JP2012083904A - Server device, information processing method, information processing program and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To vote an image based on an article included in the image.SOLUTION: An image including at least one article, and article information for every article showing the article included in the image are received from a terminal which is used by a contributor of the image, the received image and the received article information are associated with each other to be stored in storage means for associating the image, the article information, and the number of votes to the image with one another to be stored. An operation element for allowing an operation for selecting the article by unit of an article shown by each piece of article information stored by being associated with the image is generated for every image as an operation for voting the stored image, the operation element to the generated image is transmitted to the terminal which is used by a browsing person of the image, vote information showing the vote of the article transmitted from the terminal based on a selection operation of the article from the browsing person to the operation element is received, and the cast vote is added to the number of votes stored by being associated with the image which is an object for the vote shown by the received vote information.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technical field of a server device, an information processing method, and an information processing program that perform processing related to posting an image from a user and voting from the user with respect to the posted image.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technique for publicizing an image posted by a user and performing an image contest is known. As a method for this image contest, a user who has viewed a posted image votes for any image. The superiority or inferiority of the image is determined by the number of votes. Patent Document 1 describes a technique for determining the weight of a vote from a voter based on the evaluation of the voter.

JP 2004-139343 A

  By the way, as a contest regarding images, voting may be performed based on products included in posted images. For example, a case is assumed in which a poster's clothes (fashion) are competed with images. In this case, an image in a state in which a contributor or the like wears a product such as clothes or jewelry is photographed, and the photographed image is posted. In this case, the user who has viewed the image likes the specific clothes and accessories included in the image, or likes the wearing of the specific clothes and accessories, and therefore, the user posts the image.

  However, the technique described in Patent Document 1 does not support such a user's motive for voting.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above points, and includes a server device, an information processing method, an information processing program, and a recording medium capable of voting on an image based on a product included in the image. The purpose is to provide.

  In order to solve the above problem, the invention according to claim 1 is a server device to which a terminal device can be connected via a network, and shows an image including at least one product and a product included in the image. Corresponding product information, product information for each product, image receiving means for receiving from the terminal device used by the poster of the image, the image, the product information, and the number of votes for the image A storage control unit that stores the received image and product information in association with each other in a storage unit that stores the information, and each of the products stored in association with the image as an operation for voting on the stored image The generating unit that generates an operation element capable of selecting a product for each product indicated by the information for each image, and the operation element for the generated image is used by the viewer of the image Transmitting means for transmitting to a terminal device, voting information receiving means for receiving voting information indicating a vote of a product transmitted from the terminal device based on a product selection operation from the viewer for the operation element, and the reception Addition means for adding the vote cast to the number of votes stored in association with the image that is the object of the vote indicated by the voted vote information.

  According to the present invention, the viewer can select a product that has motivated to vote among the products included in the image by operating the operation element displayed on the terminal device. Therefore, the viewer can determine for each product unit included in the image as a criterion for determining whether or not to vote for the posted image.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the server device according to the first aspect, when the product information of a plurality of products is stored in association with the image, the generating unit The operation element capable of selecting an operation selected from a combination of a plurality of products is generated.

  According to the present invention, the viewer can make a determination based on the individual products included in the image as a criterion for determining whether or not to vote for the posted image, and a plurality of items included in the image. Judgment can be made based on a combination of products.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the link information of the affiliate program corresponding to each product indicated by each product information stored in association with the image in the server device according to claim 1 or claim 2. An affiliate page containing link information including information indicating that the product is linked to an electronic commerce site where the product can be purchased, and information indicating the poster of the image as a target to which the affiliate program reward is granted. An affiliate page generating means for generating and an affiliate page transmitting means for transmitting the generated affiliate page to the terminal device used by the viewer are further provided.

  According to the present invention, a viewer accesses an electronic commerce site by selecting an affiliate link included in an affiliate page displayed on the terminal device. Accordingly, since the image contributor is rewarded for the affiliate program, it is possible to encourage the image posting.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the server device according to the third aspect, the component information is a component of hypertext information indicating the content of the Web page, and the information for designating the stored image as an inline image Component information generating means for generating component information including: information indicating that the operation element corresponding to the image is linked; and information indicating that the link is to the affiliate page corresponding to the image; The information processing apparatus further includes: component information transmitting means for transmitting the generated component information to the terminal device used by the viewer.

  According to this invention, the viewer can display the posted image by incorporating the component information into the hypertext information of the website operated by the viewer. And the user who browsed the image displayed on the website can be guided, for example, to vote for the image, or to purchase the product included in the image.

