JP2003173357A - Image content display method, space information server, space information providing service realizing method, and space attribute information server - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image content display method and space information server capable of responding to a service using various three-dimensional displays without remodeling the space information server by describing a basic factor for determining the property of a space information providing service as a space forming scenario. <P>SOLUTION: When a space information providing request is transmitted from a user terminal 11 to the space information server 5 through a computer network 1, the space information server 5 acquires the space forming scenario from a space forming scenario server 3, executes a processing based on the scenario, acquires space attribute information from a space attribute information server 7, calculates a coordinate on the basis of the space attribute information, transmits space description data to the user terminal 11. The user terminal 11 acquires a content from a content server 9 on the basis of the space description data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an image content display method for displaying image content by three-dimensional (3D) display and a spatial information server used in the image content display method, and more specifically, to a user terminal. In implementing a spatial information providing service that provides spatial description data, which is coordinate information for constructing a pseudo space composed of images of a plurality of contents, to a user terminal, a basic element that determines the property of the spatial information providing service is a space generation scenario. And manage it with the space generation scenario server,
The present invention relates to an image content display method and a spatial information server that perform a spatial information providing service using this spatial generation scenario.

The present invention also provides a spatial information providing service implementing method using a three-dimensional image content displaying method for displaying image content in three dimensions (3D), and a spatial information server used in the spatial information providing service implementing method. And the spatial attribute information server, more specifically, in implementing a spatial information providing service that provides spatial description data, which is coordinate information for forming a pseudo space composed of images of a plurality of contents displayed on the user terminal, to the user terminal. , The basic elements that determine the property of the spatial information providing service are extracted as a spatial service scenario and a spatial generation scenario, and are managed by the spatial generation scenario server, and images of contents are managed by the content server, and the spatial service scenario and the spatial generation scenario are An image container that uses a spatial information providing service Space information providing service implementation using a tree dimensional display method and a spatial information server and the spatial attribute information server.

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2. Description of the Related Art There is a service in which coordinate information for constructing a pseudo space composed of images of a plurality of contents is provided to each user terminal via a computer network and displayed on a display device of each user terminal. Here, coordinate information for forming a pseudo space composed of images of a plurality of contents is referred to as space description data, and a service for providing this space description data to a user terminal is referred to as a space information providing service. A device that provides this spatial information providing service is called a spatial information server as shown in FIG. 38, and a device that manages content and provides the content itself or an image of the content is called a content server.

In order to provide the above-mentioned coordinate information to the user terminal, as a basic element of the spatial information providing service,
It is necessary to determine beforehand (1) the storage position of the attribute information of the content, (2) how to give the arrangement coordinates of the content, and (3) the correspondence with the data format of the display device of the user terminal.

The storage position of the attribute information of the content is a position such as an address or a search method of a database that manages the attribute information of the content. In addition, how to give the arrangement coordinates of the content is one of the attribute information of the content when the images are displayed in order from the oldest image to the newest image in the X coordinate direction on the display screen of the display device of the user terminal. It is necessary to calculate the X coordinate based on the date and time of generation, and when arranging the content in a spherical shape irrespective of the attribute information, it is necessary to calculate the XYZ coordinates of the spherical arrangement independently of the attribute information. is there. Furthermore,
The correspondence to the data format of the display device of the user terminal means that it is necessary to correspond to the data format that can be displayed on the display device according to the type of the user terminal to be provided.

Further, Japanese Patent Application No. 2001, which is the basic application of the present application.
In the service described in No. 162628, coordinates for forming a pseudo space composed of images of a plurality of contents via a space generation scenario server, a content server, a space attribute information server, and a computer network to which the space information server is connected. The space description data, which is information, is provided to the user terminal, and the image content is displayed on the display device of the user terminal using the three-dimensional arrangement.

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In the conventional service using the display of the image content by the three-dimensional display, the storage position of the attribute information of the content, the method of giving the layout coordinate of the content, and the data of the display device of the user terminal are described. The format is fixed, and is controlled separately according to the type of content and the content of the service. For example, as shown in FIG. Since it is necessary to build an information server, it is necessary to newly rebuild the spatial information server in order to add a new type of content, add a content layout method, or deal with a new user terminal. However, there is a problem that it is uneconomical and inefficient because of waste of development speed and development cost.

Further, Japanese Patent Application No. 2001, which is the basic application of the present application.
In the service described in No. 162628, it is possible to provide the spatial description data in order to configure the pseudo space in response to a single spatial information providing request from the user.
However, there is a problem in that the user cannot send a spatial information provision request by looking at the pseudo space displayed on the display device of the user terminal.

Further, while a certain pseudo space is being displayed on the display device of the user terminal, the information of the space attribute information server is changed, and the change needs to be reflected on the display device of the user terminal. If you can not reflect,
There is a problem that the information on the space attribute information server and the information displayed on the display device of the user terminal are misaligned.

The present invention has been made in view of the above,
Its purpose is to describe the basic elements that determine the properties of the spatial information providing service as a space generation scenario, and image contents that can support services using various 3D displays without modifying the spatial information server. It is to provide a display method and a spatial information server.

In addition, the space description data, which is the coordinate information forming the pseudo space, can be continuously provided according to the user action, and the information necessary for realizing the space attribute information change event notification can be set in the space service scenario. Describe,
A spatial information provision request service realizing method capable of always displaying the latest information on a display device of a user terminal by registering information necessary for a spatial attribute information change event notification in a spatial attribute information server when executing the spatial service scenario ,
To provide a spatial information server and a spatial attribute information server.

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To achieve the above object, the present invention according to claim 1 is an image content display method for displaying image content by three-dimensional display,
A first procedure of transmitting a spatial information provision request from a user terminal to a spatial information server together with an address and a user identifier of a spatial generation scenario; and the spatial information server responds to the spatial information provision request to the spatial generation scenario server A second step of transmitting a space generation scenario request together with the address of the space generation scenario, and the space generation scenario server is responsive to the space generation scenario request to generate the space generation scenario corresponding to the address of the space generation scenario. And the spatial information server executes processing based on the space generation scenario received from the space generation scenario server, and sends a space attribute information request to the space attribute information server specified in the scenario. The fourth procedure for transmitting together with the attribute information identifier, and the space attribute information server In response to the inter-attribute information request, a fifth step of transmitting the spatial attribute information designated by the identifier of the spatial attribute information to the spatial information server, and the spatial information server coordinates based on the spatial attribute information from the spatial attribute information server. And a sixth step of transmitting space description data including a content address and coordinate values to the user terminal, and the user terminal transmitting the content address to the content server based on the space description data and requesting the content. It is summarized that it has a seventh procedure for performing the above and an eighth procedure for the content server to select the content corresponding to the address of the content and transmit it to the user terminal.

In the present invention according to claim 1, when a spatial information providing request is transmitted from the user terminal to the spatial information server, the spatial information server acquires the spatial generation scenario from the spatial generation scenario server, and based on the scenario. The processing is executed, the space attribute information is acquired from the space attribute information server, the coordinates are calculated based on the space attribute information, the space description data is transmitted to the user terminal, and the user terminal receives the content from the content server based on the space description data. To get.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image content display method for displaying image content by three-dimensional display, wherein the space generation scenario server registers a space generation scenario in the space information server. The first procedure, the second procedure of transmitting a spatial information providing request from the user terminal to the spatial information server together with the address and the user identifier of the spatial generation scenario, and the spatial information server responds to the spatial information providing request, The space generation scenario corresponding to the address of the space generation scenario received from the terminal is selected, the process is executed based on the selected space generation scenario, and the space attribute information is sent to the space attribute information server specified in the scenario. A third step of transmitting the request together with the identifier of the space attribute information, the space attribute information server A fourth step of transmitting the space attribute information specified by the identifier of the space attribute information to the space information server in response to the sex information request; and when the space information server receives the space attribute information, coordinates based on this space attribute information And transmitting the space description data including the address and coordinate value of the content to the user terminal, and the user terminal assigns the content address to the content server based on the space description data received from the space information server. It is characterized in that it has a sixth procedure of transmitting and requesting content and a seventh procedure of the content server selecting content corresponding to the address of the content received from the user terminal and transmitting it to the user terminal. .

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the space generation scenario server registers the space generation scenario in the space information server and transmits a space information providing request from the user terminal to the space information server. The server selects a space generation scenario, executes processing based on the scenario,
The space attribute information is acquired from the space attribute information server, the coordinates are calculated based on the space attribute information, the space description data is transmitted to the user terminal, and the user terminal acquires the content from the content server based on the space description data.

Further, the present invention according to claim 3 is an image content display method for displaying image content by three-dimensional display, wherein a space generation scenario and a user identifier are transmitted from a user terminal to a space information server, The first procedure for making a spatial information provision request to the spatial information server according to this spatial generation scenario, and the spatial information server executes processing based on the spatial generation scenario received from the user terminal, and the spatial attribute information specified in the scenario The second procedure of transmitting a spatial attribute information request to the server together with the identifier of the spatial attribute information, and the spatial attribute information server responding to the spatial attribute information request from the spatial information server, the spatial attribute corresponding to the identifier of the spatial attribute information. The third step of transmitting information to the spatial information server, and the spatial information server receiving the spatial attribute received from the spatial attribute information server. The fourth procedure of calculating coordinates based on the information and transmitting the space description data including the address and coordinate value of the content to the user terminal, and the user terminal stores the content in the content server based on the space description data received from the space information server. Of the content server to request the content, and the content server has a sixth procedure of selecting the content corresponding to the address of the content received from the user terminal and transmitting the selected content to the user terminal. Use as a summary.

According to the present invention of claim 3, a space generation scenario is transmitted from the user terminal to the space information server,
When a space information provision request is made by the space generation scenario,
The spatial information server executes processing based on the space generation scenario, acquires spatial attribute information from the spatial attribute information server,
The coordinates are calculated based on the space attribute information, the space description data is transmitted to the user terminal, and the user terminal acquires the content from the content server based on the space description data.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a spatial information providing service for providing the user terminal with spatial description data which is coordinate information for forming a pseudo space composed of images of a plurality of contents displayed on the user terminal. A spatial information server that generates a basic element that determines the property of the spatial information providing service as a space generating scenario, manages the space generating scenario server with the space generating scenario server, and performs the spatial information providing service using the space generating scenario, Space generation scenario requesting means for transmitting the space generation scenario request together with the address of the space generation scenario to the space generation scenario server in response to the space information provision request accompanied by the address of the space generation scenario and the user identifier transmitted from the user terminal; From the space generation scenario server for the space generation scenario request The space generation scenario corresponding to the address of the space generation scenario is received, the process is executed based on this space generation scenario, and the space attribute information request is sent to the space attribute information server specified in the scenario. Spatial attribute information requesting means for transmitting together with the identifier, spatial attribute information specified by the identifier of the spatial attribute information from the spatial attribute information server for the spatial attribute information request is received, and coordinates are calculated based on this spatial attribute information, The gist of the present invention is to have space description data providing means for transmitting space description data including an address and coordinate values of contents to a user terminal.

According to the present invention of claim 4, spatial information provision is provided for providing the user terminal with spatial description data which is coordinate information for constructing a pseudo space composed of images of a plurality of contents displayed on the user terminal. In implementing the service, the basic elements that determine the property of the spatial information providing service are extracted as a spatial generating scenario from the spatial generating scenario server in response to the spatial information providing request from the user terminal, and Based on the space attribute information, the space attribute information is acquired from the space attribute information server specified in the scenario, the coordinates are calculated based on the space attribute information, and the space description data is transmitted to the user terminal.

