JP2012073742A - Server device, terminal, information processing method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that, with a conventional server device, a user cannot collect and use information on an electronic book browsed by the user and information on a terminal where the user is browsing the electronic book.SOLUTION: An information system includes a terminal and a server device. The terminal includes: an electronic book storage unit for storing an electronic book; a reception unit for receiving browsing operation; a display unit for displaying the electronic book; a browsing information acquisition unit for acquiring browsing information; a terminal transmission unit for transmitting the browsing information to the server device; an additional information reception unit for receiving additional information from the server device; and an additional information output unit for outputting the received additional information. The server device includes: a management additional information storage unit for storing management additional information; a reception unit for receiving the browsing information from the terminal; an additional information acquisition unit for acquiring the additional information from the management additional information; and an additional information transmission unit for transmitting the additional information to the terminal. With the server device, the browsing information received from the terminal can be stored and used.

Description

  The present invention relates to a server device or the like that receives browsing information, which is information on browsing an electronic book, and transmits additional information corresponding to the received browsing information.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, software for browsing electronic books and devices capable of performing similar processing have been developed. (For example, refer nonpatent literature 1). By using such a device, the user was able to browse the electronic book.

“Adobe-Reader 9”, [online], Adobe Systems Incorporated, [searched September 17, 2010], Internet <URL: http://www.adobe.com/jp/products/reader/features/>

  However, the conventional server device has a problem in that it cannot collect and use information related to the electronic book being browsed by the user or information related to the terminal device being browsed by the user.

  The server device according to the first aspect of the present invention is a server device that constitutes an information system including a server device and a terminal device. The terminal device includes an electronic book storage unit that can store an electronic book, and an electronic book browsing device. An electronic book identifier for identifying an electronic book displayed by the display unit according to the browsing operation, a display unit that displays the electronic book according to the browsing operation, and an electronic book identifier that is displayed by the display unit according to the browsing operation Corresponding to the transmission of browsing information, a browsing information acquisition unit that acquires browsing information having a content identifier for identifying content, a terminal transmission unit that transmits browsing information acquired by the browsing information acquisition unit to a server device, and a terminal device Additional information receiving unit that receives additional information that is output from the server device, and additional information that outputs additional information received by the additional information receiving unit. An output unit, and the server device includes a management additional information storage unit that can store one or more management additional information having browsing information and additional information that is information corresponding to the browsing information; A receiving unit that receives the browsing information, and when the receiving unit receives the browsing information, the additional information acquisition unit that acquires additional information corresponding to the browsing information from the management additional information, and the additional information acquired by the additional information acquisition unit is a terminal device. It is the server apparatus which comprises the information system which comprises the additional information transmission part which transmits to.

  With such a configuration, additional information corresponding to the browsing information received from the terminal device can be transmitted to the user.

  The server device of the second invention is a server device in which the additional information is information related to the contents of the electronic book specified by the browsing information, as compared to the first invention.

  With such a configuration, information regarding the contents of the electronic book corresponding to the browsing information received from the terminal device can be transmitted to the user.

  Further, the server device of the third invention is different from the first invention in that the server device stores the browsing information storage unit that can store two or more browsing information and the browsing information received by the receiving unit. Statistics for obtaining statistical information by statistically processing two or more pieces of browsing information stored in the storage unit and the browsing information storage unit, or two or more browsing information of the browsing information storage unit and the browsing information received by the receiving unit An additional information acquisition unit, and the additional information is a server device that is statistical information.

  With such a configuration, statistical information corresponding to the browsing information received from the terminal device can be transmitted to the user.

  Further, in the server device of the fourth invention, in addition to the first invention, the additional information is a server that is advertisement information of a product or service related to the electronic book specified from the browsing information or the content in the electronic book. Device.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to recommend products and services to the user based on the browsing information received from the terminal device.

  In the server device of the fifth invention, the browsing information has a terminal device identifier for identifying the terminal device, and the server device can store two or more browsing information as compared to the first invention. An information storage unit, a storage unit that stores all or part of the browsing information in the browsing information storage unit for each terminal device identifier included in the browsing information received by the receiving unit, and one or more browsing information for each terminal device identifier A terminal device identifier acquiring unit that acquires one or more terminal device identifiers that approximate to the extent that a predetermined condition is satisfied in whole or in part, and the additional information is acquired by the terminal device identifier acquiring unit 1 This is a server device that is user information corresponding to the above terminal device identifier.

  With such a configuration, it is possible to inform the user of information on users having similar preferences based on the user browsing information received from the terminal device.

  The server device according to the sixth aspect of the invention constitutes an information system in which the browsing information includes an electronic book identifier and a content identifier for identifying the browsed content, as compared with any of the first to fifth aspects of the invention. It is a server device.

  With such a configuration, additional information corresponding to the content identifier can be transmitted to the user.

  The server device according to the seventh aspect of the invention constitutes an information system in which the browsing information includes an electronic book identifier and a page identifier for identifying the browsed page, as compared with any of the first to fifth aspects of the invention. It is a server device.

  With such a configuration, additional information corresponding to the page identifier can be transmitted to the user.

  The terminal device according to the eighth aspect of the invention includes an electronic book storage unit that can store an electronic book, a reception unit that receives a browsing operation that is an operation for browsing the electronic book, and displays the electronic book according to the browsing operation. A browsing information acquisition unit for acquiring browsing information having an electronic book identifier for identifying an electronic book displayed by the display unit or a content identifier for identifying content included in the electronic book in accordance with a browsing operation; A terminal transmission unit that transmits the browsing information acquired by the acquisition unit to the server device; an additional information reception unit that receives additional information that is information to be output to the terminal device in response to transmission of the browsing information; The additional information receiving unit includes an additional information output unit that outputs additional information received by the additional information receiving unit.

  With such a configuration, browsing information can be transmitted to the server device, and additional information corresponding to the transmitted browsing information can be received.

  A terminal device according to the ninth aspect of the present invention is a terminal device that constitutes an information system with a server device, as compared with any one of the first to seventh aspects of the invention.

  With such a configuration, browsing information can be transmitted to the server device, and additional information corresponding to the transmitted browsing information can be received.

  According to the server device or the like according to the present invention, the browsing information received from the terminal device can be accumulated and used.

Conceptual diagram of information system 1 according to Embodiment 1 Block diagram of the terminal device 11 and the server device 12 Flow chart for explaining the overall operation of the terminal device 11 Flowchart explaining the browsing information acquisition process A flowchart for explaining the overall operation of the server device 12 The figure which shows the example of the management additional information The figure which shows the output example of the same electronic book content information Block diagram of terminal device 21 and server device 22 in the second embodiment Flow chart for explaining the overall operation of the server device 22 Figure showing an example of the browsing information Figure showing output example of the same statistical information Block diagram of terminal device 31 and server device 32 in the third embodiment The figure which shows the example of the management additional information The figure which shows the output example of the advertisement information Block diagram of terminal device 41 and server device 42 in the fourth embodiment Flow chart for explaining the overall operation of the server device 42 Flowchart explaining the terminal device identifier acquisition process Figure showing an example of the browsing information The figure which shows the example of the conditions for acquiring the terminal device identifier The figure which shows the example of the management additional information The figure which shows the output example of the user information Overview of the computer system Block diagram of the computer system

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a server device and the like according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In addition, since the component which attached | subjected the same code | symbol in embodiment performs the same operation | movement, description may be abbreviate | omitted again. In addition, in a storage unit or the like in which predetermined information or the like can be stored, the process in which information or the like is stored in the storage unit is not limited. For example, information or the like may be stored in a storage unit or the like via a recording medium. Information transmitted via a communication line or the like may be stored in a storage unit or the like. Further, information input via an input device may be stored in a storage unit or the like.

(Embodiment 1)
In this embodiment, an information system 1 that receives browsing information and transmits information related to an electronic book corresponding to the received browsing information will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of an information system 1 in the present embodiment.

  In FIG. 1, one or more terminal devices 11 and a server device 12 are connected via a network 13. The network 13 is a wired or wireless communication line, such as the Internet, an intranet, a LAN (Local Area Network), a public telephone line network, or the like.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the terminal device 11 and the server device 12 in the present embodiment.

  The terminal device 11 includes an electronic book storage unit 1101, a reception unit 1102, a display unit 1103, a browsing information acquisition unit 1104, a terminal transmission unit 1105, an additional information reception unit 1106, and an additional information output unit 1107.

  The server device 12 includes a management additional information storage unit 1201, a reception unit 1202, an additional information acquisition unit 1203, and an additional information transmission unit 1204.

  The electronic book storage unit 1101 can store electronic books.

  Here, the electronic book is an electronic version of a novel, a magazine, a comic, or the like. The electronic book may be of any type as long as it is a so-called electronic book. The file format of the electronic book is, for example, PDF, EPUB, HTML, or the like. The format of the electronic book file is not limited as long as it is an electronic file of a so-called book.

  The reception unit 1102 receives a browsing operation that is an operation for browsing an electronic book.

  Here, the browsing operation is, for example, an operation on the electronic book such as an electronic book open instruction or an electronic book close instruction, a page turning instruction for turning a page in the electronic book, or an enlargement of a page in the electronic book. Such as a page enlargement instruction, a page reduction instruction for reducing a page in the electronic book, and a page scrap instruction for collecting a favorite page. When the receiving unit 1102 receives a page scrap command, a page collecting unit (not shown) normally stores the page itself designated by the page scrap command in an arbitrary storage area. At this time, the page collection unit may store a page identifier for identifying the page specified by the page scrap command in an arbitrary storage area.

  Further, the browsing operation may be, for example, a content enlargement command for expanding content in a page, a content reduction command for reducing content in a page, a content scrap command for collecting favorite content, or the like. When the receiving unit 1102 receives a content scrap command, a content collecting unit (not shown) normally stores the content itself designated by the content scrap command in an arbitrary storage area. At this time, the content collection unit may store a content identifier for identifying the content designated by the content scrap command in an arbitrary storage area.

