JP2019075053A - Gift message management system and gift message management method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a gift message management system and a method thereof which, a gift sender sends a gift to a gift receiver, can realize, for a shop clerk or the gift sender, with an easy operation, a situation in which the gift sender fully conveys his intention in line with purpose and contents of the gift.SOLUTION: A system according to the present invention uses a content creating server 11 having a creation and edition environment providing means 31 for providing a terminal 41 with environments for use in creating and editing a message data and in receiving an uploaded data, a created and edited message storage database 22 for registering created and edited message data, and a message outputting means 32 for outputting the message data stored in the created and edited message storage database 22 to the terminal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a service that can deliver a gift giver's message together with a gift to a gift giver.

  Conventionally, systems in the distribution field include “dedicated systems such as packaging and card design”, “product provider order acceptance system”, and “outsource distribution company (gift system, purchase management system, order management system, mail order system, EC site) Systems are often separated, etc. Data linkage is not possible with the unique data format dependent on these systems.

  In addition, the "product provider" prints in advance the design, pattern, illustration, photograph, etc. of the message card and gift paper attached to the gift, and prepares it as an existing product in the shop It is common to leave. What a gift giver can do is only to select from among existing products for a fee or free of charge, and can not add messages other than putting the name of the gift giver. In addition, the present situation is that it is impossible at all to create as the gift requester's desires depending on the size of the character desired by the gift requester, the character layout position, and the like. If you try to respond to this, you will not be able to respond instantly to the takeaway of the gift giver who visits the store, and if you wish to deliver to the gift giver, you will not be able to meet the delivery date desired by the gift giver. It will

  For this reason, when the gift giver wants to add an original message to the product and wants to give a gift, the gift giver himself purchases a card etc. separately in advance because of problems such as waiting time at the store, delivery date, and cost. After writing a message, I have no choice but to ask the store clerk to bundle it. Furthermore, when print output other than electronic output is accompanied by the original design content created by the gift requester, the corresponding clerk at the store, different paper sizes, vertical and horizontal paper forms, vertical writing of characters It is difficult to provide services to gift givers in detail in response to various factors such as horizontal writing. This requires software, hardware, and technology systems that support the processes described above for modern, diversified media.

  In addition, when giving a gift, the gift giver who is a general consumer expects that the meaning and purpose of the gift will normally be transmitted to the recipient of the gift. However, today, with the development of mail order, the only purpose is to give a gift, and the way of giving a gift or the meaning (use or use) is not properly transmitted. Formal gifts, in which old customs continue to live, are becoming obsolete because they can not make new attempts, etc., while they can freely give out items in social gifts, which causes confusion in the way of giving gifts (due to delays, bans and taboo products Gifts, absentee delivery, refusal of receipt etc.) are seen. In addition, new gifts to give themselves as rewards also appear, and the way of giving is extremely diversified. It is extremely difficult to properly convey the use and meaning of gifts put in these formal, casual, and social classifications to gift recipients. There is a need for a system that can properly receive uses and messages from a gift giver at a storefront and convey the true value of a gift to a gift giver.

  It is desirable to communicate messages and to coordinate and manage data for them so that they can be deeply moved and deepen the relationship between the gift client and the gift recipient. For example, it is not a plain text message and text-only message, but a slide show with photos that captures the child immediately after delivery, and additional information on access to the animation of the wedding scene and the wedding ceremony added If you do, you can convey a memorial and gratitude to your close relatives and close friends. As described above, there are many forms of means for giving content and giving content, due to diversification of media and technology.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, a card in which an access destination URL for data uploaded to a server is described in a QR code (registered trademark) is given to a gift, and a person who receives the card reads it by a terminal device such as a smartphone. It has been proposed that a code can be decoded, a URL obtained, and uploaded data can be downloaded.

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  However, although the system of Patent Document 1 can show the data as it is, it can only show the prepared data to the receiver as it is, so it can be used as an element to convey meaning and goods for gift gifts. Was inadequate.

  In the era of anything, even if you receive a gift, most of you have the same thing or similar items or have eaten it. The surprises and values have been diminished.

  On the other hand, in the current storefront or mail order, the item (meaning) for the real gift-giving purpose is not transmitted because it becomes a gift if the item is sent. Despite the development of technology, for example, many of them do not have the added functionality of delivering e-mail, telephone, postcards, greetings, etc. at the same time as a gift. On the other hand, even if it goes to a specialty store, the presenter is still selected by a gift giver at the recommendation of a part-time staff as described above. Even for expensive formal gifts, there is a method to put names on what is generally marketed like greeting cards, attach a message etc. by handwriting, or make a print and bring it to be bundled with the product. It is a reality that it is being used.

