JP2007279900A - Method for distributing content and server for implementing the method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for enabling a user to efficiently distribute content including advertisements by utilizing such a technology as an RSS (Really Simple Syndication, Rich Site Summary or RDF Site Summary). <P>SOLUTION: When summary data 223 of a Web document stored in a Web document server 20 are updated, a content distribution server 10 automatically distributes various contents relating to the updated summary data 223 to a user terminal 40. Furthermore, even when the summary data 223 are neither stored nor managed by the Web document server 20, the content distribution server 10 is able to automatically generate the summary data 121, and to automatically distribute the content by the method. Furthermore, the content distribution server 10 is likely to able to efficiently distribute content including advertisements by utilizing such a technology as the RSS as one of forms configuring the summary data 121. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a content distribution method and a server that implements the method. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for distributing content by embedding link information in a Web document and a server that realizes the method.

  Conventionally, based on a contract with an advertiser, the web document operator guides the web document viewer to the advertisement page by embedding a link to the advertiser's advertisement page in the web document operated by the web document operator himself / herself. Based on the results, an advertising fee is obtained from the advertiser. The advertising model based on such a contract is called a click-paying advertisement, a performance guarantee type advertising model, etc., depending on the contents of the results. Such a contract is an advertising program for the former, an affiliate program or a performance guarantee type for the latter. It is called an advertising program.

  On the other hand, in the Internet environment, various search services that can search a Web document by a keyword or the like have been developed. Companies that provide such a search service regularly operate software that checks the update status of a Web document via a communication network and reflects it in the search results. A Web document or the like can function sufficiently as an advertising medium if it is searched by the keyword or the like and browsed by the user.

  In such a situation, when a bulletin board page is provided on the Internet and the utterance data to be displayed on the bulletin board page is received, the morphological analysis is performed on the utterance data, and the product name that matches the word obtained by the morphological analysis There has been proposed a technique for setting a link to a product page including a word in the comment data (Patent Document 1).

According to such a technique, a user who does not operate a Web document himself / herself can also participate in the affiliate program.
JP 2004-295267 A

  However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, in order for a user who is a potential customer to click a link to the product page, the user operates a browser or the like with his / her own intention, and the bulletin board page It is premised on browsing. Web documents including such bulletin board pages are explosively increasing, and there is room for further contrivance in order to utilize Web documents as advertising media in such an environment.

  Therefore, the present inventors are one of the formats of Web documents that use XML tags that have become popular in recent years, and are RSS (Really Simple Synchronization) used to construct summary data that represents the summary of the original Web document. , Rich Site Summary or RDF Site Summary) has been found to efficiently distribute content including advertisements by users.

The present invention is a method of distributing content by a content distribution server connected to a user terminal and a Web document server via a communication network,
The content distribution server includes a storage unit that stores content attribute data representing at least content attributes,
A summary data update confirmation step for confirming at a predetermined interval that summary data of the web document stored in the web document server has been updated;
A summary data receiving step of receiving the summary data from the web document server in response to confirming that the summary data has been updated;
A summary attribute data generation step of analyzing the received summary data and generating summary attribute data;
By comparing the generated summary attribute data with the content attribute data, the content related to the received summary data is inserted as a part of the received summary data and stored in the storage unit A content insertion step;
A summary data transmission step of transmitting the summary data after the insertion to the user terminal in response to receiving the summary data transmission request from the user terminal.

According to such a configuration, the content distribution server connected to the user terminal and the Web document server via the communication network is
A storage unit for storing content attribute data representing at least the content attribute;
Confirming that the summary data of the Web document stored in the Web document server has been updated at a predetermined interval;
In response to confirming that the summary data has been updated (eg, as a user agent), receiving the summary data from the web document server;
Analyzing the received summary data, generating summary attribute data,
By comparing the generated summary attribute data and the content attribute data, the content related to the received summary data is inserted as a part of the received summary data and stored in the storage unit. ,
In response to receiving the summary data transmission request from the user terminal, it is possible to transmit the summary data after the insertion to the user terminal.

