JP2005284514A - Information processor, information processing system, and information processing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processor enabling a user to quickly/accurately access required information and capable of providing information convenient for each user. <P>SOLUTION: The information processor is provided with a receiving part 11 for receiving user identifier, a contents storage part 18 for storing two or more contents, a screen setting information storage part 13 for storing screen setting information, which is information for setting the arrangement of contents on a screen for displaying a table of contents, correspondingly to the user identifier, an information acquisition part 17 for acquiring the screen setting information corresponding to the user identifier received by the receiving part 11 from the screen setting information storage part 13, a screen constitution information preparation part 19 for preparing screen constitution information, which is information for constituting the screen for displaying the table of contents, on the basis of the screen setting information, and a transmission part 20 for transmitting the screen constitution information prepared by the screen constitution information preparation part 19. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus that provides information via a communication line or the like.

In recent years, information has been provided through communication lines such as the Internet. In providing such information, techniques for providing information have been developed so as to be convenient for users who receive the information. For example, a system that provides information by a method that is considered appropriate for each user, such as providing information with less kanji notation if the user is a child, and providing information with a large character size if the user is an elderly person, etc. It has been developed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-259012 (first page, FIG. 1 etc.)

  On the other hand, with the progress of information society in recent years, a large amount of information has been provided to users. In such a situation, it is a problem for the user to select desired information from the provided information. This is because when the desired information is buried in a large amount of information, the provided information cannot be used effectively.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and is an information processing apparatus that allows a user to quickly and accurately access desired information and provide user-friendly information. The purpose is to provide.

  To achieve the above object, an information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a receiving unit that receives a user identifier for identifying a user, a content storage unit that stores two or more contents, and the content storage unit stores A screen setting information storage unit that stores screen setting information, which is setting information about the arrangement of content on a screen that displays a list of existing content, in association with the user identifier, and a user identifier received by the receiving unit Based on the information acquisition unit that acquires the screen setting information corresponding to the screen setting information from the screen setting information storage unit, the screen setting information acquired by the information acquisition unit, and the content stored in the content storage unit A screen configuration information creation unit for creating screen configuration information, which is information for configuring the screens of the list, and the screen configuration information creation Part is obtained and a transmission unit that transmits the screen configuration information created.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to transmit screen configuration information that can display a list of contents that are convenient for the user for each user. As a result, user convenience can be improved. In addition, by appropriately setting the screen setting information, the user can access desired content quickly and accurately.

  In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the setting for the arrangement related to the content in the screen setting information may include the setting for the arrangement based on the time related to the content.

  With such a configuration, for example, the latest registered content can be displayed at the top, and convenience for a user who wants to access the latest content can be improved.

  In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the setting for the arrangement related to the content in the screen configuration information may include the setting for the arrangement related to the content including the specific keyword.

  With such a configuration, for example, content including a specific keyword can be displayed at the top. As a result, a user who wants to watch the content including the specific keyword every day does not have to perform a complicated check regarding whether or not the specific keyword is included in each content.

  In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, usage information that is information related to the usage status of content used on a screen configured based on the screen configuration information is stored in association with the user identifier. A storage unit, and a usage information update unit that updates the usage information according to usage of content by the user, wherein the setting related to the content in the screen setting information is based on the usage information The information acquisition unit acquires the screen setting information corresponding to the user identifier received by the receiving unit from the screen setting information storage unit, and corresponds to the user identifier received by the receiving unit. The usage information is acquired from the usage information storage unit, and the screen configuration information creation unit acquires the screen acquired by the information acquisition unit. Based on the constant information and use information, it may create the screen configuration information.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to determine the arrangement of a list of contents based on usage information of each user. For example, frequently used contents can be displayed in the top row, The content to be used can be easily accessed.

  Further, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the screen configuration information is for the content that is not displayed together with other content on the screen that displays the content list among the content stored in the content storage unit. It may include non-display information that is information indicating conditions regarding the usage information.

  With such a configuration, for example, it is possible to prevent content with low usage frequency from being displayed together with other content in the content list in advance. As a result, it is possible to reduce the user's labor as compared with the case where the user himself / herself judges whether or not the content is necessary.

  Further, in the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the screen configuration information is for the content that is not displayed together with other content on the screen that displays the content list among the content stored in the content storage unit. It may include non-display information that is information indicating a condition regarding the time concerning the content.

  With such a configuration, for example, by setting non-display information for content that is not useful unless it is new, content that has passed a predetermined period after registration is not displayed together with other content. It is possible to select the content in advance before the user sees the content list, and the user can reduce the labor related to the selection of the content.

  In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the screen configuration information indicates a condition regarding an amount of content that cannot be displayed at a time on a screen displaying a list of the content among the content stored in the content storage unit. It may include non-display information that is information.

  With such a configuration, content exceeding a predetermined amount can be prevented from being displayed in the content list, and for example, a situation where too much content is displayed in the content list display is avoided. Can be. As a result, it is possible for the user to easily select content, and even when the user receives screen configuration information via a thin network using a mobile terminal or the like, the capacity of the screen configuration information Can also be prevented.

  In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the screen configuration information creating unit displays that the content is not displayed for the content that is not displayed together with other content after a predetermined period based on the non-display information. You may create the screen structure information for doing.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to indicate to the user which content is the content that will not be displayed together with other content after a predetermined period. As a result, when the user wants to access the content, the user can access the content with the display that the content is not displayed as a trigger. It is possible to avoid a situation where the content is not displayed together with the content.

  In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the content list displayed on the screen for displaying the content list may be a list of content headings stored in the content storage unit.

  With this configuration, by displaying a list of content headings, it is possible to display a larger list of content at a time than when the content itself is displayed, and the user can select content more easily. Can be.

  In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the screen setting information includes area information that is information indicating correspondence between a plurality of display areas and a list of contents to be displayed in each display area. The information creation unit may create screen configuration information that is information for configuring a screen for displaying a list of contents for each display region based on the region information.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to display a list of contents divided into a plurality of areas. As a result, for example, when a display area is set for each content type, the user can easily know which area is displayed in which area, and a list of contents that are more convenient for the user. Can be displayed.

  In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the screen setting information is information indicating whether or not to display a list of contents in the display area for each display area in which the list of contents is displayed. When it is determined that the screen configuration information creation unit satisfies the condition for displaying a list of contents for each display area based on the display / non-display information, the display configuration information is included. Create screen configuration information that displays a list of content in the display area, and create screen configuration information that does not display the content list in the display area if it is determined that the conditions for displaying the content list are not met May be.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to set conditions regarding whether to display a list of contents for each display area using display / non-display information. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a list of contents in a display area unnecessary for the user from being displayed by appropriately setting the conditions.

In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the display / non-display information may be information indicating display or non-display for each period for each display area.
With such a configuration, it is possible to set whether to display a list of contents in each display area for each period. For example, if you want to see the weather forecast in the morning hours but do not need the weather forecast in the evening, display a list of weather forecast contents in a predetermined display area in the morning hours. By setting it so that the list of weather forecast contents in the display area is not displayed in the evening time zone, only the contents necessary for the user can be displayed. obtain.