  The browsing operation is not limited as long as it is an operation related to browsing an electronic book.

  Acceptance refers to accepting information input from an input device such as a keyboard, mouse, or touch panel, receiving information transmitted via a wired or wireless communication line, and reading from a recording medium such as an optical disk, magnetic disk, or semiconductor memory. It is a concept that includes accepting information that has been issued.

  The input means of the browsing operation in the reception unit 1102 may be anything such as a numeric keypad, a keyboard, a mouse, or a menu screen. The accepting unit 1102 can be realized by a device driver for input means such as a numeric keypad or a keyboard, or control software for a menu screen.

  Display unit 1103 displays an electronic book in accordance with the browsing operation.

  Here, the display of the electronic book means that, for example, the terminal device includes a display panel, and the content of the electronic book according to the browsing operation is displayed on the panel. The contents of the electronic book include, for example, a cover of the electronic book, a back cover of the electronic book, a page in the electronic book, and the like.

  For example, when the browsing operation is an electronic book open command, the display unit 1103 displays the cover of the electronic book. For example, when the browsing operation is a page turning command, the display unit 1103 displays the next page of the currently displayed page. For example, when the browsing operation is a page enlargement command, the display unit 1103 displays a page obtained by enlarging the currently displayed page. For example, when the browsing operation is a page reduction command, the display unit 1103 displays a page obtained by reducing the currently displayed page. When the browsing operation is an electronic book close command, the display unit 1103 displays a state before the electronic book is opened.

  The display unit 1103 may or may not include an output device such as a display or a speaker. The display unit 1103 can be realized by output device driver software or output device driver software and an output device.

  Output refers to display on a display, projection using a projector, printing on a printer, sound output, transmission to an external device, storage on a recording medium, processing results to other processing devices or other programs, etc. It is a concept that includes delivery. In addition, regarding transmission, accumulation, and delivery of processing results, an output target is finally presented to the user.

  The browsing information acquisition unit 1104 acquires browsing information.

  Here, the browsing information is information regarding the electronic book browsed by the user. The browsing information has an electronic book identifier. The browsing information may include a content identifier, a page identifier, a page break identifier, time information, browsing count information, browsing operation information, and the like.

  Here, the electronic book identifier is information for specifying one electronic book, and is information for identifying the electronic book viewed by the user. The electronic book identifier is, for example, information indicating the type of electronic book or information indicating the name of the electronic book. The information indicating the type of electronic book is, for example, “novel”, “magazine”, “manga”, and the like. The information indicating the name of the electronic book is, for example, “If the wind blows”, “Complete railways”, “Men's fashion”, “Detective boy”, and the like. As long as the electronic book identifier can identify the electronic book, its type and format are not limited.

  The content identifier is information for specifying one content, and is information for identifying the content in the electronic book viewed by the user. The content identifier is, for example, information indicating the type of content, information indicating the content, content information, or the like. Information indicating the type of content is, for example, “image”, “text”, “moving image”, “onsen.jpg”, “bike.mpg”, and the like. Information indicating the content is, for example, “bag”, “shoe”, “hot spring”, “bike”, or the like. The information indicating the content capacity is, for example, “128 KB”, “256 MB”, “1 GB”, or the like. The content identifier may be a combination of these pieces of information. As long as the content identifier can identify the content in the electronic book, its type and format are not limited.

  The page identifier is information for specifying one page, and is information for identifying a page in the electronic book viewed by the user. The page identifier is, for example, information indicating the page number, information indicating the type / position / size of the content, information indicating the capacity of the page, and the like. The information indicating the page number is, for example, “first page”, “10th page”, “P125”, “PP.145”, or the like. The information indicating the type / position / size of the content is, for example, “((10,10) → (220,220) | image), ((10,240) → (440,440) | text), ( (10,460) → (660,660) | text), ((10,680) → (880,880) | image) ”or“ ((12,12) | Japan hot spring day trip), ((12 , 30) | Nihon Onsen. Jpg), ((120, 30) | Nihon Onsen Map. Jpg), ((12, 120) | A day trip to Japan Onsen is very popular now!). The information indicating the page capacity is, for example, “512 MB”, “0.99 MB”, “1.2 GB”, or the like. The page identifier may be a combination of these pieces of information. As long as the page identifier can identify the page in the electronic book, its type and format are not limited.

  The page break identifier is information for specifying a part of a page, a group, and a break, and is information for identifying a part of the page in the electronic book viewed by the user, a group, and a break. The page break identifier is, for example, a chapter identifier for identifying a chapter, a section identifier for identifying a section, a block page identifier indicating that the contents of a plurality of continuous pages are the same or similar. The chapter identifiers are, for example, “Chapter 1”, “Chapter 2”, “(Chapter 1 | P1 to P12), (Chapter 2 | P13 to P28), (Chapter 3 | P29 to P56)”, “(Chapter4 | PP.80-PP.96), (Chapter5 | PP.97-PP.112), (Chapter6 | PP.113-PP.156) ", and the like. The section identifiers are, for example, “section 1”, “section 2”, “(section 1 | P1 to P12), (section 2 | P13 to P28), (section 3 | P29 to P56)”, “(section 1 | P1.L1 to P12.L10), (Section 2 | P12.L11 to P28.L8), (Section 3 | P28.L9 to P56.L16) "," (Section4 | PP.80-PP.96), (Section5 | PP.97-PP.112), (Section6 | PP.113-PP.156) ", and the like. Block page identifiers are, for example, “P1 to P10”, “(P1 to P3), (P4 to P6)”, “P1 to P10 | Onsen”, “(P1 to P3 | Nippon Onsen), (P4 to P6). | The original Nihon Onsen). The page break identifier may be a combination of these pieces of information. As long as the page break identifier can identify the page break in the electronic book, the type and format are not limited.

  The time information is information indicating the time when the user opened the electronic book, the time when the user viewed a page in the electronic book, and the like. The time information is, for example, “10:00”, “12:45”, “AM10: 30”, “PM11: 45”, “10:10:10”, “20:20:20”, and the like. . As long as the time information is information indicating the time, the type, the format, etc. are not limited.

  The browsing frequency information is information indicating the number of times the user has opened an electronic book, the number of times the user has browsed a page in the electronic book, and the like. The browsing count information is, for example, “10 times”, “5”, “20 times open”, “25 times browsing”, and the like. The browsing number information may be in any format as long as it is information indicating the number of browsing times.

  Moreover, browsing operation information is information which shows browsing operation which the user performed with respect to the electronic book. The browsing operation information includes, for example, “open”, “close”, “turn”, “enlarge”, “reduce”, “scrap”, and the like. As long as the browsing operation information is information indicating the browsing operation, the type, the format, and the like are not limited.

  The browsing means that the user browses the electronic book or the page in the electronic book by displaying the electronic book or the page in the electronic book on the display unit 1103.

  The determination as to whether or not the user has browsed may be determined, for example, when an electronic book or the like is displayed on the display unit 1103 or when the display unit 1103 displays the electronic book or the like. It may be determined that the user has browsed. Further, the fixed time may be determined in advance, such as “10 seconds” or “20 seconds”, or may not be so. If determined in advance, the predetermined time may be stored in an arbitrary storage area, embedded in the electronic book, or embedded in each page in the electronic book. In addition, if it is not determined in advance, for a certain period of time, the number of characters of an arbitrary page in the electronic book displayed on the display unit 1103, the data capacity, the number of contents arranged in an arbitrary page, It may be a value calculated from the total data capacity of the arranged content.

  That is, for example, when the pages and contents in the electronic book A are displayed on the display unit 1103 for a total of 30 seconds or more, the browsing information acquisition unit 1104 may determine that the user has browsed the electronic book A. For example, when the 10th page in the electronic book A is displayed on the display unit 1103 for 10 seconds or longer, the browsing information acquisition unit 1104 determines that the user has viewed the 10th page in the electronic book A. May be. Further, for example, when the content B arranged on the 20th page in the electronic book is displayed on the display unit 1103 for 10 seconds or longer, the browsing information acquisition unit 1104 displays the 20th page in the electronic book A. It may be determined that the content arranged in is browsed.

  In addition, the browsing information is usually acquired by embedding attribute information such as title, number of pages, page number, content type and content in each page in the electronic book. This is done by acquiring it as a content identifier or page identification.

  That is, for example, when the display unit 1103 displays an electronic book in which the title information “complete train” is embedded, the browsing information acquisition unit 1104 acquires the “complete train” as an electronic book identifier. For example, when the display unit 1103 displays an image in which the content information “rucksack” is embedded, the browsing information acquisition unit 1104 acquires the “rucksack” as a content identifier. For example, when the display unit 1103 displays a page in which the page number “10th page” is embedded, the browsing information acquisition unit 1104 acquires the “10th page” as a page identifier.

  The browsing information acquisition timing may be, for example, immediately after the display unit 1103 displays an arbitrary page in the electronic book for a certain period of time or immediately after the receiving unit 1102 receives a browsing operation. There may be. Here, the certain time is the same as the certain time when it is determined that the user has browsed.

  The acquired browsing information may be accumulated in an arbitrary storage area, or may be held by the browsing information acquisition unit 1104.

  The browsing information may be in any format as long as it is information related to the electronic book browsed by the user.

  The browsing information acquisition unit 1104 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the browsing information acquisition unit 1104 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The terminal transmission unit 1105 transmits the browsing information to the server device 12.

  The browsing information here is browsing information acquired by the browsing information acquisition unit 1104.

  The browsing information transmission timing is, for example, immediately after the browsing information acquisition unit 1104 acquires the browsing information or immediately after the receiving unit 1102 receives a specific browsing operation such as an open command or a close command. Immediately after the section 1102 receives a specific browsing operation for a page in the electronic book such as a page turning command or an enlargement command, or immediately after a certain number of browsing information is accumulated in an arbitrary storage area.

