JP2008219842A - Content contribution and distribution system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a system manager to implement various measures such as the stop of distribution to a viewer etc. by simple operation for a motion picture contributed from a contributor and stored in a distribution server. <P>SOLUTION: A content contribution and distribution system is equipped with: a contribution motion picture approval means for enabling a system manager to view contents beforehand to acquire information about the right and wrong of distribution to a viewer, the contents uploaded by accessing an administrative server from a terminal device of a contributor while being related with specific identification information, and the distribution server for storing contents which have acquired the approval information of which the distribution is right. A management server is equipped with a channel-by-channel management information output means which displays information relating to the current distribution approval information of contents registered in a database on the basis of a request from a terminal device for the system manager operated by the system manager. The system manager can carry out various measures against the distribution of contents interactively with a screen on the basis of the displayed current distribution approval information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a system for posting content such as moving images using the Internet and a service for distributing the posted content to a viewer's terminal device.

  With the spread of Internet technology, information distribution systems that provide various types of information in various fields have been developed and put into practical use. Information provided in these systems is character information, still images, and moving images, and includes information including sound.

  As a system of this type that has been put into practical use, for example, a system that transmits a moving image including audio captured by a mobile phone or a still image to an email and transmits it to a family member or friend, or audio captured by a mobile phone or the like. There is a moving image posting and delivery system that provides a service for posting a moving image including a posting to a Web server and distributing the posted moving image to a terminal device such as a mobile phone of a viewer.

  Various technologies have already been proposed for a system for distributing moving images to a viewer's mobile phone using the Internet. For example, inventions described in the following patent documents have been proposed.

  JP 2002-190867 A   JP 2004-222124 A

  Patent Document 1 includes a moving image content storage unit that stores moving image content distributed to a mobile phone and an advertising data storage unit that stores moving image or still image advertising data in a service site that distributes moving image content. As a system provided, a moving image distribution service method has been proposed that distributes moving image content and advertising content to a mobile phone that has made a moving image distribution request by accessing a moving image content distribution service site.

  In Patent Document 2, in response to a video file download request from a mobile phone, the video distribution server determines the model of the mobile phone from which the video file is downloaded, and determines video generation parameters such as the screen size and the number of colors. To do. A moving image distribution server has been proposed that generates a moving image file for download based on the moving image generation parameter and distributes it to a mobile phone that has requested distribution.

  The inventions described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2 relate to a system for distributing a moving image stored on a Web site that provides a moving image distribution service to a mobile phone that has requested distribution. Accordingly, a video including images taken by a contributor including various companies is uploaded to a Web server and stored (stored), and the video stored in the Web server is distributed to the mobile phone of the viewer who made the distribution request. It is not a system that is designed to do so.

  As described above, with improvements in performance and functions of mobile phones in recent years, videos taken with mobile phones are posted to a Web server using the Internet, and videos stored in this Web server are carried by viewers. A system that distributes to telephones, that is, a system for posting and distributing moving images, will be developed and put into practical use as a business.

The following matters are particularly important when such a service system for posting and distributing moving images is put into practical use.
(1) A contributor must be able to post a moving image with a simple operation of a terminal device such as a mobile phone. Also, the contributor must be able to post new videos repeatedly.
(2) For videos that are posted by contributors and stored on a server, etc., the system administrator can perform actions on the posted videos, such as “Distribution impossible” and “Distribution stop”, as necessary. .

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a system administrator for censoring a moving image or the like posted from a poster and uploaded to a Web server in a posting distribution system for moving images or the like using a terminal device such as a mobile phone. It is an object of the present invention to provide a system capable of performing editing, “non-distributable”, “stop distribution” and the like.

The content posting and delivery system of the present invention accesses the management server, associates the content with the attribute information of the content with a preset identification number, and uploads it to the stock server.
The stock server provided with posted video approval means for obtaining determination information related to whether or not to be delivered to the viewer from the terminal device for system administrator who viewed the uploaded content, and the determination information by the posted video approval means A distribution server that stores the content acquired approval information as distribution in a storage area associated with the identification number;
The viewer's terminal device for viewing the content stored in the distribution server;
The management server comprises
For each of the identification information, a database in which the attribute information related to the content associated with the identification information and the information related to the determination information are registered;
Based on a request from the stock server or the terminal device for the system manager, it comprises channel management information output means for referring to the database and outputting at least information related to the determination information in association with the identification number. It is characterized by being.

  Furthermore, in the present invention, the posted moving image approval means includes at least a posted moving image approval Web page for acquiring determination information related to whether or not distribution to a viewer is possible.

  Further, in the present invention, the posted moving image approval Web page includes a means for editing the content uploaded to the stock server.

  Furthermore, in the present invention, the posted video approval Web page includes means for combining a video related to an advertisement stored in the stock server with the content uploaded to the stock server. Yes.

  Further, in the present invention, the channel management information output means includes a viewing means for viewing the content corresponding to the identification number.

  Furthermore, in the present invention, the channel management information output means includes distribution stop means for registering the content corresponding to the identification number in the database to stop distribution of the content to the viewer's terminal device. It is a feature.

  Furthermore, in the present invention, the channel management information output means includes redistribution means for registering the content corresponding to the identification number for which distribution has been stopped in the database for redistribution to the viewer's terminal device. It is characterized by having.

Furthermore, in this invention, the said management server is based on the request | requirement from the said stock server or the said terminal device for system administrators,
A content delivery date and time setting Web page for displaying at least one of the attribute information related to the content registered in the database, a delivery date and a delivery time zone thereof in a time table;
Content distribution date and time setting means for supporting an operation of assigning the content attribute information displayed on the content distribution date and time setting web page to the time table in an interactive manner is provided.

  In the content posting / delivery system of the present invention described above, the content indicates a moving image or a still image, a moving image or a still image including sound, or a moving image or a still image including sound and character (text information) information. These moving images or still images are images taken with a mobile phone or images taken with a digital video camera or the like.

  Further, the above-described identification information is unique identification information (channel number) consisting of a predetermined number of digits preset by the management operator side of the system. The system administrator side assigns one or more channel numbers to the content contributors who have registered as users. As a result, in this system, the content posted by the poster is associated with the channel number assigned to the poster and uploaded to the server. In other words, the channel number assigned to the poster is set for the content posted by the poster.

  In addition, the management operator side of the system lends a predetermined number of channel numbers, for example, 1000 types, to contractors (information providing service providers) that provide video posting and distribution services, and contractors that provide post distribution services are: It may be a system that lends (gives) this channel number to a poster who has registered as a user.

  The terminal device of the poster and viewer described above is a mobile phone having an Internet connection function, a mail transmission / reception function, and a video imaging and playback function, or a personal computer having an Internet connection function, a mail transmission / reception function, and a video playback function. Indicates a computer.

  The present invention relates to content posted from a poster's mobile phone or the like and uploaded to a stock server, or posted video stored on a distribution server. As a result, it is possible to perform management operations such as content censorship and editing operations or content distribution stoppage accurately and efficiently, so that the reliability of the system can be improved.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an example of a system configuration for implementing the system of the present invention.

[System configuration]
In FIG. 1, 1a, 1b, and 1c are terminal devices (hereinafter referred to as “poster's terminal devices”) composed of a contributor's mobile phone or personal computer that performs user registration and posts content. A server to be a reception site (hereinafter referred to as a reception site), 3 is a management server, 4 is a mail server, and receives an email attached with content (hereinafter referred to as a posted video) posted from the terminal device 1a of the poster. To become a mail server. 5 is a stock server, 5a is a system administrator terminal device that performs operations such as censorship for posted videos by accessing the stock server 5, 6a and 6b are distribution servers, and 7a, 7b, and 7c are viewing A terminal device (hereinafter referred to as a viewer's mobile phone) composed of a mobile phone or a personal computer.

  Consists of the terminal device 1c of the contributor composed of the personal computer described above, the reception site 2, the management server 3, the mail server 4, the stock server 5, the terminal device 5a for the system administrator, the distribution servers 6a and 6b, and the personal computer. The viewer terminal device 7 c is connected to the Internet 8. Also, the cellular phones 1a and 1b, which are poster terminals, and the cellular phones 7a and 7b, which are viewer terminals, are connected to the Internet 8 via the ground base station 9 and the server 10 of the cellular phone service company. Has been.

  Further, the contributor's mobile phones 1a and 1b are required to have an Internet connection function, a camera function, and a mail transmission / reception function. This camera function has specifications established by 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) or 3GPP2 (3rd Generation Partnership Project 2), etc., in order to further demonstrate the functions of this system. It is more desirable to have an imaging and playback function. In the following description, when the poster terminal device 1a, 1b, 1c of the poster is described as a representative, it will be described as the poster's mobile phone 1a.

  The reception site 2 uses the content distribution system of this content to register a user for a user who wants to post a video and obtain attribute information related to the user. This is a site provided with a Web page or the like for accessing when a viewer makes a distribution request. The reception site 2 is, for example, a website of an information providing service provider that provides a service for posting a moving image from a contributor using this system and distributing the posted moving image to a viewer.

  In registration processing of a user who wants to post a moving image using the above-described user registration Web page, at least the poster who owns the user's terminal device 1a, 1b, or 1c as attribute information related to the user The machine number and mail address of 1a are acquired. Further, in addition to the machine number, attribute information such as a contributor's name, address, and mobile phone number is acquired as necessary. The acquired attribute information related to the user is registered in a database provided in the reception site 2 and the management server 3.

  In the present embodiment, the reception site 2 is a site that publishes a Web page for viewing the posted moving image based on the viewer's access to the terminal device 7a.

  Further, the reception site 2 may be provided with a search Web page for viewing the posted moving image with respect to the terminal device 7a of the accessed viewer. This search Web page can search for a posted video to be viewed from, for example, the name of the poster (including company name and nickname), the title of the video, the date of posting, the field of the video (genre or category), the distribution date and time, and the like. Like that. When a title name or the like of the searched video is clicked, a link is established so that the posted video is distributed to the viewer's terminal device 7a.

  The management server 3 is an indispensable server in the present system, and is provided to control and execute the posting and distribution of moving images. The management server 3 mainly performs the processes described in the following (1) to (5).

  (1) When the contributor accesses the reception site 2 from the mobile phone 1a and performs user registration, the reception site 2 is unique to the body number of the mobile phone 1a acquired from the poster's mobile phone 1a. The process of issuing a channel number (identification information) is performed. Then, a process for contacting the issued channel number by e-mail to the mobile phone 1a having the machine number that issued the channel number is performed. Thereby, the contributor can confirm that the user registration has been completed for the system.

