JP2011002982A - Content providing device, content providing method and content providing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a content providing device, a content providing method and a content providing program for distributing text content to which link destination information has been applied according to the interests or tastes of a user.SOLUTION: The content proving server 100 includes as a storage means: a dictionary database 101; a user attribute database 102; and a user browsing history database 103. The content providing server 100 further includes as an arithmetic processing means: a content acquisition means 110; the same word data extraction means 120; a user information acquisition means 130; the same field data extraction means 140; a link data extraction means 150; a content generation means 160; and a content distribution means 170.

Description

  The present invention relates to a content providing apparatus that provides text content, a content providing method, and a content providing program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technique has been known in which link destination information is associated with a word included in a document of a web page, and the link destination can be accessed from the document (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In Patent Document 1, a hypertext link is automatically given as an annotation to a word whose link destination information is registered in a dictionary with respect to a word in a document stored in a server.

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However, when link destination information is automatically given to a word in a document, there is a problem that link destination information is also given to a word that is not of interest and the readability of the document itself deteriorates. In addition, when link destination information is given to all words stored in the dictionary, there is a problem that the operation of the web page becomes heavy due to a huge amount of link destination information, and the operability deteriorates. . In particular, depending on the user, the link destination information is unnecessary or the link destination information is given to words that are not of interest, such as browsing and operability are complicated.
Further, when browsing with a portable terminal or the like, the cursor is moved to a word to which link destination information is added during page operation, and thus browsing and operability are very poor.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a content providing apparatus, a content providing method, and a content providing program for distributing text content to which link destination information is given according to the user's interest.

  A content providing apparatus according to the present invention is a content providing apparatus that inserts a link into text content to be distributed, and associates a word, link destination information indicating a link destination of the word, and field information to which the word belongs. Compare the stored dictionary database, the user information acquisition means for acquiring the field information of the user of the content providing destination, the words included in the text content and the words stored in the dictionary database, The same word data extraction means for extracting matching words from the dictionary database, the field information stored in the dictionary database, and the user field information acquired by the user information acquisition means are compared and substantially match. Same field data extraction means for extracting words related to field information from the dictionary database, and the same A word common to the word extracted by the word data extracting unit and the word extracted by the same field data extracting unit is selected, and the link destination information is associated with the word in the text content, and the text Content generating means for generating a linked text content accessible from the content to the link destination.

Here, link insertion refers to associating related link destination information with a word in text content. By selecting the word with the link inserted by the input means, it is possible to access the link destination indicated by the link destination information.
According to the present invention, links are inserted only into words that match user field information acquired by the user information acquisition means with respect to words in the text content. That is, the word that approximately matches the word contained in the text content in the data stored in the dictionary database, and the field information of the user acquired by the user information acquisition means in the data stored in the dictionary database. Select words that are common to words related to the field information. The word thus selected becomes a word that matches the user's field information in the text content.
Here, the substantially matching word means not only a completely matching word but also a matching with a synonym or abbreviation of the word. Further, the substantially matched field information means not only the completely matching field information but also the field information similar to the field information.

The user field information is information about a field in which the user is interested. For the user, link destination information that is a trigger for obtaining new information on the field of interest is useful, and it is convenient to be able to access the link destination simply by selecting the word. Thus, if it is text content with high convenience, it can prevent that a user's browsing property and operativity fall.
In addition, since the amount of words to be inserted into the link is limited to only words that match the user's field information, it is possible to improve the viewability of the text content on the web page and provide comfortable operability. In particular, when browsing with a terminal device without a pointing device (such as a mouse) such as a portable terminal, the operability of the page by moving the cursor is improved.

  In the content providing apparatus according to the present invention, when the text content to be distributed is distributed to a user terminal, the user is distributed including a switching button including access information to the linked text content generated by the content generation means, and the user It is preferable to further include content distribution means for distributing the linked text content corresponding to the access request based on an access request corresponding to the operation of the switching button on the terminal.

In the present invention, a switching button capable of switching the display of text content is distributed together with the text content. The access information included in the switching button is changed according to the text content. Here, the access information is URL information indicating the storage destination on the server of each of the text content to which the link destination information is not attached and the linked content.
When the switching button is operated on the user terminal, the URL information included in the switching button is transmitted to the content providing apparatus, and the content providing apparatus transmits the text content indicated by the received URL information to the user terminal for display.
Therefore, the user can easily switch between the text content to which the link destination information is not given and the linked text content by simply operating the switching button displayed together with the text content.
In addition, since it is possible to switch between text content with no link destination information and text content with a link in this way, it is only necessary to display linked text content when link destination information is required. Excellent in operability, operability and convenience.

  In the content providing apparatus of the present invention, receiving means for receiving page information and a link embedding request for the text content to be distributed from a user terminal, and content for acquiring the text content to be distributed based on the received page information An acquisition unit; and a content distribution unit that distributes the linked text content generated by the content generation unit to the user terminal based on the content acquired by the content acquisition unit when the reception unit receives the link embedding request. It is preferable to further comprise.

