JP2015032197A - Content production platform system and control method for platform - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To present content scheduled to be covered via a communication network such as the Internet to an investor, and to raise money invested for a content contributor by an auction system.SOLUTION: In a platform system for producing content via the Internet 5, information related to the project of content to be produced is presented as item information to a terminal 2 for a producer owned by a production applicant, and the production applicant is allowed to select the arbitrary item information, and production conditions for the selected item information are presented to a financing applicant as production side information as well as information related to the production applicant, and financing conditions are acquired from the investor side, and all the financing conditions are tabulated, and the degree of matching between the tabulation result and the production conditions is determined, and when the financing conditions and the tabulation result match, the completed content is disclosed via the Internet 5.

Description

  The present invention relates to a content production platform system and a platform control method for recruiting investment applicants for production applicants who wish to produce content via a communication network such as the Internet and supporting the production applicants.

  With the development of various information devices and communication networks centering on computers, various digital information is distributed as content via the network. The viewer can browse various contents by acquiring them through a communication network and displaying them on an electronic device using an electronic Web browser or a predetermined application (for example, Patent Document 1). The technology disclosed in Patent Document 1 is based on political information, economic information, and corporate information provided by a newspaper company, as well as newspaper article information such as information on entertainment and sports, as content. It can be displayed on the screen.

  By the way, such content distributed through the Internet is a result of the creator's intellectual creation activities. For example, as in Patent Document 1, when the provided content is an article, the reporter conducts interviews and investigations, and then the content of the article information includes images and videos, or falls within the set number of characters. Because it is produced by editing like this, the reporter needs to get a price according to the result.

JP 2004-178370 A

  However, when posting an article on a newspaper company's own website as disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example, a content creator such as a freelance is paid for the content after the content is created, Since there is a problem that the unit price for the content is easily set low, there is a problem that the reporter cannot obtain a sufficient reward and it is difficult to produce the content.

  Therefore, the present invention solves the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a content production platform system and a platform control method that support a producer who produces content.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention is a platform system for producing content through a communication network, and presents information related to the planning of the content to be produced as production information to a production applicant. And accepting input of information regarding the applicant who wants to produce, letting the applicant wish to select any item information, inputting the production conditions for the selected item information, A production side information presentation unit that presents production conditions to production applicants as information on production side along with information about production applicants, and any production side information to be selected by the investment applicants. Tally the investment conditions acquired by the bid reception department and the investment information acquisition department to input investment conditions for those who wish to produce. , The degree of coincidence between the aggregation result and the production condition is determined, and when the investment condition and the aggregation result match, the determination unit that ends the input of the investment condition by the bid acceptance unit and the determination unit recognize the match And a public management unit that publishes the completed content through a communication network after a certain period of time is acquired.

Another invention is a method for controlling a platform that is installed so as to be accessible on a communication network and produces content through the communication network.
(1) A project presentation step for presenting information related to the planning of content to be produced as project information to a production applicant through a communication network in the project presentation unit installed on the platform;
(2) The production applicant public recruitment department installed on the platform accepts input of information related to the production applicant through the communication network, causes the production applicant to select any item information, and the production conditions for the selected item information , The applicant recruitment step to accumulate the entered information in the project database,
(3) A production-side information presentation step for presenting production conditions to production applicants through a communication network as production-side information together with information about the production applicants in a production-side information presentation unit installed on the platform;
(4) In a bid acceptance section installed on the platform, a bid acceptance step for causing an investment applicant to select arbitrary production side information and inputting investment conditions for the selected production applicant;
(5) The investment conditions acquired by the investment information acquisition unit are aggregated, and the degree of agreement between the aggregation result and the production conditions is determined, and when the investment condition and the aggregation result match, the investment condition by the bid acceptance unit A determination step for terminating the input of
(6) It has a disclosure management step of acquiring completed content for a case for which a match is recognized by the determination unit and publishing the completed content through a communication network after a certain period of time has elapsed.

  Here, “item information” is information related to the planning of content to be produced, and includes, for example, the type of content to be produced, an outline, a production period, and restrictions (number of characters, time, etc.). The “information regarding the applicant for production” is information for identifying the applicant for production, and includes, for example, the name of the producer, a career history, and a facial photograph. “Production conditions” are funds necessary to produce content, and a target collection amount. Further, the “investment condition” is an investment amount that the investor invests in the creator.

  According to the present invention as described above, the applicants who wish to produce content are solicited publicly, and the applicants for investment are recruited for the content produced by the applicants. It can mediate with the side that wants to view the content.

  At this time, in the present invention, the production condition is input when the production applicant inputs the production condition for the project information and the degree of coincidence between the production condition and the aggregation result of the investment condition input from the investment applicant is determined. Since it is determined that the entry of the content has been completed, that is, it has been made a successful bid, it is possible for the production applicant to obtain a sufficient cost for producing the content and to obtain compensation for the content. Can support creators who produce.