  That is, the terminal transmission unit 1105 may transmit the browsing information to the server device 12 every time the browsing information acquisition unit 1104 acquires the browsing information. In addition, the terminal transmission unit 1105 receives the browsing information acquired by the browsing information acquisition unit 1104 and stored in an arbitrary storage area immediately after the reception unit 1102 receives an electronic book close command from the arbitrary storage area, for example. It may be acquired and transmitted to the server device 12. In addition, the terminal transmission unit 1105 may store the browsing information acquired by the browsing information acquisition unit 1104 and accumulated in an arbitrary storage area immediately after the display unit 1103 displays a specific page or specific content. It may be acquired from the area and transmitted to the server device 12. Here, information indicating that browsing information is transmitted if displayed on a specific page or specific content is embedded, and whether or not the information is embedded is transmitted. It may be determined whether or not to do so. Further, the terminal transmission unit 1105 counts the number of browsing information stored in an arbitrary storage area, for example, and if the number is 10 or more, for example, acquires the browsing information from the arbitrary storage area. Alternatively, it may be transmitted to the server device 12.

  The browsing information may be transmitted at any timing as long as the browsing information acquisition unit 1104 acquires the browsing information.

  The terminal transmission unit 1105 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication unit, but may be realized by a broadcasting unit.

  The additional information receiving unit 1106 receives additional information from the server device 12. At this time, the additional information receiving unit 1106 receives the additional information corresponding to the transmission of the browsing information by the terminal transmitting unit 1105. The additional information here is electronic book content information.

  Here, the electronic book content information is information related to the content of the electronic book specified by the browsing information. Moreover, the electronic book content information may have, for example, a page identifier or a content identifier. Furthermore, the electronic book content information may include, for example, browsing support information, electronic book supplement information, page supplement information, content supplement information, and the like.

  The browsing support information is information that supports browsing of an electronic book. The browsing support information is, for example, “30 minutes have passed since you started reading”, “20 pages remaining”, “You have read 30 pages so far. 30 minutes have passed since you started reading. 1 page average, 1 minute ". The browsing support information may be of any type or format as long as it can support browsing.

  The electronic book complement information is information that complements the contents of the electronic book. The electronic book supplement information includes, for example, author information that is information about the author of a book that can be browsed by the electronic book, publisher information that indicates the publisher of the book, summary information that indicates the outline of the book, For example, issue date information indicating the issue date.

  The author information may include author name information indicating the name of the author, author date information indicating the date of birth of the author, author history information indicating the history of the author, and the like. The author name information is, for example, “Book Taro”, “Magazine Hanako”, “Bunko Jiro”, and the like. Further, the date of birth information of the author is, for example, “born in 1890”, “1880-1934”, “1880 (Meiji 13) September 30-1905 (Meiji 38) August 14,”, etc. It is. The author career information includes, for example, “I was born in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture in 1980”, “I learned kendo when I was young”, and “I will leave about 100 works before I die”.

  Further, the publisher information is, for example, “Bunkohon Publishing Co., Ltd.”, “Monobook Publishing”. The summary information is, for example, “A special feature on recommended sightseeing spots in autumn” or “This story is a light love story between Taro and Hanako”. The issue date information is, for example, “October 25, 1983”, “April 13, 2010”, “October 3, 2008”, and the like.

  Also, the electronic book supplement information may be a combination of these pieces of information. As long as the electronic book supplement information is information that can supplement the contents of the electronic book, the type and format of the electronic book supplement information are not limited.

  The page complement information is information that complements the contents of the pages in the electronic book. Page supplement information includes, for example, summary information that shows a summary of the contents of the page, commentary information that explains the words (terms, names of buildings, names of sightseeing spots, etc.) that are included in the page, Similar page information indicating the existence and location of the page. The summary information includes, for example, “It is a special feature of popular Japanese hot springs”, “A list of fireworks festivals to be held in the Kanto region”, “New players who are expected to play an active role”, and the like. In addition, commentary information includes, for example, “decision: to make a decision for a certain purpose and take action” and “Akashi Kaikyo Bridge: the world's longest suspension bridge over the Akashi Strait that has been shared since 1998. Yes, "Arashiyama is a famous place for autumn leaves in Ukyo-ku, Kyoto." The similar page information is, for example, “There is a page with similar contents” or “please see also P45”. Further, the page supplement information may be a combination of these pieces of information. As long as the page complement information is information capable of complementing the contents of the page in the electronic book, the type and format of the page complement information are not limited.

  The content supplement information is information that supplements the content of the content in the electronic book. The content complement information is, for example, content summary information indicating a summary of the content content, content commentary information explaining the content content, similar content information indicating the presence or location of similar content, and the like. Since these pieces of information are the same as the page supplement information, description thereof is omitted. As long as the content complement information is information capable of complementing the content of the content in the electronic book, the type and format are not limited.

  Further, “correspondingly” means that transmission of browsing information by the terminal transmission unit 1105 and reception of additional information by the additional information receiving unit 1106 are compatible. That is, if the terminal transmission unit 1105 does not transmit anything, the additional information reception unit 1106 does not receive additional information. If the terminal transmission unit 1105 transmits browsing information, corresponding to the timing, This means that the additional information receiving unit 1106 receives the additional information.

  The additional information receiving unit 1106 is normally realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a means for receiving a broadcast.

  The additional information output unit 1107 outputs the additional information received by the additional information receiving unit 1106.

  Here, output refers to display on a display, projection using a projector, printing with a printer, sound output, transmission to an external device, storage in a recording medium, and output to other processing devices or other programs. It is a concept that includes delivery of processing results. In addition, regarding transmission, accumulation, and delivery of processing results, an output target is finally presented to the user.

  Moreover, the output method of additional information is not ask | required. For example, the additional information may be output so as to be superimposed on the electronic book displayed on the display unit 1103, or the additional information may be output on a margin on the electronic book displayed on the display unit 1103. Alternatively, an area for outputting additional information may be provided on either the top, bottom, left, or right of the electronic book displayed on the display unit 1103 and output to the area. For example, if the terminal device 11 includes two displays and an electronic book is displayed on one display, the recommendation information may be output on the other display.

  The additional information output unit 1107 may or may not include an output device such as a display or a speaker. The additional information output unit 1107 can be implemented by output device driver software, or output device driver software and an output device.

  The management additional information storage unit 1201 can store management additional information.

  Here, the management additional information is information for managing the browsing information and the electronic book content information that is the additional information, and is information in which the browsing information and the electronic book content information are associated with each other.

  “Associated” means that, for example, one piece of browsing information may be associated with one or more additional information, and one piece of additional information is associated with one or more pieces of browsing information. It may be associated. Further, the management additional information is not limited as long as the browsing information and the additional information are associated with each other so that the additional information can be acquired based on the browsing information.

  The management additional information storage unit 1201 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  The receiving unit 1202 receives browsing information from the terminal device 11.

  The browsing information here is browsing information transmitted to the server device 12 by the terminal transmission unit 1105.

  The receiving unit 1202 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a means for receiving a broadcast.

  The additional information acquisition unit 1203 acquires additional information corresponding to the browsing information received by the receiving unit 1202 from the management additional information storage unit 1201.

  Here, acquisition refers to searching for and acquiring additional information included in the management additional information based on the browsing information received by the receiving unit 1202. That is, one or more pieces of browsing information stored in the management additional information storage unit 1201 are sequentially scanned one by one, and an electronic book identifier included in the browsing information received by the receiving unit 1202 and the browsing information to be scanned are included. It is to determine whether or not the electronic book identifiers and the like that are coincident with each other, and to obtain additional information associated with the browsing information to be searched from the management additional information storage unit 1201 when they coincide. .

  For example, two or more pieces of management additional information in which two or more pieces of additional information are associated with one piece of browsing information are stored in the management additional information storage unit 1201, and the receiving unit 1202 has one terminal device 11 to one. When two pieces of browsing information are received, the additional information acquisition unit 1203 acquires two or more pieces of additional information associated with one piece of browsing information received by the receiving unit 1202 from the management additional information storage unit 1201.

  Further, for example, the management additional information storage unit 1201 stores two or more pieces of management additional information in which one piece of additional information is associated with two or more pieces of browsing information, and the reception unit 1202 has one terminal device 11. When two or more pieces of browsing information are received, the additional information acquisition unit 1203 acquires one additional information associated with the two or more pieces of browsing information received by the receiving unit 1202 from the management additional information storage unit 1201.

  Further, the additional information acquisition unit 1203 normally acquires additional information as soon as the receiving unit 1202 receives the browsing information.

  The additional information acquisition unit 1203 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the additional information acquisition unit 1203 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The additional information transmission unit 1204 transmits the additional information acquired by the additional information acquisition unit 1203 to the terminal device 11.

  Here, transmission of additional information is normally performed with respect to the terminal device 11 which transmitted browsing information. That is, the additional information transmission unit 1204 identifies the terminal device 11 that transmits the additional information based on information (for example, a terminal device identifier described later) for identifying the terminal device 11 included in the browsing information received by the reception unit 1202. The additional information acquired by the additional information acquisition unit 1203 is transmitted to the terminal device 11.

  Further, the additional information transmission unit 1204 does not transmit the additional information when the additional information acquisition unit 1203 cannot acquire the additional information. The case where the additional information could not be acquired is, for example, when the additional information stored in the management additional information storage unit 1201 does not store the browsing information that matches the browsing information received by the receiving unit 1202 Etc.

  Further, the additional information transmission unit 1204 normally transmits the additional information as soon as the additional information acquisition unit 1203 acquires the additional information.

  The additional information transmission unit 1204 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication unit, but may be realized by a broadcasting unit.

  Next, the operation of the information system 1 will be described. First, operation | movement of the terminal device 11 is demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG. Note that the additional information in FIG. 3 is electronic book content information.

  (Step S301) The reception unit 1102 determines whether a browsing operation has been received. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S302; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S304.

  (Step S302) The browsing information acquisition unit 1104 acquires browsing information. Details of this processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S303) The terminal transmission unit 1105 transmits the browsing information acquired by the browsing information acquisition unit 1104 in Step S302 to the server device 12, and returns to Step S301.

