present invention can easily make the contents of a web letter unique for each sender, notify a large number of web letters quickly and at low cost, and perform staff roll. The purpose is to provide a web letter management server that can be used in place of the banner advertisement. Note that the present invention is different from the conventional cards on the web in that the contents can be freely changed on the server side, for example, the posted information can be freely added to or deleted from the staff roll. Therefore, in the present specification, this notification is hereinafter referred to as a web letter.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a web letter receiving terminal capable of quickly and surely browsing a unique web letter.

Further, the present invention makes it possible to easily make the contents of the web letter unique for each sender, lightens the load on the server, notifies the web letter at low cost, and replaces the staff roll with the banner advertisement. The purpose is to provide a web letter notification system that can be used.

Further, the present invention provides a low cost web letter creating method that can easily create a unique web letter, has a light load on the server, and can use the staff roll instead of the banner advertisement. To aim.

[0017]

In order to solve the above problems, the web letter management server of the present invention manages a letter when the URL created by the URL creating means is accessed from the web letter receiving terminal. The means sends the letter creation basic program, the selected material data, the staff roll data and the request information set by the letter creation basic program to the web letter receiving terminal, and the staff including the continuous posting information in the browser. It is characterized in that different staff roles are displayed for each letter composed of role data and sender name.

With this, the contents of the web letter can be easily made unique for each sender, a large number of web letters can be notified quickly and at low cost, and the staff roll can be used instead of the banner advertisement. .

The web letter receiving terminal of the present invention receives the request information and the letter creating basic program when accessing the URL attached linkably to the electronic mail, and creates the web letter based on the request information. It is characterized by further comprising: an extended browser means for receiving the material data and the staff roll data, and superimposing the respective data in accordance with the display level of the data to display on the browser means; and a storage section for storing the temporary file.

As a result, the present invention can provide a web letter receiving terminal capable of quickly and surely browsing a unique web letter.

The web letter notification system of the present invention accesses the above-mentioned web letter management server and the home page of the web letter management server via the Internet, inputs the request information in the entry form, and registers the web letter transmission. A staff member that has a web letter sending terminal and the above-mentioned web letter receiving terminal, and the extended browser means of the web letter receiving terminal is different for each web letter depending on the staff role data sent from the web letter management server and the sender name of the request information. It is characterized in that the roll data is created, and the respective data are superimposed on each other according to the display level and displayed on the browser means.

With this, the contents of the web letter can be easily made unique for each sender, the load on the server is light, the web letter is notified at a low cost, and the staff roll is used instead of the banner advertisement. You can

According to the method for creating a web letter of the present invention, the web letter sending terminal accesses the home page of the web letter management server via the Internet, enters the request information in the entry form, registers the web letter transmission, and makes the request. Write the information in the management file, determine the URL, notify the URL to the webletter receiving terminal by e-mail, download the letter creation basic program from the URL first, and then download the webletter necessary to create the webletter. Download the data,
It is characterized in that the extended browser means of the web letter receiving terminal superimposes the data according to each display level and displays it on the browser means.

This makes it possible to easily create a unique web letter, provide a low load on the server, and provide a low cost web letter creating method in which the staff roll can be used instead of the banner advertisement.

[0025]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In the invention described in claim 1 of the present invention, a material for forming a web letter is selected,
Web management means for sending out a home page provided with a form in which the selected material, sender name and destination can be entered as request information, and when the request information entered in the form is sent from the web letter sending terminal, the request A letter management means for assigning an ID to information to update the management file and managing the file for creating a web letter, and a URL (Uniform Reload) based on the ID.
source locator) for creating a URL, a management file, staff roll data including continuous posting information, a letter creation basic program, and a letter-related storage section that stores webletter material data.
When the URL created by the RL creating means is accessed from the web letter receiving terminal, the letter managing means sends the letter creating basic program, and the selected material data and staff roll data set by the letter creating basic program. And request information is transmitted to a web letter receiving terminal, and a different staff roll is displayed for each web letter composed of the staff roll data including continuous posting information and the sender name on the browser. Since it is a letter management server, when request information is received, an ID is automatically added, and a URL is automatically created based on this ID, so management is easy and the stored data is sent to the receiving terminal. However, the web letter was sent by the extended browser means of the receiving terminal. Is displayed in the browser from over data, it is possible to rapid processing. You can view individual staff rolls that include listings and sender names, and you can view advertising information and sender names as providers of web letters. Since the load on the web letter management server is lightened, the content of the web letter can be easily made unique for each sender, and a large number of web letters can be notified quickly and at low cost. In the present specification, the extended browser means a plug-in process for enhancing a browser function such as displaying a moving image, or a process by a script or an instruction program capable of displaying an advanced HTML such as DHTML. It is a means to do.

The invention described in claim 2 of the present invention is the web letter management server according to claim 1, characterized in that the posted information continuously posted in the staff roll includes advertisement information. , If there is financial cooperation, the advertisement information is posted, and the sender who sent the web letter can also be listed as the provider in the staff roll. Since the advertisement is put in the staff roll, there is no discomfort or discomfort unlike the banner advertisement, and the advertisement information can be merged into the screen of the web letter. Both the sender's name and the advertising information are captured in the webletter's staff roll, and can be impressed with those who have worked on other productions as the webletter provider.

