JP2019191881A - Information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method and information processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information processing apparatus, information processing system, information processing method and information processing program capable of relieving a web beacon server of a processing burden.SOLUTION: An information processing apparatus according to the present application comprises an acceptance section, a reply section, a storage section and a transmission section. The acceptance section accepts a predetermined processing request due to an access to a content of a user terminal. The reply section executes reply processing corresponding to the predetermined processing request to the user terminal the acceptance section accepted the predetermined processing request. The storage section stores access information indicative of the content the user terminal accessed, which access information is included in the predetermined processing request accepted by the acceptance section. The transmission section restricts the access information stored by the storage section in accordance with a predetermined situation and sends it to a web beacon server.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, an information processing method, and an information processing program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, a technique for detecting content information such as a web page accessed by a user terminal using a web beacon is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  For example, in the above-described conventional technology, the content includes a command for accessing the web beacon server and acquiring image information (for example, information on a transparent image) when the content display process is performed by the user terminal. Therefore, when the user terminal accesses the content, the user terminal makes a processing request for requesting the web beacon server to acquire image information by the above-described command. The processing request includes access information indicating the content accessed by the user terminal.

  And a web beacon server transmits image information to a user terminal according to a processing demand from a user terminal. Thereby, the content including such image information is displayed on the user terminal. Moreover, the web beacon server can detect the information of the content accessed by the user terminal based on the access information included in the processing request.

JP2015-166931A

  However, there are cases where access to contents from the user terminal increases rapidly due to, for example, the occurrence of a disaster or serious news. In such a case, in the web beacon server, the processing requests and access information transmitted from the user terminal also increase rapidly, and thus the processing load may increase excessively.

  The present application has been made in view of the above, and an object thereof is to provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, an information processing method, and an information processing program capable of reducing the processing load of a web beacon server.

  An information processing apparatus according to the present application includes a reception unit, a response unit, a storage unit, and a transmission unit. The accepting unit accepts a predetermined processing request accompanying access to the content of the user terminal. The response unit executes a response process corresponding to the predetermined process request for the user terminal that has received the predetermined process request by the reception unit. The accumulation unit accumulates access information indicating the content accessed by the user terminal, which is included in the predetermined processing request received by the reception unit. A transmission part restrict | limits the said access information accumulate | stored by the said accumulation | storage part according to a predetermined condition, and transmits to a web beacon server.

  According to one aspect of the embodiment, the processing load on the web beacon server can be reduced.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of information processing according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the information processing system. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the information processing apparatus. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the access information storage unit. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of overall processing of the information processing system. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of information processing in the information processing apparatus. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an information processing system according to the second embodiment. FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the first information processing apparatus. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a flow of information processing in the first information processing apparatus. FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the first information processing apparatus according to the third embodiment. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the priority storage unit. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a flow of information processing in the first information processing apparatus. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer that executes a program.

  Hereinafter, an information processing apparatus, an information processing system, an information processing method, and an information processing program according to the present application (hereinafter referred to as an “embodiment”) will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the information processing apparatus, the information processing system, the information processing method, and the information processing program according to the present application are not limited by this embodiment.

(First embodiment)
[1. Information processing)
First, an example of information processing according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of information processing according to the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the information processing system 1 includes user terminals 10 </ b> A and 10 </ b> B, an information processing device 20, and a web beacon server 100 (hereinafter simply referred to as “beacon server 100”). It is. The beacon server 100 can detect information on various contents including web pages accessed by the user terminals 10A and 10B using, for example, web beacons, which will be described later.

  The above-described user terminals 10A and 10B, the information processing apparatus 20, and the beacon server 100 are connected to be communicable with each other via a network N (see FIG. 2) in a wired or wireless manner.

  The user terminals 10A and 10B are terminal devices (client terminals) used by a user (not shown). In the following description, the user terminals 10A and 10B may be referred to as “user terminals 10” when they are not particularly distinguished.

  For example, the user terminal 10A can execute display processing for displaying various contents distributed from a content server described later on the display unit 11 (step S1). The display unit 11 may be, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or an organic EL display, but is not limited to these.

