JP2014174858A - Computer readable recording medium, display control method of electronic book and computer control program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a computer readable recording medium etc. for creating an electronic book file capable of displaying a page predetermined times and for properly handling electronic book file.SOLUTION: In the display control method of an electronic book, upon receiving a feed instruction to display a next neighboring page while one page included in an electronic book file having plural pages is displayed, the next neighboring page is displayed. When a predetermined time has elapsed after starting to display the next neighboring page, the display times of the next neighboring page is increased by 1. When a link to a page which is not neighboring to the page being displayed is preset in a displayed page and when a link instruction to display the linked page is received, the linked page is displayed. Even when a predetermined time has elapsed after starting to display the linked page, the display times of the linked page is not increased.

Description

  The present disclosure relates to a recording medium in which an electronic book file is recorded, a display control method for an electronic book indicated by the electronic book file, and a computer control program for controlling a computer regarding the display of the electronic book indicated by the electronic book file.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a system including an apparatus and a server used by connecting to the Internet. This system charges when a device displays a page image of a printed matter such as a newspaper or magazine distributed from a server. More specifically, this system charges when a device displays a page image of a printed matter such as a newspaper or magazine for a predetermined time. In addition, this system does not charge again for the same page image once charged for the page image of printed matter such as newspapers and magazines. That is, this system is a system intended to sell page images via the Internet.

  According to this system, it is possible to reliably charge for page image download sales.

JP 2002-304534 A

  However, when considering a business that rents electronic book files related to newspapers, magazines, etc., especially the case where rental of electronic book files is realized by selling electronic book files that can be displayed a predetermined number of times. . In this case, it is not sufficient to apply a technique for controlling whether or not to charge based on whether or not an electronic book as disclosed in Patent Document 1 is displayed. In order to realize an electronic book file that can be displayed a predetermined number of times, not only whether the electronic book indicated by the electronic book file is displayed, but also how many times the electronic book indicated by the electronic book file is displayed. It is because it is necessary to manage also about.

  The present disclosure provides an electronic book file capable of displaying a page a predetermined number of times, and provides a computer-readable recording medium, an electronic book display control method, and a computer control program for appropriately handling the electronic book file To do.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, an electronic book display control method according to the present disclosure displays an adjacent next page when displaying one page included in an electronic book file including a plurality of pages. When a sending instruction is accepted, the next adjacent page is displayed, and when a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of displaying the next adjacent page, the display number of the next adjacent page is incremented by 1 and displayed. When a link instruction to display a linked page is received when a link to a page that is not adjacent to the displayed page is provided in the currently displayed page, the linked page is displayed and the link is displayed. Even if a predetermined time has elapsed since the display of the previous page was started, the display count of the linked page is not added.

  In addition, the computer control program according to the present disclosure may be adjacent when an instruction to display an adjacent next page is received when the computer displays one page included in an electronic book file including a plurality of pages. The computer is controlled to display the next page to be displayed, and when a predetermined time has elapsed since the computer started displaying the next next page, the display number of the next next page is added. When the computer is controlled and a link to a page that is not adjacent to the displayed page is provided in the page displayed by the computer, the link is displayed when an instruction to display the linked page is received. Suppose that the computer is controlled to display the previous page, and a predetermined time has elapsed since the display of the linked page was started. Also, it does not control the computer to sum the impressions of the linked page.

  In addition, the computer-readable recording medium according to the present disclosure is a computer-readable recording medium according to the present disclosure. The computer-readable recording medium includes a plurality of page data including sentence data indicating sentences included in the page, and all or one of the plurality of page data. The page data of the part is recorded with an electronic book file that further includes related page data that is information related to other page data that is related to the page data.

  A computer-readable recording medium, an electronic book display control method, and a computer control program according to the present disclosure are effective for realizing an electronic book file capable of displaying a page a predetermined number of times and more appropriately handling the electronic book file. is there.