The invention described in claim 3 of the present invention is, in the web letter management server according to claim 1 or 2, a file for assigning an ID to request information to update the management file and create a web letter. A file for creating a management folder of a destination name extracted from request information and creating a web letter instead of providing a letter management means for managing and a URL creating means for creating a URL based on an ID Since the web letter management server is characterized by including a letter management means for managing and a URL creating means for creating a URL based on a management folder, URL management is easy.
Since the URL includes the destination name, it becomes easy to understand. If you include ".to" in the domain of the management server, ".to /"
It becomes a meaningful sentence in English called "destination name",
Web letters can be made even more appealing.

The invention according to claim 4 of the present invention is a browser means capable of displaying a home page, a mail means capable of receiving an electronic mail for notifying storage of a web letter, and an electronic mail. When you access the URL that can be linked to, you will receive the request information and the letter creation basic program, and the material data for creating a web letter based on the request information and the staff roll data including the continuous posting information. Receiving, and creating a different staff role for each web letter by the staff role data and the sender name of the request information, and an extended browser means for superimposing each data according to the display level of the data and displaying it on the browser means, Web characterized by having a storage unit for storing files Since it is a terminal receiving terminal, the request information and the letter creation basic program from the letter-related storage section, and the moving image data, music data, and frame data as material data for creating the web letter are acquired by the extended browser means, and these The data can be superimposed and displayed on the browser means of the receiving terminal. When exchanging contents, it is not necessary to prepare all the data, and a new letter screen can be created by changing and superimposing the data only at the relevant level, and a unique web letter can be easily and quickly browsed.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the web letter management server according to any one of the first to third aspects connected to the Internet and the home page of the web letter management server are accessed via the Internet. Then, the web letter sending terminal for registering the web letter sending by inputting the request information in the entry form and the web letter receiving terminal according to claim 4 connected to the Internet are provided, and the extended browser means of the web letter receiving terminal is provided. Characteristic of creating different staff roll data for each web letter by the staff role data sent from the web letter management server and the sender name of the request information, and displaying each data in the browser means by superimposing each data according to the display level Is it a web letter notification system Since the extended browser means of the webletter receiving terminal superimposes each display level, the content of webletter can be easily made unique for each sender, the load on the server can be reduced, and the webletter can be notified at low cost. can do.

The invention according to claim 6 of the present invention is characterized in that the advertisement information and the sender name are posted in the staff roll based on the staff roll data sent from the web letter management server. Since it is the web letter notification system described in No. 5, it is possible to change the advertisement information and the sender name into a staff roll that can be freely changed. By using the staff roll, an advertising system of a new method different from the conventional banner advertisement is realized, and the user can enjoy the web letter to the end without feeling discomfort, and in order to see the advertisement in a favorable state. Impressions are exceptional.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the registration of the web letter transmission is performed by accessing the home page of the web letter management server from the web letter transmission terminal via the Internet and filling in the request information in the entry form. Then, the request information is written in the management file, the URL is determined, the URL is notified to the webletter receiving terminal by e-mail, the letter creation basic program is first downloaded from the URL, and then the webletter creation program is created. This is a method for creating a web letter, characterized in that the data required for downloading is downloaded and displayed on the browser means by superimposing the data according to each display level by the extended browser means of the web letter receiving terminal. Each display level by means of extended browser For superimposing in accordance with, a unique web letter can be easily created, it is possible to load on the server is light, to create a web letter at a low cost.

The invention according to claim 8 of the present invention is characterized in that the ID data unit in which the ID is added to the request information is added to the ID data chain sequence of the management file and is deleted when unnecessary. 7 is a method for creating a web letter, it is easy to manage because the management file of the request information is constructed by the ID data chain sequence in which the ID data units are connected, and each data is displayed according to the display level by the extended browser means of the web letter receiving terminal. By overlapping, it is possible to easily create a unique web letter, reduce the load on the server, and create a web letter at low cost.

In the invention described in claim 9 of the present invention, the data necessary for creating the web letter includes request information and staff roll data, and the sender name extracted from the request information is added to the staff roll data. 9. The method for creating a web letter according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the staff roll is displayed for a web letter composed of video data, music data, and frame data. At this time, since the sender is displayed as the provider, it is notified to the recipient (the other party) that the sender was involved in the creation of the web letter.

The invention described in claim 10 of the present invention is
Since the staff roll data includes advertisement information, the method for creating a web letter according to any one of claims 7 to 9, so that the advertisement information of a collaborator who has financial cooperation can be freely set. Can be posted. Since the advertisement is put in the staff roll, there is no discomfort or discomfort unlike the banner advertisement, and the advertisement information can be merged into the screen of the web letter. Like the sender name
Advertisement information can also be captured in the webletter's staff roll and impressed with those who have worked on other productions as webletter providers.

