JP2006146564A - Information bulletin method, server apparatus, information bulletin apparatus, and building - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information bulletin method for of freely switching display contents in real time independently of a distance from a display device. <P>SOLUTION: A client transmits an e-mail including contents information expressing characters and images to be displayed on an information bulletin apparatus 10 installed in a building or a street corner from his (or her) own terminal apparatus 30 to a server apparatus 40. The server apparatus 40 transfers the e-mail to a bulletin control apparatus 20. The bulletin control apparatus 20 extracts contents information from the received e-mail and supplies a control signal for displaying the contents information to the information bulletin apparatus 10 managed by the bulletin control apparatus 20 itself. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information posting method.

There is an advertising activity such as displaying a moving image or a still image of a corporate advertisement on a display device installed in an easily visible place such as a street or a rooftop of a building.
Patent document 1 is mentioned as a document which disclosed the technique which supports this kind of advertising activity suitably. The electronic signboard system disclosed in this document is composed of an electronic signboard installed on the roof of a building, along a road, etc., and equipped with a communication function, and a transmission station that remotely controls the electronic signboard. This transmitting station transmits image data to be displayed on each electronic sign as radio waves. Each electronic signboard restores the image data based on the radio wave received from the transmitting station, and displays the image data on its own display device.
JP-A-8-194447

However, in the electronic signage system proposed in Patent Document 1, since the transmission station transmits image data as radio waves, if the distance between the transmission station and the electronic signage is longer than the distance that the radio waves can reach, The display contents of the signboard could not be switched.
The present invention has been devised under such a background, and provides an information posting method capable of freely switching display contents in real time regardless of the distance from the display device. Objective.

  An information bulletin method according to a preferred aspect of the present invention stores a plurality of information bulletin devices including a display unit, a terminal device, an identifier for identifying each information bulletin device, and addresses of the information bulletin devices in association with each other. An information posting method by a system having a server device including a database, wherein the terminal device has an identifier of an information posting device, and content information indicating a character string or an image to be displayed on a display unit of the information posting device; A request for posting to the server device, and the content received by the server device together with the identifier addressed to the address of the information bulletin device stored in the database in association with the identifier received from the terminal device A bulletin instruction process for transmitting information, and an information bulletin device receiving content information from the server device, And an information posting step of displaying on its display unit the information.

  According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, an information bulletin method includes a plurality of information bulletin devices including a display unit, a terminal device, and whether each information bulletin device is in a first state where information is posted or information is posted. A server device having a database that stores status information indicating whether the information is posted in a second state and addresses of the respective information bulletin devices in association with identifiers for identifying the respective information bulletin devices. An information posting method by a system, wherein the terminal device transmits an identifier of a certain information posting device and content information indicating a character string or an image to be displayed on a display unit of the information posting device to the server device The status information stored in the database in association with the received identifier is received by the server device that has received the process, the identifier and the content information. A determination step for determining whether the state represents one state or the second state, and when the status information represents the first state, the server device sends a message rejecting the posting request. Information stored in the database in association with the identifier received from the terminal device by the server device when the request rejection step of replying to the terminal device and the status information represent a second state A posting instruction step for transmitting the content information received together with the identifier to the address of the posting device, and rewriting the status information stored in the database in association with the received identifier to the first state, and the server The information bulletin device that has received the content information from the device displays its content information over a predetermined length of time. An information posting step to be displayed, an end notification step for sending a message indicating the end of posting to the server device when the information posting device has finished displaying content information, and a server that has received the message from the information posting device The apparatus includes a state return step of rewriting the status information stored in the database in association with the identifier of the information bulletin apparatus that is the transmission source of the message into the second state.

  In this aspect, in the posting request step, the server device reads each set of identifier and status information of the information posting device from the database in response to a request from the terminal device, and each set of read identifier and status information The terminal device that has received each set of the identifier and status information of the information bulletin device from the server device may display the contents thereof.

  According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an information posting method comprising: a plurality of information posting devices provided with a display unit; a terminal device; and a character or character selected in advance as a rejection to be posted on each information posting device An information posting method by a system having a server device including a database that stores posted rejection character information representing a column and addresses of the information posting devices in association with identifiers for identifying the information posting devices. The terminal device receives an identifier of a certain information bulletin device and a posting request step for transmitting content information representing a character string to be displayed on the display unit of the information bulletin device to the server device, and receives the identifier and the content information. The server device stores the character string represented by the received content information in the database in association with the identifier received together with the content information. A determination step of determining whether the character or character string represented by the posted rejection character information is included, and when the character or character string represented by the posted rejection character information is included, the server device rejects the posting request. A request rejection step of returning a message to be transmitted to the terminal device, and when the character or character string represented by the posting rejection character information is not included, the server device associates the identifier with the identifier received from the terminal device. A bulletin instruction process for transmitting the content information received together with the identifier to the address of the information bulletin device stored in the information bulletin board; and the information bulletin board receiving the content information from the server device displays the content information itself. And an information posting process to be displayed on the section.

  In this aspect, in the posting request step, the server device reads each set of the identifier of the information posting device and the reject character information from the database in response to a request from the terminal device, and the read identifier and reject character information. Including a step of transmitting each set to the terminal device that has made the request, and a step of displaying the contents of the terminal device that has received each set of identifier and rejected character information of the information posting device from the server device. Good.

  An information posting method according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a display unit, and includes a time series of content information representing a character string or an image to be displayed on the display unit and a pair of display start time and display end time. A server having a bulletin device management database that stores a plurality of information bulletin devices having a schedule database associated with each other, a terminal device, an address of each information bulletin device, and an identifier for identifying the information bulletin devices in association with each other An information posting method by a system having a device, wherein the terminal device transmits an identifier of the information posting device, content information, a display start time and a display end time pair to the server device, and The server device that has received the identifier, the content information, the display start time and the display end time pair associates the received identifier with the received identifier. A posting permission / inquiry inquiry step for transmitting the content information received together with the identifier, a display start time and a display end time pair, to the address of the information posting device stored in the posting device management database; The information display device that has received the display start time and display end time pair is associated with the content of the received display start time and display end time pair and other content information in its own schedule database. A posting approval / disapproval confirmation step for determining whether the contents of the pair of time and display end time conflict; and, when the contents conflict, the information posting device sends a message rejecting the posting request via the server device. When the request rejection process for replying to the terminal device and the content does not conflict, the information posting device displays the received content information and the table. A request registration step of associating a pair of a start time and a display end time and storing it in its own schedule database, and each information posting device corresponding to each content information stored in each schedule database And an information posting step of sequentially displaying on the display unit of the display unit from the display start time to the display end time.

