JP2009020623A - Autoplay content playback display method and autoplay system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an autoplay content playback display method and an autoplay system for performing the automatic scroll and display and control of the display of a picture just like the playback of a moving image in an HTML page displayed by a Web browser. <P>SOLUTION: The autoplay system is configured by connecting: a user PC1 on which a Web browser is loaded; an autoplay server 2 for generating autoplay content α being an HTML page which is subjected to automatic scroll and display; and content providing sites 31, 32, through 3n being the distribution origin of the HTML page through a network in a communication connection possible manner. The user PC1 is provided with the distribution request means and display playback means of autoplay content α, and the autoplay server is provided with the generation means and distribution means of the autoplay content α. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention converts a text-based HTML page into an auto play content which is an HTML page having a function of automatically scrolling and displaying a moving image so that the video can be reproduced and displayed on a Web browser. The present invention relates to a content reproduction display method and an auto play system.

  Currently, when the Internet is displayed on a Web browser, a technique for dynamically expressing an HTML page is used for pursuing ease of viewing and impact.

  As the technology, there are various methods such as displaying a moving image on a browser, changing the color of characters inside an HTML page, blinking, or displaying a still image, a character string, etc. so that the position is moved.

  In recent years, a technique for automatically scrolling an HTML page itself is also commonly used, and there is an HTML page with a function of automatically scrolling a part of an HTML page or all pages.

  However, in HTML pages with a scroll display function, not only settings such as scrolling speed, stop and restart of scrolling, but also HTML pages with automatic scrolling functions are created in advance by HTML page producers. It can only be set.

  For this reason, even if the user viewing the HTML page feels inconvenience in the scroll display function, there is no method for changing the setting on the user side.

  Here, main objects to be solved by the present invention are as follows.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A first object of the present invention is an auto play content playback display method and auto play system which can automatically scroll and display a screen as if playing a moving image on an HTML page displayed on a web browser. Is to provide.

  A second object of the present invention is to provide an auto play content reproduction display method and auto play that enable control of scroll display functions such as pause and speed change in an HTML page that performs automatic scroll display. To provide a system.

  A third object of the present invention is to hold a plurality of selectable HTML pages in an HTML page as if changing a television channel, and automatically scroll the selected HTML page according to the user's selection. It is another object of the present invention to provide an auto play content reproduction / display method and an auto play system that enable control.

  The fourth object of the present invention is to provide an auto-play that enables automatic scroll display and control of an HTML page without sticking to the type of content providing site that is the creator of the HTML page. An object is to provide a content reproduction display method and an auto play system.

  Other objects of the present invention will become apparent from the specification, drawings, and particularly the description of each claim in the claims.

  In order to solve the above problems, the method of the present invention transmits a request for generating an auto play content, which is an HTML page that is automatically scroll-displayed, from a personal computer equipped with a Web browser to the auto play server. After connecting to the provider site and obtaining the HTML page corresponding to the generation request, the auto play content is generated, distributed to the personal computer, and the auto play content can be displayed on the personal computer. Take characteristic construction techniques.

  In order to solve the above problems, the system of the present invention has a personal computer equipped with a Web browser, an auto play server that generates auto play content that is an HTML page that is automatically scroll-displayed, and a content providing site that is a distribution source of the HTML page. Are connected to each other via a network so that the personal computer includes an auto play content distribution request unit and a display reproduction unit, and the auto server includes a unit for generating the auto play content. The characteristic construction means is taken.

  Further, in detail, in order to solve the problem, the present invention achieves the object by adopting a novel characteristic configuration method or means concerning the subordinate concept from the superordinate concept listed below. Is done.

  The first feature of the method of the present invention is an HTML page with an auto play function in which an auto play server automatically scrolls and displays the HTML page provided by the content providing site through the Internet line. An auto-play content playback / display method that generates as auto-play content and plays back and displays on a web browser of a personal computer, wherein an HTML page address and auto-address are sent from a personal computer equipped with the web browser to the auto-play server. An auto play content request transmission procedure for transmitting an auto play content distribution request including a play content generation request, and the HTML page of the auto play content distribution request received by the auto play server. When the HTML data distribution request is received, the content providing site is determined based on the address of the HTML page, the HTML page distribution request transmission procedure for making an HTML data distribution request of the HTML page to the content providing site using the address, An HTML data transmission procedure for transmitting data of the HTML page corresponding to the address, and an auto-play function that receives the HTML data from the content providing site, adds an auto-play function to the received HTML data, and generates auto-play content. A play content generation procedure, an auto play content distribution procedure for transmitting the auto play content and a program for causing the auto play content to function to the personal computer, and the received auto play content. Autoplay content playback display, in which the play content is displayed on a Web browser, the program is started, and the autoplay content playback display procedure for scrolling and displaying the HTML page in the autoplay content is sequentially repeated. The method is in configuration adoption.