The invention described in claim 11 of the present invention is
The method of creating a web letter according to any one of claims 7 to 10, wherein the home page of the web letter management server is linked to a web page of another web server, and the home page is accessed via the web page. When accessed, the frame data associated with the web page is selected, and the web letter creation method is characterized in that the frame data is displayed on the browser means in an overlapping manner according to the display level. Therefore, from the web page of another web server. When accessed, the webletter frame will be unique. Then, the name and character of the operator of the web page can be inserted and displayed.

(Embodiment 1) A web letter management server, a web letter receiving terminal, a web server notification system, and a web letter creating method according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a web server notification system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is the Internet, 2 is a homepage that can be posted to request a web letter, and the sent request information, animation data for creating a web letter, moving image data such as video, and music data. , A web letter management server that stores frame data. Reference numeral 3 is a mail server that sends a notification from the web letter management server 2 and sends an e-mail with a linkable URL to which the request information is stored to the destination (the other party). A web server 4 is connected to the Internet 1 and is different from the web letter management server. This web server 4 can send a homepage different from the homepage of the webletter management server 2, and the icons and character strings that can provide the webletter service are actively embedded in this homepage. Two
It is linked to the homepage of. Reference numeral 5 is a web letter sending terminal such as a personal computer or mobile phone that can be connected to the Internet, and 6 is a web letter receiving terminal that can also be connected to the Internet, such as a personal computer or a mobile phone. Reference numeral 7 is a DNS server of a provider that connects the web letter sending terminal 5 and the web letter receiving terminal 6 to the Internet 1. A web letter management device 8 integrates and manages the web letter management server 2 and the mail server 3. The web letter notification system according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes the web letter management device 8 (web letter management server 2 and mail server 3), a web letter sending terminal 5, a web letter receiving terminal 6, and the Internet 1. To be done.

Next, the configuration of each part of the web letter notification system according to the first embodiment described above will be described.
First, the detailed configuration of the web letter management server 2 that constitutes the web letter management device 8 will be described. In FIG. 1, 21 is a line connection unit for controlling connection of the web letter management server 2 via the Internet 1, and 22 is a line connection unit.
It is a letter management unit that stores request information in a folder of a storage unit 24, which will be described later, and manages all files for web letters when a registration request for web letter transmission is issued from the transmission terminal 5. Reference numeral 23 is a web management means for sending home page data to the Internet 1 when the web letter sending terminal 5 makes an access or when the web letter receiving terminal 6 makes an access to a URL attached to an electronic mail.

A storage unit 24 stores various data of the web letter management server 2, a program and various data for forming a web letter at the web letter receiving terminal 6, and home page data. The storage unit 24 is provided with the following storage areas. Reference numeral 24a is a homepage data section that stores homepage data sent by the web management means 23, and 25 is a letter-related storage section. The homepage data sent by the web management means 23 is provided with a page for selecting materials such as moving images and music, and a registration page for registering all other information such as sender name, destination and message. ing.

First, 25a is a basic module section in which a letter creating basic program is stored, and 25b is an ID data unit created by adding an ID to request information which is the registered content, and this is sandwiched by asterisks "*". This is a management file folder portion for adding an ID data chain sequence to create an ID data chain sequence and storing the ID data chain sequence as a management file. A URL is given to the management file folder portion 25b as described later. The letter creating basic program associated with the request information is first read by the web letter receiving terminal 6 together with the request information. The letter creating basic program is created in the extended browser processable format like other files downloaded to the web letter sending terminal 5 and the web letter receiving terminal 6. The extended browser processable format is a format that can be processed by a plug-in processing program such as an identifier swf file, a dcr file, a general dat file that provides data, a DHTML format, or the like. Note that the browser programs include plug-in processing programs such as Macromedia Flash (registered trademark in the United States) and Shockwave (registered trademark in the United States). This extended browser program is installed in the central control means 58, 67 (described later) of the web letter sending terminal 5 and the web letter receiving terminal 6, functions as the extended browser means 53, 63, and executes the letter creating basic program. Allows the web letter to be displayed in the browser using the other downloaded file. When the processing format is DHTML, a Java script for constructing a web letter is written and transmitted in the HTML document of the letter creating basic program, and this functions as the extended browser means 53 and 63, and a DHTML compatible browser. The web letter is displayed on.

As described above, the letter management means 22
However, an ID data unit is created by adding an ID to the request information, and this is added one after another with an asterisk "*" in between to form an ID data chain string, and this ID data chain string is managed as a management file. Alternatively, the destination information can be cut out from the request information and a management folder for the destination name can be created to store the request information. As many managed folders as the number of senders will be created. This will be described later.

Next, 25c is a moving picture data part in which a large number of moving picture data such as animations and videos, which are the materials of the web letter, are stored, and 25d is also a musical material B.
Music data part storing a large number of music data for GM, 25
e is a frame data section for posting moving image data and the like on a web letter. Note that voice guidance can be stored in the music data section 25d, and as the frame data, a different frame can be adopted for each web page of the linked web server 4. Then, this frame data can be associated with a character doll or the like showing the character of the operator of the web server 4 to which the link is attached.

