JP2017224138A - Content information providing apparatus, content information providing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve convenience of a content providing service.SOLUTION: A content information providing apparatus of one aspect of the present invention comprises: an acquisition unit for acquiring content retrieval results from a plurality of content providing servers on the basis of a retrieval query received from a terminal device; an extraction unit for extracting unconditionally or conditionally available content for a user from among pieces of content related to the retrieval results acquired by the acquisition unit on the basis of information which indicates the use authority of a user for every service provided by the content providing servers; and a transmission unit for transmitting information for making the user use the content extracted by the extraction unit to the terminal device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a content information providing apparatus, a content information providing method, and a program.

  A content providing server that distributes content such as movies and music to terminal devices for a fee is known. The content distribution service provided by this server includes a service called a subscription service. The subscription service is a service that distributes content to a terminal device without an additional charge when a predetermined flat fee is collected. In this regard, there is a technique for receiving a search request from a terminal device, performing a search on a network, and receiving search results from a plurality of content providing servers, prioritizing the search results and providing them to the terminal device. It is known (see Patent Document 1).

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  However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, since the user's usage authority is not taken into consideration, even if the user receives the search result, the user cannot immediately use the content, but confirms his / her usage authority again. There is a need to. For this reason, convenience may not be sufficient.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a content information providing apparatus, a content information providing method, and a program capable of improving the convenience of a content providing service. I will.

  One aspect of the present invention provides an acquisition unit that acquires content search results from a plurality of content providing servers based on a search query received from a terminal device, and a user's usage authority for each service provided by the content providing server. Based on the information shown, the content is extracted by the extraction unit from the content related to the search result acquired by the acquisition unit, and the extraction unit extracts content that can be used unconditionally or conditionally by the user. A content information providing apparatus comprising: a transmission unit that transmits information for using the content to the terminal device.

  According to one embodiment of the present invention, the convenience of a content providing service can be improved.

It is a figure which shows an example of the content provision system 1 which concerns on 1st Embodiment. 2 is a functional configuration diagram of a search server 100. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the user information. It is a figure which shows an example of the use authority information 132. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of search history information 133. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the usage history information. It is a figure which shows an example of the content provision service information 135. FIG. 3 is a functional configuration diagram of a content providing server 200. FIG. 3 is a functional configuration diagram of a user terminal 300. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the whole operation | movement of the content provision system. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen 340A in the user terminal 300. It is a figure which shows an example of the other display screen 340B in the user terminal 300. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the other display screen 340C in the user terminal 300. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the flow of the whole process in the search server. It is a figure which shows an example of the flow of the extraction process in the search server. It is a functional lineblock diagram of search server 100A. It is a figure which shows another example of the flow of the whole process in 100 A of search servers. It is a figure which shows an example of the flow of the content aptitude determination process in 100 A of search servers. It is a functional lineblock diagram of search server 100B. It is a figure which shows another example of the flow of the whole process in the search server 100B. It is a figure which shows an example of the flow of the service aptitude determination process in the search server 100B. It is a flowchart which shows the modification of 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the 1st notification operation | movement of the content provision system. It is a figure which shows an example of the 2nd notification operation | movement of the content provision system. It is a figure which shows an example of the 3rd notification operation | movement of the content provision system. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a user terminal 300, a search server 100, and a content providing server 200. FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a content information providing apparatus, a content information providing method, and a program according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the content providing system according to the embodiment described below, when a search query is received from a user terminal, a search is performed on a network including a plurality of content providing servers, search results are acquired from the plurality of content providing servers, and the search is performed. The content information based on the result is provided to the user terminal.

<First Embodiment>
[Overall Configuration of Content Providing System 1]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a content providing system 1 according to the first embodiment. The content providing system 1 includes, for example, a search server 100, a content providing server 200-1, ... 200-N (N is a natural number of 2 or more), and user terminals 300-1, ... 300-M (M Is a natural number of 2 or more). These components can communicate via the network NW. The network NW includes, for example, a wireless base station, a Wi-Fi access point, a communication line, a provider, the Internet, and the like. In the following description, the content providing server is described as “content providing server 200” when it is not distinguished from other content providing servers. Further, when the user terminal is not distinguished from other user terminals, “user terminal 300” is described.

[Configuration of Search Server 100]
FIG. 2 is a functional configuration diagram of the search server 100. The search server 100 includes, for example, a search server side communication unit 110, a search server control unit 120, and a search server storage unit 130.

  The search server side communication unit 110 includes, for example, a NIC (Network Interface Card). The search server side communication unit 110 communicates with the content providing server 200 or the user terminal 300 via the network NW.

  The search server control unit 120 includes, for example, a query acquisition unit 122, a search result acquisition unit 124, an extraction unit 126, and a transmission control unit 128. The search server control unit 120 is realized by a processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit) executing an application program (software) stored in a program memory (for example, the storage unit 130). Some or all of the functional units including the search server control unit 120 may be realized by hardware such as a large scale integration (LSI), an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). It may be realized by cooperation of software and hardware.

  The query acquisition unit 122 acquires the search query received from the user terminal 300 using the search server side communication unit 110. The search result acquisition unit 124 acquires the search result received from the content providing server 200 using the search server side communication unit 110. The extraction unit 126 acquires content information by performing extraction processing on the search results acquired by the search result acquisition unit 124. The content information is information for using the content and may be the content itself (for example, data such as a movie or music) or reference information such as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for downloading the content. May be. The transmission control unit 128 controls the operation of transmitting various notifications in the search server side communication unit 110.