  The invention according to claim 5 is an information processing method in a server device to which a terminal device can be connected via a network, and includes an image including at least one product and product information indicating the product included in the image. The image receiving step for receiving the product information for each product from the terminal device used by the poster of the image, the image, the product information, and the number of votes for the image are stored in association with each other. A storage unit for storing the received image and product information in association with each other in a storage unit, and a product unit indicated by each of the product information stored in association with the image as an operation for voting on the stored image A generation step for generating an operation element capable of selecting an item for each image, and an operation element for the generated image before the viewer of the image uses the operation element. A transmitting step for transmitting to the terminal device, a voting information receiving step for receiving voting information indicating a voting of a product transmitted from the terminal device based on a selection operation of the product from the viewer with respect to the operation element, and the reception An adding step of adding the vote voted to the number of votes stored in association with the image that is the object of the vote indicated by the voted vote information.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, a computer included in a server device to which a terminal device can be connected via a network is an image including at least one product and product information indicating the product included in the image. Image receiving means for receiving the product information for each image from the terminal device used by the poster of the image, storage means for storing the image, the product information, and the number of votes for the image in association with each other. Storage control means for storing the received image and product information in association with each other, and as an operation for voting on the stored image, a product is displayed in units of products indicated by the product information stored in association with the image. Generation means for generating an operation element that can be selected for each image, and an operation element for the generated image is transmitted to the terminal device used by a viewer of the image Sending means, voting information receiving means for receiving voting information indicating a voting of a product transmitted from the terminal device based on a product selection operation from the viewer for the operation element, and the received voting information It is made to function as an adding means for adding the vote voted to the vote number stored in association with the image that is the object of the vote to be shown.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, a computer included in a server device to which a terminal device can be connected via a network is an image including at least one product and product information indicating the product included in the image. Image receiving means for receiving the product information for each image from the terminal device used by the poster of the image, storage means for storing the image, the product information, and the number of votes for the image in association with each other. Storage control means for storing the received image and product information in association with each other, and as an operation for voting on the stored image, a product is displayed in units of products indicated by the product information stored in association with the image. Generation means for generating an operation element that can be selected for each image, and an operation element for the generated image is transmitted to the terminal device used by a viewer of the image Sending means, voting information receiving means for receiving voting information indicating a voting of a product transmitted from the terminal device based on a product selection operation from the viewer for the operation element, and the received voting information An information processing program that functions as addition means for adding the vote voted to the number of votes stored in association with the image that is the object of the vote to be recorded is recorded in a computer-readable manner. To do.

  According to the present invention, the viewer can select a product that has motivated to vote among the products included in the image by operating the operation element displayed on the terminal device. Therefore, the viewer can determine for each product unit included in the image as a criterion for determining whether or not to vote for the posted image.

It is a figure showing an example of outline composition of contest system S concerning one embodiment. (A) is a screen display example of a posted image list page according to an embodiment, and (b) is a screen display example of a blog page including blog parts. (A) is a screen display example of a voting page according to one embodiment, and (b) is a screen display example of a product link page according to one embodiment. It is a block diagram showing an example of outline composition of contest server 1 concerning one embodiment. (A) is a figure which shows an example of the content registered into member information DB12a, (b) is a figure which shows an example of the content registered into contribution information DB12b, (c) is a product in an image It is a figure which shows an example of the content set to information. It is a flowchart which shows the process example in the process at the time of the request reception of the system control part 14 of the contest server 1 which concerns on one Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process example in the posting process of the system control part 14 of the contest server 1 which concerns on one Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process example in the voting process of the system control part 14 of the contest server 1 which concerns on one Embodiment. It is a screen display example of the voting page which concerns on one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the content set to the product information in an image. It is a flowchart which shows the process example in the voting process of the system control part 14 of the contest server 1 which concerns on one Embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, embodiment described below is embodiment at the time of applying this invention with respect to a contest system.

[1. First Embodiment]
[1-1. Contest system configuration]
First, the configuration of the contest system S according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a contest system S according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the contest system S includes a contest server 1 (an example of a server device in the present invention), a shopping server 2, a blog server 3, and a plurality of user terminals 4 (an example of a terminal device in the present invention). And. The contest server 1, the shopping server 2, the blog server 3, and each user terminal 4 can transmit and receive data to and from each other using, for example, TCP / IP as a communication protocol via the network NW. The network NW is constructed by, for example, the Internet, a dedicated communication line (for example, a CATV (Community Antenna Television) line), a mobile communication network (including a base station), a gateway, and the like.

  The contest server 1 is a server device that executes various processes related to a contest site, which is a Web site for determining whether clothes as fashion are superior or inferiority based on images. Specifically, for example, the user of the user terminal 4 captures an image of a state in which clothes, accessories, a hat, shoes, and the like are worn, and posts the captured image to the contest site. In the contest site, posted images (hereinafter referred to as “posted images”) are posted on a Web page. The user browses the posted image and votes for the image. Note that products worn by the user, such as clothes, accessories, hats, and shoes, are collectively referred to as “fashion products”.

  The shopping server 2 is a server device that executes various processes related to a shopping site, which is a Web site where the user of the user terminal 4 can purchase various products. Among the products that can be purchased on the shopping site, fashion products are also included.

  Further, the shopping server 2 executes various processes related to an affiliate program for products that can be purchased on the shopping site. For example, when a product is purchased from a shopping site via an affiliate link included in a certain web page, for example, a reward corresponding to the purchase amount is given to a user (affiliator) who embeds the affiliate link in the web page. . As a reward to be given, for example, money may be used, or a point that can be used for payment of a purchase price at a shopping site. Further, the affiliate program may be, for example, a result reward type or a click guarantee type.

  The contest site and the shopping site belong to a predetermined general site that is a Web site for providing various services to the user. Therefore, when the user registers as a member on the general site, both the contest site and the shopping site can be used. Note that the contest site and the shopping site do not have to belong to the same general site.

  The blog server 3 is a server device that executes various processes related to a blog site that allows posting and browsing of blog articles. A plurality of blog servers 3 may exist for each blog site. The blog site may be a tweet blog site.

  The user terminal 4 is a terminal device of a user who uses a contest site, a shopping site, a blog site, or the like. The user terminal 4 accesses the contest server 1, the shopping server 2, the blog server 3, and the like based on an operation from the user. As a result, the user terminal 4 receives and displays the Web page from the accessed server. Software such as a browser and an e-mail client is incorporated in the user terminal 4. As the user terminal 4, for example, a personal computer, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a mobile information terminal such as a smartphone, a mobile phone, or the like is used.