A staff roll folder portion 25f stores staff roll data for displaying staff rolls. There are two types of information displayed in the staff roll: the posted information that is continuously posted in this staff roll and the name of the sender who is the sender of the web letter described in the request information. Of these, the staff roll data stored in the staff roll folder 25f is only posted information that is continuously posted. The staff roll data includes, in addition to the staff name that created the so-called web letter content, advertisement information of collaborators when there is financial cooperation in performing the web letter service. The advertisement information includes data such as a company name and a logo. And
New advertisement information is additionally posted to the staff roll data by the input means 29 described later, or unnecessary advertisement information is deleted and the scroll data is rewritten, and the extended browser means 53, 63 of the terminals 5, 6 can freely change this. Later staff rolls can be displayed.

Reference numeral 26 is a U for automatically determining the URL of the management file folder portion 25b for storing request information.
RL determining means, 27 is a program storage unit that stores a program for controlling the web letter management server 2, 28 is a central control means for controlling the entire system of the web letter management server 2, and 29 is an input means. When the URL determined by the URL determination means 25 is accessed from the web letter receiving terminal 6 to receive the web letter, the web management means 23 reads the ID data chain sequence from the management file folder section 25b, cuts out the ID data unit, The request information is extracted, the letter creating basic program is read out, and is transmitted to the web letter receiving terminal 6 via the Internet 1. The determination of this URL will be described later. The central control unit 28 is a function realizing unit that is configured by a central processing unit (hereinafter, CPU), and that loads and executes a program in the program storage unit 27. Similarly, the letter management means 22, the web management means 23, and the URL determination means 26 are also function realizing means, and the programs are loaded into the CPU and executed.

By the way, the web management means 23 accesses the home page from the transmission terminal 5, and when the data written in the input form is notified, a random number generated by a random number generator (not shown), in the case of the first embodiment, One ID is determined for this registration notification using a 6-digit random number. The URL determining means 26 determines the URL based on the ID so that the letter managing means 22 can extract the request information associated with the ID from the ID data chain sequence of the management file folder section 25b. Notify the letter management means 22. When the URL is accessed from the web letter sending terminal 5, the letter management means 22 cuts out the ID data unit from the ID and extracts the request information.

Here, the management file composed of the ID data chain sequence described above, the URL and the like will be described by way of examples. If the request information such as the sender name “Taro Suzuki”, the destination (partner) “Hanako Takahashi”, and the message “Christmas came” and “Congratulations” are sent from the web letter receiving terminal 6, the letter management means 22
Determines the ID "123456" by the random number generator, and creates the ID data unit as "123456; Taro Suzuki; Hanako Takahashi; ...; Christmas has come; congratulations". Then, ID data units are created for the request information sent one after another, and the following ID data chain sequence, for example, "123456; Taro Suzuki; Hanako Yamada ... ・ ・ ・; Christmas has arrived; Congratulations * 234561; Jiro Tanaka; Saburo Nakamura; ・ ・ ・; We are waiting for your visit * 345612; Ryoko Nomura; Tadashi Kobayashi; The letter management means 22 stores and updates this in the management file folder section 25b as a management file of request information.

The URL determining means 25 uses the above ID.
When "123456" is determined, the URL using this
For example, "http: //www.abc.c
o. jp / letter / ltview. cgi? id
= 123456 "is determined. When this URL is accessed, the letter management means 22 uses the CGI function to select "12345" from the ID data chain column of the management file.
6; Taro Suzuki; Hanako Takahashi; ...; Christmas has come; congratulations ". In addition, "le
“Tter” corresponds to the letter-related storage unit 25, and “ltv”
"iew" corresponds to the management file folder section 25b.

By the way, as described above, when the letter management means 22 cuts out the destination name from the request information, creates a management folder of this destination name and stores the request information, the URL determination means 26 uses, for example, " http://www.abc.co.jp/destination name ”. Since the destination (other party) is included in the URL, the recipient can comfortably access.

The domain name is changed to "abc.co.j".
From common things like "p" to the content of web letters,
For example, the domain "http://www.happyxmas.to" that matches the meaning of "happy Xmas" and includes ".to" instead of ".jp".
If so, the URL is "http: //www.happ.
yxmas. to / destination name ”. For example, in the case of the URL for "Hanako Takahashi" mentioned above, "http: //
www. happypixmas. to / hanako ”. In addition, it is necessary to write both the personal name in English in advance or to cut out "hanako" before the @ mark from the destination address. This “happyxmas.to/han
"ako" is "Happy Xmas to hanak"
You can read it as "o", and the recipient will receive the web letter with the best impression.

Next, the mail server 3 constituting the web letter management device 8 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, 31 is a line connection unit that controls connection via the Internet 1, 32 is a mail management means that manages transmission / reception of electronic mail, and 33 is an electronic mail that notifies a web letter of due date delivery. It is a mailbox for storing check e-mails to be sent to the sender. Reference numeral 34 is a clock means for measuring a time for managing schedules such as transmission date and time, 35 is a program storage section storing a program for controlling the mail server 3, and 36 is a central control means for controlling the entire system of the mail server 3. is there. Similar to the web letter management server 2, the central control means 36 and the mail management means are composed of a CPU, and the program storage unit 35
It is a function realizing means for loading and executing the program in.