  The search server storage unit 130 is an HDD (Hard Disc Drive), flash memory, EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory), or a hybrid type using a plurality of these. This is realized by a storage device. The search server storage unit 130 stores various programs such as a server program, various processing results, and the like. The search server storage unit 130 stores, for example, user information 131, usage authority information 132, search history information 133, usage history information 134, and content providing service information 135. Part or all of the storage unit 130 may be realized by an external storage device that can be accessed by the search server 100 via various networks. An example of the external storage device is a NAS (Network Attached Storage) device.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the user information 131. The user information 131 is information indicating user attributes. In the user information 131, for example, a user ID, age, sex, content genre, and terminal information are associated. The user ID is user identification information for using a search service provided by the search server 100, for example. The search service is a service that responds by performing processing described below for a search query when a search query is acquired. The genre is, for example, a genre registered by the user, or a genre analyzed based on a search query history or usage history. The terminal information is information indicating whether or not an application program for using the subscription service is installed.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the usage authority information 132. The usage authority information 132 is information in which information indicating the usage authority of the content providing service is associated with the user ID. The content providing service is, for example, a subscription service (hereinafter also referred to as SS). The subscription service is a service that allows unlimited use of content that can be provided by each content providing server 200 by paying a fixed usage fee.

  The information indicating the authority to use the content providing service corresponds to the user ID, the subscription service name (SS name), the subscription service ID (SSID) as service identification information, the member status, and the linkage point It is the attached information. The subscription service name is information indicating the name of the subscription service. The subscription service ID is identification information for uniquely identifying a user in each subscription service. The member status is information indicating the registration status of the user in each subscription service. The registered state of the user is either a flat-rate member, a non-fixed-rate member, or a trial member. A flat-rate member is a user who can use content that can be provided by each content providing server 200 without limitation. Non-flat-rate members are users who have a subscription service ID, but are users who cannot use content without restriction. The trial member is a user who can use the content without limitation during a predetermined trial period, but loses the authority to use the content without limitation when the end of the trial period comes. The information indicating the trial period is information registered in the member status. A cooperation point is information showing the point managed in a search service, for example. The cooperation point is information that can be paid instead of a fee when using the content provided by the subscription service.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the search history information 133. The search history information 133 is information in which the user ID is associated with the search query and the date and time when the search query is received. Note that the search history information 133 also includes a search history related to a user similar to the user attribute specified by the user ID.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the usage history information 134. The usage history information 134 is information in which content information of distributed content and distribution date / time are associated with a user ID. The distribution content is content information of content provided from the content providing server 200 to the user terminal 300 via the search server 100. Note that the usage history information 134 is not limited to the distribution content and the distribution date and time, but may include a browsing history indicating that the user terminal 300 actually reproduced the content, and further, an advertisement distributed to the user terminal 300 Information may be included. Note that the usage history information 134 includes a usage history related to a user similar to the user attribute specified by the user ID.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the content providing service information 135. The content providing service information 135 is information indicating the attributes of the subscription service. In the content providing service information 135, for example, presence / absence of point cooperation, member information, retained content information, the number of searches, and the number of content provisions are associated with the subscription service name.

  The presence or absence of point cooperation is information indicating whether or not there is point cooperation between the search service and the subscription service. When there is a point linkage between a certain subscription service and a search service, the user can use the content provided by the subscription service by paying with the points. The member information is information indicating the number of members registered in the subscription service or member attributes. The member attribute is, for example, the number of users for each age group of the member. The held content information is information related to content that can be provided by the subscription service. The held content information is information including the type of content such as a movie or music, the genre of the content, and the number of contents that can be provided for each genre of content. Member information and possessed content information are acquired from each content providing server 200 by the search server 100 on a regular basis, for example. The number of searches is information indicating the number of times each content providing server 200 returns a search result to the search server 100. The content provision count is information indicating the number of times each content provision server 200 has distributed the content via the search server 100. The number of searches is counted up each time the search server 100 receives a search result from the content providing server 200, for example. The content provision count is counted up every time the content providing server 200 delivers the content to the user terminal 300, for example.

[Configuration of Content Providing Server 200]
FIG. 8 is a functional configuration diagram of the content providing server 200. The content providing server 200 includes, for example, a content providing side communication unit 210, a content providing control unit 220, and an information storage unit 230.

  The content providing side communication unit 210 includes, for example, a NIC. The content providing side communication unit 210 communicates with the search server 100 via the network NW.

  The content provision control unit 220 includes, for example, a member registration unit 222, a query acquisition unit 224, a search unit 226, and a push notification unit 228. The content provision control unit 220 is realized, for example, when a processor such as a CPU executes an application program stored in a program memory. Part or all of the functional units including the content provision control unit 220 may be realized by hardware such as LSI, ASIC, or FPGA, or may be realized by cooperation of software and hardware.

  The member registration unit 222 issues a subscription service ID to the user on condition that the member is registered. In addition, the member registration unit 222 sets the member status for the user ID to “flat-rate member” on condition that a fixed amount of fee is paid. Further, the member registration unit 222 sets the member status for the user ID to “trial member” that can use the subscription service during the trial period, on the condition that the trial member is registered.

  The query acquisition unit 224 acquires the search query received from the search server 100 using the content providing side communication unit 210. The search unit 226 extracts content information related to the search query from the content stored in the information storage unit 230 using the search query acquired by the query acquisition unit 224 as a key. The search unit 226 includes content information related to the search query in the content search result. Reference information such as a content URL is an example of content information related to a search query. In addition, the search unit 226 transmits information related to conditions for the user to use the content (hereinafter referred to as content use condition information) to the search server 100 together with the content information related to the search query.

  Content usage condition information is information about services that can be used by all users (hereinafter referred to as free services), services that can be used without restriction by paying a fixed fee and registering with flat-rate members Equivalent to information related to (a flat-rate membership service), information related to a service that can be used without restriction during the trial period by registering as a trial member (hereinafter referred to as a trial membership service), or a charge or fee This is one of information related to a service (hereinafter referred to as a fee payment service) that can be used by paying the points to be paid. In addition, the information on the fee payment service includes whether or not it is free, the price, the number of points, and the point return rate. The flat-rate membership service may be a service that can be used without limitation by paying points corresponding to a fixed fee instead of a fixed fee.

  The push notification unit 228 performs a push notification to the user terminal 300 based on information received from the search server 100 using the content providing side communication unit 210.

  The information storage unit 230 is realized by an HDD, flash memory, EEPROM, ROM, RAM, or a hybrid storage device using a plurality of these. Part or all of the information storage unit 230 may be realized by an external storage device that the content providing server 200 can access via various networks. An example of the external storage device is a NAS device. The information storage unit 230 includes, for example, a member information database 232 and a content database 234.

