JP2006058948A - Content information collection device, content information collection method, and content information collection program for executing to computer the method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently collect content information from access restricted websites. <P>SOLUTION: A login management part 503 sends login information for canceling access restriction to paid sites to paid content server devices 30a, 30b that provide services to browse contents in the access restricted paid sites. When receiving access permission information that permits access from the paid content server devices 30a, 30b according to the login formation sent, a content information collecting part 505 collects information about the contents within the paid sites from the paid content server devices 30a, 30b and an index creating part 506 stores information about the contents collected. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a content information collecting apparatus, a content information collecting method, and a content information collecting method for causing a computer to execute information relating to the content from a server device that provides a content browsing service in a website. More particularly, the present invention relates to a content information collection device, a content information collection method, and a content information collection program that causes a computer to execute the content information collection method, which can efficiently collect content information from a website with restricted access. .

  In the past, the number of websites provided on the Internet has increased dramatically, and in order to enable users to easily search for content such as images, sounds, and videos, search for content called search engines The system is widely used.

  This search engine accepts specification of a keyword related to the content to be searched from the user, searches for content information matching the received keyword, and provides the searched content information to the user.

  The content information provided to the user as a search result is collected by periodically visiting various websites by executing a program called a crawler (see Non-Patent Document 1).

  Specifically, this crawler repeatedly collects content information from another website by collecting information on content in a certain website and then tracing links included in the website.

Google Inc., “Google FAQ, Webmaster related questions”, [online], [Search July 1, 2004], Internet <URL: http://www.google.co.jp/intl/ en / faq.html>

  However, in the conventional technology represented by the above-mentioned Non-Patent Document 1, it is not possible to collect content information included in a website whose access is restricted. Therefore, the user is included in such a website. There was a problem that content that cannot be searched.

  That is, the crawler cannot access a web page that requires a user to input an ID, a password, or the like such as a paid web page. Could not be collected for.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems caused by the prior art, and is a content information collection apparatus and content information that can efficiently collect content information from a website with restricted access. It is an object of the present invention to provide a content information collection program that causes a computer to execute a collection method and a content information collection method.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention provides a content information collection device that collects information related to content from a server device that provides a content browsing service in a website, Information transmitting means for transmitting access restriction release information for releasing access restriction to the website to a server device that provides a browsing service for content in the website that has been restricted, and transmitted by the information sending means When access permission information permitting access is received from the server device according to the access restriction release information, information related to the content in the website is collected from the server device, and the information related to the collected content is stored Content information collecting means.

  Further, the present invention is the above invention, wherein the information transmitting means obtains information related to presence / absence of access restriction on the content in the website from a server device that provides a browsing service of the content in the website, When the access restriction on the content in the website provided by the server device is made, the access restriction releasing information for releasing the access restriction to the website is transmitted.

  The present invention further includes information storage means for storing access restriction release information for releasing the access restriction for each user in the above-mentioned invention, wherein the information transmitting means stores each user's information stored by the information storage means. The access restriction release information is transmitted to a server device that provides a browsing service for content in the website, and the content information collecting means collects information related to the content in the website from the server device, and the collected content The information concerning is stored in association with each user.

  In the present invention, the information storage means stores information relating to user attributes and access restriction release information for releasing the access restriction in association with each other, and the information transmission means The access restriction release information stored by the information storage means corresponding to the attribute is extracted, and the extracted access restriction release information is transmitted to a server device that provides a content browsing service in the website, and the content information When the collection means receives access permission information permitting access from the server apparatus according to the access restriction release information transmitted by the information transmission means, the collection means collects information related to the content in the website from the server apparatus Then, the information relating to the collected content is stored in association with the attribute of each user.

  Further, in the present invention according to the above invention, the information storage means accepts authentication information for authenticating whether or not the user is a regular user, authenticates the user, and is authenticated that the user is a regular user. In this case, access restriction release information for releasing the access restriction is received from a user, and the received access restriction release information is stored in association with the user.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned invention, the content information collection unit obtains introduction information for introducing content in the website from the server device based on information relating to user attributes stored by the information storage unit. The collected introduction information is stored in association with user attributes.

  The present invention also provides a content information collecting method for collecting information related to content from a server device that provides a browsing service for the content in the website, the content of the content in the website being restricted in access. An information transmission step of transmitting access restriction release information for releasing the access restriction to the website to a server device providing a browsing service, and the server device according to the access restriction release information transmitted by the information transmission step A content information collecting step of collecting information related to the content in the website from the server device and storing the information related to the collected content when the access permission information permitting access is received from the server device. Features.

  The present invention is also a content information collection program for causing a computer to execute a content information collection method for collecting information related to content from a server device that provides a browsing service for content in a website, and the access restriction is provided. An information transmission step of transmitting access restriction release information for releasing access restriction to the website to a server device that provides a browsing service of content in the website being made, and the access transmitted by the information transmission step Content information that collects information related to the content in the website from the server device and stores the information related to the collected content when access permission information permitting access is received from the server device according to the restriction release information Let the computer execute the collection process And wherein the door.

  In the above invention, the present invention further includes an information storage step for storing access restriction release information for releasing the access restriction for each user, and the information transmission step includes a step of storing each user stored in the information storage step. The access restriction release information is transmitted to a server device that provides a browsing service for content in the website, and the content information collection step collects information related to the content in the website from the server device, and the collected content The information concerning is stored in association with each user.

  Further, in the present invention according to the above-described invention, the information storing step receives authentication information for authenticating whether or not the user is a regular user, authenticates the user, and authenticates that the user is a regular user. In this case, access restriction release information for releasing the access restriction is received from a user, and the received access restriction release information is stored in association with the user.

  In the present invention, the information storage step stores information relating to user attributes and access restriction release information for releasing the access restriction in association with each other, and the information transmission step The access restriction release information stored in the information storage step corresponding to the attribute is extracted, and the extracted access restriction release information is transmitted to a server device that provides a content browsing service on the website, and the content information The collecting step collects information related to the content in the website from the server device when the access permission information permitting access is received from the server device in accordance with the access restriction release information transmitted in the information transmitting step. Then, the information relating to the collected content is stored in association with the attribute of each user.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned invention, the content information collecting step includes introduction information for introducing content in the website from the server device based on information relating to user attributes stored in the information storage step. The collected introduction information is stored in association with user attributes.

  Also, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, the information relating to the user attribute is information of a user membership type.

  Also, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the information relating to the user attribute is information on a registration fee relating to user registration.

  Moreover, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, the information relating to the attribute of the user is information of a privilege point of the user.

  Also, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the information relating to the user attribute is information of a group to which the user belongs.

  According to the present invention, the access restriction release information for releasing the access restriction to the website is transmitted to the server device that provides the browsing service of the content in the website where the access restriction is made, and the transmitted access When access permission information permitting access is received from the server device according to the restriction release information, information related to the content in the website is collected from the server device, and the information related to the collected content is stored. Therefore, the content information can be efficiently collected from the website where access is restricted.