The present invention provides link destination information to text content on a web page provided by an external device. When the content providing device receives the page information by the receiving unit, the content obtaining unit accesses an external device (web server) that provides the page information, and acquires the text content displayed in the page information. And the text content with a link which gave link destination information to the acquired text content by the method similar to the above is generated. The content distribution unit distributes the generated text content with link to the user terminal when the reception unit receives the link embedding request together with the page information.
According to this, since link destination information can be given to text contents on various web pages provided by various external devices, versatility is high.

  In the content providing apparatus according to the present invention, the dictionary database further stores the frequency of searching for the word for each word, and the content generation unit includes the word among the words associated with the link destination information. It is preferable to highlight a word whose frequency is a predetermined value or more.

  In the present invention, the content generation means generates the linked text content by highlighting the word according to the frequency with which the word stored in the dictionary database is searched. For example, the character size of a word that is frequently searched is increased. As a result, the user can grasp words that are frequently searched, that is, a topic, as well as words in a field in which the user is interested only by looking at the linked text content. Also, detailed information can be obtained by selecting the word with an input means such as a mouse. Therefore, the latest information can always be provided to the user.

  In the content providing apparatus of the present invention, the text content is updated as time elapses, and a link information holding unit that stores a word associated with the link destination information in a link history database, and stores the link content information in the link history database. Preferably, the information processing device further comprises link information display means for displaying the generated word on a link information display section which is an area different from the display area of the text content.

In the present invention, text content with a link is generated and displayed for text content that is updated as time elapses. Further, the word to which the link destination information is added is stored in the link history database, and the word stored in the link history database is displayed on the link information display unit.
Therefore, even if the linked text content is updated one after another, the word to which the link destination information is added is retained and displayed together with the linked text content. As a result, the user can confirm on the screen the word to which the link destination information displayed in the past as linked text content has been added, and obtain information by accessing the link destination of the word as necessary. Can do.

  In the content providing apparatus of the present invention, the text content is a subtitle displayed during video playback, and the link information holding unit displays a word associated with the link destination information in the text content. It is preferable that the time is further correlated and stored in the link history database, and the link information display means displays words within a predetermined period of time stored in the link history database on the link information display unit.

  In this invention, when the word to which the link destination information is given is stored in the link history database, it is stored in association with the date and time at that time, and the link information display means extracts and displays the word whose date and time is within a predetermined period. ing. Therefore, the word displayed on the link information display unit is automatically updated to new information, and new information can always be provided to the user.

  The content providing method according to the present invention includes a content providing apparatus including a dictionary database that stores a word, link destination information indicating a link destination of the word, and field information to which the word belongs, and stores the target information. A content providing method for inserting a link into text content, wherein a word included in the text content is compared with a word stored in the dictionary database, and an identical word is extracted from the dictionary database. A word data extraction step, a user information acquisition step of acquiring field information of a user who is the provision destination of the text content, field information stored in the dictionary database, and a user field acquired by the user information acquisition means Information and a word related to the field information that substantially matches the dictionary data. The same field data extraction step extracted from the database, the word extracted by the same word data extraction means, the selection step for selecting words common to the words extracted by the same field data extraction means, and the text A content generation step of associating link destination information with the selected word in the content and generating linked text content accessible from the text content to the link destination.

  According to the present invention, links are inserted only into words that match the user's field information with respect to the words in the text content. That is, a word that substantially matches a word included in text content among data stored in the dictionary database, and a word related to field information that substantially matches user field information among data stored in the dictionary database; Select common words. The word thus selected becomes a word that matches the user's field information in the text content.

Therefore, for the user, when link destination information, which is a trigger for obtaining new information, is associated with a word, it can be easily accessed and checked, which is highly convenient. Thus, if it is text content with high convenience, it can prevent that a user's browsing property and operativity fall.
In addition, since the amount of words to be inserted into the link is limited to only words that match the user's field information, it is possible to improve the viewability of the text content on the web page and provide comfortable operability. In particular, when browsing with a terminal device without a pointing device (such as a mouse) such as a portable terminal, the operability of the page by moving the cursor is improved.

A content providing program according to the present invention causes a computer to execute the above-described content providing method.
According to the present invention, since the above-described content providing method is executed by a computer, the same operational effects as described above can be obtained with a simple configuration simply by installing the content providing program, and the utility is high.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a content providing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the content providing server in the first embodiment. It is the schematic of the screen which displayed the text content provided by the content provision server in 1st Embodiment with a terminal device, (A) is a text content with a link, (B) is a text content. It is the schematic of the screen which displayed the text content provided by the content provision server concerning 2nd Embodiment of this invention with a terminal device, (A) is a text content, (B) is a text content with a link. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a content providing system according to a third embodiment of the present invention. 14 is a flowchart showing the operation of the content providing server in the third embodiment. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a screen in which a linked text content provided by a content providing server in the third embodiment is displayed on a terminal device, and shows a state in which the linked text content is updated as time passes.

[1. First Embodiment]
DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the first embodiment, a content providing system that provides text content displayed on a news page will be described as an example.
[1-1. Content provision system configuration]
As shown in FIG. 1, the content providing system 10 includes a content providing server 100, a terminal device 200 connected to the content providing server 100 via the Internet 20, and a web server 300.

