JP2003256673A - Educational contents distribution control device, educational contents distribution control method, educational contents distribution control program, and program recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an educational contents distribution control device to easily conduct distribution of educational contents which has useful functions for both customers and contents generating agencies. <P>SOLUTION: This device is provided with a registration part 2 to register contents in a contents distribution server 12, a customer identification information storage part 3 to store customer identification information, a search and notification part 4 to search for contents in accordance with a request from a customer terminal 11, and notify information as result of searching to the customer terminal, a certification part 5 to receive a request for distribution of contents from the customer terminal 11, and certify the distribution of contents, a charging part 7 to charge fees for use of contents distributed from the contents distribution server 12 to the customer terminal 11, a copyright protecting part 7 to apply a copyright protective process to the contents, a contents evaluation input/output part 8 to receive evaluation information related to evaluation of the contents to be sent to the contents distribution server 12, and a request input/output part 9 to receive request information related to contents of which formation is desired by customers to be sent to the contents distribution server 12. <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 educational content distribution management device for managing distribution of educational content, an educational content distribution management method, an educational content distribution management program, and a program recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A content distribution system for distributing digital contents (hereinafter referred to as contents) using a communication network such as the Internet is used in various industries and the demand thereof is also increasing. However, the conventional content distribution is intended to be used by an unspecified number of customers, and when it is used for a specific purpose, it is not always possible to provide a satisfactory service. This is no exception when using content distribution for education in schools.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In a school that actually conducts education, there are the following problems in using contents for education. The amount of contents existing on the Internet network is huge, and it takes a huge amount of time to search for the contents suitable for the purpose from among these, and it is useful for class quickly and accurately within the limited class time. It is impossible to search for content.

[0006] Further, since copyright information indicating whether or not content can be copied or edited and edited is not generally known, the content cannot be used positively in class.

Further, when paying the fee by using the educational content created by the content creator, the conventional usage fee billing system is premised on that the individual pays the fee. It is not possible for organizations such as associations to take charge of the content usage fees.

[0006] Further, even a content creator who creates educational content has the following problems. Even if the content creator owns content that seems to be useful as teaching materials used at school, at the stage of considering what content to use at school, etc., the structure and length (capacity) Not always). Also, in class
It may not be the suitable configuration or length.

Further, when the educational contents are stored in a CD-ROM and distributed, a third party can easily copy or process the contents, so that the secondary use of the educational contents can be prevented. , Need to rely on the goodwill of the user.

[0008] In addition, the use frequency and content evaluation of the provided contents must be investigated through questionnaires and hearings.

In view of such circumstances, the present invention has a useful function for both a user (customer) and a content creator in a school etc., and is an educational content for easily delivering educational content. An object of the present invention is to provide a distribution management device, an educational content distribution management method, an educational content distribution management program, and a program recording medium.

[0010]

The present invention according to claim 1 is an educational content distribution management device for managing content distribution by communicating with a customer terminal which receives distribution of content used for education. And a customer identification information storage means for storing customer identification information for identifying the customer inputted through the customer terminal, and a content distribution request from the customer terminal, and identifying the content requested to be distributed by the customer terminal. Authentication means for authenticating the content distribution based on the content identification information and the customer identification information for
The gist is to have a billing means for billing a usage fee of the content delivered to the authenticated customer terminal.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the first aspect, a registration unit that registers the content in a distribution device that distributes the content to a customer terminal, and a copyright for protecting the content. Copyright protection means for performing rights protection processing, search notification means for searching content according to the request from the customer terminal and notifying the result of the search to the customer terminal, and evaluation regarding evaluation of content distributed to the customer terminal At least one or more of a content evaluation input / output unit that receives information and transmits it to the content creation device, and a request input / output unit that receives request information regarding content requested by the customer from the customer terminal and sends it to the content creation device It is a gist to have.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the second aspect, the registration means registers content-related information, which is associated with the content and indicates a classification category to which the content belongs and general content, in the distribution device. The gist is to have a related information registration means that

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the third aspect, the search notification means has a related information searching means for searching the content based on the content related information. .