[1-2. Outline of the contest site]
Next, the outline of the contest site will be described with reference to FIGS.

  When posting an image on the contest site, the user operates the user terminal 4 to access a contest site posting page (a Web page for posting an image). Then, the user designates image data to be posted (hereinafter referred to as “posted image data”). In addition, the user inputs a product name of a fashion product reflected as a product image in the posted image and inputs a comment. Here, the user can separately input the product names of a plurality of products. For example, if a posted image includes a hat and a T-shirt, the user inputs “hat” and “T-shirt”. Note that the product name input here may not be a product name in a strict sense, for example, including the product model number. The product name input here may be information that can distinguish each product among the fashion products shown in the posted image. For example, when a plurality of hats are shown in the posted image, the user may input “red hat”, “blue hat”, and the like. Further, for example, there are fashion products such as underwear that corrects the body shape, where the body shape of the person changes by wearing it. If an image is taken with such a fashion product, the user may input the product name of the fashion product even if the fashion product itself is not shown in the image. .

  When the user inputs the product name, the user sets an affiliate program for each product for which the product name is input. Specifically, the user selects a product sold on the shopping site from the posting page. At this time, the user can perform a keyword search, a genre search, or the like to find the corresponding product. The product selected here may not be a product that completely matches the product shown in the posted image. For example, when the user inputs “hat” as a product name, a product with a hat similar to the hat shown in the posted image may be selected. Which item to select is basically arbitrary by the user. Depending on the products sold on the shopping site, there are products that do not support the affiliate program.

  In this way, when the user selects the posting button displayed on the posting page after specifying the posting image data, inputting the product name and comment, and setting the affiliate program, the image is posted.

  FIG. 2A is a screen display example of the posted image list page according to the present embodiment. The posted image list page is a Web page on which posted images are posted as a list. On the posted image list page, a posted image 50, a vote button 51, a purchase button 52, and a vote number 53 are displayed for each posted image. The posted image 50 is an inline image of the posted image. The voting button 51 is a link button to a voting page that is a Web page for voting on the corresponding posted image 50. The link button is a button that transitions to a Web page corresponding to a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) set to the button when the button is selected. The purchase button 52 is a link button to a product link page for selecting a product to be purchased by accessing a shopping site from among fashion products shown in the corresponding posted image 50. The number of votes 53 is the total number of votes that the corresponding posted image 50 has obtained so far. In the example shown in FIG. 2, the posted images are displayed in descending order of the number of votes.

  FIG. 2B is a screen display example of a blog page including blog parts. In the posted image list page, for example, when one of the posted images 50 is selected by the user, the blog part data corresponding to the selected posted image 50 is displayed on the screen. Blog parts data (an example of parts information in the present invention) is data of blog parts used for a blog page on which a blog article is displayed. The user incorporates the displayed blog part data into the HTML document of his / her blog page, so that the selected posted image 50, the same posted image and vote button as the vote button 51 and the purchase button 52 corresponding to the posted image 50 are displayed. And a blog part including a purchase button can be displayed on its blog page. For example, in FIG. 2B, a blog part is displayed as a side part 80 of a certain blog page. Then, when another user who has viewed the posted image on the blog page selects a vote button or a purchase button, the page transitions to a vote page or a product link page corresponding to the displayed posted image. That is, the user who browsed the blog page can browse the posted image or purchase the product shown in the posted image via the blog page.

  FIG. 3A is a screen display example of a voting page according to the present embodiment, and the voting button 51 shown in FIG. 2 is clicked and displayed. A posted image 60, a voting button 61, and a comment column 62 are displayed on the voting page. The posted image 60 is the same as the posted image 50 corresponding to the vote button 51 selected on the posted image list page. In the comment column 62, a comment input when the image is posted is displayed.

  When the voting button 61 is selected by the user, 1 is added to the number of votes obtained for the posted image 60. That is, the user performs voting by selecting the voting button 61. The voting button 61 displays the product name input when the image is posted. If there are a plurality of product names input at the time of posting an image, the corresponding number of voting buttons 61 are displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 3A, a voting button 61 that displays “hat” and a voting button 61 that displays “T-shirt” are displayed. The user can vote by selecting a favorite product from the products shown in the posted image 60 by selecting the vote button 61.

  In addition, when there are a plurality of product names input at the time of posting an image, a voting button 63 displayed as “total combination” is displayed. “Overall combination” means a combination of all the products shown in the posted image 60. Even if the voting button 63 is selected by the user, 1 is added to the number of votes of the posted image 60. That is, when the user likes a combination of products rather than individual products shown in the posted image 60, the user can select the entire combination and vote.

  FIG. 3B is a screen display example of the product link page according to the present embodiment, and is displayed when the purchase button 52 shown in FIG. 2 is clicked. A posted image 70 and a product link button 71 are displayed on the product link page (an example of an affiliate page in the present invention). The posted image 70 is the same as the posted image 50 corresponding to the purchase button 52 selected on the posted image list page.