  A server device according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a database in which an identifier for identifying each information bulletin device and an address of the information bulletin device are stored in association with each other, an identifier of the information bulletin device, and its information The posting request acquisition means for receiving content information indicating a character string or an image to be displayed on the display unit of the posting device from the terminal device, and the address of the information posting device stored in the database in association with the received identifier And a posting instruction means for transmitting the received content information together with the identifier.

  According to another preferred aspect of the present invention, the server device includes status information indicating whether each information bulletin device is in a first state in which information is posted or in a second state in which information is not posted, A database in which the address of each information bulletin device is associated with an identifier for identifying each information bulletin device, an identifier of a certain information bulletin device, and a character string to be displayed on the display unit of the information bulletin device or When the posting request acquisition means for receiving content information indicating an image from the terminal device and the identifier and content information are received, the status information stored in the database in association with the received identifier is in the first state. Determining means for determining whether or not the second state is indicated, and when the status information indicates the first state, Request rejecting means for returning a message rejecting to the terminal device, and when the status information represents a second state, the information posting device stored in the database in association with the received identifier The content information received together with the identifier is transmitted to the address, the posting instruction means for rewriting the status information stored in the database in association with the received identifier to the first state, and the content information is transmitted An end notification acquisition means for receiving a message indicating the end of posting of the content information from the information posting device, and upon receiving the message indicating the end of the posting, the information is associated with the identifier of the information posting device that is the source of the message To rewrite the status information stored in the database to the second state. And a state return means.

  According to another preferred aspect of the present invention, a server device associates a display unit, content information representing a character string or an image displayed on the display unit, and a display start time and display end time pair according to a time series. The schedule database, the reservation request acquisition means for receiving the content information and the display start time and display end time pair of the content information, the contents of the display start time and display end time pair received together with the content information, Presentation permission / refusal confirmation means for judging whether the contents of a pair of display start time and display end time associated with other content information in the database conflict, and when the contents conflict, reject the posting request Request rejection means for transmitting a message, and when the content does not conflict, the received content information, display start time and display Request registration means for associating a pair of end times with each other and storing them in its own schedule database, and each content information stored in the schedule database from the display start time to the display end time associated with those content information And posting control means for sequentially displaying on the display unit of itself.

In another preferred embodiment of the present invention, a building building is provided with an information bulletin device provided with a display at a predetermined location, and a bulletin board control device for managing the operation of the information bulletin device is installed on an arbitrary floor. A high-rise building in which a cable serving as a data transmission path between the information bulletin device and the bulletin control device is laid, and the bulletin control device receives an e-mail from outside, Extraction means for extracting content information that is a character string to be displayed on the display unit from the received electronic mail, and a control signal for instructing display of the extracted content information are supplied to the information bulletin board via the cable. A signal supply means is mounted.
In this aspect, the predetermined place may be a rooftop of a building or a toilet in the building.

  According to the present invention, the display contents can be freely switched in real time regardless of the distance from the display device.

(First embodiment)
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The feature of this embodiment is that a request for posting an advertisement to be released on the street or on the roof of a building is accepted via an e-mail.

  FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an information bulletin system according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, this system includes an information bulletin device 10, a bulletin control device 20, a terminal device 30, and a server device 40. For convenience of explanation, the figure shows only one information bulletin board 10, bulletin board control unit 20, and terminal unit 30, but it is assumed that there are a plurality of these.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic hardware configuration diagram of the information bulletin apparatus 10. This information bulletin apparatus 10 is provided in a place that is easily noticeable, such as a street, a rooftop of a building, an entrance hall of an office, and an entrance door, and includes a signal input interface 11, a drive unit 12, a VRAM 13 (video RAM), and an image display device. 14 etc. The driving unit 12 stores an image formed based on the control signal input from the signal input interface 11 in the VRAM 13 and causes the image display device 14 to display the stored image. The design specifications such as the screen size and resolution of the image display device 14 differ depending on the installation environment of each information bulletin device 10. For example, in the case of the information bulletin apparatus 10 installed on the roof of a building, it is necessary to mount an image display device 14 having a large screen size from which the display contents can be sufficiently viewed from the downstairs.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic hardware configuration diagram of the posting control apparatus 20. This bulletin board control device 20 is a computer device that is provided alongside to manage the operation of the information bulletin board device 10, and is connected to the information bulletin board device 10 under management via a dedicated cable. Yes. This information bulletin apparatus 10 includes a ROM 21 storing an IPL (initial program loader), a hard disk 22 storing an OS (operating system), a RAM 23, a CPU 24, a computer display 25, a mouse 26, a keyboard 27, a communication interface 28, signals An output interface 29 is provided. When receiving the electronic mail via the communication interface 28, the CPU 24 extracts a part of the character string included in the received electronic mail and converts it into a bitmap. Then, a control signal instructing display of the bitmap is supplied from the signal output interface 29 to the information bulletin apparatus 10.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a schematic hardware configuration of the terminal device 30. The terminal device 30 is a mobile phone equipped with a packet communication function, and includes a ROM 31 that stores an IPL, an OS, a browser application, a mailer application, and the like, a flash ROM 32 that stores various setting information, a RAM 33, a CPU 34, and a wireless base (not shown). A communication unit 35 for performing wireless communication with a station, a sound generation unit 36 incorporating a sound source and a speaker, an input unit 37 having a keypad, a liquid crystal display 38 having a display area of a predetermined size, and the like are provided.

