JP2009076007A - Server device, terminal unit, content information display system, and content information display method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily retrieve contents desired by a viewer/listener, from a database storing contents. <P>SOLUTION: This server device comprises: a transmitting/receiving part 101 for transmitting/receiving information to/from a terminal unit 11; the database 102 for recording specific information on a plurality of contents; a reading part 103 for reading representative information on the plurality of contents which are candidates selected by the viewer/listener, from the database 102 and outputting it to the terminal unit; an extracting part 104 for extracting the representative information on the plurality of contents related to the contents specified by the selected representative information when one representative information is selected in the terminal unit 11 out of the representative information on the plurality of contents which are selected candidates; and a control part 105 controlling the terminal unit 11 to display the representative information selected in the terminal unit and the related representative information on the plurality of contents on a screen with graphical relevancy. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for displaying representative information including content name, field, attribute, or representative image, and other specific information for specifying content.

  Conventionally, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2004-96479 (Patent Document 1) discloses a content display device that classifies and displays content in a manner that is easy for a user to understand. In this content display device, the content is stored in association with the category to which the content belongs, and the stored content is classified for each category. Then, the identifiers of the contents are presented in the virtual space. Also, the amount of content data is acquired. At this time, the data amount of the content is indicated by one or more of letters, numbers, symbols, and figures, and is presented in association with the content identifier.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-51563 (Patent Document 2) discloses a technique for grasping the layout of an image displayed on the receiving screen on the content distribution side and changing the layout with a simple operation. Has been. In this technique, the content transmission side distributes image composition information for combining image information and the image information, displays a graphic associated with the image information on the screen, and changes the display state of the graphic. . Then, in conjunction with the change in the display state of the graphic, the setting information related to the image information associated with the graphic included in the image composition information is changed. On the other hand, the content receiving side receives image information and image composition information, and generates a composite image based on the received image information and image composition information. Then, the composite image is displayed on the screen.
JP 2004-96479 A JP 2005-51563 A

  However, services that distribute content have been implemented, but it cannot be said that it is sufficient to simply convey content recommended by the service provider to viewers who have accessed content purchase sites. Is the situation. For example, in the conventional method, content is individually displayed for each movie work, but with this, it is not easy to find out what a viewer really wants from a very large amount of content. If the content desired by the viewer cannot be easily found, it will not be an attractive service for the viewer, and the loss of opportunity in the business of providing content will increase. As a result, the business that provides the content will not develop.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and a server device, a terminal device, a content information display system, and content information capable of easily searching for a content desired by a viewer from a database storing content. An object is to provide a display method.

  (1) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following measures. That is, the server device of the present invention is a server device that displays representative information including content name, field, attribute, or representative image, and other specific information specifying the content on a screen of the terminal device. A transmission / reception unit for transmitting / receiving information between them, a database for recording the specific information of a plurality of contents, and reading the representative information of a plurality of contents as selection candidates for viewers from the database to the terminal device A content to be specified by the selected representative information when any one of the representative information among the representative information of the plurality of contents as the selection candidates is selected by the terminal device. An extraction unit that extracts representative information of a plurality of related contents, representative information selected by the terminal device, and the related information That a plurality of the representative information of the content, is characterized by comprising a control unit for controlling the terminal device to display on a screen with a graphical relevance.

  Thus, since the representative information selected by the terminal device and the representative information of a plurality of related contents are displayed on the screen with graphic relevance, the viewer not only displays the representative information of the selected content, but also The representative information of a plurality of contents related to the contents can be browsed. Thereby, it becomes possible to facilitate the search for the content desired by the viewer.

  (2) Further, in the server device of the present invention, the extraction unit, when any one of a plurality of pieces of extracted representative information is reselected by the terminal device, the reselected representative. The representative information of a plurality of contents further related to the content specified by the information is extracted, and the control unit displays the reselected representative information and the related information of the plurality of related contents in a different graphic form from the previous time. The terminal device is controlled so as to be displayed on the screen with a certain relevance.

  As described above, when any one of the extracted representative information of the plurality of contents is reselected by the terminal device, the plurality of contents further related to the contents specified by the reselected representative information. The representative information is extracted, and the reselected representative information and the related information of a plurality of related contents are displayed on the screen with different graphic relations from the previous time. Therefore, the representative information of the contents selected by the viewer The representative information of a plurality of contents related to is displayed one after another. Thereby, it becomes possible to facilitate the search for the content desired by the viewer.

