JP2013247637A - Information display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable advance notification of contents before the start of display reproduction of the contents.SOLUTION: An information display system includes: a contents generation part which generates contents related to a project and contents related to notification of the project by combining a project period related to the predetermined project and project contents information related to the project; a time schedule generation part which generates a time schedule for reproducing the contents related to the project and the contents related to the notification of the project from the project period; and a reproduction control part which distributes the contents related to the project and the contents related to the notification of the project to a display part according to the time schedule to reproduce and display it. The contents generation part generates start notification contents including characters indicating the start of the project and time to the start of the project as the contents related to the notification of the project. The time schedule generation part generates the time schedule for reproducing the start notification contents from the predetermined time before the project start time until the project start time included in the project period.

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to an information display system.

  As a mechanism for presenting content such as advertisements, events, and notifications to unspecified persons, an information display system that displays and reproduces digitized content on a signage terminal such as a display device, a so-called digital signage system is known.

  By the way, in the digital signage system, display / playback of content on a signage terminal is performed according to a schedule in which content prepared in advance is specified or a user operation.

  However, the conventional digital signage system is effective for customers who are in the vicinity of the signage terminal at the start of content display / playback or for customers who reach the signage terminal during content display / playback. There is a problem that it is not effective for a customer who leaves the signage terminal before the start of content display reproduction.

  The information display system according to the embodiment includes a content generation unit that generates a content related to the plan and a content related to the notification of the plan by combining the plan period related to the predetermined plan and the plan content information related to the plan, and the plan A time schedule creation unit that creates a time schedule for reproducing the content related to the content and the content related to the plan notification from the plan period, the content related to the plan generated by the content generation unit, and the content related to the plan notification A reproduction control unit that distributes to the display unit according to the time schedule and reproduces and displays the content, and the content generation unit displays a time until the start of the plan together with characters indicating the start of the plan as content related to the announcement of the plan. A start notification content including the time Joule creation unit creates a time schedule for reproducing the start notification content from a predetermined time before planning start time included in the planning period to the planning start time.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a signage system according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is an external front view of the signage terminal device. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the signage terminal apparatus. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the information distribution server. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the structure of data stored in the template database. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an outline of a screen template D for time sale. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the structure of data stored in the content database. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the information distribution server. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing operations in the information distribution server. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram for explaining an example of the specific processing of FIG.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a signage system 10 according to the present embodiment. In the following description, a case where the signage system 10 that is the information display system according to the present embodiment is provided in a mass retailer will be described.

  A signage system 10 according to the present embodiment is mainly configured by an information distribution server 11 and a plurality of signage terminal devices 14. The signage system 10 includes a plurality of POS (Point Of Sale) terminals 15 and a store server 16 that is an external device.

  The information distribution server 11 is connected to a signage terminal device 14 via a communication network 12 such as a local area network (LAN), and sends content data such as product advertisement information and event information to the signage terminal device 14. Distribution or content data is acquired by access from the signage terminal device 14.

  The signage terminal device 14 is installed in the premises of a store (a product sales floor that sells products, an entrance of a store, etc.), and reproduces and displays content data received or acquired from the information distribution server 11 via the communication network 12. To do.

  The store server 16 performs sales management based on POS master data such as product code, sale price information, product name information, sale price information, sale period information, etc. and sales data sent from the POS terminal 15.

  Further, the store server 16 outputs POS master data such as a product code, sales price information, product name information, sales price information, and sales period information to the information distribution server 11. In particular, the store server 16 outputs the time sale information to the information distribution server 11 when time sale information including a product code, sale price information, sale period information, and the like is newly registered or updated.

  Each POS terminal 15 is installed at a store accounting location or the like, and communicates with the store server 16 via the communication network 12 (POS code data, sale price information, sale name information, sale price information, sale period information, etc.). ). Each POS terminal 15 uses the POS master data to register and settle a product purchased by the customer.