  In the following description, a person who requests posting of an advertisement on any of the information bulletin devices 10 using this terminal device 30 is referred to as a “requester”, and a character string representing the content of the advertisement related to the request is referred to as “content” It is called “information”. Further, each information bulletin device 10 is assigned a unique identifier for identifying it in advance, and it is assumed that the client has previously understood the contents of all the identifiers.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a schematic hardware configuration of the server device 40. The server device 40 is a computer device that collects advertisement posting requests from clients, and includes a ROM 41, a hard disk 42, a RAM 43, a CPU 44, a computer display 45, a mouse 46, a keyboard 47, a communication interface 48, and the like. .
In addition to the OS (not shown), the hard disk 42 stores a bulletin board management database 42a and a bulletin request arbitration program 42b.

FIG. 6 is a data structure diagram of the posting device management database 42a. This database is an aggregate of a plurality of records each corresponding to one information bulletin device 10. One record constituting this database has three fields of “posting device”, “address”, and “status”. The identifier of each information bulletin device 10 is stored in the “posting device” field. The “address” field stores the e-mail address of the posting control device 20 under which each information posting device 10 is managed. Status information is stored in the “status” field. The status information is a flag indicating whether or not the information bulletin device 10 placed under the management of each bulletin control device 20 is in a state where the content information is posted, and the state where the content information is posted is indicated by “1”. On the other hand, a state in which no content information is posted is represented by “0”.
The posting request arbitration program 42b is a unique program for causing the CPU 44 to realize the functions characteristic of the present embodiment.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The operation of this embodiment can be divided into a posting request process and a posting control process.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the posting request process. This process is started when the client starts up a mailer application stored in the ROM 31 of his / her terminal device 30.

  When the mailer application is launched, the CPU 34 displays a mail input screen on the liquid crystal display 38 (S100). This input screen has a known layout configuration including a destination address input field, a subject name input field, and a mail text input field.

  The requester inputs the content of the advertisement posting request on the mail input screen (S110). Specifically, the content information prepared in advance is input to the mail text input field, and the electronic mail address of the server device 40 is input to the destination address input field. Furthermore, the identifier of the information bulletin apparatus 10 for which content information is desired to be posted is entered in the subject name entry field. The client who has input the request content selects the “Send” button on the mail input screen.

When the “Send” button is selected, the CPU 34 sends an e-mail including the input request content to the network (S120). The sent e-mail passes through a plurality of nodes according to a known routing protocol, and then reaches the server device 40 that is the destination.
Thus, the posting request process is completed, and then the posting control process is started.

8 and 9 are flowcharts showing the posting control process. This process is started when the server device 40 receives an e-mail addressed to itself.
The CPU 44 of the server device 40 that has received the e-mail stores the e-mail in the RAM 43 (S200).
Subsequently, the CPU 44 extracts the identifier of the information bulletin device 10 included in the electronic mail stored in the RAM 43 in step 200 as a subject (S210).

The CPU 44 identifies from the posting device management database 42a a record in which the same identifier extracted in step 210 is stored in the “posting device” field (S220).
The CPU 44 refers to the status information stored in the “status” field of the record identified in step 220 (S230).

When the referred status information is “1”, the CPU 44 sends back an e-mail containing a message to reject the posting request as a subject (S240). A message indicating that the posting request has been rejected is displayed on the liquid crystal display 38 of the terminal device 30 that has received the electronic mail.
When the referenced status information is “0”, the CPU 44 rewrites the status information stored in the “status” field of the record identified in step 220 from “0” to “1” (S250).

Further, the CPU 44 reads out the e-mail address of the posting control apparatus 20 stored in the “address” field of the record specified in step 220 to the RAM 43 (S260).
The CPU 44 rewrites the e-mail address stored in the RAM 43 in step 200 to the e-mail address read in step 260 and sends it to the network (S270). The sent e-mail passes through a plurality of nodes according to a known routing protocol, and then reaches the posting control apparatus 20 that is the destination.

The CPU 24 of the posting control apparatus 20 that has received the electronic mail stores the electronic mail in the RAM 23 (S280).
The CPU 24 extracts content information contained in the body of the electronic mail stored in the RAM 23 in step 280 (S290).
The CPU 24 converts the content information extracted in step 290 into a bitmap (S300).

CPU24 supplies the control signal which instruct | indicates the display of the bitmap obtained at step 300 to the information bulletin apparatus 10 under its management (S310). The drive unit 12 of the information bulletin apparatus 10 that has received the supply of the control signal generates an image corresponding to the content of the signal and displays it on the image display device 14.
The supply of the control signal is continued until a predetermined display time length set in advance elapses, and when the display time length elapses, the CPU 24 ends the supply of the control signal (S320).

The CPU 24 that has finished supplying the control signal includes the electronic mail address of the server device 40 as a destination, and also includes an electronic message including a message indicating the end of posting and the identifier of the information posting device 10 under its control as a subject. The mail is sent to the network (S330). The sent e-mail passes through a plurality of nodes according to a known routing protocol, and then reaches the server device 40 that is the destination.
The CPU 44 of the server device 40 that has received the e-mail stores the e-mail in the RAM 43 (S340).

The CPU 44 extracts the identifier of the information bulletin apparatus 10 included in the electronic mail stored in the RAM 43 in step 340 as a subject (S350).
Then, the CPU 44 identifies from the posting device management database 42a a record in which the same identifier extracted in step 350 is stored in the “posting device” field (S360).
The CPU 44 rewrites the status information stored in the “status” field of the record specified in step 360 from “1” to “0” (S370).

  According to the present embodiment described above, the requester sends to the server device 40 an e-mail including the content information of the advertisement related to his / her business and the identifier of the information posting device 10 desired as the posting destination. By simply doing this, it is possible to cause the desired information bulletin apparatus 10 to post its own content information. In addition, the server device 40 manages whether or not each information bulletin device 10 is in a state where content information is posted by using a database, and the information bulletin device 10 according to the request of a certain client is sent from another client. When the content information related to the request is being posted, a message to reject the request is notified by electronic mail. Therefore, the information bulletin apparatus 10 can be used efficiently while suitably adjusting the posting requests from an unspecified number of clients.

