JP2005115509A - Content sales system, method, program and medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a content sales system in which a burden on sale preparation by a seller of contents is reduced by enabling the seller of contents to conform a displayed image and an operation before sale. <P>SOLUTION: The content sales system is provided with: a content verification device in which the seller of contents temporarily uploads the digital contents and verifies digital contents; and a content distribution device moving the digital contents verified by the content verification device from the content verification device and sales the stored digital contents in response to the needs of a purchaser. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a content sales system for selling digital contents on the Internet.

  In recent years, with the spread of network environments such as ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) and FTTH (Fiber To The Home), digital content including music data, video data, and still image data on the Internet (hereinafter simply referred to as content) Many sales sites have been established.

Such sales sites have various forms such as a form in which a content seller who sells content operates the sales site and a form in which the seller and the buyer mediate (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-187017. JP2003-85407A.

  However, in conventional content sales, it is common for content sellers themselves to build a sales site or to directly deal with purchasers using an intermediary site, and there is a problem that the burden on the seller is heavy .

  In addition, the sales site may instruct the sales conditions such as “charge once at download” and “monthly fee”, and preparations such as uploading content to a predetermined storage area by a predetermined date and time at the start of sales. There is also a problem that it is general and has little freedom for content sellers.

  Another problem is that there is no way for the content seller to confirm the display image and operation of the content determined by the sales site before starting selling.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and the content seller can confirm the display image and the operation by himself / herself before the sale, and the content sales load of the content seller is reduced. The purpose is to provide a sales system.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a content sales system in which a plurality of content sellers can sell each digital content uploaded to a content sales site. A content verification device that uploads digital content and verifies the digital content, and the digital content that has been verified by the content verification device is moved from the content verification device, and the stored digital content is sold at the request of the purchaser Content distribution apparatus.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the content sales system according to the first aspect described above, the content verification device manages the digital content attribute data, the verification content database includes the verification content database Registers data relating to digital content, uploads the digital content, verification unit for verifying the uploaded digital content, and moves the digital content verified by the verification unit to the content distribution apparatus And staging means.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the content sales system according to the first or second aspect described above, a distribution content database that manages attribute data of the digital content is stored in the content distribution device, and the distribution content database. The content sales means for presenting the data related to the digital content to the purchaser and selling the digital content is provided.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the content sales system according to the first to third aspects described above, whether or not the verification unit can display the content and the content can be distributed. Download means for verification.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the content sales system according to the above first to fourth aspects, the attribute information of the digital content that has been verified by the verification unit is sent from the verification content database to the staging unit. Content attribute moving means for moving to the content database for sale, content moving means for moving the digital content verified by the verification means from the content verification apparatus to a predetermined storage area of the content sales apparatus, and staging And a confirmation means for confirming the result.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the content sales system according to the first to fifth aspects described above, the content moving unit includes a compressing unit that compresses and stores the plurality of moving digital contents in one archive file. And decompressing the plurality of digital contents compressed and stored in the one archive file and extracting each of the plurality of digital contents, and a predetermined storage area for each of the decompressed digital contents And arranging means for arranging in the.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the content sales system according to the first to sixth aspects described above, the sales condition setting means for setting schedule information and a charging method for executing the staging means in the content verification device, Staging activation means for executing the staging means at a designated timing based on schedule information is provided.

  According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the content sales system according to the first to seventh aspects described above, the content sales apparatus performs a settlement process when a purchaser purchases digital content using the content sales apparatus. A settlement apparatus is provided.

  According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the content sales system according to the first to eighth aspects described above, a seller management device for recording management information related to the content seller is provided.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the content sales system according to the first to ninth aspects described above, a history recording device for recording sales history information when a purchaser purchases digital content by the content sales device is provided. It is a thing.

  According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in a content sales method in which a purchaser purchases digital content uploaded by a content seller to a content sales site, the content seller temporarily registers the digital content in the content verification apparatus. Uploading, verifying the display image and sales operation of the digital content, moving the digital content verified in the content verification device and attribute information of the digital content to the content sales device, and the content And a stage for selling digital contents in a sales apparatus.

  According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the content sales method according to the eleventh aspect described above, the step of setting the sales conditions for the digital content, and the timing for moving the digital content that has been verified to the content sales device The step of instructing is performed.

  According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the content sales method according to the eleventh or twelfth aspect, the step of compressing the digital content to be moved into one archive file at the designated movement timing; A step of transferring the one archive file to the content selling device, a step of extracting the plurality of digital contents by extracting the transferred one archive file, and each of the plurality of digital contents being the content selling device. Are arranged in a predetermined storage area.

  According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a program for causing a computer to operate as the content sales system according to the first to tenth aspects described above.

  According to a fifteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for operating a computer as the content sales system according to the first to tenth aspects is recorded.

  According to the content sales system and method of the present invention, it is possible to sell content under the sales conditions desired by the content seller without constructing a sales site.

  In addition, the content seller can confirm the operation such as the display image and the download in the sales procedure in the stage before the sales start by the content verification device.

  Hereinafter, a description will be given based on the configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the content sales system of the present invention shown in FIG.

  In the content sales system, a content verification device 1, a content sales device 2, a settlement device 3, a seller management device 4, a history recording device 5, and a plurality of content sellers are connected via the Internet. The content that has been verified by the person is sold.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the content verification apparatus 1 includes a verification content database 6, a content registration unit 7, a verification unit 8, a sales condition setting unit 9, a staging activation unit 10, and a staging unit 11. Registration and verification.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the content sales apparatus 2 includes a sales content database 12, content sales means 13, decompression means 14, and arrangement means 15, and sells content verified by the content seller. It is.

  The settlement apparatus 3 performs settlement when the content sales apparatus 2 sells content. The content sales apparatus 2 may have the function of the settlement apparatus 3.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the seller management apparatus 4 records management information for identifying the content seller such as the name and contact information of the content seller. The seller management device 4 may also serve as the content sales device 2.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the history recording device 5 records sales history information when a purchaser purchases content by the content sales device 2. The history recording device 5 may also serve as the content sales device 2.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the verification content database 6 includes attributes such as data type of content to be sold, content type, name, sales mode, price, sales period, staging schedule information, etc. Stores data.

  In the content registration means 7, the content seller registers a part of attribute information such as data type, content form, name, etc. in the verification content database 6, and stores the content in a predetermined storage area of the content verification device 1. To upload to.

  Usually, from the viewpoint of security, content is uploaded to a directory dedicated for upload using a transfer method such as FTP, and a predetermined content of the content verification apparatus 1 such as a directory prepared for each type of data is uploaded from the upload dedicated directory. Place in place.

  The uploaded content may be arranged either automatically by a program that monitors uploading or after a program scheduled every hour is arranged, for example.

  The verification unit 8 includes a display unit 16 and a download unit 17, and verifies whether the content uploaded to the content verification apparatus 1 can be sold.

  The display unit 16 reproduces the content selection process by using, for example, HTML (HyperText Markup Language) that displays a list of content images and attribute information, and corrects the display content such as the name and price of the content, and the display image of the content. It is to confirm.

  The download means 17 reproduces the content sales process, and verifies whether the content can be downloaded to itself by a transfer method such as FTP after the purchase procedure.

  The sales condition setting means 9 sets sales conditions for the content and staging schedule information for moving the content to the content sales apparatus 2 in the verification content database 5.

  The staging activation unit 10 refers to the schedule information in the verification content database 6 periodically, for example, once a day, and executes the staging unit 11 when there is content that is due.

  The staging unit 11 includes a content attribute moving unit 18, a content moving unit 19, and a confirming unit 20. The content that has been verified by the verification unit 8 and determined to be sellable is transferred from the content verification apparatus 1 to the content sales apparatus 2. It is something that moves.

  The content attribute moving unit 18 moves the content attribute information stored in the verification content database 6 to the sales content database 12. FIG. 7 shows an explanatory diagram of the operation of the content attribute moving means 18.

  The content attribute moving means 18 extracts the attribute information of the content to be moved (in FIG. 7, the content ID is “000019”) from the connected verification content database 6 using a data operation language such as SQL, Next, the sales content database 12 is connected, and the attribute information of the extracted content is inserted into the sales content database.

  The content moving unit 19 moves the content from the content verification device 1 to the content selling device 2 based on the content attribute information extracted by the content attribute moving unit 18.

  The content moving unit 19 includes a compressing unit 21, acquires the file name in the content attribute information, compresses and stores a plurality of contents in one archive file, for example, “Temp” or the like of the content sales apparatus 2. The data is transferred to a predetermined directory by a transfer method such as FTP.

  The compression to the one archive by the compression means 21 can eliminate the necessity of grasping or managing how far the failure has occurred when a transfer failure occurs during data transfer of a plurality of files. Because.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the confirmation unit 20 records and displays the content ID and name of the moved content from the start to the end of staging, the transfer status, and the like at the same time as the time stamp. The content seller browses and confirms the results of the executed staging.

  The sales content database 12 stores attribute information of content to be moved from the verification content database 6 and is structurally the same database as the verification content database 6.

  The content selling means 13 provides the purchaser with means for selecting contents to be purchased, such as a list display of contents, and sells the contents. Based on the purchase instruction, the payment process is requested to the payment apparatus 3, and the purchase history is recorded by the history recording apparatus 4.

  The decompressing means 14 decompresses a plurality of contents that have been compressed and stored in one archive file by the compressing means 20 and uploaded, and takes out the files of the respective contents.

  The arrangement unit 15 arranges the plurality of content files extracted by the decompression unit 14 in a predetermined storage area of the content sales apparatus 2 such as a directory prepared for each type of data such as music data and video data. Is.

  In FIG. 9, the compression means 21 compresses and stores the image data “A” and PDF data “B” in a predetermined directory of the content verification apparatus 1 into one archive file, and the content movement means 19 selects the content sales apparatus. 2 is transferred to a predetermined directory such as “¥ tmp”, the decompression means 14 decompresses the archive file to extract “A” and “B”, and the placement means 15 places each content in the predetermined directory. An example is shown.

  As described above, according to the content sales system and method of the present invention, the content seller registers and uploads content to the content verification apparatus 1 to verify the display image and download of the content before the sales and perform the staging according to the schedule. By executing this, it is possible to automatically move the content to the content sales apparatus and sell the verified content.

It is a block diagram of the content sales system of this invention. It is a block diagram of the content verification apparatus of this invention. It is a block diagram of the content sales apparatus of this invention. It is an example of a data structure of the seller management means of this invention. It is an example of a data structure of the log | history recording means of this invention. It is an example of the table of the content database of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the movement of the content attribute of this invention. It is a display example of the status of staging by the confirmation means of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing of the movement of the content of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Content verification apparatus 2 Content sales apparatus 3 Payment apparatus 4 Seller management apparatus 5 History recording apparatus 6 Content database 7 for verification 7 Content registration means 8 Verification means 9 Sales condition setting means 10 Staging starting means 11 Staging means 12 Sales content database 13 Content selling means 14 Decompressing means 15 Arranging means 16 Display means 17 Download means 18 Content attribute moving means 19 Content moving means 20 Confirming means 21 Compression means

Claims (15)

A content sales system in which a plurality of content sellers can sell each digital content uploaded to a content sales site,
A content verification device for temporarily uploading digital content by a content seller and verifying the digital content;
A content distribution device that moves the digital content verified by the content verification device from the content verification device and sells the stored digital content at the request of the purchaser;
A content sales system comprising: The content sales system according to claim 1,
The content verification device is
A verification content database for managing attribute data of the digital content;
Registering data related to the digital content in the verification content database and uploading the digital content;
Verification means for verifying the uploaded digital content;
Staging means for moving the digital content verified by the verification means to the content distribution device;
A content sales system comprising: The content sales system according to claim 1 or 2,
The content distribution device is
A distribution content database for managing the digital content attribute data;
Content selling means for presenting data related to the digital content from the distribution content database to the purchaser and selling the digital content;
A content sales system comprising: The content sales system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The verification means
Display means for verifying the display state of the content;
Downloading means for verifying whether the content can be distributed;
A content sales system comprising: The content sales system according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The staging means comprises:
Content attribute moving means for moving the attribute information of the digital content verified by the verification means from the verification content database to the sales content database;
Content moving means for moving the digital content verified by the verification means from the content verification apparatus to a predetermined storage area of the content sales apparatus;
A confirmation means for confirming the result of staging;
A content sales system comprising: The content sales system according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The content moving means is
Compression means for compressing and storing a plurality of moving digital contents in one archive file;
The content sales apparatus is
Decompression means for decompressing the plurality of digital contents compressed and stored in the one archive file and extracting each file;
Arrangement means for arranging each of the plurality of decompressed digital contents in a predetermined storage area;
Content sales system characterized by that. The content sales system according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The content verification device is
Sales condition setting means for setting schedule information and billing method for executing the staging means in the verification content database;
Staging activation means for executing the staging means at a designated timing based on the schedule information;
A content sales system comprising: The content sales system according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
In the content sales apparatus, a purchaser performs a payment process when the purchaser purchases digital content by the content sales apparatus,
A content sales system comprising: The content sales system according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
A seller management device for recording management information relating to the content seller;
A content sales system comprising: The content sales system according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
A history recording device for recording sales history information when a purchaser purchases digital content with the content sales device;
A content sales system comprising: A method for selling content in which a purchaser purchases digital content uploaded by a content seller to a content sales site,
A stage where a content seller temporarily registers and uploads digital content to a content verification device;
Verifying the display image and sales operation of the digital content;
Moving the digital content verified in the content verification device and the attribute information of the digital content to a content sales device;
Selling digital content in the content sales apparatus;
Content sales method characterized by providing The content sales method according to claim 11,
Setting sales conditions for the digital content;
Instructing the timing for moving the verified digital content to the content selling device;
Content sales method characterized by providing The content sales method according to claim 11 or 12,
In the designated movement timing,
Compressing the digital content to be moved into one archive file;
Transferring the one archive file to the content selling device;
Unpacking the transferred one archive file and extracting each of a plurality of digital contents;
Arranging each of the plurality of digital contents in a predetermined storage area of the content sales apparatus;
Content sales method characterized by providing   A program for operating a computer as the content sales system according to claim 1. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for operating the computer as the content sales system according to claim 1.

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