  (2) The management server 3 becomes a server for accessing when a poster posts a moving image from the mobile phone 1a. Then, when the contributor's mobile phone 1a accesses the management server 3 and performs an operation of posting a moving image, the management server 3 performs a process of acquiring the machine number of the mobile phone 1a, and this machine number is stored in the database in advance. The process of confirming whether or not it is registered in is performed. That is, an authentication process is performed to determine whether or not a poster who has registered as a user intends to post a moving image using his / her mobile phone 1a.

  (3) Support and control for sending (posting) a moving picture posted by the poster from the mobile phone 1a to the mail server 4. This posting support control is mainly performed by various Web pages displayed on the mobile phone 1a by the management server 3. Furthermore, the management server 3 controls the moving image posted from the mobile phone 1a to be posted in association with the channel number issued for the machine number of the mobile phone 1a. After the stored video is temporarily stored in the stock server 5 and subjected to predetermined processing, the posted moving image that has been approved for distribution is a predetermined storage (storage) area of the distribution server 6a or 6b, that is, a URL associated with the channel number. The control for memorizing is performed.

  (4) When the viewer's mobile phone 7a accesses the reception site 2 and makes a video viewing request, the video stored in the distribution servers 6a and 6b is received based on the request from the reception site 2. Control for distribution to the mobile phone 7a of the viewer is performed.

  (5) When the system administrator terminal device 5a accesses the stock server 5 and performs an operation such as censorship on the posted video (posted video) or various maintenance operations on the posted video, the stock server 5 Processing such as transmitting necessary information is performed.

  The management server 3 includes various programs, a database, and a data table in order to execute various processes including the processes described above. These details will be described later.

  The mail server 4 is a server to which the mail is transmitted when the moving image stored in the cellular phone 1a of the poster is posted with the mail attached. The mail server 4 includes a program (mail reception processing program) for performing predetermined processing by performing data communication with the management server 3 when a mail attached with a file of the posted moving image is received from the mobile phone 1a. The file of the posted moving image received by the mail server 4 and the text information described in the mail are transmitted to the stock server 5 based on the information received from the management server 3.

  The stock server 5 is a server (editing server) for temporarily storing the posted video received from the mail server 4 and for the system administrator to perform censorship and various editing operations on the posted video. . For these operations, the system administrator operates the system administrator terminal device 5a to access the stock server 5, and performs, for example, the following operations (1) to (4). In this embodiment, the system administrator is an administrator on the information providing service provider side.

  (1) Accessing the stock server 5 from the terminal device 5a for system managers, viewing posted videos temporarily stored in the stock server 5 in advance, and inappropriate videos that are contrary to public order and morals (harmful A moving image) or a blurred moving image or the like is determined, and the determination information is input. If it is determined that an inappropriate moving image has been posted, a process of not distributing the posted moving image to the viewer's mobile phone 7a is performed. That is, an instruction for deleting the posted moving image is given. This determination information input operation by the system administrator is performed in an interactive manner with the operation screen (posted moving image approval Web page K shown in FIG. 8) displayed on the system administrator terminal device 5a by the stock server 4.

  (2) As a result of viewing the video posted by the system administrator according to (1) above, there are some inadequacies, for example, the playback time (viewing time) is too long, there are unclear parts, or the screen size is inadequate. If there is, the system administrator uses the video editing software to edit the posted video. This posted video editing operation starts the video editing software provided in the system administrator terminal device 5a, and then downloads the posted video stored in the stock server 5 to the system administrator terminal device 5a. To do. When the editing operation is completed, an operation of uploading the edited posted video to the stock server 5 is performed.

  (3) If the posted video is determined to be “distributable (not harmful)” by performing the above operation (1) or (2), the video of the posted video is composed of advertising information such as a company or the like. An operation to create a posted video file with an advertisement video combined with still images is performed interactively with the screen. In this operation, an operation for combining the advertisement video with the head position, the end position, or the head position and the end position of the posted moving image file is performed in an interactive manner with the screen. As a result, a moving image file with one advertising video is created by combining the advertising video with the posted video. The advertisement video is played back on a mobile phone so that the viewing time is, for example, about 5 to 10 seconds. In order to increase the advertising effect when the viewer views the posted video, it is preferable to perform an operation of combining the advertising video at the start position and the end position of the posted video.

  In the present invention, the operation of combining the advertisement video with the posted moving image of (3) is not necessarily required, and may be appropriately adopted according to the service purpose of the posted moving image posting distribution system, the request of the poster, and the like.

  (4) The posted video that has been approved as “distributable” by the system administrator by performing the operations (1) and (2) and (3) as necessary. Is performed to give an instruction to the stock server for transferring to the distribution server 6a or 6b.

  The system administrator terminal device 5a described above is composed of a personal computer for accessing the stock server 5, and includes a web browser that is software for accessing a web site, software for playing back a movie, and a movie. Prepare software for editing. In FIG. 1, only one system manager terminal device 5a is shown, but a plurality of terminal devices 5a operated by a plurality of system managers may be installed as necessary.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, when the video posted by the contributor is combined with the video composed of the advertisement information of the company or the like, and the video with the advertising video is distributed to the viewer's mobile phone 7a, this system The operator side can obtain a price from the advertiser for distributing the video with the advertisement video. As a result, there is an effect that it is possible to make free a fee for a poster to post a moving image and a fee for a viewer to view the posted moving image using this system. As described above, it is not always necessary to combine the advertisement video with the posted video.

The distribution servers 6a and 6b are posted video files obtained by combining the advertisement video data by the stock server 5, or posted video files that have been approved for “distributable” to the viewer's mobile phone 7a. This is a server for storing (storing) unconnected files in a predetermined storage area.
When a viewing (distribution) request is generated from the viewer's mobile phone 7a to the management server 3 via the reception site 2 or the like, the management server 3 displays the moving images stored in the distribution servers 6a and 6b. Control to distribute to the mobile phone 7a is performed. The predetermined storage area (URL) for storing the moving image file in the distribution servers 6a and 6b is, for example, a channel number associated with each posted moving image by a program provided in the distribution servers 6a and 6b. A storage area (URL) including information or a file name is created and stored in the created storage area.

  When the scale of this system is small, only one distribution server is required. However, when the size of the system increases and the number of posted video files to be stored increases, a plurality of distribution servers are provided to distribute the posted video files. It is desirable to memorize it. In the following description, when the distribution servers 6a and 6b are described as a representative, they are described as the distribution server 6a.

  The viewer's mobile phones 7a and 7b are terminal devices for accessing the reception site 2 and making a video distribution request. The mobile phones 7a and 7b are required to have an Internet connection function and a function of reproducing moving images such as 3GPP or 3GPP2 format.

  In the system configuration example shown in FIG. 1 for implementing the present invention described above, the management server 3 and the mail server 4 are shown as separate servers. You may make it comprise with a server.

In addition, the management operation when the system is developed and implemented can be performed as follows, for example.
(1) The reception site 2 is managed and operated by an information providing service company that provides video posting and distribution services. Web pages for viewing requests and the like are published on the Internet at the reception site 2.
(2) The management server 3, the mail server 4, and the stock server (editing server) 5 are owned and managed by a management operator (a management operator of the management server 3) separate from the information providing service company. . The distribution servers 6a and 6b are also managed by the management operator of the management server 3.
(3) The system administrator terminal device 5a is owned by the information providing service company described above, and the system administrator belonging to the information providing service company accesses the stock server 5 to perform the above-described censoring operation of the posted video. Like that.

  When the management operation as described in the above (1) to (3) is adopted for this system, the management server 3 can manage the video posting / delivery service system implemented by each information providing service company. . In addition, the management operation side of the management server 3 grants a right to use a predetermined number of channel numbers, for example, 1000 channels from “000001” to “001000” to the video posting distribution system of the information providing service company by contract. In addition, it is possible to obtain a price for a service for posting and distributing moving images.

[Software and database configuration]
Next, an outline of software (programs) and databases provided in each server in order to operate this system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 does not describe basic software (server OS), Web browser, mail software, and the like for operating the server.

The reception site 2 includes a poster registration program P21, a machine number acquisition program P22, a moving image posting situation storage program P23, a distribution (viewing) request reception program P24, and the like. In addition, as a database, a contributor database D1 (hereinafter referred to as a contributor DB (D1)) and a moving image posting situation accumulation database D2 (hereinafter referred to as a moving image posting situation accumulation DB (D2)) are provided.
The above-mentioned programs P21 to P24 are, for example, a program in which a Web site including the reception site 2 is mainly linked with a menu of a homepage of this system that is published on the Internet 8 for mobile phones, and describes a Web page. And a program for performing predetermined processing on data acquired via a Web page.

  The poster registration program P21 is a program for registering attribute information related to a poster who posts a moving image using this system. For example, this is a program for acquiring attribute information related to a poster from a user who has agreed to user registration as a poster by displaying a user registration Web page on the terminal device of the mobile phone 1a. As the attribute information related to the poster, at least the body number and the mail address of the mobile phone 1a that accessed the reception site 2 by the poster are acquired, and, if necessary, the name of the user from the mobile phone 1a, Attribute information such as an address is acquired.

  The above-described mobile phone body number is unique identification information for identifying each mobile phone, and the mobile phone has a number consisting of a predetermined number of digits or alphanumeric characters when the mobile phone is manufactured. Are stored in the storage device. When an external device such as a personal computer makes a request for transmission of the machine number to the mobile phone, the mobile phone executes a program for performing processing for transmitting the machine number stored in the storage device to the external device. I have.

  In this system, using this function of the mobile phone, the machine number acquisition program P22 acquires the machine number of the mobile phone 1a owned by the poster, and uses the acquired machine number as an attribute relating to the poster. As one piece of information, a process of registering in the poster DB (D1) and the database of the management server 3 is performed. In the present invention, in a mobile phone equipped with an IC card made of an IC chip, the identification number stored in the IC card may be registered as the machine number.

  Moreover, in this system, you may make it recruit the above-mentioned contributors using an advertisement paper surface. Then, for a contributor who has agreed to post a video using this system, the attribute information such as name, address, e-mail address, etc. related to the contributor is obtained in writing and stored in the contributor DB (D1) in advance. You may make it register. Further, the URL of the reception site for acquiring the mobile phone's machine number is transmitted to the mail address of the poster's mobile phone 1a registered in writing, and the poster's mobile phone 1a that has completed user registration transmits this URL. When the URL is accessed, the machine number may be acquired by a machine number acquisition program P22 described later.

  The machine number acquisition program P22 is a program for acquiring the machine number of the mobile phone 1a described above from the mobile phone 1a owned by the poster who has registered as a user by accessing the reception site 2. The acquired machine number is registered in the corresponding column of the contributor DB (D1), and the process of transmitting the acquired machine number to the management server 3 is further performed.