(Second Embodiment)
A second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The feature of this embodiment is that a character string that is not preferably posted on the information posting device 10 is registered in the server device 40 in advance, and a request for posting content information including such a character string is rejected. In the point.

  The information bulletin system according to the present embodiment includes an information bulletin device 10, a bulletin board control device 20, a terminal device 30, and a server device 40. The hardware configuration of each device includes the storage contents of the hard disk 42 of the server device 40. Except for this, it is the same as in the first embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a data structure diagram of the posting device management database 42a. One record constituting this database has four fields of “posting device”, “address”, “status”, and “rejection character”.
Rejected character information is stored in the “rejected character” field. The rejection character information means information representing a character string selected in advance as a rejection of posting on the information posting device 10. Which character string is rejected is individually determined by the owner of each information bulletin apparatus 10. For example, a character string representing an obscene word or a character string representing a company name of its rival company can be selected as a thing to be rejected.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The operation of this embodiment can be divided into a posting request process and a posting control process. Of these two processes, the content of the posting control process is different from that of the first embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the posting control process. In this figure, the processing of step 231 to step 233 is inserted between step 230 and step 240 shown in FIG.
That is, when the status information referred to in step 230 is “0”, the CPU 44 of the server device 40 extracts the content information contained in the e-mail stored in the RAM 43 in step 200 as the text (S231). .
Subsequently, the CPU 44 reads the rejected character information stored in the “rejected character” field of the record specified in step 220 of FIG. 8 into the RAM 43 (S232).

Further, the CPU 44 determines whether or not the character string represented by the rejected character information read out in step 232 is included in the character string represented by the content information extracted in step 231 (S233).
When the character string indicated by the rejected character information is included, the CPU 44 proceeds to step 240 and returns an e-mail containing a message to reject the posting request as a subject.
On the other hand, when the character string indicated by the rejected character information is not included, the CPU 44 proceeds to step 250 and rewrites the status information from “0” to “1”.

  According to the embodiment described above, if the content information related to a certain posting request includes an undesired character string, a message to reject the posting request is notified. Accordingly, it is possible to individually exclude content information including contents that are not preferably disclosed to the public via the information bulletin apparatus 10.

(Third embodiment)
A third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
A feature of the present embodiment is that the client visits a site provided in a predetermined directory of the server device 40 before sending an e-mail related to his / her posting request, and the information posting device 10 of the information posting device 10 is visited at that site. It is in the point that it became possible to confirm the empty situation and the contents of the notice rejection letter.

  The information bulletin system according to the present embodiment includes an information bulletin device 10, a bulletin board control device 20, a terminal device 30, and a server device 40. The hardware configuration of each device is the content stored in the hard disk 42 of the server device 40. Except for, it is the same as the above embodiment. In the present embodiment, the hard disk 42 of the server device 40 stores HTML (hypertext markup language) data of the client response screen in addition to the posting device management database 42a and the posting request arbitration program 42b. The content of this client response screen will be described in detail in the section of the operation description later.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The operation of this embodiment can be divided into a posting request process and a posting control process. Of these two processes, the content of the posting control process is different from that of the above-described embodiment.
12 and 13 are flowcharts showing the posting control process. This process is started when the client starts up a browser application stored in the ROM 31 of the terminal device 30 of the client.

When the browser application is launched, the CPU 34 displays a browser menu screen on the liquid crystal display 38 (S10). This browser menu screen has a known layout configuration including a URL (uniform resource locator) input field.
The requester inputs the URL of the directory in which the HTML data of the requester response screen is stored in the URL input field of this browser menu screen (S15).

When an operation for instructing access to the input URL is performed, the CPU 34 of the terminal device 30 establishes a connection with the server device 40, and then sends a request for delivery of HTML data on the client response screen to the server. It transmits to the apparatus 40 (S20).
The CPU 44 of the server device 40 that has received the request reads out the HTML data of the client response screen stored in the hard disk 42 and transmits it to the terminal device 30 (S25).

The CPU 34 of the terminal device 30 that has received the HTML data displays a client response screen on the liquid crystal display 38 (S30).
FIG. 14 is a client response screen. In the upper part of this screen, the text “Please select the service you want to use” is displayed. Below that, the button “Status confirmation service” and “Rejected character confirmation service” are displayed. Button is displayed.
The requester moves the cursor to any button and selects it (S35).

When the button labeled “status confirmation service” is selected, the CPU 34 transmits a request for delivery of HTML data on the status confirmation screen to the server device 40 (S40).
The CPU 44 of the server device 40 that has received the request reads each pair of the identifier and status information of the information bulletin device 10 into the RAM 43 from all the records in the bulletin device management database 42a (S45).

Then, the HTML data of the status confirmation screen obtained by embedding each read pair in a predetermined template is transmitted to the terminal device 30 (S50).
The CPU 34 of the terminal device 30 that has received the HTML data causes the liquid crystal display 38 to display a status confirmation screen generated based on the content of the HTML data (S55).
FIG. 15 is a status confirmation screen. In the upper part of this screen, a button “Return to client response screen” and a button “Request advertisement posting” are displayed. Below that, the current information of each information posting device 10 is displayed. A list in which the statuses and the identifiers of the information posting devices 10 are associated with each other is displayed. The list of FIG. 15 does not display the status of some information bulletin devices, but all of them can be browsed by scrolling the screen downward.
The client moves the cursor to any button and selects it (S60).

When the button “return to requester response screen” is selected, the process returns to step 20, and the CPU 34 transmits a request for delivery of HTML data on the requester response screen to the server device 40.
When the button “Request advertisement posting” is selected, the process proceeds to step 100 in FIG. 7, and the CPU 34 displays a mail input screen on the liquid crystal display 38.