Next, the web letter sending terminal 5 and the web letter receiving terminal 6 will be described. Reference numeral 51 is a line connection unit for controlling the connection between the web letter sending terminal 5 and the Internet 1, 52 is a browser means for browsing a home page when the Web letter management server 2 is accessed via the Internet 1, and 53 is It is an extended browser means constituted by an extended browser program such as a plug-in processing program installed in the central control means 58 (described later). The extended browser program is separately stored in advance by downloading or the like. In the case of DHTML format,
Configured by sending in script format. The extended browser means 53 can display a form for applying for a web letter, image data, music data, etc. on the browser.

As the extended browser program, for example, Macr
There are plug-in processing programs such as omedia Flash (registered trademark in the United States) and Shockwave (registered trademark in the United States). This extended browser program can be stored in the basic module part 25a of the web letter management server 2 together with the letter creating basic program and downloaded together with the letter creating basic program. And D
In case of HTML, J is included in the letter creation basic program.
You just have to write the ava script.

By the way, the browser means 52 of the present invention is
A function realizing means having a basic function of browsing an HTML web page, for example, a general-purpose browser program such as Microsoft Internet Explorer (registered trademark) or Netscape (registered trademark) is loaded into the central processing unit (CPU) to function. However, these general-purpose browser programs do not currently have a function of displaying a lot of data such as a web letter by superimposing them according to their respective display levels. In the present invention, the extended browser means 53 superimposes and displays the data while accepting the settings written in the letter creating basic program. Since the DHTML-format extended browser means 53 is a Java script for instructing to display the data in a superposed manner, the browser means 52 uses the Java script.
It must be a DHTML-compatible browser that can execute scripts.

Explaining the superimposed display, the extended browser means 53 causes the browser means 52 to display according to the display level of each file set in the letter creating basic program. For example, assuming that the display level of the letter creating basic program itself is 100, level 400 is an image data file, level 500 is a message file, level 600 is a staff roll data file, level 930 is a music execution file, and level 100.
0 is a music data file, level 1100 is a frame data file, etc., which are stacked and displayed and executed by the extension browser means 53 in this order of levels. At this time, the sender name in the request information is cut out by the setting of the letter creating basic program and additionally written in the transmitted staff roll data to form a level 600 staff roll data file. It should be noted that when the browser program is equipped with the function of the extended browser program as standard, the two programs are integrated, but even in such a case, the extended browser means 53 is equivalently implemented in the browser as a function realizing means. Will exist.

Reference numeral 54 is a display means for displaying on a display such as LCD, and 55 is an input means for processing an input from a keyboard or the like. Reference numeral 56 is a storage unit, 57 is a program storage unit storing a program for controlling the web letter sending terminal 5 and other application programs, and 58 is a central control means for controlling the entire system of the web letter sending terminal 5. The central control means 58 and the browser means 52 are configured as function realizing means that functions by loading a program into the CPU.

Reference numeral 61 is a line connection section for controlling the connection between the web letter receiving terminal 6 and the Internet 1, and 62 is a browser means for browsing the home page when the Web letter management server 2 is accessed via the Internet 1. is there. Reference numeral 63 is an extended browser means constituted by a plug-in processing program for creating web contents that can be displayed by the browser means 62 or a Java script in the case of DHTML. When the extended browser means 63 receives the letter creation basic program and request information from the web letter management server 2, it executes the letter creation basic program. The extended browser unit 63 makes various settings by executing these programs, specifies moving image data, music data, and frame data, and requests these to the letter management unit 22 via the browser unit 62. The letter management means 22 sends the data designated by the moving picture data portion 25c, the music data portion 25d and the frame data portion 25e to the browser means 62, and the extended browser means 63 creates a web letter by this data and displays it by the browser means 62. It is a thing. In the present invention, the ID data chain sequence in which the request information is fetched, the letter creating basic program, the moving image data, the music data, the frame data, etc. are all files in a format processable by the extended browser means 63, for example, an identifier swf file. , Dcr file, or a dat file that provides data, and the like, or a HTML format in which a script is executed in the case of DHTML format. The extended browser program must be separately stored in advance by downloading, etc., and in the case of DHTML, J
The ava script is sent with the HTML file.

Reference numeral 64 is a storage unit, and 64a is a storage unit 64.
Is a temporary storage unit provided in the. Reference numeral 65 is a mail means for sending and receiving electronic mail, and 66 is a web letter receiving terminal 6
A program storage unit 67 that stores a program for controlling the above and other application programs is a central control unit that controls the entire system of the web letter receiving terminal 6. The central control means 67 and the browser means 62 are configured as a function realizing means that functions by loading a program on the CPU. Reference numeral 68 is a display means for displaying on a display such as LCD, and 69 is an input means for processing an input from a keyboard or the like.