  In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the display / non-display information may be information indicating display or non-display for each display area for each type of transmission destination of the screen configuration information.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to set whether to display a list of contents in each display area for each type of screen configuration information transmission destination. For example, if you want to see the weather forecast from home but do not need to see the weather forecast from work, if you are accessing from the home, a list of weather forecast contents is displayed in the specified display area. In order to display only the contents necessary for the user by setting to not display the list of weather forecast contents in the display area when accessing from the workplace. You can get to.

  In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the screen setting information also includes information regarding a position where each display area is displayed, and the screen configuration information creation unit is configured to display each display area at a position indicated by the information regarding the position. Screen configuration information for displaying a list of contents may be created.

  With such a configuration, the user can set to display a list of contents in each display area at a desired position. Therefore, it is possible to display a list of contents that are more convenient for the user.

  In the information processing apparatus according to the present invention, the receiving unit also receives update instruction information that is information for instructing update of the screen setting information, and the screen setting information is based on the update instruction information. You may further provide the setting update part which updates the screen setting information which the memory | storage part has memorize | stored.

  With such a configuration, the screen setting information can be updated by transmitting the update instruction information to the information processing apparatus. For example, the user can send the update instruction information to the screen according to his / her preference. It can be updated to setting information.

  According to the information processing apparatus and the like according to the present invention, a user can quickly and accurately access desired content, and a list of contents that are easy to use for each user can be displayed, thereby improving user convenience. .

An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an information processing system including an information processing apparatus according to this embodiment. In FIG. 1, the information processing system according to the present embodiment includes an information processing device 1 and one or more terminal devices 2. The information processing apparatus 1 and one or more terminal apparatuses 2 are connected via a wired or wireless communication line 3. The communication line 3 is, for example, the Internet or an intranet.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information processing apparatus 1 according to this embodiment. In FIG. 2, the information processing apparatus 1 includes a reception unit 11, an authentication unit 12, a screen setting information storage unit 13, a setting update unit 14, a usage information storage unit 15, a usage information update unit 16, and information acquisition. Unit 17, content storage unit 18, screen configuration information creation unit 19, and transmission unit 20.

  The receiving unit 11 receives a user identifier, a password associated with the user identifier, update instruction information, an instruction to jump to a predetermined screen, and the like. Here, the user identifier is information for identifying a user. The update instruction information is information for instructing to update the screen setting information stored in the screen setting information storage unit 13. The instruction to jump to a predetermined screen is, for example, that a predetermined WEB page is displayed on the terminal device 2 based on the screen configuration information transmitted from the information processing device 1, and is displayed on the WEB page. This is an instruction to jump to the WEB page of the jump destination transmitted from the terminal device 2 to the information processing device 1 when the jump button to the linked destination is clicked. The receiving unit 11 may or may not include a receiving device (for example, a modem or a network card) for receiving (in this case, between the receiving unit 11 and the communication line 3). There is a receiving device not shown in the figure). The receiving unit 11 may be realized by hardware, or may be realized by software such as a driver that drives the receiving device.

  Based on the user identifier and password received by the receiving unit 11, the authentication unit 12 authenticates whether or not a user corresponding to the user identifier can log in. This authentication is performed based on the authentication information held by the authentication unit 12. Here, the authentication information is information used in authentication processing as to whether or not the user has the authority to log in, and is composed of, for example, a user identifier and a password associated with the user identifier. The

The screen setting information storage unit 13 stores the screen setting information in association with the user identifier. Here, the screen setting information is setting information about the arrangement of contents on a screen that displays a list of contents stored in the content storage unit 18. Here, the content list is a list of one or more contents. Further, the content-related sequence may be a sequence of content itself, or a content heading or a sequence of information having a predetermined relationship with the content. For example, the setting regarding the order related to the content includes a setting about the order based on usage information (described later), a setting about the order based on the time related to the content, and the like. Further, the screen setting information includes, for example, area information, display / non-display information, non-display information, or information regarding a position where each display area is displayed. Here, the area information is information indicating a correspondence between a plurality of display areas and a list of contents displayed in each display area. The display / non-display information is information indicating display conditions regarding whether or not to display a list of contents in a display area for each display area that displays a list of contents. Further, non-display information refers to the conditions related to usage information and the time related to content for the content stored in the content storage unit 18 and not displayed together with other content on the screen displaying the content list. Information indicating a condition. “Do not display together with other content” may mean that it is not displayed at all on the display screen, or is not displayed together with other content in a predetermined display area (for example, weather is displayed). In the display area to be displayed, the weather content of Tokyo may not be displayed together with other weather content such as Osaka and Nagoya. Specific examples of area information, display / non-display information, non-display information, and the like will be described later. The screen setting information storage unit 13 can be realized by a predetermined recording medium (for example, a semiconductor memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, etc.).
The setting update unit 14 updates the screen setting information stored in the screen setting information storage unit 13 based on the update instruction information received by the receiving unit 11.

  The usage information storage unit 15 stores usage information in association with user identifiers. Here, the usage information is information relating to the usage status of the content used on the screen configured based on the screen configuration information. Note that the content is used, for example, a predetermined content displayed in the content list is selected, and more detailed information regarding the content is transmitted from the information processing device 1 to the terminal device 2 and displayed. In the content list, the predetermined content is stored in the hard disk or the like of the terminal device 2, or a predetermined button (for example, a “saw” button provided in association with the content, For example, a “Useful” button) was clicked. Here, when predetermined content is stored, information indicating the stored content, information indicating that the content is stored, and the like are transmitted to the information processing apparatus 1. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that content is used to transmit to the information processing apparatus 1 an instruction to jump to a predetermined content that the user wants to access from a list of content headings. The usage information storage unit 15 can be realized by a predetermined recording medium (for example, a semiconductor memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, etc.).

  The usage information update unit 16 updates the usage information stored in the usage information storage unit 15 in accordance with the use of content by the user. “According to the use of the content by the user” may be in response to an instruction to access the predetermined content received by the receiving unit 11. It may be in accordance with the user's usage history information, which is information on how many times and when the content is accessed, or indicates the content stored in the terminal device 2 received by the receiving unit 11 It may be according to information or the like. For example, when the reception unit 11 receives an instruction from the terminal device 2 to jump to a screen of predetermined content, the usage information update unit 16 increments the usage count corresponding to the jump destination content by one, Processing such as updating the latest use date to the current date.

  The information acquisition unit 17 acquires screen setting information corresponding to the user identifier received by the receiving unit 11 and authenticated by the authentication unit 12 as having a legitimate authority from the screen setting information storage unit 13, and corresponds to the user identifier. The usage information to be acquired is acquired from the usage information storage unit 15. Then, the acquired screen setting information and usage information are passed to the screen configuration information creation unit 19.