  Further, according to the present invention, information relating to presence / absence of access restriction on content in a website is obtained from a server device that provides a browsing service of content in the website, and the website provided by the server device When access restrictions are applied to the contents of this website, access restriction release information for releasing access restrictions on the website is sent, so it is confirmed whether access restrictions have been made and access restrictions are made. In this case, it is possible to efficiently collect content information from a website where access is restricted.

  Further, according to the present invention, the server device that stores the access restriction release information for releasing the access restriction for each user, and provides the browsing service of the content in the website for the stored access restriction release information of each user Since the information related to the content in the website is collected from the server device, and the information related to the collected content is stored in association with each user, it is efficient from the website where the access is restricted. In addition, content information can be collected for each user, and different search results can be provided for each user.

  Further, according to the present invention, information related to user attributes and access restriction release information for releasing access restrictions are stored in association with each other, and access restriction release information corresponding to each user attribute is extracted and extracted. When access restriction release information is transmitted to a server device that provides a browsing service for content in the website, and access permission information that permits access from the server device according to the transmitted access restriction release information is received, Information related to the content in the website is collected from the server device, and the information related to the collected content is stored in association with the attribute of each user, so that access is restricted according to the user attribute. The content information can be efficiently collected from the website.

  In addition, according to the present invention, authentication information for authenticating whether or not the user is a regular user is accepted and the user is authenticated, and when the user is authenticated as a regular user, the access restriction is released. Since the access restriction release information is received from the user and the received access restriction release information is stored in association with the user, when the user obtains the authentication information, the access restriction is made from the website. There is an effect that the user can set to collect content information.

  Further, according to the present invention, based on information relating to user attributes, the introduction information for introducing the content in the website is collected from the server device, and the collected introduction information is stored in association with the user attributes. Therefore, it efficiently collects the introduction information that introduces the content together with the information of the content in the website from the website where access is restricted, and the content information or the introduction information of the content according to the user attribute There exists an effect that it can provide as a search result.

  Further, according to the present invention, since the information related to the user's attribute is information on the user's member type, the content can be efficiently obtained from a website whose access is restricted according to the user's member type. There is an effect that it is possible to collect information and provide content information according to the user's membership type as a search result.

  Further, according to the present invention, since the information related to the user attribute is information on the registration fee related to user registration, access is restricted according to the registration fee paid when the user performs user registration. It is possible to efficiently collect content information from a website and provide content information according to a registration fee as a search result.

  Further, according to the present invention, since the information related to the user's attribute is information of the user's privilege points, it is efficient from a website where access is restricted according to the privilege points acquired by the user. Thus, it is possible to collect content information and to provide content information corresponding to privilege points as a search result.

  Further, according to the present invention, since the information related to the user attribute is the information of the group to which the user belongs, the content can be efficiently obtained from the website whose access is restricted according to the group to which the user belongs. It is possible to collect the information and to provide the content information corresponding to the group as a search result.

  Exemplary embodiments of a content information collection apparatus, a content information collection method, and a content information collection method according to the present invention for causing a computer to execute the content information collection apparatus will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  First, the functional configuration of the content information collection apparatus according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the content information collection apparatus according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the content information collection device 50 is connected to user terminal devices 10a and 10b, free content server devices 20a and 20b, and pay content server devices 30a and 30b via the Internet 40. .

  The user terminal devices 10a and 10b receive input of keywords from the user, transmit a search request for content in a website published on the Internet to the content information collection device 50, and obtain search results from the content information collection device 50. It is a terminal device that receives and outputs to a display or the like.

  The free content server devices 20a and 20b are server devices that publish content in a website free of charge. The paid content server devices 30a and 30b are server devices that publish content in a website only to users who have registered as members. The content includes text data such as news articles and data such as voice, images, and moving images.

  The paid content server devices 30a and 30b authenticate the user registration information when receiving the user registration information of the user ID and password, and when the user registration information is authenticated, the paid content in the website Is permitted to the user who transmitted the registration information, and information indicating that access to the paid content is permitted is transmitted to the device that transmitted the registration information of the user.

  The content information collection device 50 collects and stores content information from the free content server devices 20a and 20b and the pay content server devices 30a and 30b, and accepts content search requests from the user terminal devices 10a and 10b together with keywords. In the case of the search, information on the content that matches the keyword is searched, and the search result is output to the user terminal devices 10a and 10b.

  When collecting content information from the paid content server devices 30a and 30b, the content information collecting device 50 transmits user registration information to the paid content server devices 30a and 30b, and the paid content server device 30a accordingly. , 30b, access to the pay content server devices 30a, 30b is collected, and information on the pay content is collected and stored in the database.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the content information collection device 50 includes a communication unit 500, a user information storage unit 501, a user information management unit 502, a login management unit 503, a content information storage unit 504, a content information collection unit 505, and an index creation. A unit 506, a search input / output control unit 507, and a content search unit 508.

  The communication unit 500 is a network interface that exchanges data with the user terminal devices 10a and 10b, the free content server devices 20a and 20b, or the pay content server devices 30a and 30b via the Internet 40.

  The user information storage unit 501 is a storage device such as a hard disk device, and stores information related to the user such as information on a pay site where the user is registered as a member. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of user information 60 stored in the user information storage unit 501 illustrated in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, this user information 60 stores information on a search site user ID, a search site user password, a pay site URL, a pay site user ID, and a pay site user password.

  The search site user ID and the search site user password are user ID and password information for logging in to the search service provided by the content information collection device 50 to the user.

  The pay site URL is information on a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of a pay site where the user is registered as a member. The pay site user ID and the pay site user password are information on the user ID and password used for user authentication when the user accesses a pay site where the user is registered as a member.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 1, the user information management unit 502 stores information such as a search site user ID, a search site user password, a pay site URL, a pay site user ID, and a pay site user password in the user information storage unit 501. A process of storing as 60 or updating information stored as the user information 60 is performed.

  Here, the user information management unit 502 uses the search site user ID and the search site user password information as user information 60 when the user registers as a member for the search service provided by the content information collection device 50. Remember.

  In addition, the user information management unit 502 receives information on the pay site URL, the pay site user ID, and the pay site user password from the user terminal devices 10 a and 10 b and stores them as the user information 60.

  The login management unit 503 manages login processing for a pay site. Specifically, the login management unit 503 reads the user information 60 from the user information storage unit 501 via the user information management unit 502, and provides paid content that provides a paid site whose URL is stored in the user information 60. The pay site user ID and the pay site user password are transmitted to the server devices 30a and 30b.

  Then, the login management unit 503 determines whether or not information indicating that access to the pay content is permitted is received from the pay content server devices 30a and 30b that have transmitted the pay site user ID and the pay site user password. When the information is received, the content information collection unit 505 is requested to collect information on the paid content.