When the specified moving image data, music data, and frame data are sent from the web letter management server 2, the web letter receiving terminal 6 stores the data in the temporary storage section 64a, and stores these data in accordance with the display level. A web letter is formed by superimposing it and is displayed by the browser means 62 through the display means 68.

Next, the web letter notification service performed by the web letter management server and the web letter notification system according to the first embodiment will be described. 2 is a flowchart of a web letter notification service performed by the web letter notification system according to the first embodiment, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a letter creation screen of the web letter notification service according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 4 is this embodiment. 1 shows a registration page of the web letter notification service in FIG. 1, FIG. 5 shows a registration completion notice of the web letter notification service in the first embodiment, and FIG. 6 shows a web letter of the web letter notification service in the first embodiment. Figure showing storage notification, Figure 7
FIG. 7A is a diagram showing a first screen of a web letter of the web letter notification service according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 7B is a diagram showing a second screen showing a staff roll of the web letter according to the first embodiment. Is.

In FIG. 2, the home page contracted with the web letter notification service is accessed from the web letter transmission terminal, and the home page of the linked web letter notification service is accessed (step 1). Fill in the entry form on the browser screen of the displayed web letter notification service homepage (step 2).

Here, description will be given of the contents entered on the browser screen of the home page. The screen shown in FIG. 3 is a message input screen. In FIG. 3, A1 is a sender name entry field, A
2 is a message entry field. The message entry field A2 can be entered in a plurality of lines, one line at a time, and is displayed in the left column. For example, you can enter multiple lines, such as "Christmas has arrived" and "Congratulations". A3 is an icon for selecting a moving image. When this icon is clicked, a list of representative screens is displayed and can be selected. A4 is an icon for selecting music, which is also displayed by clicking the icon,
You can select one music. A5 is a button for previewing the created screen, and A6 is a reset button for rewriting. A7 is a decision button for deciding the entry contents. The icons A1 and A2 and each button are for selecting a moving image or music material for creating a web letter.

The next page to be displayed is the registration page shown in FIG. B1 is the sender's email address entry field, B2
Is a name field of the destination (partner), B3 is a title column of the mail, B4 is a mail address of the destination (partner), B5 is a transmission due date designation field, and B6 is a decision button for sending.

After filling in at step 2, it is judged whether or not this can be transmitted (step 3). When not transmitting, END processing is performed, and when transmitting is possible, the determination button B6 is clicked. When the web letter management server 2 receives the notification of this entry data, the letter management means 22 gives an ID to this notification (step 4), and I
The URL determining means 26 determines the URL based on D, and the ID
Create a data chain sequence (step 5). Then
The ID data chain sequence is stored as a management file in the management file folder portion 25b of this URL (step
6) The mail management means 32 of the mail server 3 sets the mail transmission schedule (step 7).

After the transmission schedule is set, the mail management means 32 notifies the sender of the registration completion notification shown in FIG. 5 (step 8). In FIG. 5, C1 is a URL storing the web letter described in the registration completion notice.
This URL is linked to the web letter management server 2. After this, a preview electronic mail having the same content as the web letter notification to be sent to the destination (the other party) is further transmitted to the sender (step 9). This allows the sender to check and make corrections.

It is judged whether or not the due date has arrived, and if the due date has not arrived, this is repeated until the due date is waited. When the due date arrives, the web letter is sent to the recipient (other party) and the sender is notified of the same web letter (step 11). The e-mail sent to the destination (partner) is as shown in FIG. The notification to the sender is for reporting that the web letter has been sent. Upon receiving the web letter, the destination (the other party) downloads the data of the web letter from the URL attached so that it can be linked to the electronic mail, and superimposes this data according to the display level by the extended browser means 63 to form the web letter. (Step 12). Figure 7
(A) is a screen of a moving image selected by clicking the icon A3 on the registration screen, and here shows a state in which one screen of an animated web letter is displayed. In D1 among these, the messages entered in the message entry field A2 are displayed one after another one by one on the BGM music. Further, at the position of D2 of the frame, the name of the operator who operates the homepage contracted with the web letter notification service is displayed. This is because entering the operator name gives a different frame for each operator.

The display of such animation continues,
On this final screen, the staff rolls shown in FIG. 7B are displayed while being gradually shifted. In addition to production staff such as animation producers, directors, screenwriters, and art directors, this staff roll includes advertisement information of financial cooperators in the provider name column indicated by D3, "○○ Co., Ltd.", registration screen. The sender name “Taro Suzuki” entered in the sender name entry field A1 is displayed by the extended browser means 63 as a staff member. Therefore, the advertisement and sender of "XX Co., Ltd." that supported this web letter service will be notified to the other party as the person who was involved in the creation of this web letter, that is, the provider. At this time, since the advertisement is displayed in the staff roll, there is no discomfort or discomfort unlike the banner advertisement, and the name and logo of "○○ Co., Ltd." can be blended into the screen of the web letter. Yes, both senders and advertisements can be displayed as part of a webletter to impress. After this, END processing is performed.