  Next, the signage terminal device 14 will be described. FIG. 2 is an external front view of the signage terminal device 14. As shown in FIG. 2, the signage terminal device 14 includes a display unit 21 configured as a liquid crystal display or a plasma display, a printer unit 22 that prints and issues various tickets, coupons, and the like, a display unit 21, and a printer unit. And a housing part 24 for holding 22.

  A camera unit 25 is incorporated in the upper portion of the housing unit 24. The camera unit 25 is used for purposes such as photographing a person, performing image recognition, specifying the age group of the person, and controlling the type of information to be distributed. In addition, a speaker unit 26 that performs various sound outputs such as BGM and advertisement sound is built in the lower portion of the casing 24. Note that processing such as image recognition may be performed by an upper server such as the information distribution server 11 without being performed by the signage terminal device 14.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the signage terminal device 14. As shown in FIG. 3, the signage terminal device 14 includes a display unit 21, a printer unit 22, a camera unit 25, a speaker unit 26, a controller 31 that controls the signage terminal device 14 as a whole, and various types of users. An operation unit 32 for performing operations, a network communication interface (IF) 33 for communicating with the information distribution server 11 via the communication network 12, and an external storage device for storing various data such as content data 35. The external storage device 35 is realized by a hard disk device (HDD) or a solid state drive (SSD) device.

  Here, the controller 31 temporarily stores an MPU (Micro Processing Unit) 36 that controls the entire controller 31, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 37 that stores a control program for operating the MPU 36, and various data. And a RAM (Random Access Memory) 38 for storage. Then, the controller 31 causes the MPU 36 to execute the control program stored in the ROM 37 to reproduce the content data distributed from the information distribution server 11 via the communication network 12, and display the reproduced content data on the display unit 21. To display. The operation unit 32 may be configured with various switches, buttons, or the like, or may be configured integrally with the display unit 21 as a touch panel.

  With such a configuration, the signage terminal device 14 basically receives or obtains a plurality of content data set in advance as a reproduction schedule by the information distribution server 11. Then, the signage terminal device 14 uses the display unit 21 to display advertisement information (a moving image obtained by capturing the advertisement product or an advertisement product) related to a product advertised as content data (hereinafter also referred to as “advertisement product”). A sentence to be introduced or explained), or the speaker unit 26 is used to output a sound for introducing or explaining the advertisement product.

  Next, the information distribution server 11 will be described. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of the information distribution server 11. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the information distribution server 11 includes a controller 41 that controls the entire information distribution server 11, an operation unit 42 that includes a keyboard and a mouse for a user to perform various operations, and a communication network 12. A network communication interface (IF) 43 for communicating with the signage terminal device 14, an external storage device 44 for storing various data and control programs, and a display unit 45 configured as a liquid crystal display. ing. The external storage device 44 is realized by a hard disk device (HDD) or a solid state drive (SSD) device.

  Here, the controller 41 includes an MPU 46 that controls the entire controller 41, a ROM 47 that stores a control program for operating the MPU 46, and a RAM 48 that temporarily stores various data.

  That is, the controller 41 controls the operation of various components by the MPU 46 expanding and executing the control program stored in the ROM 47, the external storage device 44, and the like on the RAM 48, and controls the network communication IF 43 and the communication network 12. The POS master data (product code, selling price information, product name information, sale price information, sale price information, etc.) and each signage terminal device 14 are distributed to the store server 16 and the signage terminal device 14 connected via the network. It controls the operation of transmitting and receiving various data such as content data.

  The external storage device 44 stores a material database DB1, a template database DB2, and a content database DB3.

  The material database DB1 stores, for example, an image for advertising a product to a customer (for example, a moving image or a still image obtained by photographing the product) as material data in association with the product code of the product. In addition, the material database DB1 corresponds to time sale information received from the store server 16, for example, characters indicating that the product is the subject of the time sale (such as “Time sale!”), Or a product in the time sale. A character indicating the special sale price (such as “100 yen”) is stored as material data.