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect of the invention, educational content distribution management for communicating content with a customer terminal receiving distribution of content used for education and managing distribution of the content. A method of storing a customer identification information storing customer identification information for identifying a customer inputted through the customer terminal, and receiving a content distribution request from the customer terminal An authentication step of authenticating the content distribution based on the content identification information for identifying the content and the customer identification information, and a charging step of charging a usage fee of the content distributed to the authenticated customer terminal The point is to do.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the fifth aspect, a registration step of registering the content in a distribution device that distributes the content to a customer terminal, and a copyright for protecting the content. A copyright protection step for performing a copyright protection process, a search notification step for searching the content according to a request from the customer terminal and notifying the result of the search to the customer terminal, and an evaluation regarding evaluation of the content distributed to the customer terminal At least one or more of a content evaluation input / output step of receiving information and transmitting it to the content creation apparatus, and a request input / output step of receiving request information regarding content requested by the customer from the customer terminal and transmitting it to the content creation apparatus The point is to carry out.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the sixth aspect, the registering step registers content-related information indicating a classification category to which the content belongs and general content in the distribution device. The gist is to have a related information registration step that

The present invention according to claim 8 is characterized in that, in the invention according to claim 7, the search notification step includes a related information searching step for searching the content based on the content related information. .

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, educational content distribution management used in an educational content distribution management apparatus that communicates with a customer terminal that receives distribution of content used for education and manages content distribution. A program, which is a program, receives a content distribution request from the customer terminal, a customer identification information storing step of storing customer identification information for identifying the customer, which is input via the customer terminal, to the educational content distribution management device. An authentication step of authenticating the content distribution based on the content identification information for identifying the content requested to be distributed by the customer terminal and the customer identification information, and the usage fee of the content distributed to the authenticated customer terminal The gist is to execute the billing step for billing.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the ninth aspect, a registration step of registering the content in the distribution device for distributing the content to the customer terminal in the educational content distribution management device, and the content A copyright protection step for performing copyright protection processing to protect the copyright, a search notification step for searching the content according to a request from the customer terminal, and notifying the customer terminal of the search result, and a customer terminal Content evaluation input / output step of receiving the evaluation information regarding the evaluation of the distributed content and transmitting it to the content creation apparatus, and a request for receiving request information regarding the content requested by the customer from the customer terminal and transmitting it to the content creation apparatus. The gist is to execute at least one or more of the input / output steps.

The present invention according to claim 11 is the tenth aspect.
In the invention described in (3), the gist is that the registration step has a related information registration step of registering the content related information which is associated with the content and which shows the classification category to which the content belongs and the general content in the distribution device.

The present invention according to claim 12 provides the invention according to claim 11.
In the invention described in (1), the gist is that the search notification step has a related information search step of searching the content based on the content related information.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, educational content distribution management used in an educational content distribution management apparatus for managing content distribution by communicating with a customer terminal that receives distribution of content used for education. A program recording medium for recording a program, wherein the educational content distribution management device stores a customer identification information storing customer identification information for identifying a customer input via the customer terminal; An authentication step of receiving a content distribution request and authenticating content distribution based on content identification information for identifying the content requested to be distributed by the customer terminal and the customer identification information,
The gist is that an educational content distribution management program for executing a charging step for charging a usage fee of the content distributed to the authenticated customer terminal is recorded.

The present invention according to claim 14 provides the invention according to claim 13.
In the invention described in (1), the educational content distribution management device includes a registration step of registering the content in a distribution device that distributes the content to a customer terminal, and a copyright protection process for performing copyright protection processing for protecting the copyright of the content. Step, and a search notification step of performing a content search in response to a request from the customer terminal and notifying the customer terminal of the search result; and a content creation device that receives evaluation information regarding the evaluation of the content distributed to the customer terminal. A content evaluation input / output step for transmitting to a content evaluation management server for receiving at least one of request input / output steps for receiving content information input / output step to be transmitted from a customer terminal from a customer terminal and transmitting to a content generation apparatus. The main point is to record the program.

The present invention according to claim 15 provides the invention according to claim 14.
In the invention described in (3), the gist is that the registration step has a related information registration step of registering the content related information which is associated with the content and which shows the classification category to which the content belongs and the general content in the distribution device.