  Therefore, according to the present invention, when a gift giver gives a gift to a gift giver, a store clerk or a gift giver gives a situation in which the gift giver can sufficiently convey the intention according to the purpose and contents of the gift. It aims to be realized by easy operation.

  The present invention provides creation / editing of message content by a server connected to a plurality of terminals via a network and connection with a packaging medium. The server provides creation / editing environment providing means for providing a creation / edit and upload acceptance environment of message data to the terminal, a creation / edit message storage database for registering message data after creation, and creation after the creation The above problem is solved by the content creation server having message output means for outputting the message data stored in the editing message storage database as an image (moving image, still image, etc.) on the terminal side.

  The means for providing the creation / creation / editing environment is not particularly limited, such as delivery of a dedicated application, provision of an API, provision of a work environment on a browser, and the like.

  In addition, a dynamic file database that accepts uploading of temporal content with time-varying elements consisting of voice, video, or both from the terminal as a further element, and files stored in the dynamic file database A common ID issuing unit that issues a common ID enabling access to the code, and the creation / editing environment providing unit makes a file access to the common ID possible with reference to the common ID Can be added to the message data, it is possible to deliver a more unique message combining a video, music, etc. to the gift recipient.

  As the output of the message output means, printing on a wrapping paper of a gift or a message card attached to the gift may be made deliverable along with the gift, or an electronic message may be sent to another terminal. By sending the message, the message may be sent in parallel to the gift recipient so that it can be viewed promptly.

  Further, the message management method using the content creation server according to the present invention may be in the following form. An address which can be accessed to the web server means possessed by the content creation server, and an individually identifiable unassigned unique address is issued in advance and stored in the reserved address database, and access to the unassigned unique address is The content creation server can execute temporary ID issuing means for causing the terminal to issue a possible temporary ID. If necessary, a message medium such as a card on which the temporary ID is printed on the terminal by the temporary ID issuing means is prepared in advance at a storefront or the like, and time and effort at the storefront are saved. In addition, the content creation server provides common ID assignment means for later assigning the address to the file stored in the dynamic file database to the temporary ID and making it the above common ID, so as to obtain temporal content. If it is possible to allow access, it is desirable because it is possible to have freedom while saving the trouble of creating a card. In this case, if the message output unit can additionally print the message data on the temporary ID, the degree of freedom is further improved. The temporary ID may be a character string as well as the common ID, and may be in the form of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional code obtained by encoding it.

  There is a material file database for storing material files that can be referred to in creation / editing work by the creation / editing environment providing means, and when the product provider prepares the material files, various templates are created. While utilizing it, it is possible to freely create a message according to the request of the gift requester.

  If it is possible to set prohibited items according to the attribute of the gift to which the message data is given as the message data provided by the creating / editing environment providing means, various remarks that the recognition degree has fallen in recent years, etc. Will be able to respond, and it will be possible to give gifts without rudeness.

  Furthermore, if the common gift management database for managing order acceptance or delivery processing of a gift is provided, and the common ID attached to the printed matter attached to the gift is associated with the gift management database, the product provider or the like It enables centralized management of gifts including the logistics company that delivers gifts and messages attached thereto, and enables operation of a highly integrated server system.

  According to the present invention, when a gift giver gives a gift to a gift giver, the message is not limited to the message that has remained in the category of the conventional template, and the message has a high degree of freedom and a high impression message using modern information communication technology. Can be easily set and sent.

  In addition, synchronized with the content created and edited by the client and the content created by a third party, the product usage description, cooking method, location (background), the wishes of the gift giver, and in particular the recipient's feelings. By making it possible to edit separately, etc., it is possible to propose ways of eating gifts and articles (such as messages, explanations, usage suggestions, manners, etc.) as value-added contents of gift giving products, and to enhance value. .