  The content information storage unit 504 is a storage device such as a hard disk device, and stores content information collected from the free content server devices 20a and 20b and the pay content server devices 30a and 30b. In addition, when information about content of an image is collected, the content information storage unit 504 further stores a thumbnail image corresponding to the image.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the content information 70 stored in the content information storage unit 504 illustrated in FIG. This content information 70 is stored for each user. That is, the content information 70 shown in FIG. 3 is content information collected for a search service for a certain user, and similar content information is created for other users, and each created content information Is associated with the search site user ID stored in the user information 60 and stored in the content information storage unit 504.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the content information 70 stores information on a title, URL, description, text data, keyword, thumbnail image URL, and free charge category. The title is information on the title of the website collecting the content. The URL is URL information of content collected from the website.

  The explanatory text is an explanatory text explaining a website given to the website from which the content information is collected. The information of the explanatory text is information received from the terminal device of the administrator of the content information 70 (not shown).

  The text data is text data in a website acquired from the website, and keyword information is extracted from the text data by morphological analysis. The keyword is keyword information extracted from the text data, and is collated with the keyword input by the user when searching for content.

  The thumbnail image URL is information that specifies the storage position of the thumbnail image when information on the content of the image is collected and a thumbnail image corresponding to the image is generated and stored. The paid free category is information indicating whether the content for which information is collected is paid content or free content.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 1, the content information collection unit 505 collects information on free content provided free of charge from the free content server devices 20a and 20b. Specifically, the content information collection unit 505 collects information such as the title, URL, and text data described with reference to FIG. 3, and further collects image data when the content is an image.

  In addition, the content information collection unit 505, when the login management unit 503 receives information for permitting access to the paid content from the paid content server devices 30a and 30b that provide the paid content, Information such as the title, URL, text data, and image data of the paid content is collected from 30b.

  The index creation unit 506 creates the content information 70 shown in FIG. 3 from the information collected by the content information collection unit 505, and associates the content information 70 with the user search site user ID in the content information storage unit 504. Remember.

  Specifically, the index creation unit 506 stores information such as a website title, URL, and text data in the content information 70, and extracts keyword information from the text data by morphological analysis and stores it in the content information 70. To do.

  Further, when the information of the image content is collected, the index creating unit 506 generates and stores a thumbnail image corresponding to the image, and registers the storage position of the thumbnail image in the content information 70.

  In addition, when the index creation unit 506 collects information on free content from the free content server devices 20a and 20b, the index creation unit 506 collects information on paid content from the paid content server devices 30a and 30b free of charge. , Set the free charge category to pay.

  Further, the index creating unit 506 receives information on the explanatory text explaining the content from the terminal device of the administrator of the content information 70 (not shown) and stores it in the content information 70.

  The search input / output control unit 507 receives a content search request from the user terminal devices 10a and 10b together with a keyword, and outputs the content search results to the user terminal devices 10a and 10b. At that time, the search input / output control unit 507 acquires information on the search site user ID used when the user logs in to the search service provided by the content information collection device 50.

  The content search unit 508 searches the content information 70 for content that matches the keyword received from the user terminal devices 10a and 10b, and searches the user terminal devices 10a and 10b via the search input / output control unit 507 for search results. Is output.

  Specifically, the content search unit 508 searches the content information storage unit 504 for content information 70 corresponding to the user who made the search request, and from the content information stored in the content information 70 corresponding to the user, Search for content that matches the keyword and output the search results.

  At that time, the content search unit 508 outputs information such as the title, URL, and description of the content stored in the content information storage unit 504 as a search result. When a search for image content is executed, the thumbnail image is further output.

  Next, a processing procedure of paid content information collection processing according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of paid content information collection processing according to the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 4, first, the login management unit 503 of the content information collection device 50 reads the URL information of the website that the user has registered as a member from the user information 60 (step S101).

  Subsequently, the login management unit 503 reads the login information of the pay site user ID and the pay site user password required when the user logs in to the pay site from the user information 60 (step S102), and the user has been registered as a member. The login information read is transmitted to the pay content server apparatuses 30a and 30b that provide a certain website (step S103).

  Thereafter, the login management unit 503 checks whether information permitting access to the pay content has been received from the pay content server devices 30a and 30b that transmitted the login information (step S104).

  When the information permitting access to the pay content is received (step S104, Yes), the content information collection unit 505 collects the charge content information, and the index creation unit 506 further includes the content information collection unit. The content information 70 is created from the paid content information collected in 505 and stored in the content information storage unit 504 (step S105).

  Subsequently, the login management unit 503 checks whether or not the content information collection processing termination request has been received by the administrator of the content information collection device 50 (step S106). If the termination request is received (step S106, Yes), this paid content information collection process is terminated.

  If access to the paid content is not permitted in step S104 (step S104, No), or if the content information collection processing end request is not accepted in step S106 (step S106, No), login The management unit 503 reads the URL information of the next member registered website from the user information 60 (step S107).

  Then, the login management unit 503 checks whether there is URL information for which login information has not yet been transmitted (step S108), and if there is URL information for which login information has not yet been transmitted (step S108, Yes). Then, the process proceeds to step S102, and the subsequent processing is continued. If there is no URL information for which login information has not been transmitted (step S108, No), the content information collection process is terminated as it is.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, the login management unit 503 accesses the pay site to the pay content server devices 30a and 30b that provide the content browsing service in the pay site where access is restricted. When the login information for releasing the restriction is transmitted, and the access permission information for permitting access is received from the paid content server devices 30a and 30b according to the transmitted login information, the content information collection unit 505 causes the paid content server device to 30a and 30b collect information related to the content in the paid site, and the index creation unit 506 stores the information related to the collected content. Information can be collected.

  Further, in the first embodiment, the user information storage unit 501 stores login information for releasing access restriction for each user, and the login management unit 503 stores the stored login information of each user for content in the pay site. The content information collection unit 505 collects information related to the content in the pay site from the pay content server devices 30a and 30b, and the index creation unit 506 transmits the information to the pay content server devices 30a and 30b that provide the browsing service. Since information related to the collected content is stored in association with each user, content information is efficiently collected for each user from a pay site with restricted access, and different search results are obtained for each user. Can be provided.

  Here, in the first embodiment, the case where each user acquires information on the paid content from the paid site where the member has registered is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the right to access the paid site is given by the user. It is good also as collecting paid content for every group, and providing a paid content search service to each user belonging to the group.

  Specifically, this is a case where the provider of the paid site permits the user who has registered as a member to the content search service provided by the content information collecting device 50 to search for the paid content. It is. The group may be any group such as an employee of a specific company or a group of acquaintances in a social network.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of user information 60 ′ according to the modification of the first embodiment. This user information 60 'is stored in the user information storage unit 501 instead of the user information 60 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the user information 60 'stores information on a search site user ID, a search site user password, a pay site URL, a pay site group ID, and a pay site group password.

