JP2010232812A - Moving image file transmission server and operation control method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the load on a user of a mobile telephone 1, when selecting a desired moving image file from among a plurality of moving image files. <P>SOLUTION: A clickable character string 6 is displayed on a display screen 5 of a mobile telephone 1. When the character string 6 is clicked, a moving image request is transmitted to a moving image file transmission server. When the moving image request is received by the moving image file transmission server, the first moving image file is transmitted from the moving image file transmission server to the mobile telephone 1. When reproducing the moving image in the mobile telephone 1 is finished, another clickable character string 6 is redisplayed on the display screen 5. When the character string 6 is clicked again, the second moving image file is transmitted from the moving image file transmission server to the mobile telephone 1, and the moving image is reproduced. By merely clicking the character string 6, a plurality of moving images are sequentially displayed on the display screen 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a moving image file transmission server and an operation control method thereof.

  Currently, services are available to send video files to client computers. For example, a plurality of moving image contents are sequentially transmitted to a client computer, and commercial moving image contents are also transmitted without a sense of incongruity (Patent Document 1). When moving image data is transmitted to a client computer, the load on the server is reduced. (Patent Document 2) and the like.

  Since a client computer has a rich input interface such as a keyboard and a mouse, selecting a desired video file from a plurality of video files does not burden the user.

  However, since the input interface of a mobile phone is limited to a numeric keypad, it is difficult to select a desired moving image file from a plurality of moving image files.

  10 and 11 are examples of the display screen of the mobile phone.

  Referring to FIG. 10, mobile phone 1 includes a first half 2 and a second half 3 that are foldable. An antenna 4 is formed on the upper portion of the first half 2. A display screen 2 is formed on the inner surface of the first half 2. A ten keypad (not shown) is formed on the inner surface of the second half 3. On the display screen 2, clickable character strings 51, 52, 53, and 54 of "moving image reproduction 1", "moving image reproduction 2", "moving image reproduction 3" and "moving image reproduction 4" are displayed. Each character string 51 to 54 has a link to the corresponding video file, and when one of the character strings 51 to 54 is clicked, the corresponding video is requested from the image server. Is done. When a moving image file representing the requested moving image is transmitted from the image server to the mobile phone 1, the requested moving image 60 is displayed on the display screen 5 as shown in FIG.

  The videos linked to “Video Playback 1”, “Video Playback 2”, “Video Playback 3”, and “Video Playback 4” are continuous, and when viewing all videos, the mobile phone The user 1 needs to click on the character strings 51 to 54 of “moving image reproduction 1”, “moving image reproduction 2”, “moving image reproduction 3”, and “moving image reproduction 4” in order from the beginning. Since the input interface of the mobile phone 1 is a numeric keypad, it is a burden on the user to select and click the character strings 51 to 54 in order.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-135077 JP 2008-71155 A

  An object of this invention is to reduce the burden of the user of a mobile phone.

  The moving image file transmission server according to the present invention comprises a web page request receiving means for receiving a web page request for requesting a web page for moving pictures transmitted from a mobile phone, and the web page request receiving means. In response to receipt of a page request, a session ID generation unit that generates a session ID, and an initial value of a status indicating a user's processing status corresponding to the session ID generated by the session ID generation unit is incremented Session management table storage means for freely storing in the session management table, clickable requesting a video when clicked in response to receiving a web page request by the web page request receiving means. Web page data transmission means for transmitting web page data representing a web page including a character string to the mobile phone, the web page data transmission means from the web page data transmission means to the mobile phone In response to the data being transmitted, a video request transmitted from the mobile phone is received when a clickable character string included in a web page displayed on the display screen of the mobile phone is clicked. A status stored in the session management table among a plurality of video files specified by an identification code representing a video transmission order in response to a video request received by the video request receiving means and the video request receiving means. The video file specified by the identification code corresponding to Shin and, and characterized in that it comprises a moving image file transmission control means for incrementing the status stored in the session management table.