The present invention according to claim 16 provides claim 15.
In the invention described in (1), the gist is that the search notification step has a related information search step of searching the content based on the content related information.

[0026]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The educational content distribution management device, educational content distribution management method, educational content distribution management program, and program recording medium of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The following embodiments are merely for explaining the present invention and do not limit the scope of the present invention. Therefore, a person skilled in the art can adopt various embodiments including each of these elements or all the elements, and these embodiments are also included in the scope of the present invention. In all the drawings for explaining the embodiments, the same reference numerals are given to the same elements, and the repetitive description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an educational content distribution management device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The educational content distribution management device 1 is
A server 10, a customer terminal 11 placed in a school or the like, and receiving distribution of educational contents (hereinafter referred to as contents),
The content distribution server 12 that distributes the content to the customer terminal 11 and the content creation device that creates the content are connected to each other via a communication network such as the Internet.

The educational content distribution management device 1 includes a registration unit 2 corresponding to a registration unit, a customer identification information storage unit 3 corresponding to a customer identification information storage unit, and a search notification unit 4 corresponding to a search notification unit. Authentication unit 5 corresponding to the authentication unit, charging unit 6 corresponding to the charging unit, copyright protection unit 7 corresponding to the copyright protection unit, content evaluation input / output unit 8 corresponding to the content evaluation input / output unit, and request input / output. It has a request input / output unit 9 corresponding to the means.

The registration unit 2 adds content identification information such as an ID to the content created by the content creating apparatus 13 as shown in FIG. 2 and stores the content.
A content registration unit 21 that registers with the content distribution server 12 and is associated with this content (identification information),
A content-related information registration unit 22 (corresponding to the content-related information registration means in the claims) that stores content-related information including classification categories of the content such as subjects and target grades, outline content, etc., and registers it in the content distribution server 12
Have and. The content creation device 13 can also edit and edit the content and the content-related information on the registration unit 2. The edited content and the content-related information are stored and registered again in the content distribution server.

Further, the registration unit 2 stores the creator identification information for identifying the content creator, receives the content registration request and the creator ID from the content creation device 13, and uses the creator identification information as the creator registration information. Creator I
Authenticate based on D. Only when the result is "Yes", the above registration processing and editing processing can be performed.

The present embodiment shows a case where various kinds of meta data are used as the content related information. Of various types of meta data used in the present embodiment, the main ones are related to a learning object such as a CIDF (content ID) devised to promote distribution of content while protecting copyright. Meta
LO that is data and reflects the contents of learning guidance etc.
M (Learning Object Metadata) is mentioned.

Conventionally, there is digital data as an original, and in order to reconstruct it and store it in the registration unit 2 or the like, an editing tool or an FTP (File Transfer Pr
otocol) software was needed. However, in the present embodiment, not only are they integrally provided, but also the function of capturing the VTR that is the basis of the digital data and encoding it, and various meta-data other than the LOM described above.
It is also possible to add data.

The customer identification information storage unit 3 issues individual IDs of teachers and students who receive the content distribution. Further, the personal ID and the personal information associated with the personal ID are stored as customer identification information. This personal information includes information such as whether the individual is a student or a teacher, and the grade when the individual is a student.

The educational content distribution service provided by the educational content distribution management device 1 is provided with various courses classified according to the target grade, subject, billing method, etc., and which course can be used by the customer. Usage course information indicating whether there is any is also included in the customer identification information.

A billing party ID is added to the customer identification information such as the personal ID. This billing ID is school,
This is for specifying an organization such as a board of education or a local government, and the fee for the content used by an individual such as a student or a teacher is charged to the organization indicated by the charge destination ID.

The search unit 4 searches the content in response to the content search request from the customer terminal 11 and notifies the customer terminal 11 of the result. At this time, the search unit 4 to which the content identification information of the content that matches the search condition is also notified is, as shown in FIG. 3, the related information search unit 41 (the related information of claim (Corresponding to a search means), a keyword search unit 42, and an identification information search unit 43.

The related information retrieval section 41 conducts retrieval based on the above LOM. As a result, it becomes possible to search for content in accordance with the learning guidelines.