  Specifically, for example, the user terminal 10A transmits a content distribution request including a web page or the like to the content server in response to a user operation. As a result, the content is delivered from the content server to the user terminal 10A, and display processing is performed in the user terminal 10A.

  Here, in the content distributed to the user terminal 10A, a detection function that is realized by a web beacon and detects that the user terminal 10A has accessed the content and has performed display processing is embedded. For example, the content includes instructions for obtaining transparent image information or very small image information (sometimes referred to as “clear GIF”) as a web beacon.

  Such image information is conventionally stored in a beacon server. Therefore, in the prior art, when the user terminal accesses the content, the user terminal makes a processing request for requesting acquisition of image information from the beacon server according to the above-described command. The processing request includes access information indicating the content accessed by the user terminal. Note that the access information is not limited to the content information, and may include other information such as information on the date and time when the content is accessed and information on the user.

  Then, the beacon server transmits image information to the user terminal in response to a processing request from the user terminal, and thus the content including the image information is displayed on the user terminal. Further, the beacon server detects information on the content accessed by the user terminal based on the access information included in the processing request.

  By the way, for example, when an emergency such as a disaster or serious news occurs, access to content from the user terminal 10 may increase rapidly. In other words, access to content may concentrate in a short period of time. . In such a case, in the beacon server 100, the processing requests and access information transmitted from the user terminal 10 also increase rapidly, and the processing load may increase excessively, for example, the amount of access information exceeds the amount that can be processed. there were.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, the processing load of the beacon server 100 can be reduced. Hereinafter, this configuration will be described in detail.

  As shown in FIG. 1, in the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment, an information processing device 20 is provided between the user terminal 10 and the beacon server 100. The information processing apparatus 20 is a server that executes various processes such as a response process to the user terminal 10 and a transmission process to the beacon server 100.

  Specifically, the information processing apparatus 20 accepts a processing request accompanying access to the content of the user terminal 10A (step S2). Specifically, the content includes a command for accessing the information processing apparatus 20 and acquiring image information. Therefore, the user terminal 10A that accesses the content and executes the display process makes a processing request for requesting acquisition of image information to the information processing apparatus 20 according to the above-described instruction. Accept. Note that the above-described processing request for requesting acquisition of image information is an example of a predetermined processing request.

  Here, the information processing apparatus 20 includes a storage unit 40 in which image information is stored. Accordingly, the information processing apparatus 20 performs a response process corresponding to the predetermined process request on the user terminal 10A that has received the process request (step S3). That is, the information processing apparatus 20 transmits the image information stored in the storage unit 40 to the user terminal 10A. As a result, content including image information is displayed on the user terminal 10A.

  Subsequently, the information processing apparatus 20 accumulates the access information included in the processing request received from the user terminal 10A in the storage unit 40 (step S4), in other words, temporarily accumulates the access information.

  And the information processing apparatus 20 restrict | limits the stored access information according to a predetermined condition, and transmits to the beacon server 100 (step S5). Thereby, in this embodiment, it becomes possible to restrict | send transmission of the access information to the beacon server 100 according to the condition of the processing load of the beacon server 100, for example, Therefore, the processing load of the beacon server 100 is reduced. be able to. The processing load status of the beacon server 100 is an example of a predetermined status.

  Specifically, for example, the information processing apparatus 20 determines that the amount of access information transmitted from the user terminal 10 is accessed in the beacon server 100 at a normal time when access to the content from the user terminal 10 is not rapidly increasing. When the information is less than the quantity that can be processed, the accumulated access information is transmitted to the beacon server 100 as it is.

  On the other hand, if the access from the user terminal 10 to the content rapidly increases and the access information transmitted from the user terminal 10 also increases rapidly, the information processing apparatus 20 depends on the processing load of the beacon server 100. Restrict transmission of access information. Specifically, the information processing apparatus 20 restricts transmission of access information to the beacon server 100 when, for example, the amount of access information exceeds the amount that can be processed by the beacon server 100 and the processing load increases.

  As described above, the information processing apparatus 20 according to the present embodiment executes a response process such as receiving a processing request from the user terminal 10 at any time and transmitting image information to the user terminal 10. When the access information increases rapidly and the processing load of the beacon server 100 increases, transmission of the access information to the beacon server 100 is restricted.