  (3) Further, in the server device of the present invention, the control unit controls the terminal device to display content specifying information specified by representative information selected or reselected by the terminal device on a screen. It is characterized by doing.

  In this way, since the specific information of the content specified by the representative information selected or reselected by the terminal device is displayed on the screen, the viewer can view detailed information regarding the content selected by the viewer. Become. This detailed information is, for example, the title of the content, the genre, the director, the performer, and the catch phrase. As a result, the viewer can easily and quickly grasp the contents.

  (4) Further, in the server device of the present invention, the control unit connects the representative information selected and reselected by the terminal device with line segments, and displays the terminal device so as to be displayed on the screen as a selected route. It is characterized by control.

  Thus, each representative information selected and reselected by the terminal device is connected by a line segment and displayed on the screen as a selection route, so that the viewer is related to each representative information selected and reselected. Can be easily grasped.

  (5) Further, in the server device of the present invention, the control unit controls the terminal device so as to display the representative information that has already been selected or reselected on the screen by following the selected route. It is said.

  In this way, since the representative information that has already been selected or reselected is displayed on the screen again following the selection route, the viewer can grasp the selection history of the representative information that he / she has selected. Thereby, it becomes possible to facilitate the search for the content desired by the viewer.

  (6) In the server device according to the present invention, when the representative information is selectable in the terminal device among the representative information read by the reading unit, the control unit The terminal device is controlled to display a part of the specific information of the content specified by the representative information on the screen.

  In this way, when any one piece of representative information becomes selectable in the terminal device, a part of the content specifying information specified by the representative information is displayed on the screen. Information that cannot be known only by information can be known. As a result, it is possible to facilitate the search for the content desired by the viewer.

  (7) In the server device according to the present invention, the extraction unit includes representative information obtained by the reading unit reading representative information of a plurality of contents related to content specified by the selected or reselected representative information. It is characterized by extracting from.

  As described above, the representative information of a plurality of contents related to the content specified by the selected or reselected representative information is extracted from the representative information read by the reading unit, so that the processing is performed rather than extracting again from the database. It can be done quickly.

  (8) Moreover, the terminal device of the present invention is a terminal device that displays representative information including content name, field, attribute, or representative image and other specific information for specifying content according to an instruction from a server device, A transmission / reception unit that transmits / receives information to / from the device, a display unit that displays information on a screen, and an operation unit that receives a viewer's operation and outputs a signal corresponding to the operation. The representative information of a plurality of contents to be selected as viewer selection candidates received from the server device is displayed on the screen, and the operation unit is configured to display the plurality of content items to be selected as the selection candidates in response to a viewer operation. One of the representative information is selected, the transmission / reception unit transmits information indicating the selected representative information to the server device, and the display unit is In accordance with an instruction from the apparatus, the selected representative information and representative information of a plurality of contents related to the content extracted by the server apparatus and specified by the selected representative information are displayed on the screen with graphic relevance. It is characterized by displaying.

  In this way, the selected representative information and the representative information of a plurality of contents related to the content extracted by the server apparatus and specified by the selected representative information are displayed on the screen with graphic relevance. The person can browse not only representative information of the selected content but also representative information of a plurality of contents related to the content. Thereby, it becomes possible to facilitate the search for the content desired by the viewer.

  (9) In the terminal device according to the present invention, the transmission / reception unit may perform the re-transmission when any one of representative information of a plurality of displayed contents is reselected based on a viewer's operation. After transmitting information indicating the selected representative information to the server device, the server device receives related information of a plurality of contents extracted in the server device and further related to the reselected representative information, and the display unit According to an instruction from the server device, the reselected representative information and related information of a plurality of related contents are displayed on a screen with a graphical relationship different from the previous time.

  As described above, when any one of the already displayed representative information of a plurality of contents is reselected based on the operation of the viewer, the information indicating the reselected representative information is transmitted to the server device. After that, the server apparatus receives the related information of the plurality of contents further extracted and related to the representative information extracted and reselected by the server apparatus, and in accordance with the instruction from the server apparatus, the reselected representative information and the related contents of the plurality of contents. Since the related information is displayed on the screen with a graphic relevance different from the previous time, the representative information of the plurality of contents related to the representative information of the contents selected by the viewer is displayed one after another. Thereby, it becomes possible to facilitate the search for the content desired by the viewer.