  In the above invention, a posting medium determining unit that presents the completed content to a person who wants to place the publication, obtains an evaluation of the completed content from the person who wants to place the publication, and determines a person who wants to place the highest evaluation Furthermore, it is preferable that the determination by the posting medium determination unit is performed before the disclosure by the disclosure management unit is executed.

  Here, the “applicant for posting” is, for example, an organization that reports to an unspecified number of people using a predetermined medium, such as a newspaper company, a broadcasting station, a publishing company, or a communication company. In this case, it has been decided to present the completed content to the applicant and post it to the applicant who has received the highest evaluation. For example, the content can be purchased, and for those who wish to produce, a price for the content can be obtained. Further, since the determination by the posting medium determination unit is performed before the disclosure by the disclosure management unit is executed, valuable content can be posted in advance and exclusively for those who want to post.

  In the above invention, for the case for which a match is recognized by the determination unit, the completed content is acquired, the content of the completed content is checked, and the content is processed or modified according to the check result, and then released. It is preferable to further include a review section that is sent to the management section or the posting medium determination section.

  Here, “content content check” refers to checking according to the content type in addition to examining errors such as lexical characters, content, and appearance. For example, if the content is an article published in a newspaper or magazine, (1) whether the content is neutral, not only from one of the parties involved, (2) the applicant Whether or not it is an objective fact that has been backed up, (3) whether or not the fact and opinion are clearly separated, and only the theme of the case and the fact of the target are described (5) This includes whether or not it violates public order and morals, and (6) whether or not other works are used.

  In this case, the content of the completed content is checked, and the content is processed or modified according to the check result, so that inappropriate expressions as content can be excluded, and the content can be safely You can watch.

  According to the present invention, through a communication network such as the Internet, mediating between a side that wants to produce content and a side that wants to view content, and for those who want to produce, sufficient costs for producing the content and Because it is possible to obtain a price for the content, it is possible to support those who wish to produce the content.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the concept of the content production platform system which concerns on embodiment which concerns on embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the whole structure of the content production platform system which concerns on embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the information terminal for producers and investors for an embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the management server which concerns on embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the outline | summary of the control method of the platform which concerns on embodiment. It is a flowchart figure which shows the operation | movement which determines the producer who becomes a bid object based on embodiment. It is a flowchart figure which shows the operation | movement of the auction process which concerns on embodiment. It is a flowchart figure which shows the publication | publishing operation | movement of the successful bid article which concerns on embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the screen of the website at the time of the creator recruitment which concerns on embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the screen of the website at the time of the auction which concerns on embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the screen of the website at the time of the news agency recruitment which concerns on embodiment.

(Content production platform system configuration)
Hereinafter, an embodiment of a content production platform system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the concept of the system according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of the content production platform system according to the present embodiment.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the project planner plans the production of content related to a predetermined theme as a case, solicits creators (reporters) who want to produce for the case, and Articles created by producers determined based on bids from multiple investors (viewers) who wish to browse to posted investors (media organizations) who wish to post on successful bidders or other media The case of providing will be described as an example. In the present embodiment, “content” is assumed to be a digitized article composed of characters, images, or a combination thereof.

  The content production platform system according to the present invention is a system that supports the production of content through the Internet 5, and, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of producer terminals 2 (2a) used by a producer who produces articles. ~ 2n), a plurality of investor terminals 3 (3a to 3n) used by the investor, a management server 1 owned by a system administrator who operates this service, and an article produced by the creator A plurality of news media servers 4 (4a to 4n) owned by the news media to be posted on the medium are roughly configured.

  The creator is a user who registers as a member in the management server 1 and creates an article. The investor is a user who registers as a member in the management server 1, desires to view an article, and purchases the article. The news agency means a company that reports to the public on a predetermined medium, and includes newspaper companies, broadcasting stations, publishers, news agencies, and the like.

  The Internet 5 is constructed by connecting various communication lines (telephone lines, ISDN lines, ADSL lines, public lines such as optical lines, dedicated lines, wireless communication networks) to each other using the communication protocol TCP / IP. This IP network includes a LAN such as an intranet (in-house network) or a home network based on 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX.

  The producer terminal 2 and the investor terminal 3 are arithmetic processing units equipped with a CPU, can be connected to a communication network such as the Internet 5 by a communication function, and receive display information by browser software or the like. And a function for transmitting a user operation signal. This information terminal can be realized by a general-purpose computer such as a personal computer or a dedicated device specialized in function, and includes a mobile computer, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance), and a mobile phone.

  The above browser software is application software for browsing web pages, downloads HTML (HyperText Markup Language) files, image files, music files, etc. from the Internet 5, analyzes the layout, displays and plays them, and forms The user sends data (operation signals and input data) to the Web server of the management server 1 or runs application software written in JavaScript (registered trademark), Flash, Java (registered trademark), etc. It is also possible to do.

