JP2017111743A - Virtual booth providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a virtual booth providing system for efficiently handling management of a virtual exhibition for performing exhibition and selling of commodities.SOLUTION: A virtual place providing system for providing a virtual place on the Internet comprises: place output means for outputting place information for displaying a virtual place which comprises plural zones which can be selected on a terminal of a user; booth output means for outputting booth information of the selected zone on the place for displaying an exhibition booth on the terminal; and exhibit output means for outputting exhibit information according to a display request of an exhibit received on the exhibition booth.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a virtual booth providing system for providing a virtual event booth on the Internet.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, exhibitions in which a plurality of exhibitors set up a booth in a predetermined section and exhibit products and services are held in an actual event space. In such an actual exhibition, the duration and place of the exhibition are determined, which has caused time and cost burden to visitors. In addition, from the standpoint of the organizers and exhibitors, the number of visitors that can participate is limited due to such restrictions, and there has been a demand for a method of holding an exhibition that can attract more visitors.

  As a technology to solve such a problem, a virtual event venue lending system has been known in which a virtual venue on the web page that can be accessed (accessed) via the Internet from a visitor's terminal is known. (Patent Document 1).

  Further, as a technique for promoting the use of a virtual event venue, a technique (Patent Document 2) that distributes a presentation (presentation) made by each exhibitor as a moving image is known. In addition, a technique (Patent Document 3) that provides an encrypted chat that is used between exhibitors and visitors in order to conduct highly confidential business negotiations is known.

  With this technology for providing virtual event venues, even participants who have been difficult to participate in exhibitions due to geographical restrictions can participate, greatly increasing the cost of the event. It became possible to hold a virtual exhibition that could be reduced to

JP 2002-109414 A JP 2002-351965 A JP 2001-160065 A

  However, in the prior art, there is a problem that it is difficult to understand which booth a desired exhibitor is exhibiting in a virtual exhibition hall having a plurality of booths.

  In addition, a technology for efficiently managing a virtual exhibition for exhibiting or selling products is not disclosed in the prior art.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, and provides a virtual booth providing system for efficiently managing a virtual exhibition for displaying and selling products. The task is to do.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a virtual venue providing system for providing a virtual venue on the Internet,
A storage unit that stores venue information including a plurality of sections where exhibitors exhibit, exhibit information regarding exhibitors' exhibits, and booth information related to the exhibitor booths that are set for each section and exhibit by each exhibitor When,
A server device that outputs information to a terminal device used by visitors,
The server device, a venue output means for outputting the venue information to display a virtual venue having a plurality of selectable sections on the terminal device;
Booth output means for outputting booth information of the section selected in the venue in order to display the exhibition booth on the terminal device;
It has an exhibit output means for outputting exhibit information in response to an exhibit display request received at the exhibit booth.

  With such a configuration, a virtual venue can be provided by displaying a venue having a plurality of sections, individual exhibitor booths, and exhibitor information of individual exhibitors. .

In a preferred form of the present invention, the exhibit output means outputs catalog information to display a catalog on the terminal device as exhibit information,
The catalog is characterized in that it is an electronic content that includes one or more pages on which one or more exhibits are listed and is browsed by turning pages.
By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to browse the exhibits of individual exhibitors as electronic contents on the catalog at the booth, and browse the exhibits in a more realistic manner. In addition, it is possible to easily check what exhibits are available.

In a preferred form of the present invention, an additional means for adding the selected exhibit to the purchase list in response to a purchase request for the exhibit information;
Settlement means for purchasing the exhibit added to the purchase list.
With this configuration, it is not necessary to make payments at individual booths, and payment can be made after selecting a desired product around a plurality of booths.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the venue information is displayed together with the section, and is displayed so as to be uniquely identifiable by the section identification information for identifying the section,
In order to display an exhibitor list in which the section identification information and information related to exhibitors are arranged on the terminal device, a list output unit that outputs list information is provided.
With such a configuration, it is possible to easily grasp which exhibitor is in which booth that appears on the venue page, and it is possible to efficiently move within the venue.

