JP2009015647A - Book information transmission system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for presenting unique content and information about books to users through a network, and a system and a method for acquiring information about books or information about movies derived from the books from users through a network, and presenting or distributing all these pieces of information to the users in a timely manner. <P>SOLUTION: The book information transmission system 100 includes a database 10, one or a plurality of terminals 20, and a network 30 connecting the database 10 to the terminals 20. The database 10 stores the image data of book previews and content data about books. When receiving metadata about books from the terminals 20, based on the metadata the database 10 searches for the information stored in itself, and sends the information found to the terminals 20. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a book information transmission system and method. More specifically, the present invention relates to a book information transmission system and method for presenting various contents related to a book including a trailer of a book to a user.

  In recent years, the infrastructure in the Internet society has been rapidly developed due to the spread of communication devices such as personal computers, mobile terminals, mobile phones, etc., the increase in Internet subscribers, the broadbandization of Internet connections, and the like. Accordingly, various contents are provided to users from specific providers. Examples include broadband broadcast stations, video distribution from portable sites and various websites, mobile terminal content such as One Seg, and video podcasting services. In addition, many video portal sites such as Youtube (registered trademark) and Nico Nico Douga (registered trademark) were born. Youtube has about 2,975 million viewers / day, and Nico Nico Douga has about 1 million viewers / day. In response to this trend, several major companies are starting to open video sites.

  Further, the user can not only browse these contents but also provide the contents to other users on a home page, a blog, or the like. As of March 2007, nearly 8 million users opened blogs, and over 25 million users browsed blogs.

With the spread of these Internet societies, it has become possible to purchase various products through the Internet. In particular, online sales sites for books are increasing year by year (see Non-Patent Document 1). Along with this, an increasing number of users purchase books through the Internet. In addition, electronic books have appeared that download and sell the contents of the books and browse them on the web. The market size is about 9.4 billion yen at the end of March 2006, and the growth rate is about 7 to 8 times that of ordinary books. A so-called mobile phone novel distributed through mobile phone sites has also appeared and has produced many best-selling books.
In addition, advertisements such as affiliates by book sellers are popular for the purpose of causing more users to purchase books. Furthermore, the user can write impressions such as review items on the book purchase site, and the contents of these advertisements and reviews affect the decision of the user to purchase books. However, these advertisement contents lack interest, and unique contents corresponding to newer media are required.

  On the other hand, most movies and TV dramas currently being screened or broadcast are based on novels or comics. As a production site for movies and TV dramas, it is always necessary to search for novels and comics suitable for visualization. Today, however, people's hobbies and preferences have diversified and the trends have changed rapidly, and in order to search for the most suitable novels and comics, extensive and quick research and communication with the audience are necessary. .

Producing movies and TV dramas requires a large amount of money, and to do so, you must raise money from individual investors. Funding requires a lot of market information. However, as described above, it is extremely difficult and time-consuming to obtain appropriate market information in a timely manner.
Internet store, Amazon URL http://www.amazon.co.jp/ (searched July 4, 2007)

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has been created in consideration of current trends in the Internet market, and the problem of the present invention is configured by the user with images related to books through the network. To provide a book information transmission system and method for presenting unique contents and information.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a book information transmission system and method for obtaining various information related to books from a user through a network and presenting or distributing such information to the user in a timely manner.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a book information transmission system comprising a database, one or more terminals, and a network connecting the database and the terminal, The image data of the trailer and the content data about the book are stored, and when the database receives the metadata about the book from the terminal, the information stored in itself is searched based on the metadata, and the searched information A book information transmission system characterized in that the terminal is sent to the terminal.

  Further, the database is configured to store the metadata and send the recorded metadata to the terminal when requested by the terminal. The content data is classified for each category, and the category includes information on characters in the story of the book, the stage of the story, the lines of the characters, and a specific scene.

  If a user accesses the system, a trailer of a specific book can be viewed. The user can determine whether or not to purchase a book in consideration of the content of the trailer. Even if a book to be purchased is not decided, if metadata such as a story character or stage is input to the system, the system introduces a book that matches the data. If necessary, the user can determine whether or not to purchase by watching a video of the trailer of the book.

  In addition, the system is configured to record the metadata input by the user, and the data can be presented or distributed to the user. This data can be valuable market information for publishers, movie or drama production companies, and the like.