Further, the keyword search section 42 searches based on the character information included in the content, and the identification information search section 43 searches based on the ID of the content. Further, the notification of the search result to the customer terminal 11 is performed by displaying the search result notification screen illustrated in FIG. 4 on the customer terminal 11.

When the customer selects any one of the contents displayed on this screen, the contents content notification screen as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. On this screen, in addition to the outline of the contents included in the LOM data described above, the customer presses a predetermined button on this screen to download the contents from the content distribution server 12. In addition to performing, a content preview function, a list display function for displaying a list of images at preset turning points of content scenes, and a stream function for playing content data while receiving it can be used. . Also, copyright information regarding this content is displayed on this screen. This copyright information is also included in the above-mentioned metadata conforming to CIDF.

As described above, according to the conventional technique, from the huge amount of contents scattered on the Internet network,
I had to search for the content I wanted,
In the present invention, since the content can be searched based on the meta data based on the learning guideline, the content can be detected quickly and accurately. Further, conventionally, only the content that matches the search condition is displayed, but in the present invention, since the copyright information is displayed, the above-mentioned problem relating to copyright is solved.

The authentication unit 5 receives the content distribution request from the customer terminal 11, and also includes the content identification information of the content transmitted together with this distribution request and the customer identification information stored in the customer identification information storage unit 3. The content distribution server 12 authenticates the content distribution to the customer terminal 11.

In this authentication process, based on the above-mentioned customer's usage course information, it is determined whether or not the content requested by the customer for distribution is included in the usage course, and the desired content is the usage course. If it is included, the authentication result is “Yes” and the content is distributed. If it is not included, the acceptance result is “No” and the content is not distributed.

For example, if the customer is a fifth grader student and the content requested by the customer is a sixth grader, the authentication result is “No” and the content is not distributed. Can also be At this time, the above-mentioned various meta data associated with the content identification information is used. Further, the authentication unit 5 performs the authentication process when the search notification unit 4 performs the search process, in addition to the above-described authentication process.

The charging unit 6 charges the usage fee of the content distributed from the content distribution server 12 to the customer terminal 11. At this time, pay-as-you-go or flat-rate charging is performed depending on the contract form applied for when applying for service use.

As described above, according to the conventional technique, the charge is made for each individual. However, since the charge is made for each teacher and each student, the school and the board of education are charged based on the charge destination ID. We charge for associations, local governments, and other groups.

In the pay-as-you-go system, the upper limit of the amount of money used is set for each teacher, the content is used within that range, and the total amount of money used by each teacher is added based on the distribution log. The amount is charged to the group indicated by the charge destination ID corresponding to the teacher ID. Further, even in the case of the flat-rate charging, the charging process is performed for the group indicated by the charging destination ID.

The copyright protection unit 7 applies copyright protection processing to the content to protect the copyright. This makes it possible to solve the above-mentioned problems relating to copyright, and
By adding the effect of the copyright information included in the above-mentioned CIDF-compliant meta data, it is possible to take stronger protection measures against the copyright problem.

The content evaluation input / output unit 8 uses the customer terminal 1
It receives the evaluation information about the evaluation of the content distributed to the server 1, analyzes the evaluation information in response to the request from the content creation device 13, and sends it to the content creation device 13.

The request input / output unit 9 receives, from the customer terminal 11, request information regarding content requested by the customer, analyzes this request information in response to a request from the content creating apparatus 13, and sends it to the content creating apparatus 13. Send.

The evaluation information and the request information are as follows.
CSV (Co that lists data by separating each item with a comma
mma Separated Value) File can be converted and sent.

Such an educational content distribution management device 1 is a server (computer) 1 as illustrated in FIG.
It is possible to realize with 00. Server 100
Is the CPU 101, HDD (hard disk drive)
102, ROM 103, RAM 104, keyboard 10
5, a display 106, an FDD (floppy disk drive) 107, a communication unit 108 for connecting to a communication network such as the Internet, and the like.

The server 100 as described above is a computer for realizing the functions of the units and means shown in FIG.
By reading the program and executing it, it functions as the digital content distribution apparatus 1.