  The member information database 232 stores information related to the member status of the user in association with the subscription service ID. Similar to the member status stored in the search server 100, the member status is information indicating whether the registered state of the user is a flat-rate member, a non-fixed-rate member, or a trial member. Further, the use condition database 232 may include an IP address, a mail address, or the like as information for the content providing server 200 to directly communicate with the user terminal 300.

  For example, the content database 234 stores content data and content attribute information in association with a content ID that uniquely identifies the content. The content data is video data or music data related to the content. The content attribute information is information for using the content and content usage condition information.

[Configuration of User Terminal 300]
FIG. 9 is a functional configuration diagram of the user terminal 300. The user terminal 300 includes, for example, a user side communication unit 310, a terminal control unit 320, an operation unit 330, and a display unit 340.

  The user side communication unit 310 includes, for example, a NIC. The user side communication unit 310 communicates with the search server 100 via the network NW.

  The terminal control unit 320 includes, for example, an application execution unit 322 and a UA (User Agent) execution unit 324. The terminal control unit 320 is realized by, for example, a processor such as a CPU executing an application program stored in a program memory. Part or all of the functional units including the terminal control unit 320 may be realized by hardware such as LSI, ASIC, or FPGA, or may be realized by cooperation of software and hardware.

  The application execution unit 322 is realized by installing an application program related to a service provided by each content providing server 200. The application execution unit 322 processes information distributed from each content providing server 200 to allow the user to use the content.

  The UA execution unit 324 is realized by, for example, starting browser software. When the UA execution unit 324 is realized by the browser, the user terminal 300 transmits an HTTP request to the search server 100 to acquire information in the form of a web page, and displays a web image that is an example of content. To display.

  The operation unit 330 is realized by an operation device such as a touch panel, for example. The operation unit 330 receives a user operation and outputs information indicating the operation content to the terminal control unit 320. The display unit 340 is a display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or an organic EL (Electroluminescence) display device. The display unit 340 displays various screens based on the image data output from the terminal control unit 320.

[Overall Operation of Content Providing System 1]
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall operation of the content providing system 1. First, the user terminal 300 transmits a user ID and a search query S <b> 1 to the search server 100 based on an operation on the operation unit 330. When the search server 100 receives the user ID and the search query S1 from the user terminal 300, the search server 100 sends the search queries S2-1, ..., S2-N to the content providing servers 200-1, ..., 200-N. Transmit (S10).

  When receiving the search query S2 from the search server 100, the content providing servers 200-1, ..., 200-N search the content database 234 for content related to the search query S2 (S12-1, ..., S12-N), search results S3-1, ..., S3-N are transmitted to the search server 100. The search result includes information for specifying a subscription service, content information, and content use condition information.

  The search server 100 extracts content that can be used by the user from the contents included in the search results S3-1,..., S3-N based on the usage authority information 132 and the received content usage condition information. (S14). The search server 100 transmits information specifying the subscription service, content information of the extracted content, and content usage condition information to the user terminal 300 as the extraction result S4.

  Based on the extraction result S4, the user terminal 300 displays content information and information related to content usage conditions (S16). FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the display screen 340 </ b> A in the user terminal 300. The user terminal 300 displays the content list image 342. The content list image 342 includes content name “movie XXX” associated with reference information such as a URL as content information. The content list image 342 includes content usage condition information such as “unlimited (flat-rate membership)”, “single item purchase, 300 yen”, “point settlement, 300P”, and “free (campaign period)”. .

  FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of another display screen 340 </ b> B in the user terminal 300. The user terminal 300 may display information related to the subscription service in association with the content information and the content usage condition information. The information related to the subscription service is, for example, information indicating the icon image 344 for each subscription service and information indicating the subscription service name. The icon image 344 for each subscription service includes four icon images SS-1 to SS-4 that can provide content. When the icon image 344 is selected, the terminal control unit 320 starts processing for requesting content provided from a subscription service corresponding to the icon image 344. Further, SS-1 to SS-4 as subscription service names are displayed in correspondence with the content information and the content use condition information in the content list image 342A.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of another display screen 340 </ b> C in the user terminal 300. The user terminal 300 may display information related to a subscription service that cannot be used without member registration. When the extraction result S4 includes content usage condition information indicating a flat-rate membership service or a trial membership service, the user terminal 300 blacks out the icon image 344 # corresponding to the subscription service in the icon image 344. That is, the user terminal 300 makes the icon image 344 # visually darker than the other icon images so that the icon image 344 # cannot be selected by a user operation. In addition, the user terminal 300 displays SS-5 as the subscription service name in association with the content information and the content usage condition information in the content list image 342B. When SS-5 is selected as the subscription service name, the terminal control unit 320 starts processing for requesting membership registration for the selected subscription service.

[Operation of Search Server 100]
FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall processing flow in the search server 100. The process of the flowchart shown in FIG. 14 is executed every predetermined period while the search server 100 is running. First, the query acquisition unit 122 determines whether or not the search query S1 has been received (S100). If the search query S1 has not been received, the processing of this flowchart is terminated. When receiving the search query S1, the search server 100 transmits the received search query S1 to the plurality of content providing servers 200 as the search query S2 (S102).

  Next, the search result acquisition unit 124 acquires a search result S3 including information specifying the subscription service, content information, and content use condition information from the plurality of content providing servers 200 (S104). The search server 100 determines whether or not an elapsed time after transmitting the search query S2 to the content providing server 200 has reached a predetermined time (S106). When the elapsed time has not reached the predetermined time, the search result acquisition unit 124 continues to acquire the search result (S104).

  If the extraction unit 126 determines that the elapsed time has reached the predetermined time, the extraction unit 126 extracts content usable by the user from the content related to the search result (S108). Next, for each extracted content, the search server control unit 120 transmits an extraction result S4 including information for specifying a subscription service, content information, and content use condition information to the user terminal 300 (S110).

  The search server 100 may end the acquisition of the search result when the elapsed time after transmitting the search query S2 to the content providing server 200 reaches a predetermined time, but is not limited thereto. The search server 100 may end the search result acquisition at the timing when the search results are received from all the content providing servers 200 that have transmitted the search query S2.