  The news media server 4 is a server device owned by a company that reports on various media such as a newspaper company, a broadcasting station, a publishing company, and a communication company, and is connected to an information processing terminal. The information processing terminal has an arithmetic processing function such as a CPU and can be connected to a communication network such as the Internet 5 by a communication function. The display information is received and displayed by a browser software or the like, and a user operation It has a function to transmit signals. This information terminal can be realized by a general-purpose computer such as a personal computer or a dedicated device specialized in function, and includes a mobile computer, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance), and a mobile phone.

  The management server 1 is a system that invites production applicants who wish to produce content through a website opened on the Internet 5 and encourages investment for article production from investors who wish to view the content. It can be realized by a single server device or a server group in which a plurality of functions are distributed. Further, the management server 1 includes a Web server, and this Web server provides a portal site that integrates control interfaces for the producer terminal 2 and the investor terminal 3. This Web server is realized by a server computer that transmits information such as an HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) file, an image file, or a music file in a document system such as WWW (World Wide Web) or software having the function. Information such as an HTML document and an image is stored, and content (Web page) is distributed in response to a request from an application such as a Web browser executed on the server device.

  The management server 1 also has a function of a content distribution server that distributes the produced content in, for example, a moving image format. The management server 1 is connected to a payment server 6 for making payments to users and developers using the management server 1 via the Internet 5. This settlement server 6 is a server that performs settlement processing on the bid amount input by the investor at the time of bidding, the collected amount collected for the creator, the purchase amount paid for the content publication by the news agency, and the like. Device.

(Internal configuration of each device)
Next, the internal structure of each device constituting the system described above will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the producer terminal 2 and the investor terminal 3 according to this embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the management server 1 according to this embodiment. is there. The “module” used in the description refers to a functional unit that is configured by hardware such as an apparatus or a device, software having the function, or a combination thereof, and achieves a predetermined operation. .

(1) Producer terminal 2 and investor terminal 3
The producer terminal 2 and the investor terminal 3 are provided with an input interface 24 and an output interface 23 as user interface modules. The input interface 24 is a device that inputs user operations such as operation buttons and a touch panel.

  The output interface 23 is a device that outputs video and sound, such as a display and a speaker. In particular, the output interface 23 includes a display unit 23a such as a liquid crystal display. The application execution unit 22 displays a screen for joint purchase as shown in FIGS. The contents and the like are displayed on the display unit 23a.

  The application execution unit 22 is a module that executes an application such as a general OS, browser software, or a media viewing application, and is usually realized by a CPU or the like. And this application execution part 22 is provided with the browser part 22a which is application software for browsing a web page.

  The browser unit 22a is a module that is constructed by executing browser software, and is a module for browsing a Web page. The browser unit 22a accesses a portal site and downloads an HTML (HyperText Markup Language) file, an image file, and the like from the Internet 5. Analyze the layout and display / play it back. The browser unit 22a can display a Web page distributed from the management server 1, or can instruct remote operation by clicking on the Web page. In addition, the browser unit 22a allows a user to send data to a Web server using a form, or to operate application software described in JavaScript (registered trademark), Flash, Java (registered trademark), or the like. Is also possible.

  The producer terminal 2 includes a communication interface 21. The communication interface 21 is a communication interface for performing data communication, and has a function of performing non-contact communication by wireless or the like, and contact (wired) communication by a cable, an adapter means, or the like.

(2) Management Server The management server 1 includes a storage unit 12 that accumulates various data, a control unit 10 that controls the operation of each unit, and a communication unit 13 as functional modules of the content production platform.

The storage unit 12 includes a producer information database 121, an investor information database 122, a content database 123, a case information database 124, and a news agency information database 125. The producer information database 121 is a database for accumulating information about the producer. As shown in Table 1, the “producer identifier” for identifying the producer includes “pen name”, “name”, “affiliation”, for example. , Commentators, critics, weekly magazine writers, and other attributes that show the attributes of the creator, such as “attribute”, “address”, “phone number”, “email address”, "Main external past results" indicating content information produced externally, "Content identifier" identifying the content produced by this system, "Investment" that is information (for example, five-step evaluation) that the investor evaluated the creator Evaluation value ”,“ Investor comment ”,“ General reader evaluation value ”, which is information evaluated by the general reader who viewed the posted media, and“ General reader comment ” Information, such as theft "are stored in association with each other.

The investor information database 122 is a database for accumulating information on investors, and as shown in Table 2, “Investor identifier” for identifying the investor includes “name”, “address”, “ "Telephone number", "Email address", "Payment information" such as bank account and credit information, "Content identifier" of contents purchased in the past, "Payment status" indicating the payment status of each user, payment status “Settlement status transition date” indicating the date and time of the transaction, and “case identifier” for identifying the case information are stored in association with each other.