  (Step S304) The additional information receiving unit 1106 determines whether or not additional information has been received. If received, the process proceeds to step S305, and if not, the process returns to step S301.

  (Step S305) The additional information output unit 1107 outputs the additional information received by the additional information receiving unit 1106 in step S304, and returns to step S301.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing browsing information acquisition processing in step S302 of the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S401) The reception unit 1102 determines whether or not an open instruction for an electronic book has been received. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S402; otherwise, the process returns to step S401.

  (Step S402) The display unit 1103 acquires the electronic book specified by the electronic book open command received by the receiving unit 1102 in step S401 from the electronic book storage unit 1101, and displays the cover of the electronic book.

  (Step S403) The reception unit 1102 determines whether a browsing operation other than an electronic book open command has been received. If accepted, the process proceeds to step S404; otherwise, the process returns to step S403.

  (Step S404) The display unit 1103 performs processing according to the browsing operation received by the receiving unit 1102 in step S403. For example, when the reception unit 1102 receives a page turning command, the page after turning the page is displayed. For example, when the reception unit 1102 receives an electronic book close instruction, the electronic book close process is performed to display a state before the electronic book is opened.

  (Step S405) The browsing information acquisition unit 1104 determines whether or not the browsing operation received by the receiving unit 1102 in step S403 is a close command. If it is a close instruction, the process returns to the upper process, and if not, the process proceeds to step S406.

  (Step S406) The browsing information acquisition unit 1104 determines whether the user has browsed the page. When browsing, it progresses to step S407, and when that is not right, it returns to step S403.

  (Step S407) The browsing information acquisition unit 1104 acquires the browsing information of the page determined to be browsed by the user in Step S406, and returns to the upper processing.

  Next, operation | movement of the server apparatus 12 is demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG. The additional information in FIG. 5 is electronic book content information.

  (Step S501) The receiving unit 1202 determines whether browsing information has been received. If received, the process proceeds to step S502, and if not, the process returns to step S501.

  (Step S502) The additional information acquisition unit 1203 acquires the browsing information received by the reception unit 1202 in step S501.

  (Step S503) The additional information acquisition unit 1203 acquires the management additional information stored in the management additional information storage unit 1201. Here, it is assumed that m pieces of management additional information have been acquired.

  (Step S504) The additional information acquisition unit 1203 sets 1 to the counter i.

  (Step S505) The additional information acquisition unit 1203 uses the browsing information included in the i-th management additional information (hereinafter referred to as management additional information [i]. Browsing information) as the electronic book identifier included in the browsing information acquired in step S502. It is determined whether or not it matches an electronic book identifier or the like. If they match, the process proceeds to step S506, and if not, the process proceeds to step S507.

  (Step S506) The additional information acquisition unit 1203 accumulates additional information included in the i-th management additional information as additional information to be acquired in an arbitrary storage area.

  (Step S507) The additional information acquisition unit 1203 determines whether i is m. When it is m, it progresses to step S509, and when that is not right, it progresses to step S508.

  (Step S508) The additional information acquisition unit 1203 increments i by 1, and returns to step S505.

  (Step S509) The additional information transmission unit 1204 transmits the additional information acquired by the additional information acquisition unit 1203 in step S506 to the terminal device 11, and returns to step S501.

  In the flowcharts of FIGS. 3 and 5, the process may be terminated by powering off or interruption for aborting the process.

  Next, a specific example of the operation of the information system 1 will be described.

  In this specific example, the terminal device 11 is assumed to be a mobile terminal device having two upper and lower displays. Further, it is assumed that the management additional information storage unit 1201 stores the management additional information shown in FIG. The management additional information in FIG. 6 includes browsing information having an electronic book identifier and a page identifier, and additional information that is electronic book content information. Further, when the display unit 1103 displays an arbitrary page, it is determined that the user has viewed the page.

  First, the user uses the terminal device 11 to perform an operation of opening an electronic book “if the wind blows”. Then, the reception unit 1102 receives a browsing operation that is an electronic book open command.

  Next, the display unit 1103 acquires the electronic book “If the wind blows” stored in the electronic book storage unit 1101 in accordance with the browsing operation received by the reception unit 1102, and displays the cover of the electronic book.

  Next, the user performs an operation of turning the page with respect to the displayed “If the wind blows”. Then, the accepting unit 1102 accepts a browsing operation that is a page turning command, and the display unit 1103 displays the first page “if the wind blows” accordingly.

  Next, the browsing information acquisition unit 1104 determines that the user has browsed the first page of “If the wind blows”, and acquires browsing information of the page. The acquired browsing information is “(ID, 1) | (terminal device identifier, 202.24.123.456) | (electronic book identifier, if wind blows) | (page identifier, P1)”. The terminal device identifier is information for identifying the terminal device, and is assumed to be held in advance by the browsing information acquisition unit 1104.

  Next, the terminal transmission unit 1105 transmits the above-described browsing information acquired by the browsing information acquisition unit 1104 to the server device 12.

  Next, the receiving unit 1202 of the server device 12 receives the browsing information described above.

  Next, the additional information acquisition unit 1203 acquires the browsing information received by the receiving unit 1202 and the management additional information of FIG. 6 stored in the management additional information storage unit 1201, and the management information is based on the browsing information. Electronic book content information is acquired from the additional information. The additional information acquisition unit 1203 compares the electronic book identifier and page identifier included in the browsing information received by the receiving unit 1202 with the electronic book identifier and page identifier included in the browsing information illustrated in FIG. The electronic book content information of ID “3” of 6 is acquired.

  Next, the additional information transmission unit 1204 transmits the electronic book content information with ID “3” in FIG. 6 acquired by the additional information acquisition unit 1203 to the terminal device 11.

  Next, the additional information receiving unit 1106 of the terminal device 11 receives the electronic book content information with ID “3” in FIG. 6.

  Finally, the additional information output unit 1107 outputs the electronic book content information received by the additional information receiving unit 1106. For example, the electronic book content information is output as shown in FIG. In FIG. 7, the electronic book content information is output to a lower display different from the upper display where the user is browsing the electronic book.

  As mentioned above, according to the information system 1 by this Embodiment, according to the browsing information which the terminal device 11 acquired, additional information can be transmitted with respect to the terminal device 11 which acquired browsing information.

(Embodiment 2)
In the present embodiment, an information system 2 that receives browsing information and transmits statistical information corresponding to the received browsing information will be described.

  The conceptual diagram of the information system 2 in the present embodiment is the same as that in FIG. 1. In FIG. 1, the terminal device 11 is replaced with the terminal device 21, and the server device 12 is replaced with the server device 22.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the terminal device 21 and the server device 22 in the present embodiment.

  The terminal device 21 includes an electronic book storage unit 1101, a reception unit 1102, a display unit 1103, a browsing information acquisition unit 1104, a terminal transmission unit 1105, an additional information reception unit 2106, and an additional information output unit 2107.

  The server device 22 includes a management additional information storage unit 2201, a browsing information storage unit 2205, a reception unit 1202, a storage unit 2206, a statistical information acquisition unit 2207, an additional information acquisition unit 2203, and an additional information transmission unit 2204.

  The additional information receiving unit 2106 receives additional information from the server device 22. At this time, the additional information receiving unit 2106 receives the additional information in response to the browsing information transmitted by the terminal transmitting unit 1105. The additional information here is statistical information.

  Here, the statistical information is information indicating the result of statistical processing. The statistical information includes, for example, the total number of readers of the electronic book identified by the electronic book identifier included in the browsing information, the total number of readers for each reader attribute (such as gender and age), and the page included in the browsing information. This is information indicating the total number of viewers of the page in the electronic book identified by the identifier, the total number of viewers for each attribute of the viewer, and the like. These are, for example, “You are the 10th reader”, “Person who read this book: 10 men, 8 women”, “Person who viewed this page: 20”, “View this page” People: 12 men, 24 women ”.

  In addition, since the reception timing and the like of statistical information are the same as those of the additional information receiving unit 1106, description thereof is omitted.

  The additional information receiving unit 2106 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a means for receiving a broadcast.

  The additional information output unit 2107 outputs the additional information received by the additional information receiving unit 2106. Since the additional information received by the additional information receiving unit 2106 is statistical information, the additional information output unit 2107 outputs statistical information.

  In addition, since the output method of statistical information and the like are the same as those of the additional information output unit 1107, description thereof is omitted.

  The additional information output unit 2107 may or may not include an output device such as a display or a speaker. The additional information output unit 2107 can be implemented by output device driver software, or output device driver software and an output device.

  The management additional information storage unit 2201 can store management additional information.

  The management additional information here is information for managing browsing information and statistical information that is additional information, and is information in which browsing information and statistical information are associated with each other.

  The management additional information storage unit 2201 is preferably a nonvolatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  The browsing information storage unit 2205 can store two or more browsing information.

  The browsing information here is browsing information acquired by the browsing information acquisition unit 1104 and is information transmitted to the server device 22 by the terminal transmission unit 1105.

  The browsing information storage unit 2205 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  The accumulation unit 2206 accumulates the browsing information received by the receiving unit 1202 in the browsing information storage unit 2205.

  The accumulating unit 2206 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the storage unit 2206 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The statistical information acquisition unit 2207 statistically processes the browsing information and acquires statistical information indicating the result. The browsing information subject to statistical processing is usually two or more browsing information stored in the browsing information storage unit 2205. Further, the browsing information to be subjected to statistical processing may be browsing information received by the receiving unit 1202 and two or more browsing information stored in the browsing information storage unit 2205.

  Here, the statistical process is to calculate statistical information. The statistical processing is identified by, for example, the cumulative number of readers of the electronic book identified by the electronic book identifier of the browsing information, the cumulative number of readers for each reader attribute (gender, age, etc.), and the page identifier of the browsing information. Calculating the total number of viewers of pages in the electronic book, the total number of viewers for each attribute of the viewer, and the like.

  For example, when calculating the cumulative number of readers of an electronic book, the statistical information acquisition unit 2207 sequentially scans the browsing information stored in the browsing information storage unit 2205, for example, and for each electronic book identifier included in each browsing information, The number of the electronic book identifier is counted.