On the other hand, when the button labeled “rejected character confirmation service” is selected in step 35, the CPU 34 transmits a request for delivery of HTML data on the rejected character confirmation screen to the server device 40 (S65).
The CPU 44 of the server device 40 that has received the request reads each set of the identifier and rejected character information of the information bulletin device 10 from all the records in the bulletin device management database 42a (S70).

The CPU 44 transmits to the terminal device 30 the HTML data of the rejected character confirmation screen obtained by embedding each set read in step 70 in a predetermined template (S75).
The CPU 34 of the terminal device 30 that has received the HTML data causes the liquid crystal display 38 to display a rejected character confirmation screen generated based on the content of the HTML data (S80).

FIG. 16 is a rejection character confirmation screen. In the upper part of this screen, a button “Return to requester response screen” and a button “Request advertisement posting” are displayed, and further below that, each information posting device 10 is displayed. A list is displayed in which the contents of the character strings selected to be rejected are associated with the identifiers of the information posting devices 10. In the list of FIG. 16, rejected characters of some information bulletin devices are not displayed, but all of them can be browsed by scrolling the screen downward.
The requester moves the cursor to any button and selects it (S85).

When the button “return to requester response screen” is selected, the process returns to step 20, and the CPU 34 transmits a request for delivery of HTML data on the requester response screen to the server device 40.
When the button labeled “Request Advertising” is selected, the process proceeds to step 100, and the CPU 34 displays a mail input screen on the liquid crystal display 38.

  According to the present embodiment described above, when the terminal device 30 accesses a predetermined directory in the server device 40 using a browser application implemented by itself, the current status of each information bulletin device 10 and each of them An image including a list of rejection characters individually set for the apparatus is acquired and displayed. Accordingly, since the requester can confirm the status of the information bulletin device 10 for which he / she wishes to post an advertisement and the content of the rejection character, the requester can send an email containing the request content, so the transmitted email is rejected. Can be avoided.

(Fourth embodiment)
A fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The feature of this embodiment is that the operation of the information bulletin apparatus 10 under its management is controlled according to a schedule stored in the hard disk 22 of each bulletin control apparatus 20.
In this embodiment, it is assumed that each client has previously registered the e-mail address of his / her terminal device 30 in the server device 40 and has been assigned a unique ID for identifying himself / herself. .

The information bulletin system according to the present embodiment includes an information bulletin device 10, a bulletin control device 20, a terminal device 30, and a server device 40. The hardware configuration of each device is the hard disk of the bulletin control device 20 and the server device 40. This is the same as the above embodiment except for the stored contents.
As shown in FIG. 17, the hard disk 22 of the posting control apparatus 20 in the present embodiment stores a schedule database 22a.

  FIG. 18 is a data structure diagram of the schedule database 22a. This database is a collection of a plurality of records, each corresponding to one accepted posting request. One record constituting this database has two fields of “content” and “reserved time zone”. Content information is stored in the “content” field. In the “reservation time zone” field, reservation time zone information is stored. The reserved time zone information is information indicating a pair of start time and end time of posting content information.

  As shown in FIG. 19, the hard disk 42 of the server device 40 in the present embodiment stores a billing amount database 42c and a client information database 42d for each time zone in addition to the posting device management database 42a and the posting request mediation program 42b. is doing. The time period charged amount database 42c is individually provided for each information bulletin device 10, and each of them is associated with the identifier of each information bulletin device 10.

The data structure of the posting device management database 42a is the same as that of the first embodiment.
FIG. 20 is a data structure diagram of the hourly charging amount database 42c. This database is a collection of a plurality of records each corresponding to a billing amount per unit time determined for each arbitrary time zone, and includes two fields of “unit billing amount” and “applicable time zone”. Have. The unit charge amount is stored in the “unit charge amount” field. The unit billing amount means a billing amount imposed each time an advertisement is posted on the information bulletin apparatus 10 for one hour. Application time zone information is stored in the “application time zone” field. The application time zone information means information indicating a pair of start time and end time of a time zone to which the unit billing amount is applied. The owner of each information bulletin device 10 individually determines what the unit billing amount and the contents of the time zone information are to be. For example, in the case of the information bulletin apparatus 10 installed in the entrance hall of an office, a higher unit billing amount is set in a time zone in which people enter and exit the entrance hall.

  FIG. 21 is a data structure diagram of the client information database 42d. This database is a collection of a plurality of records each corresponding to one client. One record constituting this database has three fields of “requester”, “address”, and “billing total amount”. In the “requester” field, the requester ID of each requester is stored in advance. In the “address” field, the e-mail address of the terminal device 30 of each client is stored in advance. In the “total charge amount” field, the total charge amount corresponding to each client's posting request is stored. As will be described in detail later in the description of the operation, the stored content of the “total charge amount” field is updated every time a posting request from the client is accepted.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
The operation of this embodiment can be divided into a posting request process, a request registration process, and a posting control process. The content of the posting request process among these three processes is the same as that described with reference to FIG. However, in the case of the posting request process in the present embodiment, in step 110 of FIG. 7, in addition to the identifier of the information bulletin board, the pair of the start time and the end time of the bulletin on the information bulletin board 10 and the requester ID Entered in the subject input field of the mail input screen. As a result, the e-mail sent to the network in the subsequent step 120 includes not only the identifier of the information posting device 10 that wishes to post the advertisement but also the pair of the start time and end time and the requester ID as the subject. Will be.

22 and 23 are flowcharts showing the request registration process. This process is started when the server device 40 receives an e-mail addressed to itself.
The CPU 44 of the server device 40 that has received the e-mail stores the e-mail in the RAM 43 (S400).
The CPU 44 extracts the identifier of the information bulletin apparatus 10 included in the electronic mail stored in the RAM 43 in step 410 as a subject (S410).

The CPU 44 specifies a record storing the same identifier extracted in step 410 in the “posting device” field from the posting device management database 42a (S420).
The CPU 44 reads out the e-mail address of the posting control apparatus 20 stored in the “address” field of the record specified in step 420 to the RAM 43 (S430).