  The trailer provided by the book information transmission system of the present invention is an unprecedented new content located between the creative work and the information content. With this system, this new content can be introduced into the expanding Internet market (broadband broadcasting, online shopping, etc.) and the mobile media market (podcasting, etc.).

  In addition, when a certain book is made into a movie or drama, the trailer can be used as a pilot version for various planning and development, planning sales, funding from individual investors, and the like.

  Furthermore, the book information transmission system of the present invention functions as an original book search tool. By classifying book content data into a plurality of categories and storing them internally, it is possible to provide an excellent search function that is completely different from existing book searches.

  In order to create the trailer video, it is necessary to employ many new directors and new actors. As a result, they provide a place for them to be active. Also, the trailer video may make them visible to the drama or movie production company or staff and be adopted in the movie or drama. That is, the system of the present invention finds talented new human resources and activates the industry.

  The book information transmission system of the present invention can be expanded worldwide to expand the overseas market of Japanese books, and further, the system can be used for research of the overseas market.

  Moreover, the book information transmission system of this invention is comprised so that the metadata input from the user may be recorded and shown to another user. Further, if a creation tool attached to the system is used, the user himself can create a trailer. In other words, the system of the present invention makes it possible to provide a Web 2.0 user participation type interactive service that is different from the conventional one-way service.

  A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the present embodiment, the term “book” mainly indicates novels and comics with a story, but is not necessarily limited to these, for example, books in other fields such as technical books. There may be.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a book information transmission system (hereinafter referred to as “transmission system”) according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the transmission system 100 of this embodiment includes a database 10, one or a plurality of (two in the figure) terminals 20, and a network 30. The database 10 stores book information, image data, and content data, which will be described later, and an existing computer, hard disk, RAM (Random Access Memory), CD-ROM, magnetic tape, flexible disk, optical data storage. It consists of devices. The terminal 20 is used by a user to exchange information with the database 10 via the network 30, and is configured from existing communication devices such as a computer, a portable terminal (PDA, etc.), and a cellular phone. The network 30 connects the database 10 and the terminal 20 to enable communication, and includes an existing network such as the Internet, Ethernet, and wide area Ethernet. The network 30 may be directly connected to the database 10 and the terminal 20, or may be indirectly connected via a communication line or the like.

Next, referring to FIG. 2, the detailed structure of the book data stored in the database shown in FIG. 1 is shown. The contents of this data will be described in order from the left for each item. The “number” is used for organizing an arbitrary book, and is uniquely assigned to the book. “Book information” is basic information about a book, and includes information such as a title, a genre, an author, a publisher, the number of pages, and a price. “Image data” is an image of a trailer of a book, and introduces the contents of the book, important scenes, characters, a view of the world, etc. like a trailer of a movie. The “image data” may be a still image or a moving image. In the case of a moving image, the screening time is not particularly limited, but it may be a short movie of several tens of seconds to several minutes. The format of the moving image may use an existing format, and examples thereof include MPEG-2, QuickTime (registered trademark), RealVideo, MPEG-4, wmv, Flash file, and the like. Further, the content of the moving image may be a live action or an animation.
Further, the “image data” may include additional information related to the details of the moving image, such as a moving image director, an actor, a staff member, or a music representative.

  “Content data” is data for introducing various information related to the contents of a book by category, and in this embodiment, it is classified into the categories of character information, story stage information, serif information, and scene information. . “Character information” indicates information related to the characters in the story of the book, and may be classified into items such as gender, age, personality, occupation, portable goods, and hobbies of each character. The “story stage information” includes the country and region in which the story of the book is set, the place where the characters go, the impressive place, and basic information about them. “Serif information” indicates a story line of a book and may be classified into items such as life lessons, love, encouragement, and appreciation. “Scene information” is information relating to a specific scene, and may be classified into items such as encounter, separation, battle, and other impressive scenes. In addition, content data includes new publications, best sellers, masterpieces (each award-winning work), classics (literature, classics), e-books, popular authors, requests (books and works that have received numerous requests from authors), product placements ( Information such as personal items carried by the characters and works used as sponsors of trailer videos) may be included.

  Next, a procedure for providing information related to a book to a user using the transmission system, which is a first feature of the present invention, will be described.