  The template database DB2 stores screen templates necessary for editing digital signage contents specialized in the contents of special treatment plans, which are events related to product sales promotion.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of data stored in the template database DB2. As shown in FIG. 5, the template database DB2 stores template data records in which project IDs, project names, and template data are described in the order of record numbers. The plan ID is information for identifying the preferential plan specified by the corresponding plan name.

  That is, in the example shown in FIG. 5, the plan ID and plan name of the campaign plan and the screen template A are described in the record with the record number [1], and the plan ID and plan of the floor plan are recorded in the record with the record number [2]. The name and screen template B are described. The record number [3] records the catalog plan plan ID and the plan name and screen template C. The record number [4] records the time sale plan plan. An ID, a project name, and a screen template D are described.

  The screen template indicates a screen display design to be displayed on the display unit 21 of the signage terminal device 14, and data is set based on specifications. Here, the specification is to correctly set the content data in a predetermined area when the content data is displayed on the display unit 21 of the signage terminal device 14. For example, when XAML (language specification for describing the user interface of application software) is used, the element name for setting the material data of content is a common element base name and index (for example, if the base name is Item, Item01, Item02, ...).

  For example, FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an outline of a screen template D for time sale. As shown in FIG. 6, the screen template D is provided with an advertisement area X that displays advertisement content for time sale advertisement and a notification area Y that displays notification content for time sale notification.

  The advertisement area X is an area for displaying a target product of the time sale, a special sale price of the product in the time sale, and the like. The notification area Y is an area for selectively displaying the time until the start of the time sale, the time until the end of the time sale, and the time sale.

  The content database DB3 stores content data created by processing operations (see FIG. 9) in the information distribution server 11 described later.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration of data stored in the content database DB3. As shown in FIG. 7, the content database DB3 stores a content ID as identification information for identifying the content, a content name of the content identified by the content ID, and content data identified by the content ID. Has been.

  Next, the functional configuration of the information distribution server 11 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the information distribution server 11.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the MPU 46 of the controller 41 of the information distribution server 11 expands and executes a control program stored in the ROM 47, the external storage device 44, etc. on the RAM 48, thereby executing a data input unit 411, a data analysis unit. 412, functions as a time sale advertisement generation unit 413 that is a content generation unit, a time sale notification generation unit 414 that is a content generation unit, a time schedule generation unit 415, and a playback control unit 416.

  The data input unit 411 is necessary to generate advertisement content for a time sale advertisement (that is, reproduction of advertisement content including time sale information different from the advertisement content preset in the reproduction schedule) in the signage terminal device 14. Data (time sale information) is input from the store server 16. Here, as described above, the time sale information is information including a product code, sale price information, sale period information, and the like.

  The data analysis unit 412 analyzes the time sale start time, time sale end time, and product information (product name, sale price) from the time sale information transmitted from the store server 16. More specifically, the data analysis unit 412 analyzes the time sale start time and the time sale end time, which are planning periods, from the special sale period information of the time sale information. Further, the data analysis unit 412 analyzes product information (product name, sale price) which is plan content information from the product code and sale price information of time sale information.

  When the time sale information is input from the store server 16 to the data input unit 411, the time sale advertisement generation unit 413 combines the analysis results of the time sale information in the data analysis unit 412 to generate the time sale screen template D. The advertisement content for the time sale advertisement which constitutes the advertisement area X is generated.

  Specifically, when the time sale information is input from the store server 16 to the data input unit 411, the time sale advertisement generation unit 413 combines the analysis results of the time sale information in the data analysis unit 412 to obtain a target product for the time sale. For displaying on the display unit 21 of the signage terminal device 14 an image for advertising the customer (for example, a moving image or a still image obtained by photographing the product) and a telop to be displayed superimposed on the image. Is generated. As the telop, for example, when the target product of the time sale is “Kuroge Wagyu Beef 100 g”, the characters indicating that the product is the target of the time sale (such as “Time Sale!”), The time sale, etc. And the like (for example, “100 yen”) indicating the sale price of the product.