Functional block diagram showing an embodiment of the content creation server according to the present invention Flow example without temporal content of message control method for gifts according to the present invention The example of the flow which handles the temporal content of the message management method for gifts concerning this invention The flow example which shows the temporal content of the message management method for gifts according to the present invention by electronic transmission Flow example including commodity management of gift management message management method according to the present invention Functional block diagram showing another embodiment of the content creation server according to the present invention Code example of code assignment in the embodiment of FIG. 6 (A) Example of creation / edit message storage database in the embodiment, (b) Illustration of event creation table in the embodiment, (c) Illustration of table showing the type of output paper medium in the embodiment (A) Example of dynamic file database in the embodiment, (b) Illustration of product management table in the embodiment, (c) Illustration of physical distribution management table in the embodiment An illustration of a compound table linked by common ID in the embodiment

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described together with specific embodiments. In the present invention, a program, a system, a server providing the system, and a service providing method executed by the same, which can be sent a gift requester who wishes to give a gift give a suitable message to the gift recipient It consists of

  The content creation server according to the present invention may be a physical device constituted by a single server or a plurality of server groups existing on a network, or the database etc. and each means described later are realized on a cloud. It may be a virtual device. A program according to the present invention is a series of programs that causes these physical devices or virtual devices to execute as the content creation server.

  In any case, the content creation server according to the present invention is connected to the terminal via the network. A gift product message management system according to the present invention includes the content creation server and a terminal connected thereto. The service providing method according to the present invention provides a creating / editing environment and an uploading environment for terminals in various places according to the configuration requirements of the content creating server, and provides a service for creating a message suitable for a gift.

  The terminal to which the content creation server according to the present invention is connected via the network includes not only the terminal of the gift requester, the terminal of the gift receiver, but also the terminal of the affiliated company's store that orally accepts requests for gifts. May be included. An example of the storefront is the service counter of a department store. For these terminals, a creation / editing environment and a playback environment will be provided by means described later.

  The terminal 40 configuring the gift item message management system 10 according to the present invention is not particularly limited in kind, such as a personal computer, a tablet, a smartphone, a game machine, as long as it has a network function. These are a terminal (gift requester terminal 41) possessed by a gift giver and a terminal (gift recipient terminal 44) possessed by a gift giver. In addition, a business terminal may be included. The business use terminal may be a personal computer placed in a storefront, a storefront terminal 42 such as a thin client, or a consignee terminal 43 such as a stationary terminal used in a distribution process or a portable terminal. However, it is possible to cope with the function provided from the content creation server 11 by either having an internet browser for linking as a system or installing a dedicated application (hereinafter referred to as “application”). Is required.

  A functional block diagram of an embodiment of the gift message management system 10 including the content creation server 11 and the terminal 40 according to the present invention is shown in FIG.

  The content creation server 11 may have a user database 21 for registering individual users. It is desirable that an account can be managed by a user ID and a password, and uploading of files to be described later can be accepted to manage file selection authority and the like. Furthermore, it is more desirable to be able to manage shipping and receipt of individual gift items, including a history, in association with a common ID described later.

  The content creation server 11 has creation / editing environment providing means 31 for providing the terminal 40 with creation / editing of message data and an upload acceptance environment thereof. The message data is information that can be entered on a message card or wrapping sheet given to a gift, and can be a message from the gift requester to the gift recipient. Specifically, character information, image information, picture information, a common ID described later, and a combination of these may be mentioned. It is desirable to have functions necessary for general image editing, such as selection of ground patterns and frames, font types and sizes, and effects and image attachment positions from text input. In addition, it is more preferable to be compatible with capture of photographic data from a medium.

  The specific configuration of the means provided by the creating / editing environment providing means 31 is not particularly limited, and delivery of the application corresponding to creating / editing and uploading, provision of an API corresponding to creating / editing and uploading , Sending web applications that can work with a browser. Also, message data created / edited by a terminal not directly connected to the content creation server 11 may be uploaded from the in-store terminal 42 or the like via a medium.

  The content creation server 11 may have a material file database 24 for storing referenceable material files prepared by the server operator or its partner. By referring to the material file, variations of message data that can be created / edited by the creation / editing environment providing means 31 are widely spread.

  The content creation server 11 may have an upload accepting unit 35 that accepts uploading of temporal content with time-varying elements consisting of voice, video, or both from the terminal 40. Basically, it is a recorded voice or music file, or a captured video file. At the time of this uploading, it is more preferable that extraction and trimming of moving pictures and music, adjustment of volume and light intensity, and application of effects can be performed according to the intention of the client. In addition, it is desirable to be able to preview for confirmation, such as encoding in an optimal format, for uploading.

  The content creation server 11 may have a dynamic file database 23 for storing the temporal content uploaded by the upload acceptance unit 35. Further, the temporal content created by the creation / editing environment providing means 31 may be able to be stored. It is preferable that the dynamic file database 23 can manage the access right of each temporal content for each user managed in the user database 21. In addition, it may be set so that it can be downloaded as a file for specific access from the outside as needed.