  The moving picture posting situation storage program P23 is a program for performing processing for storing history data of a posting of a moving picture in a moving picture posting situation storage database D2, which will be described later. This moving image posting situation storage program P23 operates by receiving a control signal from the management server 3 and attribute information related to the posting user and the posted moving image when the posting person accesses the management server 3 to post the moving image. Thus, the updating process of the moving image posting situation accumulation database D2 is performed.

  The distribution request reception program P24 is a program that operates when the viewer's mobile phone 7a accesses the reception site 2 and requests viewing of a posted moving image, and includes various distribution request Web pages. The distribution request Web page includes, for example, the above-described distribution request program guide or a search Web page for a viewer to search for a posted moving image in order to make a distribution request. Then, when the viewer designates, for example, the [view] link button or the title name of the posted video using the delivery request web page, the delivery request reception program P24 is embedded in the delivery request web page. The assigned channel number is transmitted to the management server 3. Upon receiving this channel number, the management server 3 controls the distribution control program P35 to distribute the requested moving image from the distribution server 6a to the mobile phone 7a.

  The contributor DB (D1) provided in the reception site 2 is a database in which attribute information related to a contributor who posts a moving image from the mobile phone 1a using this system is registered. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an example of a data configuration registered in the contributor DB (D1). The poster DB (D1) is created by the poster registration program P21 or the like.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the contributor DB (D1) includes a contributor name (name or company name, etc.) a1, a user name a2 serving as contributor ID information, a password a3, and a mobile phone owned by the contributor. The attribute information of the poster regarding the machine number a4 and mail address a5, channel number a6, poster address a7, etc. of 1a is registered.

  The video posting status accumulation DB (D2) is a database that stores information related to the posted results (history) based on information received from the management server 3 when a poster posted a video from the mobile phone 1a. is there. An example of the data structure of the moving image posting situation storage DB (D2) is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, in the video posting status accumulation DB (D2), in addition to the posting date (including hours and minutes) b1 and the channel number a6, the contributor name a1 and the posted video as necessary. Information on the title name b2, genre 3, etc. This moving image posting situation storage DB (D2) is used, for example, by the information providing service company managing the reception site 2 to check the posting state of moving images every day.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the management server 3 includes a posting support program P31, a body number acquisition program P32, a body number authentication program P33, a channel number issuance program P34, a distribution control program P35, a database creation program P36, and a channel management information output program. P37, a delivery date and time setting program P38, and the like. Also, as a database, a post management database D3 (hereinafter referred to as post management DB (D3)), a server management database D4 (hereinafter referred to as server management DB (D4)), a server-specific URL database D5 (hereinafter referred to as server-specific URL DB (D5)). )), A delivery date / time table (DT2) and the like are provided as data tables.

  The posting support program P31 is configured by a program for supporting the posting operation of posting a moving picture when the posting person accesses the management server 3 from the mobile phone 1a to post the moving picture. These programs are mainly composed of programs for describing various Web pages to be displayed on the screen of the mobile phone 1a. The contents of these various web pages will be described later.

  The machine number acquisition program P32 is one of the subprograms included in the posting support program P31. When the poster accesses the management server 3 from the mobile phone 1a to post a video, the machine number acquisition program P32 accesses the management server 3. This is a program for performing processing for obtaining the machine number of the poster's cellular phone 1a.

  The machine number authentication program P33 is a process for determining whether the machine number of the poster's mobile phone 1a acquired by the machine number acquisition program P32 is registered in advance in the post management DB (D3), that is, user registration This is a program for authenticating whether or not a legitimate contributor intends to post a moving image using the mobile phone 1 in which the machine number is registered in advance.

  The channel number issuing program P34, when the machine number acquisition program P22 of the reception site 2 acquires the machine number of the poster's mobile phone 1a registered as a user, has a unique number of digits for the acquired machine number. This is a program for issuing a channel number (a6) serving as identification information.

  As described above, the channel number is unique identification information composed of about 5 to 16 digits or alphanumeric characters, and is an identification number set in advance by the operator who manages the management server 3. This channel number is composed of, for example, “000001” to “999999” in the case of 6 digits.

  Then, the operator of the management server 3 assigns channel numbers from “000001” to “019999” to the information providing service company that carries out the business of the video posting and distribution service, or general companies, for example. Lend. Then, the information distribution service provider gives the right of use to one or more of the channel numbers to the user who has registered the video. The above-described channel number issuing program P34 is a program for performing a process of assigning one of the channel numbers to a poster who has registered as a user. The channel number issuance processing by the channel number issuance program P34 is performed, for example, by sequentially issuing the lent channel numbers “000001” to “999999” from the first channel number.

  When the distribution control program P35 of the management server 3 receives the channel number a6 corresponding to the posted video requested by the viewer from the reception site 2, the distribution server stores the posted video associated with the received channel number a6. Control is performed to distribute the moving image to the mobile phone 7a of the viewer who has requested the viewing of the posted moving image by obtaining the URL 6a or 6b.

  The database creation program P36 is a program for creating a posting management DB (D3), a server management DB (D4), and a server-specific URL DB (D5), which is not shown in FIG. And a program for maintenance (addition, deletion, etc.).

  The channel management information output program P37 refers to a database provided in the management server 3 to perform a process of outputting management information relating to the current distribution status of a posted moving image, for example, the status of current attribute information for each channel number. It is a program. The program P37 operates based on a request from the stock server 5 or the system manager terminal device 5a, for example.

  The distribution date and time setting program P38 supports the operation of determining the distribution date and time to be distributed to the viewer by the information providing service company for the posted video that has been posted from the contributor and has obtained approval information of “distributable”. It is a program for. The program P38 operates based on a request from the stock server 5 or the system manager terminal device 5a.

  The post management DB (D3) provided in the management server 3 is mainly requested when a contributor makes a request to post a video from the mobile phone 1a and when a viewer makes a request to view a posted video. It is a database that is referenced when executing control for. An example of the data configuration of the post management DB (D3) is shown in FIG.

  In the post management DB (D3), for each channel number a6, the system classification c1, the machine number a4, the mail address a5 set in the cellular phone 1a of the poster having this machine number a4, and the channel number a6 are set. The distribution start date (distribution start date and time) c2 at which the distribution of the posted moving image is started, and the information c3 related to the posting / distribution status of the posted moving image in which the channel number a6 is set are stored.

  As the information regarding the posting / distribution status c3, as shown in FIG. 5, the number of postings of the posted video with the channel number a6 is posted, and the approval information of “distributable” is obtained by watching this posted video. Number of times (number of approvals), information indicating whether or not the posted video that has obtained “distributable” information is currently being distributed (“distribution category”, “distribution stop”), “Access count” that counts and stores the number of times that a viewing request has been accessed from the terminal device 7a, the title name b2 of the posted video currently being distributed, and the like are included.

  Whether or not the posted video is currently being distributed is determined by, for example, storing “1” in the “distribution category” column shown in FIG. When the distribution of the moving image is canceled for some reason, “0” is stored in the “distribution category” column, and “1” is stored in the “distribution stop” column. In the system category c1 column, information for classifying a posting distribution system such as a video of an information providing service company, for example, a system category code is registered.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the server management DB (D4) is a database in which data related to the server classification d2 is registered for each channel number, for example, for each predetermined number range d1. For example, each channel number in the range of “000001” to “200000” is registered by setting “1” as the server classification.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the server-specific URL DB (D5) includes, for each server category d2, an address (e1) for the poster's mobile phone 1a to send a mail to the mail server 4, and the URL of the stock server 5 (E2) is a database in which data relating to the URL (e3) of the distribution servers 6a and 6b is registered. The address (e1) of the mail server 4 indicates the address of the mail server 4 that is the destination of the mail when the poster's mobile phone 1a transmits (posts) a moving image attached to the mail. The URL (e2) of the stock server 5 indicates a URL serving as a reception window when the mail server 4 transmits data such as a moving image posted to the stock server 5. The URL (e3) of the distribution servers 6a and 6b is a distribution server 6a or 6b that is a distribution server 6a or 6b for a posted video obtained from the distribution server 6a or 6b. The URL that becomes the reception window when the message is transmitted to is indicated.

  The delivery date / time table (DT2) is a data table in which the date / time of delivery of the posted moving image to the viewer is registered. In this system, when the distribution date and time is determined in advance for each posted video and the distribution is performed to the viewer, this distribution date table (DT2) is required for the management server 3 to control the distribution.

  As shown in FIG. 20, the delivery date / time table (DT2) is a two-dimensional table composed of a predetermined delivery time zone, for example, a time interval of 30 minutes to several hours, in the order of year, month, day. is there. Then, in each cell (frame) of the distribution date / time table (DT2), for example, the channel number of one posted moving image distributed to the viewer and the title name of the posted moving image corresponding to this channel number are set. That is, the delivery date / time table (DT2) is a data table representing a program guide for delivering a posted moving image.

  The data configuration of the above-described post management DB (D3), server management DB (D4), and server-specific URL DB (D5) includes the machine number a4, the channel number a6, the address (e1) of the mail server 4, and the stock server 5 URL (e2), URLs (e3) of distribution servers 6a and 6b, and mail address a5 of the contributor's mobile phone are associated (corresponding) with channel number a6 or machine number a4 as a key. There is a special feature. Thereby, various processes of the management server 3 including the process for the video posted by the contributor or the video requested by the viewer can be simplified, and the contributor can also set the channel number set for himself / herself. The effect is that it can be recognized as “My Channel”.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the mail server 4 includes a mail reception processing program P4. The mail reception processing program P4 is a program for performing reception processing of mail transmitted from the poster's mobile phone 1a and communication processing with the management server 3 and the stock server 4.

  The stock server 5 includes programs such as a transmission / reception processing program P51, a posted moving image approval processing program P52, a file conversion program P53, and an advertisement video combining program P54.

  Further, the stock server 5 includes a censor waiting table DT1, an advertisement video database D6 (hereinafter referred to as an advertisement video DB (D6)), and an advertisement video index table D7 (hereinafter referred to as an advertisement video index DT (D7)) as a data table and a database. ), A system administrator database D8 (hereinafter referred to as a system administrator DB (D8)).

  The advertisement video DB (D6) is a database that stores various advertisement video files in, for example, an AVI (Audio Video Interleaving) format. The advertisement video index DT (D7) is a preset advertisement video title name and advertiser name and an advertisement video in which the title name is set for various advertisement video files stored in the advertisement video DB (D6). Is a table in which storage locations (directories and file names) are stored. Further, the system administrator DB (D8) views the posted video uploaded to the stock server 5 with the system administrator terminal device 5a, and determines the determination information regarding whether or not distribution to the viewer is possible (distribution is possible or distribution is not possible). This is a database in which ID information related to a system administrator who performs an operation of inputting the ID is registered.

  The transmission / reception processing program P51 is a program for performing communication processing with the mail server 4, the distribution servers 6a and 6b, the management server 3, and the like.