Further, the present invention according to claim 5 provides a spatial information providing service for providing the user terminal with spatial description data which is coordinate information for forming a pseudo space composed of images of a plurality of contents displayed on the user terminal. The basic element that determines the property of the spatial information providing service is generated as a spatial generation scenario and managed by the spatial generation scenario server, and this spatial information scenario is received and managed in advance from the spatial generation scenario server. A spatial information server for performing a spatial information providing service using a spatial generation scenario, wherein the spatial information provision request is transmitted in response to a spatial information provision request accompanied by an address and a user identifier of the spatial generation scenario transmitted from a user terminal. The space generation scenario that manages the space generation scenario corresponding to the address in advance. A spatial attribute information request that selects from among the above, executes processing based on the selected space generation scenario, and transmits the spatial attribute information request together with the identifier of the spatial attribute information to the spatial attribute information server specified in the scenario. Means and space attribute information specified by an identifier of the space attribute information from the space attribute information server for the space attribute information request, calculates coordinates based on the space attribute information, and includes the address and coordinate value of the content. The gist is to have space description data providing means for transmitting the space description data to the user terminal.

According to the present invention of claim 5, spatial information provision is provided for providing the user terminal with spatial description data which is coordinate information for constructing a pseudo space composed of images of a plurality of contents displayed on the user terminal. When performing the service, the basic elements that determine the property of the spatial information providing service are extracted as a spatial generating scenario, and the spatial generating scenario is managed in advance in response to the spatial information providing request from the user terminal. A scenario is selected, processing is executed based on the space generation scenario, space attribute information is acquired from the space attribute information server, coordinates are calculated based on the space attribute information, and space description data is transmitted to the user terminal.

Furthermore, the present invention according to claim 6 provides a space information providing service for providing space description data, which is coordinate information for forming a pseudo space composed of images of a plurality of contents displayed on the user terminal, to the user terminal. In implementing the above, a basic element that determines the property of the spatial information providing service is generated as a spatial generation scenario and stored in the user terminal, and the spatial generation scenario received from the user terminal when the spatial information provision request from the user terminal is used is used. A spatial information server that performs a spatial information providing service by executing a process based on the spatial generating scenario in response to a spatial information providing request accompanied by a spatial generating scenario and a user identifier transmitted from a user terminal, The spatial attribute information request to the spatial attribute information server specified in the scenario is used as the identifier of the spatial attribute information. Space attribute information requesting means for transmitting to the space attribute information requesting means, and space attribute information specified by the identifier of the space attribute information from the space attribute information server for the space attribute information request is received, coordinates are calculated based on the space attribute information, And a space description data providing means for transmitting the space description data including the address and the coordinate value to the user terminal.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, spatial information provision is provided for providing the user terminal with spatial description data which is coordinate information for forming a pseudo space composed of images of a plurality of contents displayed on the user terminal. In performing the service, the basic elements that determine the property of the spatial information providing service are extracted as a space generation scenario and the space generation is performed in response to the spatial information provision request from the user terminal accompanied by the space generation scenario stored in the user terminal. The process is executed based on the scenario, the space attribute information is acquired from the space attribute information server, the coordinates are calculated based on the space attribute information, and the space description data is transmitted to the user terminal.

The present invention according to claim 7 is a method for realizing a spatial information providing service using an image content three-dimensional display method for displaying image contents by three-dimensional display, wherein a space is provided from a user terminal to a spatial information server. A first step of transmitting a spatial information providing service request together with an address of a service scenario and a user identifier; and the spatial information server, in response to the spatial information providing service request, sends a space with the address of the spatial service scenario to the spatial generation scenario server. A second procedure for transmitting a service scenario request, and a third procedure for the space generation scenario server to transmit a space service scenario corresponding to the address of the space service scenario to the space information server in response to the space service scenario request. , The spatial information server is a space generation scenario server And a space attribute information server, which executes a process based on the space service scenario received from the server, and transmits an event notification destination registration request together with the session identifier to the space attribute information server specified in the space service scenario. Responds to the event notification destination registration request, adds the session identifier to the event notification destination management table, and transmits the response to the spatial information server, and the spatial information server receives the space received from the space generation scenario server. The sixth step of executing processing based on the service scenario and transmitting a space generation scenario request to the space generation scenario server together with the address of the space generation scenario specified in the space service scenario, and the space generation scenario server In response to the space generation scenario request, the space generation scenario And a seventh step of transmitting the space generation scenario corresponding to the response to the space information server, the space information server performs processing based on the space generation scenario received from the space generation scenario server, and is designated in the space generation scenario. And transmitting the space attribute information request together with the space attribute information identifier to the space attribute information server, wherein the space attribute information server is designated by the space attribute information identifier in response to the space attribute information request. The ninth step of transmitting the spatial attribute information to the spatial information server, the spatial information server calculates coordinates based on the spatial attribute information from the spatial attribute server, and the spatial description data including the address and the coordinate value of the content is sent to the user terminal. And the user terminal sends the content address to the content server based on the space description data. An eleventh procedure for transmitting a content request, a twelfth procedure in which the content server selects content corresponding to the address of the content and transmits it to the user terminal, and a session identifier and an event identifier from the user terminal to the spatial information server. A thirteenth procedure for transmitting a spatial information provision request, and a fourteenth step for the spatial information server to transmit a spatial generation scenario request together with the address of the spatial generation scenario to the spatial generation scenario server in response to the spatial information provision request. The procedure and the spatial attribute information server detect the change of the spatial attribute information, and send the spatial attribute information change event notification to the spatial information server together with the event identifier corresponding to the change and the session identifier managed in the event notification management table. It has the fifteenth procedure to do.

According to the present invention of claim 7, when the spatial information providing service request is transmitted from the user terminal to the spatial information server together with the address of the spatial service scenario and the user identifier, the spatial information server becomes the spatial generation scenario server. To the spatial information server, the spatial generation scenario server sends the spatial service scenario corresponding to the address of the spatial service scenario to the spatial information server, and the spatial information server based on the received spatial service scenario. And executes a process to transmit the event notification destination registration request together with the session identifier to the spatial attribute information server specified in the spatial service scenario, and the spatial attribute information server adds the session identifier to the event notification destination management table and Response to spatial information To the server, the spatial information server performs processing based on the spatial service scenario received from the spatial generation scenario server, and the spatial generation scenario server sends the spatial generation scenario together with the address of the spatial generation scenario specified in the spatial service scenario. The request is transmitted, the space generation scenario server transmits the space generation scenario corresponding to the address of the space generation scenario to the space information server, the space information server executes processing based on the received space generation scenario, and the space generation scenario is transmitted. A space attribute information request is sent together with the space attribute information identifier to the space attribute information server specified in, and the space attribute information server sends the space attribute information specified by the space attribute information identifier to the space information server. The spatial information server calculates coordinates based on the received spatial attribute information, Send spatial description data including address and coordinate values of Ntsu to the user terminal,
The user terminal sends a content request together with the address of the content to the content server based on the spatial description data, and the content server selects the content corresponding to the address of the content and sends it to the user terminal. Send a spatial information request together with the session identifier and event identifier,
The spatial information server sends a spatial generation scenario request together with the address of the spatial generation scenario to the spatial generation scenario server, the spatial attribute information server detects a change in the spatial attribute information, and an event identifier and event notification management corresponding to the change. A spatial attribute information change event notification is sent to the spatial information server together with the session identifier managed in the table.

The present invention according to claim 8 implements a spatial information providing service for providing the user terminal with spatial description data, which is coordinate information for constructing a pseudo space composed of images of a plurality of contents displayed on the user terminal. In this case, the spatial service scenario and the spatial generation scenario are managed by the spatial generation scenario server, and the spatial information provision service is performed using the spatial service scenario and the spatial generation scenario, which is transmitted from the user terminal. A spatial service scenario, which is a response from the spatial generation scenario server to the spatial generation scenario server, in response to the spatial information provision service request accompanied by the spatial service scenario address and the user identifier. Receiving space service A space generation scenario request is transmitted to the space generation scenario server in response to the space information provision request accompanied by the event identifier and the session identifier transmitted from the user terminal, and the space generation scenario server for the space generation scenario request. Space generation scenario requesting means for receiving a space generation scenario as a response from the user, a session identifier is issued in response to the space information providing service request received from the user terminal, and a space service scenario request is transmitted to the space generation scenario server. Then, the spatial service scenario which is a response from the spatial generation scenario server to the spatial service scenario request is received, the spatial service scenario is executed and its execution state is managed, and the spatial information provision request received from the user terminal is received. Spatial service scenario A spatial service scenario process that processes based on a state, sends a space generation scenario request, receives a space generation scenario that is a response from the space generation scenario server to the space generation scenario request, and requests processing of the space generation scenario. And a space attribute information request to the space attribute information server designated in the space generation scenario, according to the request from the space generation scenario processing means and the space service scenario processing means. A spatial attribute information requesting means for transmitting together with receiving the spatial attribute information designated by the identifier of the spatial attribute information from the spatial attribute information server for the spatial attribute information request, and the spatial attribute information server for the spatial attribute information request. The spatial attribute information specified by the identifier of the spatial attribute information is received, and this spatial attribute information is received. Space description data providing means for calculating coordinates based on the above, and transmitting space description data including a content address and coordinate values to a user terminal, and a space attribute information server specified by the space service scenario received from the space generation scenario server And an event notification receiving unit that transmits an event notification destination registration request to and receives a spatial attribute information change event notification generated by the spatial attribute information server.

According to the present invention of claim 8, the spatial information providing for providing the user terminal with the spatial description data which is the coordinate information for forming the pseudo space formed by the images of the plurality of contents displayed on the user terminal. In performing the service, the spatial service scenario request is transmitted to the spatial generation scenario server in response to the spatial information provision service request accompanied by the address and the user identifier of the spatial service scenario transmitted from the user terminal, and the spatial generation scenario server transmits the space. The service scenario is received, the space generation scenario server transmits a space generation scenario request to the space generation scenario server in response to the space information provision request accompanied by the event identifier and the session identifier transmitted from the user terminal, and the space generation scenario server transmits the space generation scenario. The space received and received from the user terminal The session identifier is issued in response to the information provision service request, the spatial service scenario request is further transmitted to the spatial generation scenario server, the spatial service scenario is received from the spatial generation scenario server, the spatial service scenario is executed, and its execution state is executed. The space generation scenario request from the user terminal, the space generation scenario request is transmitted by processing the space information provision request received from the user terminal based on the space service scenario execution state, and the space generation scenario is received from the space generation scenario server. Process is performed, the process is executed based on the space generation scenario, the space attribute information request is transmitted to the space attribute information server specified in the space generation scenario together with the identifier of the space attribute information, and the space from the space attribute information server is transmitted. The spatial attribute information specified by the attribute information identifier is received, and the spatial attribute information is received. The space attribute information specified by the space attribute information identifier is received from the server, the coordinates are calculated based on this space attribute information, the space description data including the address and coordinate value of the content is transmitted to the user terminal, and the space generation is performed. An event notification destination registration request is sent to the spatial attribute information server specified by the spatial service scenario received from the scenario server, and a spatial attribute information change event notification generated by the spatial attribute information server is received.

The present invention according to claim 9 implements a spatial information providing service for providing to a user terminal spatial description data which is coordinate information for forming a pseudo space composed of images of a plurality of contents displayed on the user terminal. In response to the request from the spatial information server, the spatial attribute information server provides spatial attribute information, and in response to an event notification destination registration request sent from the spatial information server, the address of the spatial information server and the session identifier. And an event notification unit for registering the event notification destination management table for managing the group of the above, and transmitting the spatial attribute information change event notification together with the event identifier to the spatial information server when the spatial attribute information change event occurs. To do.