(Extraction process of search server 100)
Hereinafter, extraction of content that can be used unconditionally or conditionally from the content related to the search result will be described based on information indicating the user's usage authority for each subscription service. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of the flow of extraction processing in the search server 100. The process of the flowchart shown in FIG. 15 is executed at the timing when the acquisition of the search result is completed.

  First, the extraction unit 126 determines whether there is content related to the search result (S200). If there is no content related to the search result, the extraction unit 126 generates an extraction result indicating that there is no content corresponding to the search query (S224), and ends the processing of this flowchart. When there is content related to the search result, the extraction unit 126 selects one content related to the search result (S202).

  Next, the extraction unit 126 determines whether or not the selected content is content to be paid-distributed based on content usage condition information related to the selected content (S204). That is, the extraction unit 126 determines whether or not the content usage condition information indicates a free service.

  Next, when the content usage condition information indicates a free service, the extraction unit 126 determines whether the subscription service ID of the subscription service that can provide the selected content is associated with the user ID in the usage authority information 132. Is determined (S220). When the subscription service ID is associated with the user ID, the extraction unit 126 determines to extract the selected content as usable content (S210). As a result, the extraction unit 126 includes the content information of the content determined to be extracted and the content usage condition information in the extraction result S4.

  When the content usage condition information does not indicate a free service and indicates a flat-rate membership service, a trial membership service, or a fee payment service, the extraction unit 126 indicates that the subscription service ID of the subscription service that can be provided by the selected content is It is determined whether or not the usage authority information 132 is associated with the user ID (S206).

  When the subscription service ID corresponding to the information specifying the subscription service related to the selected content is not associated with the user ID in the usage authority information 132, the extraction unit 126 determines that the membership registration is a usage condition for the content (S218). The extraction unit 126 determines to extract the selected content as usable content on the condition of member registration (S210). As a result, the extraction unit 126 includes the content information of the content determined to be extracted and the content usage condition information indicating the flat-rate membership service and the trial member service in the extraction result S4.

  When the subscription service ID is associated with the user ID, the extraction unit 126 indicates that the membership status corresponding to the user ID in the usage authority information 132 is “flat-rate membership” or “trial member” during the trial period. It is determined whether or not there is (S208). If the member status is “flat-rate membership” or “trial member” during the trial period, the extraction unit 126 determines to extract the selected content as usable content (S210). As a result, the extraction unit 126 includes the content information of the content determined to be extracted and the content usage condition information in the extraction result S4. If the member status is “trial member” after the trial period ends, the process proceeds to S212, S214, and S216.

  When the member status is not “flat-rate member” or “trial member” during the trial period, the extraction unit 126 selects the flat-rate member service or trial member service as content usage condition information (S212). It is determined that the extracted content is extracted as usable content (S210). As a result, the extraction unit 126 includes the content information of the content determined to be extracted and the content usage condition information in the extraction result S4.

  In addition, when the member status is not “flat-rate membership” or “trial member” during the trial period, the extraction unit 126 includes, as content usage condition information, a service that can be used by paying a fee among fee payment services. (S214), it is determined that the selected content is extracted as usable content (S210). As a result, the extraction unit 126 includes the content information of the content determined to be extracted and the content usage condition information in the extraction result S4.

  Furthermore, when the member status is not “flat-rate member” or “trial member” during the trial period, the extraction unit 126 is a service that can be used by paying a point corresponding to a charge among the charge payment services as content usage condition information. Is included (S216), it is determined that the selected content is extracted as usable content (S210). As a result, the extraction unit 126 includes the content information of the content determined to be extracted and the content usage condition information in the extraction result S4.

  After executing the processes of S200 to S220, the extraction unit 126 determines whether or not all of the content related to the search result has been selected (S222). If all the contents are not selected, the extraction unit 126 selects the unselected contents (S202). When all the contents are selected, the extraction unit 126 ends the process of this flowchart.

[Effect of the first embodiment]
When the search server 100 according to the first embodiment described above receives a search query, the search server 100 can be used based on the user's usage authority from the contents related to the search results acquired from the plurality of content providing servers 200. Useful content. Thereby, according to the search server 100, the content that can be used unconditionally and the content that can be used conditionally can be extracted in accordance with the use authority of the user only by receiving the search query once. . Furthermore, according to the search server 100, only by receiving a search query once, for each subscription service, whether or not content can be used unconditionally and the conditions when it can be used conditionally are presented to the user. can do. As a result, according to the search server 100, the trouble of confirming the user's own use authority for each of the plurality of subscription services can be saved, and the convenience of the subscription service can be improved.

(Modification of the first embodiment)
Although the content providing system 1 according to the first embodiment described above extracts the usable content from the content related to the search result by the search server 100, the present invention is not limited to this. The content providing system 1 may extract usable content from the content related to the search result by the content providing server 200. In this case, the content providing server 200 has the function of the extraction unit 126 in the search server 100 and transmits the content information and content usage condition information of the extracted content to the search server 100. When the search server 100 receives the content information and content usage condition information of the extracted content from the content providing server 200, the search server 100 transmits the received content information and content usage condition information of the extracted content to the user terminal 300 as an extraction result.

  In addition, the search server 100 according to the first embodiment may include a program for realizing the function of the extraction unit 126 as a script in the search query and transmit the program to the content providing server 200. As a result, the content providing server 200 executes the script to extract usable content from the content related to the search result, and searches the content information and content usage condition information of the extracted content. Send to server 100.

Second Embodiment
Hereinafter, a second embodiment will be described. The search server 100A according to the second embodiment determines the content recommended to the user from the content extracted by the extraction unit 126, and transmits information based on the determination result to the user terminal 300 in the first embodiment. It is different from the form. Hereinafter, this point will be mainly described. In the description of the second embodiment, the same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

[Configuration of Search Server 100A]
FIG. 16 is a functional configuration diagram of the search server 100A. The search server control unit 120A in the search server 100A further includes a content determination unit 127 in addition to the search server control unit 120 of the first embodiment. The content determination unit 127 determines content recommended to the user from the content extracted by the extraction unit 126 based on the content usage condition information and the terminal information in the user information 131.