The news media information database 125 is a database for accumulating information related to the news media. As shown in Table 3, the “media name”, “department name”, “person in charge” “Name”, “Address”, “Telephone Number”, “Email Address”, “Web Site”, “Media Name to be Posted” which is the media information on which this content is scheduled to be posted, “Posting” indicating the date and time when the content is scheduled to be posted “Planned date”, “settlement information”, “publishing status” indicating the posting status of content, “publishing status transition date” indicating time information when the posting status has changed, and the like are accumulated.
The content database 123 is a storage device that stores the produced content as digital information. The produced content (electronic text, image, video) is tagged and accumulated in a “content identifier” that identifies the content. Yes.

The case information database 124 is table data for storing the case information. As shown in Table 4, the “item identifier” for identifying the planned content, the “classification” of the content to be produced, and the “item outline text”. , “Production restrictions”, “Number of characters”, “Presence / absence of photograph”, “Other conditions”, “Producer identifier 1” to “Producer identifier 5” for identifying the creator who wanted to produce the content, The “item status” indicating the status and the “status transition date” indicating the time information when the status of the status changed are stored in association with each other. In addition, this table data has a hierarchical structure, and has a table for each producer in the lower layer. As shown in Table 5, “Production identifier” contains “Production conditions” for project information, The “investor identifier” of the investor who has invested in the investor, the “investment condition” input from the investor, and the “offer time” indicating the bid time are associated with each other. The “production conditions” are funds necessary for producing content, and are target totals set by the applicants for production. Further, the “investment condition” is an investment amount paid by the investor to the creator.

  Note that relationships are established between these databases and storage units, and information can be shared by synchronization.

  The control unit 10 includes a processor such as a CPU or DSP (Digital Signal Processor), a memory, hardware such as other electronic circuits, software such as a program having the function, or a combination thereof. Various function modules are virtually constructed by appropriately loading and executing a content production platform program for operating a website, and each constructed function module controls operation of each part and user operation. Various processes are performed.

  The control unit 10 further includes a member registration unit 102 and an authentication unit 101 as a module group related to registration and application for the service.

  The member registration unit 102 is a module that accepts membership registration for receiving this system. The member registration unit 102 receives information on producers, investors, and news organizations input on the website through the communication unit 13, and produces each information. Identifiers for identifying a subscriber, investor, and news media are added and stored in various databases.

  The authentication unit 101 is a module that executes an authentication process based on the producer identifier, the investor identifier, or the news agency identifier acquired via the Internet 5, and in accordance with the acquired identifier, the producer information database 121 By checking the investor information database 122 or the news agency information database 125, it is confirmed whether or not the accessor has the right, whether or not the accessor is the principal. In this embodiment, the authentication unit 101 may ask for input of an ID and a password every time it is used, or may approve only with terminal information when there is a user's consent. The authentication unit 101 also has a function of specifying which type the accessing user belongs to based on user authentication. This type is classified into producer, investor, and news media.

  In addition, the control unit 10 includes a case presentation unit 110 and a production applicant public recruitment unit 111 as a module group related to the public recruitment of production applicants.

  The case presentation unit 110 is a module that presents information related to the planning of the content to be produced as case information to the producer terminal 2 owned by the production applicant. Specifically, after the matter presentation unit 110 determines the plan of the content to be produced, the matter information database 124 associates the matter information such as the outline of the article, the number of posted characters, and the production period for the matter with the matter identifier. To accumulate. Then, the case presentation unit 110 displays these pieces of case information on the Web site via the communication unit 13. On this Web site, as shown in FIG. 9, in a predetermined frame 231 of the screen, as item information, item information 233 such as the outline and contents of the article, the number of characters, the production period, necessity of the posted photo, and the like An image 232 to be displayed is displayed. Note that this project planning is solicited from investors, and in this case, for example, an input field for accepting the input of the project planning is provided on the website.

  The production applicant public offering unit 111 accepts input of information related to the production applicant, causes the applicant to select arbitrary item information, inputs production conditions for the selected item information, and stores the input information It is. Here, the “information regarding the applicant for production” is information for identifying the applicant for production, and includes, for example, the name of the producer, a career history, and a facial photograph. These pieces of information may be directly input from the producer terminal 2 via an input field provided on the website. For example, when each piece of data is stored in the producer information database 121 in advance. Alternatively, the creator identifier may be acquired and automatically extracted.

  Further, the production applicant public offering unit 111 displays a screen including an input field for accepting an input of a target collection amount as a production condition on the screen of the producer terminal 2, and an operation signal from the producer terminal 2 The amount information is acquired according to Then, based on the case identifier, the production applicant public offering unit 111 registers the producer identifier in the upper table in the case information database 124 and also registers the production conditions in the lower table. In addition, when there is an application from a plurality of producers, an application from each producer is accepted and a lower layer table for each producer is formed.

  Further, the control unit 10 includes a production side information presentation unit 109, a bid reception unit 104, and a determination unit 105 as a module group related to the bid of the investor.