  The content creation server 11 may have a common ID issuing unit 36 that issues a common ID that enables access to files stored in the dynamic file database. The file indicated by one common ID does not have to be a single file, and a plurality of files that are temporal content may be designated collectively. The common ID is an ID that can designate a designated file or file group in the processing of the content creation server 11. It is desirable that the URL format supports external file access. In addition, it is preferable to be able to decode to a URL format, and as a result, it is easy to print and to access easily if it is used as a code that enables file access. Specifically, this code is a two / three-dimensional code such as QR code (registered trademark). It is preferable because it becomes easy to attach and print on a gift itself, a message card, wrapping paper, or a contact mail of the gift.

  It is desirable that the above creation / editing environment providing means 31 can assign the above message data with reference to this common ID. When a message card or wrapping paper on which the message data including the encoded common ID is printed arrives at the gift recipient, the gift recipient who has read the code at the gift recipient terminal 44 accesses the decoded URL. , Access to the corresponding file or files registered in the dynamic file database 23 is enabled. This makes it possible to convey a much stronger message from the gift requester to the gift recipient than before.

  Further, in the above-mentioned creating / editing environment providing means 31, the message card may include the material ID coded in combination with or separately from the common ID. For example, if the gift item is a food, a movie file showing cooking and cooking methods is prepared as a general purpose material file according to the type of the assortment, and the movie file is accessed in the message card given to the gift If you write codes that can be made, gift recipients can cook by referring to the movie file.

  The content creation server 11 downloads a file or a file group of the corresponding temporal content in response to a request for the file designated as the common ID from the gift-receiver receiver terminal 44, and views on the gift receiver terminal 44. It is preferable to have a web server means 39 that makes it possible. The function as the web server may be the same as the function for web access in the creation / editing environment providing means 31, the upload receiving means 35, the message output means 32 described later, and the like.

  The content creation server 11 has message output means 32 for causing the terminal 40 to output the message data stored in the creation / edit message storage database 22. Here, the output means message print means 33 for printing the message data on a physical medium such as a message card or wrapping paper, mail to the consignee terminal 43 or the gift receiver terminal 44 connected via the network, and the like. It may be either or both of the message transmission means 34 that transmits by the network protocol and displays and outputs at the destination terminal.

  The creation / editing environment providing means 31 or the message output means 32 included in the content creation server 11 has an inappropriate content as a message according to the attribute of the gift when creating or editing the message data. It is preferable that prohibition items are set to prevent establishment of the For example, depending on the purpose of the gift, in each of the ceremonial occasions there are words that are generally tabooed. In addition, there are some words such as seasonal greetings and seasonal words that are not recommended for use outside of this period. Furthermore, there are cases where the design of the wrapping paper and Yuto is not suitable for use as a gift. Make them unusable, or warn you if you use them. As a specific method of the prohibition process, there is a method of preparing a custom dictionary in which the prohibition conditions are recorded, and performing processing as a prohibition when the condition corresponds to the custom dictionary.

  The contents of the customs dictionary may be prepared from separate dictionaries or keywords for each gift demand (usage) in the categories of formal, casual, and social, instead of being bound by uniforms or old customs. . In addition, conditions for special applications may be set separately, such as in the case of a so-called “praise to oneself” where the gift requester and the gift receiver are the same.

  The above-mentioned common ID is basically issued for temporal content given to a gift. For this reason, this common ID may be used as a unique identification code when procuring, shipping, delivering, or delivering gifts present by a plurality of vendors. In this case, the content creation server 11 may have a gift-present product management database 25 for managing the order acceptance or delivery process of each gift, and may associate the common ID. Furthermore, the common ID may also be associated with the user database 21 for the uploaded user. The operator of the content creation server 11 and the gift item message management system 10 cooperates with the retailer of the product provider who has installed the in-store terminal 42, and the gift delivery request main terminal 41 accepts the delivery of the gift itself. You may receive it directly and send it out. In the case of shipping, it is necessary to manage the distribution and delivery of gift products with the distribution company where the consignee terminal 43 is installed. In that case, the common ID may be read at the site of shipping, and the contents of the product as a gift and the information of the gift requester may be used from the gift giving product management database 25 under the category of personal information protection.

  The user database 21 may include an item for listing up a gift request from a specific user who should be a gift recipient, to another specific user who should be a gift requester. The content creation server 11 may recommend a list of gifts in parallel with or prior to creation of the message data, and may recommend a message based on the background when creating the message data.

