JP2006338285A - Content publishing system, content publishing device and content publishing method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To execute content publishing procedures remarkably easily and accurately. <P>SOLUTION: This content providing device 4 discloses advance notice information D2 and keeps notice information D3, the content data D1 and related information D4 private when the instruction information D5 ("false") showing that a start of content data D1 provision is notified in advance. On the contrary, the content providing device 4 keeps the advance notice information D2 private and discloses the content data D1 and the related information D4 when the instruction information D5 ("truth") showing the provision of content data D1 is started. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a content publishing system, a content publishing device, and a content publishing method, and is suitable for application to a content providing system that can provide content data such as music data and video data to a user terminal device, for example. It is a thing.

Conventionally, in this type of content providing system, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, content data is sent from a content providing device 101 that provides content data to a user terminal device 103 via a network 102 corresponding to the Internet or the like. (For example, see Patent Document 1).
JP-A-2005-92477

  Here, an example of a content publishing procedure in the content providing system having such a configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Incidentally, here, a case where this content publishing procedure is executed manually by an operator will be described. However, for example, it may be executed by a timer function of the operation device 104.

  First, the operator operates the operation device 104 connected to the content providing apparatus 101 to instruct the content providing apparatus 101 to release notice information for giving advance notice of the start of provision of content data (notice of step SP101). Information disclosure work). In response to this, the disclosure unit of the content providing apparatus 101 publishes this notice information to the terminal apparatus 103 as a web page, for example. As a result, the terminal device 103 can obtain the published notice information by accessing the content providing device 101 via the network 102. Thus, the user of the terminal device 103 can obtain such content data, for example, You can recognize that the service will be available soon.

  Incidentally, in this case, the public section of the content providing apparatus 101 corresponds to, for example, a WWW (World Wide Web) server program, and displays web page data described in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), XML (eXtensible Markup Language), or the like. A web page is made public by providing it to the device 103.

  Then, for example, the operator operates the operation device 104 at a later date to instruct the content providing device 101 to make the announcement information disclosed in step SP101 private (preliminary information nondisclosure operation in step SP102). In response to this, the public section of the content providing apparatus 101 makes this notice information private, for example, by deleting it.

  Next, the operator operates the operation device 104 to instruct the content providing device 101 to release the notification information for notifying the user of the start of providing the content data (notification information disclosing operation in step SP103). In response to this, the disclosure unit of the content providing apparatus 101 publishes this notification information to the terminal apparatus 103 as a web page, for example. As a result, the terminal device 103 can acquire the published notification information by accessing the content providing device 101 via the network 102, and thus the user of the terminal device 103 can obtain the content data. Recognize that the service has started.

  At this time, the operator operates the operation device 104 to instruct the content providing device 101 to publish the content data in a form that can be provided to the terminal device 103 (content publishing operation in step SP104). In response to this, the publishing unit of the content providing apparatus 101 publishes a content providing web page indicating the providing destination information of the content data (for example, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) indicating the providing destination of the content data). Accordingly, the terminal device 103 can access the content data providing destination based on the providing destination information indicated on the published content providing web page, and thus can acquire the content data.

  Further, at this time, the operator operates the operation device 104 to register related information related to the content data that has been provided to the search unit of the content providing device 101 (search unit registration operation in step SP105). Incidentally, in this case, the related information includes the title of the content data, the provision destination information, and the like. As a result, when the search unit of the content providing apparatus 101 is requested to search for the content data, the search unit can provide related information related to the content data to the terminal apparatus 103 as a search result. Thereby, the terminal device 103 can access the content data providing destination based on the providing destination information indicated in the related information provided as the search result, and thus can acquire the content data.

  According to the contents publishing procedure described above, the operator performs the notice information publishing work when it is necessary to give advance notice of the start of the provision of the content data. It is necessary to perform a notice information non-disclosure work to be performed, a notice information public work to notify the start of provision of content data, a content public work to publish content data, a search unit registration work, and the like.

  Therefore, in such a technique, as the number of content data to be provided via the content providing apparatus 101 increases, the work of the operator who sequentially executes each work of the content publishing procedure becomes complicated. It is easy to make work mistakes.

  In such a method, each work in the content publishing procedure is executed in order. Therefore, there may be a time lapse until the next content publishing work is performed after the announcement information publishing work is performed, and in this case, although the start of provision of content data is announced, Inconsistency that content data has not started to be provided occurs.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and intends to propose a content publishing system, a content publishing apparatus, and a content publishing method capable of executing a content publishing procedure much more easily and accurately. .