  Thereby, in the information processing apparatus 20 according to the present embodiment, the processing load of the beacon server 100 can be reduced. Further, in the beacon server 100, based on the access information transmitted from the information processing apparatus 20, it is possible to detect information on the content that is accessed and displayed by the user terminal 10A.

  For example, even if the existing information processing system 1 includes the user terminal 10 and the beacon server 100, the processing load of the beacon server 100 is reduced by providing the information processing apparatus 20 described above. be able to. That is, it is possible to reduce the processing load of the beacon server 100 while using the existing information processing system 1 only by newly providing the information processing apparatus 20.

[2. Information processing system 1]
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the information processing system 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the information processing system 1 according to the first embodiment includes the user terminals 10A and 10B, the information processing apparatus 20, the beacon server 100, the content server 200, the aggregation server 300, An analysis server 400 is included, and is connected to be communicable via the network N. The network N is, for example, a LAN (Local Area Network) or a WAN (Wide Area Network) such as the Internet.

  The user terminal 10 is realized by, for example, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a notebook PC (Personal Computer), a desktop PC, or the like. In FIG. 2 and FIG. 1 described above, only two user terminals 10 are shown for simplification of illustration, but this is merely an example and is not limited.

  The content server 200 is a server that provides various services to the user terminal 10 and distributes content to the user terminal 10. For example, the content server 200 is a portal site, news site, auction site, weather forecast site, shopping site, finance (stock price) site, route search site, map providing site, travel site, restaurant introduction site, bulletin board site, web blog It is possible to distribute content including various types of information related to the user terminal 10.

  For example, the content server 200 receives a content distribution request from the user terminal 10. When receiving the distribution request, the content server 200 distributes the content to the user terminal 10 that has made the content distribution request.

  The content server 200 can also function as a server that distributes advertising content, for example. For example, when the content server 200 receives an advertisement content distribution request from the user terminal 10, the content server 200 can distribute the advertisement content corresponding to the distribution request to the user terminal 10.

  Note that the content distributed to the user terminal 10 may include, for example, a command for causing the user terminal 10 to access the information processing apparatus 20 and acquiring image information during display processing on the user terminal 10. As a result, the user terminal 10 that has accessed the content transmits a processing request (for example, an HTTP request) requesting acquisition of image information to the information processing apparatus 20.

  In the above description, the command included in the content is a command for acquiring image information. However, the command is not limited to this, and any command may be used as long as it allows the user terminal 10 to access the information processing device 20. It may be.

  As described above, the information processing apparatus 20 is a server that executes various processes such as a response process to the user terminal 10 and a transmission process to the beacon server 100. Note that the information processing apparatus 20 may transmit (transfer) a processing request including access information to the beacon server 100 during the transmission process to the beacon server 100. The detailed configuration of the information processing apparatus 20 will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The beacon server 100 is a server that executes processing for detecting content accessed by the user terminal 10 based on access information transmitted from the information processing apparatus 20. For example, the beacon server 100 generates history information (access log) indicating an access history to the content of the user terminal 10 based on the access information. Then, the beacon server 100 transmits the generated history information to the aggregation server 300.

  Further, the beacon server 100 stores a memory (not shown) when a processing request including access information is transmitted (transferred) from the information processing apparatus 20, specifically when a processing request for requesting acquisition of image information is transmitted. A response process for transmitting the image information stored in the information processing apparatus 20 to the information processing apparatus 20 can be executed.

  The aggregation server 300 is a server that executes an aggregation process for aggregating history information (access logs) transmitted from the beacon server 100. For example, the aggregation server 300 is realized by a computer executing an aggregation processing program stored in a storage unit (not shown).

  Then, the aggregation server 300 transmits the aggregated history information and the like to the analysis server 400. Note that history information and the like from the aggregation server 300 to the analysis server 400 may be transmitted directly, or may be transmitted via a device that processes information appropriately.

  The analysis server 400 is a server that executes analysis processing for analyzing history information and the like transmitted from the aggregation server 300. For example, the analysis server 400 is realized by a device that can distribute data to a plurality of servers and perform parallel processing, such as Hadoop using distributed processing technology.