Schematic diagram showing the entire system according to the first embodiment 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a tablet terminal according to a first embodiment; 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a server according to a first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a data structure of an electronic book file according to the first embodiment; FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an electronic book page turning operation according to the first embodiment; The flowchart which shows the page return operation | movement of the electronic book concerning Embodiment 1. A flowchart showing a page return operation to the link destination of the electronic book according to the first embodiment. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation for counting the number of times the page of an electronic book according to the first embodiment is displayed. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a display example of a page of an electronic book according to the first embodiment. Schematic diagram showing a display example of a linked page of an electronic book according to the first embodiment Schematic diagram showing the configuration of an electronic book file according to the second embodiment 10 is a flowchart showing an operation for managing the number of display times of a page of an electronic book according to the second embodiment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the drawings as appropriate. However, more detailed description than necessary may be omitted. For example, detailed descriptions of already well-known matters and repeated descriptions for substantially the same configuration may be omitted. This is to avoid the following description from becoming unnecessarily redundant and to facilitate understanding by those skilled in the art.

  The inventor (s) provides the accompanying drawings and the following description in order for those skilled in the art to fully understand the present disclosure, and is intended to limit the subject matter described in the claims. Not what you want.

(Embodiment 1)
Hereinafter, the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

[1-1. Overview]
The outline of the system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the entire system according to the present embodiment.

  This system includes a tablet terminal 100 and a server 200. The tablet terminal 100 can download an electronic book file recorded in the HDD 230 in the server 200 via the Internet. The system according to the present embodiment limits the number of times each page of an electronic book file can be displayed by the tablet terminal 100. That is, the user can display each page of the downloaded electronic book file on the tablet terminal 100 a predetermined number of times. Thereby, the system according to the present embodiment realizes a rental business in which the number of display times of each page of the electronic book file is limited.

  Further, the electronic book can realize a function that cannot be realized by a normal paper book. For example, consider a function that can realize a novel of an electronic book. It is assumed that the novel of this electronic book introduces the history of a certain character A in Chapter 1. Then, in Chapter 2, a character A appears. In this case, the novel of this electronic book has a character string indicating the name of the character A appearing in the text of Chapter 2 and a link to a page that introduces the history of the character A in Chapter 1 Can be provided. When the user reads the second chapter of the novel of the electronic book and selects a character string indicating the name of the character A who is linked, the tablet terminal 100 introduces the history of the character A. Display the current page. As a result, even if the user forgets the biographies of the character A while reading the second chapter of the novel of the electronic book, the user can obtain the biographies of the character A in the first chapter with a simple operation. I can confirm. When the link is selected by the user when the tablet terminal 100 displays a page having a link, a function that allows the tablet terminal 100 to display another link destination page is a link function. That's it.

  Consider a case where the number of display times of each page is limited in an electronic book file having a link function. In this case, as a general rule, display of a certain page included in the electronic book file is started, and when a predetermined time has elapsed, the number of display times of the displayed page is incremented by one. However, when the displayed page is a page displayed as a link destination from another page, the display count should not necessarily be added. This is because the linked page has already been incremented by one, and unlike the case where the page is forwarded, the user often does not read the entire text on the page. is there. If the page display count is added up to such a case, the convenient link function of the corner will not be used much. Note that the page advance refers to changing the page to be displayed to the next page adjacent to the displayed page.

  Therefore, when the tablet terminal 100 according to the present embodiment displays a single page included in an electronic book file including a plurality of pages, the tablet terminal 100 receives a sending instruction to display the next adjacent page. , Display the next adjacent page. Then, when a predetermined time has elapsed since the display of the adjacent next page is started, the tablet terminal 100 adds 1 to the display count of the adjacent next page. On the other hand, when a link instruction to display a linked page is received when a link to a page not adjacent to the displayed page is provided in the displayed page, the linked page is displayed. To do. The tablet terminal 100 does not add the display count of the linked page even if a predetermined time has elapsed since the display of the linked page was started.

  As a result, the system according to the present embodiment can handle more appropriately, for example, by adding the display count of each page of the electronic book file that can display a page a predetermined number of times only when necessary.

  Further, there may be a case where a page to be referred to by the link source page extends to a plurality of pages starting from the link destination page. For example, in the example of the novel described above, the introduction page of the character A covers a plurality of pages. In such a case, it is necessary to hold somewhere information indicating the range of the page to be linked by the link source page.

  Therefore, the electronic book file handled by the tablet terminal 100 according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of page data including sentence data indicating sentences included in the page. And all or some page data among the plurality of page data included in the electronic book file further includes related page data which is information related to other page data having a relation to the page data.