  A second feature of the method of the present invention is an auto play content playback / display method in which the auto play content in the first feature of the present invention is capable of stopping, restarting, pausing, and playing backward. It is in configuration adoption.

  A third feature of the method of the present invention is the adoption of a configuration of an autoplay content playback display method in which the autoplay content in the first feature of the present invention method can change the playback speed.

  A fourth feature of the method of the present invention is that the auto play content in the first feature of the method of the present invention visually displays the displayed ratio of the HTML pages in a graph, and the personal computer user displays the graph. When the mouse is clicked on, the auto play content playback / display method is adopted in which the display position of the HTML page is changed according to the click position in the graph.

  According to a fifth feature of the method of the present invention, there is provided a configuration of an auto play content reproduction display method in which the program according to any one of the first to fourth features of the method of the present invention uses Java (registered trademark) Script. Adopted.

  A sixth feature of the method of the present invention is that the auto play content according to any one of the first to fifth features of the method of the present invention stores a plurality of the HTML pages and is capable of switching playback display. The content reproduction display method is employed.

  A first feature of the system of the present invention is an HTML page with an auto play function in which an auto play server automatically scrolls and displays an HTML page provided by a content providing site through an Internet line. An auto play system that generates as auto play content and reproduces and displays it on a web browser of a personal computer, and the personal computer sends an auto page content and an auto play content generation request to the auto play server. An auto play content request transmitting means for transmitting a play content distribution request, and a program for displaying the auto play content on a Web browser and causing the auto play content to function. And an auto play content playback / display unit that scrolls and displays the HTML page in the auto play content, and the auto play server receives the auto play content distribution request, and the HTML An HTML page request transmitting means for determining the content providing site based on a page address and making an HTML data distribution request for the HTML page to the content providing site using the address, and receiving the HTML data from the content providing site Then, an auto play function is added to the received HTML data to generate an auto play content, and the auto play content and the program are stored in the personal computer. In the configuration adopting auto play system comprising comprising an auto-play content delivery means, the to be transmitted to the data.

  A second feature of the system of the present invention is that the auto play content in the first feature of the method of the present invention is a content playback unit that scrolls and displays the HTML page, and a button that is visually displayed on the personal computer. And a content operation unit including a slide bar and a knob, and a content control unit that recognizes the state change as a reception control command when a state change occurs in the content operation unit, and delivers the change as a control command to the content reproduction unit. In the configuration adoption of the auto play system, which is configured by.

  A third feature of the method of the present invention is the adoption of a configuration of an auto play system in which the program in the first or second feature of the method of the present invention is configured by Java (registered trademark) Script.

  According to a fourth aspect of the method of the present invention, the content providing site according to any one of the first to fourth aspects of the method of the present invention corresponds to the address for the HTML page request transmission from the auto play server. The configuration of the auto play system includes HTML data transmission means for transmitting the HTML page data.

  According to the present invention, an HTML page having an automatic scroll function can be easily displayed as long as the terminal is connected to the Internet and has a Web browser installed, without depending on the operating environment of the client-side PC. Is possible.

  Further, it is possible to automatically scroll the HTML page without installing dedicated software or the like in the client side PC and the HTML page providing destination.

  Further, it is possible to automatically scroll and display an existing HTML page without adding a special function to the HTML page in advance on the content providing site side that is the HTML page providing source.

  Hereinafter, an example of a system for carrying out the present invention and an example of the system example will be described.

(System example)
First, the system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of an auto play system according to the present invention. This system includes a user PC 1 that displays a Web browser, an auto play server 2 that controls an auto play function in an HTML page, and a destination of the HTML page. The plurality of content providing sites 31, 32,... 3n are configured to be communicably connected through an Internet network (not shown).

  The user PC 1 uses a personal computer equipped with a web browser. Here, the type of the Web browser is not limited, but the user PC 1 needs to set Java (registered trademark) Script, which is implemented in various Web browsers as a standard, to the valid state.