  The present invention also provides an operation control method suitable for the moving image file transmission server. That is, in this method, the web page request receiving means receives a web page request for requesting a video request web page transmitted from a mobile phone, and the session ID generating means receives the web page request. In response to receiving the web page request by the request receiving means, a session ID is generated, and the session management table storage means indicates the user's processing status corresponding to the session ID generated by the session ID generating means. The initial value of the status to be represented is stored in the session management table in an incremental manner, and the web page data sending means is clicked in response to receiving the web page request by the web page request receiving means. To replay the video. Web page data representing a web page including a clickable character string to be transmitted is transmitted to the mobile phone, and the video request receiving means transmits the web page data from the web page data transmitting means to the mobile phone. In response to the page data being transmitted, a video request transmitted from the mobile phone is transmitted when a clickable character string included in the web page displayed on the display screen of the mobile phone is clicked. The video file transmission control means receives the video request received by the video request reception means and stores it in the session management table among a plurality of video files specified by an identification code representing the video transmission order. The video file specified by the identification code corresponding to the status Serial sent to the mobile phone, and is to increment the status stored in the session management table.

  According to the present invention, when a web page request for requesting a video request web page transmitted from a mobile phone is received, a session ID is generated. Then, the initial value of the status is stored in the session ID table corresponding to the session ID. Web page data is generated, and the generated web page data is transmitted from the moving image file transmission server to the mobile phone. When web page data is received by the mobile phone, a video request is sent from the mobile phone to the video file transmission server by clicking a clickable character string included in the web page represented by the web page data. Sent to. When the moving image request is received by the moving image file transmission server, the moving image file specified by the identification code corresponding to the status stored in the session management table is transmitted to the mobile phone, and the status is incremented. Since the status is incremented, if a video request is received after the video represented by the transmitted video file has finished playing, the video file next to the transmitted video file is transferred from the video file transmission server to the mobile phone. Sent. A user of a mobile phone can browse a plurality of moving images represented by a plurality of moving image files in order by simply clicking one type of character string displayed on the web page.

  The moving image file transmission control means may comprise status determination means for determining whether or not the status stored in the session management table is an initial value in response to the moving image request being received by the moving image request receiving means. Good. In this case, when the status determination means determines that the status stored in the session management table is the initial value, the advertisement file is transmitted and the status stored in the session management table is imported. Specified by the identification code corresponding to the status stored in the session management table when the status determination means determines that the status stored in the session management table is not the initial value. The transmitted video file will be sent to the mobile phone.

  The moving image file transmission control means, for example, the advertisement to be transmitted in response to the requested moving image when the status determination means determines that the status stored in the session management table is the initial value. The advertisement file to be transmitted is determined from the advertisement management table in which the file is defined, and the determined advertisement file is transmitted to the mobile phone.

1 shows an overview of a video communication system. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of a moving image file transmission server. It is an example of a moving image management table. It is an example of a session management table. It is an example of a mobile phone. It is a flowchart which shows a part of process sequence of a moving image file transmission server. It is a flowchart which shows a part of process sequence of a moving image file transmission server. It is an example of a CM content management table. It is a flowchart which shows a part of process sequence of a moving image file transmission server. It is an example of a mobile phone. It is an example of a mobile phone.

  FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention and shows an outline of a moving image communication system.

  The moving image communication system includes a mobile phone 1 and a moving image file transmission server 10. The mobile phone 1 and the moving image file transmission server 10 can communicate with each other via a network such as the Internet. In response to a request from the mobile phone 1, a video file is transmitted from the video file transmission server 10 to the mobile phone 1. A moving image can be viewed on the display screen of the mobile phone 1.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the moving image file transmission server 10.

  The request transmitted from the mobile phone 1 is received by the request processing device 11. The operation is controlled by the program control device 12 according to the received request.

  The moving image file transmission server 10 includes a moving image file database 14 in which a large number of moving image files (including CM contents) and a moving image management table are stored. The moving image file database 14 is controlled by the moving image management device 13.

  FIG. 3 is an example of a moving image management table.

  The moving picture management table stores a moving picture order and a moving picture number for each moving picture ID for identifying a moving picture requested by a user. The moving image order indicates the order of transmission when there are a plurality of moving images to be transmitted to the user as shown in FIG. If the order is known, a code other than the number may be used. The moving image number identifies a plurality of moving images, and this moving image number may be a code other than the number as long as a plurality of moving images can be identified.

  In addition, the moving image file transmission server 10 includes a session management database 16 in which a session management table is stored. The session management database 16 is controlled by the session management device 15.

  FIG. 4 is an example of a session management table.