  The search site user ID, the search site user password, and the pay site URL are the same as the search site user ID, the search site user password, and the pay site URL in the user information 60 described with reference to FIG.

  The pay site group ID and the pay site group password are an ID for logging in to the pay site when collecting pay content information from the pay content server devices 30a and 30b for a group permitted to collect pay content information. Password information. As shown in FIG. 5, in the user information 60 ', information of a plurality of users is stored in association with information of one group.

  In this case, the login management unit 503 transmits the pay site group ID and the pay site group password to the pay content server devices 30a and 30b providing the pay site whose URL is stored in the user information 60 '.

  Then, the login management unit 503 determines whether or not information indicating that access to the pay content is permitted is received from the pay content server devices 30a and 30b that have transmitted the pay site group ID and the pay site group password. When the information is received, the content information collection unit 505 is requested to collect information on the paid content.

  The content information collection unit 505 receives information from the paid content server devices 30a and 30b when the login management unit 503 receives information from the paid content server devices 30a and 30b that provide the paid content. Collect paid content information.

  Then, the index creation unit 506 creates the content information 70 as shown in FIG. 3 from the information collected by the content information collection unit 505. In this case, however, the title, URL, description, text data, keyword, thumbnail image URL, and chargeable free charge information shown in FIG. 3 are stored in association with each group. The index creation unit 506 also stores information on users belonging to each group.

  When a content search request is received from the user, the content search unit 508 determines to which group the user belongs, and as a result of the determination, corresponds to the extracted group and is input by the user The content matching the keyword is searched with reference to the content information 70.

  The user information 60 ′ shown in FIG. 5 may be stored so that each user belonging to the group associates his / her information with the group information, or the user who manages the group information is stored in the group. It is good also as storing the information of the user to which it belongs collectively.

  In this case, the user information management unit 502 receives input of ID and password authentication information from the user, and authenticates whether the user has the authority to store information in the user information 60 '. Then, when the user authentication is successful, the user information management unit 502 receives information on users belonging to the group and stores the information in the user information 60 '.

  When the group is a group of acquaintances in a social network, the user may store his / her information in the user information 60 ′ using an ID and a password introduced by a user in the group.

  As described above, in the modification of the first embodiment, the content information collection unit 505 collects content information for each group from the pay site according to the group to which the user belongs. According to the group, it is possible to efficiently collect the content information from the pay site where access is restricted, and to provide the content information according to the group as a search result.

  In the modification of the first embodiment, the user information management unit 502 accepts authentication information for authenticating whether or not the user is a regular user belonging to the group, authenticates the user, and the user authenticates to the group. When the user is authenticated, the login information for canceling the access restriction is received from the user, and the received login information is stored in the user information storage unit 501 in association with the user. When the information is acquired, the user can set the content information to be collected from the pay site where access is restricted.

  By the way, in the first embodiment, the case is shown in which the content information of the pay site where the user is registered as a member is collected. However, it is also possible to collect different content information for each user member type in the content search service. Good. Thus, in the second embodiment, a case will be described in which information on contents different for each member type of the user is collected.

  Here, three types of user membership are considered: a premium member, a paid member, and a free member. Premier members and paying members are members who have paid for using the content search service. In particular, a premium member is a member who pays a higher usage fee than a paying member and can receive a higher quality service than a paying member. A free member is a member who has not paid the usage fee for the content search service.

  In this way, by changing the content to be collected for search for each member type and searching the content from the content collected for each member type, the user can be changed from a free member to a paid member, or a paid member. An incentive can be given to register for a higher-level membership type from a premier member to a premier member.

  First, a functional configuration of the content information collection apparatus 120 according to the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the content information collection apparatus 120 according to the second embodiment. In the following, detailed description of functional units having functions equivalent to the functional units described in FIG. 1 is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the content information collection device 120 is connected to user terminal devices 80a and 80b, free content server devices 90a and 90b, and paid content server devices 100a and 100b via the Internet 110. .

  The user terminal devices 80a and 80b and the free content server devices 90a and 90b are equivalent to the user terminal devices 10a and 10b and the free content server devices 20a and 20b described in FIG.

  The paid content server devices 100a and 100b authenticate the login information when receiving the login information. When the login information is authenticated, the paid content server devices 100a and 100b permit access to the paid content in the website, and the paid content server device 100a. , 100b, information indicating that access to the paid content is permitted is transmitted to the device that has transmitted the login information.

  The content information collection device 120 collects and stores content information from the free content server devices 90a and 90b and the pay content server devices 100a and 100b, and accepts content search requests from the user terminal devices 80a and 80b together with keywords. If the content information matches the keyword, the content information matching the keyword is retrieved and output to the user terminal devices 80a and 80b.

  When collecting content information from the paid content server apparatuses 100a and 100b, the content information collecting apparatus 120 transmits login information corresponding to the member type of the user to the paid content server apparatuses 100a and 100b, and accordingly. When access permission information permitting access is received from the pay content server apparatuses 100a and 100b, the pay content server apparatuses 100a and 100b are accessed, and information on the pay contents is collected and stored in the database.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the content information collection device 120 includes a communication unit 1200, a user information storage unit 1201, a user information management unit 1202, a pay site information storage unit 1203, a pay site information management unit 1204, a login management unit 1205, A content information storage unit 1206, a content information collection unit 1207, an index creation unit 1208, a search input / output control unit 1209, and a content search unit 1210 are included.

  The communication unit 1200 is equivalent to the communication unit 500 described with reference to FIG. The user information storage unit 1201 is a storage device such as a hard disk device, and stores information such as the user membership type. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of user information 130 stored in the user information storage unit 1201 illustrated in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 7, this user information 130 stores information on a search site user ID, a search site user password, and a member type. The search site user ID and the search site user password are information on a user ID and a password for logging in to a search service provided to the user by the content information collection device 120. The member type is information on the user's member type in the search service provided by the content information collection device 120.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 6, the user information management unit 1202 stores the search site user ID, the search site user password, and the member type information in the user information storage unit 1201 as the user information 130 or is stored as the user information 130. Update the information.

  The pay site information storage unit 1203 is a storage device such as a hard disk device, and stores pay site information for collecting content information for each member type. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the pay site information 140 stored in the pay site information storage unit 1203 illustrated in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the pay site information 140 stores information on a member type, a pay site URL, a pay site login ID, and a pay site password. The member type is information on the user's member type in the search service. The paid site URL is URL information of a paid site that collects content information for each member type.

  The pay site login ID and the pay site password are information of a login ID and a password used for logging in to the pay site stored in the pay site URL.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 6, the pay site information management unit 1204 stores the member type, the pay site URL, the pay site login ID, and the pay site password information as the pay site information 140 in the pay site information storage unit 1203. The information stored as the paid site information 140 is updated.