  Further, when calculating the total number of readers of the electronic book, for example, the cumulative number of readers of each electronic book up to the present is accumulated in the management additional information storage unit 1201, and the statistical information acquisition unit 2207 includes the management additional information storage unit The cumulative reader number corresponding to the electronic book identifier included in the browsing information received by the receiving unit 1202 stored in 1201 may be incremented.

  Also, other cumulative viewer numbers and the like are calculated by the same process.

  Also, the statistical information acquisition unit 2207 normally performs statistical processing of browsing information and acquires statistical information as soon as the receiving unit 1202 receives the browsing information. Further, the statistical information acquisition unit 2207 may perform statistical processing of browsing information and acquire statistical information as soon as the storage unit 2206 stores the browsing information in the browsing information storage unit 2205. That is, the browsing information statistical processing by the statistical information acquisition unit 2207 and the acquisition of the statistical information as the processing result may be performed each time the reception unit 1202 receives the browsing information.

  Further, the statistical information acquisition unit 2207 normally accumulates the acquired statistical information in the management additional information storage unit 2201. In this case, the statistical information acquisition unit 2207 associates the acquired statistical information with the browsing information received by the reception unit 1202, generates management additional information, and stores the management additional information in the management additional information storage unit 2201. .

  The statistical information acquired by the statistical information acquisition unit 2207 may be stored in the management additional information storage unit 2201 by a statistical information storage unit (not shown). In this case, the statistical information accumulation unit associates the statistical information acquired by the statistical information acquisition unit 2207 with the browsing information received by the reception unit 1202, generates management additional information, and stores the management additional information in the management additional information storage Stored in the unit 2201.

  In addition, the statistical processing performed by the statistical information acquisition unit 2207 may be any type or content as long as it is so-called statistical processing. Further, the statistical information acquired by the statistical information acquisition unit 2207 may be of any type and format as long as it is information obtained as a result of statistical processing.

  The statistical information acquisition unit 2207 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the statistical information acquisition unit 2207 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The additional information acquisition unit 2203 acquires additional information corresponding to the browsing information received by the reception unit 1202 from the management additional information storage unit 2201. Since the additional information accumulated in the management additional information storage unit 2201 is statistical information, the additional information acquisition unit 2203 acquires the statistical information from the management additional information storage unit 2201.

  In addition, since the statistical information acquisition method and the like are the same as those of the additional information acquisition unit 1203, the description thereof is omitted.

  The additional information acquisition unit 2203 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the additional information acquisition unit 2203 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The additional information transmission unit 2204 transmits the additional information acquired by the additional information acquisition unit 2203 to the terminal device 21. Since the additional information acquired by the additional information acquisition unit 2203 is statistical information, the additional information transmission unit 2204 transmits the statistical information to the terminal device 21.

  In addition, since the transmission method of statistical information and the like are the same as those of the additional information transmission unit 1204, description thereof is omitted.

  The additional information transmission unit 2204 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication unit, but may be realized by a broadcasting unit.

  Next, the operation of the information system 2 will be described.

  First, the operation of the terminal device 21 will be described. Since the operation of the terminal device 21 is obtained by replacing “additional information” in the flowchart of FIG. 3 with “statistical information”, description thereof is omitted.

  Next, operation | movement of the server apparatus 22 is demonstrated using the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S901) The receiving unit 1202 determines whether browsing information has been received. If received, the process proceeds to step S902, and if not, the process returns to step S901.

  (Step S902) The accumulation unit 2206 accumulates the browsing information received by the receiving unit 1202 in Step S901 in the browsing information storage unit 2205.

  (Step S903) The statistical information acquisition unit 2207 acquires browsing information accumulated in the browsing information storage unit 2205. Here, it is assumed that m pieces of browsing information have been acquired.

  (Step S904) The statistical information acquisition unit 2207 sets 1 to the counter i.

  (Step S905) The statistical information acquisition unit 2207 sets 0 to the counter count.

  (Step S906) The statistical information capital part 2207 has an electronic book identifier (hereinafter referred to as browsing) that the electronic book identifier of the browsing information received by the receiving unit 1202 has in the i-th browsing information of the browsing information acquired in Step S903. Information [i] .electronic book identifier). If they are the same, the process proceeds to step S907, and if not, the process proceeds to step S908.

  (Step S907) The statistical information acquisition unit 2207 increments count by 1.

  (Step S908) The statistical information acquisition unit 2207 determines whether i is m. When it is m, it progresses to step S910, and when that is not right, it progresses to step S909.

  (Step S909) The statistical information acquisition unit 2207 increments i by 1, and returns to step S906.

  (Step S910) The additional information transmission unit 2204 transmits a count, which is statistical information, to the terminal device 21, and returns to step S901.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 9, the process may be terminated by powering off or a process termination interrupt.

  Next, a specific example of the operation of the information system 2 will be described.

  In this specific example, it is assumed that the terminal device 21 is an electronic book player. Further, it is assumed that the browsing information storage unit 2205 of the server device 22 stores browsing information of ID “1” to ID “16” of FIG. 10 received from the plurality of terminal devices 21. The browsing information in FIG. 10 includes a terminal device identifier, an electronic book identifier, and a page identifier.

  First, it is assumed that the user browses an electronic book “Men's Fashion” using the terminal device 21. As a result, the browsing information acquisition unit 1104 acquires the browsing information with the ID “17” in FIG. 10, and the terminal transmission unit 1105 transmits the browsing information acquired by the browsing information acquisition unit 1104 to the server device 22.

  Next, the receiving unit 1202 of the server device 22 receives the browsing information transmitted by the terminal transmitting unit 1105 of the terminal device 21, and the storage unit 2206 stores the browsing information received by the receiving unit 1202 in the browsing information storage unit 2205. accumulate. At this time, it is assumed that the accumulation unit 2206 has accumulated the browsing information of ID “17” in FIG.

  Next, the statistical information acquisition unit 2207 performs statistical processing of the browsing information in FIG. 10 and acquires statistical information. Here, for example, the cumulative number of readers for each electronic book identified by the electronic book identifier is calculated. The statistical information acquisition unit 2207 sequentially scans the browsing information in FIG. 10 and counts the number of electronic book identifiers that are the same as the electronic book identifiers included in the browsing information received by the receiving unit 1202. At this time, the unique terminal device identifier is subjected to a unique process, and duplicate counting is not performed. As a result, it is assumed that the statistical information acquisition unit 2207 acquires the statistical information “You are the fourth reader”. Then, the statistical information acquisition unit 2207 associates the statistical information with the browsing information received by the receiving unit 1202 and accumulates them in the management additional information storage unit 2201.

  Next, the additional information acquisition unit 2203 acquires the statistical information accumulated by the statistical information acquisition unit 2207 from the management additional information storage unit 2201.

  Next, the additional information transmission unit 2204 transmits the statistical information acquired by the additional information acquisition unit 2203 to the terminal device 21.

  Next, the additional information receiving unit 2106 of the terminal device 21 receives the statistical information transmitted by the additional information transmitting unit 2204 of the server device 22.

  Finally, the additional information output unit 2107 outputs the statistical information received by the additional information receiving unit 2106. The state of outputting the statistical information is as shown in FIG. 11, for example. In FIG. 11, the statistical information is output so as to be superimposed on the page in the electronic book being browsed by the user.

  As mentioned above, according to the information system 2 by this Embodiment, according to the browsing information which the terminal device 21 acquired, statistical information can be transmitted with respect to the terminal device 21 which acquired browsing information.

(Embodiment 3)
In the present embodiment, an information system 2 that receives browsing information and transmits advertisement information corresponding to the received browsing information will be described.

  The conceptual diagram of the information system 3 in the present embodiment is the same as that in FIG. 1. In FIG. 1, the terminal device 11 is replaced with the terminal device 31 and the server device 12 is replaced with the server device 32.

  FIG. 12 is a block diagram of the terminal device 31 and the server device 32 in the present embodiment.

  The terminal device 31 includes an electronic book storage unit 1101, a reception unit 1102, a display unit 1103, a browsing information acquisition unit 1104, a terminal transmission unit 1105, an additional information reception unit 3106, and an additional information output unit 3107.

  The server device 32 includes a management additional information storage unit 3201, a reception unit 1202, an additional information acquisition unit 3203, and an additional information transmission unit 3204.

  The additional information receiving unit 3106 receives additional information from the server device 32. At this time, the additional information receiving unit 3106 receives the additional information in response to the browsing information transmitted by the terminal transmitting unit 1105. The additional information here is advertisement information.

  Here, the advertisement information is information about an electronic book specified from the browsing information or a product or service related to content in the electronic book. The advertisement information includes, for example, an introduction of a product / service, an appearance / outline of the product / service, an access guide for a store that sells / provides the product / service, and a map of a store that sells / provides the product / service. These may be text, images, video, audio, or combinations thereof. These include, for example, “Latest volume September 30 release”, “Hokkaido Shio Butter Caramel”, “If you go now!

  Further, the advertisement information may be a URL indicating the location of the information or a hyperlink in which the URL is embedded. These include, for example, “http://www.travel-search.com/2010/11/25”, “http://www.bike-magazine.jp/”, “<a href =" http: / /www.travel-search.com/2010/11/25">Recommended travel </a> ".

  In addition, since the reception timing and the like of the advertisement information are the same as those of the additional information receiving unit 1106, description thereof is omitted.

  The additional information receiving unit 3106 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a means for receiving a broadcast.

The additional information output unit 3107 outputs the additional information received by the additional information receiving unit 3106.
Since the additional information received by the additional information receiving unit 3106 is advertisement information, the additional information output unit 3107 outputs the advertisement information.

  In addition, since the advertisement information output method and the like are the same as those of the additional information output unit 1107, description thereof is omitted.

  The additional information output unit 3107 may or may not include an output device such as a display or a speaker. The additional information output unit 3107 can be realized by output device driver software or output device driver software and an output device.