Therefore, this program and a program medium readable by a computer (server) recording this program are also included in the scope of the present invention. In order to realize the educational content distribution management device 1,
Various communication terminals can be used, and the server 100 is not limited to the above.

FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the registration unit 2 and the copyright protection unit 7 shown in FIG. When the content is transmitted from the content creation device 13, the registration unit 2
Sends a copyright protection processing request to the copyright protection unit 7, and the copyright protection unit 7 that has received the request performs copyright protection processing such as encapsulation and digital watermarking on the content (step S1). ). The registration unit 2 stores the content for which copyright protection processing has been performed and registers it in the content distribution server 12 (step S2).

Before executing the above operation,
As described above, when the authentication is performed between the content registration device 13 and the registration unit 2 and the result is “No”,
No copyright protection and registration is performed because the session state cannot be entered.

FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram showing the operations of the customer identification information storage unit 3, the search notification unit 4, the authentication unit 5, and the charging unit 6 shown in FIG. The customer identification information storage unit 3 receives and stores the customer identification information from the individual customer terminal 11,
The personal ID and the like is issued (step S3).

After that, when the customer desires to search for the content, the search request and the personal ID are transmitted from the customer terminal 11, and the authentication section 5 having received the request sends the customer identification information storage section 3
The customer identification information is read out from this, authentication is performed based on this, and the result is transmitted to the search notification unit 4 (step S
4).

If the authentication result is "Yes", the search notification unit 4 executes the search and notifies the customer terminal 11 of the search result (step S5). Since this search process (step S5) is executed only when a request is made from the customer terminal 11, the customer terminal 11 can receive the following content distribution without performing a search.

When the customer desires the content distribution, the content distribution request and the personal ID are transmitted from the customer terminal 11, and the authentication section 5 having received the request reads the customer identification information from the customer identification information storage section 3 and sends it. Based on the authentication, the result is transmitted to the content distribution server 12 (step S6). In addition, when the content is continuously distributed from the above-described search, this authentication (step S
It is also possible to omit 6).

When the authentication result is "Yes", the content distribution server 12 starts the content distribution to the customer terminal 11, and transmits a distribution start notification signal indicating that to the charging section 6 (step S7). Then, when the distribution of the content is completed, a distribution completion notification signal indicating that is transmitted to the charging unit 6 (step S8).

When receiving the distribution start notification signal and the distribution end notification signal in the case of performing the pay-per-use billing, the billing unit 6 performs the billing process based on the customer identification information, and in the case of performing the flat-rate billing, these distribution start Notification signal or delivery end notification signal,
Alternatively, when both of them are received, the billing process is performed based on the customer identification information (step S9).

In the figure, the content distribution management device 1 shows the case of receiving various requests from the customer terminal 11 and distributing the content via the web server 10, but the present invention is not limited to this. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which all the operations are performed without going through the web server 10.

FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the content evaluation input / output unit 8 shown in FIG. The content evaluation input / output unit 8 receives the aforementioned evaluation information from the customer terminal 11 and stores it (step S10). When the analysis / transmission request is received from the content creation device 13, the evaluation information is analyzed (step S11), and the analyzed evaluation information is sent to the content creation device 13 (step S1).
2). In addition, the analysis of the evaluation information (step S11) may not be executed depending on the request from the customer terminal 11.

Although the content evaluation input / output unit 8 receives the evaluation information via the web server 10 in the figure, the present invention is not limited to this, and the customer terminal 1 is not limited thereto.
The configuration may be such that the data is directly received from 1.

FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram showing the operation of the request input / output unit 9 shown in FIG. The request input / output unit 9 receives the above-mentioned request information from the customer terminal 11,
It is stored (step S13). When the analysis / transmission request is received from the content creation device 13, the request information is analyzed (step S14), and the analyzed request information is sent to the content creation device 13 (step S15).
Further, the request information may not be analyzed (step S14) depending on the request from the customer terminal 11.

Although the content evaluation input / output unit 8 receives the request information via the web server 10 in this figure, the present invention is not limited to this, and the customer terminal 1 is not limited to this.
The configuration may be such that the data is directly received from 1.

[0068]

As described above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be achieved. From content editing to LOM when content providers register content
Since it has all the functions of adding metadata such as metadata, the FTP function, and the function of storing it, it is not necessary to obtain a tool with each function and work individually, which is the labor of the content creator. Can be reduced.