  The production-side information presentation unit 109 is a module that presents the obtained production conditions together with information on the production applicant as production-side information to the investment applicant through the Internet 5. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, an auction Web page is presented. In this Web page, item information 233 and related images 232 are displayed in a predetermined frame as production-side information, and information 240a to 240c regarding production applicants is displayed. In FIG. 10, information of three producers is displayed. In this case, a target collection amount 246 that is a production condition is displayed in addition to basic information 242 such as name and career, a face photograph 241 and the like. Further, in the present embodiment, on the website, the total bid amount (including the parameter graphic indicating the ratio to the target collection amount set as the production condition) 243, the end deadline 244, the bid input from each investment applicant The number of supports 245 indicating the number of investors who have made the investment is displayed.

  The bid acceptance unit 104 is a module that allows an applicant for investment to select arbitrary production side information and inputs investment conditions for the selected applicant for production. Specifically, the selection signal is input to the bid accepting unit 104 by selecting one of the image areas 240a to 240c of each producer displayed on the screen shown in FIG. , Identify the choice of producers that want to invest. Further, after accepting the selection of the producer, the input of investment conditions is accepted. At this time, the bid accepting unit 104 accepts an input from the investor terminal 3 by displaying, for example, a Web page on which an amount input field is displayed.

  As acceptance of this bid, for example, on the web page, the target collection amount 246 and the total bid amount 243 that is the current investment amount are displayed, and the amount entry column associated with each producer is displayed, An amount of money may be received with a numeric keypad or the like, or a predetermined amount of money may be selected from a pull-down menu. At this time, the bid accepting unit 104 can arbitrarily set the minimum bid unit according to the case, for example, to set 1000 yen. Then, the bid accepting unit 104 stores the investor identifier for identifying the investor and the input money amount information in the case of the corresponding producer in the case information database 124 and in the corresponding producer table.

  The determination unit 105 is a module that totals the investment conditions acquired by the bid acceptance unit 104 and determines the degree of coincidence between the total result and the production conditions. Specifically, the determination unit 105 first refers to the case information database 124 based on the case identifier acquired by the bid reception unit 104, identifies the case, and further acquires the case information database 124 based on the acquired producer identifier. To identify the selected production applicant. Thereafter, the determination unit 105 refers to the lower layer table in the case information database 124, calculates the total result by calculating the total amount entered in the investment condition column, and records the total result and the production condition column. Compare the total target amount.

  Then, the determination unit 105 determines the degree of coincidence between the total amount of the totaled result and the total target amount that is the production condition, and the investment condition matches the totaled result, or the totaled result becomes high. At this point, the input of investment conditions by the bid acceptance unit 104 is terminated. On the other hand, when the counting result is lower than the investment condition, the information on the Web page is updated via the communication unit 13 so that the latest number of bids and the total bid amount stored in the case information database 124 are obtained. Process and wait until the next bidding process.

  In addition, in the determination part 105 or the bid reception part 104, the input of investment conditions is terminated when the auction implementation deadline has passed before the investment conditions coincide with the aggregation results. As the investment condition input termination process, as shown in FIG. 10, “determination” is displayed in the producer column for producing the content, and the end deadline 244 portion of the auction Web page is displayed as “ “End” is displayed. Thereafter, the bid acceptance unit 104 is controlled so as not to accept selection and bid operation signals from the investor terminal 3. This process may be executed by the bid accepting unit 104.

  Further, the control unit 10 includes a high review unit 106, a public management unit 108, and a posting medium determination unit 107 as a module group related to the content public processing.

  The revision unit 106 acquires the completed content for the case for which the match is recognized by the determination unit 105, checks the content of the completed content, and processes or corrects the content according to the check result. The checked content is sent to the public management unit 108 or the posting medium determination unit 107.

  Here, “content content check” refers to checking according to the content content in addition to examining errors such as lexical characters, content, and appearance. In the present embodiment, (1) whether or not the content is neutral, not only from one of the parties concerned, (2) objective facts that the production applicant has backed up (3) whether facts and opinions are clearly separated, and only the theme of the case and the facts of the target are described, (4) whether public order and morals are violated, ( 5) Includes whether or not other works are being used.

  The publication management unit 108 is a module that publishes the content, which has been checked and corrected by the high-viewing unit 106, through the Internet 5 after a certain period. In the present embodiment, the publication by the publication management unit 108 may be posted on, for example, a website. For example, the created content is converted into a moving image format, and the moving image sharing uniquely constructed by the management server 1 is performed. It may be posted on the site and made available to investors or general users. At this time, the public management unit 108 has access authority to view content and controls it so that only the investor can view it.

  The publication medium determination unit 107 presents the completed content to the media organization that wants to publish, obtains an evaluation of the completed content from the media organization, and determines the publication applicant with the highest evaluation. It is a module to do. Specifically, the posting medium determination unit 107 controls the communication unit 13 to generate display information 250 for each article as shown in FIG. The display information 250 includes an article photo and an image 251, a producer's face photo 252 a, creator information 252 displaying a name and history, a minimum purchase amount 255, an icon 254 for previewing a part of the content, An icon 253 for determining content purchase is included.