According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, there is provided an exhibitor output means for outputting exhibitor information in response to a display request for information regarding the exhibitor received at the venue.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the display request is accepted by moving the mouse over a section, and the exhibitor information output by the exhibitor output means is displayed in a pop-up manner.
By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to easily identify the exhibitor in the booth and to efficiently move within the venue.

  In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, at least a section in which the exhibition is being performed, a section in preparation for exhibiting, and a section in which no exhibit has been made are displayed so as to be distinguishable among the sections displayed on the terminal device. It is characterized by that.

The present invention is a server device for providing a virtual venue on the Internet,
In order to display a virtual venue having a plurality of sections provided so as to be selectable on the terminal device, a venue output means for outputting venue information having a plurality of sections where the exhibitor exhibits,
Booth output means for displaying booth information of the section set for each section and selected at the venue in order to display the exhibition booth on the terminal device,
And an exhibit output means for outputting exhibit information relating to the exhibitor's exhibit in response to a display request for the exhibit received at the exhibit booth.

The present invention is a virtual venue providing program for providing a virtual venue on the Internet,
Venue output means for outputting venue information having a plurality of sections where an exhibitor exhibits in order to display a virtual venue having a plurality of sections provided in a computer on the terminal device;
Booth output means for displaying booth information of the section set for each section and selected at the venue in order to display the exhibition booth on the terminal device,
It functions as an exhibit output means for outputting exhibit information relating to the exhibitor's exhibit in response to a display request for the exhibit received at the exhibit booth.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the virtual booth provision system for performing efficiently the management of the virtual exhibition for performing display, sale, etc. of goods can be provided.

It is a figure showing the whole virtual booth offer system composition concerning an embodiment of the present invention. It is a hardware block diagram in the virtual booth provision server 1 concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the functional component of the virtual booth provision system concerning embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the information memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 2 regarding embodiment of this invention. FIG. 4A shows an example of exhibit information, FIG. 4B shows an example of list information, and FIG. 4C shows an example of exhibitor information 26. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the venue page P1 regarding embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the list page P2 regarding embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the booth page P3 and the exhibit page B regarding embodiment of this invention. 7A shows a screen display example of the booth page P3, and FIG. 7B shows a screen display example of the booth page P3 and the exhibit page B. It is a figure which shows the example of a screen display of the booth page P3 and the exhibit page B regarding embodiment of this invention. It is a process flowchart at the time of displaying the booth page P3 regarding embodiment of this invention. It is a process flowchart from the display of the booth page P3 to payment regarding the embodiment of the present invention.

  Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings, a virtual booth providing system for displaying and selling products according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. The following embodiment is an example of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the following embodiment. In this embodiment, a circle that creates illustrations, art collections, goods, audio data, video data, etc. gathers at a virtual event venue provided by the virtual booth providing system, and displays and sells these exhibits. Illustrate. The types of virtual events provided by the present invention are not limited at all, such as exhibitions and sales events.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a virtual booth providing system according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, the code | symbol 1 shows a virtual booth provision server, the code | symbol 2 shows a memory | storage part, and the code | symbol 3 has shown the user terminal which a visitor uses. These devices are connected via a network N such as the Internet or an intranet.

  The virtual booth providing server 1 provides a virtual event venue and sales of exhibits of each exhibitor to the user terminal 3 owned by the user (visitor).

  In FIG. 2, the hardware block diagram in the virtual booth provision server 1 which comprises a virtual booth provision system is shown. The virtual booth providing server 1 includes a CPU 101, a memory 102, a display 103, a keyboard / mouse 104, a hard disk 105, and a communication circuit 106. The user terminal 3 is also configured with the same hardware configuration as the virtual booth providing server 1.

  The hard disk 105 stores an operating system (OS) 107, a virtual booth providing program 108, a program for realizing a web server function, and the like. The communication circuit 106 is a circuit for connecting to another computer apparatus, and can be connected to the Internet.

  The user terminal 3 is a computer connectable to the Internet (network N) owned by the user, and has a web browser function. The user terminal 3 is, for example, a stationary or portable personal computer, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), or the like.

  FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing functional components of the virtual booth providing system. The virtual booth providing server 1 includes a page generation unit 10, an addition unit 16, and a settlement unit 17. The user terminal 3 includes page acquisition means 31, display control means 32, and output means 33.