  For example, the analysis server 400 can analyze the access tendency to the content of the user terminal 10 and the future access prediction based on various types of information including history information, but is not limited thereto.

  Note that the information processing device 20, the beacon server 100, the content server 200, the aggregation server 300, and the analysis server 400 described above do not have to be individual processing devices, and a plurality of processing devices such as a cloud system operate in cooperation. It may be realized by doing. In FIG. 2 and the like, the information processing device 20, the beacon server 100, the content server 200, the aggregation server 300, and the analysis server 400 are separate servers. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and there are four combinations as appropriate. The following or six or more servers may be realized.

[3. Information processing apparatus 20]
Next, the configuration of the information processing apparatus 20 described above will be specifically described.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the information processing apparatus 20. In FIG. 3, only components necessary for the description of the information processing apparatus 20 are shown, and descriptions of general components are omitted. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the information processing apparatus 20 includes a communication unit 30, a storage unit 40, and a control unit 50.

[3.1. Communication unit 30]
The communication unit 30 is connected to the network N by wire or wireless, and transmits / receives information to / from the user terminal 10 or the beacon server 100. For example, the communication unit 30 is realized by a NIC (Network Interface Card) or the like.

[3.2. Storage unit 40]
The storage unit 40 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory device such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk. The storage unit 40 according to the present embodiment includes an image information storage unit 41 and an access information storage unit 42.

[3.2.1. Image information storage unit 41]
The image information storage unit 41 stores image information displayed on the content. As described above, the image information is, for example, information on a transparent image or a very small image. However, the image information is not limited to this, and may be other types of images.

[3.2.2. Access information storage unit 42]
The access information storage unit 42 stores access information including information such as content accessed by the user terminal 10. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the access information storage unit 42.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the access information storage unit 42 includes information of “access ID”, “user ID”, “content name”, and “access date / time”, which are associated with each other. Yes.

  The “access ID” is identification information assigned every time the user terminal 10 accesses the content. “User ID” is identification information for identifying the user terminal 10 that has accessed the content or the user having the user terminal 10.

  “Content name” is information indicating the name of the content accessed by the user terminal 10. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the name of the content is used. However, the name is not limited to this. For example, the content of the content accessed by the user terminal 10 or a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) corresponding to the content is used. Information that can identify other contents such as information may be used.

  “Access date and time” is information indicating the date and time when the user terminal 10 accesses the content. In the example illustrated in FIG. 4, “access date and time” is illustrated with abstract codes such as “XX” and “YY”, but specific information is stored in each.

  FIG. 4 shows an example in which the access ID of the access information storage unit 42 is “A01”, the user ID is “U01”, the content name is “content C1”, and the access date is “XX”.

[3.3. Control unit 50]
Returning to the description of FIG. 3, the control unit 50 is a controller, and includes, for example, a microcomputer having a central processing unit (CPU), a read only memory (ROM), a RAM, an input / output port, and various circuits. including. In addition, the control unit 50 may be configured by hardware such as an integrated circuit such as an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) or an FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array). The control unit 50 includes a reception unit 51, a response unit 52, a storage unit 53, and a transmission unit 54.

[3.3.1. Reception part 51]
The accepting unit 51 accepts a processing request transmitted from the user terminal 10 via the communication unit 30. For example, the reception unit 51 receives a predetermined processing request associated with access to the content of the user terminal 10. Specifically, the accepting unit 51 accepts an image information acquisition request transmitted in response to a web beacon included in the content when the user terminal 10 accesses the content and performs display processing.

  Then, the receiving unit 51 notifies the response unit 52 that a predetermined processing request (here, an image information acquisition request) has been received from the user terminal 10. In addition, the reception unit 51 outputs a predetermined processing request to the storage unit 53.

[3.3.2. Response unit 52]
The response unit 52 executes response processing in response to the notification from the reception unit 51. For example, the response unit 52 performs a response process corresponding to the predetermined process request on the user terminal 10 that has received the predetermined process request in the reception unit 51.

  Specifically, the response unit 52 reads the image information storage unit 41 based on an image information acquisition request that is a predetermined processing request, acquires image information corresponding to the acquisition request, and acquires the acquired image information. Is transmitted to the user terminal 10 via the communication unit 30.