  Next, in response to a request from the user PC 1, the auto play server 2 is a server that generates and distributes the requested HTML page as auto play content that is an HTML page with an auto play function. A content request receiving unit 21 that receives an auto play content request including an address of an HTML page that a user who uses the PC 1 wants to display, and a content providing site 31 that distributes an HTML page at an address included in the auto play content request; 32,... 3n request the latest HTML page information, and the latest HTML page information is obtained from the content providing sites 31, 32,... 3n, and the obtained HTML page is generated as auto play content. Do And over door play content generation unit 23, and at the Auto-play content delivery unit 24 for delivering the generated auto-play content to the user PC1.

  Further, the content providing sites 31, 32,... 3n are content distribution sources that do not limit the type such as news sites or SNS sites that provide HTML pages requested from the auto play server 2, and distribute HTML pages. There is no need for the site itself to have special functions.

  Next, the configuration of the auto play content α generated by adding the auto play function to the HTML page by the auto play generation unit will be described with reference to FIG.

  The auto play content α is a content reproduction unit 4 that dynamically reproduces an HTML page selected by a system user on a Web browser, and reproduction control such as reproduction and pause of the HTML page displayed on the content reproduction unit 4. The content operation unit 5 displayed on the Web browser so that the user can perform a selection operation, and the user's operation in the content operation unit 5 are received, recognized as an execution command, and transmitted to the content reproduction unit 4 as a control command. The content control unit 6 controls playback of the auto play content α.

  As shown in the figure, the configuration example of the content operation unit 5 includes a channel switching button 51 that enables the content display unit 4 to switch the display of an HTML page that has been set and selected in advance by the user, and an HTML. A progress bar 52 representing the ratio of the display position currently displayed with respect to the entire scroll position on the page, and the display of the HTML page displayed on the content display unit 4 by moving the progress bar 52 in the horizontal direction. A knob 53 that can change the position, a function button 54 that performs playback, reverse playback, pause, fast forward, and rewind of the HTML page displayed on the content playback unit 4, and an HTML page that is scroll-displayed on the content display unit 4. And a speed adjustment button 55 for changing the scroll speed.

  Here, the content operation unit 5 is triggered by the fact that the buttons, bars, and knobs included in the content operation unit 5 are given mouse click operations from the user PC 1 to the respective parts. The function unit receives the click operation as operation information and transmits the operation information to the content control unit 6.

  Furthermore, the content control unit 6 is a functional unit that transmits the operation information received from the content operation unit 5 to the content reproduction unit 4 as a control command. Changes in the HTML page displayed on the playback unit 4, changes in the scroll speed of the HTML page, stop of scrolling, etc. are reflected and displayed as HTML pages.

  The above is the configuration content of the auto play content α, but the operation functions included in the content operation unit are not limited to those described above, and necessary functions can be added as appropriate.

  Next, an embodiment in the system of the present invention will be described.

  In this embodiment, a series of procedures until the auto-play content α is displayed / operated on the web browser of the user PC 1 using FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described. First, the user PC 1 uses the web browser. A method until the auto play content α is displayed will be described as procedure 1, and a method until the user PC 1 operates the auto play content α will be described as procedure 2.

(Procedure 1 Autoplay content α display method)
First, the system user starts a web browser on the user PC 1 and connects to an auto play content providing site distributed by the auto play server 2.

  When the user PC 1 is connected to the auto play content providing site, the user PC 1 auto-plays the user information including user-specific information such as the user IP and the address of the HTML page displayed in the auto-play content α. A content distribution request is transmitted to the auto play server 2 (I).

  Here, the user information is not particularly limited, and a dynamic address may be automatically generated by the auto play server 2 and transmitted to the user PC 1 when a distribution request is transmitted.

  Further, in the case where the user PC 1 transmits a distribution request to the auto play server 2, here, it has been described that the user PC 1 automatically transmits a provision request to the auto play server 2 at the same time as connecting to the auto play providing site. The transmission method of the distribution request is not limited to this. For example, the user designates an HTML page to be reproduced in the auto play content α on the user PC 1 and clicks the mouse to perform auto play at the user's discretion. A content request may be transmitted.

  Next, when the content request receiving unit 21 in the auto play server 2 receives the distribution request transmitted from the user PC 1, the content providing site 31 that provides the HTML page from the HTML page information included in the distribution request. , 32,... 3n, and page information including the HTML page and the address of the content providing site is transferred to the HTML page request unit 22 (II).