According to the present invention of claim 9, spatial information providing for providing the user terminal with spatial description data, which is coordinate information for forming a pseudo space composed of images of a plurality of contents displayed on the user terminal. In performing the service, in response to an event notification destination registration request transmitted from the spatial information server, the spatial attribute information change event is registered in the event notification destination management table that manages the set of the address and session identifier of the spatial information server. When the event occurs, the spatial attribute information change event notification is transmitted to the spatial information server together with the event identifier.

The present invention according to claim 10 is an image content display method for displaying image content by three-dimensional display, wherein a spatial information provision request is sent from a user terminal to a spatial information server and an address of a space generation scenario and a user. A first procedure for transmitting with the identifier, a second procedure for the spatial information server to transmit the spatial generation scenario request together with the address of the spatial generation scenario to the spatial generation scenario server in response to the spatial information provision request; The generation scenario server transmits the space generation scenario corresponding to the address of the space generation scenario to the space information server in response to the space scenario request, and the space information server generates the space generated from the space generation scenario server. Processes the scenario and sends U to the URL filter server specified in the process. A fourth procedure for transmitting the L list request together with the search condition and the search engine type, and the URL filter server sends a search request to the search engine corresponding to the search engine type received with the request in response to the URL list request. A fifth procedure for transmitting together with the search condition, a search engine for performing a search in response to the search request, and a sixth procedure for returning the search result to the URL filter server, and the URL filter server for the search from the search engine. The seventh step of extracting the URL of the Web page from the result and transmitting it to the spatial information server, and the spatial information server calculates the coordinate value for each URL received from the URL filter server, and obtains the content address and the coordinate value. An eighth step of transmitting the space description data including the data to the user terminal;
The user terminal transmits the content address to the content server based on the space description data to request the content, and the content server selects the content corresponding to the content address to the user terminal. The gist is to have a ninth procedure for transmitting.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, when the spatial information server receives the spatial information providing request from the user terminal, it receives the spatial generation scenario from the spatial generation scenario server and processes it, and the URL is sent to the URL filter server. The list request is sent, the URL filter server sends a search request to the search engine in response to the URL list request, the URL is extracted from the search result from the search engine and sent to the spatial information server, and the spatial information server responds to the URL. The coordinate value is calculated, the space description data including the address of the content and the coordinate value is transmitted to the user terminal, and the user terminal acquires the content from the content server based on the space description data.

The present invention according to claim 11 provides a spatial information providing service for providing a user terminal with spatial description data, which is coordinate information for forming a pseudo space composed of images of a plurality of contents displayed on the user terminal. Is a spatial information server that generates a basic element that determines the property of the spatial information providing service as a spatial generation scenario and manages it by the spatial generation scenario server, and implements the spatial information providing service using this spatial generation scenario. And a space generation scenario request means for transmitting the space generation scenario request together with the address of the space generation scenario to the space generation scenario server in response to the space information provision request accompanied by the address of the space generation scenario and the user identifier transmitted from the user terminal. And a space generation scenario server for the space generation scenario request. Receives the space generation scenario corresponding to the address of the space generation scenario from the above, processes the space generation scenario, and sends a URL list request to the URL filter server specified in the processing together with the search condition and the search engine type. URL list requesting means for performing the URL list request, and space description data for calculating the coordinates for each URL received from the URL filter server in response to the URL list request and transmitting the space description data including the address and the coordinate value of the content to the user terminal. The gist is to have a providing means.

In the present invention according to claim 11, the spatial information server transmits a spatial generation scenario request to the spatial generation scenario server in response to a spatial information provision request from the user terminal, and the spatial generation is made in response to this request. It processes the space generation scenario received from the scenario server, sends a URL list request to the URL filter server, and URs the request.
Coordinates are calculated for each URL received from the L filter server, and space description data including the content address and coordinate values is transmitted to the user terminal.

Further, in the invention described in claim 12, in the invention described in claim 11, the URL filter server stores a filtering result including a search condition, a search engine type, and a URL list related to past search results. Filter result storage means and URL from spatial information server
The list request is received together with the search condition and the search engine type, it is determined whether or not the search result corresponding to the request for the URL list is stored in the filter result storage means. The result URL list is obtained from the filter result storage means and returned to the spatial information server, and if not stored in the filter result storage means, the filter request is transmitted to the filtering unit corresponding to the search engine type together with the search condition. The control unit receives the filter request from the control unit together with the search condition, transmits the search request together with the search condition to the corresponding search engine, receives the search result from the search engine, extracts the URL from the search result, and sends it to the control unit. A filtering unit that transmits the data as well as the filter result storage means. And summarized in that with.

According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, the UR
The L filter server is the URL from the spatial information server in the control unit.
When the list request is received, if the search result corresponding to the URL list request is stored in the filter result storage means, it is acquired from the filter result storage means and returned to the spatial information server, and if it is not stored. When the filtering request is transmitted to the filtering unit corresponding to the search engine type, and the filtering unit receives the filtering request, the filtering request is transmitted to the corresponding search engine to receive the search result, and the URL is extracted from the search result and the control unit Send to.

[0036]

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

(First Embodiment) FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the present invention.
It is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image content display device according to the embodiment of. The image content display device shown in FIG. 1 has a user terminal 1 via a computer network 1.
A content server 9 for displaying image content by three-dimensional (3D) display in 1 and managing the content and providing the content itself or an image of the content in response to a request from the user terminal 11 and a PC, for example. The spatial attribute information necessary to generate the spatial information including the spatial description data that is the coordinate information for forming the pseudo space including the images of the plurality of contents displayed on the display device of the user terminal 11. 5, a spatial attribute information server 7 provided to the user terminal 5, a spatial information server 5 that performs a spatial information providing service that provides the spatial description data to a user terminal, and an external program corresponding to a part that determines the property of the spatial information providing service. The space generation scenario 3a created by the space generation scenario creator And a space generation scenario server 3 to provide a scenario 3a to the space information server 5. In addition,
The space attribute information server 7 differs depending on what the managed data handles as space attribute information. For example, if traffic on a computer network can be monitored, it is traffic information, and if it is linked to a content server, it is attribute information related to content, and if you have a search engine, etc., keyword search results And so on.

The image content display device of the present embodiment shown in FIG. 1 has a storage position of content attribute information, a method of giving a layout coordinate of the content, a user terminal in order to eliminate the conventional problem described in FIG. By extracting a part that determines the property of the spatial information providing service such as correspondence to the display device data format as an external program and providing this program as a space generation scenario to the spatial information server as shown in FIG. It is possible to expand the information server and only change the spatial generation scenario, without newly rebuilding the spatial information server or modifying the spatial information server, and using the common spatial information server, as shown in FIG. Space Generation Scenario A
To provide the space description data α corresponding to the scenario A to the user terminal, and to provide the space description data β to the user terminal in the case of another space generation scenario B. As a result, it is possible to easily deal with services using various different three-dimensional displays.

With reference to FIG. 2, each section constituting the image content display device shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail.

As shown in detail in FIG. 2, the space information server 5 is composed of attribute information acquisition means 5a, space generation scenario processing means 5b, space generation scenario management means 5c, and space description data providing means 5d. .

The attribute information acquisition means 5a acquires the attribute information of the content from the content server 9. The space generation scenario processing unit 5b receives the space generation scenario in response to a request from the user terminal 11 and generates the space generation scenario management unit 5c.
From the user terminal 11 or from the user terminal 11, receives the space generation scenario, processes the space generation scenario, and generates a space based on the space generation scenario.
The space generation scenario processing means 5b is adapted to call the arrangement coordinate calculation processing means and the attribute information acquisition means 5a which are separately provided depending on the description of the space generation scenario.

The space generation scenario management means 5c manages the space generation scenario acquired from the space generation scenario server 3. The space description data providing means 5d is the user terminal 1
The request from 1 is sent to the space generation scenario processing means 5b,
The processing result is received and the space description data is transmitted to the user terminal 11.

The space description data providing means 5d, the space generation scenario management means 5c, and the space generation scenario processing means 5b constitute space generation scenario request means, and the attribute information acquisition means 5a and space generation scenario processing means 5b are space attributes. It constitutes information requesting means, and includes attribute information acquiring means 5a, space generation scenario processing means 5b, space description data providing means 5d.
Constitutes a space description data providing means.

The user terminal 11 is composed of a content acquisition means 11a, a space description data acquisition means 11b, a drawing processing means 11c, a display control means 11d, and an input control means 11e.

The content acquisition means 11a acquires content from the content server 9. The space description data acquisition means 11b acquires space description data from the space information server 5. The drawing processing means 11c performs a drawing process of content in a three-dimensional (3D) space. Display control means 11
d is the drawing processing result of the drawing processing means 11c, for example, CR
It is displayed on a display device such as T. The input control means 11e is
It is composed of, for example, a keyboard and a mouse and supplies an input from the user to the drawing processing means 11c.

Next, the operation of the image content display device configured as described above will be described with reference to the sequence diagrams shown in FIGS.

First, the operation of the image content display device will be described with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG. First,
A spatial information provision request is transmitted from the user terminal 11 to the spatial information server 5 together with the address of the space generation scenario and the user identifier (step S11). The address of the space generation scenario represents the location or place where the space generation scenario is stored, and here it is assumed that the IP address of the server and the path information are set, such as a URL. ing. The user identifier includes an identifier for identifying the user and a password. In addition to this, data is added according to the service.

When the spatial information server 5 receives the spatial information provision request from the user terminal 11 together with the address and the user identifier of the spatial generation scenario, the spatial information scenario server 3 responds to the spatial information provision request to the spatial generation scenario server 3. The request is transmitted together with the address of the space generation scenario (step S13). The space generation scenario server 3 transmits the space generation scenario corresponding to the address of the space generation scenario to the space information server 5 in response to the space generation scenario request from the space information server 5 (step S15).

The space information server 5 executes a process based on the space generation scenario received from the space generation scenario server 3, and sends a space attribute information request to the space attribute information server 7 designated by the process of the space attribute information. It is transmitted together with the identifier and the like (step S17). Space attribute information server 7
Upon receiving the spatial attribute information request from the spatial information server 5, the spatial attribute server 5 sends the spatial attribute information corresponding to the request.
(Step S19).

The space information server 5 calculates the coordinates based on the acquired space attribute information, and outputs the space description data consisting of the content address and the coordinate value list to the user terminal 1.
1 (step S21). The content address is assumed to be a set of a server IP address and path information, such as a URL. The user terminal 11 sends a content address to the content server 9 based on the space description data received from the space information server 5 to request the content (step S2).
3). The content server 9 selects the content corresponding to the address of the content received from the user terminal 11 and transmits it to the user terminal 11 (step S25).

In the above process, step S
The processes of 17 and S19 are repeatedly performed the number of times described in the space generation scenario, and the processes of steps S23 and S25 are repeatedly performed for the number of contents described in the space description data.

Next, the operation of the image content display device will be described with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG. The space generation scenario server 3 registers the space generation scenario in the space information server 5 (step S31).
Then, the user terminal 11 transmits a space information provision request to the space information server 5 together with the address of the space generation scenario and the user identifier (step S33).

When the space information server 5 receives the space information providing request from the user terminal 11 together with the address and the user identifier of the space generation scenario, the user terminal 11
The space generation scenario corresponding to the address of the space generation scenario received from the space generation scenario server 3 selects from the space generation scenarios registered in the space information server 5 in advance, and the selected space generation scenario server 3 selects the space generation scenario. Based on the processing, the spatial attribute information request is transmitted to the spatial attribute information server 7 designated in the scenario together with the identifier of the spatial attribute information (step S3).
5).