  The posted video approval processing program P52, which is a posted video approval means, is mainly used by the system administrator for a posted video uploaded to the stock server 5 via the mail server 4 from the poster's mobile phone 1a. The device 5a is operated to perform censoring (checking) by viewing, and support for processing to input information (determination information) related to whether or not distribution is possible to indicate whether or not to be distributed to the viewer in a screen and interactive manner. It is a program for.

As described above, the censoring operation by the system manager is performed by the system manager operating the system manager terminal device 5a to access the newly posted video uploaded to the stock server 5.
In this operation, when the system administrator operates the system administrator terminal device 5a to access the stock server 5, the posted video approval processing program P52 of the stock server 5 displays the posted video approval Web page K shown in FIG. Processing to be displayed on the system manager terminal device 5a is performed. Then, the system administrator performs censoring operations and the like in an interactive manner with this display screen. The operations related to this censorship and the processing contents will be described later. In addition, the posted moving image approval processing program P52 includes a subprogram that operates in accordance with designation of various link buttons displayed on the posted moving image approval Web page K.

  The file conversion program P53, for example, a moving image (3GPP format or 3GPP2 format data) captured by the mobile phone 1a is in AVI (Audio Video Interleaving) format, WMV (Windows (registered trademark) Media Video: Microsoft Corporation) format, FLV ( (Flash Video) format and the like, a program for converting AVI format moving images to 3GPP format or 3GPP2 format, respectively. As these file conversion programs, commercially available programs can be used.

  The reason for converting the posted video file to WMV format or FLV format is that if the viewer's viewing terminal device is a personal computer, the posted video file is converted to WMV format or FLV format and delivered. This is because a moving image can be viewed as a streaming image. Further, when a poster posts a moving image from the terminal device 1c constituted by a personal computer, the file of the posted moving image is set in the WMV format.

  The advertisement video combining program P54 combines the moving image posted by the poster and converted into the AVI format by the file conversion program P53 and the AVI format advertising video into a single video file with an advertisement in the AVI format. It is a program that performs processing. As this advertisement video combination program P54, a commercially available program can be used. In addition, the advertisement video is combined with the posted moving image by performing processing for combining with both the top position and the end position of the file of the posted moving image or with either the start position or the end position.

[Configuration of Web Page K for Posting Movie Approval]
Next, the configuration of the posted moving image approval Web page K will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, the posted moving image approval web page K is a web page composed of one page having display areas Ka, Kb, Kc, and Kd. Of these, in the area Ka, an area Ka1 that displays the channel number corresponding to the posted video (new video) to be censored, an area Ka2 that displays the number of uncensored (unapproved) cases, and the next uncensored channel number. An instruction area Ka3 and the like for censoring newly arrived moving images corresponding to are provided.

  The display area Kb includes an area Kb1 for displaying the moving image when the system administrator views and censors the posted moving image uploaded to the stock server 5, and a link button area for the system administrator to perform various processes. Kb2 to Kb6 are provided. In addition, the display area Kc is provided with an area Kc1 for displaying the title name of the posted moving image.

  As shown in FIG. 8, four display areas of a censor zone Kd1, an edit zone Kd2, a CM zone Kd3, and an approval zone Kd4 are set in the display area Kd, and the system administrator performs various operations in each zone. Link buttons R1 to R18 for performing the above are arranged.

  The censorship zone Kd1 is an area for the system administrator to view and censor the posted moving image uploaded to the stock server 5 and input instructions to perform various operations according to the determination result. When the system administrator designates link button R1 of “viewing newly arrived” with the mouse, posted moving image approval processing program P52 performs a process of displaying the posted moving image corresponding to the channel number displayed in area Ka1 in area Kb1.

  The system administrator views the posted moving image displayed in the area Kb1 and determines whether or not it can be distributed to the viewer's terminal device 7a. As a result of the viewing, if it is determined that “distribution is possible”, the system administrator uses either “to edit zone” or “to CM zone” link buttons R2 and R3 as the determination information of the censorship. specify. In a system that does not combine the advertisement video with the posted video, a link button (not shown in the censor zone Kd1) of “to approval zone” is provided instead of the link button R3 of “to CM zone”. .

That is, when the system administrator designates either the link button R2 or R3 of “To edit zone”, “To CM zone”, or the link button of “Go to approval zone”, the viewed moving image is judged to be censored. It means that provisional “distributable” is acquired as information.
On the other hand, if the system administrator determines that “delivery is impossible”, the “delete” link button R4 is designated.

  When the system administrator designates the “to edit zone” link button R2 in the censorship zone Kd1, the posted moving image approval processing program P52 shifts to control for executing processing corresponding to the edit zone Kd2. On the other hand, when the link button R3 “to CM zone” is designated, the posted moving image approval processing program P52 shifts to control for executing processing corresponding to the CM zone Kd3. When the “delete” link button R4 is designated, the posted moving image approval processing program P52 performs a process of deleting the posted moving image uploaded to the stock server 5 from the storage area. Thereby, since the posted moving image having a defect or the like determined by the system administrator to be contrary to public order and morals is deleted from the stock server 5, it is possible to reliably prevent distribution to the viewer's terminal device 7a.

  The edit zone Kd2 is for the posted video viewed by the system administrator to be edited or modified by the system administrator when there is any problem with the length of playback time, screen size, image clarity, etc. Link buttons R5 to R10 for performing are provided. For example, when a link button R5 of “download file” is designated, a posted moving image file corresponding to the channel number displayed in the area Ka1 is downloaded from the stock server 5 to the system manager terminal device 5a. Subsequently, when the link button R6 for “editing software activation” is designated, the video editing program installed in the system manager terminal device 5a is launched, and the system administrator submits the post downloaded to the system manager terminal device 5a. Editing and correction operations are performed while displaying a moving image in the area Kb1.

  When the editing or correction operation is completed, the system administrator designates the “view” link button R8 to display the posted moving image that has been edited or corrected in the area Kb1 and confirms the quality of the posted moving image. Subsequently, the “upload file” link button R 7 is designated, and an instruction to upload the edited moving image to the original storage area of the stock server 5 is issued.

  Next, when the system administrator designates the “to CM zone” link button R9, the posted moving image approval processing program P52 shifts to control for executing processing corresponding to the CM zone Kd3. In a system that does not combine the advertisement video with the posted video, a link button (not shown in the edit zone Kd2) of “to approval zone” is provided instead of the link button R9 of “to CM zone”. .

  The CM zone Kd3 is a zone for performing an operation of combining an advertisement video with a posted video obtained from the censorship zone Kd1 for “distributable” determination information or a posted video that has been edited / modified in the editing zone Kd2. It is. Link buttons R11 to R14 are arranged in the CM zone Kd3. The link button R11 is a link button for selecting an advertisement video to be combined with the head position of the posted video, and the link button R12 is a link button for selecting an advertisement video to be combined with the end position of the posted video.

  When the system administrator designates the link button R11 or R12, the posted moving image approval processing program P52 refers to the advertising video index DT (D7), and displays a list of advertising video title names (or advertiser names) in the CM zone Kd3. Display in the pop-up menu format in the vicinity of When the system administrator clicks on one title name with the mouse, the posted moving image approval processing program P52 refers to the advertising video index DT (D7) and stores the advertising video related to the designated title name. Find the storage area. Subsequently, a process of displaying the advertisement video related to the selected title name in the display area Kb1 is performed. Thereby, the system administrator can confirm whether or not there is a selection mistake in the selected advertisement video.

  When the system administrator selects the advertisement video by operating the link buttons R11 and R12 in this way and clicks the “OK” link button R13, the advertisement video combination program P54 is activated and selected by the link button R11. The advertising video corresponding to the title name is combined with the head position of the posted moving image, and the advertising video corresponding to the title name selected by the link button R12 is combined with the end position of the posted moving image.

  In this advertising video combining process, the posted moving image approval processing program P52 performs the processes described in the following (1) to (3) by sequentially operating the file conversion program P53 and the advertising video combining program P54. Then, when the following processes (1) to (3) are completed, the posted moving image approval processing program P52 shifts to control for executing a process corresponding to the approval zone Kd4.

  (1) First, the file conversion program P53 is operated to perform processing for converting the file of the posted moving image transmitted from the mail server 4 to the stock server 5 into the AVI format. In this conversion process, if the moving picture transmitted (posted) from the contributor's mobile phone 1a is, for example, in the 3GPP format, a program for converting the 3GPP format file into the AVI format is activated to convert the video into the AVI format. To do. Similarly, if the moving picture posted from the poster's mobile phone 1a is in the 3GPP2 format, a program for converting the 3GPP2 format file into the AVI format is activated to perform the conversion into the AVI format.

  In this process, the data format of the posted moving image transmitted to the stock server 5 can be determined by performing a process of determining the extension given to the file name of the posted moving image by a program. Further, when a poster uploads a moving image file such as an AVI format from the terminal device 1c constituted by a personal computer, the file conversion processing is not performed. Further, when a WMV format moving image file is uploaded from the terminal device 1c, a process of converting the WMV format into the AVI format is performed.

  (2) Subsequently, the advertisement video combining program P54 operates to combine (concatenate) the image file converted into the AVI format according to (1) and the advertisement video file in the AVI format into a single AVI format video file. ) Edit processing. When this processing is executed, for example, the advertisement video file selected by the link button R11 is combined with the head position of the posted moving image file, and further, the advertisement video file selected by the link button R12 is added to the end position of the image file. One moving image file with an advertisement video having the combined AVI format is created and temporarily stored in the storage device of the stock server 5.

  (3) Subsequently, the file conversion program P53 is operated again to convert the video file with the advertisement video in the AVI format created in the above (2) into a file format such as 3GPP format, 3GPP2, WMV, FLV, etc. To store the converted video files in the storage device of the stock server 5. Note that the video file with advertisement video converted into the 3GPP format and the 3GPP2 is a data format for viewing on the viewer's mobile phone 7a, and in order to correspond to the specifications of the mobile phone 7a to be viewed, 3GPP Format and 3GPP2 format advertisement video-added moving image file. The moving image file with advertisement video in the WMV or FLV format is converted into a file in consideration of viewing by the viewer's viewing terminal device 7c formed of a personal computer.

When the processes (1) to (3) are completed, the posted moving image approval processing program P52 shifts the control to the approval zone Kd4.
In the approval zone Kd4, when the system administrator clicks and designates the “view” link button R15, the posted video approval processing program P52 combines the posted video (advertising video) executed by the CM zone operation described above. (Posted moving image) is displayed in the display area Kb1. Then, the system administrator performs an operation of designating the “approval” link button R18 when viewing the posted moving image with the advertisement video and there is no problem.