  Users who use the transmission system 100 of FIG. 1 can be classified into the following two types. The former is an individual user whose purpose is to find a book he / she wants to read or information on a certain book. The latter is a corporate user whose purpose is to search for the original book in order to produce a movie or TV drama.

  First, the procedure for providing information to the former individual user will be described with reference to FIG. First, the user accesses the database 10 via the network 30 using the terminal 20 of FIG. 1 (S1). It is assumed that the user is searching for a novel of a story in which a protagonist with the same age, profession and hobby as he is active. In this case, the user inputs various metadata (keywords) such as the hero's age, occupation, and hobbies to the terminal 20 (S2). The database 10 receives the metadata from the terminal 20 via the network 30 and searches for information that matches the metadata received from the “character information” of the information stored in the database 10 (S3). As a result of the search, if there is matching information (“YES” in S3), the database 10 sends the book information of the books related to the matching information to the terminal 20 (S4). The user browses the information on the terminal 20 and, if necessary, refers to the content data and image data related to the book. Then, it is determined whether or not to purchase this book. If there is no matching information as a result of the search (“NO” in S3), the process is terminated as it is, or the terminal 20 notifies the user that there is no matching information.

  Further, if the individual user wants to know the details of the character of the novel he / she likes and the place where the story is set, the database 10 may be accessed via the terminal 20. Then, when metadata such as a novel title is input and reference is made to the character information of the novel and the stage information of the story, the database 10 sends the information to the terminal 20. Therefore, the user can refer to the terminal 20 for details such as the character of the novel he / she likes and the place where the story is set.

  Furthermore, if the individual user wants to know the lines of the main character in an impressive scene of a story, the database 10 may be similarly accessed via the terminal 20. Then, when metadata such as a novel title is input and a request for reference to the speech information of the novel is requested, the database 10 sends the information to the terminal 20. Therefore, the user can refer to the words of the main character in the desired scene of the corresponding novel on the terminal 20.

  Note that the metadata input by the user includes various keywords for searching for books, and the contents thereof are not particularly limited. Further, the search method of the database 10 is not particularly limited, and a known search method in the art may be adopted.

  Next, a procedure for providing information to corporate users will be described with reference to FIG. For example, assume that a corporate user is looking for a novel or comic that is the original in order to produce a movie or TV drama with actor A as the main role.

  First, the user accesses the database 10 via the terminal 20 (S1). Next, metadata such as the sex, age, personality, and type of the actor A is input (S2). The database 10 receives the metadata from the terminal 20 and searches for matching information from the character information stored in the database 10 (S3). If there is matching data (“YES” in S3), the database 10 sends book information relating to this data to the terminal 20 (S4). The user browses the book information on the terminal 20 and, if necessary, refers to image data and content data related to the book. Then, it is determined whether or not this book is to be visualized. If there is no matching information as a result of the search (“NO” in S3), the process is terminated as it is, or the terminal 20 notifies the user that there is no matching information.

  Further, it is assumed that the individual or the corporate user is interested in information on the video (produced director, actor who appeared) after watching the trailer video. In that case, the user can request additional information regarding the details of the image data from the terminal 20. In response to the request, the database 10 sends the additional information of the image data to the terminal 20. Thereby, the user can see the additional information of the image data.

  The above is the procedure for providing book information to the user. Next, a procedure for obtaining various information about a book from the user and presenting this information to the user, which is the second feature of the present invention, will be described.

  When the user inputs metadata for the purpose of searching for books as described above, the database 10 is configured to record these data. Data can be aggregated and presented for each category.

For example, in order for a user to access the database 10 via the terminal 20 and search for a book to be purchased, “romance” as a genre of book information and “male in his 20s” as character information of content data. Assume that you have entered metadata. At this time, the database 10 records these metadata.
Then, the user can refer to these recorded metadata on the terminal 20. For example, it is assumed that the metadata “SF” is input most frequently in the genre of book information, and the metadata “woman in 20s” is input most in the character information of the content data. In that case, it can be predicted that the demand for SF novels and SF comics in which women in their 20s appear is the highest. These data indicate potential customer interest and can be valuable market data for certain users, such as publishers or movie or drama production companies.