The space attribute information server 7 transmits the space attribute information specified by the space attribute information identifier to the space information server 5 in response to the space attribute information request (step S3).
7). Upon receiving the space attribute information, the space information server 5 calculates the coordinates based on the space attribute information and transmits the space description data including the address and the coordinate value of the content to the user terminal 11 (step S39).

The user terminal 11 sends the content address to the content server 9 based on the space description data received from the space information server 5 to request the content (step S41). The content server 9
The content corresponding to the address of the content received from the user terminal 11 is selected and transmitted to the user terminal 11 (step S43).

The above step S31 is the same as step S31.
It is performed independently of the processing after 33. Also, step S
35 and S37 are performed the number of times described in the space generation scenario. Further, steps S41 and S43 are performed by the number of contents described in the space description data.

Next, the operation of the image content display device will be described with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG. The sequence diagram shown in the figure is a case where the user terminal 11 and the space generation scenario server 3 which is the space generation scenario creator terminal are the same. Therefore, since the user terminal 11 already owns the space generation scenario, the space generation scenario is provided from the user terminal 11 to the space information server 5.

First, the user terminal 11 transmits a space generation scenario and a user identifier to the space information server 5, and transmits a space information provision request based on this space generation scenario (step S51). The spatial information server 5 executes processing based on the space generation scenario received from the user terminal 11, and transmits a spatial attribute information request to the spatial attribute information server 7 designated in the scenario together with the identifier of the spatial attribute information. (Step S53).

The space attribute information server 7 transmits the space attribute information corresponding to the identifier of the space attribute information to the space information server 5 in response to the space attribute information request from the space information server 5 (step S55). The spatial information server 5 calculates the coordinates based on the spatial attribute information received from the spatial attribute information server 7, and transmits the spatial description data including the address of the content and the list of coordinate values to the user terminal 11 (step S57).

The user terminal 11 determines the content server 9 based on the space description data received from the space information server 5.
The content address is transmitted to and the content is requested (step S59). The content server 9 selects the content corresponding to the address of the content received from the user terminal 11 and transmits it to the user terminal 11 (step S61).

(Second Embodiment) Next, an image content display device according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In this embodiment, for example, a search engine such as google is used to provide the user terminal with a space including a group of Web pages searched by a keyword passed from the user terminal as shown in FIG. In the user terminal screen image shown in FIG. 6, a plurality of We searched by the keyword passed from the user terminal is displayed.
Although page b is displayed, the space provided to this user terminal is, as shown in the figure, the search order of individual Web pages by the search engine for the X coordinate, the Y coordinate for random, and the Z coordinate for the Z coordinate. The layout using the size of each page (number of bytes, etc.) is specified.

The image content display device of this embodiment is
As shown in FIG. 7, the web server 31 that constitutes the space generation scenario server, the spatial information server 5, the search server 71 that constitutes the first spatial attribute information server, and the page analysis server that constitutes the second spatial attribute information server. 72 and a Web server 91 that constitutes a content server, and these are connected to a user terminal 11 such as a PC via the Internet 1a that constitutes a computer network.

The spatial attribute information server includes a search server 71 that performs a keyword search represented by, for example, google and the like, and a page analysis server 72 (see Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-082111) that analyzes page size and the like according to existing technology. There are two. Also, the space generation scenario server and the content server are each a normal W
The eb server 31 and the Web server 91 are used. Further, it is assumed that the drawing processing function of the user terminal 11 corresponds to the coordinate data in CSV format. User terminal 1
1 is connected to the Internet 1a via an existing Internet service provider.

The space generation scenario is as shown in FIG.
It shall be written in a text-based interpreter language. In this space generation scenario, when the space generation scenario is started (line number 01), the keyword from the user terminal 11 is acquired (line number 02), and the number of searches from the user terminal 11 is acquired (line number). 03). Then, send the keyword and the number of searches to the search server 71,
The list of corresponding pages is acquired (line number 04), and the size of each page is further acquired from the page analysis server 72 (line number 05). Then, a data object to be returned to the user terminal 11 is generated (line number 06).

Then, the process of the line number 10 shown below is repeated for the object of each page (line number 07). First, the search order of the search server 71 is designated on the X coordinate (line number 08). Note that the list of pages acquired at line number 04 is in the search order. Next, a random number value is designated for the Y coordinate (line number 09), and a page size is designated for the Z coordinate (line number 10). The process up to this point is repeated (line number 11).

Next, the lower limit of the coordinate value is -100 and the upper limit is 1.
The value is normalized to 00 (line number 12). The contents and output format of the object of each page are converted into the CSV format and set for output to the user terminal 11 (line numbers 13 and 14), and this space generation scenario ends (line number 16). The space generation scenario described above is assumed to be registered in the space generation scenario server configured by the Web server 31 with the following URL address.

“Http://scenario.ntt.co.jp/search.sch” Further, the space description data is generated as shown in FIG. In this example of space description data, as shown in the figure, for example, the Web page http://www.ba of the first data item.
It is described that r.com/ is arranged at X coordinate 0, Y coordinate 34, and Z coordinate -20.

Next, the operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG.

First, a request for providing spatial information from the user terminal 11 to the spatial information server 5 is U in the space generation scenario.
It is transmitted together with the RL, the user identifier, the keyword, and the number of searches (step S101). The spatial information server 5
When the spatial information provision request from the user terminal 11 is received,
In response to the request, the space generation scenario request is transmitted to the space generation scenario server which is the Web server 31 together with the URL of the space generation scenario (step S10).
3).

Upon receiving the space generation scenario request, the space generation scenario server 31 selects the space generation scenario corresponding to the URL of the space generation scenario in response to the request, and sends the space generation scenario to the space information server 5. It is transmitted (step S105). Upon receiving the space generation scenario from the space generation scenario server 31, the space information server 5 processes the space generation scenario, transmits the keyword and the number of searches to the search server 71 designated in the processing, and issues a search request. Perform (step S107). This process corresponds to the process at line number 04 in the space generation scenario example shown in FIG.

When the search server 71 receives a search request from the spatial information server 5 together with a keyword and the number of search cases, the search server 71 performs a search with a search condition including the keyword, and sends a list of URLs as the search result to the spatial information server 5. (Step S109). The spatial information server 5 transmits the list of URLs received from the search server 71 and the identifier indicating the update date and time to the page analysis server 72, and each UR
A page size of L is requested (step S111). Note that this processing corresponds to the processing of line number 05 in the example of the space generation scenario shown in FIG.

When the page analysis server 72 receives the request for the page size of each URL from the spatial information server 5 together with the URL list and the identifier indicating the update date and time of each URL, the page analysis server 72 analyzes the page size of each URL and the analysis result thereof. Is transmitted to the spatial information server 5 (step S11)
3). When the spatial information server 5 receives the analysis result from the page analysis server 72, the spatial information server 5 transmits spatial description data including a list of content addresses and coordinate values as shown in FIG. 9 to the user terminal 11 (step S11).
5).

The user terminal 11 sends the URL of the content to the Web server 91 which is the content server based on the space description data received from the space information server 5 to request the content (step S117). W
The eb server 91 is the URL received from the user terminal 11.
Content corresponding to, for example, HTML data is selected and transmitted to the user terminal 11 (step S11).
9).

Of the above processing, step S117
And S119 are URs described in the space description data.
This is repeated for L number of times, the image of the URL is arranged at the coordinate position specified in the space description data, and the user terminal 11
Is displayed on the display device.

(Third Embodiment) Next, FIGS.
An image content display device according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, for example, a product genre designated by the user terminal (for example,
Web of product catalogs based on furniture, appliances, etc.)
The page space is provided to the user terminal as shown in FIG. In this case, an advertisement is placed at a midpoint between web pages with many traverses and a product catalog with advertisement is provided. Note that the space provided to the user terminal is, as shown in FIG. 11, the price of each product on the X coordinate, the past sales quantity of each product on the Y coordinate, and the delivery of each product on the Z coordinate. Specify a value based on the number of days.

The image content display device of this embodiment is
As shown in FIG. 12, the space information server 5 and the space attribute information server that provides product information such as the price of the product and the number of delivery days and the catalog page of the product, the product server 81 that also serves as the content server and the space generation scenario server.
And a NW monitoring server 73 that constitutes a space attribute information server that monitors the network (NW) traffic status of the user terminal, and an advertisement server 74 that constitutes a space attribute information server that provides advertisement content to the user terminal. These are connected to the user terminal 11 such as a PC via the Internet 1a. The space generation scenario server which the product server 81 also serves may be separately provided. It is assumed that the drawing processing function of the user terminal 11 corresponds to the coordinate data in XML format, and the user terminal 11 is connected to the Internet 1a via the existing Internet service provider.

The space generation scenario is shown in FIG. 13 and FIG.
Shall be written in a text-based interpreter language as shown in succession. In this space generation scenario, when the space generation scenario is started (line number 0
1) The product genre is acquired from the user terminal 11 (line number 02). Then, the list of product catalog pages is acquired from the product server 81 (line number 03), and the price of each product is acquired from the product server 81 (line number 04).
The past sales quantity of each product is acquired from the product server 81 (line number 05), and the number of delivery days of each product is acquired from the product server 81 (line number 06).

Then, a data object to be returned to the user terminal 11 is generated (line number 07). Then, the following processing up to the line number 11 is repeated for the object of each product page (line number 08). First, the amount of the product is specified on the X coordinate (line number 09), the past sales quantity of the product is specified on the Y coordinate (line number 10), and the number of days to deliver each product is specified on the Z coordinate (line number 11). ). The process up to this point is repeated (line number 12).

Next, the lower limit of the coordinate value is -100 and the upper limit is 1.
The value is normalized to 00 (line number 13). Advertisement server 7 that has 1 / 100th the number of advertisement pages
4 (line number 14), and an advertisement page data object is generated (line number 15). Only the number of ads,
The traverse information between product pages is acquired from the NW monitoring server 73 (line number 16). Then, the following processing up to the line number 22 is repeated for each traverse information (line number 17). First, the object of the traverse source and destination product pages is extracted (line number 18), the X coordinate of the advertisement is set to the X coordinate value of the midpoint between the traverse source and destination product pages (line number 19), The Y coordinate of the advertisement is set to the Y coordinate value of the midpoint between the traverse source and destination product pages (line number 20), and the Z coordinate of the advertisement is set to the Z coordinate value of the midpoint between the traverse source and destination product pages. Set (line number 2
1). The process up to this point is repeated (line number 22).

Next, the data objects of the product page and the advertisement page are combined (line number 23), and the contents of each data object are converted into the XML format (line numbers 24, 2).
5) specify output to the user terminal 11 (line number 2
6). This process is repeated for each data object (line number 29), and this space generation scenario ends (line number 30). The space generation scenario described above is assumed to be registered in the product server 81 with the following URL address.

"Http://shop.foo.com/catalog.sch" Further, the space description data is generated as shown in FIG. In this example of space description data, as shown in the figure, for example, the first data item, Web page http://www.ba
It is described that r.com/ is arranged at X coordinate 10, Y coordinate 56, and Z coordinate 25.

Next, the operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG.

First, a request for providing spatial information is sent from the user terminal 11 to the spatial information server 5 in the space generation scenario U.
It is transmitted together with the RL, the user identifier, and the product genre (step S131). The spatial information server 5 responds to the spatial information providing request from the user terminal 11 and sends the product server 8
The URL of the space generation scenario is transmitted to 1 to request the space generation scenario (step S133). The product server 81 selects the space generation scenario corresponding to the URL of the space generation scenario in response to the request for the space generation scenario from the space information server 5, and transmits this space generation scenario to the space information server 5 (step S135). . Upon receiving the space generation scenario from the product server 81, the space information server 5 starts the processing of the space generation scenario, transmits the product genre to the product server 81, and requests the product page (step S137). The product server 81 transmits the list of URLs of the product pages to the space information server 5 in response to the request for the product page from the space information server 5 (step S139).