The CPU 44 rewrites the e-mail address stored in the RAM 43 in step 400 to the e-mail address read in step 430 and sends it to the network (S440). The sent e-mail passes through a plurality of nodes according to a known routing protocol, and then reaches the posting control apparatus 20 that is the destination.
The CPU 24 of the posting control apparatus 20 that has received the electronic mail stores the electronic mail in the RAM 23 (S450).

The CPU 24 extracts a requester ID and a pair of start time and end time included in the electronic mail stored in the RAM 23 in step 450 as a subject (S460).
The CPU 24 sets the contents of the pair of start time and end time extracted in step 460 to the contents of any reservation time zone information stored in the “reservation time zone” field of each record of its own schedule database 22a. It is determined whether there is a conflict (S470).

When there is no conflict, the CPU 24 extracts the content information included in the electronic mail stored in the RAM 23 in step 450 as the text (S480).
Then, the content information extracted in step 480 is stored in the “content” field, and the pair of start time and end time extracted in step 460 is stored as reservation time zone information in the “reservation time zone” field. Is added to the schedule database 22a (S490).

Then, the CPU 24 includes the e-mail address of the server device 40 as a destination, includes the client ID extracted in step 460 and the identifier of the information bulletin device 10 under its management as a subject, and further includes step 460. The e-mail including the start time and end time pair extracted in step 1 as a text is sent to the network (S500).
On the other hand, when there is a conflict, the CPU 24 includes the electronic mail address of the server device 40 as a destination without executing the processing of steps 490 to 500 and manages the requester ID extracted in step 460 and its own management. The electronic mail containing the identifier of the information bulletin apparatus 10 in the subject is sent to the network (S510).
The sent e-mail passes through a plurality of nodes according to a known routing protocol, and then reaches the server device 40 that is the destination.

The CPU 44 of the server device 40 that has received the e-mail stores the e-mail in the RAM 43 (S520).
The CPU 44 extracts the requester ID included in the e-mail stored in the RAM 43 in step 520 as the subject and the identifier of the information bulletin apparatus 10 (S530).
The CPU 44 identifies from the client information database 42d a record in which the same client ID as that extracted in step 530 is stored in the “client” field (S540).

Subsequently, the CPU 44 reads out the e-mail address stored in the “address” field of the record specified in step 540 to the RAM 43 (S550).
The CPU 44 determines whether or not the e-mail stored in the RAM 43 in step 520 includes a start time and end time pair as the text (S560). As shown in steps 500 and 510 above, if the posting request from the requester is accepted by the posting control device 20, the start time and the end time are included in the body of the e-mail transmitted from the posting control device 20. If the posting request is rejected, the pair is not included.

When the e-mail includes the start time and end time pair as the text, the CPU 44 extracts the start time and end time pair (S570).
Subsequently, the CPU 44 extracts in step 530 one or more records in which the applicable time zone information of the time zone corresponding to the pair of the start time and end time extracted in step 570 is stored in the “applicable time zone” field. In response to this posting request based on the storage contents of the “unit billing amount” field of the identified record, identified from the hourly billing amount database 42c stored in the hard disk 42 in association with the same identifier as The billing amount is calculated (S580).
The CPU 44 adds the billing amount calculated in step 580 to the billing amount stored so far in the “total billing amount” field of the record identified in step 540 (S590).

The CPU 44 sends an e-mail containing the e-mail address read in step 550 as a destination and containing a message indicating that the posting request has been accepted as a subject (S600).
On the other hand, when the e-mail does not include the start time and end time pair as the text, the CPU 44 does not execute the processing of steps 570 to 600 and includes the e-mail address read in step 550 as the destination. An e-mail containing a message indicating that the posting request has been accepted as a subject is sent to the network (S610).
The e-mail sent in step 600 or step 620 reaches the terminal device 30 that is the destination after passing through a plurality of nodes according to a known routing protocol.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing the posting control process. In the present embodiment, each posting control device 20 constantly monitors the arrival of the start time stored as reservation time zone information in its own schedule database 22a.
When the CPU 24 of the posting control device 20 confirms the arrival of the start time indicated by the reservation time zone information stored in any record of the schedule database 22a, the CPU 24 identifies the record as a processing target (S700).

The CPU 24 reads the reserved time zone information and the content information stored in the record specified in step 700 into the RAM 23 (S710).
The CPU 24 converts the content information read in step 710 into a bitmap (S720).

  CPU24 supplies the control signal which instruct | indicates the display of the bitmap obtained at step 720 to the information bulletin apparatus 10 under its management (S730). The drive unit 12 of the information bulletin apparatus 10 that has received the supply of the control signal generates an image corresponding to the content of the signal and displays it on the image display device 14.

Further, the CPU 24 includes an e-mail address of the server device 40 as a destination, and sends an e-mail including a message indicating the start of posting and an identifier of the information posting device 10 under its control as a subject to the network. It is sent out (S740).
The sent e-mail passes through a plurality of nodes according to a known routing protocol, and then reaches the server device 40 that is the destination.

The CPU 44 of the server device 40 that has received the e-mail stores the e-mail in the RAM 43 (S750).
The CPU 44 extracts the identifier of the information bulletin apparatus 10 included in the e-mail stored in the RAM 43 in step 750 as a subject (S760).

Then, the CPU 44 identifies from the posting device management database 42a a record in which the same identifier extracted in step 760 is stored in the “posting device” field (S770).
The CPU 44 rewrites the status information stored in the “status” field of the record identified in step 770 from “0” to “1” (S780).

On the other hand, the supply of the control signal started in Step 730 is continued until a predetermined display time length that has been set in advance elapses. When the display time length elapses, the CPU 24 of the posting control device 20 supplies the control signal. Is finished (S790).
The CPU 24 that has finished supplying the control signal includes the electronic mail address of the server device 40 as a destination, and also includes an electronic message including a message indicating the end of posting and the identifier of the information posting device 10 under its control as a subject. The mail is sent to the network (S800).
The sent e-mail passes through a plurality of nodes according to a known routing protocol, and then reaches the server device 40 that is the destination.