  As a result, the electronic book file handled by the system according to the present embodiment is more appropriately related to the range in which the display count is added or not added when the page is displayed a predetermined number of times. Can be treated.

  Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of each apparatus constituting the system according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[1-2. Constitution]
An electrical configuration of the tablet terminal 100 and the server 200 included in the system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the tablet terminal 100. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of the server 200.

[1-2-1. Electrical configuration of tablet device]
The electrical configuration of the tablet terminal 100 will be described with reference to FIG. The tablet terminal 100 includes a wireless LAN module 110, a controller 120, a flash memory 130, and a monitor 140. The tablet terminal 100 receives an electronic book file from an external server or the like via the wireless LAN module 110 and records the received electronic book file in the flash memory 130. The tablet terminal 100 reads the electronic book file recorded in the flash memory 130 and displays it on the monitor 140. Details of each component will be described below.

  The wireless LAN module 110 is a communication module capable of wireless LAN communication. The wireless LAN module 110 conforms to the “IEEE802.11” standard, which is an international standard for wireless LAN communication. The wireless LAN module 110 can communicate with an external device or the like via an access point by IP (Internet Protocol).

  The controller 120 is a control module that controls the entire tablet terminal 100. The controller 120 is configured by an SOC (System On Chip). Therefore, the controller 120 is configured by integrating a CPU, a memory, and a data signal processing circuit.

  The flash memory 130 is a storage medium that stores a control program for controlling the entire tablet terminal 100 and data received via the wireless LAN module 110. The control program for controlling the tablet terminal 100 may be preinstalled or downloaded via the Internet.

  The monitor 140 is a display monitor that can display an image. The monitor 140 has a touch panel function. Therefore, the user can operate the tablet terminal 100 via the monitor 140.

[1-2-2. Server electrical configuration]
The electrical configuration of the server 200 will be described with reference to FIG. The server 200 includes a wired LAN module 210, a controller 220, and an HDD 230. The server 200 stores a plurality of electronic book files in the HDD 230. When the server 200 accepts an electronic book file transmission request from an external terminal, the server 200 transmits the electronic book file to the external terminal via the wired LAN module 210. Details of each component will be described below.

  The wired LAN module 210 is an interface to which a wired LAN cable can be connected. The server 200 can be connected to the Internet via the wired LAN module 160.

  The controller 220 is a control module that controls the entire server 200. The controller 220 is configured by an SOC (System On Chip). Therefore, the controller 220 is configured by integrating a CPU, a memory, and a data signal processing circuit.

  The HDD 230 is a recording device that stores data such as electronic book files. The HDD 230 stores an electronic book file registered as an electronic book file to be rented by an electronic book rental company.

[1-3. Structure of e-book file]
Next, the configuration of the electronic book file recorded in the HDD 230 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a file structure of the electronic book file 400.

  The electronic book file 400 is a set of n pieces of page data 330. The page data 330 includes text data 300 indicating the text itself to be displayed to the user, display count data 350 indicating the number of times the page indicated by the page data 330 is displayed on the monitor, and the page number of the page indicated by the page data 330. Page number data 340 indicating. All or part of page data 330 included in the electronic book file 400 includes link data 310 for linking to a page other than the page adjacent to the page indicated by the page data 330. Further, all or a part of the page data 330 included in the electronic book file 400 includes related page data 320 that is information related to other pages having contents related to the page indicated by the page data 330. In the present embodiment, the page data 330 specified as the link destination page by the link data 310 has the related page data 320.

  In FIG. 4, the link data 310 included in the page data 330 of the nth page points to the second page as a link destination. This indicates that a transition can be made from the page indicated by the page data 330 of the nth page to the page indicated by the page data 330 of the second page. Further, as described above, the page data 330 of the second page that is the link destination of the link data 310 included in the page data 330 of the nth page includes the related page data 320.

[1-4. E-page display operation]
Next, the display operation of the electronic book indicated by the electronic book file by the tablet terminal 100 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a page turning operation in an electronic book. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a page return operation in an electronic book. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of returning a page to a link destination in an electronic book. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of counting the number of page display times in an electronic book. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating a display example of a page in an electronic book. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a display example of a linked page in an electronic book.