By the way, unlike the conventional greeting card service, the web letter of the first embodiment is
Easily write on the letter screen and change the data,
Explain that some contents can be changed and displayed. Figure 7
The web letter screen shown in (a) is an animation display screen, a message D1 display screen, a snow motion display screen, a previewwoff display screen, a frame display screen with a character doll (this is the home page operator. It is a frame screen that is changed depending on the link source). Music is added to this. On the screen of the web letter shown in FIG. 7 (b),
The display screen of animation, the display screen of the staff roll D3, the display screen of previewwoff, and the display screen of the frame accompanied by the character doll (frame screen changed by the link source) are configured to be overlapped. Similarly, music is superimposed.

The data of each display level is created by the extended browser means 63 according to the setting of the letter creating basic program. That is, the extended browser means 63
After receiving the letter creation basic program and request information from the web letter management server 2, execute the letter creation basic program to display video data, music data,
The frame data is specified and requested to the web management means 23 via the browser means 62. In the web letter management server 2, the web management means 23 reads the specified data from the management file folder section 25b and sends it to the browser means 62, and the extended browser means 63 that has received it creates data of each level from each data and request information. Then
The browser means 62 displays the images in an overlapping manner. In particular, the staff roll is the extended browser means 63.
Edits and displays as one staff roll that is different for each web letter based on the continuous posting information of the staff roll data and the sender name.

As described above, in the first embodiment, the extended browser means 63 divides the data into levels and superimposes them on each other. Therefore, if the contents of the web letter are partially changed, only the data of the level is changed. All that is required is that the content can be changed very easily and at low cost. As mentioned above, if the same video data is sent by a different sender,
Not only can you easily change the message, you can also display ads and sender names in your staff role to reinforce your involvement in the delivery of the webletter. Since the staff roll is used, an advertising system with a new method different from the conventional banner advertisement is realized, and users can enjoy the web letter to the end without feeling discomfort, and impression to see the advertisement in a favorable state. The degree is exceptional.

Further, the frame can be changed very easily for each home page operator who has contracted with the web letter notification service. For example, if the home page operator is a company, it is possible to send a web letter with its own frame to a large number of customers, changing it little by little according to the customer. If you prepare a large number of animation and other video and music menus, you can make various changes in addition to the basic image display and the amount of music, as well as advertisements that include the needs of senders and website operators. It will be.

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According to the web letter management server of the present invention, when request information is received, an ID is automatically added, and a URL is automatically created based on this ID, so management is easy. , The stored data is sent to the receiving terminal, and the web letter is displayed on the browser from the data sent by the extended browser means of the receiving terminal, which enables rapid processing. You can view individual staff rolls that include listings and sender names, and you can view advertising information and sender names as providers of web letters. Since the load on the web letter management server is lightened, the content of the web letter can be easily made unique for each sender, and a large number of web letters can be notified quickly and at low cost.

Further, the sender who posted the advertisement information and sent the web letter when there is financial cooperation can also list the name as the provider in the staff roll.
Since the advertisement is put in the staff roll, there is no discomfort or discomfort unlike the banner advertisement, and the advertisement information can be merged into the screen of the web letter. Both the sender's name and the advertising information are captured in the webletter's staff roll, and can be impressed with those who have worked on other productions as the webletter provider. It becomes easier to understand when the URL includes the destination name.
Including ".to" in the domain of the management server makes the sentence ".to / destination name" meaningful in English, and makes the web letter even more pleasing.

The web letter receiving terminal of the present invention is
The request information and the letter creating basic program from the letter-related storage section, and the moving image data, music data, and frame data as the material data for creating the web letter are acquired by the extended browser means, and these data are superposed on the receiving terminal. It can be displayed on the browser means. When exchanging contents, it is not necessary to prepare all the data, and a new letter screen can be created by changing and superimposing the data only at the relevant level, and a unique web letter can be easily and quickly browsed.

Further, in the web letter notification system of the present invention, since the extended browser means of the web letter receiving terminal superimposes according to each display level, the contents of the web letter can be easily made unique for each sender, and the server can be made unique. It is possible to lighten the load on and to notify web letters at low cost. By using the staff roll, an advertising system of a new method different from the conventional banner advertisement is realized, and the user can enjoy the web letter to the end without feeling discomfort, and in order to see the advertisement in a favorable state. Impressions are exceptional.

Since the web letter creating method of the present invention superimposes the web letter by the extended browser means of the web letter receiving terminal according to each display level, it is possible to easily create a unique web letter and reduce the load on the server. You can create web letters at low cost.

Further, since the management file of the request information is constructed by the ID data chain string in which the ID data units are continuous, the management is easy, and since it is superposed according to each display level by the extended browser means of the web letter receiving terminal, it is unique. Web letters can be easily created, the load on the server is light, and the web letters can be created at low cost. When the staff roll is displayed for a web letter composed of video data, music data, and frame data, the sender is displayed as the provider, so it can be said that the sender was involved in the creation of the web letter. To be sent to the other party. Advertisement information of collaborators who have financial cooperation can be freely posted. Since the advertisement is put in the staff roll, there is no discomfort or discomfort unlike the banner advertisement, and the advertisement information can be merged into the screen of the web letter. As with the sender's name, the advertising information can be captured in the webletter's staff roll and impressed with those who have worked on other productions as the webletter provider.