[Operation of Search Server 100A]
FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating another example of the overall processing flow in the search server 100A. The process of the flowchart shown in FIG. 17 is executed every predetermined period while the search server 100A is running. First, the query acquisition unit 122 determines whether or not the search query S1 has been received (S300). If the search query S1 has not been received, the processing of this flowchart is terminated. When the search server control unit 120A receives the search query S1, the search server control unit 120A transmits the received search query S1 to the plurality of content providing servers 200 as the search query S2 (S302).

  Next, the search result acquisition unit 124 acquires the search result S3 from the plurality of content providing servers 200 (S304). The search result acquisition unit 124 determines whether or not an elapsed time after transmitting the search query S2 to the content providing server 200 has reached a predetermined time (S306). When the elapsed time has not reached the predetermined time, the search result acquisition unit 124 continues to acquire the search result (S304).

  If the extraction unit 126 determines that the elapsed time has reached the predetermined time, the extraction unit 126 extracts content that can be used by the user from the content related to the search result (S308). Next, the content determination unit 127 determines the suitability of the content extracted by the extraction unit 126 (S310). Next, the search server control unit 120A transmits the extraction result including the content suitability to the user terminal 300 (S312).

  The search server 100A may end the acquisition of the search result when the elapsed time after transmitting the search query S2 to the content providing server 200 reaches a predetermined time, but is not limited thereto. The search server 100A may end the acquisition of the search results at the timing when the search results are received from all the content providing servers 200 that transmitted the search query S2.

(Content aptitude determination process of search server 100A)
FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of the flow of content suitability determination processing in the search server 100A. First, the content determination unit 127 determines whether there is content available to the user extracted by the extraction unit 126 (S400). If there is content that can be used, the content determination unit 127 selects one content (S402).

  Next, the content determination unit 127 determines whether or not the member status corresponding to the user ID in the usage authority information 132 is “flat-rate membership” (S404). When the member status is “flat-rate membership”, the content determination unit 127 refers to the content providing service information 135 to determine whether or not there is point cooperation between the search service and the subscription service (S406). ). When there is point cooperation, the content determination unit 127 sets the content suitability of the selected content higher than the content suitability of other content (S408).

  The content determination unit 127 determines the unit price of the content when the member status is not “flat-rate membership” and the content usage condition information includes a service that can be used by paying a fee among the fee payment services. (S410). If the unit price of the selected content is lower than the unit price of the other content, the content determination unit 127 sets the content suitability of the selected content higher than the content suitability of the other content (S408). If the unit price of the selected content is higher than the unit price of the other content, the content determination unit 127 sets the content suitability of the selected content to be lower than the content suitability of the other content (S408). In addition to or instead of the unit price of the content, the content determination unit 127 may increase the content suitability of the content whose content use condition is a free service by a campaign or a service privilege.

  If the member status is not “flat-rate membership” and the fee usage service is included as the content usage condition information, the content determination unit 127 determines the point return rate (S412). When the point return rate of the selected content is higher than the point return rate of the other content, the content determination unit 127 sets the content suitability of the selected content higher than the content suitability of the other content (S408). When the point return rate of the selected content is lower than the point return rate of other content, the content determination unit 127 sets the content suitability of the selected content lower than the content suitability of the other content (S408).

  The content determination unit 127 determines whether or not an application program related to the subscription service is installed when the member status is not “flat-rate membership” (S414). The content determination unit 127 sets the content suitability when the application program is installed higher than the content suitability when the application program is not installed (S408).

  The content determination unit 127 determines whether or not all of the content related to the extraction result has been selected (S416). If all the contents are not selected, the content determination unit 127 selects the unselected content (S402). The content determination unit 127 ends the processing of this flowchart when all the content is selected.

[Effects of Second Embodiment]
The search server 100A according to the second embodiment described above can determine the content suitability of the content extracted unconditionally or conditionally based on the user's usage authority. Thereby, the search server 100A can provide the user terminal 300 with the content suitability of the content related to the extraction result. As a result, according to the search server 100A, for example, content with high content suitability can be presented to the user with priority over content with low content suitability, and user convenience can be further improved. Specifically, the search server 100A displays, in the content list image 342 shown in FIG. 12 or FIG. 13, a content having high content suitability at the top of the screen or an image indicating that content suitability is high, for example, A character image indicating “recommended” can be added.

<Third Embodiment>
Hereinafter, the third embodiment will be described. The search server 100B according to the third embodiment determines a subscription service recommended to the user among the subscription services that provide the content extracted by the extraction unit 126, and sends information based on the determination result to the user terminal 300. The transmission is different from the first and second embodiments. Hereinafter, this point will be mainly described. In the description of the third embodiment, the same parts as those in the first and second embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

[Configuration of Search Server 100B]
FIG. 19 is a functional configuration diagram of the search server 100B. The search server control unit 120B in the search server 100B further includes a service determination unit 129 in addition to the search server control unit 120A of the second embodiment. The service determination unit 129 determines a subscription service recommended to the user among subscription services that can provide the content extracted by the extraction unit 126.

[Operation of Search Server 100B]
FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating another example of the overall processing flow in the search server 100B. The process of the flowchart shown in FIG. 20 is executed every predetermined period while the search server 100B is running. First, the query acquisition unit 122 determines whether or not the search query S1 has been received (S500). If the search query S1 has not been received, the processing of this flowchart is terminated. When receiving the search query S1, the search server control unit 120B transmits the received search query S1 to the plurality of content providing servers 200 as the search query S2 (S502).

  Next, the search result acquisition unit 124 acquires search results from the plurality of content providing servers 200 (S504). The search result acquisition unit 124 determines whether or not an elapsed time after transmitting the search query S2 to the content providing server 200 has reached a predetermined time (S506). When the elapsed time has not reached the predetermined time, the search result acquisition unit 124 continues to acquire the search result (S504).