  Hereinafter, as the page display operation of the electronic book, “page feed operation” in which the page number shifts from the nth page (n> 0) being displayed to the (n + 1) th page in descending order, and the page number is ascending from the nth page being displayed. "Page return operation" for transitioning between pages before the (n-1) th page (n> 1), the page indicated by the link data included in the page data 330, and the page indicated by the related page data included in the linked page (hereinafter referred to as "page return operation") , “Page return operation to link destination” and “page display count operation” when it is determined that the page is displayed on the monitor.

[1-4-1. Page feed operation]
The page feed operation will be described with reference to FIGS. When an instruction to open the electronic book file 400 is received from the user via the monitor 140, the controller 120 controls the monitor 140 to display the initial page (S101). The initial page may be the first page of the pages indicated by the plurality of page data 330 included in the electronic book file 400 or the page that was displayed when the electronic book file was closed last time. When the initial page is displayed, the controller 120 starts counting the display time of the currently displayed page α (S102). Thereafter, the controller 120 stands by until a page movement input is received from the user (S103). Here, the page movement input includes a page movement input to the next page, a page movement input to the previous page, and a page movement input to the link destination. For example, the input that the user slides to the left while touching with the finger on the monitor 140 of the tablet terminal 100 in FIG. 9 is a page movement input to the next page. Also, the input that the user slides to the right while touching with a finger is a page movement input to the previous page. Further, the input for the user to tap the link destination transition UI 410 in the sentence is a page movement input to the link destination. The user can bookmark the displayed page by tapping the display count UI 420.

  If it is determined in step S103 that there has been a page movement input, the controller 120 determines whether the page movement input that has been accepted is a page movement input to the next page (S104). Here, if it is determined that there is a movement input to the next page, the controller 120 stops counting the display time of the currently displayed page (S105). When the display time count is stopped, the controller 120 determines whether the displayed page is the last page (S106). If the controller 120 determines that the displayed page is not the last page, the controller 120 acquires the number of display times of the adjacent next page (S107). Information regarding the display count of each page may be stored in each page data 330, may be stored in the electronic book file 400 as management data independent of the page data 330, or may be stored in the electronic book file 400. May be stored in the flash memory 130 as independent management data. When the management data is independent of the page data 330, the management data manages the number of display times corresponding to each page data 330 included in the electronic book file 400. When the management data is independent from the electronic book file 400, the management data manages the number of display times corresponding to each page data 330 of each electronic book file 400 recorded in the flash memory 130.

  In step S107, when the display count of the next page is acquired, the controller 120 determines whether or not the acquired display count exceeds a predetermined number (S108). The predetermined number of times may be a value determined in advance for each electronic book file 400 or may be an input value from the outside.

  If it is determined in step S108 that the display count does not exceed the predetermined count, the controller 120 controls the monitor 140 to display the adjacent next page (S109), and transitions to step S102. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S108 that the display count exceeds the predetermined count, the controller 120 controls the monitor 140 not to display the adjacent next page (S110). For example, a black screen may be displayed in which one side of the adjacent next page is painted black, and a message indicating that the adjacent next page has already been displayed a predetermined number of times is superimposed on the adjacent next page. A simple screen may be displayed. In short, it is only necessary to prevent the user from recognizing the contents of the adjacent next page. In addition, when a screen on which a message indicating that the adjacent next page has already been displayed a predetermined number of times is displayed on the adjacent next page, the content of the adjacent next page is not displayed to the user. Can tell you.

[1-4-2. Page return behavior]
Next, the page return operation will be described with reference to FIGS. If it is determined in step S104 in FIG. 5 that the input is not a page movement input to the next page, the controller 120 determines whether or not the movement input that has received the input is a page movement input to the previous page (S111). If it is determined that the input is page movement to the previous page, the process proceeds to step S201 in FIG. That is, the controller 120 temporarily stops counting the display time of the displayed page α, and records the displayed page α in the flash memory 130 as the starting page (S201). When the count is temporarily stopped, the controller 120 controls the monitor 140 to display the destination page (S202). Here, the monitor 140 displays the previous page adjacent to α. When the destination page is displayed, the controller 120 determines whether or not the displayed page is the same page as the page α recorded as the starting page (S203).