The method of presenting these metadata is not particularly limited, but it is preferable to present them in the form of statistical data visualized by a graph or the like rather than presenting them as raw data. In addition, for example, if a user's personal information (gender, age, occupation), etc. is obtained in advance and metadata is associated with such information, a male teenager is seeking a horror novel, Women in their 20s can present more detailed information, such as seeking a romance novel.
Furthermore, it is possible to record the number of viewing times of the image data as metadata. This is because a book with a larger number of viewing times of image data has higher customer interest and is expected to be made into a movie or drama. Moreover, you may perform the weighting evaluation relevant to a user to this viewing frequency. For example, when it is determined that a corporate user is more important than an individual user, the number of views of the corporate user may be weighted.

  Further, the recording format of these metadata is not particularly limited, but for example, it is preferable that the metadata is classified into a plurality of items as in the data structure shown in FIG.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although metadata is shown according to a user's request | requirement, you may deliver to a user automatically in another embodiment. For example, a transmission system administrator and a publisher or a movie or drama production company may conclude a contract and automatically distribute data periodically.

  In the present embodiment, the image data and content data stored in the database 10 of the book information transmission system 100 are created or prepared by the system creator. Alternatively, the image data and content data are created by the user via the terminal 20. You may make it do. In that case, it is necessary to provide a data creation tool including an editing program for data creation, binding design, images, music, etc. in the system so that the user can easily create it.

  In the present embodiment, the book information may be registered or updated in the database 10 manually by a system administrator. However, it is more preferable that book information is automatically registered or updated by connecting the database 10 to a predetermined server or the like via a network and automatically transferring data from the server.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment shown in drawing, these are only an illustration and those skilled in this technical field can variously be within the range which does not deviate from the range and the meaning of this invention. It will be understood that modifications and variations are possible. Accordingly, the technical scope of the present invention should not be determined by the described embodiments but by the claims.

It is the schematic of the book information transmission system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the data stored in the database of FIG. It is a flowchart of the process which the book information transmission system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention performs.

Explanation of symbols

100 Book Information Transmission System System 10 Database 20 Terminal 30 Network

Claims (15)

A book information transmission system comprising a database, one or more terminals, and a network connecting the database and the terminals,
The database stores image data of a book trailer and content data about the book,
When the database receives metadata about a book from the terminal, the book information transmission system searches for information stored in the database based on the metadata and sends the searched information to the terminal.   2. The book information transmission system according to claim 1, wherein the database records the metadata, and sends the recorded metadata to the terminal when requested by the terminal.   The content data is classified into a plurality of categories, and the category includes information on characters in a book story, a story stage, characters in a character, and a specific scene. The book information transmission system according to claim 1 or 2.   The book information transmission system according to claim 1, further comprising a data creation tool for creating the image data.   2. The book information according to claim 1, wherein the image data stored in the database includes additional information regarding a trailer, and the database sends the additional information to the terminal when requested by the terminal. Transmission system.   6. The book information transmission system according to claim 5, wherein the additional information includes a director and staff who created the image data, and a profile of a performer.   The book information transmission system according to claim 2, wherein the metadata recorded in the database includes the number of times the image data is viewed.   The book information transmission system according to claim 7, wherein the number of viewing times of the image data is weighted. Using a book information transmission system comprising a database storing image data of a book trailer, content data relating to a book, one or more terminals, and a network connecting the database and the terminals A method for presenting information about a book,
The terminal receives metadata about the book;
Sending the received metadata to the database by the terminal;
Searching for information stored in the database based on the metadata;
The database sending the retrieved information to the terminal;
Including methods. The database records the metadata to itself;
The database sends the recorded metadata to the terminal when requested by the terminal;
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:   The content data is classified into a plurality of categories, and the category includes information on characters in the story of the book, the stage of the story, the lines of the characters, and a specific scene. The method according to claim 9 or 10. The image data stored in the database includes additional information about the image,
The book information transmitting system according to claim 9, further comprising a step of the database sending the additional information to the terminal when requested by the terminal.   The book information transmitting system according to claim 12, wherein the additional information includes a director and a staff who created the image data, and a profile of a performer.   The book information transmission system according to claim 10, wherein the metadata recorded in the database includes the number of times the image data is viewed.   The book information transmission system according to claim 14, wherein the number of viewing times of the image data is weighted.