  In the product link button 71, the product name input at the time of posting the image is displayed. When there are a plurality of product names input at the time of posting an image, the product link buttons 71 are displayed for the number of product names. The product link button 71 is a link button to the product page of the product selected at the time of posting the image corresponding to the product name displayed on the button. The link button is a button that transitions to a Web page corresponding to a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) set to the button when the button is selected. The product page is a Web page on which detailed information about the product is displayed on the shopping site. For example, a product name, a product image, a price, a product description, a purchase price payment method, a description of a shipping method, and the like are displayed on the product page. In addition, a purchase button for shifting to a product purchase procedure is displayed on the product page. The user can purchase a product by selecting necessary information after selecting a purchase button displayed on the product page.

  An affiliate link is set for the product link button 71. Therefore, when the user purchases a product on the shopping site by selecting the product link button 71, a reward is given to the user who posted the posted image 70. Specifically, the URL of the affiliate link includes information indicating the user who posted the posted image as information indicating the target person to whom the reward is given. Therefore, when the shopping server 2 receives a request transmitted from the user terminal 4 by selecting the product link button 71, the shopping server 2 posts a posted image as a target person to which a reward is granted based on the URL included in the request. Identify the user who did. In addition, since the process required in order to give a reward in an affiliate program is well-known, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted. By the way, the product selected at the time of posting the image may not be compatible with the affiliate program. In that case, the product link button 71 is set with a simple hyperlink (hereinafter referred to as “link”) to the product.

[1-3. Contest server configuration]
Next, the configuration of the contest server 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of the contest server 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the contest server 1 includes a communication unit 11, a storage unit 12, an input / output interface 13, and a system control unit 14. The system control unit 14 and the input / output interface 13 are connected via a system bus 15.

  The communication unit 11 is connected to the network NW and controls the communication state with the shopping server 2 and the user terminal 4.

  The storage unit 12 (an example of a storage unit in the present invention) is configured by, for example, a hard disk drive. In the storage unit 12, a member information DB 12a and a posting information DB 12b are constructed.

  FIG. 5A is a diagram illustrating an example of content registered in the member information DB 12a. In the member information DB 12a, member information related to users who are registered as members in the general site is registered. Specifically, the user ID, password, name, date of birth, sex, address, telephone number, e-mail address, etc., which are user identification information, are registered in the member information DB 12a in association with each user. The user ID is identification information used in common between the contest site and the shopping site.

  FIG. 5B is a diagram illustrating an example of contents registered in the posting information DB 12b. Post information relating to a post image is registered in the post information DB 12b. Specifically, in the posting information DB 12b, a posting ID that is identification information of a posting image, a poster user ID that is a user ID of a user who posted the image, posting image data, and the number of votes (an example of the number of votes in the present invention) In-image product information, comments, and blog parts data are registered in association with each posted image.

  FIG. 5C is a diagram illustrating an example of contents set in the in-image product information. In the product information in the image, information related to the product shown in the posted image is set. Specifically, the number of products is set in the product information in the image, and a product name and a product ID are set for each product. The number of products is the number of product names input at the time of posting an image. The product ID is product identification information selected when the affiliate program is set. This product ID is identification information that is effective in a shopping site.

  The storage unit 12 stores various data such as an HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) document, an XML (eXtensible Markup Language) document, image data, text data, an electronic document, and the like constituting the web page of the contest site. .

  The storage unit 12 stores an operating system, a WWW (World Wide Web) server program, and a shopping site API (Application Programming Interface). The shopping site API is a program for the contest server 1 to use various functions related to the shopping site of the shopping server 2. For example, the contest server 1 requests the shopping server 2 to search for products by executing the shopping site API in the setting of the affiliate program at the time of image posting, and acquires the search results. The storage unit 12 stores a contest site management program (including an example of an information processing program in the present invention) for the contest server 1 to execute various processes related to the contest site. The contest site management program may be acquired from, for example, another server device or the like via the network NW, or recorded on a recording medium such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) and via the drive device. It may be read.

  The input / output interface 13 performs interface processing between the communication unit 11 and the storage unit 12 and the system control unit 14.

  The system control unit 14 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 14a, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 14b, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 14c, and the like. Then, the system control unit 14 reads and executes the contest site management program by the CPU 14a, so that the image receiving means, the storage control means, the generating means, the transmitting means, the vote information receiving means, the adding means, and the affiliate page generation in the present invention are generated. Means, affiliate page transmission means, part information generation means, and part information transmission means.

  The contest server 1 may be composed of a plurality of server devices. For example, a server device that performs processing related to image posting and voting, a server device that transmits a web page of a contest site in response to a request from the user terminal 4, a server device that manages various databases, and the like are mutually connected to a LAN (Local Area Network). ) Or the like.

[1-4. Operation of the contest system]
Next, operation | movement of the contest system S is demonstrated using FIG. 6 thru | or FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example in the request reception process of the system control unit 14 of the contest server 1 according to the present embodiment. The request reception process is executed every time the contest server 1 receives an HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) request (hereinafter referred to as “request”) from the user terminal 4. First, the system control unit 14 determines whether or not the received request is a posting request (step S1). The posting request is transmitted when the user selects a posting button on the posting page. At this time, if the system control unit 14 determines that the received request is a posting request (step S1: YES), the system control unit 14 executes a posting process described later (step S2), and ends the request reception process. .