Further, since the content search according to the learning guideline can be performed by the LOM, the customer can quickly find the content suitable for the purpose of the lesson in a short time.

Further, since the copyright information of the content is displayed on the screen of the customer terminal, the customer can use this as a judgment criterion when using the content. Further, the content creator can prevent the trouble related to the copyright by disclosing the copyright information to the customer.

Further, by charging based on the charge destination ID, the charge can be made not to the individual but to the group, and the teachers and students can use the content distribution based on the budget of the group. You can

Further, the customer can easily and quickly send requests and evaluations to the content creator, and the content creator can easily and quickly obtain customer requests and evaluations, which is beneficial. The development of various educational contents will be promoted.

From the above points, an educational content distribution management device, an educational content distribution management method, and an educational content distribution management device, which have useful functions for both the customer and the content creator, and can easily distribute educational content It has become possible to provide a content distribution management program and a program recording medium.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an educational content distribution management device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing details of a registration unit in FIG.

3 is a block diagram showing details of a search notification unit of FIG. 1. FIG.

4 is a diagram showing an example of a search result notification screen displayed on a customer terminal by the educational content distribution management device of FIG.

5 is a diagram showing an example of a content content notification screen displayed on a customer terminal by the educational content distribution management device of FIG.

6 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a server (computer) used as the educational content distribution management device in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a sequence diagram showing operations of a registration unit and a copyright protection unit of FIG.

8 is a sequence diagram showing operations of a customer identification information storage unit, a search notification unit, an authentication unit, and a charging unit of FIG.

9 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the content evaluation input / output unit of FIG.

10 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the request input / output unit of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Educational content distribution management device 2 registration department 3 Customer identification information storage section 4 Search notification section 5 Authentication Department 6 Billing department 7 Copyright protection department 8 Content evaluation input / output section 9 Request input / output section 10 Web server 11 Customer terminal 12 Content distribution server 13 Content creation device 14 Search result notification screen 15 Content details notification screen 21 Content registration section 22 Related information registration section 41 Related information search section 42 Keyword search section 43 Identification Information Retrieval Section 100 servers (computers) 101 CPU 102 HDD 103 ROM 104 RAM 105 keyboard 106 display 107 FDD 108 Communication unit

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Akihiro Saito             3-19-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Tohnichi             Inside Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Inventor Hiroyuki Saito             3-19-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Tohnichi             Inside Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (72) Inventor Masanori Shinohara             3-19-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Tohnichi             Inside Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

Claims (16)