When accessed from the web page,
The frame data associated with the web page is selected and is displayed on the browser means by superimposing the frame data according to the display level. Therefore, when accessed from a web page of another web server, Make your webletter frame unique. Then, the name and character of the operator of the web page can be inserted and displayed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a web server notification system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a web letter notification service provided by the web letter notification system according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a letter creation screen of the web letter notification service according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a registration page of a web letter notification service according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a registration completion notification of the web letter notification service according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a web letter storage notification of the web letter notification service according to the first embodiment.

7A is a diagram showing a first screen of a web letter of the web letter notification service according to the first embodiment. FIG. 7B is a second screen showing a staff roll of the web letter according to the first embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Internet 2 Web letter management server 3 mail server 4 Web server 5 Web letter sending terminal 6 Web letter receiving terminal 7 DNS server 8 Web letter management device 21 line connection 22 Letter management means 23 Web management means 24, 56, 64 storage 24a Homepage data section 25 Letter-related storage 25a Basic module part 25b Management file folder section 25c video data section 25d music data section 25e Frame data section 25f Staff roll folder section 26 URL determination means 27, 35, 57, 66 Program storage section 28, 36, 58, 67 Central control means 29,55,69 Input means 31, 51, 61 Line connection 32 Mail management means 33 mailbox 34 Clock means 52,62 Browser means 54,68 display means 53,63 Extended browser means 64a temporary storage unit 65 E-mail means

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Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A web management means for selecting a material for composing a web letter, and transmitting a home page having a form in which the selected material, sender name and destination can be input as request information, and the form When the entered request information is sent from the webletter sending terminal, the I
Letter management means for adding D to update the management file and file management for creating a web letter, URL creation means for creating a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) based on the ID, the management file, A web letter receiving terminal for the URL created by the URL creating means, which includes staff roll data including continuous posting information, a letter creation basic program, and a letter-related storage section in which material data of the web letter is stored. When accessed from, the letter management means sends the letter creation basic program and also sends the selected material data, the staff roll data and the request information set by the letter creation basic program to the web letter receiving terminal. , A browser that contains ongoing information in its browser. Web letter management server, characterized in that to display a different staff roles to each web letter, which is composed of a Flor data and the sender's name. 2. The posted information continuously posted on the staff roll includes advertisement information.
The listed web letter management server. 3. The web letter management server according to claim 1 or 2, and a letter management means for assigning an ID to the request information to update the management file and managing the file for creating a web letter, and the ID.
Instead of providing a URL creating means for creating a URL based on the above, a letter managing means for creating a management folder of the destination name extracted from the request information and performing file management for creating a web letter, A web letter management server comprising a URL creating means for creating a URL based on a management folder. 4. A browser means capable of displaying a home page, a mail means capable of receiving an e-mail for notifying storage of a web letter, and access to a URL linkable to the e-mail. Then, the request information and the letter creation basic program are received, and further, the material data for creating the web letter based on the request information and the staff roll data including the continuous posting information are received, and the staff roll data and A different staff roll is created for each web letter depending on the sender name of the request information, and extended browser means for superimposing and displaying each data on the browser means according to the display level of the data, and a storage unit for storing a temporary file Web letter receiving terminal characterized by having . 5. A web letter management server according to claim 1, which is connected to the Internet.
The web letter receiving terminal according to claim 4, which is connected to the internet and a web letter sending terminal which accesses the home page of the web letter management server via the internet and inputs request information in a filling form to register for sending the web letter. A terminal is provided, and the extended browser means of the web letter receiving terminal creates different staff roll data for each web letter by the staff roll data sent from the web letter management server and the sender name of the request information, and each data A web letter notification system, characterized by displaying in a browser means by superposing according to the display level. 6. The web letter notification system according to claim 5, wherein the advertisement information and the sender name are posted in the staff roll based on the staff roll data sent from the web letter management server. 7. The web letter sending terminal accesses the home page of the web letter management server via the Internet, enters the request information in the entry form, registers the web letter transmission, and writes the request information in the management file. Determine the URL, notify the Web letter receiving terminal of the URL by e-mail, first download the letter creation basic program from the URL, then download the data necessary for creating the Web letter, A method for creating a web letter, characterized in that the extended browser means of the web letter receiving terminal superimposes the data according to each display level and displays the data on the browser means. 8. The method for creating a web letter according to claim 7, wherein the ID data unit in which the ID is added to the request information is added to the ID data chain column of the management file and deleted when unnecessary. 9. The data necessary for creating a web letter includes the request information and staff roll data, and the sender name extracted from the request information is additionally written in the staff roll data and displayed on a browser means. The method for producing a web letter according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that: 10. The method for creating a web letter according to claim 7, wherein the staff roll data includes advertisement information. 11. The method of creating a web letter according to claim 7, wherein the home page of the web letter management server is linked to a web page of another web server and the home page is accessed via the web page. When accessing from the web page, frame data associated with the web page is selected,
A method for creating a web letter, characterized in that it is displayed on a browser by superimposing it according to a display level.