[3.3.3. Accumulator 53]
The accumulation unit 53 accumulates the access information included in the predetermined processing request received by the reception unit 51 in the access information storage unit 42. At this time, the storage unit 53 may store a predetermined processing request including access information.

[3.3.4. Transmitter 54]
The transmission unit 54 transmits the access information accumulated by the accumulation unit 53 to the beacon server 100 with restriction according to a predetermined situation. For example, the above-described predetermined situation is the situation of the processing load of the beacon server 100, and the transmission unit 54 restricts the transmission of access information according to the situation of the processing load of the beacon server 100.

  Specifically, for example, the transmission unit 54 can limit transmission of access information by providing an upper limit value (cap) for the quantity of access information transmitted to the beacon server 100. The quantity of access information is, for example, the number of transmissions (transfer number) per unit time (for example, 1 second), but is not limited to this.

  Moreover, the above-described upper limit value can be set, for example, as the upper limit value of the quantity that can process access information in the beacon server 100. Therefore, the transmission unit 54 can restrict transmission of access information so that the quantity of access information transmitted to the beacon server 100 is equal to or less than the quantity that can be processed by the beacon server 100.

  Thereby, in this embodiment, the processing load of the beacon server 100 can be reduced. That is, for example, even when the access from the user terminal 10 to the content rapidly increases due to the occurrence of a disaster and the access information transmitted from the user terminal 10 also increases rapidly, as described above, the beacon server 100 By restricting transmission of access information to the beacon server 100, the processing load on the beacon server 100 can be reduced.

  Further, in the present embodiment, since the transmission of access information is limited according to the processing load status of the beacon server 100, for example, in the beacon server 100, the access information quantity exceeds the processable quantity. Loss of access information can be suppressed.

  Further, in the present embodiment, by restricting the transmission of access information according to the processing load status of the beacon server 100, the processing load is also reduced in the aggregation server 300 to which various information is transmitted from the beacon server 100. Can be reduced.

  In the above description, the upper limit value of the quantity of access information is set to the upper limit value of the quantity that can be processed by the beacon server 100. However, the present invention is not limited to this and can be set to an arbitrary value. is there. In the above, the transmission of the access information is limited by limiting the quantity of the access information. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, by limiting the data capacity of the transmitted access information, It may be done.

  Further, the transmission unit 54 can queue access information and transmit it to the beacon server 100. For example, the access information storage unit 42 functions as a storage area (queue) that temporarily stores access information, and the transmission unit 54 uses the access information stored in the access information storage unit 42 and temporarily stored as a beacon. The transmission can be sequentially performed according to the processing load of the server 100. In this way, the information processing apparatus 20 can function as a queue server.

  Thereby, in the information processing apparatus 20 according to the present embodiment, for example, even when the access information transmitted from the user terminal 10 also increases rapidly, the amount of access information is kept below the upper limit value. The access information can be transmitted to the beacon server 100.

[4. Processing of information processing system 1]
Here, an example of the overall processing in the information processing system 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the overall processing of the information processing system 1.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the user terminal 10 of the information processing system 1 transmits a content distribution request to the content server 200 in order to access the content (step S10). The content server 200 that has received the distribution request distributes the content to the user terminal 10 (step S11).

  As described above, the content to be distributed includes an instruction to acquire image information as a web beacon. Therefore, the user terminal 10 requests the information processing apparatus 20 to process the acquisition of image information. (Step S12). The information processing apparatus 20 that has received the processing request executes a response process for transmitting image information to the user terminal 10 (step S13).

  Further, the information processing apparatus 20 accumulates the access information included in the processing request, and transmits the accumulated access information while limiting the access information according to the processing load of the beacon server 100 (step S14). At this time, the information processing apparatus 20 may transmit (transfer) a processing request including access information to the beacon server 100. In such a case, the beacon server 100 executes response processing for transmitting image information to the information processing apparatus 20 (step S15). In the information processing apparatus 20, the image information transmitted from the beacon server 100 is not used, and thus the image information may be discarded.