  The storage unit 2 includes venue information 21, booth information 22, exhibit information 23, catalog information 24, list information 25, exhibitor information 26, and user information 27. The venue information 21 is used to display a venue page of a virtual exhibition hall having a plurality of booths. The booth information 22 is used to display the booth page selected by the user on the venue page.

  The exhibit information 23 includes information regarding the exhibit that the exhibitor is exhibiting at the booth. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the storage unit 2. As shown in FIG. 4A, the exhibit information 23 in the present embodiment includes the name of the item for sale, the product image (or / and product video), the price, the details of the product, and the like. .

  The catalog information 24 is used to display the exhibit on the catalog page. The list information 25 is used to display a list page indicating the position of each booth represented on the venue page and the correspondence between exhibitors. FIG. 4B shows an example of list information in the present embodiment.

  The exhibitor information 26 includes information regarding exhibitors. As shown in FIG. 4C, the exhibitor information 26 in the present embodiment includes an exhibitor name, an external link such as an exhibitor's home page or an SNS (Social Networking Service) page, and a comment by the exhibitor. Have. The user information 27 includes the user's name, address, purchase history of products that are exhibits, payment information, and the like.

  The page generation means 10 is a venue output means 11 that outputs the page information of the venue page, a booth output means 12 that outputs the page information of the booth page, and an exhibit output that outputs the page information of the catalog page displaying the exhibit. Means 13, list output means 14 for outputting page information of the list page, and exhibitor output means 15 for displaying information on exhibitors exhibiting at the booth selected on the booth page.

  The adding means 16 adds the exhibit exhibited at the booth to the purchase list. The settlement means 17 performs a settlement process for purchase targets included in the purchase list.

  The page acquisition unit 31 transmits a page request including a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) to the page generation unit 10 when processing for designating a predetermined page is performed. Thereafter, the page acquisition unit 31 receives the page data sent by the page generation unit 10 in response to the HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) request, and outputs the data to the display control unit 32.

  The display control unit 32 displays the web page on the display of the user terminal 3. The display control unit 32 is realized by developing and executing HTML (HyperText Markup Language) data and script (for example, JavaScript (registered trademark)) included in the page data on the CPU or the main storage unit of the user terminal 3. The

  Hereinafter, an example of display of a virtual event venue will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the display control means 32 displays the venue page P1 as shown in FIG. 5 based on the venue page data input from the venue output means 11 to the page acquisition means 31.

  The venue page P1 includes a plurality of booths C, arrangement information I for identifying the positions of the booths, and a list display unit V. In the present embodiment, the booth C is exhibited by the exhibitor and the booth C1 capable of browsing the booth page, the booth C2 in which the booth page is prepared and the booth page cannot be browsed yet, And a booth C3 that is not exhibiting. The arrangement information I represents the position of each booth by the booth numbers 01 to 30 assigned to each booth and the booth column symbols A to I.

  The user can move each page constituting the virtual event venue by selecting the displayed page with the cursor A. When the list display portion V is selected by the cursor A, the page acquisition unit 31 requests the page generation unit 10 to output a list page. The list output means 14 returns list page data to the page acquisition means 31, and the display control means 32 displays a list page P2 as shown in FIG. 6 based on the input list page data.

  The list page P2 is generated based on the list information shown in FIG. In the list page P2, exhibitor information and arrangement information I are displayed in association with each other, and the user can easily know which booth is in which booth by checking the list page P2. It is.

  In addition, by making an output request for exhibitor information using the cursor A on the venue page P1, at least a part of the exhibitor information can be displayed. In this embodiment, when the cursor A is placed on a predetermined booth displayed on the venue page P1 and a predetermined time has passed (when the mouse is over), the page acquisition unit 31 sends the exhibitor information to the page generation unit 10. Make an output request. The exhibitor output means 15 returns at least a part of the exhibitor information to the page acquisition means 31, and the display control means 32 pops up the name of the exhibitor based on the input exhibitor information. The symbol U indicates a pop-up display that appears when the mouse over the booth C1 (C-22 in the figure) that appears on the venue page P1.