  The login management unit 1205 manages login processing for a pay site. Specifically, the login management unit 1205 reads the user information 130 from the user information storage unit 1201 via the user information management unit 1202 and acquires information on the membership type of each user.

  Also, the login management unit 1205 reads the pay site information 140 from the pay site information storage unit 1203 via the pay site information management unit 1204, and acquires information on the pay site corresponding to the user's membership type.

  Then, the login management unit 1206 transmits the pay site login ID and the pay site password to the pay content server devices 100a and 100b that provide the pay site whose URL is stored in the pay site information 140.

  Further, the login management unit 1206 checks whether information indicating that access to the pay content is permitted is received from the pay content server apparatuses 100a and 100b that have transmitted the pay site login ID and the pay site password. When the information is received, the content information collecting unit 1207 is requested to collect the paid content information.

  The content information storage unit 1206 is a storage device such as a hard disk device, and content information collected from the free content server devices 90a and 90b and the pay content server devices 100a and 100b is content information as shown in FIG. Remember as.

  Here, the content information is stored for each member type. That is, content information is created for each member type, and the created content information is associated with the member type stored in the user information 130 and stored in the content information storage unit 1206.

  The content information collection unit 1207 collects information on free content provided free of charge from the free content server devices 90a and 90b. In addition, the content information collection unit 1207, when the login management unit 1205 receives information that permits access to the pay content from the pay content server devices 100a and 100b that provide the pay content, the pay content server device 100a, Information on paid content is collected from 100b.

  The index creation unit 1208 creates content information as shown in FIG. 3 from the information collected by the content information collection unit 1207, and stores the content information in the content information storage unit 1206 in association with the member type.

  The search input / output control unit 1209 receives a content search request from the user terminal devices 80a and 80b together with a keyword, and outputs the content search result to the user terminal devices 80a and 80b.

  At that time, the search input / output control unit 1209 acquires information on the search site user ID used when the user logs in to the search service provided by the content information collection device 120. Then, the search input / output control unit 1209 performs a process of referring to the user information 130 to determine the user membership type.

  The content search unit 1210 searches the content information stored in the content information storage unit 1206 for content that matches the keyword received from the user terminal devices 80a and 80b, and the user terminal via the search input / output control unit 1209. The search results are output to the devices 80a and 80b.

  Specifically, the content search unit 1210 searches the content information storage unit 1206 for content information corresponding to the member type of the user who made the search request, and uses the content information corresponding to the user type of the user as a keyword. Search for matching content and output search results.

  Next, a processing procedure of paid content information collection processing according to the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of paid content information collection processing according to the second embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 9, first, the login management unit 1205 of the content information collection device 120 reads user member type information from the user information 130 (step S <b> 201), and URL information of the pay site corresponding to the user member type. Is read from the pay site information 140 (step S202).

  Subsequently, the login management unit 1205 reads the pay site login ID and the login information of the pay site login password for logging in to the pay site corresponding to the member type from the pay site information 140 (step S203).

  Then, the login management unit 1205 transmits the read login information to the pay content server apparatuses 100a and 100b that provide the pay site (step S204), and from the pay content server apparatuses 100a and 100b that transmitted the login information, It is checked whether information permitting access to the paid content has been received (step S205).

  When the information permitting access to the paid content is received (step S205, Yes), the content information collecting unit 1207 collects information on the paid content, and the index creating unit 1208 is further processed by the content information collecting unit 1207. Content information is created from the collected paid content information, and stored in the content information storage unit 1206 in association with the member type (step S206).

  Subsequently, the login management unit 1205 checks whether or not the content information collection processing termination request has been received by the administrator of the content information collection device 120 (step S207). If the termination request is received (step S207, Yes), this paid content information collection process is terminated.

  If access to the paid content is not permitted in step S205 (step S205, No), or if a request to end the content information collection process is not accepted in step S207 (step S207, No), login The management unit 1205 reads URL information of the next member-registered pay site from the pay site information 140 (step S208).

  Then, the login management unit 1205 checks whether there is URL information for which login information has not yet been transmitted (step S209). If there is URL information for which login information has not been transmitted (step S209, Yes). Then, the process proceeds to step S203, and the subsequent processing is continued. If there is no URL information for which login information has not been transmitted (No at Step S209), the content information collection process is terminated as it is.

  In this example, the pay site for collecting contents is selected according to the user's membership type. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the user registers the user for the search service provided by the content information collecting apparatus 120. Classify users according to the size of membership registration fees paid to perform, privilege points given to registered users of search services, etc., and select paid sites that collect content for each classified user It is good.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, the content information collection unit 1207 collects content information from the pay site for each member type according to the user's member type. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently collect content information from a pay site where access is restricted, and to provide content information corresponding to the member type as a search result.

  In the second embodiment, the content information collection unit 1207 collects content information for each user from the pay site according to the membership registration fee paid by the user. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently collect content information from a pay site where access is restricted, and to provide content information corresponding to the membership registration fee as a search result.

  In the second embodiment, the content information collection unit 1207 collects content information for each user from the pay site according to the privilege points acquired by the user. Thus, it is possible to efficiently collect content information from a pay site where access is restricted, and to provide content information according to privilege points as a search result.

  Here, in the second embodiment, a paid site for collecting content information is selected according to the user's membership type. However, if the user is a free member, only introduction information for introducing paid content is used for searching. It is good also as collecting.

  For example, we collect information such as the number of images in the paid site as introduction information, and do not provide image information such as thumbnail images to free members when searching for images. Provide information such as the number of images in a paid site. For paying members or premier members, thumbnail images corresponding to images on the pay site are output as search results.

  In this way, users can be incentivized to register from the free member to the paid member or the premium member in the top member type by creating a disparity in the content that can be searched between the free member and the paid member or premium member. Can be given.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of paid content information collection processing according to a modification of the second embodiment. Each processing procedure in FIG. 10 is replaced with the processing in step S206 shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the content information collection unit 1207 of the content information collection device 120 refers to the user information 130 to check whether or not the target user currently collecting content information is a free member ( Step S301).

  If the user is not a free member (No in step S301), the content information collection unit 1207 collects information on the paid content, and the index creation unit 1208 further collects the paid content collected by the content information collection unit 1207. The content information as shown in FIG. 3 is created from the information and stored in the content information storage unit 1206 (step S302), and the paid content information collection process is terminated.

  When the user is a free member (step S301, Yes), the content information collection unit 1207 collects information such as the title, URL, and text data of the paid content, and the number of images included in the paid site. The index creation unit 1208 collects information, extracts keyword information from the text data collected by the content information collection unit 1207 by morphological analysis, and stores the extracted keyword together with the collected information in the content information storage unit 1206. (Step S303), and the paid content information collection process is terminated.