  If the controller 120 determines that the displayed page is not the same page as the page α, the controller 120 determines whether the displayed page is outside the range of the predetermined page (S204). Here, the predetermined page may be a page within a range of a predetermined number of pages, or may be within a range of related pages that are related to the corresponding page as content. Specifically, the controller 120 counts from the page α that is the starting point, and determines whether it is within the range of a predetermined page ahead. Alternatively, the controller 120 determines whether or not the related page is indicated by the related page data 320 included in the starting page α. If it is determined that it is out of the range of the predetermined page, the controller 120 acquires information related to the display count of the currently displayed page (S205). When the information regarding the display count is acquired, the controller 120 determines whether or not the display count exceeds the predetermined count (S206). If it is determined that the display count does not exceed the predetermined count, the controller 120 starts counting the display time of the currently displayed page (≠ α) (S207), and waits until a page movement input is received (S208). When receiving the page movement input, the controller 120 finishes counting the display time of the currently displayed page (≠ α) (S209), and proceeds to step S202. If it is determined in step S206 that the display count exceeds the predetermined count, the controller 120 hides the displayed page (S210), and waits until a page movement input is accepted (S208).

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S203 that the displayed page is the same page as the page α, the controller 120 restarts counting the display time of the displayed page (α) (S211), and the step of FIG. The process proceeds to S103. If it is determined in step S204 that the displayed page is within the range of the predetermined page, the controller 120 waits until a page movement input is received (S208). As a result, when the user temporarily looks back several pages back, the controller 120 does not unnecessarily increase the number of display times. Also, when returning to the page because the user accidentally forwards the page, the controller 120 does not unnecessarily increase the number of display times.

[1-4-3. Page return to link]
Next, the page return operation to the link destination will be described with reference to FIGS. When determining in step S111 in FIG. 5 that the input is not a page movement input to the previous page, the controller 120 determines whether or not the movement input that has been accepted is a page movement input to the linked page β (S112). ). If the controller 120 determines that the page movement input is to the linked page β, the process proceeds to step S301 in FIG. That is, the controller 120 temporarily stops counting the display time of the displayed page α. When the display time count is temporarily stopped, the controller 120 controls the monitor 140 to display the destination page (S302). For example, the controller 120 controls the monitor 140 to display a linked page β as shown in FIG. The link destination page includes a link destination display UI 500 indicating that the displayed page is a link destination, a link source display UI 510 for returning to the link source page, and a related page that is related in content to the link destination page. Related page display UI 520 showing

  When the destination page is displayed on the monitor 140, the controller 120 determines whether or not the page displayed on the monitor 140 is the same page as the page α (S303). If the controller 120 determines that the displayed page is not the same page as the page α, the controller 120 determines whether the displayed page is the page β or a related page of the page β (S304). If the controller 120 determines that the displayed page is not the page β and is not a related page of the page β, the controller 120 acquires information regarding the display count of the displayed page (S305). When the information about the display count is acquired, the controller 120 determines whether the display count exceeds the predetermined count (S306). If it is determined that the number of display times exceeds the predetermined number, the controller 120 starts counting the display time of the currently displayed page (≠ α) (S307) and waits until a page movement input is received (S308). When receiving the page movement input, the controller 120 finishes counting the display time of the currently displayed page (≠ α) (S309), and proceeds to step S302. If it is determined in step S306 that the display count exceeds the predetermined count, the controller 120 hides the displayed page (S210), and waits until a page movement input is accepted (S308).

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S303 that the displayed page is the same as the page α, the controller 120 restarts counting the display time of the displayed page (α) (S311), and proceeds to step S103 in FIG. Transition. If it is determined in step S304 that the displayed page is page β or a related page of page β, the controller 120 waits until a page movement input is received (S308).

[1-4-4. Counting page impressions]
Next, the operation of counting the number of page displays will be described with reference to FIG. When counting the display time of the displayed page is started, the controller 120 waits until the displayed page is displayed for a predetermined number of seconds or more (S401). The predetermined number of seconds may be a value determined in advance for each electronic book file, or may be input from the outside. During this time, if it is determined that a pause instruction has been received (S402), the controller 120 pauses the display time count until a next restart instruction is received (S403). When receiving a display time count restart instruction (S403), the controller 120 restarts the display time count and determines whether the display time of the page being displayed has reached a predetermined number of seconds or more ( S401).

  If it is determined in step S402 that a pause instruction has not been received, the controller 120 determines whether an end instruction has been received (S404). If it is determined that the end instruction has been received, the controller 120 ends the count of the page display count.