  Here, the number of HTML pages specified by the user PC 1 is one or more, and the content request receiving unit 21 sequentially passes one or more pieces of page information to the HTML page requesting unit 22 regardless of the number.

  Next, the HTML page request unit 22 transmits an HTML page request to the content providing sites 31, 32,..., 3n that distribute the HTML page based on the received one or more page information (III).

  In response to the HTML page request from the HTML page request unit 22, the content providing sites 31, 32, ..., 3n output the latest HTML page (IV). In FIG. 1, only the content providing site 31 and the request and output of the HTML page are shown in order to clearly explain the flow of data, but the request and output procedures are the same in the content providing sites 32,. .

  The auto play content generation unit 23 receives the HTML page output from the content providing sites 31, 32,..., 3n, converts the HTML page into an auto play layout, and generates auto play content α (V).

  After generating the auto play content α, the auto play content generation unit 23 delivers the generated content data to the auto play content distribution unit 24 (VI).

  The auto play content distribution unit 24 that has received the content data outputs a Java (registered trademark) script incorporating the auto play function to the user PC 1 and then outputs the received auto play content α data (VII). ).

  When the user PC 1 receives the Java (registered trademark) Script and the auto play content α embedded in the auto play function 2 from the auto play server 2, the user PC 1 first displays the auto play content α on the Web browser, and further, the content providing sites 31 and 32. , ... The HTML page data provided in 3n is arranged as a hidden object, and the initialization Java (registered trademark) script function is called from the function-embedded Java (registered trademark) script, and the content of the auto play content α After initializing the values of the respective function units of the operation unit 5, the content reproduction unit 4 reproduces the HTML page selected by the user.

  The above is the procedure for displaying the auto play content α on the user PC 1. Next, procedure 2 which is an example in the case of operating the auto play content α on the user PC 1 will be described.

(Procedure 2 Auto play content α operation method)
When the auto play content α is displayed on the user PC 1 and the HTML playback of the HTML page is automatically started by the content playback unit 4, each operation unit of the content operation unit 5 can be operated.

  First, when one of the operation units of the content operation unit 5 is clicked with the mouse on the user PC 1, operation information indicating the operation content is transferred from the content operation unit 5 to the content control unit 6.

  The content control unit 6 passes the received operation information to the content reproduction unit 4 as a control command, and the content reproduction unit 4 reflects the received control command on the reproduction of the HTML page.

  In any operation unit of the content operation unit 5, the reproduction of the content is controlled in the same procedure.

  For example, the channel switching button 51 is a button for switching display of a plurality of HTML pages provided from the content providing sites 31, 32,..., 3n, and one HTML page is assigned to each channel button. Yes.

  When the channel switching button 51 is clicked with the mouse, the operation information is transmitted from the channel switching button 51 to the content control unit 6, and the content control unit 6 receives the operation information received from the content reproduction unit 4 and the HTML page information to be newly displayed. Is sent in Java (registered trademark) Script as a control command for switching the display of the HTML page.

  Then, the content reproduction unit 4 displays the HTML page instructed by the content control unit 6 on the content reproduction unit and reproduces the HTML page downward from the scroll start position.

  Further, the content control unit 6 stores the display position where the page before the channel switching was displayed, and after switching to another channel by the channel switching button 51, the display is displayed on the HTML page that has been played once. In the case of switching, reproduction is performed again after the scroll position is moved to the display state that was being reproduced before switching.

  The operation method is the same for the progress bar 52, the knob 53, the function button 54, and the speed adjustment button. When the button, bar, or knob is clicked with the mouse, the content control unit sends a control command corresponding to the click to the content. It is sent to the playback unit 4 and reflected in the content playback unit 4.

  The above is the operation method of the auto play content α. However, the content operation unit 5 described above is not limited to these function units, and functions can be added and deleted as appropriate. The unit 6 displays and reproduces the auto play content α by reflecting the operation on the content reproduction unit using Java (registered trademark) Script.

  Further, when the HTML page is updated by the content providing site, when the updated content is reflected in the auto play content α, the content control unit 6 issues an HTML page distribution request to the auto play content α at regular intervals. After that, it is possible to reflect the latest information on the content reproduction unit 4 at all times by sequentially repeating steps (II) to (VII) of step 1.

  As mentioned above, although the system example and the Example corresponding to this were mentioned and demonstrated about embodiment of this invention, this invention is not necessarily limited only to the means and method mentioned above, and has the above-mentioned effect. Modifications can be made as appropriate within the range.