  The management additional information storage unit 3201 can store management additional information.

  The management additional information here is information for managing the browsing information and the advertising information that is the additional information, and is information in which the browsing information and the advertising information are associated with each other.

  The management additional information storage unit 3201 is preferably a nonvolatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  The additional information acquisition unit 3203 acquires additional information corresponding to the browsing information received by the receiving unit 1202 from the management additional information storage unit 3201. Since the additional information accumulated in the management additional information storage unit 3201 is advertisement information, the additional information acquisition unit 3203 acquires the advertisement information from the management additional information storage unit 3201.

  In addition, since the advertisement information acquisition method and the like are the same as those of the additional information acquisition unit 1203, description thereof is omitted.

  The additional information acquisition unit 3203 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the additional information acquisition unit 3203 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The additional information transmission unit 3204 transmits the additional information acquired by the additional information acquisition unit 3203 to the terminal device 31. Since the additional information acquired by the additional information acquisition unit 3203 is advertisement information, the additional information transmission unit 3204 transmits the advertisement information to the terminal device 31.

  In addition, since the advertisement information transmission method and the like are the same as those of the additional information transmission unit 1204, description thereof is omitted.

  The additional information transmitting unit 3204 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication unit, but may be realized by a broadcasting unit.

  Next, the operation of the information system 3 will be described.

  First, the operation of the terminal device 31 will be described. The operation of the terminal device 31 is obtained by replacing “additional information” in the flowchart of FIG.

  Next, the operation of the server device 32 will be described. The operation of the server device 32 is the same as the “additional information” in the flowchart of FIG.

  Next, a specific example of the operation of the information system 3 will be described.

  In this specific example, the terminal device 31 is an electronic book player. Further, it is assumed that the management additional information stored in the management additional information storage unit 3201 is as shown in FIG. The management additional information in FIG. 13 includes browsing information having an electronic book identifier, a page identifier, and a content identifier, and additional information that is advertisement information.

  First, it is assumed that the user uses the terminal device 21 to browse the content identified by the content identifier “Japanese hot spring” on the 20th page of the electronic book “hot spring magazine”. As a result, the browsing information acquisition unit 1104 determines that “(ID,) | (terminal device identifier, 202.24.123.456) | (electronic book identifier, hot spring magazine) | (page identifier, P20) | (content identifier, The terminal transmission unit 1105 transmits the browsing information acquired by the browsing information acquisition unit 1104 to the server device 32.

  Next, the receiving unit 1202 of the server device 32 receives the browsing information described above.

  Next, the additional information acquisition unit 3203 acquires the browsing information received by the receiving unit 1202 and the management additional information of FIG. 13 stored in the management additional information storage unit 1201, and manages the management based on the browsing information. Get advertising information from additional information. The additional information acquisition unit 3203 compares the electronic book identifier, page identifier, and content identifier included in the browsing information received by the receiving unit 1202 with the electronic book identifier, page identifier, and content identifier included in the browsing information illustrated in FIG. The advertisement information of ID “3” in FIG.

  Next, the additional information transmission unit 3204 transmits the advertisement information with the ID “3” in FIG. 13 acquired by the additional information acquisition unit 3203 to the terminal device 31.

  Next, the additional information receiving unit 3106 of the terminal device 31 receives the advertisement information with the ID “3” in FIG. 13.

  Finally, the additional information output unit 3107 outputs the advertisement information received by the additional information receiving unit 3106. The output state of the advertisement information is, for example, as shown in FIG. In FIG. 14, the advertisement information is output so as to be superimposed on the page in the electronic book being browsed by the user.

  As mentioned above, according to the information system 3 by this Embodiment, according to the browsing information which the terminal device 31 acquired, advertising information can be transmitted with respect to the terminal device 31 which acquired browsing information.

(Embodiment 4)
In the present embodiment, an information system 4 that receives browsing information and transmits information about users with similar preferences corresponding to the received browsing information will be described.

  The conceptual diagram of the information system 4 in the present embodiment is the same as that in FIG. 1. In FIG. 1, the terminal device 11 is replaced with the terminal device 41, and the server device 12 is replaced with the server device 42.

  FIG. 15 is a block diagram of the terminal device 41 and the server device 42 in the present embodiment.

  The terminal device 41 includes an electronic book storage unit 1101, a reception unit 1102, a display unit 1103, a browsing information acquisition unit 4104, a terminal transmission unit 4105, an additional information reception unit 4106, and an additional information output unit 4107.

  The server device 42 includes a management additional information storage unit 4201, a browsing information storage unit 4205, a reception unit 4202, a storage unit 4206, a terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207, an additional information acquisition unit 4203, and an additional information transmission unit 4204.

  The browsing information acquisition unit 4104 acquires browsing information.

  The browsing information here is information having a terminal device identifier in addition to the browsing information of the first embodiment.

  Here, the terminal device identifier is information for identifying the terminal device. The terminal device identifier is, for example, a MAC address, an IP address, a terminal device manufacturing number, a terminal device name, a user name using the terminal device, or the like. The MAC address is, for example, “00-22-44-66-88-00” or “11: 33: 55: 77: 99: 00”. The IP address is, for example, “192.168.0.15” or “202.24.35.68”. The serial number of the terminal device is, for example, “JN-012345” or “SERNO: 98765”. The name of the terminal device is, for example, “Machine A” or “JUPITER”. The user name using the terminal device is, for example, “taro”, “hanako”, “User01”, or the like. The terminal device identifier may be a combination of these pieces of information. As long as the terminal device identifier can identify the terminal device, its type and format are not limited.

  In addition, the terminal device identifier is usually acquired by storing information such as a MAC address and a manufacturing number in an arbitrary storage area and acquiring such information as the terminal device identifier.

  Also, the timing for acquiring the terminal device identifier may be arbitrary. That is, the timing of acquiring the terminal device identifier may be immediately after the reception unit 1102 receives an instruction to open the electronic book, or immediately after the display unit 1103 displays the electronic book.

  The browsing information acquisition unit 4104 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the browsing information acquisition unit 4104 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The terminal transmission unit 4105 transmits the browsing information to the server device 42.

  The browsing information here is browsing information having the terminal device identifier acquired by the browsing information acquisition unit 4104.

  In addition, since the transmission timing of browsing information having a terminal device identifier is the same as that of the terminal transmission unit 1105, description thereof is omitted.

  The terminal transmission unit 4105 is usually realized by wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by broadcasting means.

  The additional information receiving unit 4106 receives additional information from the server device 42. At this time, the additional information receiving unit 4106 receives the additional information in response to the browsing information transmitted by the terminal transmitting unit 4105. The additional information here is user information.

  Here, the user information is information related to the user who has viewed the electronic book. The user information includes a group ID for identifying a group, a URL indicating a location such as a profile page of a user who has viewed the same or similar electronic book, and a URL indicating a location such as a profile page of a user having the same or similar preference. URL indicating a location such as a community site where users who have viewed the same or similar electronic book gather, URL indicating a location such as a community site where users having the same or similar preferences gather, a hyperlink embedded with the URL, etc. You may have. Here, the group ID is, for example, “Group A”, “Group 1”, “Group 01”, “GP02”, or the like. The user information may be a combination of these pieces of information. User information combining these pieces of information is, for example, “terminal device A, terminal device B, terminal device C”, “(terminal device A | UserA), (terminal device B | UserB), (terminal device C | UserC). ) "," (Terminal device A | UserA | http: //www.user.com/usra), (terminal device B | UserB | http: //www.user.com/usrb), (terminal device C | UserC | Http: //www.user.com/usrc) ".

  Further, the profile page indicated by the URL included in the user information and the community site may or may not be existing. When the URL is an existing URL, the URL may be, for example, transmitted by the terminal transmission unit 4105 to the server device 42. In this case, it is assumed that the URL is held in an arbitrary storage area by the terminal device 41, for example. If the URL is not an existing URL, for example, the server device 42 includes a user page generation unit that generates a profile page and the like from the browsing information received by the reception unit 4202, and the user page generation unit It may indicate a location such as a generated profile page.

  In addition, since the reception timing of additional information and the like are the same as those of the additional information receiving unit 1106, description thereof is omitted.

  The additional information receiving unit 4106 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a means for receiving a broadcast.

  The additional information output unit 4107 outputs the additional information received by the additional information receiving unit 4106. That is, the additional information output unit 4107 outputs additional information including statistical information and user information.

  Further, since the additional information output method and the like are the same as those of the additional information output unit 1107, the description thereof is omitted.

  The additional information output unit 4107 may or may not include an output device such as a display or a speaker. The additional information output unit 4107 can be implemented by output device driver software, or output device driver software and an output device.

  The management additional information storage unit 4201 can store management additional information.

  The management additional information here is information for managing browsing information having user information and user information which is additional information. The browsing information having user information and user information are associated with each other.

  The management additional information storage unit 4201 is preferably a nonvolatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  The browsing information storage unit 4205 can store two or more browsing information.

  The browsing information here is browsing information having the terminal device identifier acquired by the browsing information acquisition unit 4104, and is information transmitted by the terminal transmission unit 4105 to the server device 42.

  The browsing information storage unit 4205 is preferably a non-volatile recording medium, but can also be realized by a volatile recording medium.

  The receiving unit 4202 receives browsing information from the terminal device 41.

  The browsing information here is browsing information having the terminal device identifier transmitted to the server device 42 by the terminal transmission unit 4105.

  The receiving unit 4202 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication means, but may be realized by a means for receiving a broadcast.

  The accumulation unit 4206 accumulates the browsing information having the terminal device identifier received by the receiving unit 4202 in the browsing information storage unit 2205. At this time, the accumulation unit 4206 accumulates the browsing information in the browsing information storage unit 2205 for each terminal device identifier included in the browsing information. That is, the storage unit 4206 stores the browsing information in the browsing information storage unit 2205 in a state where the terminal information identifier is associated with the browsing information.