  In order to solve such a problem, in the present invention, a content publishing system that publishes content data to a connection destination device connected via a network, the content publishing control unit that makes the content data public or private, It has a notification information disclosure control unit that releases or hides notification information for notifying that content data has been released, and a setting information storage unit that stores setting information set from the outside. The information disclosure control unit releases the content data and the notification information according to the setting information stored in the setting information storage unit.

  Accordingly, the content data and the notification information for notifying that the content data has been released can be disclosed simply by setting the setting information stored in the setting information storage unit.

  According to the present invention, the content data and the notification information for notifying that the content data has been released can be disclosed simply by setting the setting information stored in the setting information storage unit. As a result, the content publishing procedure can be executed much more easily and accurately than before.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(1) First Embodiment In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a content providing system as a whole. This content providing system 1 receives content data D1 corresponding to, for example, music data and video data via a network 2. The content providing apparatus 4 provided to the terminal apparatus 3 is provided.

  The content providing apparatus 4 includes a storage unit 5 corresponding to, for example, a hard disk drive.

  The storage unit 5 includes advance notice information D2 for giving advance notice of the start of provision of the content data D1, announcement information D3 for notifying the start of provision of the content data D1, content data D1 provided to the terminal device 3, and the content. The related information D4 related to the data D1 is stored. Incidentally, in this related information D4, for example, provision destination information of the content data D1 (for example, a URL indicating the provision destination of the content data D1), a title, and the like are shown. In the case of the present embodiment, the advance notice information D2, the notice information D3, the content data D1 and the related information D4 stored in the storage unit 5 are supplied from the operation device 6 according to the operation of the operator, for example.

  Further, the storage unit 5 stores instruction information D5 set by the operator via the operation device 6. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the instruction information D5 is set to “false” when an instruction is given to give advance notice of the start of provision of the content data D1, and the disclosure of the content data D1 is started in response thereto. Is set to “true”.

  Further, the content providing apparatus 4 includes a public unit 7 corresponding to, for example, a WWW (World Wide Web) server program.

  The disclosure unit 7 includes a notification information disclosure control unit 8 that controls the announcement information D2 stored in the storage unit 5 to be disclosed or not disclosed as a web page.

  The notice information disclosure control unit 8 refers to the instruction information D5 stored in the storage unit 5 every time a predetermined time elapses, and recognizes that “false” is indicated in the referred instruction information D5. It is determined that the advance information D2 is instructed to be disclosed, and as a result, the advance information D2 stored in the storage unit 5 is disclosed to the terminal device 3 as a web page.

  On the other hand, when the notice information disclosure control unit 8 recognizes that “true” is indicated in the referred instruction information D5, the notice information disclosure control unit 8 determines that the notice information D2 is instructed not to be disclosed, As a result, the announcement information D2 stored in the storage unit 5 is not disclosed.

  Further, the disclosure unit 7 includes a notification information disclosure control unit 9 that controls the notification information D3 stored in the storage unit 5 as a web page.

  When the notification information disclosure control unit 9 refers to the instruction information D5 stored in the storage unit 5 every time a predetermined time elapses and recognizes that “false” is indicated in the referred instruction information D5, It is determined that the notification information D3 is instructed not to be disclosed, and as a result, the notification information D3 stored in the storage unit 5 is not disclosed.

  On the other hand, when the notice information disclosure control unit 9 recognizes that “true” is indicated in the indicated instruction information D5, it determines that the instruction information D3 is instructed to be disclosed, and the result The notification information D3 stored in the storage unit 5 is disclosed to the terminal device 3 as a web page.

  Further, the publishing unit 7 includes a content publishing control unit 10 that makes the content data D1 stored in the storage unit 5 public or private in a form that can be provided to the terminal device 3.

  When the content publication control unit 10 refers to the instruction information D5 stored in the storage unit 5 every time a predetermined time elapses and recognizes that “false” is indicated in the referenced instruction information D5, It is determined that the data D1 is instructed not to be disclosed, and as a result, the content data D1 stored in the storage unit 5 is not disclosed. Thereby, even if the terminal device 3 accesses the content providing device 4 via the network 2, the content data D1 cannot be acquired.

  On the other hand, when the content publication control unit 10 recognizes that “true” is indicated in the referenced instruction information D5, the content publication control unit 10 determines that the instruction is given to publish the content data D1, and as a result, A content provision web page showing the provision destination information of the content data D1 is made public. Thereby, the terminal device 3 can access the provision destination of the content data D1 based on the provision destination information indicated on the published content provision web page, and thus acquire the content data D1. it can.

  Further, when the disclosure unit 7 receives the search request signal S1 requesting to search the related information D4 of the content data D1 from the terminal device 3, the disclosure unit 7 stores the related information D4 requested by the search request signal S1 in the storage unit 5. A search unit 11 is provided for searching from the plurality of stored related information D4,..., And as a result, when the requested related information D4 is obtained, this is disclosed as a search result to the terminal device 3.

  In the case of the present embodiment, the search unit 11 refers to the instruction information D5 stored in the storage unit 5 every time a predetermined time elapses, and confirms that “false” is indicated in the referred instruction information D5. If it is recognized, it is determined that the related information D4 is instructed to be private, and as a result, even if the related information D4 is requested by the search request signal S1 from the terminal device 3, the requested related information Make D4 private.

  On the other hand, when the search unit 11 recognizes that “true” is indicated in the indicated instruction information D5, the search unit 11 determines that the related information D4 is instructed to be disclosed, and as a result, the terminal device When the related information D4 is requested by the search request signal S1 from 3, the requested related information D4 is made public.

  Next, the content publication processing procedure RT1 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  In step SP1, the notice information disclosure control unit 8, the notification information disclosure control unit 9, the content disclosure control unit 10, and the search unit 11 determine whether or not the instruction information D5 stored in the storage unit 5 is set to “true”. Determine whether.

  If a negative result is obtained in step SP1, this means that the instruction information D5 is set to “false”, and therefore an instruction is given in advance for the start of provision of the content data D1. At this time, the process proceeds to step SP2. In step SP2, the advance notice disclosure control unit 8 releases the advance notice information D2 as shown in FIG. 4A. On the other hand, the announcement information release control unit 9, the content release control unit 10, and the search unit 11 are disclosed. Makes the announcement information D3, the content data D1 and the related information D4 private.

  As a result, if the instruction information D5 (“false”) for instructing the advance of the provision of the content data D1 is set, the content providing apparatus 4 provides the advance notice D2 of the advance notice of the provision of the content data D1. , Information information D3 for notifying the start of provision of content data D1, content data D1, and related information D4 related to content data D1 can be made private to terminal device 3.

  On the other hand, if an affirmative result is obtained in step SP1, this means that it is instructed to start providing the content data D1, and at this time, the process proceeds to step SP3. In step SP3, the announcement information disclosure control unit 8 makes the announcement information D2 private, as shown in FIG. 4B. On the other hand, the announcement information disclosure control unit 9, the content disclosure control unit 10, and the search The unit 11 publishes notification information D3, content data D1, and related information D4.

  As a result, if the instruction information D5 (“true”) for instructing to start providing the content data D1 is set, the content providing apparatus 4 does not disclose the notice information D2 for giving advance notice of the start of providing the content data D1. In addition, the notification information D3 for notifying the start of provision of the content data D1, the content data D1, and the related information D4 related to the content data D1 can be disclosed to the terminal device 3.

  In the above configuration, when the instruction information D5 (“false”) instructing the advance notice of the provision of the content data D1 is set, the content providing apparatus 4 publishes the notice information D2 accordingly. At the same time, when the instruction information D5 (“true”) is set to make the notification information D3, the content data D1 and the related information D4 private, and instruct to start providing the content data D1 to this, Accordingly, the notice information D2 is not disclosed, and the notice information D3, the content data D1, and the related information D4 are disclosed.

  Accordingly, if the operator sets “false” as the instruction information D5 via the operation device 6, only the advance notice information D2 can be disclosed, and the instruction information D5 is changed from “false” to “true”. For example, the announcement information D3, the content data D1, and the related information D4 can be simultaneously disclosed while the announcement information D2 is not disclosed.

  According to the above configuration, the operator can accurately execute the content publishing procedure simply by changing the setting of the instruction information D5. As a result, it is possible to realize the content providing system 1 that can execute the content publishing procedure much more easily and accurately than before.