  When the search input / output control unit 1209 receives an image search request from a user who is a free member together with a keyword, the content search unit 1210 searches for information such as the number of images that match the keyword, The search result is output to the user terminal devices 80a and 80b operated by the user.

  As described above, in the modification of the second embodiment, the content information collection unit 1207 introduces the content in the pay site from the pay content server devices 100a and 100b based on the information related to the user attribute. Since the index creation unit 1208 stores the collected introduction information in association with the user attribute, the content is introduced together with the information on the content in the pay site from the pay site where access is restricted. The introduction information to be collected can be efficiently collected, and the content information or the content introduction information can be provided as a search result according to the attribute of the user.

  By the way, in the first embodiment or the second embodiment, a case where a paid site for collecting paid content information is registered in advance has been described. However, whether the website is a paid site from a server device that provides a website browsing service. Information indicating whether the site is a free site may be received, login information may be transmitted if the site is a paid site, and then content information of the paid site may be collected.

  In this way, by receiving information related to access restrictions to the website from the server device that provides the website browsing service, even if the information on the paid site for collecting information on the paid content is not registered in advance, the paid content You will be able to collect information. Thus, in the third embodiment, a case will be described in which information related to access restriction to a website is received from a server device that provides a website browsing service.

  First, the functional configuration of the content information collection apparatus 190 according to the third embodiment will be described. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the content information collection apparatus 190 according to the third embodiment. In the following, detailed description of functional units having functions equivalent to the functional units described in FIG. 1 is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the content information collection device 190 is connected to user terminal devices 150a and 150b, free content server devices 160a and 160b, and pay content server devices 170a and 170b via the Internet 180. .

  The user terminal devices 150a and 150b are equivalent to the user terminal devices 10a and 10b described in FIG. The free content server devices 160a and 160b and the pay content server devices 170a and 170b are server devices that publish the contents in the website for free and for a fee, respectively.

  In addition, when the free content server apparatuses 160a and 160b and the pay content server apparatuses 170a and 170b receive an access restriction inquiry from the content information collection apparatus 190, the information indicating whether or not the access restriction is performed is the content information. Transmit to the collection device 190.

  The paid content server apparatuses 170a and 170b authenticate the login information when receiving login information of login ID and password, and permit access to the paid content in the website when the login information is authenticated. At the same time, information indicating that access to the pay content is permitted is transmitted to the device that has transmitted the login information to the pay content server devices 170a and 170b.

  The content information collection device 190 collects and stores content information from the free content server devices 160a and 160b and the pay content server devices 170a and 170b, and accepts content search requests from the user terminal devices 150a and 150b together with keywords. If the content information matches the keyword, the content information that matches the keyword is retrieved and output to the user terminal devices 150a and 150b.

  When collecting content information from the free content server devices 160a and 160b or the pay content server devices 170a and 170b, the content information collection device 190 is connected to the free content server devices 160a and 160b or the pay content server device 170a. , 170b and access restriction information is received from the free content server apparatuses 160a and 160b or the pay content server apparatuses 170a and 170b.

  Then, the content information collection device 190 transmits login information to the pay content server devices 170a and 170b when content is collected from the pay content server devices 170a and 170b, that is, when access to the website is restricted.

  When the content information collection device 190 receives access permission information permitting access from the pay content server devices 170a and 170b in accordance with the transmitted login information, the content information collection device 190 accesses the pay content server devices 170a and 170b, and pay content. Is collected and stored in the database.

  As shown in FIG. 11, the content information collection device 190 includes a communication unit 1900, a login information storage unit 1901, a login information management unit 1902, a login management unit 1903, a content information storage unit 1904, a content information collection unit 1905, an index creation. A search input / output control unit 1907 and a content search unit 1908.

  The communication unit 1900 is equivalent to the communication unit 500 described with reference to FIG. The login information storage unit 1901 stores login information of login ID and password for logging in to the pay content server apparatuses 170a and 170b. Here, the login information is common to each of the pay content server apparatuses 170a and 170b, but different login information may be used for the pay content server apparatuses 170a and 170b.

  The login information management unit 1902 performs processing for storing login information of login ID and password in the login information storage unit 1901 and updating login information stored in the login information storage unit 1901.

  The login management unit 1903 makes an inquiry to the free content server devices 160a and 160b and the pay content server devices 170a and 170b as to whether or not the website is a pay site with access restriction.

  The login management unit 1903 receives information from the free content server devices 160a and 160b and the pay content server devices 170a and 170b as to whether or not the website is a pay site where access is restricted. When the information indicating the presence is received, the login information is transmitted to the pay content server apparatuses 170a and 170b that transmitted the information.

  Further, the login management unit 1903 checks whether or not information indicating that access to the paid content is permitted is received from the paid content server apparatuses 170a and 170b that transmitted the login information, and receives the information. In addition, the content information collection unit 1905 is requested to collect information on the paid content.

  The content information storage unit 1904 is a storage device such as a hard disk device. Content information collected from the free content server devices 160a and 160b and the pay content server devices 170a and 170b is content information as shown in FIG. Remember as.

  Here, the content information collected from the pay content server apparatuses 170a and 170b is used for searching all registered users of the content search service provided by the content information collecting apparatus 190.

  That is, here, it is assumed that the provider who provides the pay site permits all registered users of the content search service provided by the content information collection device 190 to search for the pay content. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and as described in the second embodiment, only specific users may be allowed to search for paid content according to user attributes such as membership type.

  The content information collection unit 1905 collects information on free content provided free of charge from the free content server devices 160a and 160b. Also, the content information collection unit 1905, when the login management unit 1903 receives information that permits access to the pay content from the pay content server devices 170a and 170b, the pay content server devices 170a and 170b. Collect information.

  The index creation unit 1906 creates content information as shown in FIG. 3 from the information collected by the content information collection unit 1905 and stores it in the content information storage unit 1904.

  The search input / output control unit 1907 receives a content search request from the user terminal devices 150a and 150b together with a keyword, and outputs the content search result to the user terminal devices 150a and 150b.

  The content search unit 1908 searches the content information stored in the content information storage unit 1904 for content that matches the keyword received from the user terminal devices 150a and 150b, and the user terminal via the search input / output control unit 1907. The search results are output to the devices 150a and 150b.

  Next, a processing procedure for content collection processing according to the third embodiment will be described. FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of content collection processing according to the third embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 12, the login management unit 1903 of the content information collection device 190 acquires website URL information (step S401). The login management unit 1903 acquires the URL information from the link information described in the HTML document of an arbitrary website.

  Then, the login management unit 1903 has access restrictions to the free content server devices 150a and 150b or the paid content server devices 170a and 170b that provide the website from which the URL information is acquired. Whether or not there is an access restriction transmitted in response to the inquiry is acquired (step S402).