  The content storage unit 18 stores two or more contents. The content stored in the content storage unit 18 may be, for example, a moving image or a still image, audio, or other data such as text. , News, weather forecast, shopping, etc. The content storage unit 18 can be realized by a predetermined recording medium (for example, a semiconductor memory, a magnetic disk, an optical disk, etc.).

  Note that any two or more storage units of the screen setting information storage unit 13, the usage information storage unit 15, and the content storage unit 18 may be realized by the same recording medium. In this case, the area storing the screen setting information is the screen setting information storage unit 13, the area storing the usage information is the usage information storage unit 15, and the area storing the content is the content storage unit. 18

The screen configuration information creation unit 19 creates screen configuration information based on the screen setting information and usage information acquired by the information acquisition unit 17 and the content stored in the content storage unit 18. Here, the screen configuration information is information for configuring a screen. For example, information for configuring a screen of a content list, information for configuring a screen for a predetermined content, or setting of screen setting information The information etc. which comprise the screen for performing. When the screen configuration information creation unit 19 creates screen configuration information that configures the content list screen, for example, for each display region, based on the region information included in the screen setting information acquired by the information acquisition unit 17. Screen configuration information for displaying a list of contents may be created. Display / non-display information included in the screen setting information (for example, display or non-display for each display area for each type of screen configuration information transmission destination) If, for each display area, it is determined that the conditions for displaying the list of contents are satisfied, screen configuration information for displaying the list of contents in the display area is created and the contents are displayed. If it is determined that the conditions for displaying the list of files are not met, create screen configuration information that does not display the content list in the display area. Good. Further, screen configuration information for displaying a list of contents at a position indicated by information on the position of each display area included in the screen setting information may be created.

  This screen configuration information may be configured by a markup language such as HTML or XML, or may be configured by a program language such as 4GL. When a screen for content list is configured by the screen configuration information created by the screen configuration information creating unit 19, the content list may be a list of content itself, or a content heading (for example, content Or a list of information included in the content, or other information associated with the content (for example, the author of the content, It may be a list of content provider companies).

  The transmission unit 20 transmits the screen configuration information created by the screen configuration information creation unit 19 to a predetermined terminal device 2. The terminal device 2 to which the transmission unit 20 transmits screen configuration information is, for example, the terminal device 2 that has requested transmission of screen configuration information. The transmission unit 20 may or may not include a transmission device (for example, a modem or a network card) for transmission (in this case, between the transmission unit 20 and the communication line 3). There is a transmitting device not shown in the figure). The transmission unit 20 may be realized by hardware, or may be realized by software such as a driver that drives the transmission device.

Next, the operation of the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment will be described using the flowcharts of FIGS. 3 and 4.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the information processing apparatus 1.

  (Step S101) The receiving unit 11 determines whether a user identifier and a password have been received. If received, the user identifier or the like is passed to the authentication unit 12 and the process proceeds to step S102. If not, the process of step S101 is repeated until received.

  (Step S102) The authentication unit 12 performs user authentication based on the user identifier and password received from the reception unit 11. This user authentication is performed based on the authentication information held by the authentication unit 12.

  (Step S103) If the authentication unit 12 determines that the user identified by the user identifier has a legitimate authority to log in based on the user identifier and password received from the reception unit 11, the authentication unit 12 The user identifier is passed to the information acquisition unit 17, and the user identifier is stored in an identifier memory (not shown). The process proceeds to step S104, and if it is determined that the user does not have a valid authority, the process returns to step S101.

  (Step S104) The information acquisition unit 17 acquires screen setting information corresponding to the received user identifier. Based on the acquired screen setting information and the like, screen configuration information is created and transmitted to the terminal device 2. Details of the processing in step S104 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S105) The receiving unit 11 determines whether an instruction to jump to predetermined content or the like has been received. And when the instruction | indication is received, it progresses to step S106, and when that is not right, it progresses to step S110.

  (Step S106) The receiving unit 11 determines whether the received instruction is an instruction to jump to a predetermined content or an instruction to jump to a content list screen. If it is an instruction to jump to a predetermined content, the information indicating the jump destination content is passed to the screen configuration information creation unit 19 and the usage information update unit 16, and the process proceeds to step S107. In the case of an instruction to jump to this screen, an instruction to pass the user identifier stored in the identifier memory to the information acquisition unit 17 is passed to the authentication unit 12. As a result, the user identifier is passed to the information acquisition unit 17. Then, the process returns to step S104.

  (Step S107) Upon receiving information indicating the jump destination content from the reception unit 11, the screen configuration information creation unit 19 reads out a predetermined jump destination content from the content storage unit 18 based on the information, and the content Based on the above, screen configuration information for displaying the content is created and passed to the transmission unit 20. When the screen configuration information for displaying the content is stored in advance in the content storage unit 18, the screen configuration information creation unit 19 reads the screen configuration information from the content storage unit 18, and the read screen configuration information To the transmission unit 20.

  (Step S <b> 108) The transmission unit 20 transmits the screen configuration information received from the screen configuration information creation unit 19 to a predetermined terminal device 2. The terminal device 2 is the terminal device 2 that has transmitted a jump instruction to the receiving unit 11.

  (Step S109) The usage information update unit 16 updates the usage information stored in the usage information storage unit 15 based on the information indicating the jump destination content received from the reception unit 11. By this update, for example, the number of uses included in the use information and the latest use date are updated. Then, the process returns to step S105.

  (Step S110) The receiving unit 11 determines whether an instruction to update the setting in the screen setting information has been received. If an instruction to update the setting is received, the fact is transferred to the screen configuration information creating unit 19 and the process proceeds to step S111. If not, the process proceeds to step S115.

  (Step S111) The screen configuration information creation unit 19 reads screen setting information corresponding to the user identifier of the user who is logged in at that time from the screen setting information storage unit 13, and based on the screen setting information, the screen setting information Screen configuration information for performing the setting is generated and passed to the transmission unit 20. Here, the screen configuration information creation unit 19 acquires the user identifier of the logged-in user from the authentication unit 12 through a path (not shown). If screen setting information corresponding to the user identifier of the logged-in user is not stored in the screen setting information storage unit 13, screen configuration information for newly setting the screen setting information is configured. It becomes.

  (Step S <b> 112) The transmission unit 20 transmits the screen configuration information received from the screen configuration information creation unit 19 to a predetermined terminal device 2. The terminal device 2 is the terminal device 2 that has transmitted an instruction to update the setting to the receiving unit 11.

  (Step S113) The receiving unit 11 determines whether update instruction information has been received. When the update instruction information is received, the update instruction information is transferred to the setting update unit 14 and an instruction to pass the user identifier stored in the identifier memory to the authentication unit 12 is passed to the information acquisition unit 17. The process proceeds to S114. If not, the process of step S113 is repeated until update instruction information is received.