  The Internet 20 is the Internet based on a general-purpose protocol such as TCP / IP, but is not limited to this. For example, an intranet such as a LAN (Local Area Network), a network such as a communication line network or a broadcasting network in which a plurality of base stations capable of transmitting and receiving information via a wireless medium constitute a network, and a medium for directly receiving data Any configuration that transmits and receives data, such as the wireless medium itself, can be used.

The content providing server 100 is a device that distributes text content and generates and distributes a news page on which the text content is displayed. As the content providing server 100, a commonly used personal computer (PC) is used, and storage means for storing various information, control means such as a CPU for performing various calculations, input from a keyboard, a mouse, and the like. Means, and a display means for outputting a web page as a screen display.
As shown in FIG. 1, the content providing server 100 includes a dictionary database 101, a user attribute database 102, and a user browsing history database 103 as storage means.

  For example, as shown in Table 1 below, the dictionary database 101 has a table structure in which URL (Uniform Resource Locator) information, a field, and a search frequency are associated with each word and stored as one record. The data collected in advance is stored. The URL is a link destination address related to the word, and can be arbitrarily set. The field is a field to which the word belongs, such as “science”, “literature”, “general noun”, and the like. The search frequency is the number of times the word is searched on a search site or the like. The items are not limited to those listed here, and necessary data may be added as appropriate.

  The user attribute database 102 has a table structure in which a user ID and a user's field of interest are associated with each user and stored as one record. The user ID is a code given to each user and is used to identify the user. The field of interest is a field in which the user is interested. In addition, an item is not restricted to what was enumerated here, For example, a user name, sex, age, hobby, etc. may be added.

  The user browsing history database 103 stores the history of pages browsed by the user in the past, and has a table structure in which the user ID, the browsing URL, and the browsing date and time are associated with each history and stored as one record. ing. The user ID is associated with the user ID stored in the user attribute database 102. The browsing URL is the URL of the web page browsed by the user. The browsing date and time is the date and time when the user browsed the URL.

  Although not shown, the content providing server 100 includes a content database that stores various text contents.

  The content providing server 100 includes, as arithmetic processing means, content acquisition means 110, identical word data extraction means 120, user information acquisition means 130, identical field data extraction means 140, link data extraction means 150, and content generation means. 160 and content distribution means 170. Moreover, although not shown in figure, the page delivery means which produces | generates and delivers the web page which displays a text content is provided.

  The content acquisition unit 110 acquires the text content requested from the terminal device 200 from a content database (not shown). Specifically, when a web page display area displayed on the terminal device 200 is associated with a text content displayed on each display area and a web page request is received from the terminal device 200, the web page is displayed. Text content associated with each display area information is acquired from the content database.

  The same word data extraction unit 120 compares the word included in the acquired text content with the word stored in the dictionary database 101, and extracts data related to the matching word from the dictionary database 101 as the same word data. To do. As a method for comparing the word included in the text content with the word stored in the dictionary database 101, it may be performed by sequentially comparing the character strings, or a method using morphological analysis may be used. . In the method of comparing character strings, the processing can be speeded up. In addition, the method using morphological analysis can discriminate the part of speech, so that a grammatically correct phrase can be extracted. Note that the word match determination may include not only a perfect match but also a match with a synonym or abbreviation. In this case, the corresponding word, the synonym and the abbreviation are stored in the database in association with each other, and the word match is determined by associating with the word stored in the database.

  The user information acquisition unit 130 acquires field information of a user who has requested text content from the terminal device 200. Specifically, the user ID is received at the same time when the text content request is received from the terminal device 200, and the field information associated with the user ID is acquired from the user attribute database 102 and the user browsing history database 103. When obtaining from the user attribute database 102, the field of interest associated with the user ID is obtained as field information, and the field information is obtained from the user browsing history database 103 based on the information of the browsing URL associated with the user ID. Is identified. For example, the field information is specified by accessing the web server 300 that provides the browsing URL information and acquiring the information of the corresponding page.

The same field data extraction unit 140 compares the field information acquired by the user information acquisition unit 130 with the fields stored in the dictionary database 101, and sets the data related to the matching field information as the same field data. Extract from the dictionary database 101. Note that the field information match determination may include not only a perfect match but also a match with a similar field. In this case, the corresponding field information and similar fields are stored in the database in association with each other, and the field information matches are determined by associating with the field information stored in this database.
The link data extraction unit 150 determines a word to which link destination information is added based on the same word data extracted by the same word data extraction unit 120 and the same field data extracted by the same field data extraction unit 140. To do. That is, word data common to the same word data and the same field data is extracted as link data (word, URL, search frequency).

The content generation unit 160 associates link destination information (URL) with all the words of the link data extracted by the link data extraction unit 150 in the text content, and can access the URL from the text content. Generate text content with links.
At this time, the corresponding word is highlighted according to the search frequency of the link data. For example, if the search frequency is 500 or more, the character size of the corresponding word is large, if the search frequency is 100 or more and less than 500, the character size of the word is medium, and if the search frequency is less than 100, the character size is small. Change the display according to the character size. Moreover, you may make it change the color of a character according to search frequency.