  Subsequently, the beacon server 100 generates history information based on the access information, and transmits the generated history information to the aggregation server 300 (step S16). Then, the aggregation server 300 aggregates the history information and transmits it to the analysis server 400 (step S17), and the analysis process is executed.

[5. Processing flow of information processing apparatus 20]
Next, an information processing procedure in the information processing apparatus 20 will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of information processing in the information processing apparatus 20.

  As illustrated in FIG. 6, the control unit 50 of the information processing device 20 receives a predetermined processing request (for example, an image information acquisition request) from the user terminal 10 (step S <b> 100). The control unit 50 performs a response process corresponding to the predetermined process request on the user terminal 10 that has received the predetermined process request (step S101).

  Next, the control unit 50 accumulates the access information included in the predetermined processing request in the access information storage unit 42 (see FIG. 3) (step S102). Next, the control part 50 restrict | limits access information according to the processing load of the beacon server 100, and transmits to the beacon server 100 (step S103).

(Second Embodiment)
[6. Information Processing System 1 According to Second Embodiment]
In 1st Embodiment mentioned above, although the information processing apparatus 20 and the beacon server 100 were each an example shown, it is not limited to this. That is, in the second embodiment, there are a plurality of information processing apparatuses 20 and the beacon servers 100 respectively corresponding to the plurality of information processing apparatuses 20 are provided.

  First, an example of the overall configuration of the information processing system 1 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the information processing system 1 according to the second embodiment. In the following, the same components as those in the first embodiment described above are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

  Prior to the description of FIG. 7, access information processed in the second embodiment will be described. As described above, there are a plurality of types of content such as advertising content and web blogs. Therefore, there are a plurality of types of access information, such as information indicating that the user terminal 10 has accessed the advertising content and information indicating that the user terminal 10 has accessed the web blog. Therefore, in the information processing system 1 according to the second embodiment, the information processing apparatus 20 and the beacon server 100 are provided for each type of access information to be processed.

  In the following, for convenience of understanding, when the user terminal 10 accesses the first content, the processing request and access information transmitted to the information processing apparatus 20 are referred to as “first processing request” and “first access”. The processing request and access information when the user terminal 10 accesses the second content different from the first content may be referred to as “second processing request” and “second access information”.

  In the following, a case where there are two types of access information (for example, first and second access information) and there are two information processing apparatuses 20 and two beacon servers 100 will be described. Is not to be done. That is, there may be three or more types of access information, and there may be three or more information processing apparatuses 20 and beacon servers 100, respectively.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the information processing system 1 according to the second embodiment includes a first processing unit 500a and a second processing unit 500b.

[6.1. First processing unit 500a]
The first processing unit 500a includes a first information processing device 20a and a first beacon server 100a, and performs processing related to first access information.

  For example, the first information processing apparatus 20a accepts a first processing request accompanying access to the first content of the user terminal 10. Then, the first information processing apparatus 20a performs response processing corresponding to the first processing request on the user terminal 10, and accumulates first access information included in the first processing request. Subsequently, the first information processing device 20a limits the accumulated first access information according to the processing load of the first beacon server 100a and transmits the first access information to the first beacon server 100a. The detailed configuration of the first information processing apparatus 20a will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The first beacon server 100a generates history information indicating an access history to the first content of the user terminal 10 based on the first access information transmitted from the first information processing device 20a, and aggregates the generated history information. Send to server 300.

[6.2. Second processing unit 500b]
The second processing unit 500b includes a second information processing device 20b and a second beacon server 100b, and performs processing related to second access information.

  For example, the second information processing device 20b accepts a second processing request accompanying access to the second content of the user terminal 10. Then, the second information processing device 20b performs a response process corresponding to the second process request on the user terminal 10. The second information processing apparatus 20b accumulates the second access information included in the second processing request and restricts the accumulated second access information according to the processing load of the second beacon server 100b. 2 Transmit to the beacon server 100b.

  The second information processing device 20b and the first information processing device 20a described above are connected to each other via a network N (see FIG. 2) so that they can communicate with each other by wire or wirelessly.

  The second beacon server 100b generates history information indicating the access history of the user terminal 10 to the second content based on the second access information transmitted from the second information processing device 20b, and aggregates the generated history information. Send to server 300.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, the first and second information processing apparatuses correspond to the type of access information, in other words, to correspond to the type of content accessed by the user terminal 10. 20a, 20b, first and second beacon servers 100a, 100b are provided.