The CPU 44 of the server device 40 that has received the e-mail stores the e-mail in the RAM 43 (S810).
The CPU 44 extracts the identifier of the information bulletin apparatus 10 included in the e-mail stored in the RAM 43 in step 810 as the subject (S820).
Then, the CPU 44 specifies from the posting device management database 42a a record in which the same identifier extracted in step 820 is stored in the “posting device” field (S830).
The CPU 44 rewrites the status information stored in the “status” field of the record identified in step 830 from “1” to “0” (S840).

  According to the present embodiment described above, the advertisement posting schedule by each information posting apparatus 10 is managed by the schedule database 22a of the posting control apparatus 20 which is the management entity thereof. Each requester can reflect the contents of his / her reservation request in the schedule database 22 a by transmitting an e-mail from his / her terminal device 30 to the server device 40. Therefore, the requester can make a reservation in advance for posting the advertisement on the desired information posting device 10 by simply sending an e-mail containing the request content from his / her terminal device 30.

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The present invention can be modified in various ways.
The information bulletin device 10 may be used not only for the purpose of disclosing the contents of advertisements to the public but also for the use of station message boards, university bulletin boards, and the like. For example, when used as a message board at a station, the requester may cause the information bulletin board 10 to display content information such as delaying the waiting time. Further, when used as a university bulletin board, content information for notifying a lecture cancellation may be displayed on the information bulletin board 10.
“Content information” in the above embodiment means only a character string, but an image representing the content of an advertisement may be included in this content information.
In the above-described embodiment, the information bulletin device 10 and the bulletin control device 20 that is the management entity of the information bulletin device 10 are configured as separate housings. However, by incorporating each part of the bulletin control device 20 into the housing of the information bulletin device 10, both May be configured integrally.
Information such as content information, information bulletin device identifiers, and requester IDs distributed between the devices in the above embodiment may be included in the electronic mail in any form. For example, instead of including the identifier or client ID of the information bulletin apparatus as the subject of the email, both or one of them may be included as the body of the email.
In the above embodiment, the terminal device 30 is a mobile phone, but it may be configured by a personal computer.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of an information bulletin system according to the present embodiment. It is a hardware schematic block diagram of an information bulletin apparatus. It is a hardware schematic block diagram of a posting control apparatus. It is a figure which shows the hardware schematic structure of a terminal device. It is a figure which shows the hardware schematic structure of a server apparatus. It is a data structure figure of a bulletin board management database. It is a flowchart which shows a posting request process. It is a flowchart which shows posting control processing. It is a flowchart which shows posting control processing. It is a data structure figure of a bulletin board management database. It is a flowchart which shows posting control processing. It is a flowchart which shows posting control processing. It is a flowchart which shows posting control processing. It is a requester response screen. It is a status confirmation screen. It is a rejection character confirmation screen. It is a hardware schematic block diagram of a posting control apparatus. It is a data structure figure of a schedule database. It is a figure which shows the hardware schematic structure of a server apparatus. It is a data structure figure of the charging amount database classified by time zone. It is a data structure figure of a client information database. It is a flowchart which shows a request registration process. It is a flowchart which shows a request registration process. It is a flowchart which shows posting control processing.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Each information bulletin board, 11 ... Signal input interface, 12 ... Drive part, 13 ... VRAM, 14 ... Image display device, 20 ... Bulletin control apparatus, 21, 31, 41 ... ROM, 22, 42 ... Hard disk, 23, 33, 43 ... RAM, 24, 34, 44 ... CPU, 25, 45 ... Computer display, 26, 46 ... Mouse, 27, 47 ... Keyboard, 28, 48 ... Communication interface, 29 ... Signal output interface, 30 ... Terminal device 32 ... Flash ROM, 35 ... Communication unit, 35 ... S, 36 ... Sound generation unit, 37 ... Input unit, 38 ... Liquid crystal display, 40 ... Server device

Claims (11)