The content distribution means 170 is provided with a switching button capable of switching between text content to which link destination information is not attached and text content with a link, in the text content in response to the access request from the terminal device 200, via the Internet 20. Delivered to the terminal device 200.
URL information of the text content to be switched is embedded in the switching button. That is, the text content to which link destination information is not provided is provided with a switching button in which URL information of the text content with link is embedded, and the URL information of text content to which link destination information is not attached to the text content with link. A switch button with embedded is provided.

  When distributing for the first time, the text content to which link destination information is not given is distributed to the terminal device 200, and thereafter, the text content corresponding to the access request by the operation of the switching button on the terminal device 200 is distributed. Specifically, when an access request to the linked text content is received from the terminal device 200, the linked text content is distributed to the terminal device 200. In addition, when an access request to text content to which link destination information is not given is received, the text content to which link destination information is not given is distributed to the terminal device 200.

  Although not shown, the terminal device 200 requests a service desired to be used from the content providing server 100 and the web server 300 as arithmetic processing means, and receives and transmits a web page of the requested service. Output means for outputting as a display and input means such as a mouse and a keyboard capable of inputting characters are provided. On the other hand, the storage means includes a database for storing form data related to various forms. Although it does not specifically limit as the terminal device 200, For example, a mobile telephone, a notebook personal computer, etc. are mentioned.

The web server 300 is a device that provides various types of information on a website. For example, a storage unit that stores various types of information such as a web page of a site that provides news, and a control unit such as a CPU that performs various calculations. And input means such as a keyboard and a mouse, and display means for outputting a web page as a screen display.
1 illustrates the configuration in which the content providing server 100 is connected to one terminal device 200 and one web server 300. However, in practice, a large number of terminal devices 200 and It is connected to the web server 300.

[1-2. Operation of content provision system]
Next, the operation of the content providing system 10 will be described with reference to FIG.
In order to access the web page provided by the content providing server 100 by performing an input operation on the input unit of the terminal device 200, for example, the user starts a web browser, inputs an address, and requests a web page. At this time, the user ID of the user is also transmitted to the content providing server 100 at the same time.
In step S11, when the content providing server 100 receives an access request to the web page from the terminal device 200 by a transmission / reception unit (not shown), the content acquisition unit 110 causes the text content to be displayed in each display area of the requested web page. Is acquired from a content database (not shown), and the process proceeds to step S12 and step S17. Through the subsequent steps, text content to which link destination information is not added and text content with a link are generated.

Generation of text content with a link is performed in steps S12 to S16.
In step S12, the same word data extraction unit 120 searches (compares) whether or not the words stored in the dictionary database 101 are included in the acquired text content, and obtains data related to the words in the text content. The same word data is extracted from the dictionary database 101. The comparison (matching) between the text content and the word stored in the dictionary database 101 may be performed by comparing character strings, or may be a method using morphological analysis. When the method based on character string comparison is used, the processing speed is increased. Further, in the method using morphological analysis, the part of speech can be discriminated, so that a grammatically correct phrase can be extracted.

  Next, in step S <b> 13, the user information acquisition unit 130 acquires user field information from the user attribute database 102 and the user browsing history database 103. Specifically, the field of interest associated with the user ID received when the web page is requested from the terminal device 200 is acquired from the user attribute database 102. Further, the browsing URL associated with the user ID is extracted from the user browsing history database 103, the web server 300 that provides the browsing URL is accessed, and information related to the browsing URL, that is, the content displayed in the browsing URL. Get field information. Then, the process proceeds to step S14.

  In step S14, the same field data extraction unit 140 compares the plurality of field information (interested field) acquired in step S13 with the fields stored in the dictionary database 101, and obtains data related to the matching field. Then, it is extracted from the dictionary database 101 as the same field data.

  Next, in step S15, the link data extraction means 150 extracts word data common to the same word data and the same field data as link data. In this way, a word to which link destination information is given is determined. The link data includes information related to words (word, URL, search frequency). Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S16.

  In step S16, the content generation unit 160 associates link destination information with a word corresponding to the link data in the text content based on the extracted link data. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3A, the corresponding words 31, 32, and 33 in the linked text content 30 are underlined and displayed so as to be selectable by an input means such as a mouse. The words 31, 32, and 33 are associated with URL information associated with each word, and by clicking each word with an input means such as a mouse, the web server 300 that provides the URL information can be accessed. .

  Further, the word is highlighted according to the search frequency. For example, if the words “giant earthquake”, “Nankai earthquake”, and “plate” stored in the dictionary database 101 of Table 1 are words extracted as link data, the search frequencies are 500, 100, and 5, respectively. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 3A, the character size of the word 31 “big earthquake” is large, the character size of the word 32 “Nankai earthquake” is medium, and the character size of the word 33 “plate” is large. The character size is changed step by step in accordance with the search frequency. Note that the color of words may be changed according to the search frequency, or may be displayed in bold.

Next, in step S17, the content distribution unit 170 provides a switching button for the text content. Here, a switching button is provided for text content to which link destination information is not assigned and linked text content.
A switch button 35 in which URL information of text content to which link destination information is not attached is embedded is provided for the linked text content 30 (see FIG. 3A). On the other hand, a switch button 45 in which URL information of a linked text content is embedded is provided for the text content 40 to which no link destination information is assigned (see FIG. 3B). When the switching button 35 or 45 is pressed by the above operation, the URL information embedded in the switching button 35 or 45 is transmitted to the content providing server 100.