  If the extraction unit 126 determines that the elapsed time has reached the predetermined time, the extraction unit 126 extracts content usable by the user from the content related to the search result (S508). Next, the content determination unit 127 determines the suitability of the content extracted by the extraction unit 126 (S510). Next, the service determination unit 129 determines the suitability of the subscription service that can provide the content extracted by the extraction unit 126 (S512). Next, the search server control unit 120B transmits an extraction result including content suitability and service suitability to the user terminal 300 (S514).

  The search server 100B may end the search result acquisition when the elapsed time since the search query S2 is transmitted to the content providing server 200 reaches a predetermined time, but is not limited thereto. The search server 100B may end the acquisition of the search results at the timing when the search results are received from all the content providing servers 200 that transmitted the search query S2.

(Service suitability determination process of search server 100B)
FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of the flow of service suitability determination processing in the search server 100B. First, the service determination unit 129 determines whether there is content available to the user extracted by the extraction unit 126 (S600). When there is content that can be used, the service determination unit 129 selects one subscription service that can provide the content (S602).

  Next, the service determination unit 129 refers to the content providing service information 135 and selects the number of contents related to the search query among the contents that can be provided by the selected subscription service, or the contents provided by the selected subscription service. The number of contents related to the genre is determined (S604). The content related to the search query is, for example, content including a word that matches the search query. The service determination unit 129 indicates that the content that can be provided by the subscription service is a subscription service that should be recommended to the user as the number of content related to the search query is larger than that of other subscription services. The service aptitude is set high (S610). Further, the service determination unit 129 increases the number of contents related to the genre of the content provided by the selected subscription service among the contents that can be provided by the subscription service, as the number of contents is larger than that of other subscription services. Is determined to be a subscription service to be recommended, and the service suitability is set high (S610).

  In addition, when the content is a movie, the service determination unit 129 uses a subscription service in which a series of content, content created by the same director, and content in which an actor appears are owned by other subscription services. Service aptitude may be made higher. Further, when the content is music, the service determination unit 129 may make the service suitability of a subscription service that holds a lot of content created by the same artist higher than other subscription services.

  In addition, the service determination unit 129 refers to the attributes such as the user's age registered in the user information 131 and the content providing service information 135, and among the members registered in the selected subscription service, The number of members having the same attribute is determined (S606). For example, the service determination unit 129 determines that the subscription service should be recommended to the user as the number of registrants of the same generation as the user increases, and sets the service suitability higher (S610).

  Further, the service determination unit 129 refers to the content providing service information 135 to determine the reliability of the selected subscription service (S608). The service determination unit 129 receives, for example, a content search query and returns the search result to the search server 100 and / or the number of times content data is provided to the user terminal 300 via the search server 100 is increased. Then, it is determined that the subscription service is highly reliable and should be recommended to the user, and the service suitability is set high (S610).

  The service determination unit 129 determines whether all of the subscription services that can provide content related to the extraction result have been selected (S612). If all the subscription services have not been selected, the service determination unit 129 selects a subscription service that has not been selected (S602). If the service determination unit 129 has selected all the subscription services, the process of this flowchart ends.

  When there is no usable content, the service determination unit 129 refers to the content providing service information 135 and selects a subscription service recommended to the user (614S). At this time, the service determination unit 129 selects a subscription service having a large number of contents related to the search query and a large number of contents related to the genre to which the contents belong. Further, the service determination unit 129 may select a subscription service having a large number of registered users of the same generation as the user. Furthermore, the service determination unit 129 may select a subscription service with high reliability.

[Effect of the third embodiment]
The search server 100B of the third embodiment described above can determine the service suitability of a subscription service that can provide content that is unconditionally or conditionally extracted based on the user's usage rights. Thereby, the search server 100B can provide the service aptitude to the user terminal 300. As a result, according to the search server 100B, for example, a subscription service with high service suitability can be presented to the user in preference to a subscription service with low service suitability, and the convenience for the user can be further improved. Can do. Specifically, the search server 100B causes the icon image 344 shown in FIG. 12 or FIG. 13 to display an icon image of a subscription service with high service suitability on the left side in the display unit 340, or has high service suitability. As an image representing this, for example, a character image indicating “recommendation” can be added.

  According to the search server 100B, even if the subscription service is not registered as a member, the user can be shown that the service suitability is high for the user. Therefore, the user searches for a subscription service suitable for himself and registers. Therefore, the convenience can be improved.

(Modification of the third embodiment)
The search server 100B of the third embodiment described above may perform both content suitability and service suitability, but is not limited to this. The search server 100B may execute service suitability without executing content suitability. FIG. 22 is a flowchart showing a modification of the third embodiment. The search server 100B according to the modified example determines service suitability after extracting content that can be used by the user (S512A). Next, the search server 100B according to the modified example transmits the extraction result and service suitability to the user terminal 300 (S514A).

<Fourth embodiment>
The fourth embodiment will be described below. The search server 100C of the fourth embodiment is different from the above-described embodiment in that various types of information are notified to the content providing server 200A. Hereinafter, this point will be mainly described. In the description of the fourth embodiment, the same portions as those in the above-described embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

[First Notification Operation of Content Providing System 1]
FIG. 23 is a diagram illustrating an example of the first notification operation of the content providing system 1. The search server 100C determines to transmit the search history information 133 or the usage history information 134 to the content providing server 200A (S701). For example, the search server 100C compares the search history information 133 with the content providing service information 135, and selects the content providing server 200A that provides the subscription service that holds the content used by the user. The transmission control unit 128 of the search server 100C transmits a history notification S702 including the search history information 133 or the usage history information 134 and information for specifying the user to the selected content providing server 200A. The information specifying the user is, for example, a user ID or a subscription service ID.

  When the content providing server 200 </ b> A receives the history notification S <b> 702, the content providing server 200 </ b> A sends a push notification to the user terminal 300 by the push notification unit 228 (S <b> 703). As a result, the content providing server 200A transmits campaign information S704 such as an advertisement for promoting the use of the content. The content providing server 200A may transmit the campaign information S704 including information related to content related to the same or similar genre as the content searched or used by the user based on the search query history and the usage history. Good. In addition, when there is a history of searching or using a series of contents such as Marvel works, the content providing apparatus 200A transmits campaign information S704 including information for distributing or advertising new contents related to the series of contents free of charge. May be.