  According to the present invention, the gift management system 10 links the dynamic file database 23 and the creation / edit message storage database 22 and uses the creation / editing environment providing means 31 to give a gift giver to a gift. Messages can be freely created.

  Further, even when complex information is transmitted from another system linked to the content creation server 11, the dynamic file database 23 and the creation / editing message storage database 22 are linked to provide a common ID. Can properly manage message data and gifts themselves.

  Specifically, data for centrally managing or linking the common ID, the message data, the temporal content, product numbers managed by different vendors, order numbers, delivery instruction information, etc. is created. By managing, it becomes possible to centrally manage the product master, the packaging message, and the delivery instruction information.

  Furthermore, images, sounds, moving images, etc., which become advertisements, created by a manager, a product provider, a distribution company, etc., are registered in the material file database 24, and material IDs for specifying those files are message output means If it is possible to output at 32, it is possible to advertise for the gift giver in the specific gift give. That is, it is possible to receive the data provided by the gift requester and the information proposed by other companies, and transmit and reproduce the advertisement of the product or the like to the gift recipient by cooperation with the common ID or the material ID. At this time, data linkage can be performed using the common ID and the material ID without being trapped by the data format managed by each.

  For example, by linking the order receipt slip number of the gift and the delivery slip number to the common ID, it is possible to centrally manage package printing information, gift giver merchandise order receipt information, delivery information, etc., and manage name identification with various instruction slips. It can also be done. If centralized management can be performed in this way, it is possible to count the number of stocks when delivering from the distribution center, and if there is no remaining number, it can be set that the package is not printed. In addition, if information such as advertisements is prepared in advance as design content patterned, not only the gift giver who can place it on a specific gift ground, but also the advertisement for the gift giver when a specific product becomes a gift, advertisement The message can be delivered to the gift recipient.

  The content creation server 11 according to the present invention and the gift item message management system 10 include the creation of a message via a web browser without particularly selecting media media including diversified media, software, and hardware. Realize, confirm, store, edit, manage and reproduce by creating / editing message storage database 22, dynamic file database 23 and other databases which cooperated with file and common ID, and each means which can operate these it can.

  It is preferable that the terminal 40 configuring the gift item message management system 10 can be used by the creating / editing environment providing means 31 via a web browser, but in addition to that, the program set on the content creating server 11 is From the web browser on the terminal, the terminal itself can be regarded as a server and accessed locally for service. In this case, the terminal and the server are integrated hardware. Also, even if message data and temporal content are held on the terminal side, if the terminal is provided with a web server function, the gift giver receives those messages by issuing a common ID and linking it. It is possible to receive data and temporal content.

  Although the object which prints message data in the above-mentioned explanation was illustrated as a message card and wrapping paper, it is not limited to this. In the present invention, it is not necessary to previously print the paper as the physical medium, and it is sufficient to share and prepare a blank sheet, so inventory control becomes easy at a storefront or a consignee of a distribution process. Even if it is not necessary to print out an illustration or a photo on a subcontractor in advance, it is possible to respond on the spot to the takeaway of a customer visiting a storefront. On the other hand, the variation of the message data that can finally reach the gift recipient is expanded almost unlimitedly. Also, there is no need for the client to prepare a message in advance.

  When the common gift is read by the gift receiver terminal 44 and the temporal content is to be downloaded, the medium on which the common ID to be read is printed on the gift receiver terminal 44 is a legitimate medium. If you provide a means to determine if there is a gift requester's intentional designation, and allow download and playback only if it is legitimate, the gift giver will be sent. Deceptive messages can be prevented from being reproduced in unintended situations.

  In addition, even if the paper is prepared as blank paper, it is desirable that the sizes be uniform. Variations in packaging paper size, A3, A4, A5, B4, B5, B6, cards, various envelope sizes, etc. may be mentioned. In the preparation and editing work performed by the preparation and editing environment providing means 31, it is desirable that the layout can be edited after appropriately selecting these paper sizes.

  In addition, when a plurality of files associated with the above-mentioned common ID are collected at the time of reading by the gift-receiver receiver terminal 44, one file may be collectively downloadable, or a selectable web page , Etc., may be optionally selected by the gift receiver for downloading.

  In addition, when the temporal content is downloaded by the gift-giving recipient terminal 44, the reproduction condition of the temporal content is changed according to the type of the file and the other specified conditions. May be provided in control.

  The content creation server 11 has a history database 26 that manages information such as whether the temporal content for which the common ID has been issued is given a common ID or is downloaded to the gift item, registered in the dynamic file database 23. You may This is because it is desirable to be able to know whether the message that the gift requester intends to send has reached the gift recipient.