A plurality of information bulletin devices including a display unit;
A terminal device;
An information posting method by a system having a server device including a database that stores an identifier for identifying each information posting device and an address of the information posting device in association with each other,
A posting requesting step in which the terminal device transmits an identifier of an information bulletin device and content information indicating a character string or an image to be displayed on a display unit of the information bulletin device to the server device;
A posting instruction step for transmitting the content information received together with the identifier to the address of the information posting device stored in the database in association with the identifier received from the terminal device;
An information bulletin method in which the information bulletin device that has received the content information from the server device has an information bulletin step of displaying the content information on its own display unit. A plurality of information bulletin devices including a display unit;
A terminal device;
Status information indicating whether each information bulletin device is in a first state where information is posted or in a second state where information is not posted, and the address of each information bulletin device, each information bulletin An information posting method by a system having an identifier for identifying a device and a server device having a database stored in association with each other,
A posting requesting step in which the terminal device transmits an identifier of an information bulletin device and content information indicating a character string or an image to be displayed on a display unit of the information bulletin device to the server device;
The server device that has received the identifier and the content information determines whether the status information stored in the database in association with the received identifier represents the first state or the second state. A decision process;
When the status information represents a first state, the server device returns a message rejecting the posting request to the terminal device;
When the status information represents a second state, the server device receives the identifier together with the identifier received from the terminal device and addressed to the address of the information bulletin device stored in the database. Sending the content information, and a posting instruction step for rewriting the status information stored in the database in association with the received identifier into the first state;
An information bulletin process in which the information bulletin device that has received the content information from the server device displays the content information on its display unit over a predetermined length of time;
When the information bulletin device finishes displaying content information, an end notification step of transmitting a message indicating the completion of bulletin to the server device;
A state return step in which the server device that has received the message from the information bulletin device rewrites the status information stored in the database in the second state in association with the identifier of the information bulletin device that is the source of the message; Information posting method. In the information bulletin device according to claim 2,
The posting request process includes
In response to a request from the terminal device, the server device reads each set of identifiers and status information of the information posting device from the database, and transmits each set of read identifiers and status information to the terminal device that made the request And a terminal device that has received each set of identifier and status information of the information bulletin device from the server device, and displays the contents of the information bulletin method. A plurality of information bulletin devices including a display unit;
A terminal device;
Corresponding to the identifier for identifying each information bulletin board, the bulletin refusal character information representing the character or character string selected in advance as the information bulletin board should be rejected, and the address of each information bulletin board An information posting method by a system having a server device with a database stored in addition,
The terminal device transmits an identifier of an information bulletin device and content information representing a character string to be displayed on the display unit of the information bulletin device to the server device,
The character or character string represented by the posting rejection character information stored in the database in association with the identifier received together with the content information in the character string represented by the received content information by the server device that has received the identifier and the content information A determination process for determining whether or not
A request rejection step of returning a message rejecting the posting request to the terminal device when the server device includes a character or a character string represented by the posting rejection character information;
When the character or character string represented by the posting rejection character information is not included, the server device is addressed to the address of the information posting device stored in the database in association with the identifier received from the terminal device, A posting instruction process for transmitting content information received together with the identifier;
An information bulletin method in which the information bulletin device that has received the content information from the server device has an information bulletin step of displaying the content information on its own display unit. In the information bulletin method according to claim 4,
The posting request process includes
In response to a request from the terminal device, the server device reads each set of identifiers and rejection character information of the information posting device from the database, and the terminal device that has made the request for each set of read identifiers and rejection character information And a terminal device that has received each set of identifier and rejected character information of the information posting device from the server device, and displays the contents of the information posting method. A plurality of information bulletin devices including a schedule database that includes a display unit and content information representing a character string or an image to be displayed on the display unit and a pair of display start time and display end time according to a time series;
A terminal device;
An information bulletin method by a system having a server device including a bulletin device management database in which addresses of information bulletin devices and identifiers for identifying the information bulletin devices are stored in association with each other,
A posting request step in which the terminal device transmits an identifier of an information posting device, content information, a display start time and a display end time pair to the server device;
The server device that has received the identifier, the content information, and the display start time and display end time pair is addressed to the address of the information bulletin device stored in the bulletin device management database in association with the received identifier, together with the identifier. A posting permission / inquiry inquiry step of transmitting the received content information and a display start time and display end time pair;
An information bulletin device that has received a pair of content information and a display start time and a display end time is associated with another content information in its own schedule database and the contents of the received display start time and display end time pair. A posting approval / disapproval confirmation step for determining whether the contents of the display start time and display end time conflict with each other,
When the content conflicts, the information bulletin device, a request rejection step of returning a message rejecting the posting request to the terminal device via the server device,
When the content does not conflict, the information bulletin device associates the received content information with a display start time and display end time pair and stores them in its own schedule database; and
Information that each information bulletin apparatus sequentially displays on the display unit each content information stored in each schedule database from the display start time to the display end time associated with the content information. An information posting method comprising: a posting step. A server device that controls transmission and reception of information between a plurality of information bulletin devices and a terminal device including a display unit,
A database in which identifiers for identifying each information bulletin device and addresses of those information bulletin devices are stored in association with each other;
A posting request acquisition means for receiving an identifier of an information posting device and content information indicating a character string or an image to be displayed on a display unit of the information posting device from the terminal device;
A server apparatus comprising: posting instruction means for transmitting content information received together with the identifier to the address of the information posting apparatus stored in the database in association with the received identifier. A server device that controls transmission and reception of information between a plurality of information bulletin devices and a terminal device including a display unit,
Status information indicating whether each information bulletin device is in a first state where information is posted or in a second state where information is not posted, and the address of each information bulletin device, each information bulletin A database stored in association with an identifier for identifying the device;
A posting request acquisition means for receiving an identifier of an information posting device and content information indicating a character string or an image to be displayed on a display unit of the information posting device from the terminal device;
A determination unit that receives the identifier and the content information and determines whether the status information stored in the database in association with the received identifier represents a first state or a second state; ,
Request rejection means for returning a message rejecting a posting request to the terminal device when the status information represents a first state;
When the status information represents a second state, the content information received together with the identifier is transmitted to the address of the information bulletin apparatus stored in the database in association with the received identifier, and Posting instruction means for rewriting the status information stored in the database in association with the received identifier into the first state;
An end notification acquisition means for receiving a message indicating the end of posting of the content information from the information posting device that has transmitted the content information;
A server comprising: state return means for rewriting status information stored in the database in a second state in association with an identifier of an information bulletin device that is the source of the message when a message indicating the end of the posting is received apparatus. A display unit;
A schedule database in which content information representing a character string or an image to be displayed on the display unit and a display start time and a display end time pair are associated with each other according to a time series;
Reservation request acquisition means for receiving content information and a display start time and display end time pair of the content information;
Determining whether the contents of the display start time and display end time pair received together with the content information conflict with the contents of the display start time and display end time pair associated with other content information in the database A means for confirming whether to accept or not,
Request rejection means for sending a message rejecting the posting request when the content conflicts;
When the content does not conflict, request registration means for associating the received content information with a display start time and display end time pair and storing them in their own schedule database;
Information provided with posting control means for sequentially displaying each content information stored in the schedule database on its own display unit from a display start time to a display end time associated with the content information. Posting device. An information bulletin device having a display unit is installed at a predetermined location, and a bulletin board control device for managing the operation of the information bulletin device is installed on an arbitrary floor, and between the information bulletin device and the bulletin board control device. It is a building building laid with a cable that will be a data transmission path,
In the bulletin board control device,
Receiving means for receiving e-mail from outside;
Extraction means for extracting content information that is a character string to be displayed on the display unit from the received e-mail;
A building building including signal supply means for supplying a control signal for instructing display of the extracted content information to the information bulletin device via the cable. A building according to claim 10,
The predetermined place is a building roof that is a roof of a building or a toilet in the building.

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