  The accumulating unit 4206 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the storage unit 4206 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207 acquires the terminal device identifier from the browsing information stored in the browsing information storage unit 2205. At this time, the terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207 approximates the two or more terminal device identifiers so as to satisfy a predetermined condition from one or more pieces of browsing information for each terminal device identifier stored in the browsing information storage unit 2205. To get.

  Here, the predetermined condition is a condition for acquiring a terminal device identifier, and is a condition for determining that terminal devices identified by two or more terminal device identifiers are in the same group. is there. Predetermined conditions are, for example, “electronic book identifier = complete railway” indicating that the electronic book viewed is “complete railway”, or “bag” indicating that the content in the viewed electronic book is “bag”. “Content identifier = bag”, the type of electronic book viewed is “magazine”, and the viewed page is “P120”, such as “electronic book identifier = magazine & page identifier = P120”. The predetermined condition is that “electronic book identifier = same” indicating that the electronic book identifier is the same, or “electronic book identifier = same & page identifier =” indicating that the electronic book identifier and the page identifier are the same. "same" or the like. The predetermined condition is not limited as long as the terminal device identifier can be acquired.

  Further, “approximate” is a concept that includes the meaning of having similar preferences, but it is widely understood including the meaning of having the same preferences.

  In addition, the terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207 does not have to acquire the terminal device identifier for identifying the terminal device 41 that transmitted the browsing information when acquiring the terminal device identifier. That is, the terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207 may acquire a terminal device identifier that satisfies a predetermined condition and does not include the terminal device identifier that identifies the terminal device 41 that has transmitted the browsing information. Good.

  The terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207 can be usually realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded in a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  Normally, after the terminal device identifier is acquired by the terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207, a user information generation unit (not shown) generates user information based on the terminal device identifier, and manages the generated user information as additional information. It accumulates in the additional information storage unit 4201. In addition, the user information is normally generated by acquiring the output information output from the additional information output unit 4107 in association with the terminal device identifier in an arbitrary storage area. That is, output information associated with the same terminal device identifier as the terminal device identifier acquired by the terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207 is acquired from an arbitrary storage area. Then, the acquired output information is associated with the terminal device identifier acquired by the terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207 to generate user information.

  The additional information acquisition unit 4203 acquires additional information corresponding to the browsing information received by the receiving unit 4202 from the management additional information storage unit 4201. Since the additional information accumulated in the management additional information storage unit 4201 is user information, the additional information acquisition unit 4203 acquires user information from the management additional information storage unit 4201.

  In addition, since the user information acquisition method and the like are the same as those of the additional information acquisition unit 1203, description thereof is omitted.

  The additional information acquisition unit 4203 can usually be realized by an MPU, a memory, or the like. The processing procedure of the additional information acquisition unit 4203 is usually realized by software, and the software is recorded on a recording medium such as a ROM. However, it may be realized by hardware (dedicated circuit).

  The additional information transmission unit 4204 transmits the additional information acquired by the additional information acquisition unit 4203 to the terminal device 41. Since the additional information acquired by the additional information acquisition unit 2203 is user information, the additional information transmission unit 2204 transmits the user information to the terminal device 41.

  The additional information transmitting unit 4204 is usually realized by a wireless or wired communication unit, but may be realized by a broadcasting unit.

  Next, the operation of the information system 4 will be described.

  First, the operation of the terminal device 41 will be described. Since the operation of the terminal device 41 is obtained by replacing “additional information” in the flowchart of FIG. 3 with “user information”, description thereof is omitted.

  Next, the operation of the server device 42 will be described using the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S1601) Reception 4202 determines whether or not browsing information has been received. If received, the process proceeds to step S1602, and if not, the process returns to step S1601.

  (Step S1602) The storage unit 4206 stores the browsing information received by the receiving unit 4202 in step S1601 in the browsing information storage unit 4205 for each associated terminal device identifier.

  (Step S1603) The terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207 acquires a terminal device identifier. Details of this processing will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S1604) A user information generation unit (not shown) generates user information having the terminal device identifier acquired by the terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207 in step S1603, and accumulates it in the management additional information storage unit 4201.

  (Step S1605) The additional information acquisition unit 4203 acquires user information that is additional information. The details of this process are obtained by replacing “additional information” in steps S503 to S508 in the flowchart of FIG.

  (Step S1606) The additional information transmission unit 4204 transmits the user information acquired by the additional information acquisition unit 4203 in step S1605 to the terminal device 31, and returns to step S1601.

  FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the terminal device identifier acquisition process in step S1603 of FIG.

  (Step S1701) The terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207 acquires a condition for determining that they are the same group from an arbitrary storage area. Here, it is assumed that m conditions have been acquired.

  (Step S1702) The terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207 acquires the browsing information stored in the browsing information storage unit 4205. Here, it is assumed that n pieces of browsing information have been acquired.

  (Step S1703) The terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207 sets 1 to the counter i.

  (Step S1704) The terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207 sets 1 to the counter j.

  (Step S1705) The terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207 obtains the i-th condition (hereinafter referred to as the electronic book identifier included in the j-th browse information (hereinafter referred to as browse information [j]) acquired at Step S1702 at Step S2901. , Whether condition [i]) is satisfied. If so, the process proceeds to step S1706; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S1707.

  (Step S1706) The terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207 sets the i-th acquisition terminal device identifier (hereinafter referred to as acquisition terminal device identifier [i]), which is the terminal device identifier satisfying the condition [i], to the condition [i] in Step S2905. The terminal device identifier [j] associated with the browsing information [j] determined to satisfy the above is added.

  (Step S1707) The terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207 determines whether j is n. When it is n, it progresses to step S1709, and when that is not right, it progresses to step S1708.

  (Step S1708) The terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207 increments j by 1, and returns to step S1705.

  (Step S1709) The terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207 determines whether i is m. If it is m, the process returns to the upper process, and if not, the process proceeds to step S1710.

  (Step S1710) The terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207 increments i by 1, and returns to step S1704.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 16, the process may be terminated by powering off or a process termination interrupt.

  Next, a specific example of the operation of the information system 4 will be described.

  In this specific example, it is assumed that the terminal device 41 is an electronic book player. Further, it is assumed that the browsing information storage unit 4205 of the server device 42 stores the browsing information of ID “2” to ID “10” of FIG. 18 received from the plurality of terminal devices 41. 18 includes a terminal device identifier, an electronic book identifier, a page identifier, and a content identifier. Further, the conditions for acquiring the terminal device identifier are as shown in FIG. 19 and are assumed to be held by the terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207.

  First, it is assumed that the user browses an electronic book called “hot spring magazine” using the terminal device 41. As a result, the browsing information acquisition unit 4104 acquires the browsing information according to the browsing operation of the user, generates the browsing information having the terminal device identifier in association with the previously held terminal device identifier, and acquires the browsing information. . Then, the terminal transmission unit 4105 transmits the browsing information acquired by the browsing information acquisition unit 4104 to the server device 42. At this time, it is assumed that terminal transmission unit 4105 has transmitted the browsing information with ID “1” in FIG.

  Next, the receiving unit 4202 of the server device 42 receives the browsing information transmitted by the terminal transmitting unit 4105 of the terminal device 41, and the storage unit 4206 stores the browsing information received by the receiving unit 4202 in the browsing information storage unit 4205. accumulate. At this time, it is assumed that the accumulation unit 4206 has accumulated the browsing information of ID “1” in FIG.

  Next, the terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207 acquires the browsing information stored in the browsing information storage unit 4205 and the terminal device identifier included in each browsing information, and acquires the held terminal device identifier. A terminal device identifier that matches each condition is acquired for each condition.

  Next, a user information generation unit (not shown) acquires output information corresponding to each terminal device acquired by the terminal device identifier acquisition unit 4207 from an arbitrary storage area, and generates user information. The user information generation unit acquires the browsing information having the terminal device identifier from the browsing information storage unit 4205, associates it with the generated user information, and accumulates it in the management additional information storage unit 4201. As a result, it is assumed that the management additional information storage unit 4201 stores the management additional information shown in FIG. The management additional information in FIG. 20 includes browsing information having a terminal device identifier, an electronic book identifier, a page identifier, and a content identifier, and additional information that is user information.

  Next, the additional information acquisition unit 4203 acquires the browsing information received by the receiving unit 4202 and the management additional information of FIG. 20 stored in the management additional information storage unit 4201, and based on the browsing information, the management information is acquired. User information is acquired from the additional information. The additional information acquisition unit 4203 includes a terminal device identifier, an electronic book identifier, a page identifier, and a content identifier included in the browsing information with ID “1” in FIG. 18, and a terminal device identifier, electronic book identifier, and page included in the browsing information in FIG. The identifier and the content identifier are compared, and the user information of ID “1” in FIG.

  Next, the additional information transmission unit 4204 transmits the user information with the ID “1” in FIG. 20 acquired by the additional information acquisition unit 4203 to the terminal device 41.

  Next, the additional information receiving unit 4106 of the terminal device 41 receives the user information with the ID “1” in FIG. 20.

  Finally, the additional information output unit 4107 outputs the user information received by the additional information receiving unit 4106. The output state of the statistical information is as shown in FIG. 21, for example. In FIG. 21, an area for outputting user information is provided, and the user information is output to the area.

  As mentioned above, according to the information system 4 by this Embodiment, according to the browsing information which the terminal device 41 acquired, user information can be transmitted with respect to the terminal device 41 which acquired browsing information.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, it goes without saying that two or more communication units existing in one apparatus may be physically realized by one medium.

  In each of the above embodiments, each process or each function may be realized by centralized processing by a single device or a single system, or distributed by a plurality of devices or a plurality of systems. It may be realized by being processed.

  In each of the above embodiments, each component may be configured by dedicated hardware, or a component that can be realized by software may be realized by executing a program. For example, each component can be realized by a program execution unit such as a CPU reading and executing a software program recorded on a recording medium such as a hard disk or a semiconductor memory.