  If it is determined in step S401 that the displayed page has been displayed for a predetermined number of seconds or more, the controller 120 adds 1 to the value of the display count data indicating the display count of the displayed page, and the process ends.

  This operation is started in the display time count start processing (step S102, step S207, step S307) in FIG. 5, FIG. 6, and FIG. Further, the pause instruction is transmitted by the display time counting pause process (steps S201 and S301) in FIGS. The resumption instruction is transmitted by the display time count resumption process (steps S211, S311) in FIGS. Further, the end instruction is transmitted by the display time count end processing (step S105, step S209, step S309) in FIG. 5, FIG. 6, and FIG.

  That is, as can be seen from the steps S102 to S110 in FIG. 5, the tablet terminal 100 according to the present embodiment counts the display time of the currently displayed page when the page turning operation is performed. On the other hand, as can be seen by referring to step S201 to step S211 in FIG. 6, when the return destination page is within the predetermined page from the starting point when the page return operation is performed, the tablet terminal 100 displays the displayed page. Stop counting the display time of. Further, as can be seen from the steps S301 to S311 in FIG. 7, when the tablet terminal 100 performs the page return operation to the link destination, the displayed page is the link destination page or the link destination page. If it is a related page, the display time of the currently displayed page is stopped.

  First, the reason why the display time of the currently displayed page is stopped when the return page is within a predetermined page from the starting point when the page return operation is performed will be described. When you are reading a book, you may read it without understanding the contents so much that you may not understand the contents of the book at all. In such a case, it is often possible to understand the contents of the book by rereading the book by going back several pages. If the number of times of display is added up to such a case, it is very inconvenient for the reader, and there is a possibility that the rental business of electronic books will not spread. Therefore, in this embodiment, when the page return operation is performed, if the return destination page is within a predetermined page from the starting point, the display time of the currently displayed page is stopped.

  Next, when performing the page return operation to the link destination, if the displayed page is a linked page or a related page of the linked page, the display time of the displayed page is counted. The reason for stopping will be described. This is because the linked page has already been incremented by one, and unlike the case where the page is forwarded, the user often does not read the entire text on the page. is there. If the page display count is added up to such a case, the convenient link function of the corner will not be used much. Therefore, in this embodiment, when a page return operation to a link destination is performed, if the displayed page is a linked page or a related page of the linked page, the displayed page It was decided to stop counting the display time.

[1-5. Effect etc.]
As described above, the electronic book display control method for the tablet terminal 100 according to the present embodiment displays the next page that is adjacent when one page included in the electronic book file including a plurality of pages is displayed. When a feed instruction for displaying is received, the next adjacent page is displayed. Then, when a predetermined time has elapsed since the display of the adjacent next page is started, the display frequency of the adjacent next page is incremented by one. In addition, when a link instruction to display a linked page is received when a link to a page that is not adjacent to the displayed page is provided in the displayed page, the linked page is displayed. To do. Then, even if a predetermined time has elapsed since the display of the linked page is started, the display count of the linked page is not added.

  Thereby, the display control method of the electronic book with respect to the tablet terminal 100 concerning this Embodiment is more appropriate, such as adding only the number of times of display when handling an electronic book file that can display a page a predetermined number of times. Can be handled.

  Moreover, the display method of the electronic book with respect to the tablet terminal 100 concerning this Embodiment has also displayed the return instruction | indication which is the instruction | indication which displays one page contained in an electronic book file, and displays the adjacent previous page. When the page is received, if the page displayed behind the stored starting page is a backward page, the displayed page is recorded as a new starting page. When one page included in the electronic book file is displayed and a return instruction, which is an instruction to display the adjacent previous page, is received, the adjacent previous page is displayed. Then, when the previous previous page exceeds the predetermined page from the starting page, when the predetermined time has elapsed since the display of the previous previous page is started, the display number of the previous previous page is calculated. to add. On the other hand, when the adjacent previous page is within the predetermined page from the starting page, even if a predetermined time has passed since the display of the adjacent previous page is started, Do not add impressions.

  Thereby, the display control method of the electronic book with respect to the tablet terminal 100 concerning this Embodiment is more appropriate, such as adding only the number of times of display when handling an electronic book file that can display a page a predetermined number of times. Can be handled.