  On the other hand, if the system control unit 14 determines that the received request is not a posting request (step S1: NO), the system control unit 14 determines whether the received request is a product link page request (step S3). The product link page request is transmitted when the user selects the purchase button 52 on the posted image list page. At this time, if the system control unit 14 determines that the received request is a product link page request (step S3: YES), the system control unit 14 acquires a URL from the received request (step S4). Next, the system control unit 14 acquires the HTML document of the product link page corresponding to the acquired URL from the storage unit 12. And the system control part 14 transmits the acquired HTML document to the user terminal 4 of the transmission origin of a request as an affiliate page transmission means (step S5). After completing the process of step S5, the system control unit 14 ends the request reception process.

  On the other hand, if the system control unit 14 determines that the received request is not a product link page request (step S3: NO), the system control unit 14 determines whether the received request is a voting page request (step S6). . The vote page request is transmitted when the user selects the vote button 51 on the posted image list page. At this time, if the system control unit 14 determines that the received request is a voting page request (step S6: YES), the system control unit 14 executes the processing of steps S4 and S5, thereby serving as the transmission unit. Is transmitted to the user terminal 4 (step S5), and the request reception process is terminated.

  On the other hand, if the system control unit 14 determines that the received request is not a voting page request (step S6: NO), whether or not the received request is a voting request (an example of voting information in the present invention). Is determined (step S7). The voting request is transmitted when the user selects the voting button 61 or 63 on the voting page. At this time, if the system control unit 14 determines that the received request is a voting request (step S7: YES), the system control unit 14 executes a voting process to be described later (step S8) and ends the request reception process.

  On the other hand, if the system control unit 14 determines that the received request is not a voting request (step S7: NO), the system control unit 14 determines whether the received request is a blog parts request (step S9). The blog parts request is transmitted when the user selects the posted image 50 on the posted image list page. At this time, if the system control unit 14 determines that the received request is a blog parts request (step S9: YES), the post corresponding to the post image 50 selected from the URL set in the request. ID is acquired (step S10). Next, the system control unit 14 acquires the blog part data of the posting information corresponding to the acquired posting ID from the posting information DB 12b (step S11). Next, the system control unit 14 generates an HTML document for displaying the acquired blog parts data. And the system control part 14 transmits the produced | generated HTML document to the user terminal 4 of the transmission origin of a request as components information transmission means (step S12). When completing the process of step S12, the system control unit 14 ends the request reception process.

  On the other hand, if the system control unit 14 determines that the received request is not a blog parts request (step S9: NO), the system control unit 14 executes processing according to the URL set in the received request (step S13). ), And end the process when receiving the request.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example in the posting processing of the system control unit 14 of the contest server 1 according to the present embodiment. The posting process is started when the system control unit 14 receives a posting request as an image receiving unit. In the posting request, post image data specified by the user, a product name and comment input by the user, and a product ID of the product selected by the user in the affiliate program settings are set. Therefore, the system control unit 14 acquires these pieces of information from the received posting request (step S31). At this time, the system control unit 14 sets the number of product names acquired from the posting request as the number of products.

  Next, the system control unit 14 generates a new posting ID. Further, the system control unit 14 acquires the user ID of the user who has posted the image (step S32). For example, when the user logs in to the contest site, the user terminal 4 transmits the user ID input by the user to the contest server 1. The system control unit 14 stores the received user ID in the RAM 14c in association with session information which is session identification information. In addition, the system control unit 14 transmits a cookie including session information to the user terminal 4. Then, when the user terminal 4 transmits a request to the contest server 1, it simultaneously transmits a cookie including session information. Therefore, the system control unit 14 can acquire the user ID based on the session information included in the received cookie. Alternatively, the system control unit 14 may generate an HTML document to be transmitted to the user terminal 4 so that the session information is added to the URL included in the request transmitted from the user terminal 4 to the contest server 1.

  Next, the system control unit 14 sets 0 as the number of votes (step S33). Next, the system control unit 14 registers post information including information acquired from the post request, the generated post ID, the acquired user ID, and the number of votes set to 0 in the post information DB 12b as storage control means ( Step S34).

  Next, the system control unit 14 determines whether the number of products is 2 or more (step S35). At this time, if the system control unit 14 determines that the number of products is 2 or more (step S35: YES), the tag of the voting button 63 on the voting page (an example of an operation element in the present invention) as a generation unit. Is generated (step S36). For example, the system control unit 14 generates an input tag. At this time, the system control unit 14 sets the type attribute of the input tag to “button” and the value attribute to “total combination”. Further, the system control unit 14 sets the URL corresponding to the vote as the URL indicating the link destination in the onClick attribute of the input tag. Here, the system control unit 14 sets the URL to which the generated post ID is added to the onClick attribute.

  When the system control unit 14 determines that the number of products is less than 2 (step S35: NO), or when the process of step S36 is completed, one product name among the product names acquired from the posting request. Is selected (step S37). Next, the system control unit 14 generates a tag of the vote button 61 on the vote page (an example of an operation element in the present invention) as a generation unit (step S38). For example, the system control unit 14 generates an input tag as in step S36. However, the system control unit 14 sets the value attribute to the selected product name.

  Next, the system control unit 14 acquires a product ID corresponding to the selected product name from the posted information registered in step S34 (step S39). Next, the system control unit 14 acquires the URL of the affiliate link corresponding to the acquired product ID (step S40). Specifically, the system control unit 14 transmits the acquired user ID and product ID to the shopping server 2 and requests the shopping server 2 for a URL.