  Next, a procedure example of the gift message management method using the content creation server 11 according to the present invention will be described. First, FIG. 2 shows an example of a flow when uploading of temporal content is not performed. The creation / editing environment providing means 31 acts on the gift-requester main terminal 41 or the storefront terminal 42, and the user or the store clerk in the store creates and edits the message data (S111). The created message data is stored in the creation / edit message storage database 22 (S112). Also, the message printing means 33 for outputting the message data from the terminal on the spot is executed (S113). A message card or the like printed on the medium according to the intention of the gift requester becomes a package of the gift or is enclosed in the gift and transferred to the consignee distribution company together with the gift (S121). The gift is delivered from the distribution company to the gift recipient, and the gift recipient receives the printed content and receives a message as intended by the gift requester (S122).

  Next, FIG. 3 shows an example of a flow in which temporal content is uploaded and the code can be handled digitally. First, as a premise, the gift giver opens an account in the user database 21. Also, the gift giver has captured a moving image. Thereafter, the upload acceptance unit 35 accepts the upload from the gift request client terminal 41, encodes it, and registers it in the dynamic file database 23 (S131). Once registered, the common ID is issued by the common ID issuing means 36 (S132). The creation / editing environment providing means 31 acts on the gift-request client terminal 41 or the store terminal 42, and the user or store clerk creates and edits the message data. At this time, the common ID in the message data The data including S is created as a QR code (S133). The created message data is stored in the creation / edit message storage database 22 (S134). In addition, the message printing means 33 for outputting the message data from the terminal on the spot is executed (S135), but at this time, printing is performed in a form including the above-mentioned QR code. The printed matter including the QR code is transferred to the consignee distribution company together with the gift (S141), and the gift is delivered from the distribution company to the gift receiver (S142). The gift receiver uses the gift receiver terminal 44 to read the QR code and designate the moving image file registered in the dynamic file database 23 of the content creation server 11 by the decoded URL (S143), and reproduces the moving image file Then, the message of the gift requester is completely received (S 144).

  Next, FIG. 4 shows an example of a flow of electronically transmitting a moving image, but without printing as an output. As a premise, the gift recipient is registered as a user in the user database 21 and can receive electronic information such as an e-mail address and an SNS account. The procedure from S151 to S154 is the same as S131 to S134 described above. However, printing is not performed, and the issued QR code is transmitted by the message transmission unit 34 to the account of the gift recipient (S 155). On the other hand, the flows S161 and S162 of the gift itself are similar to the above-described S141 and S142. However, the gift item does not contain a QR code, and the gift recipient reads the QR code sent to the account, and the moving image file registered in the dynamic file database 23 of the content creation server 11 by the decoded URL. Is specified (S163), this moving image file is generated, and the message of the gift requester is completely received (S164). As a service, a product exchange right such as an electronic point may be given simultaneously with the QR code.

  Furthermore, FIG. 5 shows an example of a flow associated with delivery management of a gift. The gift requester determines the gift in advance and pays the product provider. As a product provider, product information is input to the gift-present product management database 25 after arranging products such as a sales department, a foreign trade, a distribution office (S201). Further, the consignee distribution company is notified that the delivery will occur (S202), and the distribution company registers the distribution information of the gift in the gift-to-merch product management database 25 (S203). In addition, although these procedures may be separately performed for every gift item, you may carry out collectively about two or more cases by methods, such as using a CSV file.

  Then, the gift-requester uploads temporal content to be given to the gift (S211). This procedure is the same as the above S151. However, when the common ID is issued (S 212), it is associated with the above-mentioned commodity information and distribution information registered in the gift-to-merit commodity management database 25. That is, product information and distribution information can be acquired from the common ID. Creation, editing, registration, and transmission of message data (S213, S214, S215) are the same as S153, S154, S155. Further, the consignee distribution company that actually delivers the product obtains the product information and the distribution information with reference to the common ID assigned to the gift, and performs delivery along the information (S221). As a result, the content creation server 11 can collectively manage the distribution as a gift management service. In addition, the process (S222-) after a gift-receiver receives is the same as S162-.

  Furthermore, another embodiment of the content creation server according to the present invention will be described. An example of the content creation server 11a is shown in FIG. The basic configuration may be similar to that of the content creation server 11, and the details may be different. In particular, it has the following features.