  The session management table stores the status corresponding to the session ID. The session ID identifies the processing by the same user. As described later, the session management is performed when the video file transmission server 1 receives a web page request for requesting a web page for video request. Generated in device 15. The status indicates the processing status of the user, and the initial value is “−1”. This status can be incremented. The status is defined as an ascending or descending order even if it is not a number, and may be a code such as an alphabet if it can be incremented or decremented.

  Returning to FIG. 2, the moving image file transmission server 1 further includes a CM insertion management database 18. The CM insertion management database 18 is controlled by the CM insertion management device 17. The CM insertion management device 17 and the CM insertion management database 18 are for allowing a user who has requested a moving image to view the CM before viewing the moving image, as will be described later. These CM insertion management device 17 and CM insertion management database 18 are not necessarily provided.

  FIG. 5 shows a display screen of the mobile phone 1.

  As described above, the mobile phone 1 includes the first half 2 and the second half 3 that can be bent. An antenna 4 is formed on the upper portion of the first half 2, and a display screen 5 is formed on almost the entire inner surface of the first half 2. In the center of the display screen 5, a clickable character string “moving image reproduction” 6 is displayed (the image displayed on the display screen 5 in FIG. 5 is a moving image request web page).

  As will be described later, a link (http: //movie.cgi? Cid = mov1 & sid = abcd0001) for a video request to the video file transmission server 1 is set in the character string 6 of “video playback” ( Described in web page data). When the character string 6 is clicked, data representing a link attached to the character string 6 is transmitted to the moving image file transmission server 1.

  When requesting a moving image from the mobile phone 1 to the moving image file transmission server 10, first, the moving image request web page shown in FIG. 5 is requested from the mobile phone 1 to the moving image file transmission server 10. When the video request web page is displayed on the mobile phone 1, the video request is transmitted from the mobile phone 1 to the video file transmission server 10 by clicking on the character string 6 included in the web page. . In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, a plurality of moving images are displayed using one character string 6 without displaying a plurality of character strings 51 to 54 on the display screen and sequentially clicking the character strings 51 to 54. The images are sequentially displayed on the display screen 5.

  6 and 7 are flowcharts showing the processing procedure of the moving image file transmission server 10.

  The video file transmission server 10 is waiting for a request transmitted from the mobile phone 1, and when the request transmitted from the mobile phone 1 is received (YES in step 21 in FIG. 6), the user of the mobile phone 1 is determined from the request. The video ID (included in the request) of the video that the user wants to browse is read (step 22 in FIG. 6). Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the request transmitted from the mobile phone 1 is a request for a moving image request web page (step 23 in FIG. 6). When a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of a video request web page is requested, it is determined as a request for a video request web page. Needless to say, the user of the mobile phone 1 knows the URL of the video request web page in advance.

  If it is determined that the request is a request for a web page for video request (YES in step 23 in FIG. 6), a session ID is generated in the session management device 13 (step 24 in FIG. 6). When the session ID is generated, the generated session ID is stored in the session management table, and the status is initialized (-1) (step 25 in FIG. 6).

  Subsequently, web page data is generated in which a link in which a moving image ID for identifying the moving image and a session ID are added to the URL of the moving image that can be requested using the moving image request web page is embedded (step in FIG. 6). 26). The generated web page data is transmitted from the moving image file transmission server 10 to the mobile phone 1 (step 27 in FIG. 6). If the end command is not given to the moving image file transmission server 10 (NO in step 28 in FIG. 6), the moving image file transmission server 10 waits for a request.

  When the web page data transmitted from the video file transmission server 10 is received by the mobile phone 1, the video request web page including the character string 6 is displayed on the display screen of the mobile phone 1 as shown in FIG. Is displayed. As described above, the character string 6 includes a link in which a video ID (mov1) and a session ID (abcd0001) for identifying the video are added to the URL of the video that can be requested using the video request web page. It has been. When the character string 6 is clicked, a moving image request including a link attached to the character string 6 is transmitted from the mobile phone 1 to the moving image file transmission server 10.

  When a video request transmitted from the mobile phone 1 is received by the video file transmission server 10 (YES in step 21 in FIG. 6, YES in step 31 in FIG. 7), the session described in the link included in the video request The status corresponding to the ID is read from the session management table (step 32 in FIG. 7). Also, the video ID described in the link included in the video request with the status incremented is read, and the video sequence corresponding to the incremented status is included in the video sequence corresponding to the video ID. Is stored in the moving image management table (step 33 in FIG. 7).