  Thereby, in 2nd Embodiment, the processing load of the 1st, 2nd beacon servers 100a and 100b can be reduced. That is, even if the access to the first content from the user terminal 10 suddenly increases due to the occurrence of a disaster, for example, and the first access information transmitted from the user terminal 10 also increases rapidly, the first beacon server By restricting transmission of access information to the first beacon server 100a according to the processing load of 100a, the processing load of the first beacon server 100a can be reduced.

  Similarly, in the second embodiment, even if the second access information to be transmitted suddenly increases with the rapid increase in access from the user terminal 10 to the second content, the second beacon server 100b By limiting the transmission of access information to the second beacon server 100b according to the processing load, the processing load of the second beacon server 100b can be reduced.

  Here, in the second embodiment, various information (for example, history information) is transmitted to the aggregation server 300 from both the first beacon server 100a and the second beacon server 100b. May increase excessively.

  Therefore, in the second embodiment, one of the first information processing device 20a and the second information processing device 20b is configured to limit the transmission of access information according to the transmission status of the other access information. Thereby, in the second embodiment, for example, the processing load of the aggregation server 300 can be reduced. The access information transmission status is an example of a predetermined status. Hereinafter, the first information processing apparatus 20a will be described with reference to FIG.

[7. First information processing apparatus 20a]
FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the first information processing apparatus 20a according to the second embodiment. Since the second information processing apparatus 20b has the same configuration as the first information processing apparatus 20a, the following description of the first information processing apparatus 20a is generally applicable to the second information processing apparatus 20b.

  As illustrated in FIG. 8, in the information processing apparatus 20 according to the second embodiment, the control unit 50 further includes an acquisition unit 55.

[7.1. Acquisition unit 55]
The acquisition unit 55 acquires various types of information from the second information processing device 20b (see FIG. 7) via the communication unit 30. For example, the acquisition unit 55 acquires transmission status information indicating a transmission status of access information transmitted from the second information processing device 20b to the second beacon server 100b.

  The transmission status information described above includes information such as the amount of access information (for example, the number of transmissions per unit time) transmitted from the second information processing apparatus 20b to the second beacon server 100b, but is not limited thereto. It is not something. That is, the transmission status information may be other types of information such as the data capacity of the transmitted access information in addition to or instead of the quantity of the access information.

  Thus, the acquisition unit 55 of the first information processing device 20a acquires transmission status information in another information processing device 20 (here, the second information processing device 20b) different from the first information processing device 20a.

  Although not shown, the acquisition unit 55 of the second information processing device 20b uses the transmission status information in another information processing device 20 (here, the first information processing device 20a) different from the second information processing device 20b. get.

  In the above description, both the first and second information processing devices 20a and 20b acquire the transmission status information. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the first and second information processing devices 20a. , 20b may be configured to acquire the transmission status information.

  Continuing the description of FIG. 8, the acquisition unit 55 outputs the acquired transmission status information to the transmission unit 54. Then, based on the transmission status information, the transmission unit 54 restricts transmission of access information according to the transmission status of the access information that is a predetermined status.

  For example, the transmission status information acquired by the acquisition unit 55 of the first information processing device 20a is information indicating that the quantity of access information transmitted from the second information processing device 20b to the second beacon server 100b is rapidly increasing. If so, the transmission unit 54 can restrict transmission of access information to the first beacon server 100a.

  That is, for example, even when the processing load of the first beacon server 100a is not increased, the transmission unit 54 of the first information processing device 20a is increased if the processing load of the second beacon server 100b is increased. Transmission of access information to the first beacon server 100a can be restricted.

  Thereby, in the aggregation server 300 to which various information is transmitted from both the first beacon server 100a and the second beacon server 100b, the information from the first beacon server 100a is reduced, so the processing load on the aggregation server 300 is reduced. can do.

[8. Processing Flow of First Information Processing Device 20a According to Second Embodiment]
Next, an information processing procedure in the first information processing apparatus 20a will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a flow of information processing in the first information processing apparatus 20a.