  The content creation server 11a has a reserved address database 27 which issues and stores in advance individually identifiable unassigned unique addresses specifying the web server means 39 included in the content creation server 11a. That is, a large number of unique addresses are prepared in advance that have domain names that can be managed by the content creation server 11a and that allow identification of the end of the address, arguments, and the like. In addition, as long as an identifiable address can be managed, it may be prepared not in the form of a table but in another form such as a formula or a variable.

  The content creation server 11a has a temporary ID issuing unit 37 that allows the terminal to issue a temporary ID on which a code (two-dimensional code) enabling access to the unassigned unique address is available. Here, the terminal to which the present invention is preferably applied is exemplified by the printing terminal 45 used by a person who prints the temporary ID, but may be shared with the in-store terminal 42 such as a department store. Here, temporary IDs may be collectively printed in advance, and a large number of them may be prepared in advance in the shop where the purchase of gifts is received. By preparing a card on which a code is printed in advance in this way, it is possible to minimize the time the purchaser waits for falling.

  Here, different unique addresses may be printed for each individual card, or the same unique address may be printed on a plurality of cards. When it is desired to send the same message data or temporal content to a large number of recipients, a card printed with the same unique address can be suitably used.

  Even if the address generated from the code described in the temporary ID is accessed in the default state, the special content may not be displayed. It may indicate that preparation is in progress, it may indicate that a file does not exist, or any other advertisement or the like may be displayed.

  The content creation server 11a has a dynamic file database 23, and assigns the access to the file stored in the dynamic file database 23 to the unassigned unique address (the above temporary ID) as a common ID. A common ID assigning means 38 is provided. This function is described in the card of the number and the kind that the gift giver thinks is necessary, when it is linked and set when editing the message data by the creation / editing environment providing means 31 at the gift request client terminal 41 or the store terminal 42 Temporal content can be assigned to the two-dimensional code later. In particular, if the gift giver can be operated at home or the like from the gift giving client terminal 41 only by receiving the card at the store, it is particularly preferable because waiting time at the store is eliminated.

  Further, the message printing means 33 which is the message output means 32 may additionally print on the temporary ID instead of a blank card when printing the message data. While two-dimensional codes are assigned in advance, it is possible to generate customized cards for individual givers such as necessary address and greetings, photographs, and contents of gifts to be given.

  An example of a flow using this content creation server 11a is shown in FIG. As an initial stage, the temporary ID issuing unit 37 causes the printing terminal 45 to print a temporary ID in which the QR code of the unassigned address is described in the reservation address database 27 (S330). S331 to S334 are similar to the procedure of S131 to S134 (however, S332 corresponding to S132 is replaced with the common ID assignment in S335). When registration of message data including temporal content is completed, the address to the message data is assigned to the unassigned address described in the temporary ID (S335). Before and after assignment, the assigned print card is enclosed in a gift and shipped (S336). Step S341 and subsequent steps are similar to step S141 and subsequent steps.

  As still another application, the reservation address of the temporary ID for temporary editing may be assigned to the reservation address database 27. This temporary ID is applied to the initial state of the creating / editing environment providing means 31 and used for layout examination when creating message data. On the other hand, uploading, editing, etc. to the dynamic file database 23, and when the temporal content is ready, the address to the temporal content is replaced with the reserved address of the temporary ID (common ID assignment) Above, the final message output means 32 is applied.

  As still another application form, the common ID and the address to be responded by the web server means 39 may be separated, and the assignment may be changed as needed. This can be done by leaving the temporary ID-like element even after assigning the common ID so that the temporal content can be changed as needed. Thereby, for example, in accordance with the spring, summer, autumn, and winter seasons, it is possible to automatically replace content such as an optimal background according to the timing of display. This replacement works effectively whether it is a common ID printed on a card and fixed on paper or a common ID displayed on a digital.

  Next, a configuration example in which the gift product message management system including the content creation server according to the present invention is specifically implemented will be described. FIG. 8A shows an example of the creating / editing message storage database 22 in which the client who is the gift requester has created the message data. Identify the individual message data created and edited by each creation code. FIG. 8B is an example of an event creation table to be referred to when the creation / editing environment providing means 31 indicates a template as an event type for each purpose of a gift. It is difficult for a gift giver to create and edit message data from where there is nothing, and may indicate the underlying design. FIG. 8C is a table showing the sheet size at the time of printing by the message printing unit 33, and the type of the output sheet medium designated as a sheet by the creating / editing environment providing unit 31.