  If the moving picture order corresponding to the moving picture ID is stored in the moving picture management table (YES in step 34 in FIG. 7), the moving picture number corresponding to the moving picture order is read from the moving picture management table (step 35 in FIG. 7). The moving image file stored in the moving image file database 14 is read corresponding to the read moving image number, and the read moving image file is transmitted from the moving image file transmission server 10 to the mobile phone 1 (step 36 in FIG. 7). ).

  When a moving image file is transmitted to the mobile phone 1 and viewing of the moving image represented by the moving image file is finished, a predetermined keypad of the ten keypad of the mobile phone 1 is pressed, so that the display screen of the mobile phone 1 is displayed. From the moving image display, the moving image request web page shown in FIG. 5 is displayed again. When the character string 6 is clicked again, a moving image request is transmitted from the mobile phone 1 to the moving image file transmission server 10.

  If the moving image order corresponding to the moving image ID is not stored in the moving image management table (NO in step 34 in FIG. 7), all moving image files corresponding to the moving image ID have been transmitted to the mobile phone 1, so the status is It is cleared (step 37 in FIG. 7).

  If no end command is given (NO in step 38 in FIG. 7), the request is waited again (step 21 in FIG. 6).

  For example, when the video request web page shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display screen 5 of the mobile phone 1 and the character string 6 is first clicked, the status is incremented from the initial value “−1”. It becomes “0” (step 33 in FIG. 7). Since the moving picture order “000” corresponding to the status “0” is stored in the moving picture management table, the moving picture number “12345670” corresponding to the moving picture order “000” is read, and the moving picture number “12345670” is read. The file is transmitted to the mobile phone 1.

  When browsing of the video with the video number “1234570” is finished and the user of the mobile phone 1 presses a predetermined keypad of the mobile phone 1, the video request web page shown in FIG. It is displayed on the display screen 5 of the mobile phone 1. When the character string 6 is clicked again, a video request is transmitted from the mobile phone 1 to the video file transmission server 10, so that the status corresponding to the session ID is incremented (step 33 in FIG. 7) and incremented. The moving image order corresponding to the status is read from the moving image management table. Since the video order is “001” in the second video request, the video file corresponding to the second video number “123456701” corresponding to the video order is transmitted from the video file transmission server 10 to the mobile phone 1.

  Similarly, a plurality of moving image files are sequentially transmitted from the moving image file transmission server 10 to the mobile phone 1 in accordance with the moving image order. The user of the mobile phone 1 can browse a plurality of moving images in order by clicking one character string 6 on the moving image request web page shown in FIG.

  8 and 9 show another embodiment. In this embodiment, when a plurality of moving image files are sequentially transmitted to the mobile phone 1 according to the moving image order as described above, the CM contents (CM moving image file, CM still image file, CM audio file) are first transferred to the mobile phone 1. To send to.

  FIG. 8 is an example of a CM content management table.

  The CM content management table is a table for storing a CM determination method and a CM content ID for each moving image ID, and is stored in the above-described CM insertion management database 18 (see FIG. 2). The CM determination method defines a method for determining whether or not to transmit a CM transmitted to the mobile phone 1. “0” in the CM determination method indicates that CM content is not transmitted, “1” indicates that a fixed CM content defined by the CM content ID is transmitted, and “2” indicates a CM determined at random. It represents sending content. The CM content ID identifies the CM content to be transmitted. The CM content ID is empty when the CM type is “0”, stores a predefined CM content ID when the CM type is “1”, and the CM type is “2” when the CM type is “2”. When read, a random CM content ID is determined.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing procedure of the moving image file transmission server 10, and corresponds to the processing of FIG.

  If the request transmitted from the mobile phone 1 to the moving image file transmission server 10 is a moving image request (step 41 in FIG. 9), the session ID described in the link included in the moving image request is read as described above. , The status corresponding to the session ID is read from the session management table (step 42 in FIG. 9). If the status indicates not accessed (YES in step 43 in FIG. 9), the CM content is not transmitted to the mobile phone 1 (since it is not determined whether or not CM content is transmitted), it is included in the video request. The CM determination method corresponding to the moving image ID described in the link is read from the CM content management table (step 44 in FIG. 9). The status is incremented (step 45 in FIG. 9), and it is determined whether the CM determination method is “0” (step 46 in FIG. 9).