  Further, when the time sale information is input from the store server 16 to the data input unit 411, the time sale notification generation unit 414 combines the analysis results of the time sale information in the data analysis unit 412 to obtain a screen template for time sale. The notification content for time sale which constitutes the notification area Y of D is generated.

  Specifically, when the time sale information is input from the store server 16 to the data input unit 411, the time sale notification generation unit 414 combines the analysis results of the time sale information in the data analysis unit 412 to start the start notification content, Generate notification content and end notification content. The start notification content is for displaying on the display unit 21 of the signage terminal device 14 a telop for notifying the customer of the time until the start of the time sale. The execution notification content is for displaying a telop for notifying the customer that the time sale is being performed on the display unit 21 of the signage terminal device 14. The end notification content is for displaying on the display unit 21 of the signage terminal device 14 a telop for notifying the customer of the time until the end of the time sale.

  As the telop, for example, in the start notification content, the time from the current time to the start of the time sale processed by the script is included together with characters indicating the start of the time sale (such as “until the start of the time sale”). It is done. In addition, in the implementation announcement content, characters indicating that a time sale is being implemented (such as “Time sale is being implemented!”) And the like can be cited. Further, in the end notice content, the time from the current time to the end of the time sale processed by the script is included together with characters indicating the end of the time sale (such as “until the end of time sale”).

The time schedule creation unit 415 creates a time schedule for flowing content from the time sale start time and the time sale end time analyzed by the data analysis unit 412. Specifically, the start time of the start notification content follows the following formula. However, the set time is determined in advance. For example, when it is defined as “5 minutes”, the start notification content and the advertisement content are displayed from the display unit of the signage terminal device 14 from 5 minutes before the time sale start time. 21 is reproduced and displayed.
Start notification content start time = time sale start time-set time

In addition, the start time of the end notification content follows the following formula. However, the set time is determined in advance. For example, when it is defined as “2 minutes”, the end notification content and the advertisement content are displayed from the display unit of the signage terminal device 14 from 2 minutes before the time sale end time. 21 is reproduced and displayed.
End notification content start time = time sale end time-set time

  The reproduction control unit 416 performs processing for causing the display unit 21 of the signage terminal device 14 to display an advertisement.

  More specifically, the reproduction control unit 416 normally distributes advertising content according to a preset reproduction schedule to the signage terminal device 14 and causes the distributed advertising content to be reproduced. In addition, when the time sale information is input from the store server 16 to the data input unit 411, the reproduction control unit 416 replaces the advertisement content according to the reproduction schedule with the time sale generated by the time sale advertisement generation unit 413. By distributing the advertisement content for advertisement and the time sale notification content generated by the time sale notification generation unit 414 to the signage terminal device 14 according to the time schedule created by the time schedule creation unit 415, a time schedule creation unit The signage terminal device 14 is caused to reproduce the advertisement content and the announcement content in accordance with the time schedule created by 415.

  Further, when the reproduction of the time sale advertisement advertisement content and the time sale announcement content in the signage terminal device 14 is completed, the reproduction control unit 416 instructs the signage terminal device 14 to display the time sale advertisement on the reproduction schedule. The advertisement content set to be reproduced is reproduced at the time when reproduction of the advertisement content for time and the announcement content for time sale ends.

  That is, the information distribution server 11 of the present embodiment keeps the reproduction schedule. More specifically, when the information distribution server 11 interrupts the reproduction of the advertising content for the time sale advertisement and the announcement content for the time sale in the reproduction schedule, the advertisement content for the time sale advertisement and the announcement for the time sale are provided. The advertisement set in the playback schedule for the time required for playback of the advertising content for the time sale advertisement and the announcement content for the time sale, without shifting the playback time zone of each advertising content in the playback schedule according to the playback of the content. The playback time of the content at the signage terminal device 14 is reduced. This prevents the occurrence of inconvenience that the advertising content set in the playback schedule is not played back during business days by playing the advertising content for the time sale advertisement and the announcement content for the time sale. it can.