  (Step S114) The setting update unit 14 updates the screen setting information stored in the screen setting information storage unit 13 based on the update instruction information received from the receiving unit 11. Then, the process returns to step S104, and the screen configuration information is created based on the updated screen setting information. The screen setting information may be updated by changing the screen setting information stored in the screen setting information storage unit 13 in advance, or a new screen setting may be stored in the screen setting information storage unit 13. This may be done by adding information. A specific example of the former is, for example, a case where a part of screen setting information associated with a certain user identifier is changed. As a specific example of the latter, for example, screen setting information has been registered so far. This is a case of newly registering screen setting information corresponding to no user identifier.

  (Step S115) The receiving unit 11 determines whether or not information indicating logout has been received. If information indicating logout is received, the process proceeds to step S116, and if not, the process returns to step S105.

(Step S116) The receiving unit 11 passes an instruction to the authentication unit 12 to delete the user identifier stored in the identifier memory. As a result, the authentication unit 12 deletes the user identifier stored in the identifier memory. Then, the process returns to step S101. After the user identifier is deleted in the authentication unit 12, the screen configuration information generation unit 19 generates screen configuration information indicating that logout is completed, and the transmission unit 20 logs out the screen configuration information. May be transmitted to the terminal device 2.
In the flowchart of FIG. 3, the process ends when the power is turned off or the process is terminated.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining in detail the process of step S104 in the flowchart of FIG.
(Step S <b> 201) Upon receiving the user identifier from the authentication unit 12, the information acquisition unit 17 acquires screen setting information corresponding to the user identifier from the screen setting information storage unit 13. Further, the usage information corresponding to the user identifier is acquired from the usage information storage unit 15. Then, the information acquisition unit 17 passes the acquired screen setting information and usage information to the screen configuration information creation unit 19.

(Step S202) The screen configuration information creating unit 19 sets the counter I to “1”.
(Step S <b> 203) The screen configuration information creation unit 19 determines whether display conditions for display / non-display information corresponding to the display area I are satisfied. Here, the display / non-display information is included in the screen setting information received from the information acquisition unit 17. If the display condition is satisfied, the process proceeds to step S204, and if not, the process proceeds to step S207.

(Step S <b> 204) The screen configuration information creation unit 19 acquires information related to the content corresponding to the display area I from the content storage unit 18. Here, which content corresponds to the display area I is indicated by the screen setting information. Note that the information regarding the content acquired by the screen configuration information creation unit 19 may be the content itself or the heading of the content, or information associated with the content (for example, partial information of the content) ). In this embodiment, a case where a headline of content is acquired will be described.

  (Step S205) Based on the usage information and the non-display information included in the screen setting information, the screen configuration information creation unit 19 determines which content heading is not to be displayed among the content headings acquired in Step S204. decide. In this determination, it is determined that the headline of the content that satisfies the predetermined condition of the non-display information is not displayed in the display area I. Then, the screen configuration information creation unit 19 discards the content headline determined to be hidden, for example, so that the content headline is not displayed in the display area I. This discarding is performed, for example, by deleting a content heading that is indicated by non-display information to be hidden from the buffer memory that temporarily stores the content heading acquired in step S204. .

  (Step S206) The screen configuration information creation unit 19 sorts a list of content headings based on the screen setting information for the content headings acquired in step S204 and not hidden in step S205.

(Step S207) The screen configuration information creation unit 19 determines whether or not the display area I is the last display area. If it is the last display area, the process proceeds to step S209, and if not, the process proceeds to step S208.
(Step S208) The screen configuration information creation unit 19 increments the count I by 1, and returns to step S203.

  (Step S209) The screen configuration information creation unit 19 creates screen configuration information that is a screen for displaying a sorted list of contents in each display area, and passes the created screen configuration information to the transmission unit 20.

  (Step S <b> 210) The transmission unit 20 transmits the screen configuration information received from the screen configuration information creation unit 19 to a predetermined terminal device 2. Here, the screen configuration information is transmitted to the terminal device 2 of the user corresponding to the user identifier stored in the identifier memory of the authentication unit 12.

  Next, the operation of the information processing apparatus 1 according to this embodiment will be described using a specific example. In this specific example, as shown in FIG. 1, it is assumed that the information processing apparatus 1 and one or more terminal apparatuses 2 constitute a system, and the terminal apparatus 2 is a PC (Personal Computer).

  In this specific example, it is assumed that the screen setting information stored in the screen setting information storage unit 13 is as shown in FIG. The screen setting information shown in FIG. 5 is associated with the user identifier. The screen setting information includes fields of “area”, “display position information”, “display / non-display information”, “content”, “arrangement”, and “non-display information”.

The “area” field indicates which display area the screen setting information relates to. “Display position information” is information regarding the position where each display area is displayed, and in FIG. 5, is information indicating the diagonal points of the rectangular display area. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 6, each of (X, Y) is represented by (X, Y) with the upper left vertex of the entire display area 100 as the base point, the right horizontal axis as the X axis, and the downward vertical axis as the Y axis. Information indicating the upper left vertex and the lower right vertex of the display area is display position information. Each display area corresponding to the user identifier “U001” shown in FIG. 5 is as shown in FIG.

  “Display / non-display information” is information indicating whether content is displayed in each display area, divided into “home”, “work”, and “mobile” indicating types of transmission destinations of screen configuration information. When the display / non-display information is “1”, it indicates that the content corresponding to the display area is displayed, and when it is “0”, the content is not displayed in the display area. Show. For example, in the case of the display area 1 corresponding to the user identifier “U001”, the content is displayed regardless of whether the transmission destination is “home”, “work”, or “mobile”. Here, “home” and “workplace” indicate that the destination of the screen configuration information is the user's home or workplace, and “mobile” indicates that the destination of the screen configuration information is, for example, PDA ( Personal digital assistants), mobile phones, and portable terminals such as portable small PCs.

  “Content” is information indicating which content list is displayed in the corresponding display area, and is indicated by the name of each data of the content in FIG. For example, “NEWS *” indicates that a list of arbitrary contents whose data name starts with “NEWS” is displayed. The “list” field indicates in which order the content list is displayed. For example, when the value of the “line” field is “use count / descending order”, it indicates that the contents are sorted in the order of the most frequently used contents and a list of contents is displayed.

  The “non-display information” indicates a predetermined condition for content that is not displayed together with other content among the content displayed in each display area. The condition is not displayed in the corresponding display area, but the content related to “Move to Recycle Bin” indicating the condition to be displayed in the “Recycle Bin” area and the entire screen displaying the list of contents is not displayed completely. It is indicated by the condition regarding “deletion from the trash” indicating the condition.

  In this specific example, it is assumed that the usage information stored in the usage information storage unit 15 is as shown in FIG. The usage information shown in FIG. 7 is associated with a user identifier, and includes fields of “content”, “latest usage date”, “number of times of usage”, and “date of movement to trash box”. “Content” is information indicating the name of each content. “Latest use date” is information indicating the latest date when the user used each content. “Use count” is information indicating the cumulative value of the number of times each user has used each content. “Date of movement to trash box” is information indicating the date on which the condition relating to “movement to trash box” in the screen setting information is satisfied.