  If the CM determination method is not “0” (NO in step 46 in FIG. 9), the CM content is transmitted to the mobile phone 1, and the CM content ID corresponding to the moving image ID is read from the CM content management table. (Step 47 in FIG. 9). The CM content corresponding to the read CM content ID is read from the moving image file database 14, and the CM content is transmitted from the moving image file database 10 to the mobile phone 1 (step 48 in FIG. 9). If there is no end command (NO in step 49 in FIG. 9), the request is waited (step 21 in FIG. 6). Thereafter, as described above, according to the video request transmitted from the mobile phone 1 in response to the click of the character string 6 of the video request web page in the mobile phone 1, the video file specified by the video number is sequentially It is transmitted to the mobile phone 1.

  If the status is not accessed (NO in step 43 in FIG. 9), it is already determined whether or not to transmit the CM content to the mobile phone 1, and if it is determined to transmit the CM content, the CM Content is transmitted to the mobile phone 1. For this reason, in order to determine a moving image file to be transmitted to the mobile phone 1, the processing after step 33 in FIG. 7 is performed as described above. Even if the status indicates not accessed, if the CM determination method indicates “0” (YES in step 46 in FIG. 9), there is no need to transmit the CM content to the mobile phone 1. As described above, the processing after step 33 in FIG. 7 is performed.

  Even when a plurality of moving image files are transmitted, the CM content can be transmitted before transmitting the moving image file.

1 Mobile phone
10 Video file transmission server
11 Request processing device (web page request receiving means, web page data sending means, video request receiving means)
12 Program control device (video file transmission control means)
15 Session management device (session ID generation means, session management table storage means)

Claims (4)

Web page request receiving means for receiving a web page request for requesting a web page for video request transmitted from a mobile phone;
A session ID generating means for generating a session ID in response to reception of a web page request by the web page request receiving means;
Session management table storage means for storing an initial value of a status representing a user's processing status corresponding to the session ID generated by the session ID generation means in a session management table in an incremental manner;
Web page data representing a Web page containing a clickable character string that requests a video when clicked in response to receiving the Web page request by the Web page request receiving means. Web page data transmission means for transmitting to the mobile phone,
When the web page data is transmitted from the web page data transmission means to the mobile phone, a clickable character string included in the web page displayed on the display screen of the mobile phone is displayed. A video request receiving means for receiving a video request transmitted from the mobile phone by being clicked, and an identification code representing a video transmission order in response to the video request being received by the video request receiving means. Among the plurality of video files, the video file specified by the identification code corresponding to the status stored in the session management table is transmitted to the mobile phone, and the status stored in the session management table is incremented. Video file transmission control means,
A video file transmission server with The moving image file transmission control means
A status determination unit that determines whether the status stored in the session management table is an initial value in response to a video request received by the video request reception unit;
When the status determination means determines that the status stored in the session management table is the initial value, the advertisement file is transmitted and the status stored in the session management table is incremented. And
The moving image file specified by the identification code corresponding to the status stored in the session management table in response to the status determination means determining that the status stored in the session management table is not the initial value. Which is sent to a mobile phone,
The moving image file transmission server according to claim 1. The moving image file transmission control means
When the status determination means determines that the status stored in the session management table is the initial value, the advertisement management table defines the advertisement file to be transmitted corresponding to the requested video. The advertisement file to be transmitted is determined, and the determined advertisement file is transmitted to the mobile phone.
The moving image file transmission server according to claim 2. The web page request receiving means receives a web page request for requesting a video request web page transmitted from a mobile phone,
The session ID generating means generates a session ID in response to receiving the web page request by the web page request receiving means,
The session management table storage means stores in the session management table an initial value of the status indicating the user's processing status corresponding to the session ID generated by the session ID generation means, in an incrementable manner.
A web containing a clickable character string that requests a video by being clicked in response to the web page data sending means receiving the web page request by the web page request receiving means. -Send web page data representing the page to the mobile phone,
The video request receiving means is included in the web page displayed on the display screen of the mobile phone in response to the web page data being sent from the web page data sending means to the mobile phone. When a clickable character string is clicked, a video request sent from the mobile phone is received,
The video file transmission control means is stored in the session management table among a plurality of video files specified by the identification code indicating the video transmission order in response to the video request received by the video request receiving means. Sending the video file specified by the identification code corresponding to the status to the mobile phone, and incrementing the status stored in the session management table;
A method for controlling the operation of the video file transmission server.

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