  Next, processing operations in the information distribution server 11 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing operations in the information distribution server 11.

  As shown in FIG. 9, in the information distribution server 11, first, the data input unit 411 determines whether time sale information has been input (acquired) from the store server 16 (step S1). Whether or not the time sale information has been input is determined, for example, based on the presence / absence of the sale price information and sale period information.

  Here, when it is determined that the time sale information is input from the store server 16 (step S1: Yes), the data analysis unit 412 then starts the time sale start time and the time from the time sale information transmitted from the store server 16. The sale end time and product information (product name, sale price) are analyzed (step S2).

  Next, the time sale advertisement generation unit 413 composes the advertisement area X of the screen template D for time sale for reproduction and display on the signage terminal device 14 by combining the analysis results of the time sale information in the data analysis unit 412. Is generated for the time sale advertisement (step S3), and the time sale notification generation unit 414 combines the analysis results of the time sale information in the data analysis unit 412 and reproduces and displays them on the signage terminal device 14. The time sale notification content (start notification content, implementation notification content, end notification content) that constitutes the notification area Y of the time sale screen template D is generated (step S4).

  Next, the time schedule creation unit 415 creates a time schedule for flowing content from the time sale start time and the time sale end time analyzed in step S2 by the data analysis unit 412 (step S5).

  Subsequently, the playback control unit 416 replaces the advertisement content according to the playback schedule set in advance for the signage terminal device 14 with the time sale advertisement according to the time schedule created in step S5 by the time schedule creation unit 415. The time sale advertisement content generated by the generation unit 413 and the time sale notification content generated by the time sale notification generation unit 414 are distributed to the signage terminal device 14 (step S6). Thereby, the signage terminal device 14 can reproduce the advertisement content and the announcement content according to the time sale start time and the time sale end time.

  That is, in the process of step S6, when the playback control unit 416 determines that the data input unit 411 has input time sale information from the store server 16, the playback control unit 416 changes the advertisement content to a preset playback schedule. Instead, according to the time schedule created in step S5 by the time schedule creation unit 415, the advertisement content for time sale advertisement and the announcement content for time sale generated in step S3 and step S4 are distributed and distributed. The reproduction of the advertisement content for the time sale advertisement and the announcement content for the time sale is performed.

  Accordingly, the signage terminal device 14 that has received the time sale advertisement content and the time sale announcement content, for example, reproduces the currently reproduced advertisement content (advertising content according to a preset reproduction schedule). Pause and execute interrupt playback of the received time sale advertisement content and time sale announcement content (see FIG. 10).

  When the distribution of the advertising content for the time sale advertisement and the announcement content for the time sale in the signage terminal device 14 is completed, the reproduction control unit 416 sends the sign for the time sale advertisement to the signage terminal device 14 on the reproduction schedule. The advertisement content set to be reproduced at the time when the distribution of the advertisement content and the announcement content for the time sale ends is distributed and reproduced.

  Here, an example of the specific processing of FIG. 9 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram for explaining an example of the specific processing of FIG.

  First, for example, a case where the data input unit 411 inputs time sale information from the store server 16 at 14:00 will be described.

  In this case, when the data input unit 411 determines in step S1 that the time sale information has been input from the store server 16 (step S1: Yes), the data analysis unit 412 determines from the time sale information transmitted from the store server 16. Time sale start time, time sale end time, and product information (product name, sale price) are analyzed (step S2).