  Then, when the icon 254 for pre-reading a part of the content is selected from the logged-in news agency server 4, the posting medium determination unit 107 transmits a part of the preset content to the news agency server 4. . On the other hand, when the icon 253 for determining content purchase is selected and operated, the news agency on which the content is to be posted is determined, and the placement medium recruiting process ends. The presentation to the news institution server 4 has a deadline for acceptance, and the recruitment is terminated when there is no purchase application after the deadline.

  Note that the determination by the posting medium determination unit 107 is performed before the publication by the disclosure management unit 108 is performed, and when the news media for posting the content is determined by the posting medium determination unit 107. After being released by the news media, the release by the release management unit 108 is executed.

  The settlement processing unit 103 is a module that performs a settlement process such as collecting the price at the time of bidding or purchasing from the investor and the news agency, or transferring the collected money to the creator who has made a successful bid. The settlement procedure is executed by communication with the settlement server 6 on the Internet 5 with reference to the bid amount of each investor, the collected amount of the creator, and the purchase amount of the news organization stored in 124. Note that the result of the payment processing by the payment processing unit 103 is reflected in the usage information in the producer information database 121, the investor information database 122, or the news media information database 125. In addition, the settlement processing unit 103, for example, collects auction management costs for each case, or performs advertisement placement on a website or a video sharing site uniquely constructed in the public management unit 108. It also has a function to collect advertising fees from the company that posted the advertisement.

  Specifically, the communication unit 13 is a server device such as a Web server, and transmits information such as an HTML (HyperText Markup Language) file, an image file, and a music file in a document system such as WWW (World Wide Web). Server computer or software with its functions, which stores information such as HTML documents and images, and transmits such information via an IP network such as the Internet 5 in response to requests from client software such as a Web browser To do. The communication unit 13 includes an information communication unit 131 and an operation signal acquisition unit 132.

  The operation signal acquisition unit 132 is a module that transmits / receives data to / from each user (producer, investor, news agency) via the Internet 5 by using a protocol such as HTTP, and acquires an operation signal of the user. For example, it accepts input of information about the producer or accepts bids from investors.

  The operation signal acquisition unit 132 also has a function of accepting an evaluation of the contents planned for each case and an evaluation of a producer who created the contents from a general reader who has browsed a medium posted from an investor or a news agency. These evaluations are aggregated and averaged for each project or each producer, and can be displayed on a website by, for example, five-level evaluation. For example, a star icon with a five-level rating can be displayed in the information field of the applicant for production shown in FIG.

  The information communication unit 131 has a function of displaying each piece of information stored in each of the databases 121 to 125 on a website through the Internet 5. The information communication unit 131 is also a project presentation unit, a production applicant recruitment unit. It serves as a production information presentation unit. In addition, the information communication unit 131 has a function of checking the matter information database 124 periodically or in real time, summing up the number of bids and the bid amount bid for the production applicant, and displaying them on the Web. ing.

(Platform control method)
The platform control method by the content production platform system having the above configuration is performed according to the following procedure. FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an overview of the platform control method according to the present embodiment, FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of step S100, and FIG. 7 shows the operation of step S200. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operations of steps S300 to S600. Here, the producer, the investor, and the news agency have previously performed membership registration processing with respect to the management server 1, and each database is stored in association with each identifier in each database of the storage unit 12. It is assumed that In the following description, it is assumed that authentication processing is executed by the authentication unit 101 and approved for access from each device to the management server 1.

  First, an outline of a platform control method will be described. In this platform control method, as shown in FIG. 5, first, the management server 1 performs an item presentation step of presenting (proposing) information related to the plan of the content to be produced to the production applicant as item information. (S100).

  Next, the information about the production applicant and the production applicant recruitment step for accepting the production conditions are performed, and the production side information including the production conditions of the production applicant is posted on the website. Steps are performed. Thereafter, a bid acceptance step for receiving input of investment conditions for the production applicant from the investment applicant is performed, and a determination step for determining the producer is performed (S200).

  After the creator creates the coverage and content (S300), when the management server 1 obtains the content, a high-scrutiny step is performed to check the content. A publication medium determination step is performed for presenting the applicants and recruiting applicants for publication and determining a news agency desired to be published (S500). Thereafter, when a predetermined news agency purchases the content, the content is first published at the news agency, and then released to the investor on the Web site or video sharing service managed by the management server 1 after a certain period of time (S600).

  Next, the operation of each step described above will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. First, as shown in FIG. 6, the case presentation unit 110 installed on the platform receives a plan for content to be produced from a case planner (an investor) and determines a case for the content to be produced (S101). ), The input of the case information such as the type, outline, production period, restrictions (number of characters, time, etc.) of the case content is accepted and the content of the case is determined (S102). This item information is stored in the item information database 124 in association with the item identifier.