  Subsequently, the login management unit 1903 checks whether or not the website has access restrictions (step S403), and in the case of a free site without access restrictions (step S403, No), the content information collection unit 1905 The free content information is collected, and the index creation unit 1906 creates content information from the free content information collected by the content information collection unit 1905, and stores it in the content information storage unit 1904 (step S407).

  Subsequently, the login management unit 1203 checks whether or not the content information collection processing termination request has been received by the administrator of the content information collection device 190 (step S408). When the termination request is received (step S408, Yes), this paid content information collection process is terminated.

  If access to the paid content is not permitted in step S406 (step S406, No), or if a request to end the content information collection process is not accepted in step S408 (step S408, No), login The management unit 1903 acquires the URL information of the next website from the link information described in the HTML document of the website (step S409), and whether there is URL information for which access restriction information has not yet been acquired. (Step S410).

  If there is URL information for which access restriction information has not been acquired (step S410, Yes), the login management unit 1903 proceeds to step S402 and continues the subsequent processing. If there is no URL information for which access restriction information has not been acquired (No at step S410), the content information collection process is terminated.

  In step S403, in the case of a pay site with access restrictions on the website (step S403, Yes), the login management unit 1903 reads login information for logging in to the pay site from the login information storage unit 1901 (step S404). ).

  Then, the login management unit 1903 transmits the read login information to the pay content server apparatuses 170a and 170b providing the pay site (step S405), and pays from the pay content server apparatuses 170a and 170b that transmitted the login information. It is checked whether information permitting access to the content has been received (step S406).

  When the information permitting access to the pay content is received (step S406, Yes), the content information collection unit 1905 collects the information of the pay content, and the index creation unit 1906 further includes the content information collection unit 1905. Content information as shown in FIG. 3 is created from the collected paid content information and stored in the content information storage unit 1904 (step S407), and the subsequent processing is continued.

  As described above, in the third embodiment, the login management unit 1903 is configured to use the free content server devices 160a and 160b or the pay content server devices 170a and 170b that provide a browsing service for content in the website. Log-in that acquires information related to the presence or absence of access restrictions on the content in the website and removes the access restrictions on the pay site when the access to the content in the pay site is restricted by the pay content server devices 170a and 170b Since we decided to send information, we can check whether access restrictions have been made, and if access restrictions have been made, content information can be collected efficiently from paid sites with access restrictions. it can.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the content information collecting process is realized on a computer has been described. However, a program for realizing the content information collecting process is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the recording medium is recorded on the recording medium. The content information collection process may be realized by causing a computer to read and execute a recorded program.

  FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a computer 200 that realizes content information collection processing. As shown in FIG. 13, the computer 200 includes a CPU 210 that executes the program, an input device 220 that inputs data, a ROM 230 that stores various data, a RAM 240 that stores calculation parameters and the like, and content information collection processing A reading device 250 that reads a program from a recording medium 300 that records a program for realizing the above, an output device 260 such as a display, and a network interface 270 that exchanges data with other computers via the network 400 However, they are connected by a bus 280.

  The CPU 210 implements content information collection processing by reading a program recorded on the recording medium 300 via the reading device 250 and then executing the program. Examples of the recording medium 300 include an optical disk, a flexible disk, a CD-ROM, and a hard disk. Further, this program may be installed in the computer 200 via the network 400.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described so far, the present invention may be implemented in various different embodiments in addition to the above-described embodiments within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims. It ’s good.

  For example, in the above embodiment, content information such as URL is collected, search is performed based on the collected content information, and the search result is output. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The content itself may be collected, content that matches the user's attribute information may be searched from the collected content, and the searched content may be output.

  In the above embodiment, the content matching the keyword is searched. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the specification of the condition that the searched content should satisfy, such as a black and white image. May be accepted and content satisfying the condition may be searched.

  In addition, among the processes described in this embodiment, all or part of the processes described as being performed automatically can be performed manually, or the processes described as being performed manually can be performed. All or a part can be automatically performed by a known method. In addition, the processing procedure, control procedure, specific name, and information including various data and parameters shown in the above-mentioned document and drawings can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified.

  Each component of the illustrated content information collection apparatus is functionally conceptual and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. That is, the specific form of distribution / integration of the content information collection device is not limited to the one shown in the figure, and all or part of the content information collection device can be functionally or physically in arbitrary units depending on various loads and usage conditions. It can be configured to be distributed and integrated.

  Furthermore, the processing functions performed by the content information collection device can be realized in whole or in part by a CPU and a program that is analyzed and executed by the CPU, or can be realized as hardware by wired logic. .

  As described above, the content information collection apparatus, the content information collection method, and the content information collection program for causing a computer to execute the content information collection method according to the present invention efficiently retrieve content information from a website with restricted access. This is useful for a content information collection system that needs to be collected.

It is a figure which shows the functional structure of the content information collection apparatus which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the user information 60 which the user information storage part 501 shown in FIG. 1 memorize | stores. It is a figure which shows an example of the content information 70 which the content information storage part 504 shown in FIG. 1 memorize | stores. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of paid content information collection processing according to the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the user information 60 'in the modification of Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the functional structure of the content information collection apparatus 120 which concerns on Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the user information 130 which the user information storage part 1201 shown in FIG. 6 memorize | stores. It is a figure which shows an example of the pay site information 140 which the pay site information storage part 1203 shown in FIG. 6 memorize | stores. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of paid content information collection processing according to the second embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the pay content information collection process which concerns on the modification of Example 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows the functional structure of the content information collection apparatus 190 which concerns on Example 3. FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of content collection processing according to the third embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the computer 200 which implement | achieves content information collection processing.

Explanation of symbols

10a, 10b, 80a, 80b, 150a, 150b User terminal device 20a, 20b, 90a, 90b, 160a, 160b Free content server device 30a, 30b, 100a, 100b, 170a, 170b Paid content server device 40, 110, 180 Internet 50, 120, 190 Content information collection device 500, 1200, 1900 Communication unit 501, 1201 User information storage unit 502, 1202 User information management unit 503, 1205, 1903 Login management unit 504, 1206, 1904 Content information storage unit 505, 1207 , 1905 Content information collection unit 506, 1208, 1906 Index creation unit 507, 1209, 1907 Search input / output control unit 508, 1210, 1908 Content search unit 60, 60 ', 130 User information 70 Content information 1203 Pay site information storage unit 1204 Pay site information management unit 140 Pay site information 1901 Login information storage unit 1902 Login information management unit

Claims (30)