  When the user selects the booth C1 via the cursor A on the venue page P1, the page acquisition unit 31 requests the page generation unit 10 to output booth page data. The booth output means 12 returns the booth page data to the page acquisition means 31, and the display control means 32 displays the booth page P3 as shown in FIG. 7 based on the input booth page data.

  FIG. 7A is a screen display example showing an example of the booth page P3. In the present embodiment, the booth page P3 is opened in a separate window from the venue page P1. The booth page P3 is displayed by changing the window displaying the venue page P1 to the booth page P3, displaying it on a tab different from the tab displaying the venue page P1, or displaying a modal window on the venue page P1. It doesn't matter if you do.

  The booth page P3 includes an external link portion L (L1 to L3 in the illustrated example) for moving to an external web page using an external link, and an exhibit display portion M (M1 in the illustrated example) for displaying exhibits. And M2). By selecting the external link portion L, the user can browse an external web page such as an exhibitor's home page or an SNS account page. By selecting the exhibit display unit M, information such as products and services prepared by the exhibitor can be displayed and browsed on the catalog.

  When the user selects the exhibit display unit M via the cursor A on the booth page P3, the page acquisition unit 31 requests the page generation unit 10 to output the exhibit page data. The exhibit output means 13 returns the exhibit page data to the page acquisition means 31, and the display control means 32 displays the exhibit page B as shown in FIG. 7 (b) based on the input exhibit page data. Is displayed.

  In the present embodiment, the exhibit page B is opened as a modal window on the booth page P3. The window displaying the booth page P3 may be changed to the exhibit page B, displayed on a tab different from the tab displaying the booth page P3, or the exhibit page B may be displayed in a new window. .

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen when the exhibit page B is changed. The exhibit page B has an electronic book-like structure having pages B1 to B3. Each page contains information on each exhibit, and the user can turn the pages P1 to P3 of the exhibit page B using the cursor A, and browse the exhibit catalog by the exhibitor. can do.

  The page B1 of the exhibit page B displays the exhibitor's name, circle name, comments, etc., and the pages B2 and B3 display the product image, writer name (name), circle name, and content (details) of the exhibit. Etc. are displayed.

  The user can select a product displayed on the exhibit page B. The adding unit 16 receives a request for adding a product to the purchase list via the output unit 33, and adds the product selected by the user to the user's purchase list. The settlement unit 17 receives a settlement request for the product added to the purchase list via the output unit 33 and performs settlement. At the time of purchase, a payment is made based on the payment information recorded as the user information 27 or newly input, such as the name, the address of the product shipping address, and the credit card number.

  The settlement by the settlement means 17 is not necessarily performed for each booth. After the user adds a product to the purchase list at a certain booth, the user may be able to move to another exhibitor's booth page P3, display the exhibit page B, and add the product to the purchase list. In that case, it is possible to make a payment using the payment means 17 for a purchase list in which products exhibited by a plurality of exhibitors are mixed.

  The flow of the virtual booth providing system process will be described with reference to FIGS. First, processing until the booth page P3 is displayed will be described with reference to FIG. In step S <b> 1, the venue page P <b> 1 is displayed on the web browser of the user terminal 3 via the page acquisition unit 31 and the display control unit 32.

  In step S2, it is determined whether or not an output request for exhibitor information has been made by the user on the venue page P1. When an output request for exhibitor information is made (Yes in step S2), exhibitor information such as an exhibitor name and a circle name is displayed in a pop-up (step S3). When an output request for exhibitor information is not made (No in step S2), the process proceeds to step S4.

  In step S4, it is determined whether or not the list display portion V is selected on the venue page P1 and a list page output request is made by the user. When the output request for the list page P2 is made (Yes in step S4), the list page P2 is displayed (step S5), and the process proceeds to step S6. When the output request for the list page P2 is not made (No in step S4), the process proceeds to step S7.

  In step S6, it is determined whether a booth is selected on the list page P2 and an output request for the booth page P3 is made by the user. When the output request of the booth page P3 is made (Yes in step S6), the process proceeds to step S8, and the booth page P3 is output. When the booth page output request is not made (No in step S6), the process returns to step S2 to display the venue page P1.