Next, in step S18, the content distribution unit 170 distributes the text content requested from the terminal device 200. That is, when the switching button 35 is pressed by an operation on the terminal device 200, the URL information of the text content 40 to which the link destination information is not given is transmitted to the content providing server 100 (access request). When the switch button 45 is pressed, the URL information of the linked text content 30 is transmitted to the content providing server 100 (access request). Therefore, the content distribution unit 170 distributes the text content corresponding to these access requests to the terminal device 200.
In this way, the user can switch from the text content with link 30 to the text content 40 to which no link destination information is assigned by pressing this switching button with the input means of the terminal device 200.

[1-3. Effects of First Embodiment]
In embodiment mentioned above, there can exist the effect shown below.
In the above embodiment, the same word data that matches the word in the text content among the words stored in the dictionary database 101, the same field data that matches the user's field information among the words stored in the dictionary database 101, Are extracted as link data, and link destination information is given to the words of the link data in the text content.
Therefore, since the word to which link destination information is given in the text content is narrowed down only to the word related to the field in which the browsing user is interested, the readability of the text content on the web page is improved, Comfortable operability can be provided.
Moreover, since the word to which link destination information is given relates to a field in which the browsing user is interested, link destination information that is a trigger for obtaining new information is useful for the user. Yes, it is very convenient to access the link destination simply by selecting the word. In this way, if the text content is highly convenient, the user can use the text content without feeling that the browsing property and the operability are bad.

Further, the content distribution unit 170 generates and displays the switching button 35 together with the linked text content 30 and generates and displays the switching button 45 together with the text content 40 to which the link destination information is not assigned. The user can switch and display the text content with link 30 and the text content 40 to which link destination information is not given simply by pressing the switching button with the input means of the terminal device 200.
Therefore, when the link destination information is not necessary, the text content 40 to which the link destination information is not given is displayed, so that the operation of the web page is accelerated and the viewability and the operability are excellent. In addition, when the linked text content 30 is displayed, the link destination information is given only to the words in the user's field of interest, so it is unlikely that the viewability and operability are particularly bad. Rather, it is an opportunity to obtain information on the field of interest, which is beneficial for the user. In this way, it is possible to provide text content that matches the usage method desired by the user.

Furthermore, according to the search frequency of each word stored in the dictionary database 101, the corresponding word in the linked text content 30 is highlighted. The search frequency is not unique to the user, but reflects the public opinion at that time by a set value of a plurality of users. Therefore, information such as the topic and the fashion at that time can be obtained based on the search frequency.
Further, since the character size is displayed in three stages according to the search frequency, the user can grasp the information at a glance.

[2. Second Embodiment]
In the second embodiment, a case will be described in which external content provided on a toolbar is used and a link switching button is provided on the toolbar.
As shown in FIG. 4A, on the screen displayed on the output means of the terminal device 200, the toolbar 51 of the web browser 50 is provided with a link switching button 52 as external content. The link switching button 52 transmits information on the web page being displayed and a request to embed link destination information for the text content displayed on the web page to the content providing server 100 by the user performing an input operation. To do.
The content providing server 100 functions by receiving these pieces of information.

[2-1. Content provision system configuration]
In the second embodiment, the configuration of the content providing server 100 is the same as that of the first embodiment, but the processing of the transmission / reception means, content acquisition means 110, content generation means 160, and content distribution means 170 (not shown) is different. explain.
The transmission / reception means (not shown) receives the web page information (HTML data or URL related to the display of the web page) and the link destination information embedding request transmitted from the terminal device 200.
The content acquisition unit 110 accesses the web server 300 that provides the web page based on the web page information received by the transmission / reception unit, and acquires the text content displayed on the web page from the web server 300.

The content generation unit 160 associates link destination information (URL) with all the words of the link data extracted by the link data extraction unit 150 in the acquired text content, and can access the URL from the text content. Generate text content with a link. At this time, as in the first embodiment, the corresponding word is highlighted according to the search frequency of the link data.
The content distribution unit 170 distributes the linked text content generated by the content generation unit 160 to the terminal device 200 for display.

[2-2. Operation of content provision system]
Next, the operation of the content providing system will be described. Only the text content with a link is generated in the second embodiment.
In order to access a web page provided by the web server 300 by performing an input operation on the input unit of the terminal device 200, for example, the user activates a web browser and inputs an address, and the web page distributed by the web server 300 is displayed. It is displayed on the output means (see FIG. 4A). As shown in FIG. 4A, the toolbar 51 of the web browser 50 is provided with a link switching button 52 as part of the external content.
When the user operates the input means such as the mouse of the terminal device 200 and clicks the link switching button 52, the information on the displayed web page, the link embedding request, and the user of the user are transmitted by the transmission / reception means (not shown) of the terminal device 200. The ID is transmitted to the content providing server.