Upon receiving the URL list of the product page from the product server 81, the spatial information server 5 receives the product server 8
The item price identifier and the item page URL list are transmitted to 1 to request the item amount (step S141). The product server 81 transmits the price of each product to the space information server 5 together with the list of update dates and times of the products in response to the request for the price of the product from the spatial information server 5 (step S14).
3).

Upon receiving the price of each product, the spatial information server 5 sends a request for the past sales quantity of each product to the product server 81 together with the sales quantity identifier and the product page URL list (step S145). Product server 81
Sends a list of past sales quantity of each product to the space information server 5 in response to a request from the spatial information server 5 for the past sales quantity of each product (step S147).

When the spatial information server 5 receives the list of the past sales quantity of each product from the product server 81, it sends a request for the number of delivery days of each product to the product server 81 together with the identifier of the number of delivery days and the product page URL list. (Step S149). The product server 81 is the spatial information server 5
In response to the request for the number of delivery days of each product from (1), the list of the number of delivery days of each product is transmitted to the spatial information server 5 (step S151).

When the space information server 5 receives the list of delivery days of each product from the product server 81, the spatial information server 5 sends a request for a list of advertisement pages to the advertisement server 74 together with the advertisement identifier and the number of advertisements (step S153). The advertisement server 74 transmits the list of URLs of the advertisement pages to the space information server 5 in response to the request for the list of advertisement pages from the space information server 5 (step S155).

Upon receiving the list of URLs of advertisement pages from the advertisement server 74, the spatial information server 5 requests the traverse information between the product pages to the NW monitoring server 73.
(Step S157). NW monitoring server 73
Sends a list of traverse information (traverse source page URL and traverse destination page URL pair) between product pages to the spatial information server 5 in response to a request for traverse information between product pages from the spatial information server 5 (step S159).

The spatial information server 5 is the NW monitoring server 73.
When the list of traverse information is received from, the space description data is transmitted to the user terminal 11 (step S16).
1). The user terminal 11 transmits the URL of the product page to the product server 81 based on the space description data received from the space information server 5, and requests the product page (step S163). The product server 81 transmits the HTML data of the product page corresponding to the URL of the product page to the user terminal 11 in response to the request from the user terminal 11 (step S165). It should be noted that this process is repeated for the number of product pages.

(Fourth Embodiment) Next, FIGS.
An image content display device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, a different space is provided for each individual user. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 17, the present embodiment shows a case where a user has purchased a jacket at an online men's shop, but it seems that the user is interested from the past purchase history. A product is selected, recommended products are placed in the foreground along the X axis, the price is shown on the Y axis, and a random number is specified on the Z axis.

The image content display device of this embodiment is
As shown in FIG. 18, a space information server 5, a space attribute information server that manages product information such as the price of a product and the number of delivery days, provision of a product catalog page, and a purchase history of a user, a content server, and a space generation scenario. The product server 82 also serving as a server is connected to the user terminal 11 via the Internet 1a. The space generation scenario server that is also used by the product server 82 may be provided separately. User terminal 11
The drawing processing function of is compatible with the XML coordinate data, and the user terminal 11 is connected to the Internet 1a via the existing Internet service provider.

The space generation scenario is described in a text-based interpreter language as shown in FIG. In this space generation scenario, when the space generation scenario is started (line number 01), the user terminal 11
The user ID is acquired from (line number 02). then,
The list of recommended product pages is acquired from the product server 82 (line number 03), the price of each product is acquired from the product server 82 (line number 04), and a data object to be returned to the user terminal 11 is generated (line number). 05).

Then, the following processing up to the line number 10 is repeated for the object of the page of each product (line number 06). First, the degree of recommendation of a product is designated on the X coordinate (line number 07). It is assumed that the list of recommended product pages on line number 04 is in the recommended order. Next, the price of the product is designated on the Y coordinate (line number 08), and a random number is designated on the Z coordinate (line number 09). The above steps are repeated (line number 10).

Next, the lower limit of the coordinate value is -100 and the upper limit is 1.
The value is normalized to 00 (line number 11). then,
The contents of each data object are converted into the XML format (line numbers 12 and 13), and output to the user terminal 11 is designated (line number 14). The above processing is repeated to end the space generation scenario.

The space description data is generated as shown in FIG. In this space description data example, as shown in the figure, for example, the fifth data item, product page htt
p: //shop.foo.com/products? id = 3452 for X coordinate 10, Y
It is described that it is arranged at the coordinate 56 and the Z coordinate 25.

Next, the operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG.

First, a request for providing spatial information from the user terminal 11 to the spatial information server 5 is U in the space generation scenario.
It is transmitted together with the RL, the user identifier, and the product genre (step S171). Upon receiving the spatial information provision request from the user terminal 11, the spatial information server 5 sends the URL of the spatial generation scenario to the product server 82 to request the spatial generation scenario (step S173). The product server 82 selects the space generation scenario corresponding to the URL of the space generation scenario in response to the request from the space information server 5, and transmits this space generation scenario to the space information server 5 (step S175).

Upon receiving the space generation scenario from the product server 82, the space information server 5 starts the processing of the scenario, transmits the user identifier (ID) to the product server 82, and requests the recommended product page ( Step S17
7). The product server 82 responds to the request from the spatial information server 5 with U of the recommended product page corresponding to the user identifier.
The RL list is transmitted to the spatial information server 5 (step S
179).

Upon receiving the recommended product page URL list from the product server 82, the spatial information server 5 sends the product page URL list to the product server 82 and requests the price of each product (step S181). Product server 82
Transmits a list of prices of each product to the spatial information server 5 in response to a request from the spatial information server 5 (step S1).
83).

Upon receiving the price list of each product from the product server 82, the space information server 5 transmits the space description data to the user terminal 11 (step S185). The user terminal 11 transmits the URL of the product page to the product server 82 and requests the product page (step S187).
The product server 82 transmits the HTML data of the product page corresponding to the URL of the product page to the user terminal 11 in response to the request from the user terminal 11 (step S18).
9). This process is repeated for the number of product pages.

(Fifth Embodiment) The configuration of the spatial information providing service system according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention is as follows.
It is applied to the block diagram shown in FIG.

The spatial information providing service system shown in FIG. 1 has a user terminal 1 via a computer network 1.
A content server 9 for displaying image contents in three-dimensional display on the display unit 1, managing the contents, and providing the contents themselves or images of the contents in response to a content request from the user terminal 11, and a PC, for example.
And the like, and provides the spatial information server 5 with the spatial attribute information necessary to generate the spatial description data, which is the coordinate information for forming the pseudo space composed of the images of the plurality of contents displayed on the display device of the user terminal 11. Space attribute information server 7 and a space information server 5 that implements a space information providing service for providing the space description data to the user terminal 11.
And a spatial service scenario 3 which is an external program corresponding to the part that determines the property of the spatial information providing service.
b, and the space generation scenario server 3 that manages the space generation scenario 3a and provides the space service scenario 3b and the space generation scenario 3a to the space information server 5.

The space attribute information server 7 manages different data depending on what is treated as the space attribute information. For example, if an auction service is provided as the spatial information providing service, the information about the bidding status and the like is used.

Each part constituting the spatial information providing service system shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

As shown in detail in FIG. 23, the space information server 5 has an event notification receiving means 5e, a space attribute information requesting means 5f, a space service scenario requesting means 5g, a space generation scenario requesting means 5h, and a space service scenario processing means. 5i and space description data providing means 5j.

The event notification receiving means 5e transmits an event notification destination registration request for changing the spatial attribute information to the spatial information server 5 to the spatial attribute information server 7 according to the description of the spatial service scenario 3b. When the space attribute information change event occurs, the space attribute information change event notification is received.

The space attribute information requesting means 5f acquires the attribute information of the content from the space attribute information server 7. The space service scenario requesting means 5g requests the space generation scenario server 3 for the space service scenario 3b.

The space generation scenario request means 5h requests the space generation scenario 3a from the space generation scenario server 3. The spatial service scenario processing means 5i manages the spatial service scenario 3b and the spatial generation scenario 3a acquired through the spatial service scenario requesting means 5g and the spatial generation scenario requesting means 5h in response to a request from the user terminal 11, and the spatial service scenario Process 3b,
Run the service.

The space description data providing means 5j sends a request from the user terminal 11 to the space service scenario processing means 5i.
To receive the processing result and transmit the space description data to the user terminal 11.

The space attribute information server 7 is composed of event notifying means 7a. Event notification means 7
In response to the event notification destination registration request from the spatial information server 5, a registers the set of the session identifier and the event identifier together with the address of the spatial information server 5 in the event notification destination management table. When a space attribute information change event occurs, the space attribute information change event notification is transmitted as an event to the event notification receiving means 5e of the space information server 5.

In order to provide the above-mentioned space description data to the user terminal in accordance with the user action, as a basic element of the space information providing service, (1) correspondence between the user action and the event identifier notified to the space information server,
(2) Correspondence between event identifier and pseudo space identifier, (3)
It is necessary to determine beforehand the correspondence between the pseudo space identifier and the address of the space generation scenario.

The file containing the description of the correspondence between the user action and the event identifier is called a space generation scenario, and the file containing the description of the correspondence between the event identifier and the pseudo space identifier and the correspondence between the pseudo space identifier and the space generation scenario address is a space service. It is called a scenario.

The user action is an operation of the user using an input device such as a mouse, such as pressing a button displayed on the display device. The event identifier is information notified to the spatial information server according to a user action. The pseudo space identifier is an identifier for identifying the pseudo space displayed on the user terminal during execution of the spatial service scenario, and the space description data for constructing the pseudo space is based on the space generation scenario. Is generated.

Further, in order to realize the change of the information of the space attribute information server as a space attribute information change event notification, the address of the space attribute information server which generates the event is described in the space service scenario.

Next, referring to the sequence diagrams shown in FIGS. 24 to 26, the operation of the spatial information providing service system configured as described above will be described.

First, the operation of the spatial information providing service system will be described with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG.

First, when the spatial information providing service is started, the spatial information providing service request is transmitted from the user terminal 11 to the spatial information server 5 together with the address and the user identifier of the spatial service scenario 3b (step S2).
11). Upon receiving the spatial information providing service request from the user terminal 11, the spatial information server 5 responds to the spatial information providing service request and sends the spatial service scenario request to the spatial generation scenario server 3 together with the address of the spatial service scenario 3b. Send (step S21
3).

The space generation scenario server 3 transmits the space service scenario 3b corresponding to the address of the space service scenario 3b to the space information server 5 in response to the space service scenario request from the space information server 5 (step S215). . The spatial information server 5 executes processing based on the spatial service scenario 3b received from the spatial generation scenario server 3, and requests the spatial attribute information server 7 specified in the spatial service scenario together with the session identifier to register the event notification destination. Is transmitted (step S217).

The spatial attribute information server 7 adds the session identifier to the event notification destination management table in response to the event notification destination registration request, and sends the response to the spatial information server 5 (step S219). The spatial information server 5
The process is executed based on the space generation scenario server 3b received from the space generation scenario server 3 and a space generation scenario request is issued to the space generation scenario server 3 together with the address of the space generation scenario 3a specified in the space service scenario 3b. It is transmitted (step S221).