  Thereafter, the case presentation unit 110 installed on the platform displays the case information on the website as shown in FIG. 9 through the Internet 5 and presents the case information to the production applicant (S103). Next, as shown in FIG. 7, the production applicant public offering unit 111 installed on the platform receives selection of an arbitrary project and input of production conditions from the production applicant's terminal 3 via the Internet 5 ( S201). At this time, the production applicant recruitment section 111 may accept input of information relating to the production applicant for specifying the production applicant. The production applicant public offering unit 111 stores each input information in the case information database 124.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the production side information presentation unit 109 installed on the platform sends production side information (information about the production applicant and production conditions) to the terminal 3 of the investment applicant via the Internet 5. (S202). Thereby, an auction for the case is disclosed. At this time, the determination unit 105 determines whether or not the implementation period has ended periodically or in real time (S203). If the implementation period has ended ("Y" in S203), the auction process is terminated (S204) and the display of the website is changed via the communication unit 13 (S211). .

  On the other hand, if the implementation period is before the expiration (“N” in S203), the bid accepting unit 104 installed on the platform causes the applicant to select any production side information, and further the production applicant The input of investment conditions for is accepted. Specifically, it waits until the bid operation signal is acquired, and when the creator is selected from the investor terminal 3 and a bid operation is performed (“Y” in S205), the selected production is performed. The creator's identifier is acquired to identify the creator, and information on the capital contribution, which is the investment condition, is acquired from the investor terminal 3 (S206).

  Thereafter, the determination unit 105 totalizes the input investment amount and the investment amount accumulated so far (S207), and determines the degree of coincidence between the aggregation result and the target collection amount that is the production condition (S209). ). Here, if the investment condition and the total result do not match (“N” in S209), the “auction number” and the “cumulative bid amount” of the website are not completed through the communication unit 13 without ending the auction process. ”Is changed (S208), and the process is repeated until there is a determination to end the auction process (S203 to S209).

  On the other hand, if the investment condition matches the total result (“Y” in S209), the auction process is terminated at that point (S210). At this time, the determination unit 105 changes the display on the website via the communication unit 13 (S211), and ends the input of investment conditions.

  Next, the settlement processing unit 103 collects the bid amount from the investor and sends the collected amount to the producer. Then, the creator performs coverage and content creation for the case for which the coincidence is recognized by the determination unit 105. When the producer creates the content, the content is transmitted to the management server 1 using the producer terminal 2.

  As shown in FIG. 8, when the completed content is acquired in the management server 1 (S301), first, the content of the content is checked in the high review section 106 (S302). Various check processes are executed, and according to the check result, the content is processed or modified to generate a completed content, which is then sent to the publication management unit 108 or the posting medium determination unit 107.

  After that, as shown in FIG. 11, the posting medium determination unit 107 presents the completed content to the posting applicant along with the desired purchase price on the platform (S303). At this time, a presentation period is provided for the presentation to the news media, and the posting medium determination unit 107 first determines whether or not the presentation period has passed periodically or in real time (S304).

  If the presentation period has elapsed (“Y” in S304), the presentation to the news media is terminated, and then the content is disclosed to the investor by the public management unit 108 (S307). Here, it is assumed that the content is converted into a moving image format and posted on the moving image sharing site. At this time, access restriction may be performed so that the content can be browsed only on the investor terminal 3.

  On the other hand, if the presentation period has not yet elapsed ("N" in S304), the process waits until an operation signal for purchase is received from the news media server 4 (S305), and an operation signal for purchase is received (S305). "Y"), to determine the news media to be posted. In the present embodiment, the desired purchase amount is displayed on the screen and sold on a first-come-first-served basis.

  Then, after the payment processing unit 103 receives the payment from the news agency, the content is posted on the media of the news agency (S306). Then, after a certain period of time has been posted on the media of the news media, the public management unit 108 releases the content to investors (S307).

(Action / Effect)
According to such an embodiment, the applicants who want to produce content are solicited publicly, and the applicants for investment are recruited for the content produced by the applicants. You can mediate with the side you want to watch.

  At this time, in this embodiment, the production applicant is allowed to input production conditions for the project information, and the degree of coincidence between the production condition and the aggregation result of the investment conditions input from the investment applicant is determined, If they match, the entry of investment conditions is terminated, that is, it is determined that the bid has been made, so for those who wish to produce, it is possible to obtain sufficient costs to produce content and Since the price for the content can be obtained, the creator who produces the content can be supported. In addition, for those who wish to invest, it is possible to pay and watch the contents of interest by paying any amount that they want to invest.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the completed content is presented to the news media, and the determination and posting by the posting medium determination unit 107 are performed before the public management unit 108 executes the publication. For the creator side, it is possible to receive further evaluation for the produced content by receiving the evaluation of the produced content. Also, for the news media, valuable content can be posted in advance and exclusively.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the completed content is acquired for the case for which the match is recognized by the determination unit 105, the content of the completed content is checked, and the content is processed or processed according to the check result. Since the high revision section 106 to be corrected is provided, expressions inappropriate for the content can be excluded, and the content can be viewed safely.