  Further, according to the configuration of the present embodiment, the content publishing procedure can be accurately executed by one operation of changing the setting of the instruction information D5 from “false” to “true”. Thereby, even when the operator remotely operates the content providing apparatus 4 using means such as GUI (Graphic User Interface), CUI (Character User Interface), mail, messenger, etc., the content publishing procedure is accurately executed. It becomes possible. In other words, since the content publishing procedure can be executed accurately even from a remote location such as an event venue, it is possible to start publishing the content data D1 in conjunction with the event being held at the event venue. It becomes.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the operator sets instruction information D5 (“true”) for instructing to start publishing the content data D1 via the operation device 6 has been described. For example, instruction information D5 (“true”) instructing to start publishing the content data D1 is set in response to a publishing start command signal S2 supplied from the publishing determination unit 12 as shown in FIG. Anyway.

  As the disclosure determining unit 12, a plurality of logics as shown in FIG. For example, the disclosure determining unit 12A illustrated in FIG. 6A includes an AND circuit 12A1 that outputs a disclosure start command signal S2 when all input signals Sin are input. As a result, according to the disclosure determining unit 12A, for example, when all the input signals Sin are input by all members of a certain group, the disclosure start command signal S2 that instructs to start publishing the content data D1 can be output. .

  The disclosure determining unit 12B illustrated in FIG. 6B includes an AND circuit 12B1 that outputs an output signal Sout when all the input signals Sin1 are input, and an OR circuit 12B2. The OR circuit 12B2 outputs a public start command signal S2 when the input signal Sin2 input to the OR circuit 12B2 or the output signal Sout from the AND circuit 12B1 is input. As a result, according to the disclosure determining unit 12B, for example, when all the input signals Sin1 are input by all members of a certain group or when the input signal Sin2 is input by a certain person having strong authority, the content data D1 The public start command signal S2 instructing to start publicizing can be output.

  The disclosure determining unit 12C illustrated in FIG. 6C corresponds to a case where no logic is set. On the other hand, the disclosure determining unit 12D illustrated in FIG. 6D includes an OR circuit 12D1 that outputs a disclosure start command signal S2 when any of the input signals Sin is input. For example, when a failure occurs in an input unit that inputs an input signal Sin (for example, a failure such as mail being disconnected), the disclosure determination unit 12D avoids this failure by using another input unit. It has the advantage that it can be.

  In the above-described embodiment, the notice information disclosure control unit 8, the announcement information disclosure control unit 9, the content disclosure control unit 10, and the search unit 11 are executed by a CPU (Central Processing Unit) of the content providing apparatus 4. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the notice information disclosure control unit 8, the notification information disclosure control unit 9, the content disclosure control unit 10, and the search unit 11 are realized by hardware circuits. Anyway. Such a program for executing the content publishing process may be recorded on a recording medium such as a CD (Compact Disc).

  In the embodiment described above, the case where the notice information disclosure control unit 8, the notification information disclosure control unit 9, the content disclosure control unit 10, and the search unit 11 are provided in one content providing device 4 has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and if the content providing system 1 as a whole includes the notice information disclosure control unit 8, the notification information disclosure control unit 9, the content disclosure control unit 10, and the search unit 11, these may be used as a plurality of devices. May be dispersed.

(2) Second Embodiment In the case of the second embodiment, the first embodiment is provided except that the set time information is used instead of the instruction information D5 and the content publishing process is different. Since these are almost the same as the above-described embodiment, here, these different points will be mainly described.

  In the case of the present embodiment, the storage unit 5 stores set time information indicating a set time set by the operator via the operation device 6. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, this set time information means that if the current time is before the set time, it is a period in which the start of provision of the content data D1 should be notified in advance. If it is after the set time, it means that the content data D1 is to be opened.

  Next, the content publication processing procedure RT2 according to the present embodiment will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG.

  In step SP21, the advance notice information disclosure control unit 8, the announcement information disclosure control unit 9, the content disclosure control unit 10, and the search unit 11 perform the set time and the current time set in the set time information stored in the storage unit 5. To determine whether the current time is before this set time.

  If an affirmative result is obtained in step SP21, this means that the provision of content data D1 is to be notified in advance, and the process proceeds to step SP22 at this time. In step SP22, the announcement information disclosure control unit 8 publishes the announcement information D2, while the announcement information disclosure control unit 9, the content disclosure control unit 10, and the search unit 11 include the announcement information D3, the content data D1, and the like. The related information D4 is made private.

  As described above, if the current time is before the set time, the content providing device 4 releases the advance notice information D2 for giving advance notice of the start of the provision of the content data D1, and notifies the start of the provision of the content data D1. The data D1 and the related information D4 related to the content data D1 are not disclosed to the terminal device 3.