In response to the space generation scenario request, the space generation scenario server 3 transmits the space generation scenario 3a corresponding to the address of the space generation scenario 3a to the space information server 5 (step S223). The spatial information server 5
The process is executed based on the space generation scenario 3a received from the space generation scenario server 3, and the space generation scenario 3a is executed.
A space attribute information request is transmitted to the space attribute information server 7 specified therein together with the identifier of the space attribute information and the like (step S225).

Upon receiving the spatial attribute information request from the spatial information server 5, the spatial attribute information server 7 sends the spatial attribute information designated by the identifier of the spatial attribute information to the spatial information server 5 in response to the spatial attribute information request. Send (step S2
27). The spatial information server 5 calculates coordinates based on the acquired spatial attribute information, and transmits the spatial description data including the content address and the coordinate value list to the user terminal 11 (step S229).

The user terminal 11 determines the content server 9 based on the space description data received from the space information server 5.
A content request is transmitted together with the content address (step S231). The content server 9 selects the content corresponding to the address of the content received from the user terminal 11 and transmits it to the user terminal 11 (step S233).

The event notification destination registration request processing is repeatedly performed the number of times described in the space service scenario 3b, the space attribute information request is repeatedly performed the number of times described in the space generation scenario 3a, and the content request is
It is repeated for the number of contents described in the space description data.

Next, the operation of the spatial information providing service system will be described with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG.

First, when using the spatial information providing service,
When the user requests the pseudo space switching, the spatial information providing request is transmitted from the user terminal 11 to the spatial information server 5 together with the event identifier and the session identifier (step S251).

Upon receiving the spatial information providing request from the user terminal 11, the spatial information server 5 determines the pseudo spatial identifier from the event identifier based on the description of the spatial service scenario 3b being executed, and uses the pseudo spatial identifier as the pseudo spatial identifier. The address of the corresponding space generation scenario 3a is determined (step S
253), a space generation scenario request is transmitted to the space generation scenario server 3 together with the address of the space generation scenario 3a (step S255).

The space generation scenario server 3 transmits the space generation scenario 3a corresponding to the address of the space generation scenario 3a to the space information server 5 in response to the space generation scenario request from the space information server 5 (step S25).
7). The space information server 5 is the space generation scenario server 3
A process is executed based on the space generation scenario 3a received from, and the space attribute information request is transmitted to the space attribute information server 7 designated by the process together with the identifier of the space attribute information and the like (step S259).

Upon receiving the spatial attribute information request from the spatial information server 5, the spatial attribute information server 7 transmits the spatial attribute information corresponding to the request to the spatial information server 5 (step S261). The spatial information server 5 calculates the coordinates based on the acquired spatial attribute information, and transmits the spatial description data including the content address and the coordinate value list to the user terminal 11 (step S263).

The user terminal 11 transmits the content request together with the address of the content to the content server 9 based on the space description data received from the space information server 5 (step S265). Content server 9
Selects the content corresponding to the address of the content received from the user terminal 11 and transmits it to the user terminal 11 (step S267).

The space attribute information request is repeatedly made the number of times described in the space generation scenario 3a, and the content request is repeatedly made by the number of contents described in the space description data.

The operation of the spatial information providing service system will be described below with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG.

First, when using the spatial information providing service,
When requesting the switching of the pseudo space from the space attribute information server 7, the space attribute information server 7 detects the change of the space attribute information, and therefore requests the change as a space attribute information change event notification. Is searched from the event notification destination management table, and a space attribute information change event notification is transmitted to the space information server 5 (step S2).
71).

The space information server 5 receives the space attribute information change event notification from the space attribute information server 7 and determines the necessity and priority of event processing in the space service scenario 3
It is determined by the description of b or the pseudo space identifier being displayed on the user terminal 11 (step S273).

When the spatial information server 5 determines that the pseudo space being displayed on the user terminal 11 needs to be switched, the spatial information server 5 executes a process based on the information accompanying the spatial attribute information change event notification. , And transmits a space attribute information request to the space attribute information server 7 together with the space attribute information identifier and the like (step S275).

Upon receiving the space attribute information request from the space information server 5, the space attribute information server 7 transmits the space attribute information corresponding to the request to the space information server 5 (step S277). The spatial information server 5 calculates coordinates based on the acquired spatial attribute information, and sends the spatial description data including the content address and the list of coordinate values to the user terminal 11 (step S279).

The user terminal 11 transmits the content request together with the address of the content to the content server 9 based on the space description data received from the space information server 5 (step S281). Content server 9
Selects the content corresponding to the address of the content received from the user terminal 11 and transmits it to the user terminal 11 (step S283).

(Sixth Embodiment) Next, FIGS. 27 to 36 will be described.
An image content display device according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, for example, an existing search engine such as google or google is used to provide the user terminal with a space including a group of Web pages searched by the keyword passed from the user terminal. In the user terminal screen image shown in FIG. 23,
Although a plurality of Web pages searched by the keyword passed from the user terminal are displayed, the space provided to this user terminal has the X coordinate as the Web searched by the search engine, as shown in FIG. Pages are arranged in a spiral according to the search order.

The image content display device of this embodiment is
As shown in FIG. 28, the Web server 31 that constitutes the space generation scenario server, the spatial information server 5, the search engine 75 that constitutes the first spatial attribute information server, and the URL filter server that constitutes the second spatial attribute information server. 76,
And a Web server 91 that constitutes a content server, and these are connected to a plurality of user terminals 11 such as PCs via the Internet 1a that constitutes a computer network.

The spatial attribute information server has a search engine 75 for performing a keyword search represented by, for example, google, google, etc. according to the existing technology, and the HTML of the search result of the search engine 75 to the UR of the Web page.
There are two URL filter servers 76 that extract L.
Further, the space generation scenario server and the content server use the normal Web server 31 and Web server 91, respectively. Further, it is assumed that the drawing processing function of the user terminal 11 corresponds to the coordinate data in CSV format.

The space generation scenario is described in a text-based interpreter language, as shown in FIG. By changing this space generation scenario, not only the spiral arrangement described above but also an arbitrary arrangement can be designated.

In the space generation scenario shown in FIG. 29, when the space generation scenario is started (line number 1), the keyword is acquired from the user terminal 11 (line number 2) and the number of retrievals is acquired (line number 3). , The search engine type is acquired (line number 4), and the search start number is acquired (line number 5).

Then, the keyword, the search start number, the number of searches, and the search engine type are transmitted to the URL filter server 76, and the list of corresponding pages is acquired (line number 6). Then, a data object to be returned to the user terminal 11 is generated (line number 7).

Next, the processes up to the line number 12 shown below are repeated for the objects on each page (line number 8). First, the search order of the search engine 75 is designated on the X coordinate (line number 9). Note that the list of pages acquired at line number 6 is in the search order. Then Y
The swirl coordinate value is designated as the coordinate (line number 10), and the swirl coordinate value is designated as the Z coordinate (line number 11). The process up to this point is repeated (line number 12).

Then, the coordinate value is normalized to a value with a lower limit of -500 and an upper limit of 500 (line number 13). CS the content and output format of the object of each page
It is converted to the V format and set to the output to the user terminal 11 (line numbers 14 and 15), and the process up to this point is repeated to end the space generation scenario (line numbers 16 and 17). The space generation scenario described above is assumed to be registered in the space generation scenario server configured by the Web server 31 with the following URL address.

“Http://scenario.ntt.co.jp/searchfilter.sch” Spatial description data is generated as shown in FIG. In this example of space description data, as shown in the figure, for example, the Web page http://www.ba of the first data item.
It is described that r.com/ is arranged at X coordinate 0, Y coordinate 34, and Z coordinate -20.

Next, the operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to the sequence diagram shown in FIG.

First, the search engine 75 collects HTML data of a web page from the web server 91 and extracts a keyword therein (step S1201). The process of step S1201 is performed in the next step S1201.
The processing after 1203 is performed asynchronously.

Next, a request for providing spatial information from the user terminal 11 to the spatial information server 5 is U in the space generation scenario.
It is transmitted together with the RL, user identification information, keyword, search start number, number of searches, and search engine type (step S1203). The spatial information server 5 uses the user terminal 11
Upon receiving the space information provision request from the space generation scenario request to the space generation scenario server 31, which is the Web server 31, in response to the request.
It is transmitted together with L (step S1205).

Upon receiving the space scenario request, the space generation scenario server 31 selects the space generation scenario corresponding to the URL of the space generation scenario in response to the request and sends the space generation scenario to the space information server 5. It is transmitted (step S1207). Upon receiving the space generation scenario from the space generation scenario server 31, the space information server 5 processes the space generation scenario, and the keyword, the search start number, the number of searches, and the search for the URL filter server 76 designated in the processing. UR by sending engine type
The L list is requested (step S1209). This process corresponds to the process of line number 6 in the space generation scenario example shown in FIG.

Upon receiving the URL list request from the spatial information server 5 together with the keyword, the search start number, the number of searches, and the search engine type, the URL filter server 76 selects the search engine 75 from the received search engine type, A search request is transmitted to the search engine 75 in a predetermined format together with search conditions including a keyword, a search start number, and the number of searches (step S1).
211).

When the search engine 75 receives a search request together with a search condition including a keyword, a search start number, and the number of searches, it searches under this search condition and returns the HTML data of the search result to the URL filter server 76 ( Step S1213). URL filter server 76
Is the HTM of the search result received from the search engine 75.
The URL of the Web page is extracted from the L data and transmitted to the spatial information server 5 (step S1215).

The space information server 5 adds the calculated coordinate value to each URL received from the URL filter server 76, and the space description data as shown in FIG. 26, which is composed of a list of contents addresses and coordinate values. Create
It transmits to the user terminal 11 (step S1217).

The user terminal 11 sends the URL of the content to the Web server 91, which is the content server, based on the space description data received from the space information server 5 to request the content (step S1219).
The Web server 91 receives the UR received from the user terminal 11.
The content corresponding to L such as HTML data is selected and transmitted to the user terminal 11 (step S12).
21).

Of the above processing, step S121
9 and S1221 are repeated for the number of URLs described in the space description data, the image of the URL is arranged at the coordinate position specified in the space description data, and the display device of the user terminal 11 is displayed as shown in FIG. Is displayed.

Next, the URL filter server 76 will be described. The URL filter server 76 is shown in detail in FIG.
2, a control unit 761 that controls the whole, a plurality of filtering units 763 that are respectively connected to the search engine 75, a filter result storage area 765, a filtering unit list 767, and an effective storage time record 76.
It is composed of nine.

The control unit 761 receives the U information from the spatial information server 5.
When a request for an RL list is received along with keywords, the number of searches, the search start number, and the search engine type
It is determined whether or not the search result corresponding to the list request is stored in the filter result storage area 765. If the search result is stored, the URL list as the result is read from the filter result storage area 765 and the spatial information is read. When the response is sent to the server 5, but is not stored in the filter result storage area 765, the filtering unit 763 corresponding to the search engine type is selected from the filtering unit list 767, and the filter request is sent to the selected filtering unit 763 as a keyword. , The number of searches, and the search start number.

A plurality of filtering units 763 are provided, and each filtering unit 763 is provided corresponding to a particular search engine 75. The method of issuing a search request to the search engine 75 and the rules for extracting URLs from HTML data as search results from the search engine 75 are different for each corresponding search engine 75. The corresponding filtering unit 763 absorbs these differences for each search engine 75. Further, in order to support the new search engine 75, a filtering unit 763 corresponding to the search engine 75 is added, and the filtering unit list 767 is additionally registered.