(Example of change)
The description of each embodiment described above is an example of the present invention. For this reason, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it is needless to say that various modifications can be made according to the design or the like as long as the technical idea according to the present invention is not deviated.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the presentation to the news agency server 4 sets the desired purchase price and sells on a first-come-first-served basis. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the desired purchase price may be set. Alternatively, an auction format may be adopted in which an evaluation of content is obtained from a news agency, and the publication is determined for the news agency having the highest evaluation before publication by the publication management unit 108 is executed. In this case, an application deadline is set and a screen for inputting an evaluation amount (not shown) is displayed to obtain an evaluation amount from each news agency. Then, when a certain period of time elapses, the highest rated media is determined, and content is provided only to that media.

  According to such a modification, since the evaluation for the produced content is received from the news agency in an auction format, it is possible to obtain more substantial evaluation or consideration for the truly valuable content.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Management server 2 ... Producer terminal 3 ... Investor terminal 4 ... Media agency server 5 ... Internet 6 ... Payment server 10 ... Control part 12 ... Memory | storage part 13 ... Communication part 21 ... Communication interface 22 ... Application execution part 22a ... Browser unit 23 ... Output interface 23a ... Display unit 24 ... Input interface 101 ... Authentication unit 102 ... Member registration unit 103 ... Settlement processing unit 104 ... Bid accepting unit 105 ... Determining unit 106 ... High-viewing unit 107 ... Publication medium determining unit 108 ... Public management part 109 ... Production side information presentation part 110 ... Case presentation part 111 ... Production applicant public recruitment part 121 ... Producer information database 122 ... Investor information database 123 ... Content database 124 ... Case information database 125 ... Media organization information database 131: Information communication unit 132: Operation signal acquisition unit

Claims (6)

A platform system for producing content through a communication network,
A project presentation section that presents information related to the planning of content to be produced as project information,
While accepting input of information regarding the production applicant, the production applicant public recruiting section for allowing the production applicant to select arbitrary production information, inputting production conditions for the selected item information, and storing the inputted information;
The production side information presenting unit for presenting the production conditions to the investment applicant through the communication network as production side information together with information on the production applicant,
A bid accepting unit that causes the investment applicant to select any production-side information and inputs investment conditions for the selected production applicant;
The investment conditions acquired by the bid acceptance unit are aggregated, and the degree of coincidence between the aggregation result and the production condition is determined, and when the investment condition matches the aggregation result, the bid acceptance unit A determination unit that terminates input of investment conditions;
A feature for obtaining a completed content for a case for which a match is recognized by the determination unit, and a disclosure management unit for publishing the completed content through the communication network after a certain period of time has elapsed. Content creation platform system. The system further includes a posting medium determining unit that presents the completed content to a person who wants to place the publication, obtains an evaluation of the completed content from the person who wants to place the publication, and determines a person who wants to place the highest evaluation. ,
The content production platform system according to claim 1, wherein the determination by the posting medium determination unit is performed before the publication by the publication management unit is executed.   For the case for which a match is recognized by the determination unit, the completed content is acquired, the content of the completed content is checked, and the content is processed or modified according to the check result, and the disclosure management unit The content production platform system according to claim 2, further comprising: a high-viewing unit that transmits to the posting medium determining unit. A control method for a platform installed on a communication network so as to be accessible and producing content through the communication network,
In the case presentation unit installed on the platform, a case presentation step of presenting information related to the planning of the content to be produced to the production applicant as the case information through the communication network;
The production applicant public recruitment department installed on the platform accepts input of information regarding the production applicant through the communication network, and allows the applicant to select arbitrary item information, and produces the selected item information. A job applicant recruitment step for entering conditions and storing the entered information in the project database;
In the production-side information presenting unit installed on the platform, the production-side information presenting step for presenting the production conditions to the investment applicant through the communication network as production-side information together with information on the production applicant,
In the bid accepting unit installed on the platform, a bid accepting step for causing the investment applicant to select any production side information and inputting investment conditions for the selected production applicant;
The investment conditions acquired by the bid acceptance unit are aggregated, and the degree of coincidence between the aggregation result and the production condition is determined, and when the investment condition matches the aggregation result, the bid acceptance unit A determination step for ending input of investment conditions;
A public management step of obtaining completed content for a case for which a match is recognized by the determination unit, and publishing the completed content through the communication network after a predetermined period of time. How to control the content production platform. On the platform, a completed content presentation step for presenting the completed content to a person who wants to publish;
A publication medium determination step of obtaining an evaluation for the completed content from the publication applicant and determining a publication applicant who has given the highest evaluation before the publication by the publication management step is executed; The method of controlling a content production platform according to claim 4.   For the case for which a match is recognized in the determination step, the completed content is acquired, the content of the completed content is checked, the content is processed or modified according to the check result, and the disclosure management unit The content production platform control method according to claim 5, further comprising: a high-profile step that is transmitted to the posting medium determination unit.