A content information collection device that collects information related to content from a server device that provides a browsing service for content in a website,
Information transmitting means for transmitting access restriction releasing information for releasing access restriction to the website to a server device that provides a browsing service of content in the website for which access restriction is made;
When access permission information permitting access is received from the server device according to the access restriction release information transmitted by the information transmitting means, information related to the content in the website is collected from the server device and collected. Content information collecting means for storing information relating to the content;
A content information collecting apparatus comprising:   The information transmitting means obtains information related to presence / absence of access restriction on the content in the website from the server device that provides the browsing service of the content in the website, and the information in the website provided by the server device 2. The content information collecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when access restriction is made on content, access restriction release information for releasing access restriction to the website is transmitted.   Information storage means for storing access restriction release information for releasing the access restriction for each user is further provided, and the information transmitting means stores the access restriction release information of each user stored in the information storage means in the content on the website. The content information collecting means collects information related to the content in the website from the server device and associates the information related to the collected content with each user. The content information collecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the content information collecting apparatus is stored.   The information storage means stores information relating to user attributes and access restriction release information for releasing the access restriction in association with each other, and the information transmission means stores the information storage means corresponding to each user attribute. The extracted access restriction release information is extracted, the extracted access restriction release information is transmitted to a server device that provides a content browsing service in the website, and the content information collection means is transmitted by the information transmission means When access permission information permitting access is received from the server device according to the access restriction release information, information related to the content in the website is collected from the server device, and the information related to the collected content is 4. The content information collecting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the content information collecting apparatus is stored in association with a user attribute.   The information storage means accepts authentication information for authenticating whether or not the user is a regular user, authenticates the user, and accesses that release the access restriction when the user is authenticated as a regular user. 5. The content information collecting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the restriction release information is received from a user, and the received access restriction release information is stored in association with the user.   The content information collecting means collects introduction information for introducing content in a website from the server device based on information relating to user attributes stored by the information storage means, and the collected introduction information is collected by the user. The content information collecting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the content information collecting apparatus is stored in association with an attribute.   7. The content information collecting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the information related to the user attribute is information on a user's membership type.   The content information collecting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the information related to the user attribute is registration fee information related to user registration.   The content information collecting apparatus according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the information relating to the user attribute is information on a privilege point of the user.   7. The content information collecting apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the information related to the user attribute is information on a group to which the user belongs. A content information collection method for collecting information related to content from a server device that provides a browsing service for content in a website,
An information transmission step of transmitting access restriction release information for releasing access restriction to the website to a server device that provides a browsing service of content in the website for which access restriction is made;
When access permission information permitting access is received from the server device according to the access restriction release information transmitted in the information transmission step, information related to the content in the website is collected from the server device and collected. A content information collecting step for storing information related to the content;
Content information collection method characterized by including   The information transmission step obtains information related to presence / absence of access restriction on the content in the website from the server device that provides the browsing service of the content in the website, and the information in the website provided by the server device 12. The content information collecting method according to claim 11, wherein access restriction release information for releasing access restriction to the website is transmitted when access restriction on the content is made.   An information storage step of storing access restriction release information for releasing the access restriction for each user, wherein the information transmission step stores the access restriction release information of each user stored in the information storage step in the content on the website; The content information collecting step collects information related to the content in the website from the server device, and associates the information related to the collected content with each user. The content information collecting method according to claim 11, wherein the content information collecting method is stored.   The information storage step stores information related to user attributes and access restriction release information for releasing the access restriction in association with each other, and the information transmission step stores the information according to the information storage step corresponding to each user attribute. The extracted access restriction release information is extracted, and the extracted access restriction release information is transmitted to a server device that provides a content browsing service in the website, and the content information collection step is transmitted by the information transmission step. When access permission information permitting access is received from the server device according to the access restriction release information, information related to the content in the website is collected from the server device, and the information related to the collected content is The content information collecting method according to claim 13, wherein the content information is stored in association with a user attribute. .   The information storing step accepts authentication information for authenticating whether or not the user is a regular user, authenticates the user, and accesses that release the access restriction when the user is authenticated as a regular user. 15. The content information collecting method according to claim 13, wherein the restriction release information is received from a user, and the received access restriction release information is stored in association with the user.   The content information collection step collects introduction information for introducing content in a website from the server device based on information relating to the user attributes stored in the information storage step, and the collected introduction information is The content information collecting method according to claim 15, wherein the content information is stored in association with an attribute.   The content information collecting method according to claim 15 or 16, wherein the information relating to the user attribute is information on a user's membership type.   The content information collecting method according to claim 15 or 16, wherein the information related to the user attribute is information on a registration fee related to user registration.   The content information collecting method according to claim 15 or 16, wherein the information relating to the user attribute is information on a user's privilege points.   The content information collecting method according to claim 15 or 16, wherein the information related to the user attribute is information of a group to which the user belongs. A content information collection program for causing a computer to execute a content information collection method for collecting information related to content from a server device that provides a browsing service for content in a website,
An information transmission step of transmitting access restriction release information for releasing access restriction to the website to a server device that provides a browsing service of content in the website for which access restriction is made;
When access permission information permitting access is received from the server device according to the access restriction release information transmitted in the information transmission step, information related to the content in the website is collected from the server device and collected. A content information collecting step for storing information related to the content;
A content information collecting program for causing a computer to execute the above.   The information transmission step obtains information related to presence / absence of access restriction on the content in the website from the server device that provides the browsing service of the content in the website, and the information in the website provided by the server device The content information collection program according to claim 21, wherein, when access restriction is made on content, access restriction release information for releasing access restriction to the website is transmitted.   An information storage step of storing access restriction release information for releasing the access restriction for each user, wherein the information transmission step stores the access restriction release information of each user stored in the information storage step in the content on the website; The content information collecting step collects information related to the content in the website from the server device, and associates the information related to the collected content with each user. The content information collecting program according to claim 21, wherein the content information collecting program is stored.   The information storage step stores information related to user attributes and access restriction release information for releasing the access restriction in association with each other, and the information transmission step stores the information according to the information storage step corresponding to each user attribute. The extracted access restriction release information is extracted, and the extracted access restriction release information is transmitted to a server device that provides a content browsing service in the website, and the content information collection step is transmitted by the information transmission step. When access permission information permitting access is received from the server device according to the access restriction release information, information related to the content in the website is collected from the server device, and the information related to the collected content is 24. The content information collection program according to claim 23, which is stored in association with a user attribute. Grams.   The information storing step accepts authentication information for authenticating whether or not the user is a regular user, authenticates the user, and accesses that release the access restriction when the user is authenticated as a regular user. The content information collection program according to claim 23 or 24, wherein restriction release information is received from a user, and the received access restriction release information is stored in association with the user.   The content information collection step collects introduction information for introducing content in a website from the server device based on information relating to the user attributes stored in the information storage step, and the collected introduction information is 26. The content information collection program according to claim 25, which is stored in association with an attribute.   27. The content information collection program according to claim 25 or 26, wherein the information relating to the user attribute is information of a user membership type.   27. The content information collection program according to claim 25 or 26, wherein the information related to the user attribute is registration fee information related to user registration.   27. The content information collection program according to claim 25 or 26, wherein the information related to the user attribute is information on a user privilege point.   27. The content information collection program according to claim 25 or 26, wherein the information related to the user attribute is information of a group to which the user belongs.

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