  In this specific example, as shown in FIG. 8, the content storage unit 18 newly registers a “heading” indicating the type of content and the content in the content storage unit 18 in association with the name of each content. It is assumed that the “registration date” indicating the date (including the date updated) is stored. The content storage unit 18 also stores content entity data corresponding to the content name.

  First, on January 15, 2004, it is assumed that the user corresponding to the user identifier “U001” operates the terminal device 2 at home to display a login screen. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram showing the terminal device 2 displaying a login screen. As shown in FIG. 9, the user inputs a user identifier “U001” and a password, and selects “home” by a radio button. When the “login” button is clicked, information relating to login such as the user identifier “U001” is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 1 via the communication line 3.

The receiving unit 11 of the information processing apparatus 1 receives the transmitted information related to login (step S101) and passes the information to the authentication unit 12. Then, user authentication is performed by the authentication unit 12 (step S102). As a result of user authentication, it is determined that the user corresponding to the user identifier “U001” has the authority to log in (step S103). Then, the authentication unit 12 stores the user identifier “U001” in an identifier memory (not shown), and the user identifier “U001” and the environment in which the user uses the terminal device 2, that is, the transmission destination of the screen configuration information “Home” which is information indicating the type of the information is passed to the information acquisition unit 17.

  The information acquisition unit 17 acquires screen setting information and usage information corresponding to the received user identifier “U001” from the screen setting information storage unit 13 and the usage information storage unit 15 respectively, and the acquired screen setting. The information and the usage information are transferred to the screen configuration information creating unit 19 together with “home” which is information indicating the environment of the terminal device 2 (step S201). The screen configuration information creation unit 19 determines a list of content headings in order from the display area 1 based on the received screen setting information and the like (steps S202 to S208). Specifically, first, the screen configuration information creation unit 19 determines that the display condition is satisfied because the “home” field of the display / non-display information is “1” for the display area 1 in FIG. 5. In step S203, the content heading starting with “NEWS” and the content registration date are acquired from the content storage unit 18 as the content heading to be displayed in the display area 1 (step S204). Here, the non-display information included in the screen setting information shown in FIG. 5 is set to move to the recycle bin when 10 days or more have passed since the latest use date. Since the latest use date “January 3, 2004” of the content “NEWS002.TXT” is more than 10 days before “January 15, 2004” in which the user operates the terminal device 2, the screen configuration The information creation unit 19 refers to the usage information and does not display the content “NEWS002.TXT” in the display area 1. In this way, only the headline of the content to be displayed in the display area 1 is selected (step S205). Then, the content heading after the selection is sorted in the descending order of the number of times of use by using “number of times of use” as a sort key (step S206). This usage count is indicated by usage information. As a result of the sorting, the order in which the content headings are displayed is determined. That is, “Social News”, which is a headline corresponding to “NEWS003.TXT”, “Economic News”, which is a headline corresponding to “NES001.TXT”, and the like are displayed in the display area 1 from the top. Become.

  Next, as in the case of the display area 1, the screen configuration information creating unit 19 determines the arrangement of the content headings to be displayed in the display areas 2 to 5 (steps S203 to S208). ). The display area 5 has a “trash box” as the content, and the headline of the content displayed in the display area 5 is the content moved to the trash box based on the non-display information (that is, other in the display areas 1 to 4). Content that has not been deleted from the recycle bin (that is, content that has not been determined not to be displayed at all on the entire display screen).

  Next, the screen configuration information creation unit 19 creates screen configuration information for displaying a list of content based on the sequence of content headings determined for each display area (step S208). Specifically, based on the display position information included in the screen setting information, the screen configuration information is created so that the content headings are displayed in the determined arrangement at the positions of the display areas. Assume that this screen configuration information is described in HTML. In this screen configuration information, it is assumed that a link for jumping to the content data itself is provided for the content heading.

The transmission unit 20 transmits the screen configuration information created by the screen configuration information creation unit 19 to the terminal device 2 used by the user with the user identifier “U001”. The transmitter 20 is the receiver 1
The screen configuration information can be transmitted to the appropriate terminal device 2 by receiving from the receiving unit 11 the IP address or port number that is the transmission source of the information related to login received by 1.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen displayed on the terminal device 2 based on the screen configuration information transmitted as described above. As shown in FIG. 10, a list of content headings is displayed in each display area. In this way, the user corresponding to the user identifier “U001” can see a list of contents arranged based on the sorting rules set by himself / herself. For example, if the user lives in Osaka and frequently uses “Osaka weather”, “Osaka weather” is displayed at the top of the weather content. As a result, frequently used content is positioned at the top of the content list, so that desired information can be accessed quickly and accurately, and the convenience for the user is enhanced.

  In the display of the content list shown in FIG. 10, it is assumed that the user clicks “Osaka weather” by operating the mouse. Then, the terminal device 2 transmits an instruction to the information processing device 1 to jump to the content “Weather in Osaka (WEATHER002.HTML)”. The instruction is received by the receiving unit 11 (step S105), and is determined to be an instruction to jump to the content (step S106). Then, information indicating the jump destination content “weather in Osaka” is passed to the screen configuration information creation unit 19 and the usage information update unit 16. It is assumed that the user identifier “U001” read from the authentication unit 12 is also passed to the usage information update unit 16.

  The screen configuration information creation unit 19 reads “WEEATHER002.HTML”, which is data corresponding to the content “Osaka weather”, and creates screen configuration information in which a frame such as a “list” button is added to the data (step). S107). Then, the screen configuration information is transmitted to the terminal device 2 by the transmission unit 20 (step S108). As a result, the terminal device 2 displays as shown in FIG.

  Further, the usage information updating unit 16 increments the usage count of the content “WEATHER002.HTML” corresponding to the user identifier “U001” by 1 (step S109). As a result, the use count of “WEATHER002.HTML” is “153”.

When the user clicks the “Setting” button on the screen of FIG. 11, an instruction to update the setting in the screen setting information is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 1. Then, the instruction is received by the receiving unit 11, it is determined that an instruction to update the setting in the screen setting information has been received (step S 110), and that fact is passed to the screen configuration information creating unit 19. The screen configuration information creating unit 19 reads screen setting information corresponding to the user identifier “U001” from the screen setting information storage unit 13 on the basis of the instruction, and a screen configuration for performing settings based on the screen setting information. Information is created (step S111). The transmission unit 20 transmits screen configuration information for performing the setting to the terminal device 2 (step S112). As a result, the display shown in FIG. In this display, the user changes the item to be changed and clicks the “Send” button after the change. Then, update instruction information indicating that the screen setting information is updated is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 1 and received by the reception unit 11 (step S113). Then, the setting update unit 14 updates the screen setting information based on the update instruction information (step S114). Thereafter, screen configuration information is created based on the updated screen setting information and transmitted to the terminal device 2 (step S104), and the updated content heading list is displayed on the terminal device 2. The Rukoto. Here, the display position of each display area may be set by WISIWYG.