  Further, when the new member registration or the flat-rate membership registration for the subscription service is completed based on the campaign information S704, the search server 100C or the content providing server 200A determines that the search server 100C charges the content providing server 200A. May be.

  According to the search server 100C, the content providing server 200A is urged to provide information to the user terminal 300. Therefore, the user can be notified that the content providing server 200A implements a promotion or a campaign that promotes service use. .

  The search server 100C may transmit a search history and a usage history of a user whose attributes are similar to those of the user specified by the user ID included in the search history information 133 or the usage history information 134 to the content providing server 200A. When the content providing server 200A transmits the campaign information S704 to a certain user, the campaign information indicates information related to content related to a genre that is the same as or similar to the genre of content searched or used by a user whose attribute is similar to the user. It may be included in S704. Thereby, the content providing server 200A can provide the campaign information S704 having higher value for the user.

[Second Notification Operation of Content Providing System 1]
FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating an example of the second notification operation of the content providing system 1. When the search server 100C receives the search query S800 from the user terminal 300 and the usage authority information 132 does not associate that the user ID is registered in the subscription service, the search server 100C searches the content providing server 200A. A usage notification S802 including information based on the reception of the query is transmitted (S801). For example, if the subscription service ID is registered in the user ID, but the member status is a non-flat-rate system member or a trial member, the search server 100C uses the content service server 200A that issued the subscription service ID. Notification S802 may be transmitted. Further, the search server 100C may transmit the search history information 133 or the usage history information 134 to the content providing server 200A, similarly to the first notification operation.

  When the content providing server 200A receives the usage notification S802, the content providing server 200A uses the content providing side communication unit 210 to perform a push notification to the user terminal 300 by the push notification unit 228 (S803). As a result, the content providing server 200A transmits content-related information S804 such as an advertisement for promoting the use of the content. The content providing server 200A may transmit information including content use condition information for using the content searched by the user as the content related information S804 based on the search query. The content providing server 200A transmits, for example, information including that the content can be viewed immediately after registering as a flat-rate member.

  Further, when new member registration or flat-rate membership registration for the subscription service is completed based on the content related information S804, the search server 100C or the content providing server 200A determines that the search server 100C charges the content providing server 200A. May be.

  According to the search server 100C, the content providing server 200A is prompted to provide information to the user terminal 300, so that the user can be notified that the content is used in a specific subscription service, and a fixed amount for the subscription service. Encourage membership registration.

[Third Notification Operation of Content Providing System 1]
FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating an example of the third notification operation of the content providing system 1. The search server 100C refers to the content providing service information 135 and determines that the timing that is a predetermined period before the end of the trial period set for the trial member in the member status has arrived (S900). In response to this, the search server 100C transmits a pre-expiration notification S901 to the content providing server 200A that provides a subscription service registered as a trial member before the trial period expires. Further, the search server 100C may transmit the search history information 133 or the usage history information 134 to the content providing server 200A, similarly to the first notification operation.

  When the content providing server 200A receives the pre-expiration notification S901, the content providing server 200A makes a push notification to the user terminal 300 by the push notification unit 228 using the content providing side communication unit 210 (S902). As a result, the content providing server 200A transmits registration promotion information S903 for encouraging member registration. In addition, the content providing apparatus 200A may transmit information that prompts the user to download an application program related to the subscription service and advertisement information about the service related to the subscription service. Furthermore, based on the search history information 133 or the usage history information 134, the content providing server 200A transmits campaign information including information on content related to the same or similar genre as the content searched or used by the user. Good.

  Further, when the flat-rate membership registration for the subscription service is completed based on the content related information S804, the search server 100C or the content providing server 200A may determine that the search server 100C charges the content providing server 200A. .

  According to the search server 100C, the content providing server 200A is urged to provide the registration promotion information S903 to the user terminal 300, so that it is possible to promote the flat-rate membership registration for a specific subscription service.

<Hardware configuration>
FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the user terminal 300, the search server 100, and the content providing server 200. This figure shows an example in which the user terminal 300 is a mobile phone such as a smartphone. The user terminal 300 has a configuration in which, for example, a CPU 301, a RAM 302, a ROM 303, a secondary storage device 304 such as a flash memory, a touch panel 305, and a wireless communication module 306 are connected to each other via an internal bus or a dedicated communication line. . The application program related to the subscription service is downloaded via the network NW and stored in the secondary storage device 304.

  The search server 100 has a configuration in which, for example, a NIC 101, a CPU 102, a RAM 103, a ROM 104, a secondary storage device 105 such as a flash memory or an HDD, and a drive device 106 are connected to each other via an internal bus or a dedicated communication line. . The drive device 106 is loaded with a portable storage medium such as an optical disk. A program stored in a portable storage medium mounted on the secondary storage device 105 or the drive device 106 is expanded in the RAM 103 by a DMA controller (not shown) or the like and executed by the CPU 102, whereby the function of the search server 100 is achieved. Part is realized.

  The content providing server 200 has a configuration in which, for example, a NIC 201, a CPU 202, a RAM 203, a ROM 204, a secondary storage device 205 such as a flash memory or an HDD, and a drive device 206 are connected to each other via an internal bus or a dedicated communication line. Yes. The drive device 206 is loaded with a portable storage medium such as an optical disk. A program stored in a portable storage medium attached to the secondary storage device 205 or the drive device 206 is expanded in the RAM 203 by a DMA controller (not shown) or the like and executed by the CPU 202, whereby the content providing server 200 A functional part is realized.

  As mentioned above, although the form for implementing this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, this invention is not limited to such embodiment at all, In the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention, various deformation | transformation and substitution Can be added.