  The shopping server 2 acquires information indicating the correspondence state of the affiliate program of the product corresponding to the received product ID from the database held by the shopping server 2. And when it is goods corresponding to an affiliate program, shopping server 2 generates URL corresponding to an affiliate link to a goods page of goods corresponding to goods ID. The URL corresponding to the affiliate link includes a normal URL of the product page (information indicating that the link is made to the electronic commerce site in the present invention) and an affiliate ID (identifier of the user to whom the affiliate program reward is given) An example of information indicating a contributor in the present invention is included. Therefore, the shopping server 2 sets the received user ID as an affiliate ID and a URL indicating an affiliate link. Note that information other than the user ID may be set as the affiliate ID as long as it is information that can identify the user to whom the reward is given. On the other hand, when the product is not compatible with the affiliate program, the shopping server 2 generates a normal URL of the product page of the product corresponding to the product ID. The shopping server returns the generated URL to the contest server 1.

  Next, the system control unit 14 generates a tag (an example of link information in the present invention) of the product link button 71 on the product link page (step S41). For example, the system control unit 14 generates an input tag as in step S38. However, the system control unit 14 sets the URL acquired from the shopping server 2 as the URL indicating the link destination in the onClick attribute.

  Next, the system control unit 14 determines whether or not all product names acquired from the posting request have been selected (step S42). At this time, if the system control unit 14 determines that there is an unselected product name (step S42: NO), the system control unit 14 selects one product name from among the unselected product names (step S43). Next, the system control unit 14 proceeds to step S38.

  On the other hand, if the system control unit 14 determines that all the product names have been selected (step S42: YES), the system control unit 14 generates an HTML document of the voting page (step S44). Specifically, the system control unit 14 generates an img tag corresponding to the inline image, in which the URL of the posted image data registered in step S34 is set as the src attribute. Next, the system control unit 14 generates an HTML document including the generated img tag and the input tag generated in steps S36 and S38. Then, the system control unit 14 stores the generated HTML document in the storage unit 12 in association with the URL of the voting page corresponding to the posting ID.

  Next, the system control unit 14 generates an HTML document of a product link page as an affiliate page generation unit (step S45). Specifically, the system control unit 14 generates an HTML document including the img tag generated in step S44 and the input tag generated in step S41. Then, the system control unit 14 stores the generated HTML document in the storage unit 12 in association with the URL of the product link page corresponding to the posting ID.

  Next, the system control unit 14 generates blog part data as part information generation means (step S46). Specifically, the system control unit 14 corresponds to the vote button, and an input tag (an example of information indicating that the URL of the vote page corresponding to the generated post ID is set to the onClick attribute is linked to the operation element in the present invention). ) Is generated. In addition, the system control unit 14 corresponds to the purchase button, and an input tag (information indicating that the URL is linked to the affiliate page in the present invention) in which the URL to the product link page corresponding to the generated posting ID is set in the onClick attribute. Example). Then, the system control unit 14 generates blog part data including the generated input tag and the img tag generated in step S44 (an example of information specified as an inline image in the present invention) and registers it in the posting information DB 12b.

  Next, the system control unit 14 updates the HTML document of the posted image list page (step S47). Specifically, the system control unit 14 acquires the HTML document of the posted image list page from the storage unit 12. Next, the system control unit 14 inserts the generated blog part data at a predetermined position in the acquired HTML document, and updates the HTML document. Then, the system control unit 14 stores the updated HTML document in the storage unit 12. When completing the process of step S47, the system control unit 14 ends the posting process.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example in the voting process of the system control unit 14 of the contest server 1 according to the present embodiment. The voting process is started when the system control unit 14 receives a voting request as voting information receiving means. The voting request includes the posting ID of the posting image to be voted. Therefore, the system control unit 14 acquires a posting ID from the received voting request (step S61).

  Next, the system control unit 14 acquires the number of votes included in the posted information corresponding to the acquired posted ID from the posted information DB 12b (step S62). Next, the system control unit 14 updates the number of votes by adding 1 to the obtained number of votes as an adding means (step S63). Next, the system control unit 14 overwrites and registers the updated number of votes in the posted information registered in the posted information DB 12b (step S64).

  Next, the system control unit 14 updates the HTML document of the posted image list page (step S65). Specifically, the system control unit 14 acquires the HTML document of the posted image list page from the storage unit 12. Next, the system control unit 14 updates the HTML document by rewriting the text indicating the number of votes corresponding to the acquired posting ID in the acquired HTML document with the text indicating the number of votes updated in step S63. Then, the system control unit 14 stores the updated HTML document in the storage unit 12. When finishing the process of step S65, the system control unit 14 ends the voting process.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the system control unit 14 of the contest server 1 has a posted image including at least one product and a product name indicating the product included in the posted image, and a product for each product. Name is received from the user terminal 4 and registered in the posted information DB 12b in association with the received posted image and product name, and registered in association with the posted image as an operation to vote for the registered posted image. A tag of the voting button 61 capable of selecting a product in units of products indicated by each product name generated is generated for each posted image, and a voting page including the generated tag of the voting button 61 is transmitted to the user terminal 4 The voting request transmitted from the user terminal 4 based on the selection operation of the product from the user to the voting button 61 is received, and the voting target indicated by the received voting request In association with the posted adds one vote to vote number that is registered that.

  Therefore, the user who has viewed the posted image can select the product that has motivated to vote among the products included in the image by operating the voting button 61 displayed on the user terminal 4. Therefore, the user can determine for each product included in the posted image as a criterion for determining whether or not to vote for the posted image.

  Further, when the product names of a plurality of products are registered in association with the posted image, the system control unit 14 can perform an operation of selecting from each product and a combination of the plurality of products. A tag for the voting button 61 and a tag for the voting button 63 are generated.