The filtering section 763 has a control section 761.
When the filter request is received from the search request including the keyword, the search condition, and the search start number from the server, the search request including the keyword, the search start number, and the number of searches is connected to the specific search engine 75 corresponding to the filter request. Along with the transmission in a predetermined format Filtering unit 7
When 63 receives the HTML data of the search result from the search engine 75, it sends We from the HTML data of the search result.
The URL of page b is extracted, and the list of extracted URLs is supplied to the control unit 761.

The filter result storage area 765 is an area for storing the filtering result from the filtering unit 763. The data items of the filtering result are shown in FIG.
As shown in, the keyword, number of searches, search start number,
It consists of search engine type, URL list, and update date and time.
Only the control unit 761 saves and refers to the filtering result in the filter result saving area 765.

The filtering section list 767 is shown in FIG.
As shown in, the list is composed of an identifier (character string) representing the search engine type and the name of the filtering unit 763 corresponding to the search engine type.

The effective storage time record 769 stores the effective storage time of the filtering result stored in the filtering unit list 767. It should be noted that the filtering result stored in the filter result storage area 765 after the effective storage time has passed from the update date and time of the filtering result is not reused.

Next, the processing of the URL filter server 76 will be described with reference to the sequence diagrams shown in FIGS.

First, when the control unit 761 of the URL filter server 76 receives a request for the URL list from the spatial information server 5 together with the keyword, the number of searches, the search start number, and the search engine type (step S301), this U
It is checked whether the search result corresponding to the request of the RL list is stored in the filter result storage area 765 as the previous search result (step S303).

If it is stored in the filter result storage area 765, as described below with reference to FIG.
When the corresponding URL list is received from the filter result storage area 765, but is not stored in the filter result storage area 765 and an identifier indicating that is received, that is, an identifier indicating that it is not stored in the filter result storage area 765. When receiving (step S305),
The control unit 761 selects the filtering unit 763 corresponding to the search engine type from the filtering unit list 767, calls this filtering unit 763, and sends the filter request together with the keyword, the number of search cases, and the search start number (step S307).

The filtering unit 763 transmits the search request to the search engine 75 corresponding to the filtering unit 763 in a predetermined format together with the keyword, the number of searches, and the search start number (step S309). Filtering unit 763
When the HTML data which is the search result from the search engine 75 is received (step S311), the HTML
The URL is extracted from the data, and the number of extracted URLs (the number of hits) and the list of URLs are sent to the control unit 761 (step S313).

The control unit 761 has a filtering unit 763.
Data items such as keywords, number of searches, search start number, search engine type, etc., sent to the filtering unit 763
The URL list and the update date and time received from the server are stored in the filter result storage area 765 (step S31).
5). The filter result storage area 765 returns the identifier indicating whether the storage has succeeded or failed from the control unit 761 to the control unit 761 (step S317). Control unit 76
1 transmits the number of URLs and the URL list received from the filtering unit 763 to the spatial information server 5 (step S319).

Next, with reference to FIG. 36, the processing in the case where the search result corresponding to the URL list request from the spatial information server 5 is stored in the filter result storage area 765 will be described.

The control unit 761 of the URL filter server 76
Receives a request for a URL list from the spatial information server 5 together with a keyword, the number of searches, a search start number, and a search engine type (step S401), the search result corresponding to the request for the URL list is filtered as the previous search result. It is checked whether or not it is saved in the save area 765 (step S403).

When the search result corresponding to the URL request is not stored in the filter result storage area 765, it is acquired from the search engine 75 via the filtering unit 763 as described in step S307 and subsequent steps in FIG. Is stored in the filter result storage area 765, and when the identifier indicating that it is stored is received from the filter result storage area 765, the control unit 761 controls the corresponding URL stored in the filter result storage area 765. The list is received from the filter result storage area 765 (step S405). Then, the control unit 761 receives the number of URLs received from the filter result storage area 765 and the U
The list of RLs is transmitted to the spatial information server 5 (step S407).

[0170]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Basics for determining the nature of the spatial information providing service when implementing the spatial information providing service for providing the user terminal with spatial description data that is coordinate information for forming a pseudo space composed of images of a plurality of contents displayed on the user terminal The element extracted as the space generation scenario is acquired from the space generation scenario server in response to the space information provision request from the user terminal, the process is executed based on the space generation scenario, and the space attribute specified in the scenario is acquired. The space attribute information is acquired from the information server, the coordinates are calculated based on the space attribute information, and the space description data is transmitted to the user terminal. Space generation scenario with basic elements such as how to give layout coordinates and data format of display device of user terminal It is possible to describe, there is no need to modify the spatial information server or new reconstruction, add new types of content, add content arrangement methods, respond appropriately to new user terminals, improve economy and efficiency. Can be planned.

In implementing the spatial information providing service, a spatial service scenario describing a set of a plurality of event identifiers and addresses of the spatial generation scenario and a spatial generation scenario for generating each pseudo space are currently displayed. Since the user transmits the event identifier by looking at the pseudo space, the pseudo space displayed on the display device of the user terminal can be continuously switched.

Further, the basic information for realizing the notification of the spatial attribute information change event is described in the spatial service scenario, and the information necessary for the spatial attribute information change event notification is sent to the spatial attribute information server when the spatial service scenario is executed. Since the information is registered, it becomes possible to always display the latest information on the display device of the user terminal, and it is possible to ensure that there is no discrepancy between the information on the spatial attribute information server and the information displayed on the display device of the user terminal. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image content display device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of each unit of the image content display device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the image content display device of the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram showing another operation of the image content display device of the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG.

5 is a sequence diagram showing another operation of the image content display device of the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a user terminal screen image in the image content display device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image content display device of the embodiment shown in FIG.

8 is a diagram showing an example of a space generation scenario in the image content display device shown in FIG.

9 is a diagram showing an example of space description data in the image content display device shown in FIG.

10 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the image content display device shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a user terminal screen image in the image content display device according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

12 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image content display device of the embodiment shown in FIG.

13 is a diagram showing a part of an example of a space generation scenario in the image content display device shown in FIG.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the remaining part of the example space generation scenario shown in FIG. 13;

15 is a diagram showing an example of space description data in the image content display device shown in FIG.

16 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the image content display device shown in FIG.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a user terminal screen image in the image content display device according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the image content display device of the embodiment shown in FIG.

19 is a diagram showing an example of a space generation scenario in the image content display device shown in FIG.

20 is a diagram showing an example of space description data in the image content display device shown in FIG.

21 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the image content display device shown in FIG.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between a space information server and a space generation scenario in the image content display device of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of each unit of the spatial information providing service system according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 24 is a sequence diagram showing an operation at the time of starting the service of the spatial information providing service system of the embodiment shown in FIG. 23;

FIG. 25 is a sequence diagram showing an operation when using a service of the spatial information providing service system of the embodiment shown in FIG. 23.

FIG. 26 is a sequence diagram showing an operation when using a service of the spatial information providing service system of the embodiment shown in FIG. 23.

FIG. 27 is a diagram showing a user terminal screen image in the image content display device according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention.

28 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image content display device of still another embodiment shown in FIG. 27. FIG.

FIG. 29 is a diagram showing an example of a space scenario in the image content display device shown in FIG. 27.

30 is a diagram showing an example of space description data in the image content display device shown in FIG. 27.

FIG. 31 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the image content display device shown in FIG. 27.

32 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a URL filter server used in the image content display device shown in FIG. 27.

33 is a diagram showing an example of a filtering unit list used in the URL filter server shown in FIG. 32.

34 is a diagram showing an example of a filtering result stored in a filter result storage area used in the URL filter server shown in FIG. 32.

FIG. 35 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the URL filter server shown in FIG. 32.

FIG. 36 is an operation of the URL filter server shown in FIG. 32,
In particular, it is a sequence diagram showing an operation when a search result corresponding to a URL list request from the spatial information server is stored in the filter result storage area.

FIG. 37 is an explanatory diagram showing that spatial information servers in a conventional image content display device are separately configured according to policies.

FIG. 38 is an explanatory diagram showing a general configuration of an image content display device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 computer network 3 Space generation scenario server 3a Space generation scenario 3b Spatial service scenario 5 Spatial information server 5a Attribute information acquisition means 5b Space generation scenario processing means 5c Space generation scenario management means 5d space description data providing means 5e Event notification receiving means 5f Space attribute information requesting means 5g Spatial service scenario requesting means 5h Space generation scenario requesting means 5i spatial service scenario processing means 5j Space description data providing means 7 Spatial attribute information server 9 Content server 11 user terminal 11a Content acquisition means 11b Space description data acquisition means 11c Drawing processing means 11d display control means 11e Input control means 31 Web server (space generation scenario server) 75 Search engine (spatial attribute information server) 76 URL filter server (spatial attribute information server) 91 Web server (content server)

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Kazutaka Uchihashi             2-3-1, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo             Inside Telegraph and Telephone Corporation F-term (reference) 5B050 AA08 BA09 BA13 CA05 CA07                       CA08 EA26 FA02 FA19 GA08                 5B069 AA01 BA03 BB16 CA03 DD06                 5B075 PQ13

