JP2015069386A - Server device, program, and communication method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a server device or the like, configured to give information that allows a user browsing a text content to deepen or increase his or her knowledge relating to the content of data browsed or characteristics of the user.SOLUTION: A server device receives a request from a user via a display device for displaying a text content, to distribute display data of the text content to be displayed on the display device, and user characteristic setting information for setting user characteristics. On the basis of the user characteristic setting information, the user characteristics are set. The server device acquires reference content information or the like which can be referred on a network and relates to the content of the display data, the user characteristics, or both the content of the display data and the user characteristics. The server device provides the user with the display data and the acquired reference content information or the like.

Description

  The present invention relates to a server device that transmits and receives information in conjunction with a display device such as a communication terminal device, a program thereof, and a communication method.

  In recent years, with the development of networks such as the Internet and communication terminal devices such as personal computers, articles such as books, news, movies, images, and advertisements for goods or services (hereinafter collectively referred to as “contents”). Is generally viewed electronically via a network or a recording medium. Recently, content is often browsed through portable portable communication terminal devices such as portable game devices having a communication function, tablet portable terminal devices, and portable telephones.

  On the other hand, systems that search for information that matches characteristics such as user preferences and provide the information to the user are known (for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). In Patent Document 1, information that matches user profile information is selected from specific information and provided to the user. When the user purchases a product from the selected information, the purchased product information is used as profile information. A system for storing and selecting matching information from specific information based on stored user profile information has been proposed.

  In Patent Literature 2, each content on the information space is classified into a predetermined number of content categories, a feature vector of each content is generated, and a user profile including a feature vector of the content accessed by the user in the past is generated. Thus, a system has been proposed in which a user profile and content feature vectors are compared for each content category, and content desired by the user is specified based on the comparison result.

Japanese Patent No. 3028484 JP 2001-265808 A

  However, in the system disclosed in Patent Document 1, information that matches the user's preference can be provided, but the user can browse while viewing text content via a display device such as a communication terminal device. Since it is not possible to provide a variety of information such as related information related to the contents of data, surprising information related to the contents of browsing data and user characteristics, and unique information, users can not Knowledge related to the content of browsing data and user characteristics cannot be deepened or expanded.

  Further, even in the system disclosed in Patent Document 2, it is possible to provide useful information that matches the user profile information, information that is unexpected or novel, and the like, while the text content is being browsed. Since users cannot provide a wide variety of information such as related information related to the content of browsing data, unexpected information related to the content of browsing data and user characteristics, and unique information, etc. The user cannot deepen or expand the knowledge related to the contents of the browsing data or the characteristics of the user.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to allow the user to deepen or expand knowledge related to the contents of the browsing data and the characteristics of the user while browsing the text content. It is an object of the present invention to provide a server device or the like that can provide information that can be processed.

  (1) In order to solve the above-described problem, the server device of the present invention provides a distribution request for display data of the text content to be displayed on the display device from a user via the display device that displays the text content. Receiving means for receiving user characteristic setting information for setting the characteristic of the user; setting means for setting the characteristic of the user based on the user characteristic setting information; The reference content information that can be referred to on the network related to the characteristics of the display data or both the contents of the display data and the characteristics of the user, or the specific information that identifies the reference content is externally transmitted via a database or the network. An acquisition means for acquiring, the display data recorded in a database, and the acquired reference content information or Providing means for providing the specific information to the user, wherein the obtaining means extracts a word included in the display data, determines the word satisfying a predetermined condition as an important word, and refers to the reference Extracting words included in the text data of the content candidate information, the presence or absence of the important word in the text data included in the candidate information of the reference content, the word included in the display data and the word included in the text data The reference content information corresponding to two or more combinations from the combinations of the classification based on the similarity, the characteristic information indicating the characteristics of the user and the presence / absence of the characteristic information set in the reference information candidate information It has a configuration for acquiring specific information.

  With this configuration, the server device of the present invention receives various reference content information related to the contents of the display data and the characteristics of the user in response to a distribution request for the display data of the text content from the user via the display device. It is possible to provide the user with the display data of the text content acquired and the various reference content information acquired.

  Therefore, the server device according to the present invention relates not only to the content similar to the content of the display data displayed on the display device, such as information for deepening the knowledge of the content of the browsing data browsed by the user, but also to the characteristics of the user. It is possible to obtain content such as content that is surprising to the user and unique content such as unique content, so that the user can provide information that the user is interested in while viewing the text content. In addition to improving convenience, it is possible to provide content information that allows the user to deepen or expand knowledge related to the content of browsing data and the characteristics of the user while browsing text content.

  (2) When the server device of the present invention additionally updates the reference content candidate information, the acquisition unit extracts a word included in the text data of the additionally updated reference content candidate information. The reference content information or the specific information is reacquired, and the providing unit transmits the reacquired reference content information or the specific information to the display device.

  With this configuration, the server device of the present invention relates to the content of the display data of the text content and the characteristics of the user based on the candidate information of the additional updated reference content, the additional updated user characteristic information, etc. In addition, since the variety of reference content information and the like can be acquired again, the latest information related to the content of the browsing data and the characteristics of the user can be provided to the user.

  (3) Moreover, the server apparatus of this invention has the structure in which the said user characteristic setting information contains the said user's attribute information.

  With this configuration, the server device of the present invention can set user characteristics based on user attribute information such as the user's gender and age input or selected by the user via the display device. Is unnecessary, and the convenience for the user can be improved.

  (4) In the server device of the present invention, when the receiving unit receives access frequency information indicating the access frequency of the display device with respect to the reference content information from the display device, the setting unit has the access frequency The user property information is updated based on the property information set for the reference content information satisfying a predetermined condition.

  With this configuration, the server device of the present invention can automatically update the user characteristics based on the characteristics set in the reference content information or the like that is frequently accessed by the user. And the convenience and satisfaction of the user can be improved.

  (5) Further, in the server device of the present invention, when the setting unit additionally updates the user characteristic information, the additional updating unit acquires the reference content information or the reference content information based on the user characteristic information. The specific information is reacquired, and the providing unit transmits the reacquired reference content information or the specific information to the display device.

  With this configuration, the server device of the present invention provides the user with a variety of reference content information related to the contents of the display data and the updated user characteristics at the timing of updating the user characteristics. Therefore, it becomes possible to automatically provide information that the user prefers, and the convenience and satisfaction of the user can be improved.

  (6) Further, in the server device according to the present invention, when the receiving unit receives access frequency information indicating the access frequency of the display device with respect to the reference content information from the display device, the acquiring unit includes the access frequency information. And calculating the access frequency for each genre of the characteristic information set in the reference content information, setting the priority for each genre of the user characteristic information according to the access frequency for each genre, and setting the set Based on the priority, there is a configuration in which rank information for ranking when displaying on the display device is added to the reference content information corresponding to the combination including a match with the user characteristic information as a condition. doing.

  With this configuration, the server device of the present invention can perform the ranking when displaying the reference content information or the specific information on the display device based on the access frequency information indicating the access frequency of the user with respect to the reference content information. Information that the user is interested in can be provided with priority, and the satisfaction of the user can be improved.

  (7) Further, in the server device according to the present invention, the reference content information acquired by the acquisition unit is (1) the property information of the user does not match the property information set in the reference content information, but the text First reference content information acquired on condition that the data includes the important word and the similarity is equal to or greater than a predetermined value; and (2) the text data does not include the important word, but the user characteristics Information and characteristic information set in the reference content information match, the second reference content information acquired under the condition that the similarity is within a predetermined range, and (3) the text data is the key word Is acquired under the condition that the characteristic information set in the reference content information matches the characteristic information of the user, but the similarity is within a predetermined range. It has a configuration comprising a third reference content information.

  With this configuration, the server device according to the present invention allows the first to third reference content information, which is the browsing data to be browsed by the user, in response to a text content display data distribution request from the user via the display device. Obtain information for deepening knowledge of the contents, information that is surprising to the user, and unique information, and provide the user with text content display data and various information or specific information for identifying various information Therefore, it is possible to improve the convenience of the user such as providing the user with various kinds of information that the user is interested in while viewing the text content. You can deepen knowledge related to, or obtain unexpected information or unique information to expand knowledge To become.

  (8) Further, the server device of the present invention extracts the first to third reference content information from the first to third reference content information at a predetermined ratio, and extracts the extracted plurality of reference content information. Packaging means for packaging the reference content information or a plurality of specific information for specifying the plurality of reference content information as package data, and the providing means provides the package data to provide the reference content information or The specific information is provided to the user.

  With this configuration, the server device of the present invention can package various information or specific information for identifying various information at a predetermined ratio, so that the user can view the contents of the browsing data and the user characteristics while browsing the text content. It is possible to provide the user with various contents information that can deepen the knowledge related to the content or expand the range of knowledge without any bias.

  (9) In the server device according to the present invention, when the receiving unit receives from the display device access frequency information indicating an access frequency of the display device with respect to the first to third reference content information, the package unit Sets a weight to the first to third reference content information according to the access frequency to the first to third reference content information, determines the ratio based on the weight, and determines the determined ratio Based on this, the first to third reference content information is packaged.

  With this configuration, the server device of the present invention can determine the ratio of various types of information to be packaged according to the frequency with which the user accesses the various types of information. It becomes possible to provide the user satisfaction.

  (10) Moreover, the server apparatus of this invention has the structure in which the said provision means provides the said user with the information relevant to the said text content as reference content information.

  With this configuration, the server device of the present invention can provide the user with information related to text content as reference content information, so that the author name, book title, book introduction, table of contents information, issue place can be displayed while browsing the text content. It is possible to improve the convenience of the user, such as providing the user with official information such as the date of issue, ISBN, DOI, national bibliographic number, and event information related to text content.

  (11) In order to solve the above-described problem, the program according to the present invention provides a server device that provides information to a user via a display device that displays text content from the user via the display device. Receiving means for receiving a distribution request for display data of the text content to be displayed on the device and user characteristic setting information for setting the characteristic of the user; characteristics of the user based on the user characteristic setting information Setting means for setting, reference content information on the network related to the contents of the display data, the characteristics of the user, or both of the contents of the display data and the characteristics of the user, or the reference contents Specific information for identifying the data is acquired in the database, acquisition means for acquiring from the outside via the database or network The display data and the acquired reference content information or the specific information function as provision means for providing the user, and the acquisition means extracts a word included in the display data, The word satisfying the condition is determined as an important word, the word included in the text data of the reference content candidate information is extracted, the presence or absence of the important word in the text data included in the reference content candidate information, the display data Classification based on the similarity between the words included in the text data and the words included in the text data, and combinations of characteristics information indicating the characteristics of the user and the presence / absence of matching of the characteristics information set in the candidate information of the reference content The reference content information or the specific information corresponding to each of two or more combinations is acquired. It has a structure to function device.

  With this configuration, the program of the present invention allows the server device to execute various reference contents related to the contents of the display data and the characteristics of the user in response to a distribution request for the display data of the text content from the user via the display device. Information or the like can be acquired, and the display data of the text content and various acquired reference content information can be provided to the user.

  Therefore, the program of the present invention is not limited to the content similar to the content of the display data displayed on the display device such as information for deepening the knowledge of the content of the browsing data browsed by the user by the server device, but also to the characteristics of the user. It is possible to obtain a variety of reference content information such as content that is surprising or unique to the user, such as content that is surprising to the user, and so on, so that information that the user is interested in while browsing text content can be provided. In addition to improving the convenience for the user, it is possible to provide content information that allows the user to deepen or expand the knowledge related to the content of the browsing data and the characteristics of the user while browsing the text content.

  (12) In order to solve the above-described problem, the communication method according to the present invention provides a distribution request for display data of the text content to be displayed on the display device from the user via the display device that displays the text content. And a receiving step for receiving the user characteristic setting information for setting the user characteristic, a setting step for setting the user characteristic based on the user characteristic setting information, and the content of the display data, Reference content information that can be referred to on the network related to the characteristics of the user, or both the contents of the display data and the characteristics of the user, or specific information that identifies the reference content is transmitted via a database or a network. An acquisition process acquired from the outside, the display data recorded in the database, and the acquired reference content information Or providing the user with the specific information, wherein the obtaining step extracts a word included in the display data, determines the word satisfying a predetermined condition as an important word, Extracting words included in text data of candidate information of reference content, presence or absence of the important word in text data included in candidate information of the reference content, words included in the display data, and words included in the text data Reference content information corresponding to two or more combinations from each combination of classification based on similarity and characteristic information indicating the characteristics of the user and whether or not characteristic information set in the reference content candidate information is matched The specific information is acquired.

  With this configuration, the communication method of the present invention allows various reference content information related to the content of the display data and the characteristics of the user in response to a distribution request for the display data of the text content from the user via the display device. It is possible to provide the user with the display data of the text content acquired and the various reference content information acquired.

  Therefore, the communication method of the present invention is not only content similar to the content of the display data displayed on the display device such as information for deepening the knowledge of the content of the browsing data browsed by the user, but also content related to the characteristics of the user. For example, since it is possible to acquire a variety of reference content information such as content that is unexpected or unique to the user, it is possible to provide user-friendly information while browsing text content. In addition to improving the performance, it is possible to provide content information that allows the user to deepen or expand knowledge related to the content of the browsing data and the characteristics of the user while browsing the text content.

  The server device, the program, and the communication method according to the present invention are only content similar to the content of display data to be displayed on a display device such as a communication terminal device, such as information for deepening knowledge of the content of browsing data browsed by a user. In addition, content related to the user's characteristics, such as content that is surprising to the user or unique content such as unique content, can be acquired, and the user is interested while viewing text content. Content information that can improve the convenience of the user, such as providing such information, and allows the user to deepen or expand the knowledge related to the content of the browsing data and the characteristics of the user while browsing the text content Can be provided.

1 is a system configuration diagram showing a configuration of a communication system in an embodiment of the present invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows the operation | movement outline | summary of the communication system in one Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the communication terminal device in one Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the server apparatus in one Embodiment. In one Embodiment, it is a figure which shows an example of the acquisition conditions for acquiring various reference content information from a reference content candidate information database. It is a figure which shows an example of the characteristic information matched with the user attribute information recorded on the user characteristic database in the server apparatus in one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the result of having acquired various reference content information from the reference content candidate information database in one Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the display processing of the display data of the origin content, reference content information, etc. which are performed in the communication system of one Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the image displayed with a communication terminal device in one Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the update process of the reference content information performed in the communication system of one Embodiment. The flowchart which shows the display processing of the reference content information relevant to the display data of the origin content, the one part content of the display data of the origin content, and the user's characteristic, etc. which are performed in the communication system of a modification (Part 1) It is. In a modification, it is a figure which shows an example of the screen which displayed the display data of the origin content on the communication terminal device. The flowchart which shows the display processing of the reference content information relevant to the display data of the origin content, the one part content of the display data of the origin content, and a user's characteristic, etc. which are performed in the communication system of a modification (part 2) It is.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiments, the server device, the program, and the communication method according to the present invention are applied to a communication system having a communication terminal device and a server device connected to the communication terminal device via a network. This is an embodiment.

[1] Configuration and Overview of Communication System First, the configuration and overview of the communication system 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a configuration of the communication system 1 in the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram showing an operation outline of the communication system 1 in the present embodiment. Further, in order to prevent the figure from becoming complicated, only some users are shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. That is, in the actual communication system 1, there are more users and communication terminal devices 10 than displayed.

  The communication system 1 according to the present embodiment is configured to display the display data of the starting content via the communication terminal device 10 from a user who desires to browse text content (hereinafter referred to as “starting content”) such as an electronic book, a newspaper, and a Web article. Upon receipt of the distribution request, it acquires various reference content information related to the contents of the display data, the characteristics of the user, or both of the display data and the characteristics of the user, and obtains the display data of the origin content This is a system that can provide the user with various reference content information and the like.

  In particular, the communication system 1 is not only content similar to the content of the display data displayed on the communication terminal device 10 such as information for deepening the knowledge of the content of the browsing data browsed by the user, but also content related to the characteristics of the user. For example, it is possible to obtain a variety of reference content information such as content that is surprising or unique to the user, and provide user-friendly information while browsing text content. It is a system that can provide reference content information that allows the user to deepen or expand knowledge related to the content of browsing data and the characteristics of the user while browsing text content .

  In addition, the communication system 1 according to the present embodiment is a system that provides SNS and other network services so that starting content can be viewed by members who are members. However, the communication system 1 may allow a non-member user to browse the starting content.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the communication system 1 of the present embodiment is connected to a plurality of communication terminal devices 10, a network 20, a server device 30, and a network 20 that are possessed by each user. Base station BS.

  The network 20 is configured, for example, by connecting a public telephone network including a mobile telephone network and an IP (Internet Protocol) network. However, the configuration of the network 20 is not limited to this.

  The communication terminal device 10 has a communication function and can display digital content display data, such as a personal computer (PC), a smartphone, a mobile phone, a tablet information terminal device, a portable game machine, and the like. It is. For example, the communication terminal device 10 constitutes the display device of the present invention.

  Further, the communication terminal apparatus 10 receives resource data for the WWW system described in a markup language such as XML (extensible Markup Language) and a unique URL (Uniform Resource Locator) indicating a network address of the resource data. It has a browsing function for performing data communication with the server device 30 while being used.

  The communication terminal device 10 uses unique identification information (hereinafter referred to as “specific identification information”) for each communication terminal device 10 in order to use various functions of the SNS or to communicate with the server device 30. , Simply referred to as “terminal ID”). In addition, the communication terminal device 10 displays various information based on the XML data received from the server device 30 using the browsing function, and is connected to the server device 30 via the base station BS and the network 20, The server apparatus 30 is provided with various services such as SNS.

  In particular, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the communication terminal apparatus 10 generates a display content distribution request (hereinafter referred to as “the start content display data”) based on a user operation such as a display operation of the start content and an operation of changing a page of the start content. A process of transmitting “starting content distribution request” to the server device 30 is executed. Then, the communication terminal device 10 executes a process of displaying the display data of the starting content transmitted by the server device 30 in response to the starting content distribution request so as to be viewable to the user (hereinafter referred to as “starting content display processing”). .

  The communication terminal device 10 may execute the starting content display process while receiving the starting content by the processing of the starting content distribution request (that is, downloading), or may be received by the processing of the starting content distribution request. The starting content display process may be executed by recording the starting content and reading the stored starting content at a predetermined timing.

  In addition, in the origin content distribution request, identification information for identifying the origin content to be displayed in the display area of the communication terminal device 10 (hereinafter referred to as “text content ID”) and identification information for identifying the viewing location. That is, identification information (hereinafter referred to as “display data ID”) of display data such as a story, a page, and a frame to be displayed on the communication terminal device 10 is included.

  On the other hand, the communication terminal device 10 performs a process of transmitting user property setting information for setting user properties to the server device 30 together with or separately from the origin content distribution request based on a user input operation or selection operation. Run. Then, the communication terminal device 10 is connected to the network 20 related to the contents of the display data of the starting content, the user characteristics set based on the user characteristics setting information, etc. transmitted by the server device 30 in response to the starting content distribution request. The reference content information and the like that can be referred to are recorded in an internal recording area (not shown), and when a reference content display request is made by a user operation on the communication terminal device 10, the reference content information and the like are displayed so as to be viewable to the user. Execute the process.

  Note that the user characteristic setting information includes information related to the user's preference (including hobbies) or user attribute information such as the user's age, sex, and birthplace.

  Further, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the communication terminal device 10 executes a process of transmitting a reference content redistribution request to the server device 30 in a predetermined case. Then, the communication terminal device 10 replaces the reference content information or the like transmitted by the server device 30 in response to the reference content re-distribution request with the existing reference content information or the like (that is, updates the existing reference content information). Process).

  For example, when the re-acquisition of the reference content is instructed by a user operation on the communication terminal device 10, the server device 30 additionally updates the reference content candidate information to a database (a recording device 330 described later). This is the case where a notification indicating that the user's characteristic information has been updated is received from the server device 30.

  While providing various network services such as SNS, the server device 30 executes various processes in cooperation with the communication terminal device 10 based on a user instruction via the communication terminal device 10.

  In particular, as illustrated in FIG. 2, when the server device 30 receives the origin content distribution request and the user property setting information from the communication terminal device 10, the server device 30 sets the user property based on the user property setting information, and the origin content Reference content information related to the display data of the origin content read from the database in response to the distribution request, the content of the display data acquired from the database, the user characteristics set based on the user characteristic setting information, or the reference A process of transmitting specific information for specifying content (for example, information such as thumbnails and URLs) and the communication terminal device 10 is executed.

  The server device 30 packages reference content information or specific information related to the content of display data, user characteristics, and the like, and associates them with display data (that is, text content ID and display data ID) to package them. The reference content information or the specific information thus transmitted is transmitted to the communication terminal device 10.

  The server device 30 also transmits display data to be displayed on the communication terminal device 10 and packaged reference content information or specific information to the communication terminal device 10 in response to the origin content distribution request from the communication terminal device 10. Alternatively, the server device 30 reads display data to be displayed on the communication terminal device 10 from the database in response to the origin content distribution request from the communication terminal device 10 and transmits the display data to the communication terminal device 10. Display data to be displayed on the communication terminal device 10 and the packaged reference content information or the like so that the reference content information or the specific information is transmitted to the communication terminal device 10 in response to the distribution request of the reference content information or the specific information from The specific information may be transmitted to the communication terminal device 10 separately.

  Specifically, when the user property setting information includes information related to the user's preference, the server device 30 records information related to the user's preference in a database (a recording device 330 described later). On the other hand, when user attribute information is included in the user characteristic setting information, the server device 30 sets the user characteristic with reference to the characteristic information associated with the user attribute information recorded in the database. Record user characteristic information in the database.

  The reference content information includes, for example, text content such as other books, newspapers, and Web articles, images, videos, music, and the like related to the content of display data displayed on the communication terminal device 10 and the characteristics of the user. Various information including text data (including commentary on various information) such as media information, product information, location and tour information, and event information is included. The reference content information includes text information having official information such as author name, title, book introduction, table of contents information, publication place, publication date, ISBN, DOI, national bibliographic number, and event information related to text content. Related information may be included.

  Moreover, the display data transmitted to the communication terminal device 10 is displayed on the display data in each text content based on the text content ID and the display data ID included in the origin content distribution request. It is obtained by executing processing for acquiring display data to be displayed on the communication terminal device 10 from a database in which data IDs are associated and recorded.

On the other hand, the reference content information related to the content of display data displayed on the communication terminal device 10 and the user characteristics is the server device 30,
(1) Extract words included in the display data to be transmitted to the communication terminal device 10,
(2) A word satisfying a predetermined condition is determined as an important word,
(3) extracting words included in the text data of candidate information of reference content recorded in the database;
(4) Determine whether or not the determined important word exists in the text data included in the candidate information of the reference content,
(5) calculating the similarity between the word included in the display data and the word included in the text data of the candidate information of the reference content, and classifying based on the similarity value;
(6) determining whether or not there is a match between the characteristic information indicating the characteristic of the user set based on the user characteristic setting information and the characteristic information set in the candidate information of the reference content;
(7) Reference content candidates corresponding to two or more combinations from the combinations of presence / absence of important words in (4), classification by similarity in (5), and presence / absence of coincidence of both characteristic information in (6) It is obtained by extracting information from the database as reference content information and acquiring reference content information or specific information for specifying the reference content.

  Of the above combinations, when there is no determined important word in the text data included in the candidate information of the reference content in (4), when the similarity value in (5) is low, both characteristic information in (6) In the reference content information acquired by the combination when the two do not match, it is considered that there is a lot of information that is not related to the content of the browsing data of the text content that the user wants to browse and the characteristics of the user. May not be included in the above two or more combinations.

  Further, when the server device 30 additionally updates the reference content candidate information database or when the user characteristic information is additionally updated, the server device 30 transmits a notification to that effect to the communication terminal device 10. The server device 30 receives the redistribution request for the reference content transmitted from the communication terminal device 10 in response to the notification. The server device 30 also receives a reference content redistribution request from the communication terminal device 10 even when a reference content redistribution request is made from the user via the communication terminal device 10.

  As illustrated in FIG. 2, when the server device 30 receives a redistribution request for reference content from the communication terminal device 10, the server device 30 regenerates reference content information corresponding to each of the above two or more combinations or identification information for specifying the reference content. The process of acquiring and transmitting to the communication terminal device 10 is executed. The server device 30 packages the re-acquired reference content information or specific information and communicates the packaged reference content information or specific information in association with display data (ie, text content ID and display data ID). Delivered to the terminal device 10.

  By having such a configuration, the communication system 1 according to the present embodiment allows the server device 30 to receive the origin content distribution request and the user characteristic setting information from the communication terminal device 10, and thereby information related to user preference. Alternatively, the user characteristics are set based on the user characteristic setting information including the user attribute information, and the reference content information that can be referred to on the network 20 related to the content of the display data of the starting content or the user characteristics is specified or the reference content is specified. You can acquire specific information.

  That is, in the communication system 1 according to the present embodiment, in response to a text content display data distribution request from the user via the communication terminal device 10, the server device 30 performs various processes related to the contents of the display data and user characteristics. It is possible to acquire the reference content information and the like, and to provide the user with the display data of the text content and the various reference content information acquired.

  Therefore, the communication system 1 of the present embodiment is not only content similar to the content of the display data displayed on the communication terminal device 10 such as information for deepening the knowledge of the content of the browsing data browsed by the user, but also the characteristics of the user. Content, such as content that is surprising or unique to the user, and a variety of reference content information can be acquired, so that information that the user is interested in while viewing text content can be provided. In addition to improving the convenience of the user, it is possible to provide content information that allows the user to deepen or expand knowledge related to the content of the browsing data and the characteristics of the user while browsing the text content. .

For example, the communication system 1 uses the reference content information related to the content of the display data of the starting content and the characteristics of the user as
(1) Although the user characteristic information and the characteristic information set in the reference content information do not match, the text data of the reference content information is acquired on the condition that the determined important word includes the determined important word and the similarity is not less than a predetermined value. , Information for deepening the knowledge of the contents of the browsing data viewed by the user (hereinafter referred to as “deepening information”),
(2) Although the text data does not include the determined important word, the user's characteristic information and the characteristic information set in the reference content information match, and the user is acquired on the condition that the similarity is within a predetermined range. Information that is surprising to us (hereinafter referred to as “unexpected information”),
(3) The text data includes important words, and the unique information acquired on the condition that the characteristic information of the user matches the characteristic information set in the reference content information, but the similarity is within a predetermined range. ,
For example, users can extract information that is rich in variety and acquire reference content information or specific information that identifies the reference content, so that users can provide information that interests users while browsing text content. In addition to improving the convenience of the user, it is possible to provide information that allows the user to deepen or expand the knowledge related to the content of the browsing data and the characteristics of the user while browsing the text content.

The communication system 1
(1) When re-acquisition of reference content is instructed by a user operation on the communication terminal device 10,
(2) When a notification that the reference content candidate information database has been added and updated is transmitted from the server device 30 to the communication terminal device 10,
(3) When a notification indicating that the user characteristic information in the user characteristic database is additionally updated is transmitted from the server apparatus 30 to the communication terminal apparatus 10,
For example, when the server device 30 receives a redistribution request for the reference content information or the specific information specifying the reference content from the communication terminal device 10, the server device 30 may reacquire the reference content information or the specific information. Therefore, at each timing, based on the candidate information of the additional and updated reference content and the additional and updated user characteristic information, etc., it is related to the contents of the display data of the text content and the characteristics of the user, and variously. Since abundant reference content information and the like can be reacquired, the latest information related to the content of browsing data and the characteristics of the user and information that the user prefers can be provided to the user.

  In particular, in the communication system 1, when the user property setting information includes user attribute information such as the user's age or gender input or selected by the user via the communication terminal device 10, the server device 30 Based on the characteristic setting information, the characteristic information associated with the user attribute information recorded in the database can be referred to set the characteristic of the user, so that the user does not need to input the characteristic information. Convenience can be improved.

  When the reference content candidate information is additionally updated to the reference content candidate information database, the words included in the text data of all the reference content candidate information are extracted again, and the reference content information or the specific information is re-executed. Although it may be acquired, a word included in the text data of the candidate information of the additionally updated reference content may be extracted, and the reference content information or specific information may be acquired again.

  When the user characteristic information is additionally updated to the user characteristic database, the reference content information or the specific information may be reacquired based on the additionally updated user characteristic information.

[2] Communication Terminal Device Next, the configuration of each communication terminal device 10 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram illustrating the configuration of the communication terminal device 10 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the communication terminal device 10 of the present embodiment includes a recording unit 100, a network communication unit 110, a data processing unit 120, a display unit 130, a display control unit 140, an operation unit 150, A management control unit 160. The above-described units are connected to each other by a bus B, and data transfer is performed between the components.

  The network communication unit 110 constitutes a transmission unit and a reception unit of the communication terminal device 10 according to the present invention, and the display control unit 140 and the management control unit 160 serve as a display control unit of the communication terminal device 10 according to the present invention. Configure.

  The recording unit 100 includes, for example, a hard disk drive (hereinafter abbreviated as “HDD”) or a nonvolatile flash memory such as a NAND type or a NOR type. The recording unit 100 also includes a random access memory (RAM) and a read only memory (ROM) as work areas of the network communication unit 110 and the management control unit 160.

  The recording unit 100 includes at least an application recording unit 101 and a content recording unit 102.

  In addition to recording various application programs (hereinafter referred to as “applications”) executed by the data processing unit 120 and the management control unit 160, the application recording unit 101 realizes the browsing function. The program for the browser is also recorded. The application recording unit 101 includes a user name, a user ID for enjoying various network services (for example, SNS) provided by the server device 30, a terminal ID for uniquely identifying the communication terminal device 10, User registration information related to the user is recorded.

  In the content recording unit 102, the display data of the start content transmitted from the server device 30 in response to the start content distribution request, the deepening information, the unexpected information, the unique information, and the text content associated with the display data. Reference content information such as related information or data in which specific information is packaged is recorded. The content recording unit 102 also includes a text content ID for identifying display data, a display data ID, and a type of information to which each reference content information belongs (for example, deepening information, unexpected information, unique information, text content). Related information), the number of times the user has accessed each reference content via the communication terminal device 10, and the access frequency for each reference content information calculated based on the number of accesses to each reference content are also recorded.

  The network communication unit 110 establishes a wireless communication channel with the base station BS according to a communication standard compliant with the base station BS, and exchanges various data with the server device 30 via the network 20. In particular, the network communication unit 110 transmits an origin content distribution request, user characteristic setting information, a reference content re-distribution request, access frequency information, and the like to the server device 30. The access frequency information includes the type of information to which each reference content information belongs (for example, deepening information, unexpected information, unique information, information related to text content, etc.), and characteristic information set in each reference content information The number of times the user has accessed each reference content via the communication terminal device 10 and the frequency of access to each reference content information calculated based on the number of accesses to each reference content are included.

In response to the transmission of the origin content distribution request and the user characteristic setting information to the server device 30, the network communication unit 110
(1) Display data of starting content,
(2) Data that packages reference content information or specific information such as deepening information, unexpected information, unique information, information related to text content, etc., associated with display data,
(3) Identification information (text content ID, display data ID, etc.) for identifying display data,
Are received from the server device 30. In addition, the network communication unit 110 receives the package data of (2) and (3) reacquired by the server device 30 in response to the transmission of the reference content redistribution request and access frequency information to the server device 30. The identification information of the display data is received from the server device 30.

  Note that the communication standard to which the base station BS conforms varies depending on the configuration of the network 20. For example, when the network 20 includes a mobile phone network, it conforms to a communication standard such as 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project), 3GPP2, or LTE (Long Term Evolution).

  The data processing unit 120 executes various data processing according to the application recorded in the application recording unit 101. For example, the data processing unit 120 causes the display control unit 140 to generate a screen for inputting or selecting user characteristic setting information, and causes the display unit 130 to display the screen. The data processing unit 120 creates user characteristic setting information based on information input or selected by the user operating the operation unit 150, and sends the user characteristic setting information to the server device 30 via the network communication unit 110. Send. Note that the user characteristic setting information may be transmitted together with a later-described origin content distribution request, but may be transmitted in advance before the origin content distribution request is transmitted. In addition to information for setting user characteristics, the user characteristic setting information includes, for example, information such as a user ID and a terminal ID.

  In addition, when the user operates the operation unit 150 and receives a display input of the start content, a page change input of the start content, and the like, the data processing unit 120 sends a start content distribution request via the network communication unit 110. The processing to be transmitted to the server device 30 is executed. Then, in response to transmission of the origin content distribution request, the data processing unit 120 causes the network communication unit 110 to display the origin content display data from the server device 30 and the reference content information or specific information package associated with the display data. When the data and the display data identification information (text content ID or display data ID) are received, the display data of the starting content and the reference content information associated with the display data or the package data of the specific information are recorded in association with each other. At the same time, the identification information of the display data received by the network communication unit 110 from the server device 30 is recorded. Further, when receiving the display data of the starting content from the server device 30, the data processing unit 120 supplies the display data to the display control unit 140 and causes the display unit 130 to display the display data.

In addition, the data processing unit 120
(1) When an input of reacquisition of reference content information is received by a user operating the operation unit 150,
(2) When a notification indicating that the reference content candidate information database recorded in the recording device 330 has been additionally updated is received from the server device 30, or (3) a notification indicating that the user characteristic information has been updated from the server device 30 If you receive
In this case, a process of transmitting a reference content re-distribution request to the server device 30 via the network communication unit 110 is executed.

  Further, the data processing unit 120 transmits the access frequency information recorded in the content recording unit 102 to the server device 30 via the network communication unit 110 periodically or when there is a transmission request from the server device 30. .

  Then, in response to a redistribution request for reference content or transmission of access frequency information, the data processing unit 120 causes the network communication unit 110 to receive reference content information or specific information package data from the server device 30 and display data identification information ( When receiving the text content ID or the display data ID), the reference content information or the specific information package data recorded in the content recording unit 102 in association with the display data is stored in the server device 30 based on the identification information of the display data. Is replaced (updated) with the package data of the reference content information or specific information newly received from

  When the user operates the operation unit 150 to receive a reference content information display instruction, the data processing unit 120 supplies the reference content information or specific information recorded in the content recording unit 102 to the display control unit 140. Then, the reference content information or the specific information is displayed on the display unit 130.

  The display unit 130 is configured by a panel of a liquid crystal element or an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) element, for example, and displays a predetermined image based on display data generated by the display control unit 140.

  The display control unit 140 generates display data necessary for display on the display unit 130, and outputs the generated display data to the display unit 130. In particular, the display control unit 140 displays the origin content display instruction screen data, screen data for inputting or selecting user characteristic setting information to the user, reference content display instruction screen data, and the server device 30 via the network communication unit 110. Display data of the starting content, reference content information, display data indicating specific information, etc. received from.

  The operation unit 150 includes various confirmation buttons, operation buttons for inputting each operation command, a number of keys such as a numeric keypad, and a touch panel, and is used when performing each operation.

  The management control unit 160 is mainly composed of a central processing unit (CPU) and includes various input / output ports such as a key input port and a display control port, and executes various applications recorded in the recording unit 100. As a result, the overall functions of the communication terminal apparatus 10 are comprehensively controlled. In particular, the management control unit 160 monitors overall control and execution of each process based on various applications stored in the application recording unit 101.

[3] Server Device Next, the configuration of the server device 30 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the server device 30 of this embodiment, and FIG. 5 shows the acquisition conditions for acquiring various reference content information from the reference content candidate information database in this embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example, FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of characteristic information associated with user attribute information recorded in the user characteristic DB 334 in the server device 30 of the present embodiment, and FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the result of having acquired various reference content information from reference content candidate information DB333 in implementation mobile.

  As illustrated in FIG. 4, the server device 30 according to the present embodiment includes a communication control unit 310, a ROM / RAM 320, a recording device 330, a server data processing unit 340, and a server management control unit 350. The above-described units are connected to each other by a bus B, and data transfer is performed between the components.

  For example, the communication control unit 310 configures a receiving unit and a providing (transmitting) unit of the server device 30 according to the present invention, and the recording device 330 configures a database of the server device 30 according to the present invention. For example, the server data processing unit 340 constitutes a setting unit, an acquisition unit, a packaging unit, a determination unit, and a database update unit of the server device 30 according to the present invention.

  The communication control unit 310 is a predetermined network interface, establishes a communication channel with the communication terminal device 10, and exchanges various data. In particular, the communication control unit 310 receives the origin content distribution request, user characteristic setting information, reference content redistribution request, access frequency information, and the like from the communication terminal device 10. Further, the communication control unit 310 transmits to the communication terminal device 10 display data of the starting content, reference content information or specific information, reference content addition update notification, user property information addition update notification, and the like.

  Various programs necessary for driving the server device 30 are recorded in the ROM / RAM 320. The ROM / RAM 320 stores various applications executed by the server data processing unit 340 and the server management control unit 350. The ROM / RAM 320 is used as a work area when various processes are executed.

  The server management control unit 350 is mainly configured by a central processing unit (CPU), and integrally controls each unit of the server device 30 by executing a program. For example, the server management control unit 350 performs login processing to various network services (for example, SNS) of each user based on a login request from the communication terminal device 10 by a user operation in conjunction with the recording device 330.

  The recording device 330 is configured by an HDD or SSD (Solid State Drive), and in the recording area, the recording device 330 includes at least a member DB 331, a text content DB 332, a reference content candidate information DB 333, a user property DB 334, It has a dictionary DB335.

  The member DB 331 is a database that stores various types of information for managing information of each user of various network services such as SNS provided by the server device 30. For example, in the member DB 331, a user ID corresponding to each user and user name information indicating the name of the user are registered (recorded) in association with each other.

The text content DB 332 is a database that stores various types of information for managing information of various starting contents to be displayed on the communication terminal device 10. For example, the text content DB 332 contains
(1) A text content ID for corresponding to each starting point content and for distinguishing from other starting point content,
(2) a display data ID for identifying each display data of the text content to be displayed on the communication terminal device 10;
Are registered (recorded) in association with each other.

The reference content candidate information DB 333 is a database in which information including text data that can be candidates for reference content information is stored. For example, the reference content candidate information DB 333 includes
(1) Reference content candidate information;
(2) text data included in the reference content candidate information;
(3) Reference content candidate information ID for identifying each reference content candidate information and identifying it from other reference content candidate information;
(4) identification information for identifying each reference content candidate information;
(5) characteristic information set in each reference content candidate information;
Are registered (recorded) in association with each other. The reference content candidate information DB 333 records acquisition conditions for acquiring reference content information such as deepening information, surprising information, and unique information as shown in FIG. 5 from the reference content candidate information database. Yes.

  For example, as a condition for acquiring information to be deepened, the user's characteristic information does not match the characteristic information set in the reference content information, but weighting such as a large number of appearances in the display data of the starting content determined as an important word is performed. A condition that a large proper noun exists in the text data of the reference content candidate information and the similarity between the word included in the display data and the word included in the text data is within a range of 31% -100% is recorded. ing. The important word may not be a proper noun, but may be a common noun or a noun. In addition, the words may be classified into nouns, common nouns, proper nouns, other parts of speech other than nouns, and the like. The similarity may be a match rate.

  For example, as an unexpected information acquisition condition, the above-mentioned important word does not exist in the text data, but the user's characteristic information and the characteristic information set in the reference content information match, and the word included in the display data and the text data The condition that the degree of similarity with the word included in is within the range of 16% -80% is recorded. In addition, for example, the unique information includes the important word in the text data, the characteristic information set in the user attribute information and the reference content information matches, the word included in the display data and the word included in the text data The condition that the degree of similarity is in the range of 0% -15% is recorded.

The user characteristic DB 334 is a database in which characteristic information of each user is recorded. For example, the user property DB 334 includes
(1) Each user name,
(2) a user ID for identifying each user;
(3) Characteristic information of each user,
Are registered (recorded) in association with each other. In addition, in the user property DB 334, the property information associated with the user attribute information for setting the user property information from the user attribute information such as the user's age and sex as shown in FIG. 6 is recorded. Yes. Furthermore, access frequency information received from the communication terminal device 10 is recorded in the user characteristic DB 334.

  The dictionary DB 335 stores dictionary data in which general vocabulary such as nouns (proprietary nouns, common nouns, etc.), particles, auxiliary verbs, onomatopoeia including onomatopoeia and onomatopoeia, and inflection endings are registered. The database used.

  The items of the above-mentioned information stored in each DB of the recording device 330 are an example, and an item other than the above-mentioned items is added to the DB according to the situation of the network service or the like, Some items may be deleted.

The server data processing unit 340 executes various types of data processing in accordance with applications recorded in the ROM / RAM 320. In particular, the server data processing unit 340 executes the following processing in conjunction with the corresponding communication terminal device 10 or the like.
(1) Setting process for setting the characteristics of each user based on the characteristic information associated with the user attribute information recorded in the user characteristic DB 334 (2) Reference content information such as deepening information, unexpected information, unique information, etc. An acquisition process (3) for acquiring reference content information such as deepening information, surprising information, and unique information from the reference content candidate information recorded in the reference content candidate information DB 333 based on the acquisition conditions for acquiring Package processing for packaging reference content information such as deepening information, surprising information, unique information, information related to text content at a predetermined ratio (4) Access frequency information received from the communication terminal device 10 is stored in the user characteristic DB 334 Record and refer to the access frequency information, and check whether the access frequency Addition / update of characteristic information associated with user attribute information recorded in user characteristic DB 334 based on characteristic information set for reference content information (for example, a predetermined value or more), reference content candidate DB update processing such as additional update of reference information candidate information in the information DB 333 and additional update of text content in the text content DB 332

  Specifically, the server data processing unit 340 includes a setting unit 341, an acquisition unit 342, a package unit 343, and a DB update unit 344 in order to execute the various processes. For example, the setting unit 341, the acquisition unit 342, the package unit 343, and the DB update unit 344 of the present embodiment constitute a setting unit, an acquisition unit, a package unit, and a DB update unit of the present invention, respectively.

  The setting unit 341 sets user characteristics based on the user characteristic setting information received from the server device 30. When the user characteristic setting information includes information related to the user's preference, the setting unit 341 records information related to the user's preference in the user characteristic DB 334. On the other hand, when user attribute information is included in the user characteristic setting information, the user characteristic is set based on the characteristic information associated with the user attribute information recorded in the user characteristic DB 334, and the user characteristic information is set. Is recorded in the user characteristic DB 334.

Based on the acquisition conditions for acquiring reference content information such as deepening information, surprising information, and unique information, the acquiring unit 342 deepens information from the reference content candidate information recorded in the reference content candidate information DB 333, Reference content information such as unexpected information and unique information is acquired. For example, the acquisition unit 342
(1) A morphological analysis is performed using the dictionary stored in the dictionary DB 335 to extract words included in the display data to be transmitted to the communication terminal device 10;
(2) It is a proper noun, and a word whose appearance count is a predetermined value or more in the display data is determined as an important word,
(3) The morphological analysis is performed on the text data of the reference content candidate information recorded in the reference content candidate information DB 333 using the dictionary stored in the dictionary DB 335, and the words included in the text data are extracted. ,
(4) Determine whether or not the important word determined in (2) exists in the text data,
(5) calculating the similarity between the word included in the display data and the word included in the text data;
(6) determining whether or not the user characteristic information recorded in the user characteristic DB 334 matches the characteristic information set in the reference content candidate information;
(7) Corresponds to an acquisition condition for acquiring reference content information such as deepening information, unexpected information, and unique information recorded in the reference content candidate information DB 333 from the reference content candidate information in the reference content candidate information DB 333 To extract information
Various pieces of extracted information are acquired as reference content information.

  For the similarity in (5) above, for example, a matching rate between a word included in the display data and a word included in the text data may be calculated, or a word included in the display data using the TF-IDF method. Alternatively, each word vector may be calculated by weighting the words included in the text data, and the cosine similarity between the word vectors may be calculated.

  Specifically, the acquisition unit 342 generates a vector Q formed by TF-IDF (Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency) indicating the appearance frequency of words based on the words included in the display data. That is, the acquisition unit 342 calculates “TF-IDF (= TF / TF) for each word calculated based on the word appearance frequency“ TF ”included in the display data and the word appearance frequency“ DF ”in all text data. DF) "vector Q is calculated.

The vector Q is a vector as shown in (Expression 1). In (Expression 1), “m” indicates the number of each word, and “t ¹ ” to “t ^m ” indicate the calculated TF-IDF value of each word.

  Similarly, the acquisition unit 342 generates a vector S formed by TF-IDF indicating the appearance frequency of words based on the words included in the text data. That is, the acquisition unit 342 calculates “TF-IDF (= TF / TF) for each word calculated based on the appearance frequency“ TF ”of the word included in the text data and the appearance frequency“ DF ”of the word in all text data. DF) "vector S is calculated.

The vector S is a vector as shown in (Expression 2). “J” indicates the ID of each text data. In (Expression 2), “s _j ¹ ” to “s _j ^m ” are the TF− of each calculated word as in (Expression 1). IDF value.

Then, using the vector space model of the display data vector “Q” and the text data vector (S _j ), the acquisition unit 342 matches the content of the display data for each text data of the reference content candidate information. Is calculated using (Equation 3) as the similarity (sim).

  FIG. 7 shows an example of the result of the acquisition unit 342 acquiring various reference content information from the reference content candidate information database. FIG. 7 shows that “UFO” included in the display data is determined as an important word, and the similarity between the word included in the display data and the word included in the text data is 12 words included in the display data of the starting content. And the result of the case where movies, romance, fashion, interior, etc. are set as the genre of the user's characteristic information. Show. As shown in FIG. 7, the acquired deepening information is arranged in the order of matching rates between words included in the display data and words included in the text data. Surprising information and unique information are arranged for each type of user characteristics.

  The acquisition unit 342 calculates the access frequency for each genre of the characteristic information set in each reference content information accessed by the user based on the access frequency information recorded in the user characteristic DB 334, and the access frequency for each genre. Accordingly, a priority is set for each genre of the user's characteristic information recorded in the user characteristic DB 334, and a combination including, as a condition, matching with the user's characteristic information based on the set priority, for example, an unexpected Ranking information for ranking when displaying on the communication terminal device 10 may be added to reference content information corresponding to an acquisition condition for acquiring information or unique information. As described above, when the reference content information or the specific information is displayed on the communication terminal device 10 based on the access frequency information indicating the access frequency of the user with respect to the specific type of reference content information, the communication terminal device 10 displays the ranking. By doing so, it is possible to give priority to information that the user is interested in, and to improve the satisfaction of the user.

  The packaging unit 343 performs packaging by associating reference content information or specific information such as deepening information, surprising information, and unique information acquired by the acquiring unit 342 and information related to text content with each display data. For example, each piece of information is extracted from the various pieces of information at a set ratio of the various pieces of information, and the plurality of pieces of extracted information or a plurality of pieces of specific information for specifying the pieces of various pieces of information are packaged as package data. More specifically, when the set ratios of deepening information, unexpected information, unique information, and information related to text content are 40%, 30%, 10%, and 20%, Each piece of information is extracted from the various pieces of information at these ratios, and a plurality of pieces of extracted information or a plurality of pieces of specific information for specifying a plurality of pieces of information are packaged as package data. Note that the package unit 343 refers to the access frequency information recorded in the user characteristic DB 334, and according to the frequency at which the user accesses various reference content information (for example, deepening information, unexpected information, unique information, etc.), Weighting may be set for various reference content information, a ratio of various information to be packaged may be determined based on the weighting, and various reference content information may be packaged based on the determined ratio.

  In this way, the packaging unit 343 packages reference content information or specific information for specifying the reference content at a ratio of various kinds of information set in advance, so that knowledge related to the contents of display data and user characteristics can be further increased. Various content information that can be deepened or broadened in knowledge can be provided to users without bias. In particular, by packaging various types of reference content information based on the ratio of various types of reference content information determined by access frequency information, it becomes possible to provide the user with more information that the user is interested in. Satisfaction can be improved. In addition, by including information related to text content as reference content information to be packaged, the author name, book title, book introduction, table of contents information, publisher, issuance date, ISBN, DOI, It is possible to improve the convenience of the user such as providing the user with official information such as national bibliographic numbers and event information related to text contents.

  The DB update unit 344 periodically performs a process of executing additional update of the reference content candidate information DB 333. Then, the DB update unit 344 instructs the communication control unit 310 to transmit a notification that the reference content candidate information DB 333 has been additionally updated to the communication terminal device 10. Further, the DB update unit 344 refers to the access frequency information recorded in the user characteristic DB 334, and the characteristic information set for the reference content information whose access frequency satisfies a predetermined condition (for example, a predetermined value or more). Based on the above, a process of executing additional update of the user characteristic information recorded in the user characteristic DB 334 is performed. Then, the DB update unit 344 instructs the communication control unit 310 to transmit a notification that the user characteristic information has been additionally updated to the communication terminal device 10. As described above, by adding and updating the user characteristic information recorded in the user characteristic DB 334 based on the access frequency information, information that the user prefers can be provided, so that the convenience and satisfaction of the user can be provided. Can be improved.

[4] Operation of Communication System Next, specific processing executed in the communication system of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the display processing of the starting content display data, the reference content information, and the like executed in the communication system 1 of the present embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of an image displayed on the communication terminal device 10 in the present embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing reference content information update processing executed in the communication system 1 of the present embodiment.

  First, display processing of display data of reference content and reference content information executed in the communication system 1 of the present embodiment will be described. In this operation, the data processing unit 120 of the communication terminal device 10 inputs an origin content display instruction by the user, such as an operation of displaying the origin content and an operation of changing the page of the origin content, to the operation unit 150. Assume that you are waiting. Prior to this operation, the data processing unit 120 causes the display control unit 140 to generate a screen for inputting or selecting user characteristic setting information, causes the display unit 130 to display the screen, and the data processing unit 120 Creates user characteristic setting information based on information input or selected by operating the operation unit 150.

  In this state, when the data processing unit 120 detects a start content display instruction based on a user operation on the operation unit 150 (step S100), the data processing unit 120 sends the start content distribution request and the user characteristic setting information via the network communication unit 110. It transmits to the server apparatus 30 (step S101). Then, the management control unit 160 shifts to a state of waiting for data reception from the server device 30. The data processing unit 120 may transmit the user characteristic setting information to the server device 30 together with the origin content distribution request, but may transmit it in advance before transmitting the origin content distribution request.

  Next, in the server device 30, when the setting unit 341 receives the origin content distribution request and the user property setting information from the communication terminal device 10 (step S200), the setting unit 341 sets the user property based on the user property setting information, and the user The user characteristic information is recorded in the characteristic DB 334 in association with the user ID and the terminal ID (step S201).

  Next, the acquisition unit 342 extracts words included in the display data of the starting content (step S202), and determines a word that is a proper noun and appears more than a predetermined number in the display data as an important word (step S203). . Then, referring to acquisition conditions for acquiring various reference content information recorded in the reference content candidate information DB 333, various reference content information is selected from the reference content candidate information recorded in the reference content candidate information DB 333. Is acquired (step S204).

  The package unit 343 extracts and packages various reference content information or specific information acquired by the acquisition unit 342 and information on text content based on the ratio of the various reference content information, and displays the display data and the packaged reference content. Information or specific information is linked and further packaged (step S205). Then, the package unit 343 distributes the packaged starting content information and the display data identification information (text content ID and display data ID) to the communication terminal device 10 via the communication control unit 310 (step S206). ) The server management control unit 350 ends this operation.

  Next, in the communication terminal device 10, when the network control unit 110 receives the packaged starting content information and the like transmitted from the server device 30 (step S102), the data processing unit 120 links the display data to the content recording unit 102. Then, the package data of the reference content information or the specific information is recorded and the identification information of the display data is recorded, the display data of the starting content is supplied to the display control unit 140, and the display data of the starting content is displayed on the display unit 130. (Step S103), the management control unit 160 shifts to a state in which it is detected whether or not an instruction to display reference content information has been made by the user operating the operation unit 150.

  When the data processing unit 120 detects a reference content display instruction (step S104: Yes), the display processing unit 140 reads out the reference content information associated with the display data or the packaging data of the specific information for specifying the reference content. The reference content information or the like is displayed on the display unit 130 (step S105), and a transition is made to a state in which it is detected whether the user has operated the operation unit 150 to give an instruction to end viewing of the starting content. When the data processing unit 120 does not detect an instruction to end browsing of the starting content (step S106: No), the process proceeds to a state in which it is detected whether an instruction to display reference content information has been issued (step S104). On the other hand, when the data processing unit 120 detects an instruction to end browsing of the starting content (step S106: Yes), the management control unit 160 ends this operation.

  FIG. 9 shows an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 130. As shown in FIG. 9, for example, when the user clicks the “reference content display” portion (not shown) while the user is viewing the display data X of the starting content, thumbnails of various reference content information Y and their comments are displayed. Displayed at the bottom. When the thumbnails of various reference content information Y displayed at the bottom are clicked, the URL is accessed. The various reference content information Y displayed in the lower part can disclose a predetermined number of reference content information by scrolling, and when the user clicks the “display more” portion, a predetermined number of reference content information is displayed. Information can be disclosed.

  On the other hand, when the data processing unit 120 does not detect the reference content display instruction (step S104: No), a state in which it is detected whether the user has operated the operation unit 150 to give an instruction to end viewing of the starting content. Migrate to When the data processing unit 120 does not detect an instruction to end browsing of the starting content (step S106: No), the process proceeds to a state in which it is detected whether an instruction to display reference content information has been issued (step S104). On the other hand, when the data processing unit 120 detects an instruction to end browsing of the starting content (step S106: Yes), the management control unit 160 ends this operation.

  Next, reference content information update processing executed in the communication system 1 of the present embodiment will be described. When the data processing unit 120 detects a reference content reacquisition instruction by a user operation, the network communication unit 110 receives a notification from the server device 30 that the reference content candidate information DB 333 and the user characteristic DB 334 have been additionally updated. In some cases, the re-distribution request for the reference content information is transmitted to the server device 30 (step S110), and the management control unit 160 shifts to a state of waiting for data reception from the server device 30.

  Next, in the server device 30, when the communication control unit 310 receives a redistribution request for reference content information from the communication terminal device 10 (step S <b> 210), the acquisition unit 342 performs various references recorded in the reference content candidate information DB 333. Various reference content information is re-acquired from the reference content candidate information recorded in the reference content candidate information DB 333 with reference to the acquisition conditions for acquiring the content information (step S211). Then, the package unit 343 extracts and packages various reference content information or specific information reacquired by the acquisition unit 342 and information on the text content based on the ratio of the various reference content information (step S212), and displays the display data. In addition to the identification information (text content ID and display data ID), the packaged reference content information and the like are redistributed to the communication terminal device 10 via the communication control unit 310 (step S213), and the server management control unit 350 This operation is terminated.

  Next, in the communication terminal device 10, when the network communication unit 110 receives the package data of the reference content information or the specific information and the display data identification information (text content ID or display data ID) from the server device 30 (step S111), Based on the identification information of the display data, the data processing unit 120 newly receives the reference content information or specific information package data recorded in the content recording unit 102 in association with the display data from the server device 30. It is replaced (updated) with package data of content information or specific information (step S112), and the management control unit 160 ends this operation.

  In the present embodiment, in response to the origin content distribution request from the communication terminal device 10, the server device 30 associates the display data of the origin content with the package data of the reference content information or the specific information, and performs communication. Although it is supposed to transmit to the terminal device 10, the server device 30 transmits the display data of the starting content in response to the starting content distribution request, and refers to the display data in response to the subsequent distribution request of the reference content information. It is good also as transmitting the package data of content information or specific information to the communication terminal device 10.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the data processing unit 120 of the communication terminal device 10 displays various reference content information and the like packaged at a predetermined ratio received from the server device 30 on the display unit 130. The data processing unit 120 may display various reference content information received from the server device 30 on the display unit 130 at a predetermined rate.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the communication system 1 and the server device 30 are related to the content of the display data and the characteristics of the user in response to a text content display data distribution request from the user via the communication terminal device 10. Various reference content information and the like can be acquired, and display data of the text content and the acquired various reference content information and the like can be provided to the user.

  Therefore, the communication system 1 and the server device 30 are not only content similar to the content of the display data displayed on the communication terminal device 10 such as information for deepening the knowledge of the content of the browsing data browsed by the user, but also the characteristics of the user. Content, such as content that is surprising or unique to the user, and a variety of reference content information can be acquired, so that information that the user is interested in while viewing text content can be provided. In addition to improving the convenience of the user, it is possible to provide content information that allows the user to deepen or expand knowledge related to the content of the browsing data and the characteristics of the user while browsing the text content. .

[5] Modification [5.1] Modification 1
In the above embodiment, each DB is provided and managed and controlled in the server device 30. However, each computer system that manages and controls each DB is operated by a separate computer system. Also good. In addition, a computer system serving as a management and control entity for each DB may be installed outside via the network 20.

[5.2] Modification 2
In the above embodiment, when the reference content candidate information DB 333 and the user characteristic DB 334 are additionally updated, a notification to that effect is transmitted from the server device 30 to the communication terminal device 10. May be provided to the user.

[5.3] Modification 3
In the above embodiment, the processing for displaying the content of the display data of the starting content and the reference content information related to the characteristics of the user on the communication terminal device 10 has been described. You may make the communication terminal device 10 display the reference content information relevant to the characteristic. Below, the specific process which may be performed in a communication system is demonstrated using FIGS. 11-13. FIG. 11 and FIG. 13 show display processing of starting content display data, reference content information related to part of the starting content display data, and user characteristics, etc., executed in the communication system 1 according to the modification. It is a flowchart which shows. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen on which display data of the starting content is displayed on the display unit 130 of the communication terminal device 10.

  In this operation, the data processing unit 120 of the communication terminal device 10 inputs an origin content display instruction by the user, such as an operation of displaying the origin content and an operation of changing the page of the origin content, to the operation unit 150. Assume that you are waiting. Prior to this operation, the data processing unit 120 causes the display control unit 140 to generate a screen for inputting or selecting user characteristic setting information, causes the display unit 130 to display the screen, and the data processing unit 120 Creates user characteristic setting information based on information input or selected by operating the operation unit 150.

  In this state, when the data processing unit 120 detects a start content display instruction based on a user operation on the operation unit 150 (step S120), the data processing unit 120 sends the start content distribution request and the user characteristic setting information via the network communication unit 110. To the server device 30 (step S121). Then, the management control unit 160 shifts to a state of waiting for data reception from the server device 30. The data processing unit 120 may transmit the user characteristic setting information to the server device 30 together with the origin content distribution request, but may transmit it in advance before transmitting the origin content distribution request.

  Next, in the server device 30, when the setting unit 341 receives the origin content distribution request and the user property setting information from the communication terminal device 10 (step S220), the setting unit 341 sets the user property based on the user property setting information. The user characteristic information is recorded in the characteristic DB 334 in association with the user ID and the terminal ID (step S221). Further, the package unit 343 acquires display data to be displayed on the communication terminal device 10 from the text content DB 332 based on the text content ID and the display data ID included in the origin content distribution request, and the text content ID and the display data ID. At the same time, it is distributed to the communication terminal device 10 as starting content information or the like (step S222). Then, the server management control unit 350 ends this operation.

  Next, in the communication terminal device 10, when the network control unit 110 receives the starting content information and the like transmitted from the server device 30 (step S122), the data processing unit 120 supplies display data of the starting content to the display control unit 140. Then, the display data of the starting content is displayed on the display unit 130 (step S123), and the management control unit 160 detects whether or not the user has selected a part (keyword) of the display data by operating the operation unit 150. Transition to the state where Specifically, as shown in FIG. 12, when display data is displayed on the display unit 130 of the communication terminal device 10, data is displayed when the user selects a keyword by operating the operation unit 150. The processing unit 120 detects that a keyword has been selected.

  When the communication terminal device 10 detects that the data processing unit 120 has selected a keyword (step S124), the data processing unit 120 transmits the keyword information selected by the user to the server device 30 via the network communication unit 110 ( In step S125, the management control unit 160 shifts to a state of waiting for data reception from the server device 30.

  Next, in the server device 30, when the communication control unit 310 receives the keyword information selected by the user from the communication terminal device 10 (step S223), the acquisition unit 342 extracts a word included in the keyword information (step S224). A word that is a proper noun and has a predetermined number of occurrences or more in the display data is determined as an important word (step S225). Then, referring to acquisition conditions for acquiring various reference content information recorded in the reference content candidate information DB 333, various reference content information is selected from the reference content candidate information recorded in the reference content candidate information DB 333. Is acquired (step S226).

  The package unit 343 extracts and packages various reference content information or specific information acquired by the acquisition unit 342 and information on text content based on the ratio of the various reference content information (step S227), and displays display data identification information. The packaged reference content information and the like together with (text content ID and display data ID) are distributed to the communication terminal device 10 via the communication control unit 310 (step S228), and the server management control unit 350 ends this operation. Let

  Next, in the communication terminal device 10, when the network communication unit 110 receives the reference content information or the package data of the specific information from the server device 30 (step S126), the data processing unit 120 is based on the identification information of the display data. The reference content information or the package data of the specific information is recorded in the content recording unit 102 in association with the display data (step S127), and the management control unit 160 instructs the display of the reference content information when the user operates the operation unit 150. It shifts to a state where it is detected whether or not has been made.

  When the data processing unit 120 detects the reference content display instruction (step S128: Yes), the display processing unit 140 reads out the reference content information associated with the display data or the packaging data of the specific information for specifying the reference content. The reference content information or the like is displayed on the display unit 130 (step S129), and the state shifts to a state in which it is detected whether the user has operated the operation unit 150 to instruct the end of viewing of the starting content. If the data processing unit 120 does not detect an instruction to end browsing of the starting content (step S130: No), the process proceeds to a state in which it is detected whether or not an instruction to display reference content information has been issued (step S128). On the other hand, when the data processing unit 120 detects an instruction to end browsing of the starting content (step S130: Yes), the management control unit 160 ends this operation.

  On the other hand, when the data processing unit 120 does not detect the reference content display instruction (step S128: No), a state in which it is detected whether the user has operated the operation unit 150 to give an instruction to end viewing of the starting content. Migrate to If the data processing unit 120 does not detect an instruction to end browsing of the starting content (step S130: No), the process proceeds to a state in which it is detected whether or not an instruction to display reference content information has been issued (step S128). On the other hand, when the data processing unit 120 detects an instruction to end browsing of the starting content (step S130: Yes), the management control unit 160 ends this operation.

  In the third modification, after the keyword selection detection (step S124) is performed, the reference content display instruction is detected (step S128). However, after the reference content display instruction is detected, Keyword selection detection may be performed. In this case, after the selection of the keyword is detected, the selected keyword information may be transmitted, and the reference content information received from the server device 30 may be displayed accordingly.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Communication system 10 ... Communication terminal device 20 ... Network 30 ... Server apparatus 100 ... Recording part 101 ... Application recording part 102 ... Content recording part 110 ... Network communication part 120 ... Data processing part 130 ... Display part 140 ... Display control part 150 Operation unit 160 Management control unit 310 Communication control unit 320 ROM / RAM
330 ... Recording device 331 ... Member DB
332 ... Text content DB
333 ... Reference content candidate information DB
334 User characteristic DB
335… Dictionary DB
340 ... Server data processing unit 341 ... Setting unit 342 ... Acquisition unit 343 ... Package unit 344 ... DB update unit 350 ... Server management control unit

Claims (12)

A distribution request for display data of the text content to be displayed on the display device and user characteristic setting information for setting the characteristics of the user are received from the user via a display device that displays the text content. Receiving means;
Setting means for setting the characteristics of the user based on the user characteristic setting information;
Reference content information that can be referred to on the network related to the contents of the display data, the characteristics of the user, or both the contents of the display data and the characteristics of the user, or specific information that identifies the reference contents Obtaining means for obtaining from outside via a database or network;
Providing means for providing the user with the display data recorded in a database and the acquired reference content information or the specific information;
With
The acquisition means includes
Extracting words contained in the display data;
Determining the word satisfying a predetermined condition as an important word,
Extracting words included in the text data of the candidate information of the reference content;
Characteristic information indicating presence / absence of the important word in the text data included in the candidate information of the reference content, classification based on similarity between the word included in the display data and the word included in the text data, and characteristics of the user And the specific information corresponding to two or more combinations are acquired from each combination of presence / absence of matching of characteristic information set in the candidate information of the reference content. The server device according to claim 1,
When the candidate information of the reference content is additionally updated,
The acquisition means re-acquires the reference content information or the specific information by extracting a word included in the text data of the candidate information of the reference content that has been additionally updated,
The providing unit is a server device that transmits the re-acquired reference content information or the specific information to the display device. In the server apparatus according to claim 1 or 2,
The server device, wherein the user characteristic setting information includes attribute information of the user. In the server apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
When the receiving means receives from the display device access frequency information indicating the access frequency of the display device to the reference content information,
The setting unit updates the user characteristic information based on characteristic information set for the reference content information in which the access frequency satisfies a predetermined condition. The server device according to claim 4,
When the setting means additionally updates the user characteristic information,
The acquisition unit re-acquires the reference content information or the specific information based on the additionally updated characteristic information of the user,
The providing unit is a server device that transmits the re-acquired reference content information or the specific information to the display device. In the server apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
When the receiving means receives from the display device access frequency information indicating the access frequency of the display device to the reference content information,
The acquisition means includes
Calculating access frequency for each genre of characteristic information set in the reference content information based on the access frequency information;
A priority is set for each genre of the user characteristic information according to the access frequency for each genre,
Based on the set priority, ranking information for ranking when displaying on the display device is added to the reference content information corresponding to the combination including matching with the user characteristic information as a condition. , Server device. In the server apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The reference content information acquired by the acquisition means is
(1) The user's characteristic information does not match the characteristic information set in the reference content information, but the text data includes the important word, and the similarity is acquired under a condition that the similarity is a predetermined value or more. 1 reference content information;
(2) The text data does not include the important word, but is acquired on the condition that the characteristic information of the user matches the characteristic information set in the reference content information and the similarity is within a predetermined range. Second reference content information,
(3) The text data includes the important word, and is acquired under the condition that the characteristic information set in the reference content information matches the characteristic information of the user, but the similarity is within a predetermined range. Third reference content information;
Including a server device. The server device according to claim 7,
The first to third reference content information is extracted from the first to third reference content information at a predetermined ratio, and the extracted plurality of reference content information or the plurality of reference content information is extracted. And further comprising packaging means for packaging a plurality of pieces of specific information to be specified as package data,
The server apparatus in which the providing means provides the user with the reference content information or the specific information by providing the package data. The server apparatus according to claim 8, wherein
When the reception means receives access frequency information indicating the access frequency of the display device with respect to the first to third reference content information from the display device,
The packaging means sets a weight to the first to third reference content information according to an access frequency for the first to third reference content information, and determines the ratio based on the weight. A server device that packages the first to third reference content information based on the ratio. In the server apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
The server device provides the user with information related to the text content as reference content information. A server device that provides information to a user via a display device that displays text content.
Receiving means for receiving, from the user via the display device, a delivery request for display data of the text content to be displayed on the display device, and user property setting information for setting the user property;
Setting means for setting the characteristics of the user based on the user characteristic setting information;
Reference content information that can be referred to on the network related to the contents of the display data, the characteristics of the user, or both the contents of the display data and the characteristics of the user, or specific information that identifies the reference contents , Acquisition means to acquire from outside via database or network,
Providing means for providing the user with the display data recorded in a database and the acquired reference content information or the specific information;
Function as
The acquisition means includes
Extracting words contained in the display data;
Determining the word satisfying a predetermined condition as an important word,
Extracting words included in the text data of the candidate information of the reference content;
Characteristic information indicating presence / absence of the important word in the text data included in the candidate information of the reference content, classification based on similarity between the word included in the display data and the word included in the text data, and characteristics of the user And causing the server device to function so as to acquire reference content information or specific information corresponding to two or more combinations from each combination of presence / absence of matching of characteristic information set in the candidate information of the reference content A featured program. A distribution request for display data of the text content to be displayed on the display device and user characteristic setting information for setting the characteristics of the user are received from the user via a display device that displays the text content. Receiving process;
A setting step for setting the characteristics of the user based on the user characteristic setting information;
Reference content information that can be referred to on the network related to the contents of the display data, the characteristics of the user, or both the contents of the display data and the characteristics of the user, or specific information that identifies the reference contents An acquisition step of acquiring from the outside via a database or a network;
Providing the user with the display data recorded in a database and the acquired reference content information or the specific information;
Including
The acquisition step includes
Extracting words contained in the display data;
Determining the word satisfying a predetermined condition as an important word,
Extracting words included in the text data of the candidate information of the reference content;
Characteristic information indicating presence / absence of the important word in the text data included in the candidate information of the reference content, classification based on similarity between the word included in the display data and the word included in the text data, and characteristics of the user And reference information corresponding to two or more combinations or the specific information is acquired from each combination of the presence / absence of matching of characteristic information set in the candidate information of the reference content.