  Moreover, the display method of the electronic book with respect to the tablet terminal 100 concerning this Embodiment does not display the page in which the frequency | count of display became predetermined number, when the frequency | count of display of a page became a predetermined number of times.

  Thereby, the display control method of the electronic book with respect to the tablet terminal 100 concerning this Embodiment can implement | achieve the electronic book file which can display a page predetermined times.

  In addition, the electronic book file handled by the tablet terminal 100 according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of page data including sentence data indicating the sentences included in the page, and all or some of the page data among the plurality of page data includes And related page data which is information related to other page data having a relation as content with the page data.

  Thereby, the tablet terminal 100 that handles the electronic book file can refer to the related page data when determining whether or not to add the display count of the page, for example, and should add the display count, for example. It is possible to perform control such that the number of display times is not added even for related pages of pages that are not.

  Also, the electronic book file handled by the tablet terminal 100 according to the present embodiment is such that all or part of page data included in the electronic book file is linked to page data other than adjacent page data. The link destination page data linked by the link information further includes related page data.

  Thereby, for example, when the tablet terminal 100 handling the electronic book file does not add the display count when the linked page is displayed, the tablet terminal 100 does not add the display count for the linked related page. Is possible.

(Embodiment 2)
Hereinafter, Embodiment 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12. In principle, the same number is assigned to a physically common configuration.

[2-1. Overview]
In Embodiment 1, the tablet terminal 100 managed the display frequency of each page of the electronic book file in its own device. In the second embodiment, the server 200 manages the display count of each page of the electronic book file. Details will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[2-2. Structure of e-book file]
FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of an electronic book file in the present embodiment. The electronic book file 400 is a set of n pieces of page data 330. Each page data 330 includes text data 300 to be displayed to the user, link data 310 indicating a link to another page, page number data 340 indicating the page number of the corresponding page, and a single or a plurality of items related to the page. And related page data 320 indicating a page. The display count data 350 which each page of the electronic book file has in Embodiment 1 is held on the server side.

[2-3. E-page display operation]
With reference to FIG. 12, the page display operation of the electronic book in this Embodiment is demonstrated. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the management operation of the display frequency of each page of the electronic book file in the present embodiment.

  In the present embodiment, the tablet terminal 100 acquires a display enable / disable flag indicating whether or not the corresponding page can be displayed from the server 200 (S501), and determines whether or not the page can be displayed (S502). If it is determined that display is possible, the controller 120 controls the monitor 140 to display the corresponding page (S503). On the other hand, if it is determined that display is impossible, the controller 120 controls the monitor 140 not to display the corresponding page (S504). The display enable / disable flag in step S501 may be input from an external medium instead of from the server.

  This operation replaces step S107, step S108, step S109, step S110 in FIG. 5, step S205, step S206, step S210 in FIG. 6, step S305, step S306, and step S310 in FIG.

[2-4. Effect etc.]
Thus, the system according to the present embodiment manages the display count of each page of the electronic book file on the server side. This makes it possible to respond more quickly to changes in the upper limit of the number of display times.

(Other embodiments)
As described above, Embodiments 1 and 2 have been described as examples of the technology disclosed in the present application. However, the technology in the present disclosure is not limited to this, and can also be applied to an embodiment in which changes, replacements, additions, omissions, and the like are appropriately performed. Moreover, it is also possible to combine each component demonstrated in the said Embodiment 1, 2 and it can also be set as a new embodiment.

  Therefore, other embodiments will be exemplified below.

  In the first and second embodiments, management of the display count of each page in an electronic book (still image) has been disclosed. However, the technology related to the present disclosure is not limited to still images, and can also be applied to moving images. For example, the present invention can also be applied to a case where chapters provided in a moving picture are regarded as pages in an electronic book and the number of reproductions for each chapter is managed. In that case, when moving pictures are played back in order, the number of times of playback of each chapter is added, while an image of another chapter is played back by selecting a link to another chapter provided in a certain chapter. In such a case, it is conceivable that the number of reproductions is not added.

  As described above, the embodiments have been described as examples of the technology in the present disclosure. For this purpose, the accompanying drawings and detailed description are provided.

  Accordingly, among the components described in the accompanying drawings and the detailed description, not only the components essential for solving the problem, but also the components not essential for solving the problem in order to illustrate the above technique. May also be included. Therefore, it should not be immediately recognized that these non-essential components are essential as those non-essential components are described in the accompanying drawings and detailed description.