  (10) Further, in the terminal device according to the present invention, the display unit displays content specifying information specified by the selected or reselected representative information on a screen in accordance with an instruction from the server device. It is said.

  Thus, according to the instruction from the server device, the specific information of the content specified by the representative information selected or reselected is displayed on the screen, so that the viewer can browse the detailed information on the content selected by the viewer. Is possible. This detailed information is, for example, the title of the content, the genre, the director, the performer, and the catch phrase. As a result, the viewer can easily and quickly grasp the contents.

  (11) Further, in the terminal device of the present invention, the display unit connects the selected or reselected representative information with a line segment in accordance with an instruction from the server device, and displays the selected route on the screen as a selected route. It is a feature.

  In this way, according to the instruction from the server device, each representative information selected or reselected is connected by a line segment and displayed on the screen as a selected route, so that the viewer can relate each representative information selected and reselected. It is possible to easily grasp the situation.

  (12) Further, in the terminal device according to the present invention, the display unit traces the selected route in response to a viewer's operation, and displays the representative information that has already been selected or reselected on the screen again. It is said.

  In this way, the display of the representative information that has already been selected or reselected is displayed again on the screen following the selected route triggered by the viewer's operation, so that the viewer can grasp the selection history of the representative information that he / she has selected. It becomes possible to do. Thereby, it becomes possible to facilitate the search for the content desired by the viewer.

  (13) Further, in the terminal device according to the present invention, the display unit selects any one representative information among the representative information of a plurality of contents to be selected as viewer selection candidates according to an instruction from the server device. It is characterized in that a part of the specific information of the content specified by the representative information is displayed on the screen when it becomes possible.

  In this way, according to the instruction from the server device, when any one of representative information of a plurality of contents to be selected as viewer selection candidates becomes selectable, the representative information is specified. Since a part of the specific information of the content is displayed on the screen, the viewer can know information that cannot be known only by the representative information. As a result, it is possible to facilitate the search for the content desired by the viewer.

  (14) Moreover, the content information display system of this invention is comprised from the server apparatus in any one of Claims 1-7, and the terminal device in any one of Claims 8-13. It is characterized by being.

  Thus, since the representative information selected by the terminal device and the representative information of a plurality of related contents are displayed on the screen with graphic relevance, the viewer not only displays the representative information of the selected content, but also The representative information of a plurality of contents related to the contents can be browsed. Thereby, it becomes possible to facilitate the search for the content desired by the viewer.

  (15) The content information display method according to the present invention is a content information display method for displaying representative information including content name, field, attribute or representative image or other specific information for specifying content on a screen of the terminal device. A step of reading the representative information of a plurality of contents as viewer selection candidates from a database recording the specific information of the plurality of contents, and a step of outputting the read representative information to the terminal device In the terminal device, the step of selecting any one of the representative information of the plurality of contents as the selection candidates, and when any one of the representative information is selected in the terminal device Extract representative information of a plurality of contents related to the content specified by the selected representative information A step that the representative information of a plurality of contents representative information and said associated selected by the terminal device, is characterized in that the step of displaying on a screen with a graphical relevance, the at least.

  Thus, since the representative information selected by the terminal device and the representative information of a plurality of related contents are displayed on the screen with graphic relevance, the viewer not only displays the representative information of the selected content, but also The representative information of a plurality of contents related to the contents can be browsed. Thereby, it becomes possible to facilitate the search for the content desired by the viewer.

  According to the present invention, since the representative information selected by the terminal device and the representative information of a plurality of related contents are displayed on the screen with a graphic relevance, the viewer can not only display the representative information of the selected contents. The representative information of a plurality of contents related to the contents can be browsed. Thereby, it becomes possible to facilitate the search for the content desired by the viewer.

  Next, embodiments according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a content information display system according to the present embodiment. This content information display system is provided with WEB server 10 that holds and manages representative information including content name, field, attribute, or representative image and other specific information for specifying content, and specific information or representative information is provided from WEB server 10. And a product database server 12 that provides representative information of content (product) and other specific information for specifying content to the WEB server 10. The WEB server 10 functions as a server device, and the user terminal 11 functions as a terminal device.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the WEB server 10. The WEB server 10 transmits and receives information to and from the user terminal 11 in the transmission / reception unit 101. The database 102 records specific information of a plurality of contents. The specific information is information for specifying the content, and includes, for example, a title of the content, a genre, a director, a performer, a catch phrase, and a representative image posted on the DVD package. The representative information is a part of the specific information. The reading unit 103 reads representative information of a plurality of contents that are candidates for viewer selection from the database 102, and outputs the representative information to the user terminal 11 via the transmission / reception unit 101.