  When the system administrator designates the “Approve” link button R18, the transmission / reception processing program P51 is activated, and the posted video file with the advertisement video in 3GPP format, 3GPP2 format, etc. created by the above (3), Processing for transmitting the channel number to the distribution server 6a or 6b is executed. The address for sending the posted video file with the advertisement video to the distribution server 6a or 6b is the address received from the mail server 3 and the URL of the distribution server registered in the server-specific URL DB (D5) of the management server 3 described above. (E3).

  When the processing related to the censoring operation on the channel number displayed in the area Ka1 of the posted video approval web page K is completed by the above-described system administrator operation and the program processing corresponding to this operation, the posted video approval processing program P52 performs a process of updating the censorship waiting table (DT1). Further, when information related to an uncensored newly posted video is registered in the censorship waiting table (DT1), the number is updated and displayed in the area Ka2 of the posted video approval Web page K, and the system The administrator clicks the link button Ka3 for “next new moving image” and performs an operation relating to censoring of the next new posted video.

  The various link buttons displayed on the posted moving image approval Web page K are linked to a program for executing processing corresponding to each link button. Therefore, when the system administrator clicks these link buttons with the mouse, the program corresponding to the link button is executed.

  The distribution servers 6a and 6b include a transmission / reception processing program P61, a moving image storage processing program P62, a moving image deletion program P63, a moving image distribution program P64, and the like. In addition, a moving image database D9 (hereinafter referred to as a moving image DB (D9)) that stores (stores) files of posted moving images to be distributed to viewers is provided as a database.

  The transmission / reception processing program P61 is a program for receiving data from the stock server 5 and communicating with other servers such as the management server 3.

  When the moving image storage processing program P62 receives the posted moving image file with the advertisement video in the 3GPP format, the 3GPP2 format, the WMV format, etc. received from the stock server 5 and the channel number corresponding to these moving images, these files are temporarily stored in the distribution server 6a. It is also stored in the external storage device 6b. Subsequently, a process of creating a storage area (URL) for storing each received file is performed. Creation of the area (URL) in which the moving image storage processing program P62 stores this moving image file in the moving image DB (D9) of the distribution server 6a or 6b is performed, for example, by creating a URL represented by the following (U1).

(U1): / scheme name / domain name of distribution server / movies / channel number. Extension In the above (U1), “/ movies /” indicates the highest holder (directory) name, and “/ channel number.extension” indicates the file name. That is, a URL is created with the channel number as the file name.

  Subsequently, the moving image storage processing program P62 stores the posted moving image file with the advertisement video in the 3GPP format, the 3GPP2 format or the like stored in the external storage device or the like in an external storage device such as a hard disk device configured from the storage area (U1). Processing to store in the storage area is performed. As a result, the video posted by the contributor is stored in a storage area with a channel number as a file name and an extension of 3GPP format, 3GPP2 format, WMV format, and FLV format, respectively, in a directory having the name “movies”. Will be remembered.

  When the process of storing the posted moving image file with the advertisement video in the storage area indicated by (U1) is completed as described above, the moving image storage processing program P62 includes the control command indicating the end of storage (storage) in the distribution server 6a or 6b. Information related to the URL (U1) and the channel number is transmitted to the stock server 5. When the posted moving image approval processing program P52 of the stock server 5 receives the information indicating the end of storage, the posted moving image approval Web page K displays the information indicating that in the display area Kb1 or the like for several seconds, and the system administrator To notify the end of storage in the distribution server.

  Furthermore, the stock server 5 similarly transmits the channel number information to the mail server 4 together with the above-described storage end control command from the distribution server 6a or 6b. When the mail server 4 receives the information related to the storage end control command and the like, similarly, the mail server 4 transmits the channel number to the management server 3 together with the above-described storage end control command received from the stock server 5 to send the mail reception processing program P4. End the process.

  When the management server 3 receives the channel number from the mail server 4 together with the above storage end control command, the distribution support date P2 corresponding to the corresponding channel number in the posting management DB (D3) is posted by the posting support program P31. A process of storing information in the distribution status column c3 and the like is performed. As the storage process, the following processes (1) to (3) are mainly performed.

(1) When a moving image corresponding to the corresponding channel number is posted for the first time, the date and time when the storage end control command is received is stored in the distribution start date column c2.
(2) The value for counting the number of approvals stored in the “number of approvals” field of the posting / distribution status field c3 is incremented by “+1”.
(3) Similarly, “1”, that is, information indicating that distribution to the viewer is possible is stored in the “distribution category” column. Similarly, the title name is stored in the “title name” column of the posting / distribution status column c3. The title name stores the subject name of the mail received from the mail server 4 as the title name.

[System Operation]
(User registration procedure)
Next, the operation of the system of the present invention will be described. First, a procedure for a user who posts a video using this system to register as a poster will be described. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a procedure for performing user registration for posting a moving image using this system and the flow of the processing. Hereinafter, the steps will be described in the order shown in FIG.

(Step S1) (Step S2)
A contributor who performs user registration operates the mobile phone 1a to access the home page of the reception site 2 that provides various services related to the system. Subsequently, an operation for accessing the user registration Web page is performed from this home page. By this operation, the poster registration program P21 of the reception site 2 displays the user registration Web page G1 as shown in FIG. 10 on the mobile phone 1a, acquires attribute information related to the poster, and registers it in this system. The process to do is performed.

(Step S3)
The contributor who performs user registration inputs the attribute information of the contributor to the user registration Web page G1 displayed on the screen of the mobile phone 1a and clicks the [Send] button g1e. The attribute information includes, for example, the name of the poster g1a, the mail address g1b of the mobile phone 1a, the telephone number g1c, the address g1d, and the like.

(Step S4)
When the poster registration program P21 of the reception site 2 acquires the attribute information related to the poster in step S3, the poster registration program P21 performs a process of temporarily storing the acquired information in the storage device.

(Step S5)
The poster registration program P21 of the reception site 2 performs a process of displaying the machine number registration Web page G2 as shown in FIG. 11 on the cellular phone 1a of the poster who performs user registration.

  The machine number registration web page G2 agrees to obtain and register the machine number of the mobile phone 1a owned by this poster from the poster who is about to register as a user. And a function for acquiring the machine number of the cellular phone 1a when the user clicks the “agree” button g2a and agrees. The program for performing the process of acquiring the machine number of the mobile phone 1a is incorporated in the program that describes the machine number registration Web page G2. Then, when the contributor clicks the “agree” button g2a, the machine number acquisition program P22 operates to read the machine number stored in the storage device of the mobile phone 1a and transmit it to the reception site 2.

(Step S6) (Step S7)
When a poster who wants to register as a user clicks and agrees with the “agree” button g2a displayed on the machine number registration Web page G2, the reception site 2 sets the machine number of the mobile phone 1a as described above. The process of acquiring and acquiring the acquired machine number once in a storage device is performed.

(Step S8)
The contributor registration program P21 of the reception site 2 makes a request for issuing a channel number for the airframe number acquired in step S7, so that the acquired airframe number, the mail address of the poster, and the reception site 2 are moving images of this system. The system classification code of the posting delivery service system (system classification c1 of the posting management DB (D3) shown in FIG. 5) is transmitted to the management server 3.

(Step S9)
When the management server 3 receives the machine number from the reception site 2, the management server 3 performs the following processing.
(1) The channel number issuing program P34 is operated to perform processing for issuing (setting) a channel number for the received machine number, and processing for temporarily storing the issued channel number in the storage device. The channel number issuance process by the channel number issuance program P34 is performed, for example, by searching the posting management DB (D3) from the top data, and the received system classification code is the same, and the “machine number” column a4 has the machine number. A single channel number that is not registered is selected, and processing for issuing this channel number is performed.

  (2) Subsequently, the database creation program P36 is operated to associate the machine number received from the reception site 2 and the mail address of the contributor with the channel number issued as described above for this machine number, and post Processing for registration in the management DB (D3) is performed. Further, a process of storing “0” as an initial value in the “post count” column C2 of the post management DB (D3) is performed. Further, although not shown in FIG. 5, the registration date when these data are registered in the post management DB (D3) is registered.

(Step S10)
The channel number issuing program P34 of the management server 3 performs a process of transmitting the issued channel number to the receiving site 2.

(Step S11)
When receiving the channel number issued by the management server 3 from the management server 3, the Web site 2 performs the following processing by the poster registration program P21.
(1) A poster who associates the attribute information of the poster acquired in steps S3 to S4, the machine number acquired in steps S6 to S7, and the channel number issued by the management server 3 with respect to the machine number. Processing for registration in DB (D1) is performed.

  (2) A process of transmitting the channel number transmitted from the management server 3 to the mobile phone 1a of the user who is accessing the reception site 2 in order to perform user registration is performed.

  (3) A URL (hereinafter referred to as a “video posting URL”) for accessing a poster who has registered as a user to post a video from the mobile phone 1a is transmitted to the mobile phone 1a of the poster who has registered as a user. The process to do is performed. This URL for moving image posting is the URL for moving image posting set in the management server 3.

  In step S11, in the processes (2) and (3), for example, a Web page (aircraft number registration completion notification Web page) G3 as shown in FIG. 12 is displayed on the mobile phone 1a accessing the reception site 2. Display to notify posters that user registration has been completed.

  On the machine number registration completion notification Web page G3, the channel number issued for the machine number of the contributor's mobile phone 1a who has performed user registration is displayed in the display area g3a. In addition, in the display area g3b, a moving image posting URL accessed by the moving image poster for posting a moving image from the mobile phone 1a is displayed. This video posting URL is a URL set in the management server 3 as described above. When the contributor operates the mobile phone 1a to access the video posting URL, the posting support program P31 of the management server 3 operates.

  The machine number registration completion notification Web page G3 shown in FIG. 12 further displays a “moving image posting” button g3c. When the contributor who has completed the user registration operation clicks on the “video posting” button g3c, the mobile phone 1a is linked to access the video posting URL of the management server 3. Thus, the contributor who has completed the user registration operation can immediately post the moving image stored in the mobile phone 1a.

(Step S12)
A user who has completed the user registration operation browses the machine number registration completion notification web page G3 displayed on the mobile phone 1a, and registers as a user who can post a video using this system. Can be confirmed. In addition, since the moving image posting URL is displayed in the display area g3b of the machine number registration completion notification Web page G3, this URL is registered as a bookmark in the mobile phone 1a. Thereby, the contributor can post posted videos captured and stored by the mobile phone 1a at any time with a simple operation.

  As described above, the process of acquiring the attribute information of the poster in steps S3 to S4 described above may employ a means for taking in using a document or the like. The machine number is obtained directly from the mobile phone that has accessed the reception site 2.

(Procedure for posting videos)
Subsequently, a procedure for a user who has registered as a user to use this system to post a moving image captured by the mobile phone 1a and a procedure until the posted moving image is stored (stored) in the distribution server 6a or 6b. The processing contents will be described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 13, a moving image captured by the poster using the mobile phone 1 a is transmitted to the mail server 4, and the mail server 4 receiving the moving image transmits the moving image to the stock server 5 based on an instruction from the management server 3. The stock server 5 shows the flow of processing until the posted moving image is transmitted to the distribution server 6a or 6b after performing predetermined processing such as censoring or advertisement video combining processing on the posted moving image. Hereinafter, the steps will be described in the order shown in FIG.

(Step S20)
A contributor who has photographed a moving image to be posted with the mobile phone 1a and stored the moving image in a storage device of the mobile phone 1a accesses the moving image posting URL of the management server 3 by operating the mobile phone 1a. In the present system, the procedure for the poster to access the URL for moving image posting can be performed by the method described in (1) or (2) below.

(1) Click on the “video posting” button g3c on the machine number registration completion notification Web page G3 shown in FIG. 12 to access the URL for video posting.
(2) Similarly, the moving image posting URL displayed in the display area g3b of the machine number registration completion notification Web page G3 shown in FIG. 12 is registered in advance in the mobile phone 1a as a bookmark, and the moving image registered as the bookmark is registered. Access the URL for posting.

  The access method (1) is a method that can be used when a moving image is posted using the machine number registration completion notification Web page G3 immediately after the user registration operation is completed. The access method (2) is, for example, a method used after the user registration is completed and the number of days has elapsed, or when a contributor repeatedly submits a new posted moving image.

(Step S21)
When the mobile phone 1a accesses the posting URL, the posting support program P31 of the management server 3 performs a process of displaying the moving image posting Web page G4 shown in FIG. 15 on the mobile phone 1a. In addition, in the program language describing the moving image posting Web page G4, a body number acquisition program P32 for performing processing for acquiring the body number of the mobile phone 1a accessing the management server 3 is incorporated.

(Step S22) (Step S23)
When the contributor clicks the “video posting” button g4a displayed on the video posting Web page G4, the machine number acquisition program incorporated in the video posting Web page G4 accesses the mobile phone 1a accessing the management server 3. The process of acquiring the machine number is executed, and the process of transmitting the acquired machine number to the management server 3 is performed.

(Step S24)
When the management server 3 acquires the machine number of the mobile phone 1a in the above step S23, the management server 3 operates the machine number authentication program P33 to check whether the acquired machine number is registered in the post management DB (D3). Determines whether or not the user intends to post a moving image using the mobile phone 1a having the machine number a4 acquired when the user registration is performed and registered in the posting management DB (D3). As a result of this determination processing, if it is determined that the poster is going to post a video on the mobile phone 1a having the previously registered machine number, it is registered in the posting management DB (D3) corresponding to this machine number a4. The channel number a6 is obtained and stored in the storage device, and the process proceeds to step S25.
On the other hand, if the body number authentication program P33 determines that the mobile phone 1a having the body number that is not registered in the posting management DB (D3) is to be posted in advance, the body number authentication program P33 displays a message “The body number has not been entered” “Registration” is displayed, and the management server 3 terminates the processing for the video posting of the poster.

(Step S25)
The posting support program P31 of the management server 3 performs processing for displaying the Web page G5 shown in FIG. 16 on the mobile phone 1a. The moving image posting destination contact Web page G5 shown in FIG. 16 is for notifying the poster of the address of the mail server 4 that transmits the moving image attached to the mail in order to post the moving image from the mobile phone 1a. Web page. This mail transmission destination address can be associated with the channel number stored in the process of step S24, that is, the channel number corresponding to the machine number of the poster's cellular phone 1a.

The process for creating an address in which the address of the mail transmission destination is associated with the channel number by the posting support program P31 is, for example, a process of giving information associated with the channel number to the account part of the posting address of the mail server To do. Specifically, any of the following means is adopted.
(1) The account part (user name) is composed of contents including a channel number.
(2) The account part is composed of a character string having an integer value of a predetermined number of digits generated by the random number generating means. The character string is stored in the storage device in association with the channel number. The domain part of the mail server posting address is the domain part of the address (e1) of the mail server 4 registered in the server-specific URL DB (D5).

  In addition, it is good to display the time limit for a poster to post a moving image on the display area g5b of the moving image posting destination contact Web page G5. This time limit is, for example, the transmission of information related to the reception of the posted video from the mail server 4 to the management server 3 within 20 minutes after displaying the video posting destination web page G5 on the mobile phone 1a. If there is no, the post support program P31 has a time value for performing processing for invalidating the post request for the moving image.

  As described above, when the information associated with the channel number is given to the account part of the address for transmitting the mail attached with the posted video from the mobile phone 1a to the mail server 4, the posted video is associated with the channel number to the mail server. Can be sent.

(Step S26)
The contributor clicks the display area g5a of the moving picture posting destination contact Web page G5 shown in FIG. 16, and performs an operation for transmitting the moving picture stored in the mobile phone 1a to the mail server 4. When this operation is performed, the mail transmission program of the mobile phone 1a is operated by the program describing the Web page G5 for posting the moving image posting destination, and for example, a screen G6 for creating a mail as shown in FIG. Is displayed on the mobile phone 1a.

  The contents displayed on the mail creation screen G6 shown in FIG. 17 are slightly different depending on the model of the mobile phone, but basically, a field g6a for inputting the address of the mail destination, a field g6b for inputting the mail subject, A field g6c for inputting a file name to be attached and transmitted and a field g6d for inputting a message are displayed. Then, the contributor inputs necessary items in the “genre” and “message” fields of the subject input field g6b, the file name input field g6c, and the message input field g6d, and transmits the mail. In the mail transmission destination address field g6a, processing for displaying the address of the mail server 4 created by the program processing is performed.

(Step S27)
When the mail server 4 receives a mail from the mobile phone 1a, the mail reception processing program P4 analyzes the header of the received mail and receives the received address, mail account, sender address, mail subject, message content, attached file. (Posted moving image) is temporarily stored in the storage device.

(Step S28)
The mail reception processing program P4 transmits to the management server 3 the information on the mail subject, the received address or the account part of this mail acquired in step S27, and sets the channel number associated with this received address or account part. A request for transmission of such information is made. The information transmission request related to the channel number includes at least information regarding the channel number, the URL (e2) of the stock server, and the URL (e3) of the distribution server. At this time, the mail server 4 may also send text information of the message content to the management server 3.

(Step S29)
When the posting support program P31 of the management server 3 receives a transmission request for information relating to the channel number from the mail server 4, it performs the following processing.

  (1) The received reception address or email account part is stored in the storage device in correspondence with the channel number included in the account part of the reception address (address of the mail server 4) or in step S25. Find the channel number you set. Then, the server management DB (D4) is referred to for this channel number, and processing for obtaining the server classification d2 corresponding to this channel number is performed.

(2) Subsequently, the URL (e2) of the stock server 5 registered in the server-specific URL DB (D5) corresponding to the value of the server classification d2 obtained in the process (1), the distribution server 6a or The URL (e3) of 6b is obtained, and the URL information is transmitted to the mail server 4 together with the channel number as information on the channel number corresponding to the posted moving image. At this time, the received reception address or the account part of the mail is also transmitted.
(3) For the channel number obtained in the process of (1) above, the process of “+1” is performed for the area for storing the “number of postings” in the posting / distribution status column c3 of the posting management DB (D3).
(4) The subject of the mail received from the mail server 4 is stored in the “title name” field b2 of the posting / distribution status field c3 of the posting management DB (D3).

(Step S30)
When the mail reception processing program P4 of the mail server 4 receives the channel number, the stock server URL (e2), and the distribution server URL (e3) from the management server 3, the received stock server URL (e2) A process of transmitting the posted moving image transmitted from the mobile phone 1a, the channel number received from the management server 3, and the URL (e3) of the distribution server is performed.

(Step S31)
When the transmission / reception processing program P51 of the stock server 5 receives information such as the posted moving image, the channel number, and the URL (e3) of the distribution server from the mail server 4, the following processing (1) to (5) is performed.

(1) A process of temporarily storing the posted moving image received from the mail server 4 in the storage area of the external storage device of the stock server 5 associated with the channel number corresponding to the moving image is performed.
(2) The channel number corresponding to the posted moving image received from the mail server 4 is associated with the URL (e3) of the distribution server, and the information is stored in the censorship waiting table (DT1). An example of the data structure of this distribution approval waiting table (DT1) is shown in FIG.

  This censorship waiting data table (DT1) is information related to a video waiting for censorship (new arrival video) that is not provided with information for determining whether or not the viewer can distribute the posted video uploaded to the stock server 5 to the mobile phones 7a and 7b. Is a data table for storing. As shown in FIG. 18, the censorship waiting data table (DT1) stores information on the URL (e3) of the distribution server and the date (post date) f1 uploaded to the stock server 5 for each channel number a6. Is done. In the censorship waiting data table (DT1), a process of storing data having the oldest posting date / time f1 at the head of the censoring waiting data table (DT1) is performed.

(Step S32)
Can the system administrator operate the system administrator terminal device 5a to access the stock server 5 and distribute the posted video uploaded to the stock server 5 in step S31 in advance to the viewer's terminal device 7a? Perform censorship and editing operations. Then, with respect to the posted moving image that is determined to be deliverable to the viewer by this censorship operation, an operation for combining advertisement videos is performed according to the system specifications. The posted moving image approval processing program P52 of the stock server 5 displays the posted moving image approval Web page K shown in FIG. 8 on the system manager terminal device 5a in order to support such censorship and editing operations. The configuration and operation method of the posted moving image approval Web page K are as described above.

Regarding a posted video file that has been determined to be “distributable” or a posted video file that has been combined with a posted video that has been determined to be “distributable” and converted to WMV (or FLV), 3GPP, 3GPP2 format, etc.
When the posted video approval processing program P52 acquires information that the system administrator has clicked the “approval” button R18 in the approval zone Kd4 of the posted video approval Web page K, the posted video is officially approved for distribution to the viewer. It is determined that Subsequently, the transmission / reception processing program P51 performs processing for transmitting the approved posted moving image file and the channel number corresponding to the file to the distribution server 6a or 6b.

(Step S33)
When the distribution server 6a receives the posted moving image file or the converted moving image file converted into WMV (or FLV), 3GPP, 3GPP2 format or the like combined with the CM image by the process of step S32, the transmission / reception program P61, The storage processing program P62 is activated to perform the following processing.

(1) These received WMV (or FLV), 3GPP, and 3GPP2 format files are associated with channel numbers and temporarily stored in an external storage device.
(2) Subsequently, the moving image storage processing program P62 determines a storage area for storing the posted moving image file, and performs processing for storing these posted moving image files in the storage area. This storage area becomes the storage area (U1) of the moving image DB (D9) set in the external storage device associated with the channel number corresponding to the posted moving image file as described above.