  In subsequent step S3, the time sale advertisement generation unit 413 combines the analysis results of the time sale information in the data analysis unit 412 and displays the advertisement area X of the screen template D for time sale for reproduction and display on the signage terminal device 14. The product name of the product “Kuroge Wagyu Beef 100g” to be configured for time sale (see reference numeral M1 in FIG. 10) and an image for advertising the product to a customer (for example, the product “Kuroge Wagyu Beef 100g”) A moving image or a still image) (see symbol M2 in FIG. 10), and a character (such as “Time Sale!”) Indicating that the product to be displayed superimposed on the image is a target of time sale (such as “Time Sale!”) Sign (refer to the symbol T1) or a character (such as “100 yen”) indicating the sale price of the product in the time sale (see the symbol T2 in FIG. 10). An advertisement content A for time sale advertisement to be displayed on the display unit 21 of the age terminal device 14 is generated.

  In step S4, the time sale notification generation unit 414 combines the analysis results of the time sale information in the data analysis unit 412 and reproduces and displays it on the signage terminal device 14 in the notification area Y of the screen template D for time sale. Are generated for the time sale (start notification content B1, execution notification content B2, end notification content B3). For example, the start notification content B1 generated by the time sale notification generation unit 414 is processed by a script from the current time together with a character indicating the start of the time sale (such as “until the start of time sale”) (see T3 in FIG. 10). It includes the time until the start of the time sale (see symbol T4 in FIG. 10). Further, the execution notification content B2 generated by the time sale notification generation unit 414 includes characters indicating that the time sale is being executed (such as “Time sale is being executed !!”) (see reference numeral T5 in FIG. 10). In addition, the end notification content B3 generated by the time sale notification generation unit 414 is processed from the current time by a script together with characters indicating the end of the time sale (such as “until the end of the time sale”) (see T6 in FIG. 10). It includes the time until the end of the time sale (see symbol T7 in FIG. 10).

  Subsequently, in step S5, the time schedule creation unit 415 creates a time schedule for reproducing content from the time sale start time and the time sale end time analyzed by the data analysis unit 412.

  In this case, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, the time schedule creation unit 415 performs the time indicated by the symbol M1 in the time zone from 14:55 that is 5 minutes before the start of the time sale to 17:00 that is the time sale end time. The product name of the target product for sale (“Kuroge Wagyu beef 100 g”) and the image indicated by the symbol M2 (moving image or still image of the time sale target product “Kuroge Wagyu beef 100 g”) and the ticker indicated by the symbol T1 (“Time sale” ”) And a telop (“ 100 yen ”) indicated by a symbol T 2, a time schedule is created so that the advertising content A for time sale advertisement is displayed on the display unit 21.

  In addition, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, the time schedule creation unit 415 is a telop indicated by a symbol T3 in a time zone from 14:55 which is 5 minutes before the start of the time sale to 15:00 which is the time sale start time. A time schedule is created so that the start notification content B1 including the time until the start of the time sale indicated by the symbol T4 together with characters indicating the start of the time sale (such as “until the start of the time sale”) is displayed on the display unit 21. .

  Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, the time schedule creation unit 415 is a telop indicated by a symbol T5 in a time zone from 15:00 which is a time sale start time to 16:58 which is 2 minutes before the end of the time sale. A time schedule is created so that the execution notification content B2 composed of characters indicating that the time sale is being executed (such as “Time sale is being executed !!”) is displayed on the display unit 21.

  Further, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, the time schedule creation unit 415 includes a telop (T6) indicated by a symbol T6 in a time zone from 16:58 which is two minutes before the end of the time sale to 17:00 which is the time sale end time. A time schedule is created so that the end notification content B3 including the time until the end of the time sale indicated by the symbol T7 is displayed on the display unit 21 together with characters indicating the end of the time sale (such as “until the end of the time sale”).

  Subsequently, in step S6, the playback control unit 416 replaces the advertising content according to the playback schedule set in advance for the signage terminal device 14 according to the time schedule created in step S5 by the time schedule creation unit 415. The time sale advertisement generation content generated by the time sale advertisement generation unit 413 and the time sale notification content generated by the time sale notification generation unit 414 are distributed to the signage terminal device 14. As a result, the reproduction of the advertisement content currently being reproduced in the signage terminal device 14 is temporarily stopped, and the advertisement content for the time sale advertisement and the notification for the time sale generated in steps S3 and S4 are notified to the signage terminal device 14. Since the content is distributed, the signage terminal device 14 can reproduce the advertising content for the time sale advertisement and the announcement content for the time sale.