  The extraction unit 104 relates to the content specified by the selected representative information when any one of the representative information of the plurality of contents as selection candidates is selected by the user terminal 11. Extract representative information of multiple contents. About the relevance of a content, it can obtain | require from the commonality of the information previously provided with respect to each content. For example, it is possible to determine whether or not they are related based on related information such as a work name, a genre, a director, an actor, and a catch phrase between the contents. In the present embodiment, for example, pieces of related information that coincide with each other can be defined as “related contents”. However, the present invention is not limited to this method.

  The control unit 105 displays the representative information selected by the user terminal 11 and the representative information of a plurality of contents (six in this embodiment) related to the representative information on the screen with graphic relevance. Next, the user terminal 11 is controlled. In this embodiment, the graphical relation is that the representative information selected by the user terminal 11 is arranged at the center of the hexagon, and the representative of the six related contents is located at the position corresponding to each vertex of the hexagon. Information is supposed to be arranged. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be displayed with other graphic relationships. Each of the above components can transmit and receive information to and from each other via the control bus 106.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a user terminal (terminal device) according to the embodiment of the present invention. The user terminal 11 transmits / receives information to / from the WEB server 10 in the transmission / reception unit 201. The display unit 202 includes, for example, a liquid crystal display and displays information on the screen. The operation unit 203 includes, for example, a mouse and a keyboard, and receives a viewer's operation and outputs a signal corresponding to the operation. Each of the above components can transmit and receive information to and from each other via the control bus 204.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an outline of the operation of the content information display system according to the embodiment of the present invention. This content information display system uses FLASH (registered trademark). The FLASH refers to software that creates Web content by combining voice and animation of vector graphics. It may also refer to the content created thereby. FLASH has a function of providing bidirectionality by mouse or keyboard input. In order to view a file created by this Flash, it is necessary to install a dedicated plug-in “Flash Player” in the browser. Flash manages a figure in a vector format, that is, a parameter of an equation of a vertex and a curve connecting the vertex. For this reason, the size of the created file is reduced.

  The product database server 12 outputs product information related to the DVD title, for example, from the product database (step S1). Then, the output product information is converted into a CSV file and output to the WEB server 10 (step S2). The CSV file is an output of product attributes such as product ID, title, genre, and director name separated by commas, and corresponds to specific information.

  On the other hand, the WEB server 10 processes the specific information acquired from the product database server 12. That is, the conversion program for storing the acquired CSV file in the FLASH content database is executed and stored in the FLASH content database (step S3). Next, the search result output program is executed, and the search result is output in the XML format based on the search condition requested from the FLASH content side (step S4). The XML output of the search result is in the XML format suitable for reading the product information from FLASH (step S5). Next, reading into FLASH is performed (step S6), and FLASH content is displayed. Then, the search condition is transmitted from the FLASH content (step S7).

  Next, an image display example on the user terminal will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an image display example in the user terminal. As shown in FIG. 5, while representative information is being acquired from the WEB server 10 (during loading), a color panel is displayed on the screen 202 a of the user terminal 11. A central portion of the screen 202a is displayed in a plurality of areas, that is, a total of 36 color panels of 3 in the vertical direction and 12 in the horizontal direction. Further, a status indicating that loading is in progress is displayed below the screen 202a. Here, the representative information is composed of a representative image and title name of the work (content).