  When the user clicks the “logout” button on the display screen of FIG. 10 or FIG. 11, information to log out is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 1 and received by the receiving unit 11. Then, the reception unit 11 passes an instruction to the authentication unit 12 to delete the user identifier stored in the identifier memory in the authentication unit 12. In this manner, the user identifier “U001” is deleted from the identifier memory in the authentication unit 12 (step S116), and the user is logged out.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a content list display by a PDA. When the user corresponding to the user identifier “U001” accesses the information processing apparatus 1 using the PDA shown in FIG. 13, “mobile” is selected on the login screen. In that case, only the list of content “NEWS *” is displayed in the display area 1 based on the screen setting information of FIG. Therefore, in the PDA that has received the screen configuration information, a list of contents of only the display area 1 is displayed as shown in the screen display in FIG. Thus, in a portable terminal such as a PDA, the volume of data to be received can be limited to a predetermined range set in advance, and it is possible to prevent a situation where it takes a long time to receive screen configuration information. obtain. It is also possible to avoid a situation where information that cannot be displayed on the display screen of the PDA is transmitted.

  In this specific example, the display position information has been described with respect to the case where the display position of each display area is indicated by the coordinate value of the diagonal point of the rectangular area, but the shape of the display area may be an ellipse or a circle. Anything is acceptable. In addition, the display position of the display area may be set as a coordinate value or may be set as a relative positional relationship. The relative positional relationship is, for example, a positional relationship in which the display area 1, the display area 2, the display area 4,... Are displayed in order from the top of the display screen. In such a situation, for example, when the display area 2 is not displayed due to the display / non-display information, the area of the display area 2 may be opened as a blank space, or the display area 4 just below the display area 1 may be opened. May be displayed.

  In this specific example, the case where the screen configuration information for displaying the list of content headings has been described, but the screen configuration information for displaying a list of part or all of the content itself may be generated. Good. In that case, in the screen configuration information of the list of contents, information is created so as to display a thumbnail or a part or all of each content itself at a low resolution. You may make it jump to information and produce the screen structure information which has only the selected information.

  Further, in this specific example, area information, which is information indicating correspondence between a plurality of display areas and a list of contents to be displayed in each display area, is represented by “content” and “area” in the screen setting information. Although the case indicated by the correspondence has been described, the area information may be any information. For example, information for identifying the content (for example, “NEWS *”) and information for identifying the display area (for example, , “Display area 1”, etc.) may be configured by a table or the like.

  Further, in this specific example, the case has been described where the headings of the list of contents are sorted for all the display areas, but the sorting may not be performed for some display areas.

Further, in this specific example, as shown in FIG. 7, the case where the usage information includes information related to “the date of movement to the trash box” has been described, but the usage information includes information related to the “date of movement to the trash box”. It does not have to be. In that case, for example, the “movement date to the trash box” may be calculated based on the latest use date or the registration date for each processing in step S205.

  Further, for the content moved to the trash box, information indicating the display area of the movement source may be displayed together with the content. For example, when “international news” is in the recycle bin, “international news (from news)” may be displayed to indicate that the content has been moved from the news display area to the recycle bin. .

  In addition, when a user who does not store screen setting information associated with a user identifier logs in, the screen configuration information of a list of contents cannot be created. It is also possible to create and transmit screen configuration information that displays only the button and the “logout” button so that the user can update the screen setting information (in this case, new registration).

  In this specific example, three types of destinations, “home”, “work”, and “mobile”, have been described, but this destination type may be other types, For example, it may be “narrowband” or “broadband” indicating the thickness of the destination line, or “large screen”, “medium screen” or “small screen” indicating the screen size of the destination device. It may be.

  Further, in this specific example, the case where the screen setting information, the usage information, and the like are shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 7 has been described, but the structure of these information is not limited to those specific examples, and other It may have the structure.

  As described above, in the information processing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment, the user desires by creating screen configuration information that displays a list of contents based on screen setting information and usage information set for each user. It is possible to transmit screen configuration information for displaying a list of contents that can be easily accessed, and to provide a list of contents that are easy to use for each user.

  In the present embodiment, the case has been described in which the setting about the arrangement related to the content is performed based on the number of times of use, the registration date, the latest usage date, etc., but the setting about the arrangement related to the content includes a specific keyword. It may also be a setting regarding the arrangement of contents. For example, if “Osaka” is set as a specific keyword, the news itself, weather, and other shopping items that contain “Osaka” in the content itself or the content heading will be displayed in the content list. The screen configuration information may be configured to be displayed at the highest position. Note that content including a specific keyword may be displayed at the lowest position in the content list.

In addition, the setting for the order related to the content may be only the setting for the order based on the usage information such as the number of times of use and the latest use date, or the setting for the order based on the time related to the content such as the registration date. It may be only.
Moreover, the setting about the arrangement | sequence regarding a content may be determined combining the frequency | count of use, the elapsed days from the newest usage date, the elapsed days from a registration date, etc. For example,
(Content evaluation value) = A × (Number of times of use) + B / (Elapsed days from the latest use date)
It is also possible to perform setting such that the evaluation value of each content is calculated using the expression, and the order related to the content is determined by sorting the evaluation value of the content in descending order (or ascending order). In the above formula, A and B are predetermined real numbers for weighting.

  In addition, the screen setting information only needs to include settings regarding the arrangement of contents, and depending on the case, may include any one or more of area information, non-display information, display / non-display information, and the like. It does not have to be.

  Further, the non-display information may indicate conditions regarding the amount of content that cannot be displayed at a time on a screen displaying a list of content. The amount of content is, for example, the number of content and the data capacity. Further, “cannot be displayed at a time” means, for example, that it cannot be displayed together with other contents in one display area. Specifically, on the screen displaying the content list, if it is determined that only three contents are to be displayed based on the non-display information, only the top three contents are selected from the sorted content list. The screen configuration information for displaying the list of the selected contents may be created.

  Further, the screen configuration information creation unit 19 may create screen configuration information for displaying that the content is not displayed after the predetermined period based on the non-display information. For example, in the above specific example, when the content heading “international news” is moved to the display area of the “trash box” one day later, the screen configuration information creation unit 19 causes the heading “international news” to blink. Information may be created. In this case, as shown in FIG. 14, in the terminal device 2, the content heading “international news” blinks to indicate that the heading is not displayed in the news display area after tomorrow. In addition, as other display methods to the effect that content is not displayed, for example, a method of displaying a headline of a predetermined content lighter than other displays, or displaying a headline of a predetermined content in a color different from the other display There are methods.