100, 100B, 100C ... search server 110 ... search server side communication unit 120 ... search server control unit 122 ... query acquisition unit 124 ... search result acquisition unit 126 ... extraction unit 127 ... content determination unit 128 ... transmission control unit 129 ... service determination Unit 130 ... search server storage unit 131 ... user information 132 ... use authority information 133 ... search history information 134 ... use history information 135 ... content providing service information 200, 200A ... content providing server 210 ... content providing side communication unit 220 ... content providing Control unit 222 ... Member registration unit 224 ... Query acquisition unit 226 ... Search unit 228 ... Push notification unit 230 ... Information storage unit 232 ... Member information database 234 ... Content database 300 ... User terminal 310 ... User side communication unit 320 ... Terminal control unit 322 ... Application ® down execution unit 324 ... UA execution unit 340 ... display unit 342 ... content list image 344 ... icon image

Then, the search result acquisition unit 124 acquires a plurality of content providing server 200, information identifying the subscription service, the search result S3 including content information and content usage condition information (S104). The search server 100 determines whether or not an elapsed time after transmitting the search query S2 to the content providing server 200 has reached a predetermined time (S106). When the elapsed time has not reached the predetermined time, the search result acquisition unit 124 continues to acquire the search result (S104).

Claims (21)

Based on a search query received from a terminal device, an acquisition unit that acquires content search results from a plurality of content providing servers;
Based on information indicating the user's usage authority for each service provided by the content providing server, the user can use the content unconditionally or conditionally from the content related to the search result acquired by the acquisition unit. An extraction unit for extracting content,
A transmission unit that transmits information for using the content extracted by the extraction unit to the terminal device;
A content information providing apparatus comprising: The acquisition unit further receives user identification information from the terminal device,
The extraction unit can be used by a user based on the received user identification information and information indicating a correspondence relationship between the user identification information stored in advance in the storage unit and information indicating the user's use authority. Extract content,
The content information providing apparatus according to claim 1. The information indicating the use authority of the user is service identification information issued in relation to a service provided by the content providing server,
The extraction unit extracts content provided by a service indicated by the service identification information associated with the received user identification information as information usable by the user in the information indicating the correspondence relationship.
The content information providing apparatus according to claim 2. When the information acquired by the acquisition unit includes information about a service indicating that it can be used by all users, the extraction unit extracts the content as content that can be used by the user,
The transmission unit transmits information on a service indicating that the content can be used by all users together with information for using the content extracted by the extraction unit to the terminal device.
The content information provision apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3. When the information acquired by the acquisition unit includes information about a service that can be used by user registration, the extraction unit extracts content related to the service that can be used,
The transmission unit transmits information on the available service together with information for using the content extracted by the extraction unit to the terminal device.
The content information provision apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The extraction unit, when the information acquired by the acquisition unit includes information on a service that allows content to be used without limitation by payment of a fixed fee or payment of a point corresponding to a fixed fee, the service that can be used To extract content related to
The transmission unit transmits information on a service that makes the extracted content available together with information for using the content extracted by the extraction unit to the terminal device.
The content information provision apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3. When the information acquired by the acquisition unit includes information about a service that can be used by payment of a fee or a point corresponding to the fee, the extraction unit extracts content related to the service that can be used,
The transmission unit transmits information on the available service together with information for using the content extracted by the extraction unit to the terminal device.
The content information provision apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3. A content determination unit for determining content recommended to the user among the content extracted by the extraction unit;
The transmission unit transmits information based on a determination result by the content determination unit to the terminal device together with information for using the content extracted by the extraction unit.
The content information provision apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 7. When the information acquired by the acquisition unit includes information on a service that can be used by payment of a fee or a point corresponding to the fee, the content determination unit may notify the user based on the point corresponding to the fee or the fee. Determine the content to recommend to
The content information providing apparatus according to claim 8. When the information acquired by the acquisition unit includes information on a charge or a point return rate corresponding to the charge, the content determination unit recommends content to the user based on the information on the point return rate Determine
The content information providing apparatus according to claim 8. The content determination unit, based on information indicating whether or not an application program related to a service provided from the content providing server in the information indicating the correspondence relationship is installed in the terminal device. Determining that the content that can be used by the installed application program is content recommended to the user;
The content information providing apparatus according to claim 8. A service determination unit for determining a service recommended for the user among the services providing the content extracted by the extraction unit;
The transmission unit transmits information based on a determination result of the service determination unit to the terminal device together with information for using the content extracted by the extraction unit.
The content information providing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 11. The service determination unit recommends a service recommended to the user based on a comparison result of the number of contents related to the search query among the contents that can be provided by the service that provides the content extracted by the extraction unit. judge,
The content information providing apparatus according to claim 12. The service determination unit compares the number of contents related to the genre among the contents that can be provided by the service that provides the content extracted by the extraction unit based on the user identification information and the genre of the content. To determine a service to recommend to the user based on
The content information providing apparatus according to claim 12. The service determination unit is configured for the user based on a comparison result of the number of users having an attribute close to the attribute of the user among users using the service that provides the content extracted by the extraction unit. Determine which services to recommend,
The content information providing apparatus according to claim 12. The service determination unit determines a service recommended for the user based on a reliability comparison result regarding the service providing the content extracted by the extraction unit.
The content information providing apparatus according to claim 12. The transmission unit provides the content providing server with information that prompts the terminal device to use content by transmitting history information of the search query or content usage history for each user to the content providing server. Prompt,
The content information provision apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 16. When the transmission unit receives the search query from the terminal device, in the information indicating the correspondence relationship, the user identification information is not associated with being registered in the service provided by the content providing server If not, the content providing server is notified of information based on the reception of the search query.
The content information provision apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 16. In the information indicating the correspondence relationship, in the case where the information indicating the trial period is associated with the user identification information, the transmission unit, when the timing before the end of the trial period reaches a predetermined period, Notifying the providing server of information regarding the arrival of the trial period,
The content information provision apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 16. Receive a search query from the terminal device,
Based on the received search query, get content search results from multiple content providing servers,
Based on information indicating the user's use authority for each service provided by the content providing server, content that can be used unconditionally or conditionally by the user is extracted from the content related to the obtained search result. ,
Transmitting information for using the extracted content to the terminal device;
Content information provision method. On the computer,
Receive a search query from the terminal device,
Based on the received search query, the search result of the content is acquired from a plurality of content providing servers,
Based on information indicating the user's usage authority for each service provided by the content providing server, content that can be used by the user unconditionally or conditionally is extracted from the content related to the obtained search results. Let
Causing the terminal device to transmit information for using the extracted content;
program.

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