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of image display on the user terminal, and shows a state in which 36 pieces of representative information acquired from the WEB server 10 are displayed on each panel. When loading of each representative information is completed, for example, when the mouse pointer is placed on the representative information, the title 600 of the work is displayed in a balloon. A message for assisting operation is displayed below the screen 202a. Note that the loading of the representative information from the WEB server may be performed randomly or may be performed according to a specific rule.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an image display example in the user terminal. When any one representative information on the screen 202a is selected based on the operation of the viewer, the other representative information is temporarily switched to the color panel, and then the selected representative information is displayed as shown in FIG. Only 700 is displayed on the screen 202a.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an image display example in the user terminal. On the left side of the screen 202a, the representative information of the related work (contents) in the items of work name, genre, year of production, country of production, starring, and director is displayed around the selected representative information as a hexagonal center. , Connected by a line segment 800 and arranged at the apex of the hexagon. Further, detailed information 801 of a work (content) corresponding to the selected representative information is displayed on the right side of the screen 202a. When the viewer selects the representative information arranged at the apex of the hexagon again, a hexagon centering on the representative information is newly formed, and for the representative information arranged at the center of the hexagon, Representative information of related works (contents) in the items of work name, genre, production year, production country, starring, and director is connected by a line segment 800 and arranged again at the apex of the hexagon. Each time this reselection is made, the representative information arranged at the center of the hexagon is connected by a line segment and displayed as a selection route. In this way, each selected and reselected representative information is connected by a line segment and displayed on the screen as a selected route, so that the viewer can easily see how the selected and reselected representative information is related. It becomes possible to grasp.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example when the viewer re-selects. When the viewer reselects any one of the representative information arranged at the vertex of the hexagon, the hexagon is displayed so as to rotate to the right, and then the reselected representative information is displayed at the center of the screen 202a. Be placed. Other representative information moves to the left of the screen 202a and cannot be selected. The re-selected representative information is the center of the hexagon, and again, the representative information of related works (contents) in the items of work name, genre, year of production, country of production, starring, director Connected at 800 and placed at the apex of the hexagon.

  When the viewer can select representative information placed at the apex of the hexagon (for example, when the cursor is set to the representative information or so-called mouse over), the previous selection is displayed in the lower right column of the screen. Information indicating the relationship between the selected representative information and the representative information reselected this time, for example, “the connection with the product is“ genre connection ”” may be displayed. As a result, the viewer can easily grasp the relationship between the representative information currently placed at the center of the hexagon and the representative information placed at the apex of the hexagon. Is possible. Further, as described above, a configuration may be adopted in which a further narrowing search is performed using “relevant information” displayed at the lower right of the screen as a keyword. Thereby, only specific information (or representative information) including the keyword can be extracted and displayed on the screen 202a. The representative information displayed as a result of this narrowing search may be displayed for each panel as shown in FIG. In this case, as in FIG. 6, for example, when the mouse pointer is placed on the representative information, the title 600 of the work may be displayed in a balloon. In this case, as shown in FIG. 7, when any one representative information on the screen 202a is selected based on the operation of the viewer, the other representative information is temporarily switched to the color panel, and then selected. Only the representative information 700 is displayed on the screen 202a. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 8, on the left side of the screen 202a, the selected representative information is centered on a hexagon, and the surroundings are related with the items of work name, genre, year of production, country of production, starring, and director. The representative information of the works (contents) to be performed is connected by the line segment 800 and arranged at the apex of the hexagon. With this configuration, it is possible to more easily search for content desired by the viewer.

  Thereby, since the representative information of the content related to the representative information of the content selected by the viewer is displayed one after another, the viewer repeats selection or reselection of the representative information, so that the representative information selected or reselected is displayed. It is possible to browse related representative information. As a result, it is possible to facilitate the search for the content desired by the viewer.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the representative information that has already been selected is displayed again by following the selected route. By operating the “forward” or “return” button in the right information on the screen 202a, the selected route can be returned to the front. Thereby, the viewer can grasp the selection history of the representative information selected by the viewer.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the representative information selected by the user terminal 11 is arranged at the center of the hexagon, and the representative information of the six contents related to the selected representative information is hexagonal. The viewer can view not only the representative information of the selected content but also the representative information of a plurality of contents related to the content. Thereby, it becomes possible to facilitate the search for the content desired by the viewer.

It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the content information display system which concerns on this embodiment. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a WEB server 10. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the user terminal (terminal device) which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the outline of operation | movement of the content information display system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of an image display in a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of an image display in a user terminal, and has shown the state which displayed 36 representative information acquired from the WEB server 10 on each panel. It is a figure which shows the example of an image display in a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of an image display in a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display when a viewer selects again. It is a figure which shows a mode that the representative information which has already been selected is displayed again along the selection path | route.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 WEB server 11 User terminal 12 Goods database server 101 Transmission / reception part 102 Database 103 Reading part 104 Extraction part 105 Control part 106 Control bus 201 Transmission / reception part 202 Display part 202a Screen 203 Operation part 204 Control bus 600 Title 700 Representative information 800 Line segment 801 Detailed information

Claims (15)