Further, the display / non-display information may be information indicating display for each period or non-display for each display area. Here, the period is a time zone in one day, a period in one week, a period in one month, a period in one year, or the like. For example, as shown in FIG. 15, each display area may be displayed for each time zone ("1" is set) or not ("0" is set). Good. For example, in the display / non-display information corresponding to the user identifier “U001”, the display area 1 is set to be displayed from 6 am to 5 pm, and the display area 3 is displayed from 10 am to 10 am It is set to be displayed until 6 o'clock. The screen configuration information creating unit 19 acquires the time at the time of creating the screen configuration information from a predetermined clock (not shown), and the time zone to which the time belongs is set to display the display area. In such a case, the screen configuration information is created so as to display a list of contents in the display area. Otherwise, the screen configuration information is created so that nothing is displayed in the display area. As a specific example other than the above, a list of contents in a predetermined display area is displayed from Monday to Friday in a week, and the list of contents is not displayed on Saturday and Sunday (or vice versa). You may do it. In the display / non-display information, information for each period and information for each type of transmission destination of the screen configuration information may be combined.
In the display / non-display information, the size of each display area, the display position, and the like may be determined for each period or for each type of screen configuration information transmission destination.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the screen configuration information is created based on the usage information, the screen setting information, and the content has been described. However, the screen configuration information creation unit 19 generates the screen configuration information without using the usage information. You may create it. That is, the usage information storage unit 15 may not be included in the information processing apparatus 1. In that case, the setting for the arrangement of the contents in the contents list is set based on the registration date or the like.

  Further, in the specific example in the present embodiment, the conditions regarding the usage information for the content not displayed together with other content (for example, “10 days from the latest usage date”) and the content not displayed together with the other content. Although the case where the non-display information includes the condition regarding the time (for example, “30 days from the registration date”) has been described, the non-display information may include only one of them.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the list of contents is displayed for each display area has been described. However, the list of contents may be displayed as a list on the entire display screen, not for each display area.

  Further, in the specific example of the present embodiment, the case where the user identifier is transmitted to the information processing apparatus 1 by the user inputting the user identifier has been described. It may be transmitted to the device 1. For example, a cookie may be used, and an IP address, device ID, or the like may be used as a user identifier. Similarly, information indicating the type of transmission destination of the screen configuration information is registered in advance in the information processing apparatus 1 by using a cookie, an IP address, or the like, and the registered information and information such as a cookie are registered. By using, the information processing apparatus 1 may be able to know the type of transmission destination without any input or selection by the user. Thus, when receiving a user identifier using a cookie or the like, for example, when each user accesses the same WEB site from the terminal device 2, the cookie or the like of each user is used to notify each user. It is also possible to construct screen configuration information (described in HTML) of a list of corresponding contents and transmit the information to the terminal device 2 of each user.

  In the present embodiment, the case where user authentication is performed by the authentication unit 12 has been described. However, user authentication is not performed, and screen configuration information is created based on screen setting information or the like corresponding to the received user identifier. You may do it.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the case has been described where the screen setting information includes setting information about the arrangement related to the content. However, the screen setting information does not include the setting information about the arrangement related to the content, and the content list is displayed. Display a list of contents in the display area for each display area, and area information indicating the correspondence between a plurality of display areas and a list of contents displayed in each display area. Display / non-display information, which is information indicating whether or not the condition is related, and the screen configuration information creating unit 19 displays a screen for displaying a list of contents for each display area based on the screen setting information and the contents. You may create the screen structure information for comprising. That is, the information processing apparatus 1 may transmit screen configuration information that displays or does not display a list of contents in each display area based on the period, the type of transmission destination of the screen configuration information, and the like.

  In the above embodiment, each processing (each function) may be realized by centralized processing by a single device (system), or may be realized by distributed processing by a plurality of devices. May be.

In the above embodiment, each component may be configured by dedicated hardware, or a component that can be realized by software may be realized by executing a program. For example, each component can be realized by a program execution unit such as a CPU reading and executing a software program recorded on a recording medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory. Note that the software that realizes the information processing apparatus in the above embodiment is the following program. In other words, the program stores, in the computer, a reception step of receiving a user identifier for identifying a user, and screen setting information that is setting information about the arrangement of contents on a screen that displays a list of two or more contents. An information acquisition step for acquiring the screen setting information corresponding to the user identifier received in the reception step, and the screen setting information acquired in the information acquisition step from the screen setting information storage unit stored in association with the identifier; And, based on the content, a screen configuration information creating step for creating screen configuration information that is information for configuring a screen of a content list, and a transmission step for transmitting the screen configuration information created in the screen configuration information creating step And to execute.

  In addition, the other program includes a receiving step for receiving a user identifier for identifying a user on a computer, a plurality of display areas on a screen displaying a list of two or more contents, and a content to be displayed in each display area. Screen that is information including area information that is information indicating correspondence with a list, and display / non-display information that is information indicating conditions regarding whether or not to display a list of contents in the display area for each display area An information acquisition step for acquiring the screen setting information corresponding to the user identifier received in the reception step from a screen setting information storage unit storing the setting information in association with the user identifier; and Based on the acquired screen setting information and the contents, a list of contents is displayed for each display area. A screen configuration information creation step of creating a screen composition information for composing the surface, a transmission step of transmitting the screen configuration information created by the screen configuration information creation step, is intended for causing the execution.

  In the above program, in a transmission step for transmitting information, a reception step for receiving information, etc., processing performed by hardware, for example, processing performed by a modem or an interface card in the transmission step (only performed by hardware). Not included) is not included.

Further, this program may be executed by being downloaded from a server or the like, and a program recorded on a predetermined recording medium (for example, an optical disk such as a CD-ROM, a magnetic disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like) is read out. May be executed by
Further, the computer that executes this program may be singular or plural. That is, centralized processing may be performed, or distributed processing may be performed.

  As described above, according to the information processing apparatus and the like according to the present invention, it is possible to create screen configuration information for displaying a list of contents that are easy to use for the user, and transmit the screen configuration information to the user's terminal. This is useful as a WEB server or the like that transmits the described information.

The figure which shows the structure of the information processing system by one embodiment of this invention The block diagram which shows the structure of the information processing apparatus by the embodiment The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the information processing apparatus by the embodiment The flowchart which shows operation | movement of the information processing apparatus by the embodiment The figure which shows an example of the screen setting information in the embodiment The figure which shows an example of each display area in the embodiment The figure which shows an example of the usage information in the embodiment The figure which shows an example of the relationship between the content and headline registration date in the embodiment Schematic diagram showing a terminal device according to the embodiment The figure which shows an example of the display in the embodiment The figure which shows an example of the display in the embodiment The figure which shows an example of the display in the embodiment The figure which shows an example of the terminal device in the embodiment The figure which shows an example of the display in the embodiment The figure which shows an example of the screen setting information in the embodiment

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information processing apparatus 2 Terminal apparatus 3 Communication line 11 Receiving part 12 Authentication part 13 Screen setting information storage part 14 Setting update part 15 Usage information storage part 16 Usage information update part 17 Information acquisition part 18 Content storage part 19 Screen structure information creation part 20 Transmitter

Claims (21)

A receiving unit for receiving a user identifier for identifying the user;
A content storage unit storing two or more contents;
A screen setting information storage unit that stores screen setting information, which is setting information about the arrangement of content on a screen that displays a list of content stored in the content storage unit, in association with the user identifier;
An information acquisition unit that acquires the screen setting information corresponding to the user identifier received by the reception unit from the screen setting information storage unit;
A screen configuration information creation unit that creates screen configuration information that is information for configuring a screen of a content list based on the screen setting information acquired by the information acquisition unit and the content stored in the content storage unit When,
An information processing apparatus comprising: a transmission unit that transmits the screen configuration information created by the screen configuration information creation unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting for the arrangement related to the content in the screen setting information includes a setting for the arrangement based on the time related to the content. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the setting for the arrangement relating to the content in the screen configuration information includes a setting for the arrangement relating to the content including the specific keyword. A usage information storage unit that stores usage information, which is information related to the usage status of content used on a screen configured based on the screen configuration information, in association with the user identifier;
A usage information update unit that updates the usage information according to the use of content by the user,
The setting for the arrangement related to the content in the screen setting information includes the setting for the arrangement based on the usage information,
The information acquisition unit acquires the screen setting information corresponding to the user identifier received by the receiving unit from the screen setting information storage unit, and uses the usage information corresponding to the user identifier received by the receiving unit as the usage information. Obtained from the storage,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the screen configuration information creation unit creates the screen configuration information based on the screen setting information and usage information acquired by the information acquisition unit. The screen configuration information is information indicating a condition related to the usage information for content that is not displayed together with other content on a screen that displays the list of content among the content stored in the content storage unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, comprising display information. The screen configuration information is information indicating a condition regarding a period related to the content with respect to content that is not displayed together with other content on a screen that displays a list of the content among the content stored in the content storage unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, comprising certain non-display information. The screen configuration information includes non-display information that is information indicating a condition relating to an amount of content that cannot be displayed at a time on a screen that displays a list of the content among the content stored in the content storage unit. Item 5. The information processing apparatus according to any one of Items 1 to 4. The screen configuration information creating unit creates screen configuration information for displaying that the content is not displayed for the content that is not displayed together with other content after a predetermined period based on the non-display information. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the content list displayed on the screen for displaying the content list is a list of content headings stored in the content storage unit. The screen setting information includes area information that is information indicating correspondence between a plurality of display areas and a list of contents to be displayed in each display area,
The screen configuration information creation unit creates screen configuration information, which is information for configuring a screen for displaying a list of contents for each display region, based on the region information. The information processing apparatus described. The screen setting information includes display / non-display information that is information indicating a condition regarding whether to display a list of contents in the display area for each display area that displays a list of contents,
If the screen configuration information creation unit determines that the condition for displaying the list of contents is satisfied for each display area based on the display / non-display information, the list of contents in the display area is displayed. 11. The information according to claim 10, wherein screen configuration information to be displayed is created, and if it is determined that a condition for displaying a list of contents is not satisfied, screen configuration information that does not display a list of contents in the display area is created. Processing equipment. A receiving unit for receiving a user identifier for identifying the user;
A content storage unit storing two or more contents;
Area information which is information indicating correspondence between a plurality of display areas and a list of contents displayed in each display area on a screen displaying a list of contents stored in the content storage unit, and the display area Screen setting information, which is information including display / non-display information, which is information indicating whether or not to display a list of contents in the display area, is stored in association with the user identifier. An information storage unit;
An information acquisition unit that acquires the screen setting information corresponding to the user identifier received by the reception unit from the screen setting information storage unit;
Screen configuration information that is information for configuring a screen for displaying a list of contents for each display area based on the screen setting information acquired by the information acquisition unit and the content stored in the content storage unit. A screen configuration information creation section to be created;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a transmission unit that transmits the screen configuration information created by the screen configuration information creation unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the display / non-display information is information indicating display or non-display for each display area for each period. The information processing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the display / non-display information is information indicating display or non-display of each display area for each type of transmission destination of the screen configuration information. The screen setting information also includes information regarding the position where each display area is displayed,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the screen configuration information creating unit creates screen configuration information for displaying a list of contents in each display area at a position indicated by the information related to the position. The receiving unit also receives update instruction information which is information for instructing update of the screen setting information,
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a setting update unit that updates the screen setting information stored in the screen setting information storage unit based on the update instruction information. An information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 16,
An information processing system comprising: one or more terminal devices that receive screen configuration information transmitted by the information processing device and display a screen of a list of contents based on the screen configuration information. Receiving a user identifier for identifying the user;
Screen setting information, which is setting information regarding the arrangement of contents on a screen displaying a list of two or more contents, is received in the receiving step from a screen setting information storage unit that is stored in association with the user identifier. An information acquisition step of acquiring the screen setting information corresponding to the user identifier;
A screen configuration information creating step for creating screen configuration information which is information for configuring a screen of a list of contents based on the screen setting information obtained in the information obtaining step and the content;
A transmission step of transmitting the screen configuration information created in the screen configuration information creation step. Receiving a user identifier for identifying the user;
Two or more content lists on a screen displaying a list of two or more contents, area information indicating information corresponding to a list of contents displayed in each display area, and the display area for each display area From the screen setting information storage unit that stores screen setting information that is information including display / non-display information that is information indicating conditions regarding whether or not to display a list of contents in the user identifier, An information acquisition step of acquiring the screen setting information corresponding to the user identifier received in the reception step;
A screen configuration information creating step for creating screen configuration information, which is information for configuring a screen for displaying a list of contents for each display area, based on the screen setting information obtained in the information obtaining step and the content; ,
A transmission step of transmitting the screen configuration information created in the screen configuration information creation step. On the computer,
Receiving a user identifier for identifying the user;
Screen setting information, which is setting information regarding the arrangement of contents on a screen displaying a list of two or more contents, is received in the receiving step from a screen setting information storage unit that is stored in association with the user identifier. An information acquisition step of acquiring the screen setting information corresponding to the user identifier;
A screen configuration information creating step for creating screen configuration information which is information for configuring a screen of a list of contents based on the screen setting information obtained in the information obtaining step and the content;
A program for executing the transmission step of transmitting the screen configuration information created in the screen configuration information creation step. On the computer,
Receiving a user identifier for identifying the user;
Two or more content lists on a screen displaying a list of two or more contents, area information indicating information corresponding to a list of contents displayed in each display area, and the display area for each display area From the screen setting information storage unit that stores screen setting information that is information including display / non-display information that is information indicating conditions regarding whether or not to display a list of contents in the user identifier, An information acquisition step of acquiring the screen setting information corresponding to the user identifier received in the reception step;
A screen configuration information creating step for creating screen configuration information, which is information for configuring a screen for displaying a list of contents for each display area, based on the screen setting information obtained in the information obtaining step and the content; ,
A program for executing the transmission step of transmitting the screen configuration information created in the screen configuration information creation step.

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