  In step S7, it is determined whether or not the booth C1 is selected on the venue page P1 and the user has requested the output of the booth page P3. When the output request of the booth page P3 is made (Yes in step S7), the process proceeds to step S8, and the booth page P3 is output. When the booth page output request is not made (No in step S7), the process returns to step S2 to display the venue page P1.

  Next, processing from the display of the booth page P3 to the settlement of the product will be described with reference to FIG. In step S <b> 11, the booth page P <b> 3 is displayed on the web browser of the user terminal 3 through the page acquisition unit 31 and the display control unit 32.

  In step S12, it is determined whether or not a request for movement from the user to the external page has been made on the booth page P3. When a request to move to an external page is made (Yes in step S12), link information to the external page is output (step S13). If a request to move to an external page is not made (No in step S12), the process proceeds to step S14.

  In step S14, it is determined whether or not the exhibit display unit M is selected on the booth page P3, and an output request for the exhibit page B is made by the user. When the output request of the exhibit page B is made (Yes in step S14), the exhibit page B is displayed (step S15), and the process proceeds to step S16. When the output request for the exhibit page B is not made (No in step S14), the process proceeds to step S16.

  In step S16, it is determined whether or not a product has been selected on the exhibit page B and a request for addition to the purchase list has been made by the user. When the user makes a request to add to the purchase list (Yes in step S16), the target product is added to the purchase list (step S17), and the process proceeds to step S18. If the user does not request addition to the purchase list (No in step S6), the process proceeds to step S18.

  When viewing another booth (Yes in step S18), the process returns to step S2 in FIG. 9 to move from the venue page P1 to another booth. If no other booth is seen (No in step S18), the process proceeds to step S19, and the product added to the purchase list is settled.

  According to the present invention, a virtual venue can be provided by displaying a venue having a plurality of sections, individual exhibitor booths, and exhibitor information on individual exhibitors.

  In addition, at the exhibitor's booth, the exhibitor's exhibits can be viewed as electronic contents on the catalog, and the exhibit can be viewed in a more realistic manner. As a result, it is possible to easily confirm what exhibits are present.

  In addition, by providing additional means for adding products to the purchase list and payment means, there is no need to make individual payments at individual booths, and after selecting the desired products around multiple booths , Can be settled together.

  In addition, by making an output request from the venue page P1 to the list page P2 or performing a pop-up display U of exhibitor information on the venue page P1, it is possible to easily grasp the correspondence between the booth appearing on the venue page P1 and the exhibitor. It is possible to move within the venue (display of the booth page P3) efficiently.

1 Virtual booth providing server 101 CPU
102 Memory 103 Display 104 Keyboard / Mouse 105 Hard Disk 106 Communication Circuit 107 Operating System (OS)
108 Virtual booth providing program 10 Page generation means 11 Venue output means 12 Booth output means 13 Exhibit output means 14 List output means 15 Exhibitor output means 16 Additional means 17 Settlement means 2 Storage unit 21 Venue information 22 Booth information 23 Exhibit information 24 catalog information 25 list information 26 exhibitor information 27 user information 3 user terminal 31 page acquisition means 32 display control means 33 output means N network P1 venue pages C, C1, C2, C3 booth I arrangement information V list display part A cursor U Pop-up display P2 List page P3 Booth page L External link part M Exhibit display part B Exhibit page B1, B2, B3 page

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a virtual venue providing system for providing a virtual venue on the Internet,
A storage unit that stores venue information including a plurality of sections where exhibitors exhibit, exhibit information regarding exhibitors' exhibits, and booth information related to the exhibitor booths that are set for each section and exhibit by each exhibitor When,
A server device that outputs information to a terminal device used by visitors,
The server device, a venue output means for outputting the venue information to display a virtual venue having a plurality of selectable sections on the terminal device;
Booth output means for outputting booth information of the section selected in the venue in order to display the exhibition booth on the terminal device;
Depending on the display request of the exhibit accepted in the booth, and organic and exhibit an output means for outputting the exhibit information, the,
Of the sections displayed on the terminal device, at least a section in which an exhibit is being performed, a section in preparation for exhibiting, and a section in which no exhibit has been made are displayed in an identifiable manner.