  In this case, when the reproduction of the advertisement content for the time sale advertisement and the announcement content for the time sale in the signage terminal device 14 is completed, the reproduction control unit 416 causes the signage terminal device 14 to execute the time on the reproduction schedule. The advertisement content set to be reproduced at the time when the reproduction of the advertisement content for sale advertisement and the announcement content for time sale ends is distributed and reproduced.

  According to the signage system 10 of the embodiment described above, it is effective for customers who are present in the vicinity of the signage terminal device 14 at the start of content display / reproduction and customers who arrive in the vicinity of the signage terminal device 14 during content display / reproduction. It is effective because it can be notified in advance to customers who leave the signage terminal device 14 before the start of content display / playback, and the signage terminal device 14 is effectively used. As a result, sales of products can be increased.

  In the present embodiment, the signage system 10 mainly configured by the information distribution server 11 and the plurality of signage terminal devices 14 is applied as the information display system, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the signage terminal device 14 may be applied as an information display system to cause the signage terminal device 14 to execute processing operations in the information distribution server 11.

  The program executed in the information distribution server 11 of the present embodiment is an installable or executable file, and is a computer such as a CD-ROM, flexible disk (FD), CD-R, DVD (Digital Versatile Disk). Recorded on a readable recording medium.

  Further, the program executed by the information distribution server 11 of the present embodiment may be stored on a computer connected to a network such as the Internet and provided by being downloaded via the network. Further, the program executed by the information distribution server 11 of this embodiment may be configured to be provided or distributed via a network such as the Internet.

  Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described, these embodiments are presented by way of example and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Information display system 411 Data input part 412 Data analysis part 413,414 Content generation part 415 Time schedule creation part 416 Playback control part

JP 2010-079770 A

Claims (6)

A content generation unit that generates the content related to the plan and the content related to the announcement of the plan by combining the plan period related to the predetermined plan and the plan content information related to the plan;
A time schedule creation unit for creating a time schedule for reproducing the content relating to the plan and the content relating to the announcement of the plan from the plan period;
A reproduction control unit that distributes the content related to the plan generated by the content generation unit and the content related to the announcement of the plan to the display unit according to the time schedule and reproduces and displays them;
With
The content generation unit generates start notification content including the time until the start of the project together with characters indicating the start of the plan as content related to the notification of the plan,
The time schedule creation unit creates a time schedule for reproducing the start notification content from a predetermined time before the planning start time included in the planning period to the planning start time.
An information display system characterized by that. The content generation unit generates an end notification content including a time until the end of the plan together with a character indicating the end of the plan as the content related to the notification of the plan,
The time schedule creation unit creates a time schedule for reproducing the end notification content from a predetermined time before the plan end time included in the plan period to the plan end time.
The information display system according to claim 1. The content generation unit generates an implementation notification content including characters indicating that the plan is being implemented as content related to the plan notification,
The time schedule creation unit creates a time schedule for reproducing the implementation announcement content from the planning start time included in the planning period.
The information display system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein The content generation unit generates advertisement content including the plan content information as content related to the plan,
The time schedule creation unit creates a time schedule for reproducing the advertising content from a predetermined time before the planning start time included in the planning period to the planning end time;
The information display system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein When the distribution of the content related to the plan and the content related to the announcement of the plan ends, the playback control unit distributes the content related to the plan and the content related to the announcement of the plan on a preset time schedule Deliver other content set at the time when
The information display system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein A data input unit for inputting data including the planning period and the planning content information relating to the predetermined planning from an external device;
A data analysis unit that analyzes the planning period and the planning content information from the data;
The information display system according to claim 1, further comprising:

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