  Moreover, since the above-mentioned embodiment is for demonstrating the technique in this indication, a various change, replacement, addition, abbreviation, etc. can be performed in a claim or its equivalent range.

  The present disclosure relates to a recording medium in which an electronic book file is recorded, a display method of an electronic book in an electronic device such as a tablet terminal or a smartphone that reproduces the electronic book file, and an electronic device such as a tablet terminal or a smartphone that reproduces the electronic book file. Applicable to programs to be controlled.

100 Tablet Terminal 110 Wireless LAN Module 120 Controller 130 Flash Memory 140 Monitor 200 Server 210 Wired LAN Module 220 Controller 230 HDD
300 Text data 310 Link data 320 Related page data 330 Page data 340 Page number data 350 Display count data 400 Electronic book file 410 Link destination transfer UI
420 Number of impressions UI
500 Link destination display UI
510 Link source display UI
520 Related page display UI

Claims (8)

When one page included in an electronic book file including a plurality of pages is displayed, when a sending instruction to display the next next page is received, the next next page is displayed.
When a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of displaying the next adjacent page, the display number of the adjacent next page is incremented by 1,
When a link instruction to display the linked page is received when a link to a page not adjacent to the displayed page is provided in the displayed page, the linked page Is displayed,
Even if the predetermined time has elapsed since the display of the linked page is started, the display count of the linked page is not added.
Electronic book display control method. When one page included in the electronic book file is displayed and a return instruction, which is an instruction to display the adjacent previous page, is received, the displayed page is behind the stored starting page. Record the displayed page as a new starting page,
When one page included in the electronic book file is displayed and a return instruction that is an instruction to display an adjacent previous page is received, the adjacent previous page is displayed,
When the adjacent previous page exceeds a predetermined page from the starting page, when the predetermined time has elapsed since the start of displaying the adjacent previous page, the adjacent previous page Add impressions, while
When the adjacent previous page is within a predetermined page from the starting page, even if the predetermined time has elapsed since the start of displaying the adjacent previous page, Do n’t count page impressions for,
The display control method of the electronic book according to claim 1. When the number of times the page is displayed is a predetermined number, the page where the number of times the display is the predetermined number is not displayed.
The display control method of the electronic book of Claim 1 or 2. When the computer is displaying one page included in an electronic book file including a plurality of pages, when an instruction to display the next next page is received, the next next page is displayed. Control the computer;
Controlling the computer to add the display count of the adjacent next page when a predetermined time has elapsed since the computer started displaying the adjacent next page;
When a link to a page not adjacent to the displayed page is provided in the page displayed by the computer, when an instruction to display the linked page is received, Control the computer to display the page,
Even if the predetermined time has elapsed since the start of display of the linked page, the computer is not controlled to add the display count of the linked page.
Computer control program. When the computer displays one page included in the electronic book file and receives a return instruction that is an instruction to display an adjacent previous page, the computer displays the page from the starting page stored. If the current page is a backward page, the computer is controlled to record the displayed page as a new starting page;
When the computer displays one page included in the electronic book file and receives a return instruction that is an instruction to display an adjacent previous page, the computer is displayed to display the adjacent previous page. Control
When the adjacent previous page exceeds a predetermined page from the starting page, when the predetermined time has elapsed since the start of displaying the adjacent previous page, the adjacent previous page Controlling the computer to add the number of impressions, while
When the adjacent previous page is within a predetermined page from the starting page, even if the predetermined time has elapsed since the start of displaying the adjacent previous page, Controlling the computer not to add the number of page impressions of
The computer control program according to claim 4. When the number of display times of the page is a predetermined number of times, the computer is controlled so as not to display the page whose display number of times is the predetermined number of times;
The computer control program according to claim 4 or 5. Multiple page data including text data indicating text included in the page,
All or a part of the page data among the plurality of page data is recorded with an electronic book file further including related page data that is information related to the other page data having a relationship with the page data. The
Computer-readable recording medium. All or part of the page data among the plurality of page data included in the electronic book file further includes link information for linking with the page data other than the adjacent page data,
The page data of the link destination linked by the link information includes the related page data.
The computer-readable recording medium according to claim 7.