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A method of displaying image contents by three-dimensional display, comprising: transmitting a spatial information provision request from a user terminal to a spatial information server together with an address of a space generation scenario and a user identifier; A second step of transmitting a space generation scenario request to the space generation scenario server together with the address of the space generation scenario to the space generation scenario server in response to the space information provision request; A third procedure of transmitting a space generation scenario corresponding to the address of the space generation scenario to the space information server in response to the scenario request, and the space information server executes processing based on the space generation scenario received from the space generation scenario server. The space attribute information server specified in the scenario. A fourth step of transmitting the sex information request together with the spatial attribute information identifier, and the spatial attribute information server, in response to the spatial attribute information request, sends the spatial attribute information specified by the spatial attribute information identifier to the spatial information server. A fifth step of transmitting, and a sixth step of the spatial information server calculating coordinates based on the spatial attribute information from the spatial attribute information server, and transmitting spatial description data including the address and coordinate value of the content to the user terminal. The user terminal transmits a content address to the content server based on the space description data to request the content, and the content server selects the content corresponding to the content address to the user terminal. An image content display method comprising: an eighth step of transmitting. 2. An image content display method for displaying image content by three-dimensional display, wherein a space generation scenario server performs a first procedure of registering a space generation scenario with a space information server, and a space from a user terminal. A second procedure for transmitting a spatial information provision request to an information server together with an address of a space generation scenario and a user identifier, and the spatial information server responds to the spatial information provision request and receives the address of the spatial generation scenario received from the user terminal A space generation scenario corresponding to the above is selected, processing is executed based on the selected space generation scenario, and a space attribute information request is sent to the space attribute information server specified in the scenario together with the space attribute information identifier. And the spatial attribute information server responds to the spatial attribute information request with the spatial attribute information server. A fourth step of transmitting the spatial attribute information specified by the information identifier to the spatial information server, and the spatial information server, upon receiving the spatial attribute information, calculates coordinates based on this spatial attribute information, and A fifth step of transmitting space description data including coordinate values to the user terminal, and the user terminal requests the content by transmitting the address of the content to the content server based on the space description data received from the space information server. The image content display method comprising: a sixth step; and a seventh step, in which the content server selects a content corresponding to an address of the content received from the user terminal and transmits the content to the user terminal. 3. An image content display method for displaying image content by three-dimensional display, wherein a spatial generation scenario and a user identifier are transmitted from a user terminal to a spatial information server, and a spatial information provision request by this spatial generation scenario is sent. To the spatial information server, the spatial information server performs processing based on the spatial generation scenario received from the user terminal, and requests the spatial attribute information server to the spatial attribute information server specified in the scenario. A second step of transmitting the spatial attribute information together with the identifier of the spatial attribute information; and a step of transmitting the spatial attribute information corresponding to the identifier of the spatial attribute information to the spatial information server in response to the spatial attribute information request from the spatial information server. 3 and the spatial information server calculates coordinates based on the spatial attribute information received from the spatial attribute information server, The fourth procedure for transmitting the space description data including the content address and the coordinate value to the user terminal, and the user terminal transmits the content address to the content server based on the space description data received from the space information server. An image content display method comprising: a fifth step of making a request; and a sixth step of the content server selecting content corresponding to the address of the content received from the user terminal and transmitting the selected content to the user terminal. 4. A spatial information providing service for providing a user terminal with spatial description data, which is coordinate information for constructing a pseudo space composed of images of a plurality of contents displayed on the user terminal, It is a spatial information server that generates the basic elements that determine properties as a spatial generation scenario, manages them with the spatial generation scenario server, and performs the spatial information provision service using this spatial generation scenario, and is sent from the user terminal. Space generation scenario requesting means for transmitting the space generation scenario request together with the address of the space generation scenario to the space generation scenario server in response to the space information provision request accompanied by the address of the space generation scenario and the user identifier, and the space for the space generation scenario request. Of the space generation scenario from the generation scenario server A space that receives a space generation scenario corresponding to a dress, executes processing based on this space generation scenario, and transmits a space attribute information request together with an identifier of the space attribute information to a space attribute information server specified in the scenario. Attribute information requesting means and space attribute information designated by the identifier of the space attribute information from the space attribute information server for the space attribute information request are received, coordinates are calculated based on this space attribute information, and the address and coordinates of the content A spatial information server comprising: spatial description data providing means for transmitting spatial description data including a value to a user terminal. 5. A spatial information providing service that provides spatial description data, which is coordinate information for constructing a pseudo space composed of images of a plurality of contents displayed on a user terminal, to the user terminal, when performing the spatial information providing service. The basic elements that determine the properties are generated as a space generation scenario and managed by the space generation scenario server, and this space information scenario is received and managed in advance from the space generation scenario server and the space information is provided using this space generation scenario. A spatial information server that implements a service, wherein the spatial generation scenario corresponding to the address of the spatial generation scenario is transmitted in response to a spatial information provision request accompanied by an address of the spatial generation scenario and a user identifier transmitted from a user terminal. Select from the space generation scenarios managed in advance and select this Space attribute information requesting means for executing a process based on a space generation scenario and transmitting a space attribute information request together with an identifier of the space attribute information to a space attribute information server specified in the scenario; The spatial attribute information specified by the identifier of the spatial attribute information is received from the spatial attribute information server, the coordinates are calculated based on the spatial attribute information, and the spatial description data including the address of the content and the coordinate value is transmitted to the user terminal. A spatial information server comprising: spatial description data providing means. 6. A spatial information providing service for providing a user terminal with spatial description data, which is coordinate information for constructing a pseudo space composed of images of a plurality of contents displayed on the user terminal, A space in which the basic elements that determine the properties are generated as a space generation scenario and stored in the user terminal, and the space information provision service is performed using the space generation scenario received from the user terminal when the user terminal requests the space information provision. An information server, which executes a process based on the space generation scenario and a space information provision request accompanied by a user identifier transmitted from the user terminal, and performs space attribute information specified in the scenario. Space attribute information request to send space attribute information request to server together with identifier of space attribute information And receiving space attribute information specified by an identifier of the space attribute information from the space attribute information server in response to the space attribute information request, calculating coordinates based on the space attribute information, and including the address and coordinate value of the content. A spatial information server comprising: spatial description data providing means for transmitting spatial description data to a user terminal. 7. A method for realizing a spatial information providing service using an image content three-dimensional display method for displaying image contents by three-dimensional display, wherein an address of a spatial service scenario and a user identifier are sent from a user terminal to a spatial information server. A first step of sending a spatial information providing service request together with the spatial information providing service request; and a spatial information server sending a spatial service scenario request together with an address of the spatial service scenario to the spatial generation scenario server in response to the spatial information providing service request. 2. The spatial generation scenario server transmits the spatial service scenario corresponding to the address of the spatial service scenario to the spatial information server in response to the spatial service scenario request, and the spatial information server generates the spatial generation. Spatial server received from scenario server A fourth step of executing a process based on the scenario, and transmitting an event notification destination registration request together with a session identifier to the spatial attribute information server specified in the spatial service scenario; A fifth step of adding the session identifier to the event notification destination management table in response to the pre-registration request and transmitting the response to the spatial information server, and the spatial information server is based on the spatial service scenario received from the spatial generation scenario server. And performing a process to send a space generation scenario request to the space generation scenario server together with the address of the space generation scenario specified in the space service scenario; Space corresponding to the address of the space generation scenario in response to the request A seventh step of transmitting the generation scenario to the spatial information server, and the spatial information server executes processing based on the spatial generation scenario received from the spatial generation scenario server, and the spatial attribute information server specified in the spatial generation scenario To the space attribute information request, and the space attribute information server responds to the space attribute information request with the space attribute information specified by the space attribute information identifier. Ninth procedure of transmitting to spatial information server, spatial information server calculates coordinates based on spatial attribute information from spatial attribute information server, and transmits spatial description data including address of content and coordinate value to user terminal
Step 11, the user terminal sends a content request together with the address of the content to the content server based on the space description data, and step 11 is the content server selects the content corresponding to the address of the content and sends it to the user terminal. A twelfth step, a thirteenth step of transmitting a spatial information providing request together with a session identifier and an event identifier from the user terminal to the spatial information server, and the spatial information server responding to the spatial information providing request in response to the spatial information providing request. A fourteenth procedure for transmitting a space generation scenario request to the server together with the address of the space generation scenario, and the space attribute information server detects a change in the space attribute information, and an event identifier corresponding to the change and the event notification management table. With the session identifier managed by Space information providing service realization method, characterized by having a first 15 steps of transmitting the spatial attribute information change event notification to the space information server. 8. A spatial service scenario and a space for implementing a spatial information providing service for providing a user terminal with spatial description data, which is coordinate information for constructing a pseudo space composed of images of a plurality of contents displayed on the user terminal. The generation scenario is managed by the space generation scenario server,
A spatial information server that performs a spatial information providing service using the spatial service scenario and the spatial generation scenario, and responds to a spatial information providing service request accompanied by an address and a user identifier of the spatial service scenario transmitted from a user terminal. And a spatial service scenario requesting means for transmitting a spatial service scenario request to the spatial generation scenario server and receiving a spatial service scenario which is a response from the spatial generation scenario server to the spatial service scenario request, and an event transmitted from the user terminal. Sending a space generation scenario request to the space generation scenario server in response to a space information provision request accompanied by an identifier and a session identifier,
Space generation scenario request means for receiving a space generation scenario, which is a response from the space generation scenario server to the space generation scenario request, and a session identifier issued in response to the space information providing service request received from the user terminal, and further space Send a spatial service scenario request to the generation scenario server,
A spatial service scenario, which is a response from the spatial generation scenario server to the spatial service scenario request, is received, the spatial service scenario is executed and its execution state is managed, and the spatial information provision request received from the user terminal is transmitted to the spatial service scenario. A spatial service that processes based on a scenario execution state, transmits a space generation scenario request, receives a space generation scenario that is a response from the space generation scenario server to the space generation scenario request, and requests processing of the space generation scenario. According to a request from the scenario processing means and the spatial service scenario processing means,
A process is executed based on the space generation scenario, a space attribute information request is transmitted to the space attribute information server specified in the space generation scenario together with an identifier of the space attribute information, and the space attribute information server responds to the space attribute information request. From the spatial attribute information request means for receiving the spatial attribute information designated by the identifier of the spatial attribute information from the spatial attribute information server, and receiving the spatial attribute information designated by the identifier of the spatial attribute information from the spatial attribute information server in response to the spatial attribute information request. Then, the space description data providing means for calculating the coordinates based on the space attribute information and transmitting the space description data including the address and coordinate value of the content to the user terminal, and the space service scenario received from the space generation scenario server. Event registration destination registration request is sent to the spatial attribute information server Space information server, characterized in that it comprises an event notification receiving means for receiving the spatial attribute information change event notification server occurs. 9. A request from a spatial information server in performing a spatial information providing service for providing spatial description data, which is coordinate information for constructing a pseudo space composed of images of a plurality of contents displayed on a user terminal, to the user terminal. A spatial attribute information server that provides spatial attribute information according to the following, and an event notification that manages a set of the address of the spatial information server and the session identifier in response to an event notification destination registration request transmitted from the spatial information server. A space attribute information server characterized by having an event notification unit that is registered in a destination management table and that sends a space attribute information change event notification together with an event identifier to the space information server when a space attribute information change event occurs. 10. An image content display method for displaying image content by three-dimensional display, comprising: transmitting a spatial information provision request from a user terminal to a spatial information server together with an address of a space generation scenario and a user identifier. A second step in which the spatial information server sends a spatial generation scenario request together with the address of the spatial generation scenario to the spatial generation scenario server in response to the spatial information provision request; A third step of transmitting a space generation scenario corresponding to the address of the space generation scenario to the spatial information server in response to the request; the spatial information server processes the space generation scenario received from the space generation scenario server; URL specified in
URL list request to filter server as search condition,
A fourth procedure of transmitting the search request together with the search engine type, and a fifth step of the URL filter server transmitting the search request together with the search condition to the search engine corresponding to the search engine type received together with the request in response to the URL list request. And a sixth procedure in which the search engine performs a search in response to the search request and returns the search result to the URL filter server. The URL filter server retrieves the URL of the Web page from the search result from the search engine. A seventh procedure of extracting and transmitting to the spatial information server, the spatial information server calculates coordinate values for each URL received from the URL filter server, and spatial description data including the address of the content and the coordinate values is sent to the user terminal. And the user terminal transmits the content server based on the space description data. To the user terminal, and the content server has a ninth step of selecting a content corresponding to the content address and transmitting the selected content to the user terminal. Image content display method. 11. A spatial information providing service that provides spatial description data, which is coordinate information for constructing a pseudo space composed of images of a plurality of contents displayed on a user terminal, to the user terminal. It is a spatial information server that generates the basic elements that determine properties as a spatial generation scenario, manages them with the spatial generation scenario server, and performs the spatial information provision service using this spatial generation scenario, and is sent from the user terminal. Space generation scenario requesting means for transmitting the space generation scenario request together with the address of the space generation scenario to the space generation scenario server in response to the space information provision request accompanied by the address of the space generation scenario and the user identifier, and the space for the space generation scenario request. Generation scenario from the generation scenario server URL list request means for receiving a space generation scenario corresponding to an address, processing the space generation scenario, and transmitting a URL list request to the URL filter server specified in the processing together with the search condition and the search engine type. Space description data providing means for calculating coordinates for each URL received from the URL filter server in response to the URL list request and transmitting space description data including a content address and coordinate values to a user terminal. Characteristic spatial information server. 12. The URL filter server stores a filtering result including a search condition, a search engine type, and a URL list, which are related to past search results, and a URL list request from the spatial information server. It is received together with the condition and the search engine type, and it is determined whether or not the search result corresponding to the request of this URL list is stored in the filter result storage means. If it is stored, the URL list of the search result is stored. A control unit that obtains from the filter result storage unit and returns to the spatial information server, and if the filter result storage unit does not store the filter result, sends a filter request to the filtering unit corresponding to the search engine type together with the search condition; Receiving a filter request from the control unit together with search conditions, and corresponding search engine A search request together with a search condition, a search result from a search engine, a URL from the search result, a URL to the control unit, and a filtering unit to store the URL in the filter result storage unit. 11. The method according to claim 11, wherein
Spatial information server described.