  By implementing the present invention, a text-based HTML page can be obtained by adding a server for auto-play content without adding any special function to the content providing site that is a content providing source or the PC 1 side for browsing the HTML page. However, it is possible to display and reproduce the video as if it were a video.

  Furthermore, in HTML pages with a large number of text strings such as diaries and novels, it is possible to view HTML pages without frequently operating the mouse, and to scroll at a speed suitable for the user. Is very effective.

It is a system configuration diagram in an example system of the present invention. It is a functional block diagram of the auto play content (alpha) in the system example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... User PC
2 ... Autoplay server 21 ... Content request receiving unit 22 ... HTML page requesting unit 23 ... Autoplay content generating unit 24 ... Autoplay content distributing units 31, 32, ... 3n ... Content providing site 4 ... Content playback unit 5 ... Content operation Unit 51 ... Channel switching button 52 ... Progress bar 53 ... Knob 54 ... Function button 55 ... Speed adjustment button 6 ... Content control unit

Claims (10)

An HTML page provided by a content providing site is generated as an auto play content that is an HTML page with an auto play function in which an auto play server automatically scrolls and displays the HTML page through an Internet line. An auto play content playback display method for playback display on a web browser,
An auto play content request transmission procedure for transmitting an auto play content distribution request comprising an HTML page address and an auto play content generation request from the personal computer having the web browser to the auto play server;
The content providing site is determined based on the address of the HTML page of the auto play content distribution request received by the auto play server, and the HTML data distribution request of the HTML page is made to the content providing site using the address. HTML page delivery request transmission procedure;
When receiving the HTML data distribution request, an HTML data transmission procedure for transmitting the data of the HTML page corresponding to the address;
An auto play content generation procedure for receiving the HTML data from the content providing site, adding an auto play function to the received HTML data, and generating auto play content;
An auto play content distribution procedure for transmitting the auto play content and a program for causing the auto play content to function to the personal computer;
The received autoplay content is displayed on a web browser, the program is started, and the autoplay content playback display procedure for scrolling and displaying the HTML page in the autoplay content is sequentially repeated.
An auto play content reproduction display method characterized by the above. The auto play content is
Playback can be stopped, resumed, paused, reverse playback,
The method of reproducing and displaying an auto play content according to claim 1, wherein: The auto play content is
It is possible to change the playback speed,
The method of reproducing and displaying an auto play content according to claim 1, wherein: The auto play content is
Visually display the displayed percentage of the HTML page,
When the personal computer user clicks the mouse on the graph,
According to the click position in the graph, the display position of the HTML page is changed.
The method of reproducing and displaying an auto play content according to claim 1, wherein: The program is
Use Java (registered trademark) Script,
The method of reproducing and displaying an auto play content according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: The auto play content is
A plurality of the HTML pages are stored and can be switched and displayed.
The method of reproducing and displaying an auto play content according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that: An HTML page provided by a content providing site is generated as an auto play content that is an HTML page with an auto play function in which an auto play server automatically scrolls and displays the HTML page through an Internet line. An auto play system for reproducing and displaying on a web browser,
The personal computer transmits to the auto play server an auto play content request transmission means for transmitting an auto play content distribution request including an HTML page address and an auto play content generation request; Autoplay content playback display means for displaying and starting a program for causing the autoplay content to function, and scrolling and displaying the HTML page in the autoplay content,
The auto play server determines the content providing site based on the delivery request receiving means for receiving the auto play content delivery request and the address of the HTML page, and uses the address to the content providing site of the HTML page. HTML page request transmitting means for making an HTML data distribution request, auto play content generating means for receiving the HTML data from the content providing site, adding an auto play function to the received HTML data, and generating auto play content. An auto play content distribution means for transmitting the auto play content and the program to the personal computer,
An auto play system characterized by that. The auto play content is
A content playback unit that scrolls and displays the HTML page;
A content operation unit comprising buttons, slide bars, and knobs visually displayed on the personal computer;
When a state change occurs in the content operation unit, the content control unit is configured to receive the state change and recognize it as a control command, and deliver it as a control command to the content reproduction unit.
The auto play system according to claim 7. The program is
Built with Java (registered trademark) Script,
The auto play system according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that. The content providing site is:
In response to the HTML page request transmission from the auto play server,
HTML data transmission means for transmitting the data of the HTML page corresponding to the address,
The auto play system according to any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein