JP2016024549A - Electronic magazine creation device, electronic magazine creation system, electronic magazine creation method, and computer program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it easy to view unread content of content retrieved at different times.SOLUTION: An electronic magazine creation device comprises: a search execution unit 4 that searches for content via a communication network at a prescribed timing and under a prescribed search condition; a content acquisition unit 5 that acquires content via the communication network on the basis of the search result; a magazine creation unit 7 that creates magazine data displayed on a screen using the acquired content; and an already-read management unit 9 that manages the already-read content related to the magazine data. The magazine creation unit 7 selects content used for creation of magazine data on the basis of already-read management of the content.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an electronic magazine creation device, an electronic magazine creation system, an electronic magazine creation method, and a computer program.

  Conventionally, for example, Patent Literature 1 is known as a technique for distributing digital content in which a plurality of content such as news is published in the form of newspapers or magazines to a user terminal. In the prior art of Patent Document 1, when the content distribution terminal reaches the distribution date and time specified by the user, the content registration database is searched based on the keyword specified by the user, and the result is obtained as a result of this search. Create digital content using content for posting. Then, the content distribution terminal distributes the created digital content to the terminal of the user.

JP 2002-140364 A

  However, the conventional techniques described above have the following problems.

  For example, let us consider a case in which digital content is distributed daily from a content distribution terminal to a user terminal. One day (for convenience of explanation, it will be May 1st), digital content created using the content for posting searched based on the keyword X specified by the user (digital content May 1 issue) Is distributed from the content distribution terminal to the user terminal. Next, on the next day (May 2), similarly, the digital content May 2 issue created using the content for posting searched based on the keyword X is transferred from the content distribution terminal to the user terminal. Delivered to. Here, since the digital content May 1 issue and the digital content May 2 issue use the posting content searched based on the same keyword X, the same posting content (for convenience of explanation, news A and May be included.

  Here, when the same news A is included in the digital content May 1 issue and the digital content May 2 issue, when the user does not read the news A of the digital content May 1 issue Since news A is also included in the May 2 issue of digital content, the user can be given another opportunity to read news A. On the other hand, when the user reads the news A of the May 1 issue of digital content, the news A included in the May 2 issue of the digital content is likely to become unnecessary for the user.

  For this reason, it is preferable that newly created digital content does not include the posting content read by the user among the posting content included in the digital content distributed to the user terminal. However, in the above-described conventional content distribution terminal, which of the posting contents included in the digital content distributed to the user terminal has been read by the user (whether it has been read) or has not yet been read. Since it is not known whether it is unread (unread), it is impossible to prevent the already-read content from being included in newly created digital content.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of such circumstances, and an electronic magazine creation apparatus and an electronic magazine creation capable of facilitating browsing of unread content among content retrieved at different times. It is an object to provide a system, an electronic magazine creation method, and a computer program.

(1) According to one aspect of the present invention, a search execution unit that searches for content via a communication network with a predetermined search condition at a predetermined time, and acquires content via the communication network based on the search result A content acquisition unit, a magazine creation unit that creates magazine data displayed on the screen using the acquired content, and a read management unit that manages the read of the content related to the magazine data, The magazine creation unit is an electronic magazine creation device that selects content to be used for creation of magazine data based on management of the content already read.
(2) According to one aspect of the present invention, in the electronic magazine creation device according to (1), when the heading of the magazine data is displayed, the read management unit reads the content of the displayed heading as already read. This is an electronic magazine creation device.
(3) One aspect of the present invention is the electronic magazine creation device according to any one of (1) and (2), wherein the read management unit is configured to store the magazine data after a predetermined period has elapsed since the creation of the magazine data. This is an electronic magazine creation device for stopping the read determination of the content used in the process.
(4) One aspect of the present invention is the electronic magazine creation device according to any one of (1) to (3) above, wherein the magazine creation unit is configured as a back number after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the new issue of the magazine data. This is an electronic magazine creation device for deleting the stored magazine data.
(5) One aspect of the present invention is the electronic magazine creation device according to any one of (1) to (4), wherein the magazine creation unit prioritizes content with an image over content without an image. It is an electronic magazine creation device that creates
(6) One aspect of the present invention is the electronic magazine creation device according to any one of (1) to (5), further including a keyword input unit for inputting a keyword, wherein the predetermined search condition is the input keyword It is an electronic magazine creation device that is to search for content using
(7) According to an aspect of the present invention, in the electronic magazine creation device according to any one of (1) to (6), when the search condition is changed, the magazine data is created based on the changed search condition. It is an electronic magazine creation device that starts.
(8) One aspect of the present invention is an electronic magazine creation system in which the electronic magazine creation device according to any one of (1) to (7) above and a content provider device are connected via a communication network. The content provider device is an electronic magazine creation system that provides the content via the communication network based on the search result of the electronic magazine creation device.

(9) According to one aspect of the present invention, the electronic magazine creation device searches for content via a communication network at a predetermined time and with a predetermined search condition, and the electronic magazine creation device is based on the search result. The content is acquired via a communication network, and the electronic magazine creation device creates the magazine data displayed on the screen using the obtained content, and the electronic magazine creation device creates the content related to the magazine data. And the electronic magazine creation device selects content to be used for creation of magazine data based on management of the content already read.

(10) According to one aspect of the present invention, a search execution function for searching a content via a communication network using a predetermined search condition at a predetermined time and a communication network based on a result of the search A content acquisition function for acquiring content, a magazine creation function for creating magazine data displayed on the screen using the acquired content, a read management function for managing read of content related to the magazine data, The magazine creation function is a computer program that selects content to be used for creation of magazine data based on the already-read management of the content.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to facilitate the browsing of unread content among the content searched at different times.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an electronic magazine creation device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the hardware which implement | achieves the electronic magazine production apparatus 1 shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the electronic magazine production system which uses the electronic magazine production apparatus 1 shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the whole procedure of the electronic magazine production method which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence chart which shows the specific example of the electronic magazine production method which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the magazine data creation method which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the relationship between the stop of already-read determination which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, and discard of a back number. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the read management data based on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the already-read determination method of the content which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, an electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 includes an input unit 2, a search timing condition data storage unit 3, a search execution unit 4, a content acquisition unit 5, a content data storage unit 6, a magazine creation unit 7, and a magazine data storage unit 8. A read management unit 9, a read management data storage unit 10, and an output unit 11 are provided.

  The input unit 2 inputs data used in the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1. The search timing condition data storage unit 3 stores data indicating search timing and search conditions. The search execution unit 4 searches for content via a communication network with a predetermined search condition at a predetermined time. The predetermined timing and the predetermined search condition are based on data stored in the search timing condition data storage unit 3. The content acquisition unit 5 acquires content via the communication network based on the search result by the search execution unit 4. The content data storage unit 6 stores content data acquired by the content acquisition unit 5. The magazine creation unit 7 creates the magazine data displayed on the screen using the content acquired by the content acquisition unit 5. The magazine data storage unit 8 stores the magazine data created by the magazine creation unit 7. The read management unit 9 manages the read of content related to magazine data. The already-read management data storage unit 10 stores data related to the management of content that has been read regarding magazine data. The output unit 11 outputs data such as magazine data.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of hardware that implements the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 illustrated in FIG. 1. In FIG. 2, the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 includes a CPU unit 21, a storage unit 22, a communication unit 23, an operation unit 24, and a display unit 25. These units are configured to exchange data.

  The CPU unit 21 controls the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1. This control function is realized by the CPU unit 21 executing a computer program. The storage unit 22 stores a computer program executed by the CPU unit 21 and various data. The storage unit 22 stores an electronic magazine creation program 31. The functions of each unit of the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 are realized by the CPU unit 21 shown in FIG. 2 executing an electronic magazine creating program 31 stored in the storage unit 22. Each storage unit of the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 is provided in the storage unit 22 shown in FIG.

  The communication unit 23 communicates with other devices via a communication network. The operation unit 24 includes input devices such as a keyboard, a numeric keypad, and a mouse, and performs data input according to a user operation. The display unit 25 includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display device and displays data. Further, a touch panel capable of both data input and data display may be provided.

  The electronic magazine creation device 1 may be configured using a general-purpose computer device, or may be configured as a dedicated hardware device. Further, as the electronic magazine creation device 1, a mobile communication terminal device such as a smartphone, a tablet computer device, a stationary personal computer device, or the like may be used.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an electronic magazine creation system using the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. The electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 communicates with content providers such as a content search / distribution system 40, a news distribution server 41, an electronic commerce server 42, an SNS (Social Networking Service) server 43, and a video sharing server 44 via a communication network 50. To do. The electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 searches the content provider for content under a predetermined search condition, and acquires content from the content provider based on the search result.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an overall procedure of the electronic magazine creation method according to the present embodiment. With reference to FIG. 4, an outline of the entire operation related to electronic magazine creation performed by the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 of the present embodiment will be described.

(Step S1) First, search timing and search conditions are set. Search timings and search conditions include those designated by the user and preset as defaults. As for the data indicating the search timing and search conditions designated by the user, the data input from the input unit 2 is stored in the search timing condition data storage unit 3. Data indicating the default search timing and search conditions is stored in advance in the search timing condition data storage unit 3.

(Step S <b> 2) The search execution unit 4 searches for content via a communication network with a predetermined search condition at a predetermined time. The predetermined time and the predetermined search condition are based on data stored in the search time condition data storage unit 3.

(Step S3) The content acquisition unit 5 acquires the content via the communication network based on the search result by the search execution unit 4. The acquired content data is stored in the content data storage unit 6.

(Step S4) The magazine creation unit 7 creates the magazine data displayed on the screen using the content acquired by the content acquisition unit 5. The created magazine data is stored in the magazine data storage unit 8.

(Step S5) The read management unit 9 manages the read of content related to magazine data. Data regarding this read management is stored in the read management data storage unit 10.

  FIG. 5 is a sequence chart showing a specific example of the electronic magazine creation method according to the present embodiment. The example of FIG. 5 corresponds to the electronic magazine creation system of FIG. With reference to FIG. 5, the specific example of the operation | movement which concerns on the electronic magazine preparation which the electronic magazine preparation apparatus 1 of this embodiment performs is demonstrated.

(Step S11) First, the user inputs a keyword. The keyword is input by operating the operation unit 24 (see FIG. 2), for example. The input unit 2 stores the input keyword in the search timing condition data storage unit 3. In the example of FIG. 5, three keywords X, Y, and Z are input and stored in the search timing condition data storage unit 3.

(Step S12) The search execution unit 4 searches for content using keywords X, Y, and Z at a predetermined time. As the predetermined time, for example, content is searched every day at 5 am. This content search is performed for each of the keywords X, Y, and Z. Specifically, the search execution unit 4 transmits the keyword X, the content search distribution system 40, the news distribution server 41, the electronic commerce server 42, the SNS server 43, and the video sharing server 44 via the communication network 50. Y and Z are transmitted, and a search is requested for each of the keywords X, Y, and Z. As a response to the search request, the search execution unit 4 receives, for each of the keywords X, Y, and Z, from the content search distribution system 40, the news distribution server 41, the electronic commerce server 42, the SNS server 43, and the video sharing server 44. , Receive search results.

  The news distribution server 41, the electronic commerce server 42, the SNS server 43, and the video sharing server 44 connected to the Internet 52 receive information indicating their own contents corresponding to the keywords X, Y, and Z as keywords , Z as a search result. In the content search / distribution system 40, the search server 61 searches the content stored in the content database 62 included in the content search / distribution system 40 for each of the keywords X, Y, and Z, and the content that is the result of the search. Is returned as a search result of each keyword X, Y, Z.

(Step S13) The content acquisition unit 5 downloads (receives), for example, a predetermined number of contents from the contents indicated by the search results received in Step S12. The content acquisition unit 5 causes the content data storage unit 6 to store content data acquired by the download. The content data includes the content heading data and the detailed data of the content. The moving image sharing server 44 downloads moving image header data and a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) indicating the location of the moving image data, and does not download detailed moving image data.

(Step S14) The magazine creation unit 7 creates magazine data to be displayed on the screen using the content acquired in step S13. This magazine data is created for each of the keywords X, Y, and Z. The magazine creation unit 7 creates magazine data for the keyword X by using the content acquired based on the search result by the keyword X. Further, the magazine creation unit 7 creates magazine data for the keyword Y by using the content acquired based on the search result by the keyword Y. Further, the magazine creation unit 7 creates magazine data for the keyword Z using the content acquired based on the search result by the keyword Z.

  The magazine creation unit 7 stores the created magazine data in the magazine data storage unit 8. The output unit 11 outputs the created magazine data. The output magazine data is displayed on the display screen of the display unit 25 (see FIG. 2), for example. In displaying the magazine data, for example, the cover of the magazine is first displayed. The magazine data may be displayed on the display unit 25 of the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 or by outputting the magazine data to an external display device of the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1. It may be displayed.

(Step S15) When the user performs a browsing operation on the magazine data displayed on the screen, the headings and details of the contents included in the magazine data are displayed on the screen. The browsing operation for the magazine data is performed on, for example, a touch panel on which the magazine data is displayed. Information about the headings and details of the content displayed on the screen by the user's operation is input by the input unit 2. The already-read management unit 9 manages the already-read contents based on the input information.

(Steps S16, S17, S18) When the user reproduces the moving image indicated by the content acquired from the moving image sharing server 44, the user operates the reproduction button of the moving image displayed on the screen (step S16). Information on this operation is input by the input unit 2. In response to the input operation information, the content acquisition unit 5 accesses the URL of the corresponding moving image and requests streaming reproduction of the moving image (step S17). Thereby, streaming reproduction of a moving image is performed (step S18).

[Magazine data creation]
Next, a magazine data creation method according to this embodiment will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the magazine data creation method according to this embodiment. With reference to FIG. 6, an operation related to creation of magazine data performed by the magazine creation unit 7 of the present embodiment will be described.

(Step S301) The magazine creation unit 7 selects only unread content (newly acquired content) acquired by the content acquisition unit 5 when the magazine data is newly issued. The selection of the unread portion is based on the management of the content read by the read management unit 9. The read management unit 9 records the read about the content used for the magazine data issued in the past. Content whose read is not recorded is unread. That is, of the newly acquired content, content that has not been recorded is selected as unread content.

(Step S302) The magazine creation unit 7 checks whether there is content having an image in the content selected in Step S301.

(Step S303) As a result of step S302, if there is content having an image, the process proceeds to step S304, and if there is no content having an image, the process proceeds to step S305.

(Step S304) Of the contents selected in Step S301, the magazine creation unit 7 raises the usage order of the content having an image over the content not having the image. Note that, as the default use order, the use order of each content is given in the order from the latest content creation time.

(Step S305) The magazine creation unit 7 creates magazine data using the content selected in step S301. At this time, the magazine creation unit 7 selects the content to be used in the order of the content usage order. As a method for creating the magazine data, for example, the magazine data is created so that the previously selected content is displayed on the screen earlier than the later selected content. As a result, the higher the content usage order, the earlier the screen is displayed. In this embodiment, since the use order of content having an image is raised over content not having an image, the content having an image is displayed on the screen before the content having no image. This increases the possibility that the content displayed at the beginning of the electronic magazine will have an image. Since the contents with images are easy to understand at a glance, the contents displayed at the beginning of the electronic magazine can contribute to attracting the user's interest.

  According to the present embodiment, unread content among the content searched for at different times based on management of content read is used for creating magazine data. Thereby, it is possible to facilitate browsing of unread contents among the contents searched at different times.

[When to create magazine data]
In the present embodiment, newly issued magazine data is created when the search execution unit 4 searches for content via a communication network under a predetermined search condition at a predetermined time. Furthermore, as a trigger for creating newly issued magazine data, creation of magazine data based on the changed search condition may be started when the content search condition is changed. For example, when a keyword as a search condition is changed, the search execution unit 4 searches for content via the communication network using the changed keyword, and the content acquisition unit 5 performs communication based on the search result. Content is acquired through the network, and the magazine creation unit 7 creates magazine data using the acquired content. Thereby, when a user sets a new keyword, an electronic magazine based on the keyword can be provided. This gives the user an opportunity to verify a new keyword and an opportunity to confirm the occurrence of communication in creating an electronic magazine.

[Stop reading judgment]
In the present embodiment, the read management unit 9 records the read about the content used for the magazine data that has been issued in the past. Then, the read determination of the newly acquired content is performed based on the already read record of the content, the unread portion is selected from the newly acquired content, and is used to create newly issued magazine data. The already-read management unit stops the already-read determination of the content used for the magazine data after a predetermined period has elapsed since the magazine data was created.

  For example, after the elapse of 7 days from the creation of magazine data, the already-read determination of whether or not the already-read content among the content used for the magazine data is included in the newly acquired content is stopped. Therefore, after the elapse of 7 days from the creation time of the magazine data, even if the already-read content is included in the newly acquired content among the content used for the magazine data, the newly acquired content is not discarded as already read. For this reason, there is a possibility that content that has been used for magazine data that has been issued in the past and that has already been read is used to create newly issued magazine data after 7 days from the issued magazine data. On the other hand, by stopping the read determination of the content within 7 days from the creation of the magazine data, it is possible to reduce the load of the read determination at the time of content acquisition. For frequently updated content such as news, it is assumed that the search order of the same content will drop after 7 days from the first search, so the same content will be returned to the newly issued magazine data again. The likelihood of being used for production is likely to be low.

[Discard of back number]
In the present embodiment, magazine data that has been issued in the past is stored in the magazine data storage unit 8 as a so-called back number. The back number stored in the magazine data storage unit 8 is output from the output unit 11 based on the user's operation and displayed on the display screen of the display unit 25 (see FIG. 2), for example. The magazine creation unit 7 deletes the magazine data stored as the back number after a predetermined period has elapsed since the new issue of the magazine data. For example, the magazine data stored as the back number is deleted from the magazine data storage unit 8 after 7 days have passed since the new issue of the magazine data. Thereby, the storage area of the magazine data is reduced.

  FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the stop of the read determination and the discard of the back number according to the present embodiment. Here, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that an electronic magazine is published daily. Further, the predetermined period Ta, which is a stop condition of the read determination, is 7 days. Further, the predetermined period Tb, which is the condition for discarding the back number, is 7 days.

  In FIG. 7, newly issued magazine data_May 1 issue is created on May 1st. The magazine data_May 1 issue is stored in the magazine data storage unit 8. Next, on May 2, a newly issued magazine data_May 2 issue is created and stored in the magazine data storage unit 8. As a result, as of May 2, the magazine data_May 1 issue stored in the magazine data storage unit 8 becomes the back number. Thereafter, on May 8 (after a predetermined period Ta (7 days) has passed for the magazine data_May 1 issue), the read determination of the content used for the magazine data_May 1 issue is stopped. Further, the magazine data_May 1 issue is deleted from the magazine data storage unit 8 on the same May 8 (after a predetermined period Tb (7 days) has passed for the magazine data_May 1 issue). Similarly, for the magazine data_May 2 issue, the read determination is stopped on May 9 after the lapse of a predetermined period Ta and Tb (both 7 days) from May 2, and the magazine data storage unit 8 is deleted.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the predetermined period Ta, which is the stop condition of the read determination, and the predetermined period Tb, which is the discard condition of the back number, are the same (7 days in the example of FIG. 7). Since the read determination is performed only for the back number (magazine data) that is present, it is possible to optimize the stored data amount of the back number and the read determination.

  Next, an example of a content read management method according to the present embodiment will be described.

[Read Content Management: About Content ID]
The already-read managing unit 9 manages the reading of the content related to the magazine data by using the content identifier (content ID) corresponding to the type of content acquired by the content acquiring unit 5. Specifically, for a content having a content ID unique to the content provider, the content ID unique to the content provider is used. On the other hand, for content that does not have a content ID unique to the content provider, information unique to the content is used as the content ID.

  For example, in each of the news distribution server 41, the electronic commerce server 42, the moving image sharing server 44, and the content search / distribution system 40 illustrated in FIG. 3, a unique content ID is assigned to each content. In this case, for the content acquired from the news distribution server 41, a content ID unique to the news distribution server 41 assigned to the content by the news distribution server 41 is used. For the content acquired from the electronic commerce server 42, the content ID unique to the electronic commerce server 42 assigned to the content by the electronic commerce server 42 is used. For the content acquired from the video sharing server 44, a content ID unique to the video sharing server 44 assigned to the content by the video sharing server 44 is used. Further, for the content acquired from the content search / distribution system 40, a content ID unique to the content search / distribution system 40 assigned to the content by the content search / distribution system 40 is used. The content IDs specific to these content providers are included in, for example, the content ID field in a response message to an API (Application Programming Interface) of a search request transmitted to the content provider.

  On the other hand, in each of the SNS servers 43 illustrated in FIG. 3, it is assumed that a unique content ID is not assigned to each content. In this case, for content acquired from the SNS server 43, information unique to the content is used as the content ID. For example, a URL (content position information) indicating the location of the content acquired from the SNS server 43 is used as the content ID of the content.

  The read management unit 9 identifies the content by the content ID, and manages the read about each content. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the read management data according to the present embodiment. The read management data is data for managing the read of the content used for the magazine data, and is stored in the read management data storage unit 10. In the example of FIG. 8, whether or not the corresponding content has been read for each content ID is shown for each content provider from which the content acquisition unit 5 has acquired the content. When “read” is shown in the column corresponding to the content ID in FIG. 8, this indicates that the content with the content ID has been read, and when the column is blank, the content with the content ID is Indicates that it has not been read (that is, has not been read).

  In FIG. 8, the content acquired from the news distribution server A is given a unique content ID to the news distribution server 41, and whether or not the corresponding content has been read for the content ID. It is shown. For example, among the contents acquired from the news distribution server A, the content with the content ID_1 is “read”, and the content with the content ID_2 is “unread”. Similarly, for each content acquired from each of the electronic commerce server B, the video sharing server C, the video sharing server D, and the content search / distribution system E, a unique content ID is assigned to each content provider, and the content is provided. For each source, whether or not the corresponding content has been read is indicated for the content ID.

  In FIG. 8, for the content acquired from the SNS server F, the URL that is the location information of the content is used for the content ID of the content, and the corresponding content is already read for the content ID. It is shown whether or not. For example, among the contents acquired from the SNS server F, the content of URL_F1 is “read”, and the content of URL_F2 is “unread”. Similarly, for the content acquired from the SNS server G, the URL that is the location information of the content is used for the content ID of the content, and whether the corresponding content has been read for the content ID. Whether or not is shown.

[Content read management: About the timing of content read]
When the magazine data heading is displayed, the read management unit 9 marks the content of the displayed heading as read. The magazine data includes the content heading data and the content detail data. When the heading data is displayed on the screen, the read management unit 9 displays the screen display in the read management data. “Read” is shown in the column corresponding to the content ID of the headline content. Information about the headline displayed on the screen is input by the input unit 2. The already-read management unit 9 updates the already-read management data based on the input information about the headline.

  The magazine data headings are displayed by genre or date / time. Examples of the genre include the type of content provider. In the example of FIG. 3, there are four types of content providers: news (news distribution server), shopping (electronic commerce server), SNS (SNS server), and entertainment (video sharing server). For example, the genre of the content acquired from the news distribution server 41 is news, and the content heading data for news included in the magazine data is classified and displayed as the heading for news. As for the content search / distribution system 40, when each content database 62 provided in the content search / distribution system 40 is classified by genre, the genre of the content database 62 is used. When displaying headings by date and time, the data of content headings created in the same time zone on the same date are classified and displayed as the same date and time. Further, the content heading data may be classified and displayed by genre and date / time.

[Content read management: About content read determination]
The read management unit 9 reads the content (newly acquired content) acquired by the content acquisition unit 5 when the magazine data is newly issued based on the read management data stored in the read management data storage unit 10. Determine. The newly acquired content whose determination result is already read is discarded. As a result, the magazine creation unit 7 uses only unread content as a result of the already-read determination from the newly acquired content to create newly issued magazine data.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of the content already read determination method according to the present embodiment. With reference to FIG. 9, an operation related to the content read determination performed by the read management unit 9 of the present embodiment will be described.

(Step S101) The already-read management unit 9 checks whether or not the already-read management data has the same content ID as the content ID of the newly acquired content. In this investigation, only the content ID for the content provider of the newly acquired content in the already-read management data is checked to see if it matches the content ID of the newly acquired content. For example, in the read management data of FIG. 8, when the content provider of the newly acquired content is the news distribution server A, only the content ID for the news distribution server A in the read management data is targeted. It is checked whether or not the content ID of the newly acquired content matches.

(Step S102) As a result of the investigation in step S101, if the content ID that matches the content ID of the newly acquired content is present in the read management data, the process proceeds to step S103. On the other hand, if the matching content ID is not present in the read management data, the processing in FIG. 9 is terminated.

(Step S103) The read management unit 9 checks whether or not the read management data has been read for each content ID found in step S101 in the read management data.

(Step S104) As a result of the investigation in step S103, the content ID that has been read is processed in step S105. On the other hand, no processing is performed for content IDs that have not been read.

(Step S105) As a result of the investigation in step S103, the already-read management unit 9 discards the newly acquired content that is the already-read content ID. Thereafter, the process of FIG. 9 is terminated.

  Note that the above-described content read determination in FIG. 9 may be performed only for a predetermined period. For example, the already-read management unit 9 stops the already-read determination of the content used for the magazine data after a predetermined period has elapsed since the creation of the magazine data. The creation date and time of the magazine data and the content ID of the content used for the magazine data are recorded separately. Regarding the content ID of the content for which the read determination is stopped, the read determination is stopped by deleting the content ID from the read management data. As the predetermined period, for example, stopping the read determination of the corresponding content in one week can be mentioned. The content with the content ID for which the read determination has been stopped may be used for creating new magazine data as newly acquired content. However, for example, it is considered that there is a low possibility that the latest news is searched again after one week, for example, after being posted in the magazine data as the latest news. For this reason, even if the read determination of the content is stopped only for a predetermined period such as one week after the content is used for the magazine data, if the disadvantage can be tolerated, only the amount of the read determination is stopped. The effect of reducing the load can be obtained.

  According to the content read management method described above, the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 manages the read of the content retrieved at different times. As a result, the content provider need not manage the read of the distributed content for each content provider.

  In addition, according to the above-described content read management method, the content ID assigned to whether or not the content has been read in the read management data held by the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 is matched with the content ID of the newly acquired content. Thus, it is possible to determine whether the newly acquired content has already been read. This greatly contributes to the reduction of the load required for determining whether the newly acquired content has already been read. This point will be described. Whether the content (used content) used for the magazine data that has already been issued is the same as the newly acquired content can also be determined by checking the used content and the newly acquired content one by one. Can do. However, checking the used content and the newly acquired content one by one is heavy and takes time. For this reason, if the same content ID can be assigned to the same content, it is possible to easily determine the match between the used content and the newly acquired content based on the content ID. However, the problem here is how to assign the same content ID to each of the contents searched for at different times even if they are the same contents. As a means for solving this problem, in the above-described content read management method, a content ID corresponding to the type of content acquired by the content acquisition unit 5 is used. As a result, the same content ID can be assigned to the same content retrieved at different times.

Moreover, according to this embodiment, the effect shown below is acquired.
According to this embodiment, the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 selects unread content from newly acquired content, and uses only the selected unread content for creation of newly issued magazine data. For this reason, the content provider need not extract only the result of the unread content from the search result by the keyword received from the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1. That is, the content provider may transmit the search result to the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 as it is. This contributes to reducing restrictions on the content provider, and is useful when configuring an electronic magazine creation system.