  Moreover, the software which implement | achieves the server apparatus in each said embodiment is the following programs. In other words, in this program, one or more management additional information having browsing information and additional information that is information corresponding to the browsing information is stored in the storage medium, and the computer receives the browsing information. And when the receiving unit receives the browsing information, the additional information acquisition unit that acquires additional information corresponding to the browsing information from the management additional information, and the additional information acquired by the additional information acquisition unit is the terminal device. It is a program for making it function as an additional information transmission part transmitted to.

  Moreover, the software which implement | achieves the terminal device in each said embodiment is the following programs. That is, this program stores an electronic book in a recording medium, and displays the electronic book according to the browsing operation and a reception unit that accepts a browsing operation that is an operation for browsing the electronic book. A browsing information acquisition unit for acquiring browsing information having an electronic book identifier for identifying an electronic book displayed by the display unit or a content identifier for identifying content included in the electronic book, in accordance with the browsing operation; The terminal transmission unit that transmits the browsing information acquired by the browsing information acquisition unit, the additional information receiving unit that receives additional information in response to the transmission of the browsing information, and the additional information received by the additional information receiving unit It is a program for functioning as an additional information output unit to output.

  In the above program, the transmission step for transmitting information, the reception step for receiving information, etc. include at least processing performed only by hardware, for example, processing performed by a modem or an interface card in the transmission step. Absent.

  The program may be executed by being downloaded from a server or the like, or a program recorded on a predetermined recording medium (for example, an optical disk such as a CD-ROM, a magnetic disk, a semiconductor memory, or the like) is read out. May be executed. Further, this program may be used as a program constituting a program product.

  Moreover, the computer which performs the said program may be single, and plural may be sufficient as it. That is, centralized processing may be performed, or distributed processing may be performed.

  FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram of a computer system 9 that executes the above-described program to realize the server device or the like of the above-described embodiment. The above-described embodiments can be realized by computer hardware and a computer program executed thereon.

  In FIG. 22, the computer system 9 includes a computer 901 including a CD-ROM (Compact Disk Read Only Memory) drive 9011, an FD (Flexible Disk) drive 9012, a keyboard 902, a mouse 903, and a monitor 904.

  FIG. 23 is a block diagram of the computer system 9. 23, in addition to the CD-ROM drive 9011 and the FD drive 9012, a computer 901 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 9013 and a ROM (Read-Only Memory) 9014 for storing a program such as a bootup program. A random access memory (RAM) 9015 connected to the CPU 9013 for temporarily storing application program instructions and providing a temporary storage space; and a hard disk 9016 for storing application programs, system programs, and data , A CD-ROM drive 9011, an FD drive 9012, a CPU 9013, and the like. Although not shown here, the computer 901 may further include a network card that provides connection to a LAN.

  A program that causes the computer system 9 to execute the functions of the server device or the like of the above-described embodiment is stored in the CD-ROM 9101 or FD 9102, inserted into the CD-ROM drive 9011 or FD drive 9012, and further stored in the hard disk 9016. May be forwarded. Alternatively, the program may be transmitted to the computer 901 via a network (not shown) and stored in the hard disk 9016. The program is loaded into the RAM 9015 when executed. The program may be loaded directly from the CD-ROM 9101, the FD 9102, or the network.

  The program does not necessarily include an operating system (OS), a third party program, or the like that causes the computer 901 to execute the functions of the server device or the like of the above-described embodiment. The program only needs to include an instruction portion that calls an appropriate function (module) in a controlled manner and obtains a desired result. How the computer system 9 operates is well known and will not be described in detail.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible, and it goes without saying that these are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  As described above, the server device according to the present invention has an effect that the browsing information received from the terminal device can be accumulated and used, and is useful as a browsing information utilization device or the like.

1, 2, 3, 4 Information system 11, 21, 31, 41 Terminal device 12, 22, 32, 42 Server device 1101 Electronic book storage unit 1102 Reception unit 1103 Display unit 1104, 4104 Browsing information acquisition unit 1105, 4105 Terminal transmission Unit 1106, 2106, 3106, 4106 additional information receiving unit 1107, 2107, 3107, 4107 additional information output unit 1201, 2201, 3201, 4201 management additional information storage unit 1202, 4202 receiving unit 1203, 2203, 3203, 4203 additional information acquisition Unit 1204, 2204, 3204, 4204 additional information transmission unit 2205, 4205 browsing information storage unit 2206, 4206 storage unit 2207 statistical information acquisition unit 4207 terminal device identifier acquisition unit

Claims (13)

A server device constituting an information system comprising a server device and a terminal device,
The terminal device
An electronic book storage unit capable of storing electronic books;
A reception unit that accepts a browsing operation that is an operation for browsing an electronic book;
In accordance with the browsing operation, a display unit that displays an electronic book;
In accordance with the browsing operation, a browsing information acquisition unit that acquires browsing information having an electronic book identifier that identifies the electronic book displayed by the display unit, or a content identifier that identifies content included in the electronic book,
A terminal transmission unit that transmits the browsing information acquired by the browsing information acquisition unit to the server device;
In response to transmission of the browsing information, additional information receiving unit that receives additional information that is information output to the terminal device from the server device;
An additional information output unit that outputs the additional information received by the additional information receiving unit,
The server device
A management additional information storage unit that can store one or more pieces of management additional information having browsing information and additional information that is information corresponding to the browsing information;
A receiving unit for receiving browsing information from the terminal device;
When the receiving unit receives browsing information, additional information acquisition unit that acquires additional information corresponding to the browsing information from the management additional information;
The server apparatus which comprises the information system which comprises the additional information transmission part which transmits the additional information which the said additional information acquisition part acquired to the said terminal device. The server apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the additional information is information related to contents of the electronic book specified by the browsing information. The server device
A browsing information storage unit capable of storing two or more browsing information;
A storage unit that stores the browsing information received by the receiving unit in the browsing information storage unit;
A statistical information acquisition unit that statistically processes the two or more browsing information in the browsing information storage unit, or the two or more browsing information in the browsing information storage unit and the browsing information received by the receiving unit, and acquires statistical information; Further comprising
The server apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the additional information is the statistical information. The server apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the additional information is an advertisement information of a product or a service related to an electronic book specified from the browsing information or content in the electronic book. The browsing information has a terminal device identifier for identifying the terminal device,
The server device
A browsing information storage unit capable of storing two or more browsing information;
An accumulation unit that accumulates all or part of the browsing information in the browsing information storage unit for each terminal device identifier included in the browsing information received by the receiving unit;
A terminal device identifier obtaining unit that obtains one or more terminal device identifiers that approximate to the extent that a predetermined condition is satisfied from all or a part of one or more pieces of browsing information for each terminal device identifier;
The server device according to claim 1, wherein the additional information is user information corresponding to one or more terminal device identifiers acquired by the terminal device identifier acquisition unit. 6. The server apparatus constituting the information system according to claim 1, wherein the browsing information includes an electronic book identifier and a content identifier for identifying the browsed content. 6. The server device constituting the information system according to claim 1, wherein the browsing information includes an electronic book identifier and a page identifier for identifying the browsed page. An electronic book storage unit capable of storing electronic books;
A reception unit that accepts a browsing operation that is an operation for browsing an electronic book;
A display unit for displaying the electronic book according to the browsing operation;
In accordance with the browsing operation, a browsing information acquisition unit that acquires browsing information having an electronic book identifier that identifies the electronic book displayed by the display unit, or a content identifier that identifies content included in the electronic book,
A terminal transmission unit that transmits the browsing information acquired by the browsing information acquisition unit to the server device;
In response to transmission of the browsing information, additional information receiving unit that receives additional information that is information output to the terminal device from the server device;
A terminal device comprising: an additional information output unit that outputs additional information received by the additional information receiving unit. The terminal device which comprises an information system with the server apparatus in any one of Claims 1-7. On the storage medium,
One or more management additional information having browsing information and additional information that is information corresponding to the browsing information is stored,
An information processing method performed using a reception unit, an additional information acquisition unit, and an additional information transmission unit,
A receiving step in which the receiving unit receives the browsing information;
When the additional information acquisition unit acquires the browsing information, the additional information acquisition step of acquiring additional information corresponding to the browsing information from the management additional information;
An information processing method comprising: an additional information transmitting step in which the additional information transmitting unit transmits the additional information acquired by the additional information acquiring unit to the terminal device. On the storage medium,
One or more management additional information having browsing information and additional information that is information corresponding to the browsing information is stored,
Computer
A receiving unit for receiving the browsing information;
When the receiving unit receives browsing information, additional information acquisition unit that acquires additional information corresponding to the browsing information from the management additional information;
The program for functioning as an additional information transmission part which transmits the additional information which the said additional information acquisition part acquired to the said terminal device. On the recording medium,
An ebook is stored,
An information processing method performed using a reception unit, a display unit, a browsing information acquisition unit, a terminal transmission unit, an additional information reception unit, and an additional information output unit,
An accepting step in which the accepting unit accepts a viewing operation that is an operation for viewing an electronic book;
The display unit displays an electronic book according to the browsing operation;
The browsing information acquisition unit acquires browsing information having an electronic book identifier for identifying the electronic book displayed by the display unit or a content identifier for identifying content included in the electronic book in accordance with the browsing operation. Steps,
The terminal transmission unit transmits the browsing information acquired by the browsing information acquisition unit; and
The additional information receiving unit receives additional information in response to transmission of the browsing information; and
An information processing method comprising: an additional information output step in which the additional information output unit outputs additional information received by the additional information receiving unit. On the recording medium,
An ebook is stored,
Computer
A reception unit that accepts a browsing operation that is an operation for browsing an electronic book;
A display unit for displaying the electronic book according to the browsing operation;
In accordance with the browsing operation, a browsing information acquisition unit that acquires browsing information having an electronic book identifier that identifies the electronic book displayed by the display unit, or a content identifier that identifies content included in the electronic book,
A terminal transmission unit for transmitting the browsing information acquired by the browsing information acquisition unit;
In response to transmission of the browsing information, an additional information receiving unit that receives additional information;
A program for causing an additional information output unit to output additional information received by the additional information receiving unit.

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