In step S11, when the web page information, the link embedding request, and the user ID of the user are received from the terminal device 200 by a transmission / reception unit (not shown), the content acquisition unit 110 executes the web page based on the received web page information. Is accessed, and the text content displayed on the web page is acquired.
Thereafter, the processes from step S12 to step S16 operate in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and after step S16, the process proceeds to step S18.
In step S18, the content distribution unit 170 transmits the linked text content to the terminal device 200 for display.

In the terminal device 200, the linked text content 30 is displayed on the web browser 50 displayed on the output means (see FIG. 4B).
Here, when it is desired to display the text content to which the link destination information is not given, the link switching button 52 is clicked again with an input means such as a mouse. As a result, the currently displayed web page is updated. That is, the web page (text content to which link destination information is not given) received from the web server 300 is displayed on the screen.

[2-3. Effects of Second Embodiment]
In the second embodiment described above, the following operational effects can be obtained in addition to the operational effects similar to those of the first embodiment described above.
The external content link switching button 52 provided on the tool bar 51 is used, and the link switching button 52 transmits the web page information being displayed on the terminal device 200 and the link embedding request. Information is sent. The content acquisition unit 110 receives these pieces of information, and acquires text content based on the received web page information.
Therefore, even text content that is not held by the content providing server 100 can be generated and distributed with linked text content to which link destination information is added. That is, since the link-attached text content can be generated and distributed with respect to the text content of various web pages provided from various web servers, the versatility is high.

  Further, when returning from the linked text content 30 to the original text content, it is only necessary to refresh the web page being displayed with the link switch button 52 of the external content, so the content providing server 100 needs to perform processing. Therefore, a simple configuration can be obtained.

[3. Third Embodiment]
In the third embodiment, a case will be described in which link destination information is added to subtitles (text content) displayed during playback of a moving image provided by the content providing server 400.
[3-1. Content provision system configuration]
As shown in FIG. 5, the content providing system 11 includes a content providing server 400, a terminal device 200 connected to the content providing server 400 via the Internet 20, and a web server 300. Since the terminal device 200 and the web server 300 have the same configuration as in the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

The content providing server 400 is a device that distributes moving images, and a commonly used personal computer (PC) is used. The content providing server 400 stores storage means for storing various information, and control means such as a CPU for performing various calculations. , Input means such as a keyboard and a mouse, and display means for outputting a web page as a screen display.
As shown in FIG. 5, the content providing server 400 includes a dictionary database 401, a user attribute database 402, a user browsing history database 403, a link insertion history database 404, and a motion database (not shown) as storage means. ing.

Since the dictionary database 401, the user attribute database 402, and the user browsing history database 403 have the same configuration as the dictionary database 101, the user attribute database 102, and the user browsing history database 103 of the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.
In the link insertion history database 404, for example, as shown in Table 4 below, a word to which link destination information is added and a date and time when the word is displayed as a caption are associated and stored as one record. It has a table structure.

  The content providing server 400 includes, as arithmetic processing means, content acquisition means 410, identical word data extraction means 420, user information acquisition means 430, identical field data extraction means 440, link data extraction means 450, linked subtitles. A generation unit 460, a content distribution unit 470, and a history display unit 480 are provided.

The content acquisition unit 410 acquires the subtitle (text content) immediately before being displayed on the video being played by the output unit of the terminal device 200. In the terminal device 200, since various pieces of information during video playback are updated as video playback information, subtitle information to be displayed next is acquired from the information.
Since the same word data extraction means 420, user information acquisition means 430, and same field data extraction means 440 perform the same processing as in the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.

The link data extraction unit 450 extracts link data as in the first embodiment, and then stores all the words of the link data in the link insertion history database 404 in association with the current date and time.
The linked caption generation unit 460 associates link destination information (URL) with the word of the link data in the caption, and generates a linked caption capable of accessing the URL from the displayed screen (moving image).
The content distribution unit 470 distributes the generated subtitle with link to the terminal device 200 for display.

The history display means 480 obtains words whose date and time are within a predetermined period among the words stored in the link insertion history database 404, obtains the URL and search frequency of the obtained words from the dictionary database 401, and obtains the terminal device 200. And a list of words to which link destination information is added is displayed in a predetermined area of the web page displayed on the terminal device 200.
Note that the link data extraction means 450 in the third embodiment functions as the link information holding means of the present invention, and the history display means 480 functions as the link information display means of the present invention.

[3-2. Operation of content providing server]
Next, the operation of the content providing server 400 will be described with reference to FIG.
The user operates the input means of the terminal device 200 to start a web browser, inputs an address, and displays a web page. Further, the moving image information provided by the content providing server 400 is accessed and displayed on the output unit of the terminal device 200. When the terminal device 200 accesses the content providing server 400, the user ID of the user is transmitted to the content providing server 400.