  For example, as an electronic magazine creation system, contents satisfying both the search condition A “only contents created within the last week” and the search condition B “only unread contents” are assigned to the content provider X and the content provider Y. Suppose you want to develop what you get from each. Here, since the content provider X belongs to the developer, it is possible to create a new API for designating each of the search conditions A and B for the content provider X. On the other hand, since the content provider Y does not belong to the developer, it is difficult to create a new API for the content provider Y. For example, the search condition A can use an existing API, but the search condition B corresponds to the corresponding API. There is a problem that the search condition B cannot be specified. Even under such circumstances, according to the present embodiment, the processing of the search condition B is performed by the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1, and therefore only the search condition A needs to be requested from the content providers X and Y. Thus, according to this embodiment, the effect that the freedom degree in development of an electronic magazine production system becomes large is acquired.

  Further, when the APIs of the search conditions A and B are used for the content provider X, the processing for the search conditions A and B is performed by the content provider X, so the load on the content provider X increases. On the other hand, according to the present embodiment, since the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 processes the search conditions A and B, the content provider X does not need to process the search conditions A and B. As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to obtain an effect that the load can be distributed between the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 and the content provider.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail with reference to drawings, the specific structure is not restricted to this embodiment, The design change etc. of the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention are included.

Further, a computer program for realizing the functions of the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 described above is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into a computer system and executed. Also good. Here, the “computer system” may include an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.
“Computer-readable recording medium” refers to a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, a writable nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory, a portable medium such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), and a built-in computer system. A storage device such as a hard disk.

Further, the “computer-readable recording medium” means a volatile memory (for example, DRAM (Dynamic DRAM) in a computer system that becomes a server or a client when a program is transmitted through a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. Random Access Memory)), etc., which hold programs for a certain period of time.
The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the “transmission medium” for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line.
The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Electronic magazine production apparatus, 2 ... Input part, 3 ... Search time condition data storage part, 4 ... Search execution part, 5 ... Content acquisition part, 6 ... Content data storage part, 7 ... Magazine creation part, 8 ... Magazine data Storage unit 9 ... Read management unit 10 ... Read management data storage unit 11 ... Output unit

Claims (10)

A search execution unit for searching for content via a communication network at a predetermined time and with a predetermined search condition;
A content acquisition unit that acquires content via a communication network based on the search result;
A magazine creation unit that creates magazine data displayed on the screen using the acquired content;
A read management unit that manages the read of content related to the magazine data,
The magazine creation unit selects content to be used for creating magazine data based on the management of the read content.
Electronic magazine creation device.   The electronic magazine creation device according to claim 1, wherein when the heading of the magazine data is displayed, the already-read management unit marks the content of the displayed heading as read.   3. The electronic magazine creation according to claim 1, wherein the already-read management unit stops the already-read determination of the content used for the magazine data after a predetermined period has elapsed from the creation time of the magazine data. apparatus.   The electronic magazine creation device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the magazine creation unit deletes the magazine data stored as a back number after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the new issue of the magazine data.   5. The electronic magazine creation device according to claim 1, wherein the magazine creation unit creates the magazine data by prioritizing content with an image over content without an image. 6.   The electronic magazine creation according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a keyword input unit for inputting a keyword, wherein the predetermined search condition is to perform a content search using the input keyword. apparatus.   The electronic magazine creation device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein when the search condition is changed, creation of the magazine data based on the changed search condition is started. An electronic magazine creation system in which the electronic magazine creation device according to any one of claims 1 to 7 and a content provider device are connected via a communication network,
The content providing device provides the content via the communication network based on the search result by the electronic magazine creation device.
Electronic magazine creation system. The electronic magazine creation device searches for content via a communication network with a predetermined search condition at a predetermined time,
The electronic magazine creation device acquires content via a communication network based on the search result,
The electronic magazine creation device creates the magazine data displayed on the screen using the acquired content,
The electronic magazine creation device manages the reading of content related to the magazine data,
The electronic magazine creation device selects content to be used for creation of magazine data based on the read management of the content;
How to create an electronic magazine. On the computer,
A search execution function for searching for content via a communication network at a predetermined time and with a predetermined search condition;
A content acquisition function for acquiring content via a communication network based on the search result;
A magazine creation function for creating magazine data displayed on the screen using the acquired content;
A read management function for managing the read of content related to the magazine data, and a computer program for realizing
The magazine creation function selects content to be used for creation of magazine data based on management of the already read content.
Computer program.

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