  FIG. 9A is an example of the dynamic file database 23 showing the uploaded temporal content. In addition, each record can be indirectly referred to by external access. FIG. 9 (b) is an example of an ordered product management table which exists as a part of the gift-present product management database 25. The requester code is linked with the user account of the user database 21 and indicates an item as to what kind of gift is to be delivered. FIG. 9C is an example of a distribution management table managed by a distribution company, which is present as a part of the gift-present product management database 25. Coordinate with necessary data on distribution of each product.

  By linking these tables together using the common ID, a table as shown in FIG. 10 can be obtained, and the product provider, the distribution company, and the system administrator cooperate with one another to manage the gift and message Management and management can be performed collectively.

10 Message management system for gifts 11 and 11a Content creation server 21 User database 22 Creation and editing message storage database 23 Dynamic file database 24 Material file database 25 Gifting product management database 26 History database 27 Reserved address database 31 Creation and editing environment provided Means 32 Message output means 33 Message printing means 34 Message sending means 35 Uploading receiving means 36 Common ID issuing means 37 Temporary ID issuing means 38 Common ID assigning means 39 web server means 40 Terminal 41 Gift giving request main terminal 42 Over-the-counter terminal 43 Consignment terminal 44 Gift Receiver Recipient Terminal 45 Printing Terminal

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A server connected to multiple terminals via a network,
The server is
Creation / editing environment providing means for providing creation / editing / upload reception environment of message data to the terminal, creation / editing message storage database for registering created / edited message data, storage of the creation / editing message A content creation server, comprising: message output means for causing the terminal side to output message data stored in a database.   A dynamic file database for storing temporal content of time-varying elements consisting of voice, video, or both uploaded from the terminal, and access to files stored in the dynamic file database And a common ID issuing means for issuing a common ID to be enabled, the message making it possible to access the file indicated by the common ID by referring to the common ID in the creation / editing environment providing means in the message The content creation server according to claim 1, which can be attached to data.   3. The content creation server according to claim 1, wherein printing on a wrapping paper of a gift or a message card attached to the gift is performed as an output of the message output unit.   The content creation server according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein an electronic message is transmitted to another terminal as an output of the message output means. It is possible to access a reserved address database and the unassigned unique address by issuing and storing in advance individually identifiable unassigned unique addresses specifying web server means possessed by the content creation server Temporary ID issuing means for causing the terminal to issue a temporary ID;
A dynamic file database for storing temporal content of time-varying factors consisting of audio, video, or both uploaded from the terminal;
Common ID assigning means for assigning an address to a file stored in the dynamic file database to the unassigned unique address as a common ID;
Have
The content creation server according to claim 1. In the message output unit, the message data is additionally printed on the temporary ID.
The content creation server according to claim 5.   The content creation server according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a material file database for storing material files that can be referred to in the creation and editing work by the creation and editing environment providing means.   The content creation server according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein a prohibition matter corresponding to an attribute of a gift to which the message data is given is set as the message data.   9. The gift giving product management database for managing order acceptance or delivery processing of a gift, the common ID to be attached to the printed matter attached to the gift being associated with the gift giving product management database. Description server for creating content.   The program for making a computer run as a content creation server in any one of Claims 1-9.   A gift product message management system comprising: the terminal that provides the creation / editing environment providing means and has a print output function by the message output means; and the content creation server according to any one of claims 1 to 9.   Providing an environment for creating / editing and uploading message data to the terminal, registering the created / edited message data in the creation / editing message storage database, the message stored in the creation / editing message storage database Outputting the data on the terminal side. Accepting, from the terminal, uploading to the dynamic file database of temporal content with time-varying elements consisting of voice, video, or both, to the file stored in the dynamic file database Issuing a common ID that allows access;
13. The gift message management method according to claim 12, wherein a code enabling file access to the common ID with reference to the common ID can be added to the message data. Issuing an unassigned unique address in advance and storing it in a reserved address database;
Issuing a tentative ID to the terminal enabling access to the unassigned unique address;
Run before the step of registering the above in the creation / edit message storage database,
After the step of registering in the above creation / edit message storage database,
Assigning the temporary ID to the common ID as an address to a file stored in the dynamic file database;
The method for managing messages for gifts according to claim 13. After the step of issuing the temporary ID to the terminal
In the terminal, the step of printing the temporary ID as it is or on the card as an encoded two-dimensional code is executed.
15. The gift-presenting method according to claim 14, wherein the replacement of the content displayed when the information printed on the card is read is realized by executing the step of replacing the content to be assigned to the common ID after the printing step. Message management method.

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