  Therefore, the user who has viewed the posted image can make a determination based on the individual products included in the posted image as a criterion for determining whether or not to vote for the posted image, and a plurality of items included in the posted image. Judgment can be made based on a combination of products.

  Further, the system control unit 14 is a tag of the product link button 71 corresponding to each product indicated by each product name registered in association with the posted image, and the image as the URL of the product page of the shopping site and the affiliate ID The product link page including the tag of the product link button 71 including the user ID of the user who posted the product ID is generated, and the generated product link page is transmitted to the user terminal 4.

  Therefore, the user who has viewed the posted image accesses the product page of the shopping site by selecting the product link button 71 included in the product link page displayed on the user terminal 4. Therefore, since the user who posted the image is rewarded for the affiliate program, the user can be prompted to post the image.

  In addition, the system control unit 14 adds an img tag that specifies a registered posted image as an inline image, a tag of a vote button that links to a vote page corresponding to the posted image, and a product link page that corresponds to the posted image. The blog part data including the tag of the purchase button to be linked is generated, and the generated blog part data is transmitted to the user terminal 4.

  Therefore, the user who viewed the posted image can display the posted image by incorporating the blog part data in the HTML document of the blog page operated by the user. Then, for example, a user who browses the posted image displayed on the blog page can be guided to vote for the posted image, or can be guided to purchase of a product included in the posted image.

[2. Second Embodiment]
In the first embodiment described above, the vote from the user is reflected only on the number of votes of the posted image. On the other hand, in the second embodiment described below, the number of votes for each product is displayed as a breakdown of the number of votes for the posted image. In the following description, only differences between the second embodiment and the first embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 9 is a screen display example of a voting page according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 9, for example, the number of votes obtained for each product is displayed on the voting page. Specifically, the number of votes 81 of the product indicated by the product name displayed on the vote button 61 is displayed at a position corresponding to the vote button 61. In addition, the number of votes 82 for the entire combination is displayed at a position corresponding to the vote button 63.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of contents set in the in-image product information. In the product information in the image included in the posted information, a product name, a product ID, and a product vote number are set for each product. The number of product votes is the number of votes for the corresponding product. When there are a plurality of products, the number of combined votes is set in the in-image product information. The number of combined votes is the number of votes for the entire combination.

  The process of the system control unit 14 of the contest server 1 in the posting process is basically the same as the process shown in FIG. However, when the posting information is registered in step S34, the system control unit 14 sets the number of votes for each product included in the posting information to zero. Further, when the number of products is 2 or more, the system control unit 14 sets 0 as the number of combined votes.

  Further, when the system control unit 14 generates a tag for the voting button 63 in step S36, the system control unit 14 sets 0 as the product number in the URL of the onClick attribute. Number 0 is a product number corresponding to the entire combination.

  Further, when generating the tag of the vote button 61 in step S38, the system control unit 14 sets a product number corresponding to the selected product name in the URL of the onClick attribute. For example, the order when the product name is input when the image is posted is the product number. In this case, the product number corresponding to the product name input first is 1.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example in the voting process of the system control unit 14 of the contest server 1 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 11, the same steps as those in FIG. 8 are denoted by the same reference numerals. When receiving a vote request from the user terminal 4, the system control unit 14 executes the processes of steps S61 to S65 as in the case of the first embodiment.

  Next, the system control unit 14 acquires a product number from the received voting request (step S71). Next, the system control unit 14 determines whether or not the acquired product number is 0 (step S72). At this time, if the system control unit 14 determines that the product number is 0 (step S72: YES), the number of combined votes included in the posted information corresponding to the acquired posted ID from the posted information DB 12b. Is acquired (step S73). Next, the system control unit 14 updates the number of combined votes by adding 1 to the acquired number of combined votes (step S74). Next, the system control unit 14 overwrites and registers the updated number of combined votes in the posted information registered in the posted information DB 12b (step S75).

  On the other hand, when the system control unit 14 determines that the product number is not 0 (step S72: YES), from the posted information DB 12b, out of the number of product votes included in the posted information corresponding to the posted ID, The number of product votes corresponding to the acquired product number is acquired (step S76). Next, the system control unit 14 adds 1 to the acquired number of product votes and updates the number of product votes (step S77). Next, the system control unit 14 overwrites and registers the updated number of product votes in the posted information registered in the posted information DB 12b (step S78).

  When finishing the process of step S75 or S78, the system control unit 14 updates the HTML document of the voting page (step S79). Specifically, the system control unit 14 acquires an HTML document of a voting page corresponding to the posting ID from the storage unit 12. Next, the system control unit 14 updates the HTML document by rewriting the text indicating the number of votes corresponding to the acquired product number into the text indicating the number of votes updated in step S74 or step S78 in the acquired HTML document. To do. Then, the system control unit 14 stores the updated HTML document in the storage unit 12. When completing the process of step S79, the system control unit 14 ends the voting process.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the motive voted by the user on the posted image can be reflected in the voting result as the number of votes obtained for each product. Although illustration is omitted, in the posted image list shown in FIG. 2, the number of votes obtained for each product and the total number of votes may be displayed. For example, the total combination (3 votes), a hat (5 votes), a T-shirt (4 votes), and the total number of votes (12 votes) are displayed together with the posted image 50. Thereby, the user who is browsing the posted image list can check the number of votes voted for each product, and can grasp popular products for each product. Accordingly, since popular products become prominent, it is possible to promote the desire to purchase products.