  On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP21, this means that it is a period in which the content data D1 should be provided, and at this time, the process proceeds to step SP23. In step SP23, the announcement information disclosure control unit 8 makes the announcement information D2 private. On the other hand, the announcement information disclosure control unit 9, the content disclosure control unit 10, and the search unit 11 include the announcement information D3, content data, and the like. D1 and related information D4 are made public.

  As described above, if the current time is after the set time, the content providing device 4 makes the notice information D2 for notifying the start of provision of the content data D1 private and notifying information for notifying the start of provision of the content data D1. D3, content data D1, and related information D4 related to the content data D1 are disclosed to the terminal device 3.

  In the above configuration, when the current time is before the set time set in the set time information, the content providing apparatus 4 publishes the notice information D2 according to this, and also notifies the notice information D3, the content data D1, and the related information. When the information D4 is not disclosed and the current time is after the set time set in the set time information, the notice information D2 is not disclosed and the notification information D3 and the content data D1 are accordingly released. And related information D4.

  As a result, the operator can accurately execute the content publishing procedure simply by setting the time at which the content data D1 starts to be published as the set time information via the operation device 6.

  According to the above configuration, the operator can accurately execute the content publishing procedure simply by setting the time at which the content data D1 starts to be published as the set time information. As a result, it is possible to realize the content providing system 1 that can execute the content publishing procedure much more easily and accurately than before.

  The present invention can be used, for example, in a content providing system configured to provide content data such as music data and video data to a user terminal device 3.

It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the content provision system in 1st and 2nd embodiment. It is a table | surface used for description of the content of instruction information. It is a flowchart which shows the content publication process procedure by 1st Embodiment. It is an approximate line figure used for explanation of change of public and private. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the content provision system which provided the public determination part. It is a basic diagram which shows the logic of a public determination part. It is a table | surface used for description of the content of setting time information. It is a flowchart which shows the content publication process procedure by 2nd Embodiment. It is a basic diagram which shows the structure of the conventional content provision system. It is a flowchart which shows a content disclosure procedure.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Content provision system, 2 ... Network, 3 ... Terminal device, 4 ... Content provision apparatus, 5 ... Memory | storage part, 8 ... Notice information disclosure control part, 9 ... Notification information disclosure control part, 10 ... Content publication control unit, 11... Search unit, RT 1, RT 2.

Claims (5)

A content publishing system for publishing content data to a connection destination device connected via a network,
A content publication control unit for making the content data public or private;
A notification information disclosure control unit that releases or hides the notification information for notifying that the content data has been released;
A setting information storage unit for storing setting information set from the outside,
The content disclosure control unit and the notification information disclosure control unit are
A content publishing system that publishes the content data and the notification information according to setting information stored in the setting information storage unit. When a search request signal requesting to search related information related to the content data is received from the connection destination device, the search request signal is requested from the related information storage unit in which a plurality of related information is stored. Searching related information, and as a result, when the requested related information is obtained, it has a search unit that publishes this as a search result to the connection destination device,
The search part above
The content publishing system according to claim 1, wherein the related information is published as a search result according to the setting information stored in the setting information storage unit. Having a notice information disclosure control section for releasing or not releasing notice information for advance notice of the start of provision of the content data,
When the setting information stored in the setting information storage unit instructs to publish the notice information, the notice information publication control unit publishes the notice information, while the content publication control unit, the notice The information disclosure control unit and the search unit make the content data, the notification information, and the related information private,
When the setting information stored in the setting information storage unit instructs to publish the content data, the notice information disclosure control unit makes the notice information private, while the content publication control unit, The content publication system according to claim 2, wherein the notification information disclosure control unit and the search unit disclose the content data, the notification information, and the related information. A content publishing device that publishes content data to a connection destination device connected via a network,
A content publication control unit for making the content data public or private;
A notification information disclosure control unit that releases or hides the notification information for notifying that the content data has been released;
A setting information storage unit for storing setting information set from the outside,
The content disclosure control unit and the notification information disclosure control unit are
A content publishing apparatus that publishes the content data and the notification information according to setting information stored in the setting information storage unit. A content publishing method for publishing content data to a connection destination device connected via a network,
A content publication control step for making the content data public or private;
Announcement information disclosure control step for making announcement information notifying that the content data has been released public or private,
Have
In the content release control step and the notification information release control step,
A content publishing method characterized by publishing the content data and the notification information according to setting information stored in a setting information storage unit.

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