A server device that displays representative information including content name, field, attribute, or representative image or other specific information for specifying content on a screen of the terminal device,
A transmission / reception unit for transmitting / receiving information to / from the terminal device;
A database for recording the specific information of a plurality of contents;
A reading unit that reads out the representative information of a plurality of contents as viewer selection candidates from the database, and outputs the representative information to the terminal device;
When any one of the representative information of the plurality of contents as the selection candidates is selected by the terminal device, the plurality of contents related to the content specified by the selected representative information. An extraction unit for extracting representative information;
A control unit that controls the terminal device so that the representative information selected by the terminal device and the representative information of the plurality of related contents are displayed on a screen with graphic relevance. Server device. The extraction unit, when any one of a plurality of pieces of extracted representative information is reselected by the terminal device, a plurality of pieces of information further related to the content specified by the reselected representative information. Extract content representative information,
The control unit controls the terminal device to display the reselected representative information and related information of a plurality of related contents on a screen with a graphical relationship different from the previous one. The server device according to claim 1.   The said control part controls the said terminal device so that the specific information of the content specified by the representative information selected or reselected by the said terminal device may be displayed on a screen. 2. The server device according to 2.   3. The control unit according to claim 2, wherein the control unit controls the terminal device to connect each representative information selected and reselected by the terminal device with a line segment and display the selected information on a screen as a selection route. Server device.   The server device according to claim 4, wherein the control unit controls the terminal device to display the representative information that has already been selected or reselected on the screen by following the selected route.   The control unit, when the representative information read by the reading unit becomes selectable in the terminal device, is one piece of content specifying information specified by the representative information. The server device according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device is controlled to display a unit on a screen.   The extraction unit extracts representative information of a plurality of contents related to the content specified by the selected or reselected representative information from the representative information read by the reading unit. The server apparatus in any one of Claim 6. A terminal device that displays representative information including content name, field, attribute, or representative image and other specific information for specifying content according to an instruction from the server device,
A transmission / reception unit for transmitting / receiving information to / from the server device;
A display for displaying information on the screen;
An operation unit that receives a viewer's operation and outputs a signal corresponding to the operation,
The display unit displays, on the screen, the representative information of a plurality of contents received from the server device as viewer selection candidates,
The operation unit selects one representative information among the representative information of the plurality of contents as the selection candidates, triggered by a viewer operation,
The transmission / reception unit transmits information indicating the selected representative information to the server device,
In accordance with an instruction from the server device, the display unit displays the selected representative information and representative information of a plurality of contents related to the content extracted by the server device and specified by the selected representative information. Terminal device characterized by being displayed on the screen with specific relevance. The transmission / reception unit displays information indicating the reselected representative information when any one of the plurality of pieces of displayed representative information is reselected based on a viewer's operation. And receiving related information of a plurality of contents extracted in the server device and further related to the reselected representative information,
In accordance with an instruction from the server device, the display unit displays the reselected representative information and related information of a plurality of related contents on a screen with a graphic relationship different from the previous time. The terminal device according to claim 8.   The terminal according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the display unit displays, on a screen, content specifying information specified by the selected or reselected representative information in accordance with an instruction from the server device. apparatus.   The terminal device according to claim 9, wherein the display unit connects the selected or reselected representative information with a line segment in accordance with an instruction from the server device, and displays the selected information on a screen as a selected route.   The terminal device according to claim 11, wherein the display unit displays the representative information that has already been selected or reselected on the screen again, following the selected route, triggered by a viewer operation.   In accordance with an instruction from the server device, the display unit displays the representative information when any one of the representative information of a plurality of contents to be selected as viewer selection candidates becomes selectable. 9. The terminal device according to claim 8, wherein a part of the specific information of the specified content is displayed on the screen.   A content information display system comprising the server device according to any one of claims 1 to 7 and the terminal device according to any one of claims 8 to 13. A content information display method for displaying representative information including content name, field, attribute or representative image or other specific information for specifying content on a screen of the terminal device,
Reading the representative information of a plurality of contents as viewer selection candidates from a database that records the specific information of a plurality of contents;
Outputting the read representative information to the terminal device;
In the terminal device, a step of selecting any one representative information among the representative information of the plurality of contents as the selection candidates;
A step of extracting representative information of a plurality of contents related to the content specified by the selected representative information when any one of the representative information is selected by the terminal device;
And displaying the representative information selected by the terminal device and the representative information of the plurality of related contents on a screen with a graphic relevance.