  As a result, when the summary data of the Web document stored in the Web document server is updated, the content distribution server automatically inserts various contents related to the updated summary data into the terminal. It is possible to distribute to other users. The contents to be distributed are not limited to advertisements and the like, but can be inserted into summary data, and include all contents for which attribute data can be preset and stored.

  As a result, the content distribution server, for example, performs content analysis on music data as content to be distributed in advance using speech recognition technology, and includes content attribute data including keyword data included in the lyrics extracted as a result of the speech analysis Can be automatically distributed by inserting the music data into the related summary data as content.

Further, according to the present invention, in the summary data update confirmation step, when the Web document server does not store the summary data, the content distribution server updates the Web document stored in the Web document server. At regular intervals,
A Web document data receiving step in which the content distribution server receives the Web document data from the Web document server in response to confirming that the Web document data has been updated;
The content distribution server further includes a summary data generation step of generating summary data of the received Web document data;
In the summary attribute data generation step, the content distribution server analyzes the generated summary data, generates summary attribute data,
In the content insertion step, the content distribution server compares the generated summary attribute data with the content attribute data, thereby comparing the generated summary data with the content related to the generated summary data. More preferably, it is inserted as a part and stored in the storage part.

According to such a configuration, when the Web document server does not store the summary data, the content distribution server confirms that the Web document stored in the Web document server has been updated at a predetermined interval. And
In response to confirming that the Web document data has been updated, the content distribution server receives the Web document data from the Web document server,
The content distribution server generates summary data of the received Web document data,
Analyzing the generated summary data, generating summary attribute data,
By comparing the generated summary attribute data with the content attribute data, the content related to the generated summary data is inserted as a part of the generated summary data and stored in the storage unit There is an effect of being able to.

  Accordingly, the content distribution server can automatically generate the summary data even when the Web document server does not store and manage the summary data, and can automatically distribute the content by the above-described method. It becomes possible.

  As a result, for the operator of the Web document server, only the Web document data is stored and managed without maintaining the Web document summary data, and the content distribution is automatically generated. It becomes possible to use.

In the present invention, the content is connection data for referring to a predetermined Web document.
The storage unit further stores the connection data,
In the content insertion step, it is further preferable that the content distribution server inserts the connection data into the summary data as content and stores it in the storage unit.

According to such a configuration, the content is connection data for referring to a predetermined Web document,
The storage unit further stores the connection data,
The content distribution server has an effect that the connection data can be inserted into the summary data as content and stored in the storage unit.

  Thereby, the content distribution server can automatically insert connection data for referring to the predetermined Web document into the related summary data.

  As a result, for example, when the predetermined content is a link to an advertisement site, the content distribution server automatically inserts a link to the advertisement site related to the summary data into the summary data. Can do.

  Therefore, unlike the conventional insertion of link data into a bulletin board page, it is possible to automatically insert and distribute contents into various Web document data or summary data stored and managed by the Web document server. As described above, according to the configuration of the present invention, there is a possibility that the content distribution server can automatically and efficiently distribute advertisement data or the like to the Web document data that increases explosively.

In the present invention, the storage unit further stores user identification data for identifying the user (for example, mail address data, member ID data, etc.),
The content distribution server further includes a user update confirmation step of confirming at a predetermined interval that the summary data stored in the storage unit has been updated by the user,
In response to confirming that the summary data has been updated by the user,
In the summary attribute data generation step, the content distribution server analyzes the summary data updated by the user, generates summary attribute data,
In the content insertion step, it is further desirable that the content distribution server further inserts the user identification data as a part of the summary data and stores it in the storage unit.

According to such a configuration, the storage unit further stores user identification data for identifying the user,
The content distribution server confirms at a predetermined interval that the summary data stored in the storage unit has been updated by the user,
In response to confirming that the summary data has been updated by the user,
The content distribution server analyzes summary data updated by the user, generates summary attribute data,
The content distribution server has an effect that the user identification data can be further inserted as a part of the summary data and stored in the storage unit.

  Thereby, the content distribution server can insert the related content into the summary data updated (for example, added, extracted, reshaped, format conversion, etc.) by the user of the terminal.

  As a result, the user himself / herself who first browsed the summary data from the terminal can update the summary data so that the content distribution server can return to the position of providing the summary data into which the content is inserted. Become.

  Therefore, for example, when the content to be inserted is a link to an advertisement site, the user himself / herself can make use of the user identification data inserted into the summary data, so that the user himself / herself can execute an advertisement placement program, an affiliate program, or a performance guarantee. Participation in type advertising programs, etc., and the possibility of receiving distribution of advertising fees, etc.

  Thus, according to the configuration of the present invention, the content distribution server browses the summary data (that is, it is highly likely that the content distribution server is interested in the summary data and can add or update related information). ) If the user himself / herself is in a position to provide summary data, content such as advertisements may be more efficiently distributed.

In the present invention, the storage unit further stores server identification data (for example, IP address data, URL data, etc.) for identifying the Web document server,
More preferably, the content distribution server further inserts the server identification data as part of the summary data and stores it in the storage unit.

According to such a configuration, the storage unit further stores server identification data for identifying the Web document server,
The content distribution server has an effect that the server identification data can be further inserted as a part of the summary data and stored in the storage unit.

  Thereby, the content distribution server can automatically insert server identification data for identifying the Web document server when inserting the content into the summary data.

  As a result, the content distribution server operates the Web document server by utilizing the Web document server identification data inserted into the summary data, for example, when the content is a link to an advertisement site. There is a possibility that a person can participate in an advertisement placement program, an affiliate program, a performance guarantee type advertisement program, etc., and receive distribution of advertisement fees.

In the present invention, the content attribute data includes content keyword data representing an attribute of the content,
The content distribution server preferably performs morphological analysis of the summary data and generates summary attribute data including summary keyword data obtained as a result of the morpheme analysis.

According to such a configuration, the content attribute data includes content keyword data representing an attribute of the content,
The content distribution server can perform morphological analysis of the summary data, and can produce summary attribute data including summary keyword data obtained as a result of the morpheme analysis.

  Accordingly, the content distribution server may be able to distribute content efficiently and with high accuracy using a keyword obtained by morphological analysis.

  In the present invention, it is preferable that the summary data is configured in an RSS format.

  According to such a configuration, the content distribution server has an effect of being able to insert and distribute the content into the summary data configured in the RSS format.

  As a result, the content distribution server efficiently distributes content by using summary data that is configured by an RSS format that is viewed by an RSS reader that has become popular in recent years and that is edited and updated by an RSS editor. be able to.

  According to the present invention, when the summary data of the Web document stored in the Web document server is updated, the content distribution server automatically displays various contents related to the updated summary data of the user. Can be distributed to terminals. Further, the content distribution server can automatically generate the summary data even when the Web document server does not store and manage the summary data, and can automatically distribute the content by the above-described method. Become. Further, the content distribution server may be able to efficiently distribute content including advertisements and the like by utilizing a technology such as RSS as one of the formats constituting the summary data.

An example of a preferred embodiment according to the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.
[System overall configuration]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a computer system 1 according to an example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The content distribution server 10 and its administrator terminal 15 are connected via a communication network 51, the Web document server 20 and its administrator terminal 25 are connected via a communication network 52, and the content provider's content server 30 is connected. And the administrator terminal 35 are connected via a communication network 53, and these devices and the user terminal 40 are connected via a communication network 50. There is no restriction | limiting in the number of these apparatuses, You may comprise by 1 or multiple as needed.
[Functional configuration of each server]

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the main functional configuration of each server constituting the computer system 1 according to an example of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. The web document server (publisher) 20 stores document data 221 that includes the web document data 222 or its summary data 223 or both. The document data 221 is received by the Web document server 20 from time to time by accepting an operation of the administrator terminal 25 (not shown here) by an administrator who has editing authority, or by updating means realized by a dedicated program. It has been updated.

  Further, the content server 30 of the content provider stores distribution source content data 321. The distribution source content data 321 is updated at any time by accepting an operation of the administrator terminal 35 (not shown here) by an administrator having editing authority, or by an updating means realized by a dedicated program. Content data (content) 122 representing link information to be inserted into Web document data to be displayed on the user's terminal 40 is provided.

  Further, the document data update monitoring unit 111 of the content distribution server 10 periodically monitors the update status of the document data 221 stored in the Web document server 20 and stores the summary data 121.

  Here, when the summary data 223 itself stored in the Web document server 20 is updated, the summary data 223 is received and stored as the summary data 121, and the Web document server 20 stores and manages the summary data 223. Without storing the original Web document data 222, the document data update monitoring unit 111 monitors the update of the Web document data 222. When the Web document data 222 is updated, Web document data 222 is received, and summary data 121 is generated and stored based on the Web document data 222.

  On the other hand, the content data receiving means 112 is a distribution source stored in the content server 30 of the content provider by receiving an operation of the administrator terminal 15 by an administrator having editing authority or by a receiving means realized by a dedicated program. Data including link information to the content data 321 is received and stored as content data (content) 122.

Furthermore, the summary data analysis unit 113 extracts keywords by performing morphological analysis on the Web document data in response to the summary data 121 being stored. Further, the link insertion unit 114 inserts link information to the distribution source content data 321 including the keyword related to the summary data 121 into the keyword portion based on the extracted keyword (summary data 123 after link insertion). ). In this way, in response to a request from the user terminal 40, the summary data transmission unit 115 transmits the summary data 123 after the link is inserted.
[Configuration of each server and terminal]

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a content distribution server 10, a Web document server 20, a content provider content server 30, and a user terminal 40 that implement an information extraction method according to an example of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. It is. For example, in the content distribution server 10, the control unit 110, the storage unit 120, the communication interface unit 130, the input unit 140, and the display unit 150 are connected via the bus 160.

  The control unit 110 is an information calculation processing device that performs calculation and processing of information, and may be a CPU (Central Processing Unit). In addition, the control unit 110 controls the entire content distribution server 10 and appropriately reads and executes various programs stored in the storage unit 120 so that the above-described hardware cooperates and performs various functions according to the present invention. Realized.

  Here, the display unit 150 displays a screen for accepting data input to the user, or displays a screen of a calculation processing result by the content distribution server 10, and includes a cathode ray tube display device (CRT) and a liquid crystal display device. (LCD) and other display devices.

  Here, the input unit 140 accepts input by the user, and may include a keyboard, a pointing device, and the like. The input unit 140 can be connected to the content distribution server 10 directly or via an intervening I / O controller.

  Here, the communication interface unit 130 is a network adapter for enabling the content distribution server 10 to be connected to a terminal via a dedicated network or a public network. The communication interface unit 130 may include a modem, a cable modem, and an Ethernet (registered trademark) adapter.

  Here, the storage unit 120 may include a local memory used for program execution in combination with the control unit 110, a large-capacity bulk memory, and a cache memory used for efficiently searching the bulk memory. . The computer readable medium that implements the storage unit 120 may include an electrical, magnetic, optical, or electromagnetic implementation. More specifically, semiconductor storage devices, magnetic tapes, flexible disks, random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), optical disks including CD-ROM, CD-R / W and DVD are included. It is.

Further, the administrator terminal 15 of the content distribution server, the Web document server 20, the administrator terminal 25, the content server 30 of the content provider, the administrator terminal 35, and the user terminal 40 have the same configuration as the content distribution server 10. Have.
[Document data update monitoring processing]

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing document data update monitoring processing by the content distribution server 10 according to an example of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

  First, the control unit 110 refers to the document data 221 (Web document data 222 or summary data 223) stored in the Web document server 20 at a predetermined timing by the document data update monitoring unit 111, and the target document data 221 is recorded. It monitors (confirms) that the (Web document data 222 or summary data 223) is updated and stored in the storage unit 220 (step S110). For example, the Web document server 20 is monitored (confirmed) via the communication networks 50, 51, and 52 at appropriate timings set in advance by the administrator, such as every 10 minutes, every hour, or every day.

  Next, the control unit 110 determines whether or not the document data 221 (Web document data 222 or summary data 223) has been updated as a result of step S110 (step S120). Specifically, the control unit 110 determines whether the summary data 223 has been updated, or if the web document server 20 does not store or manage the summary data 223, the original web document data 222 has been updated. Determine whether or not. If updated, the control unit 110 moves the process to step S130. If not updated, the process returns to step S110 and repeats the series of processes. In step S130, the control unit 110 updates and stores the summary data 121 based on the contents of the updated document data 221 (Web document data 222 or summary data 223).

  Specifically, for example, the control unit 110 receives the Web document data 222 and newly generates the summary data 121 based on the Web document data 222, or receives the summary data 223 and receives the summary data 121. Is stored in the storage unit 120.

  At this time, if the person who updated the Web document data 222 or the summary data 223 is a user stored in the content distribution server 10 in advance to participate in an affiliate program or the like, the user is identified. User identification data (e-mail address data, member ID data, etc.) is inserted into the summary data 121 in the same manner. The user identification data may be used when receiving fee distribution in an affiliate program or the like when content data (content) 122 inserted into the summary data 121 in a link insertion process described later is referred to by the user. it can.

  Furthermore, the control unit 110 continues to monitor that the summary data 121 once stored is updated (for example, additional writing, excerpt, reformatting, format conversion, etc.) by a user participating in the affiliate program, etc. The updated user identification data (e-mail address data, member ID data, etc.) may be inserted into the summary data 121.

  In this way, once the stored summary data 121 is updated by a user participating in an affiliate program or the like, it can be re-targeted for link insertion processing, and the control unit 110 can store multi-layered content data. (Content) 122 insertion processing can be executed.

  As described above, the control unit 110 receives the operation of the administrator terminal 15 by the administrator, and thereby ends the above-described series of processing (step S140), and the document stored in the Web document server 20 updated as needed. Summary data 121 based on data 221 (Web document data 222 or summary data 223) is stored as needed.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the summary data 121 described above. For the summary data ID of the Web document data 222 (or summary data 223), the sender URL of the corresponding Web document data 222 (or summary data 223) and the sender ID of the Web document data 222 (or summary data 223) The summary attribute data including keywords (summary keyword data) included in the summary data 121 (extracted by morpheme analysis described later) and the contents of the summary data 121 are stored.

  Here, when the operator of the Web document server 20 participates in an affiliate program or the like, the sender URL, sender ID, and the like are the content data inserted into the summary data 121 by a link insertion process described later. (Content) 122 is used when a fee is distributed or the like according to the reference by the user.

Thus, whenever the Web document data 222 (or summary data 223) is updated, the summary data 121 including the above-described data is updated.
[Content data reception processing]

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing content data reception processing by the content distribution server 10 according to an example of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

  First, the control unit 110 receives a content distribution request from the administrator terminal 15 by the content data receiving unit 112 (step S210). Specifically, the URL of the distribution source content data 321 as link data to the target content of the distribution source, keyword data for associating with the above-described Web document data, and the like are received from the administrator terminal 15.

  Next, the control unit 110 generates and stores content data (content) 122 including link data to the distribution source content data 321 based on the received data (step S220).

  As described above, the control unit 110 receives the operation of the administrator terminal 15 by the administrator, and stores the content data (content) 122 as needed until the above-described series of processing ends (step S230). .

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the content data (content) 122 described above. For each content ID, content attribute data including the URL of the corresponding distribution source content data 321, keywords (content keyword data), and the like are stored.

In this way, every time the administrator receives an operation on the administrator terminal 15, the content data (content) 122 including the above-described data is stored.
[Summary data analysis and link insertion processing]

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing summary data analysis and link insertion processing by the content distribution server 10 according to an example of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

  First, the control unit 110 checks whether the summary data 121 has been updated by the document data update monitoring unit 111 (step S310). When it is determined that it has been updated, the control unit 110 moves the process to step S320, and when it is determined that it has not been updated, the process of step S310 is repeated.

  In step S320, the control unit 110 performs morphological analysis of the summary data 121 by the summary data analysis unit 113, extracts keywords, and updates the summary data 121 (step S320). Specifically, the extracted keyword is added to the keyword column of the summary data 121 described above. In the example shown in FIG. 5, two keywords are extracted for the Web document ID 003 and stored as two records, but two keywords are stored in the keyword column for one Web document ID. You may make it do.

  Next, the control unit 110 inserts the content data (content) 122 (for example, link data to the distribution source content data 321) into the summary data 121 by the link insertion unit 114 (step S330). Specifically, content data (content) 122 having keywords (content keyword data) related to keywords (summary keyword data) stored as summary attribute data of summary data 121 shown in FIG. The content data (content) 122 shown in FIG. 7 is searched, and the content data (content) 122 (URL of the distribution source content data 321) is inserted into the keyword portion of the summary data 121.

As described above, the control unit 110 receives the operation of the administrator terminal 15 by the administrator, and repeats the above-described processing until the above-described series of processing ends (step S340).
[Summary data transmission process]

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing summary data transmission processing by the content distribution server 10 according to an example of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

  First, in response to receiving the request from the user's terminal 40 by the summary data transmitting unit 115 (step S410), the control unit 110 transmits the above-described summary data 123 after the link insertion to the user's terminal 40. (Step S420). In this manner, the content distribution server 10 transmits the summary data 123 into which the link to the distribution source content data 321 is inserted to the user terminal 40.

  Thus, the Web document in which the link is inserted is displayed on the user terminal 40, and when the user clicks the link, the distribution source content data 321 can be referred to by the URL indicated by the link. .

  FIG. 10 is an example of an embodiment in which the above-described series of processing is applied to an affiliate program using the RSS technology.

  When a summary (for example, summary data 223) is updated on a website that manages RSS-compatible blogs, a link to an advertisement is appropriately inserted by the above-described processing. There is a possibility that a user who has viewed this by using an RSS reader or the like will refer to the advertisement by clicking the link to the advertisement. With such a mechanism, it becomes possible to realize an affiliate program using the RSS technology.

  FIG. 11 is an example of an incentive improving affiliate program according to the present invention.

  The above-described document indicates that a user who has browsed a summary such as a blog using an RSS reader or the like adds a new summary to the browsed summary (for example, summary data 123), thereby adding the new summary. When the data update monitoring unit 111 recognizes, the above-described series of processing is performed.

  As a result, not only the user who posted the first blog but also the user who added the summary may be able to participate in the affiliate program. By repeating such a series of processing, related summaries are accumulated in a short period of time, and content can be distributed efficiently compared to conventional HTML search and bulletin board reference. There is.

  FIG. 12 is an example of RSS data (for example, “contents of summary data” of summary data 123) updated in the incentive improving affiliate program shown in FIG. It can be seen that the <item> element and the <image> element are added to the added summary.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not restricted to embodiment mentioned above. The effects described in the embodiments of the present invention are only the most preferable effects resulting from the present invention, and the effects of the present invention are limited to those described in the embodiments of the present invention. is not.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a computer system 1 according to an example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram showing the main function structures of each server which comprises the computer system 1 which concerns on an example of suitable embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the content delivery server 10, the web document server 20, the content server 30 of a content delivery origin, and the user's terminal 40 which implement | achieve the information extraction method which concerns on an example of suitable embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the document data update monitoring process by the content delivery server 10 which concerns on an example of suitable embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the above-mentioned summary data 121. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the content data reception process by the content delivery server 10 which concerns on an example of suitable embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the above-mentioned content data (content) 122. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the summary data analysis and link insertion process by the content delivery server 10 which concerns on an example of suitable embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the summary data transmission process by the content delivery server 10 which concerns on an example of suitable embodiment of this invention. It is an example of embodiment at the time of applying the above-mentioned series of processes to the affiliate program using RSS technology. It is an example of the incentive improvement type affiliate program by the present invention. It is an example of RSS data updated in the incentive improvement type affiliate program shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Computer system 10 Content delivery server 20 Web document server 30 Content server 40 User's terminal 50, 51, 52, 53 Communication network 15, 25, 35 Administrator terminal 110, 210, 310, 410 Control part 120, 220, 320, 420 Storage unit 130, 230, 330, 430 Communication interface unit 140, 240, 340, 440 Input unit 150, 250, 350, 450 Display unit 160, 260, 360, 460 Bus 223, 121, 123 Summary data

Claims (9)

A method for distributing content by a content distribution server connected to a user terminal and a Web document server via a communication network,
The content distribution server includes a storage unit that stores content attribute data representing at least content attributes,
A summary data update confirmation step for confirming at a predetermined interval that summary data of the web document stored in the web document server has been updated;
A summary data receiving step of receiving the summary data from the web document server in response to confirming that the summary data has been updated;
A summary attribute data generation step of analyzing the received summary data and generating summary attribute data;
By comparing the generated summary attribute data with the content attribute data, the content related to the received summary data is inserted as a part of the received summary data and stored in the storage unit A content insertion step;
A summary data transmission step of transmitting the summary data after the insertion to the user terminal in response to receiving the summary data transmission request from the user terminal. The method of claim 1, comprising:
In the summary data update confirmation step, when the web document server does not store summary data, the content distribution server confirms at a predetermined interval that the web document stored in the web document server has been updated. And
A Web document data receiving step in which the content distribution server receives the Web document data from the Web document server in response to confirming that the Web document data has been updated;
The content distribution server further includes a summary data generation step of generating summary data of the received Web document data;
In the summary attribute data generation step, the content distribution server analyzes the generated summary data, generates summary attribute data,
In the content insertion step, the content distribution server compares the generated summary attribute data with the content attribute data, thereby comparing the generated summary data with the content related to the generated summary data. A method of inserting as a part and storing it in the storage part. A method according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein
The content is connection data for referring to a predetermined Web document,
The storage unit further stores the connection data,
In the content insertion step, the content distribution server inserts the connection data into the summary data as content and stores the content in the storage unit. A method according to any of claims 1 to 3, wherein
The storage unit further stores user identification data for identifying the user,
The content distribution server further includes a user update confirmation step of confirming at a predetermined interval that the summary data stored in the storage unit has been updated by the user,
In response to confirming that the summary data has been updated by the user,
In the summary attribute data generation step, the content distribution server analyzes the summary data updated by the user, generates summary attribute data,
In the content insertion step, the content distribution server further inserts the user identification data as a part of the summary data and stores it in the storage unit. A method according to any of claims 1 to 4, comprising
The storage unit further stores server identification data for identifying the Web document server,
In the content insertion step, the content distribution server further inserts the server identification data as a part of the summary data and stores it in the storage unit. A method according to any of claims 1 to 5, comprising
The content attribute data includes content keyword data representing an attribute of the content,
In the summary attribute data generation step, the content distribution server performs a morphological analysis of the summary data and generates summary attribute data including summary keyword data obtained as a result of the morpheme analysis. A method according to any of claims 1 to 6, comprising
A method in which the summary data is configured in an RSS format. A content distribution server for distributing content connected to a user terminal and a Web document server via a communication network,
A storage unit for storing content attribute data representing at least the content attribute;
Summary data confirmation means for confirming at a predetermined interval that summary data of a web document stored in the web document server has been updated;
Summary data receiving means for receiving the summary data from the web document server in response to confirming that the summary data has been updated;
Summary attribute data generation means for analyzing the received summary data and generating summary attribute data;
By comparing the generated summary attribute data with the content attribute data, the content related to the received summary data is inserted as a part of the received summary data and stored in the storage unit Content insertion means;
A content distribution server comprising: summary data transmission means for transmitting the inserted summary data to the user terminal in response to receiving the summary data transmission request from the user terminal. The content distribution server according to claim 8, wherein
The summary data confirmation means confirms at a predetermined interval that the web document stored in the web document server is updated when the web document server does not store the summary data.
Web document data receiving means for receiving the Web document data from the Web document server in response to confirming that the Web document data has been updated;
Further comprising: summary data generation means for generating summary data of the received Web document data;
The summary attribute data generation means analyzes the generated summary data, generates summary attribute data,
The content insertion means compares the generated summary attribute data with the content attribute data to insert content related to the generated summary data as a part of the generated summary data. A content distribution server stored in the storage unit.

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