In step S21, when the content providing server 400 receives a video playback start signal from the terminal device 200 by a transmission / reception unit (not shown), the content acquisition unit 410 detects subtitle information immediately before display from the video information played back by the terminal device 200. To get.
Next, in step S22, the same word data extraction means 420 searches the acquired subtitle information (text content) for words that are stored in the dictionary database 401, and sets the words in the subtitle information. Related data is extracted from the dictionary database 401 as the same word data. Comparison (matching) between subtitles and words is performed in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

  Next, in step S <b> 23, the user information acquisition unit 430 acquires user field information from the user attribute database 402 and the user browsing history database 403. Specifically, the field of interest associated with the user ID received when requesting the moving image content from the terminal device 200 is acquired from the user attribute database 402. Further, the browsing URL associated with the user ID is extracted from the user browsing history database 403, the web server 300 that provides the browsing URL is accessed, and information related to the browsing URL, that is, the content displayed in the browsing URL. Get field information. Then, the process proceeds to step S24.

  In step S24, the same field data extraction means 440 compares the plurality of field information (interested field) acquired in step S23 with the fields stored in the dictionary database 401, and obtains data related to the matching field. The same field data is extracted from the dictionary database 401.

  Next, in step S25, the link data extraction unit 450 extracts data common to the same word data and the same field data as link data. In this way, a word to which link destination information is given is determined. The link data includes information related to words (word, URL, search frequency). Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S26.

In step S26, the link data extraction unit 450 stores all the words included in the link data in the link insertion history database 404 in association with the current date and time, and proceeds to step S27.
In step S27, the linked caption generation unit 460 generates a linked caption in which link destination information is associated with a word of link data in the caption based on the extracted link data. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 7A, the words 61 and 62 in the subtitle 60 are underlined and displayed so as to be selectable by an input means such as a mouse. The words 61 and 62 are associated with URL information associated with each word, and by clicking each word with an input means such as a mouse, the web server 300 that provides the URL information can be accessed.
Further, as in the first embodiment, the word is highlighted according to the search frequency.

Next, in step S28, the content distribution unit 470 distributes the linked subtitles to the terminal device 200 for display.
In the next step S29, the history display means 480 extracts words from the link insertion history database 404 within a predetermined period, for example, within one day from the current date and time, and the URL and search frequency of the extracted words are stored in the dictionary database. Obtained from 401. Then, the word information is transmitted to the terminal device 200, and the words to which the link destination information (URL) is given are displayed in a list on the link information display unit 63 on the web page. In addition, similar to the text content with link, the word is highlighted according to the search frequency.

Then, the process returns to step S21, and link destination information is associated with the next displayed caption in the same manner as described above, and the process is repeated until the reproduction of the moving image ends.
FIG. 7 shows how subtitles are updated over time. In FIG. 7, after the subtitle 60 shown in (A) is displayed, the subtitle 70 shown in (B) is displayed. In the link information display section 63 of FIG. 7B, the history of words to which link destination information has been assigned in the past is displayed, and “Kumano Kaoru” and “Ocean Research” to which link destination information has been assigned in FIG. It is displayed in a list with link destination information assigned to "Development Organization".
The user can access the link destination of the corresponding word by selecting a desired word from the word list displayed on the link information display unit 63 by the input unit of the terminal device 200.

[3-3. Effects of Third Embodiment]
In the third embodiment described above, the following operational effects can be obtained in addition to the operational effects similar to those of the first embodiment described above.
In the third embodiment, the subtitles 60 and 70 that are text contents change with the passage of time, so the information of the words (61, 62) to which link destination information has been assigned in the past is used as the area where the subtitles are displayed. Are displayed in a list in different display areas (link information display section 63).
Therefore, since the information of the word to which the link destination information is given among the subtitles displayed in the past is displayed on the link information display unit 63, the user does not overlook such information. That is, since link destination information related to the field of interest is displayed as a list, the user can obtain information by accessing the link destination of the word of interest at any time.

  Further, the history display means 480 extracts words whose date and time are within a predetermined period from the link insertion history database 404 and displays them on the link information display unit 63. Therefore, since the word displayed on the link information display unit 63 is automatically updated, the latest information can be provided to the user without performing complicated processing.

[4. (Modification)
In addition, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, In the range which can achieve the objective of this invention, the deformation | transformation shown below is also included.
In the first embodiment, when the terminal device 200 first accesses the content providing server 100, the user ID is transmitted, and the user information acquisition unit 130 uses the user attribute database 102 and the user browsing history database 103 based on the user ID. Although user field information has been acquired, the method is not limited to this as long as the user field information can be acquired.
For example, at the first access, the user information acquisition unit transmits and displays login screen information to the terminal device 200 and prompts the user to input a user ID and password. Thereby, the user ID may be acquired, and the user field information may be acquired from the user attribute database 102 and the user browsing history database 103. Also, screen information that prompts the user to input the field of interest at the first access may be transmitted to the terminal device 200 and displayed, and the user's field information may be acquired by causing the user to directly input the field of interest.

  In the above embodiment, the terminal device 200 may be a terminal device that does not have a pointing device (such as a mouse) such as a mobile terminal. Since such a terminal device performs a page operation by moving the cursor, in the case of the linked text content 30, the page transition becomes complicated, and the browsing property and the operability may be inferior. However, since it is possible to switch to the text content 40 to which the link destination information is not given, it is possible to improve the viewability and operability by switching the display format as necessary, which is highly convenient.