  (3) Subsequently, the moving image storage processing program P62 transmits information on the completion of storage of the posted moving image file to the stock server 5. At this time, a process of transmitting the channel number corresponding to the posted moving image file and the file size of each posted moving image file in WMV (or FLV), 3GPP, 3GPP2 format to the stock server 5 is performed.

(Step S34)
When the stock server 5 receives the above-described storage completion information of the posted moving image file from the distribution server 6a, each of the received channel number, WMV (or FLV), 3GPP, and 3GPP2 formats is received together with the storage completion information of the posted moving image file. Information related to the file size of the posted moving image file is transmitted to the mail server 4 to terminate the censoring process related to the posted moving image of the posted moving image approval processing program P52.

(Step S35)
Upon receiving the storage completion information from the stock server 5, the mail server 4 further sends the received channel number and information on the file size of each posted video file to the management server 3 together with the storage completion information. The processing of the reception processing program P4 is terminated.

(Step S36)
When the management server 3 receives the storage completion information from the mail server 4, the posting support program P31 updates the posting management DB (D3) for the received channel number. As an update process of the posting management DB (D3), for example, when no information is stored in the distribution start date column c2, the date and time when the storage completion information is received is stored. Further, a process of “+1” for the “approval count” in the post / distribution status column c3 and a process of storing “1” in the “distribution category” are performed.

  Although not shown in FIG. 13, the management server 3 uses the channel number and the posting date (the above-described storage completion information described above) as attribute information relating to the posted moving image stored in the distribution server 6b or 6b in the process of step S36. The date and time when the message is received), the text information related to the message content stored in the storage device in the process of step S29 is transmitted to the receiving site 2. When receiving the information, the reception site 2 performs a process of writing and updating the received information in the moving image posting situation storage DB (D2).

(Video distribution request)
Next, a description will be given of a method in which a viewer operates the viewing terminal device 7a and makes a moving image distribution (viewing) request using the system of the present invention. The following three methods can be mainly employed as the moving image viewing request method.

[Viewing request method 1]
Using a server such as the reception site 2, a distribution request Web page for requesting distribution is published on the Internet. On this distribution request Web page, for example, a list of movie title names b2 is displayed for each genre b3 with reference to the movie posting status accumulation DB (D2). Then, when the viewer operates the mobile phone 7a to access the delivery request Web page and clicks and designates the desired video title name b2, the channel number embedded in the designated video title name b2 is managed. It is transmitted to the server 3.
When the management server 3 receives this channel number, the distribution server 6a or 6b stores the posted moving image corresponding to the channel number requested for viewing with reference to the database such as the posting management DB (D3) by the distribution control program P35. URL can be obtained. As a result, the management server 3 controls to distribute the posted moving image requested for viewing to the viewer's mobile phone 7a, and this posted moving image is displayed on the screen of the mobile phone 7a.

[Viewing request method 2]
The management server 3 creates and stores a delivery date / time table DT2 in which a delivery date / time is set in advance for each posted moving image stored in the delivery server 6a or 6b. When a viewing request is received from the viewer's mobile phone 7a via the reception site 2 or the like, the management server 3 refers to the program guide and is set in the program guide corresponding to the date and time when the viewing request is received. Controls the distribution of posted videos. This program table is created, for example, on a monthly basis, and a time table in which the date and time is further divided into several categories is created. Then, one posted program is assigned to one time zone constituting this time table. The setting of this program guide will be described later.

[Viewing request method 3]
The viewer accesses the management server 3 from the mobile phone 7a and transmits a channel number corresponding to the posted moving image corresponding to the viewing request to the management server 3 so that a viewing request can be made. This viewing request method 3 can be used as a posting system and a viewing system between individuals, for example, transmitting a moving image captured by the mobile phone 7a to a family member or friend who is far away from the poster. In this case, in order to ensure the security of the posted video, when the viewer makes a viewing request by accessing the management server 3 from the mobile phone 7a, an authentication process by inputting the viewer's password or the body number of the mobile phone The authentication process etc. by is performed.

  The management server 3 receives the channel number corresponding to the posted moving image of the viewing request by any of the above [viewing request method 1] to [viewing request method 3]. As a result, the distribution control program P35 can control to distribute the posted moving image to the mobile phone 7a that has requested viewing according to the following procedure.

  (1) When the distribution control program P35 of the management server 3 receives a channel number from the reception site 2 (or mobile phone 7a), the posted moving image corresponding to the received channel number is currently referred to the posting management DB (D3). It is determined whether or not distribution is in progress. This determination can be made by determining the stored contents of the “distribution classification” registered in the posting / distribution status column c3 of the posting management DB (D3).

  (2) If it is determined that the distribution is being performed in the process of (1) above, the value of the server classification d2 corresponding to the received channel number is obtained with reference to the server management DB (D4). Subsequently, a process for obtaining the URL (e3) of the distribution server registered corresponding to the obtained server classification d2 is performed with reference to the server-specific URL DB (D5).

  (3) The distribution control program P35 of the management server 3 stores the posted moving image requested for viewing from the distribution server URL (e3) obtained in the process (2) and the received channel number. Alternatively, the URL (U1) of 6b is created, and this URL (U1) is transmitted to the reception site 2 (or the mobile phone 7a). Reception site 2 A process of transmitting the received URL (U1) to the mobile phone 7a is performed.

  According to the above (1) to (3), when the viewer's mobile phone 7a receives the URL of the distribution server 6a or 6b that stores the video requested to be viewed, the Web browser of the mobile phone 7a accesses this URL. The moving image file is downloaded, and then the posted moving image file downloaded to the screen of the mobile phone 7a is reproduced and displayed on the display area g7a of the screen G7 shown in FIG. 19, for example. Thereby, the viewer can view the posted moving image requested to be viewed. In addition, when an advertising video is combined with this posted video, the advertising video is displayed for several seconds at the beginning and end of this video, so that the advertiser can obtain an advertising effect.

  In the process for the viewing request described above, when the reception site 2 receives the viewing request from the viewer's mobile phone 7a, the telephone service company of the mobile phone 7 can be specified from this access information. Accordingly, the reception site 2 uses the information related to the telephone service company and the moving image suitable for the mobile phone 7a that made the distribution request based on the distribution server URL (U1) received from the management server 3 according to (3) above. A process of changing the file identifier of the URL (U1) of the distribution server that stores the file format (3GPP or 3GPP2 or the like) so as to correspond to the cellular phone 7a of the viewer is performed. Further, this change process may be performed by the management server 3.

Next, other characteristic functions of this system will be described. This feature is a function for supporting a system administrator who mainly performs daily management and operation of the system. As a first characteristic function for the system administrator to support day-to-day management and operation, there is a function for outputting management information related to a channel number (hereinafter referred to as a channel management function).
Hereinafter, with respect to the channel management function, the operation contents of the system administrator and the processing contents of the system accompanying this operation will be described.

(Channel management function)
The channel management function allows the system administrator to access the management server 3 from the system administrator terminal device 5a via the stock server 5 or directly to acquire the channel number and various attribute information related to the channel number. This is a function that enables operations such as viewing and distribution stop for the posted moving image corresponding to the channel number that has been made, from the manager terminal device 5a.
Hereinafter, an example in which the system manager accesses the management server 3 from the system manager terminal device 5a via the stock server 5 and executes the channel management function will be described with reference to FIGS.

When the system administrator operates the system manager terminal device 5a to access the stock server 5 in order to perform the above-described censorship operation, the posted video approval Web page K shown in FIG. 8 is displayed. The channel management function is executed by using this Web page K serving as channel management information output means.
For example, when the system administrator clicks the link switch “channel list” Kb2 in the display area Kb of the posted video approval Web page K, the channel management table M shown in FIG. 14 is displayed on the screen of the system administrator terminal device 5a. To be. In this channel management table M, for each channel number a6, as the attribute information, the title name b2 of the posted video, the distribution start date c2, the number of viewing requests accessed, etc., and the posted video corresponding to this channel number a6 is viewed and distributed. Link switches m1 to m3 and the like for inputting instructions for stopping and redistributing are provided.

  The link switch “channel list” Kb2 of the posted video approval web page K is accessed by accessing the management server 3 and executing the channel management information output program P37, and the channel management table M is sent to the system manager terminal device 5a. Is embedded in the URL for outputting as a Web page. The management server 3 can also acquire information related to the system category c1 of the posting distribution system from the system manager terminal device 5a via the stock server 5.

  Then, when the system administrator clicks the link switch “channel list” Kb2 of the posted video approval Web page K and the stock server 5 accesses the management server 3, the channel management information output program P37 receives the posting management DB (D3). ) And the like, the attribute information related to the received channel number a6 related to the system classification c1 is transmitted to the stock server 5. When the stock server 5 receives the attribute information relating to the channel number a6, the channel management table M shown in FIG. 14 is used as a Web page by the channel list output program included in the posted moving image approval processing program P53. Processing to display on the screen of the device 5a is performed.

  The system administrator operates the channel management table M displayed on the system administrator terminal device 5a so that the following operation can be performed on the posted moving image.

  (1) When the system administrator clicks the “view” link button m1, the posted moving image related to the channel number a6 corresponding to the link button m1 field and stored in the distribution server 6a or 6b is displayed on the screen. The system administrator makes it possible to view the posted moving image by performing a display process. When the display of the posted moving image on the screen ends, the posted moving image approval Web page K is displayed again. With this viewing, the system administrator can perform an operation for distributing (redistributing) the video that has been viewed, “Distribution Stop”, which will be described later, or a video whose distribution has been stopped again.

  In addition, in the above-described processing for viewing, the stock server 5 transmits the channel number a6 to the management server 3, and the management server 3 stores the post stored in the distribution server 6a or 6b corresponding to the received channel number a6. This is possible by controlling the distribution of the URL storing the moving image to the stock server 5 or the system manager terminal device 5a.

(2) When the system administrator clicks the “Distribution Stop” link button m2, the user can view the posted moving image of the channel number a6 corresponding to the link button m2 column and stored in the distribution server 6a or 6b. Stop delivering to users.
In this process, the stock server 5 transmits the channel number a6 to the management server 3, and the management server 3 stores the post / distribution status column stored in the posted video DB (D3) corresponding to the received channel number a6. This is made possible by storing “1” indicating stop of distribution in the storage area of “stop distribution” of c3.

(3) When the system administrator clicks on the “re-distribution” link button m3, it is a posted video of the posted video of the channel number a6 corresponding to this link button m3 column and is stored in the distribution server 6a or 6b, and is currently distributed Distribute post videos that have been canceled.
In this process, the stock server 5 transmits the channel number a6 to the management server 3, and the management server 3 stores the post / distribution status column stored in the posted video DB (D3) corresponding to the received channel number a6. This is possible by storing “1” in the “distribution category” storage area of c3 and further storing “0” in the “delivery stop” storage area.