[Claims] 1. An educational content distribution management device that communicates with a customer terminal that receives distribution of content used for education and manages the distribution of the content, the customer inputting via the customer terminal. Customer identification information storage means for storing customer identification information for identifying, content identification information for receiving a content delivery request from the customer terminal, and identifying the content requested to be delivered by the customer terminal, and the customer identification Educational content distribution management, comprising: an authentication means for authenticating content distribution based on information; and a charging means for charging a usage fee of the content distributed to the authenticated customer terminal. apparatus. 2. A registration unit that registers the content in a distribution device that distributes the content to the customer terminal, a copyright protection unit that performs copyright protection processing to protect the copyright of the content, and the customer. A search notification means for performing a content search according to a request from a terminal and notifying the customer terminal of the result of the search, and receiving the evaluation information regarding the evaluation of the content distributed to the customer terminal, and the content creation device. At least one of a content evaluation input / output unit for transmitting to the content evaluation device and a request input / output unit for receiving request information regarding content requested by the customer from the customer terminal and transmitting the request information to the content creation device. The educational content distribution management device according to claim 1. 3. The registration means includes a related information registration means associated with the content and registering content related information indicating a classification category and a schematic content to which the content belongs to the distribution device. Item 2. The educational content distribution management device according to Item 2. 4. The educational content distribution management device according to claim 3, wherein the search notification means includes a related information search means for searching the content based on the content related information. 5. A educational content distribution management method for communicating with a customer terminal that receives distribution of content used for education and managing distribution of the content, the method comprising: A customer identification information storing step of storing customer identification information for identifying; a content identification information for receiving a content delivery request from the customer terminal and identifying the content requested to be delivered by the customer terminal; and the customer identification Educational content distribution characterized by executing an authentication step of authenticating content distribution based on information, and a charging step of charging a usage fee of the content distributed to the authenticated customer terminal. Management method. 6. A registration step of registering the content in a distribution device that distributes the content to the customer terminal, a copyright protection step of performing copyright protection processing for protecting the copyright of the content, and the customer. A search notification step of performing a content search according to a request from a terminal and notifying the customer terminal of the result of the search, and receiving the evaluation information regarding the evaluation of the content distributed to the customer terminal, the content creation device At least one or more of a content evaluation input / output step of transmitting to the content evaluation apparatus and a request input / output step of receiving request information regarding content requested by the customer from the customer terminal and transmitting the request information to the content creation apparatus are performed. The educational content distribution management method according to claim 5. 7. The related information registering step comprises: a related information registering step of registering content related information, which is associated with the content and indicates a classification category to which the content belongs and general content, in the distribution device. Item 6. The educational content distribution management method according to Item 6. 8. The educational content distribution management method according to claim 7, wherein the search notification step includes a related information search step of searching for the content based on the content related information. 9. An educational content distribution management program used by an educational content distribution management device for communicating with a customer terminal receiving distribution of content used for education and managing distribution of the content, comprising: A content distribution management device for storing customer identification information for identifying a customer input through the customer terminal, the content distribution request from the customer terminal is received, and the customer terminal An authentication step of authenticating the content distribution based on the content identification information for identifying the content requested for distribution and the customer identification information; and a usage fee of the content distributed to the authenticated customer terminal. An educational content distribution management program characterized by executing a charging step for charging. 10. A registration step of registering the content in a distribution device that distributes the content to the customer terminal in the educational content distribution management device, and a copyright protection process for protecting copyright of the content. A copyright protection step to be performed, a search notification step of searching content according to a request from the customer terminal and notifying the result of the search to the customer terminal, and an evaluation regarding evaluation of content distributed to the customer terminal Of the content evaluation input / output step of receiving information and transmitting it to the content creation apparatus, and the request input / output step of receiving request information regarding content requested by the customer from the customer terminal and transmitting it to the content creation apparatus 10. The educational content according to claim 9, wherein at least one or more is executed. Trust management program. 11. The registration step includes a related information registration step of registering, in the distribution device, content related information that is associated with the content and indicates a classification category and a general content to which the content belongs. Item 10. An educational content distribution management program according to Item 10. 12. The information notifying step further comprises a related information searching step of searching the content based on the content related information.
The educational content distribution management program described in. 13. A program recording medium for recording an educational content distribution management program used in an educational content distribution management device for communicating with a customer terminal receiving distribution of content used for education and managing distribution of the content. In the educational content distribution management device, a customer identification information storage step of storing customer identification information for identifying a customer input via the customer terminal, and a content distribution request from the customer terminal. An authentication step of receiving and authenticating content distribution based on the content identification information for identifying the content requested to be delivered from the customer terminal and the customer identification information; and delivering to the authenticated customer terminal. Content distribution for education that executes the charging step for charging the usage fee of the content Program recording medium characterized by recording a program. 14. A registration step of registering the content in a distribution device that distributes the content to the customer terminal in the educational content distribution management device, and a copyright protection process for protecting the copyright of the content. A copyright protection step to perform, a search notification step for searching the content according to a request from the customer terminal and notifying the result of the search to the customer terminal, and an evaluation regarding evaluation of the content distributed to the customer terminal Of the content evaluation input / output step of receiving information and transmitting it to the content creation apparatus, and the request input / output step of receiving request information regarding content requested by the customer from the customer terminal and transmitting it to the content creation apparatus Recorded an educational content distribution management program that executes at least one or more The program product of claim 13, wherein. 15. The registration step includes a related information registration step of registering, in the distribution device, content related information that is associated with the content and indicates a classification category to which the content belongs and general content. Item 15. The program recording medium according to Item 14. 16. The search notification step comprises a related information search step of searching the content based on the content related information.
The program recording medium according to 1.