In the above embodiment, the determination of the match between the word in the text content and the word stored in the dictionary database is performed based on the complete match. However, the match is also determined when it matches with a synonym or abbreviation. Good. According to this, even when a word that completely matches a word in the text content is not stored in the dictionary database, it is possible to insert a link without fail, which is highly convenient for the user.
Similarly for the field information, the determination of the match between the field information of the user and the field information stored in the dictionary database may be determined not only as a complete match but also as a match when matching with a similar field. According to this, link insertion can be performed in a wide range of fields, which is highly convenient for the user.

  Furthermore, in the third embodiment, the history display unit 480 extracts only data whose date and time is within a predetermined period from the link insertion history database 404, but is not limited thereto. For example, a deletion unit that deletes data whose date and time has passed a predetermined period from the link insertion history database 404 is operated periodically. Therefore, since the latest data is always held in the link insertion history database 404, the history display means 480 may extract all the data stored in the link insertion history database 404. According to this, since the amount of data held in the link insertion history database 404 can be reduced, the processing speed can be increased.

  And in the said 3rd Embodiment, although it was set as the form which provides link destination information about the subtitles preset and displayed during video reproduction, it is not restricted to this. For example, with respect to subtitles displayed on the screen by voice recognition, the same effects can be achieved by the same operation.

In the above embodiment, a plurality of URLs related to words stored in the dictionary database may exist. For example, when the word “golf” has a plurality of meanings such as an automobile name and a sports name, a URL that matches the user's field information is selected. That is, if the user is interested in a car, the URL to the car manufacturer site is selected, and if the user is interested in the sport, the URL to the sports shop site is selected.
According to this, even with words having a plurality of meanings, link destination information suitable for the user's interest can be associated.

  The present invention can be used as a content providing apparatus and a content providing system for associating link destination information with text content on a web page.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Content provision system 30 ... Text content with a link 40 ... Text content 100 ... Content provision server 101 ... Dictionary database 102 ... User attribute database 103 ... User browsing history database 110 ... Content acquisition means 120 ... Same word data extraction means 130 ... User Information acquisition means 140 ... same field data extraction means 150 ... link data extraction means 160 ... content generation means 170 ... content distribution means 200 ... terminal device 300 ... web server

Claims (8)

A content providing apparatus for inserting a link into text content to be distributed,
A dictionary database that stores a word, link destination information indicating a link destination of the word, and field information to which the word belongs;
User information acquisition means for acquiring field information of the user of the content providing destination;
The same word data extracting means for comparing words contained in the text content with words stored in the dictionary database, and extracting substantially matching words from the dictionary database;
The same field data extraction that compares the field information stored in the dictionary database with the field information of the user acquired by the user information acquisition means, and extracts words related to the field information that substantially match from the dictionary database. Means,
Select a word common to the word extracted by the same word data extraction means and the word extracted by the same field data extraction means, and associate link destination information with the word in the text content, A content providing apparatus comprising: content generating means for generating linked text content accessible from the text content to the link destination. The content providing apparatus according to claim 1,
When the text content to be distributed is distributed to the user terminal, it is distributed including a switching button including access information to the linked text content generated by the content generation means, and in response to an operation of the switching button on the user terminal. A content providing apparatus, further comprising: content distribution means for distributing the linked text content corresponding to the access request based on the access request. The content providing apparatus according to claim 1,
Receiving means for receiving page information and link embedding request of the text content to be distributed from the user terminal;
Content acquisition means for acquiring the text content to be distributed based on the received page information;
And a content distribution unit that distributes the linked text content generated by the content generation unit to the user terminal based on the content acquired by the content acquisition unit when the reception unit receives the link embedding request. A content providing apparatus characterized by that. In the content provision apparatus in any one of Claims 1-3,
The dictionary database further stores the frequency of searching for the word in association with each word,
The content providing apparatus highlights a word having a frequency equal to or higher than a predetermined value among words associated with the link destination information. In the content provision apparatus in any one of Claims 1-4,
The text content is updated over time,
Link information holding means for storing a word associated with the link destination information in a link history database;
Link information display means for displaying words stored in the link history database on a link information display unit which is an area different from the display area of the text content;
A content providing apparatus, further comprising: In the content provision apparatus of Claim 5,
The text content is subtitles displayed during video playback,
The link information holding means further associates the time when the word associated with the link destination information is displayed in the text content and stores it in the link history database,
The link information display means causes the link information display unit to display words within a predetermined period of time stored in the link history database. Content that inserts a link into text content to be distributed by a content providing apparatus that includes a dictionary database that stores a word, link destination information indicating a link destination of the word, and field information to which the word belongs Providing method,
The same word data extraction step of comparing words contained in the text content with words stored in the dictionary database and extracting substantially matching words from the dictionary database;
A user information acquisition step of acquiring field information of a user to whom the text content is provided;
The same field data extraction that compares the field information stored in the dictionary database with the field information of the user acquired by the user information acquisition means, and extracts words related to the field information that substantially match from the dictionary database. Steps,
A selection step of selecting words common to the words extracted by the same word data extraction means and the words extracted by the same field data extraction means;
A content generation step of associating link destination information with the selected word in the text content and generating linked text content accessible from the text content to the link destination. Content provision method.   A content providing program that causes a computer to execute the content providing method according to claim 7.

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