The present invention is a server device for providing a virtual venue on the Internet,
In order to display a virtual venue having a plurality of sections provided so as to be selectable on the terminal device, a venue output means for outputting venue information having a plurality of sections where the exhibitor exhibits,
Booth output means for displaying booth information of the section set for each section and selected at the venue in order to display the exhibition booth on the terminal device,
The exhibition in accordance with the display request received exhibit in booth, have a, and exhibit an output means for outputting the exhibit information about an exhibit of the exhibitor,
Of the sections displayed on the terminal device, at least a section in which an exhibit is being performed, a section in preparation for exhibiting, and a section in which no exhibit has been made are displayed in an identifiable manner.

The present invention is a virtual venue providing program for providing a virtual venue on the Internet,
Venue output means for outputting venue information having a plurality of sections where an exhibitor exhibits in order to display a virtual venue having a plurality of sections provided in a computer on the terminal device;
Booth output means for displaying booth information of the section set for each section and selected at the venue in order to display the exhibition booth on the terminal device,
In response to a display request for an exhibit received at the exhibit booth, function as an exhibit output means for outputting exhibit information related to the exhibitor exhibit ,
Of the sections displayed on the terminal device, at least a section in which an exhibit is being performed, a section in preparation for exhibiting, and a section in which no exhibit has been made are displayed in an identifiable manner.

Claims (9)

A virtual venue providing system for providing a virtual venue on the Internet,
A storage unit that stores venue information including a plurality of sections where exhibitors exhibit, exhibit information regarding exhibitors' exhibits, and booth information related to the exhibitor booths that are set for each section and exhibit by each exhibitor When,
A server device that outputs information to a terminal device used by visitors,
The server device, a venue output means for outputting the venue information to display a virtual venue having a plurality of selectable sections on the terminal device;
Booth output means for outputting booth information of the section selected in the venue in order to display the exhibition booth on the terminal device;
A virtual venue providing system comprising: an exhibit output means for outputting exhibit information in response to an exhibit display request received at the exhibit booth. The exhibit output means outputs catalog information for displaying the catalog as exhibit information on the terminal device,
2. The virtual venue providing system according to claim 1, wherein the catalog is an electronic content that includes one or more pages on which one or more exhibits are listed and is browsed by turning the pages. An adding means for adding the selected exhibit to the purchase list in response to a purchase request for the exhibit information;
The virtual venue providing system according to claim 1, further comprising: settlement means for purchasing the exhibit added to the purchase list. The venue information is displayed together with the section, and can be uniquely specified by the section identification information for identifying the section,
4. A list output means for outputting list information for displaying an exhibitor list in which the section identification information and information on exhibitors are arranged on the terminal device. Virtual venue providing system.   The virtual venue providing system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising exhibitor output means for outputting exhibitor information in response to a display request for information regarding the exhibitor received at the venue.   6. The virtual venue providing system according to claim 5, wherein the display request is accepted by moving the mouse over the section, and the exhibitor information output by the exhibitor output means is displayed in a pop-up manner.   The division displayed at least among the divisions displayed on the terminal device, the division being prepared for exhibition, and the division not exhibiting are displayed in an identifiable manner. Item 7. The virtual venue providing system according to any one of Items 1 to 6. A server device for providing a virtual venue on the Internet,
In order to display a virtual venue having a plurality of sections provided so as to be selectable on the terminal device, a venue output means for outputting venue information having a plurality of sections where the exhibitor exhibits,
Booth output means for displaying booth information of the section set for each section and selected at the venue in order to display the exhibition booth on the terminal device,
A server apparatus, comprising: an exhibit output unit that outputs exhibit information related to the exhibitor's exhibit in response to a display request for the exhibit received at the exhibit booth. A virtual venue providing program for providing virtual venues on the Internet,
Venue output means for outputting venue information having a plurality of sections where an exhibitor exhibits in order to display a virtual venue having a plurality of sections provided in a computer on the terminal device;
Booth output means for displaying booth information of the section set for each section and selected at the venue in order to display the exhibition booth on the terminal device,
A virtual venue providing program that functions as an exhibit output means for outputting exhibit information related to an exhibitor's exhibit in response to an exhibit display request received at the exhibit booth.