  In each of the above embodiments, the contest server 1 adds one vote to the number of votes of the posted image every time the voting button 63 corresponding to the entire combination is selected on the voting page. However, the contest server 1 may add two or more votes each time the voting button 63 is selected. That is, the contest server 1 highly evaluates the vote when the combination is selected and voted, rather than when individual products are selected and voted. In this case, the contest server 1 may set the number of votes to be added to the same number as the number of products constituting the entire combination, or may be a fixed value.

  In addition, the component information in the present invention may be applied to part data incorporated in an HTML document or an XML document on a page other than a blog page. Moreover, you may apply the server apparatus in this invention to the server apparatus which has the function of the contest server 1 and the function of the shopping server 2 together. Moreover, you may apply the goods in this invention to goods other than fashion goods.

1 contest server 2 shopping server 3 blog server 4 user terminal 11 communication unit 12 storage unit 12a member information DB
12b Posting information DB
13 Input / output interface 14 System controller 14a CPU
14b ROM
14c RAM
15 System Bus NW Network S Contest System

Claims (7)

The terminal device is a server device connectable via a network,
Image receiving means for receiving an image including at least one product and product information indicating the product included in the image and product information for each product from the terminal device used by a poster of the image;
Storage control means for storing the received image and product information in association with each other in storage means for storing the image, the product information, and the number of votes for the image in association with each other,
Generating means for generating, for each image, an operation element capable of performing an operation of selecting a product in units of products indicated by each of the product information stored in association with the image as an operation for voting on the stored image;
Transmitting means for transmitting an operation element for the generated image to the terminal device used by a viewer of the image;
Voting information receiving means for receiving voting information indicating a voting of a product transmitted from the terminal device based on a product selection operation from the viewer with respect to the operation element;
Adding means for adding the vote voted to the number of votes stored in association with the image that is the object of the vote indicated by the received vote information;
A server device comprising: The server device according to claim 1,
In the case where the product information of a plurality of products is stored in association with the image, the generation unit can perform an operation to select from individual products and a combination of a plurality of products. A server device that generates an element. In the server apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
Link information of an affiliate program corresponding to each product indicated by each of the product information stored in association with the image, information indicating that the product is linked to an electronic commerce site where the product can be purchased, and an affiliate program Affiliate page generating means for generating an affiliate page including link information including information indicating the poster of the image as a target to which a reward is given,
An affiliate page transmitting means for transmitting the generated affiliate page to the terminal device used by the viewer;
A server device further comprising: The server device according to claim 3,
Component information which is a component of hypertext information indicating the content of a Web page, information specifying the stored image as an inline image, information indicating linking to the operation element corresponding to the image, Information indicating that the image is linked to the affiliate page corresponding to the image, and component information generating means for generating component information including:
Component information transmitting means for transmitting the generated component information to the terminal device used by the viewer;
The server apparatus further comprising: An information processing method in a server device to which a terminal device can be connected via a network,
An image receiving step of receiving an image including at least one product and product information indicating the product included in the image and product information for each product from the terminal device used by a poster of the image;
A storage unit that stores the image, the product information, and the number of votes for the image in association with each other, and stores the received image and product information in association with each other.
As an operation for voting on the stored image, a generation step for generating an operation element capable of selecting an item for each product indicated by each item information stored in association with the image for each image;
A transmission step of transmitting an operation element for the generated image to the terminal device used by a viewer of the image;
A voting information receiving step for receiving voting information indicating a voting of a product transmitted from the terminal device based on a product selection operation from the viewer with respect to the operation element;
An addition step of adding the vote voted to the number of votes stored in association with the image that is the object of the vote indicated by the received vote information;
An information processing method comprising: A computer included in a server device to which a terminal device can be connected via a network,
Image receiving means for receiving an image including at least one product and product information indicating the product included in the image and product information for each product from the terminal device used by a poster of the image;
Storage control means for storing the received image and product information in association with each other in storage means for storing the image, the product information, and the number of votes for the image in association with each other,
Generating means for generating, for each image, an operation element capable of performing an operation of selecting a product in a product unit indicated by each product information stored in association with the image as an operation for voting on the stored image
Transmitting means for transmitting an operation element for the generated image to the terminal device used by a viewer of the image;
Voting information receiving means for receiving voting information indicating a voting of a product transmitted from the terminal device based on a product selection operation from the viewer with respect to the operation element; and
Adding means for adding the vote cast to the number of votes stored in association with the image that is the object of the vote indicated by the received vote information;
An information processing program that functions as a computer program. A computer included in a server device to which a terminal device can be connected via a network,
Image receiving means for receiving an image including at least one product and product information indicating the product included in the image and product information for each product from the terminal device used by a poster of the image;
Storage control means for storing the received image and product information in association with each other in storage means for storing the image, the product information, and the number of votes for the image in association with each other,
Generating means for generating, for each image, an operation element capable of performing an operation of selecting a product in a product unit indicated by each of the product information stored in association with the image as an operation for voting on the stored image;
Transmitting means for transmitting an operation element for the generated image to the terminal device used by a viewer of the image;
Voting information receiving means for receiving voting information indicating a voting of a product transmitted from the terminal device based on a product selection operation from the viewer with respect to the operation element; and
Adding means for adding the vote cast to the number of votes stored in association with the image that is the object of the vote indicated by the received vote information;
An information processing program that functions as a computer-readable recording medium.

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