  When the posted video stored in the distribution server 6a or 6b needs to be viewed, stopped, or redistributed by the channel management function with the above functions, the system administrator can immediately apply it with a simple operation. Can be performed. In the above example, the channel management function is implemented using the posted video approval web page K. However, when the system administrator terminal device 5a accesses the stock server 5, various menu screens are displayed. And the channel management function may be executed from this menu.

(Distribution date setting function)
Next, the second function that is a feature for supporting the system administrator will be described. The second function is a function (delivery date and time setting function) for providing support for setting the date and time for distribution to the viewer for the posted moving image stored in the distribution server 6a or 6b. This distribution date and time setting function is a function necessary for a system in which a distribution date and time is determined and distributed for each moving picture posted by a contributor. Hereinafter, an operation for the system administrator to access the stock server 5 and set the delivery date and time of the posted video posted using the posted video approval Web page K displayed on the system administrator terminal device 5a; The process will be described. This process is executed by, for example, a subprogram of the posted moving image approval program P52 of the stock server 5 (a distribution date / time setting support program serving as a content distribution date / time setting means).

  When the system administrator clicks the link switch “distribution time table” Kb5 in the display area Kb of the posted video approval Web page K, the time table T shown in FIG. 21 is displayed on the screen of the system administrator terminal device 5a. Like that. This time table T is a web page for setting a delivery date and time in an interactive manner with a screen for a posted movie that has been approved for delivery to the viewer by operating the posted movie approval web page K by the system administrator. It is. This delivery date and time setting process is performed as follows, for example.

  (1) After the system administrator operates the posted video approval Web page K and clicks the “approval” click switch R18 for distribution to the viewer, information on the end of posted video storage from the distribution server 6a or 6b (step S33) ), The system administrator clicks the link switch “distribution time table” Kb5 of the posted moving image approval Web page K. When this click operation is performed, the stock server 5 transmits a distribution date setting control command to the management server 3. When the management server 3 receives the delivery date / time setting control command, the management server 3 operates the delivery date / time setting program P38, refers to the delivery date / time table DT2 shown in FIG. 20, and stores data related to the current month (current month) stored in the delivery date / time table DT2. The distribution date / time setting information) is transmitted to the stock server 4.

(2) When the stock server 4 receives the delivery date / time setting information of the current month from the management server 3, the stock server 4 performs a process of displaying the time table T shown in FIG. 21 on the system manager terminal device 5a.
The time table T is attribute information of the posted video corresponding to the channel number stored in the distribution server 6a or 6b by the operation of (1) above, and the area in which the distribution time zone is displayed in a table format for each day of the month. It consists of a name display area and various link switches. The distribution time zone is set to a predetermined time interval of 24 hours per day, for example, an interval of 30 minutes to several hours.

  (3) When the time table T is displayed on the screen, the system administrator first clicks one of the link switches “time designation” t1, “all day” t2, and “week designation” t3. Subsequently, in order to set the delivery date and time for this posted moving image, one of the cells (frames) in the delivery time zone in the tabular format is designated and clicked. Then, the clicked cell is processed to display the title name displayed in the display area t4. In this processing, processing is performed to embed a channel number corresponding to the title name displayed in the designated cell. In the example shown in FIG. 21, a post animation of the title name “AB restaurant” is set in the cell on February 2 from 6 o'clock to 12 o'clock. This indicates that the posted animation of “AB restaurant” is distributed.

  (4) Subsequently, when the system administrator clicks the link switch “update” t5 displayed in the time table T, the stock server 4 displays information set in the cell of the time table T by the system administrator, that is, Information related to the date, title name, and channel number corresponding to the title name (distribution date setting information) is transmitted to the management server 3. As a result, the processing for the distribution date and time setting function of the stock server 4 ends, and the posted moving image approval Web page K is displayed again on the system administrator terminal device 5a.

  (5) When the management server 3 receives the delivery date / time setting information based on the above (4), the delivery date / time setting program P38 performs a process of writing the received information in the corresponding cell of the delivery date / time table DT2.

  In the present invention, when the management server receives a channel number associated with a viewing request from the viewer in the case of the moving image posting / delivery system having the distribution date and time setting function described above, the distribution control program P35 receives the viewing request. Based on the date and time, the distribution date table DT2 is referred to and a process for obtaining the channel number registered in the distribution time zone is performed. When this channel number is obtained, the posted video stored in the distribution server 6a or 6b in association with this channel number is distributed to the cellular phone 7a of the viewer according to the procedure described above.

  In the above process (2), when the time table T is displayed on the screen of the system administrator terminal device 5a, the system administrator only checks the displayed contents. When the “confirmation end” link button t6 displayed in the time table T is clicked, the posted moving image approval Web page K may be displayed again.

  Further, the distribution date and time setting function described above may be configured to change the distribution date and time of the posted moving image interactively using a Web page of the time table T displayed on the system administrator terminal device 5a. .

  In the embodiment of the present invention described above, the example in which the poster uploads the moving image captured by the cellular phone 1 a to the stock server 5 via the mail server 4 has been described. In the present invention, a posted moving image can also be uploaded to the stock server 5 via the mail server 4 from the terminal device 1c constituted by the poster's personal computer. In this case, for example, when the terminal device 1c accesses the video posting URL of the management server 3, the management server 3 performs authentication processing of the poster by a password or the like, and then stores the AVI format (or WMV) stored in the terminal device 1c. Format) is attached to an e-mail and uploaded to the e-mail server 4.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment of the present invention, an example has been described in which a posted video imaged by a poster with the mobile phone 1a is attached to a mail and uploaded and stored in the distribution servers 6a and 6b. The text information such as the title name, genre, and message content may be stored in the URLs of the distribution servers 6a and 6b having the channel number associated with the posted moving image. When this text information is also distributed to the viewer's mobile phone 7a in response to a viewing request from the viewer, the effect of the posted moving image distribution service can be further improved.

  It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the system configuration | structure about the system of this invention.   It is a figure for demonstrating the structural example of the program and database with which each server shown in FIG. 1 is provided.   It is a figure for demonstrating the data structural example about the contributor database with which the reception server shown in FIG. 1 is provided.   It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a data structure about the animation posting condition accumulation | storage database with which the reception server shown in FIG. 1 is provided.   It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a data structure about the posting management database with which the management server shown in FIG. 1 is provided.   It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a data structure about the server management database with which the management server shown in FIG. 1 is provided.   It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a data structure about the URL database classified by server with which the management server shown in FIG. 1 is provided.   It is a figure which shows an example of the web page for contribution moving image approval displayed on the terminal device for system administrators shown in FIG.   It is a figure for demonstrating the procedure when a contributor performs user registration, and its processing content.   It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a screen displayed on a contributor's mobile telephone when applying for user registration.   Similarly, it is a figure for demonstrating the example of a screen displayed on a contributor's mobile telephone when applying for user registration.   Similarly, when applying for user registration, it is a diagram for explaining an example of a Web page for notifying the registration completion of a contributor's machine number.   In the system of this invention, it is a figure for demonstrating the flow of a process until a contributor transmits the moving image imaged with the mobile telephone to a mail server, and also stores in a delivery server server.   It is a figure which shows an example of the channel management table displayed on the terminal device for system administrators.   It is an example of a screen for supporting an operation of transmitting a mail to a mail server, which is a Web page displayed on the mobile phone by the management server and attached with a moving image captured by the mobile phone.   Similarly, it is a Web page displayed on the mobile phone by the management server, and is an example of a screen for supporting an operation of sending a mail attached with a moving image captured by the mobile phone to the mail server.   It is an example of a screen when a posted moving image is attached to an e-mail and transmitted to an e-mail server using a mobile phone.   It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a data structure of the censorship waiting table with which the stock server shown in FIG. 1 is provided.   It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a screen displayed on a viewer's mobile telephone about the contribution animation requested | required of viewing.   It is a figure for demonstrating the example of a data structure of the delivery date table with which the management server shown in FIG. 1 is provided.   It is a figure which shows an example of the time table displayed on the terminal device for system administrators shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1a, 1b, 1c: Contributor terminal device 2: Reception site 3: Management server 4: Mail server 5: Stock server 5a: Terminal device for system administrator 6a, 6b: Distribution server 7a, 7b, 7c: Viewer Terminal device 8: Internet D3: Posting management database DT1: Censorship waiting table DT2: Distribution date / time table K: Posting video approval web page P31: Posting support program P35: Distribution control program P37: Channel management information output program P38: Distribution date setting Program P52: Posting video approval processing program T: Time table

Claims (8)

A terminal device of a poster who accesses the management server and associates the content with the identification number set in advance together with the attribute information of the content and uploads it to the stock server;
The stock server provided with posted video approval means for obtaining determination information related to whether or not to be delivered to the viewer from the terminal device for system administrator who viewed the uploaded content, and the determination information by the posted video approval means A distribution server that stores the content acquired approval information as distribution in a storage area associated with the identification number;
The viewer's terminal device for viewing the content stored in the distribution server;
The management server comprises
For each of the identification information, a database in which the attribute information related to the content associated with the identification information and the information related to the determination information are registered;
Based on a request from the stock server or the terminal device for the system manager, it comprises channel management information output means for referring to the database and outputting at least information related to the determination information in association with the identification number. Content posting and distribution system characterized by   The content posting / delivery system according to claim 1, wherein the posted moving image approval means includes at least a posted moving image approval Web page for acquiring determination information related to whether or not distribution to a viewer is possible.   The content posting distribution system according to claim 2, wherein the posted moving image approval Web page includes means for editing the content uploaded to the stock server.   3. The posted moving image approval Web page includes means for combining video related to an advertisement stored in the stock server with the content uploaded to the stock server. Post distribution system for content.   2. The content posting / delivery system according to claim 1, wherein the channel management information output unit includes a viewing unit for viewing the content corresponding to the identification number.   2. The channel management information output means includes distribution stop means for registering, in the database, stop of distribution of the content corresponding to the identification number to the viewer's terminal device. Post distribution system for content described in.   The channel management information output means includes redistribution means for registering in the database redistribution of the content corresponding to the identification number for which distribution has been stopped to the viewer's terminal device. The content posting and delivery system according to claim 1. The management server is based on a request from the stock server or the terminal device for the system administrator,
A content delivery date and time setting Web page for displaying at least one of the attribute information related to the content registered in the database, a delivery date and a delivery time zone thereof in a time table;
2. The content delivery date and time setting means for supporting an operation of interactively assigning the content attribute information displayed on the content delivery date and time setting web page to the time table. Content post distribution system.

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