  As illustrated in FIG. 9, the control unit 50 of the first information processing device 20 a receives a first processing request (for example, an image information acquisition request) that accompanies access to the first content of the user terminal 10 (step S <b> 200). Control part 50 performs response processing corresponding to the 1st processing demand to user terminal 10 which received the 1st processing demand (Step S201).

  Next, the control unit 50 accumulates the first access information included in the first processing request in the access information storage unit 42 (see FIG. 8) (step S202). Next, the control unit 50 acquires the transmission status information of the second information processing device 20b, specifically, the transmission status information indicating the transmission status of the access information transmitted from the second information processing device 20b to the second beacon server 100b. (Step S203).

  Next, the control unit 50 changes the first access information to the first beacon according to the transmission status of the access information transmitted from the second information processing apparatus 20b to the second beacon server 100b and the processing load of the first beacon server 100a. The transmission is limited to the server 100a (step S204).

(Third embodiment)
[9. First Information Processing Device 20a According to Third Embodiment]
Next, an information processing system 1 according to the third embodiment will be described. In the above-described second embodiment, an example in which there are a plurality of information processing devices 20 has been described. However, in the third embodiment, priority is set in the plurality of information processing devices 20, and access is performed based on the priorities. The transmission of information was executed.

  Hereinafter, the first information processing apparatus 20a among the plurality of information processing apparatuses 20 will be described with reference to FIG. Since the second information processing apparatus 20b has the same configuration as the first information processing apparatus 20a, the following description of the first information processing apparatus 20a is generally applicable to the second information processing apparatus 20b.

  FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the first information processing apparatus 20a according to the third embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 10, the storage unit 40 further includes a priority information storage unit 43.

[9.1. Priority information storage unit 43]
The priority information storage unit 43 stores in advance information indicating priorities of a plurality of information processing apparatuses 20 including the first and second information processing apparatuses 20a and 20b. In the above description, the information indicating the priority is stored in advance. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the information indicating the priority may be acquired from an external device (not shown). .

  FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the priority information storage unit 43. As illustrated in FIG. 11, the priority information storage unit 43 includes information of “information processing device ID”, “type of information processing device”, and “priority”, and these pieces of information are associated with each other. ing.

  The “information processing apparatus ID” is identification information assigned to each information processing apparatus 20. In the example of FIG. 11, “B01” indicates the first information processing device 20a, and “B02” indicates the second information processing device 20b.

  The “type of information processing apparatus” is information indicating the type of use of the information processing apparatus 20, for example, information indicating the use according to the content of the access information processed by the information processing apparatus 20.

  “Priority” is information indicating the priority of one information processing apparatus among a plurality of information processing apparatuses 20 with respect to another information processing apparatus 20. For example, the “priority” may be set according to the importance when the content of the access information processed by the information processing device 20 is compared between the plurality of information processing devices 20. Specifically, for example, when the content of the access information processed by one information processing device 20 is more important than the content of the access information processed by the other information processing device 20, the priority of the one information processing device 20 May be set higher than the other information processing apparatus 20.

  In FIG. 11, the information processing device ID “B01” in the priority information storage unit 43 shows an example in which the type of information processing device is “for advertising content” and the priority is “high”. Further, the information processing device ID “B02” in the priority information storage unit 43 shows an example in which the type of the information processing device is “for web log” and the priority is “low”.

  That is, in the example shown in FIG. 11, the access information to the advertising content is more important than the access information to the content of the weblog, and the priority of the first information processing apparatus 20a that performs processing related to the access information to the advertising content is This indicates that the priority is higher than the priority of the second information processing apparatus 20b that performs processing related to the access information to the content of the weblog.

  Returning to the description of FIG. 10, the transmission unit 54 determines the upper limit of the quantity of access information (here, the first access information) transmitted to the beacon server 100 (here, the first beacon server 100a) based on the above-described priority. The value can be changed.

  Specifically, for example, the transmission unit 54 reads the priority information storage unit 43, and the other information processing device 20 (here, the second information) of the first information processing device 20a that is the information processing device 20 of itself. Priority information for the processing device 20b) is acquired.

  And the transmission part 54 changes the upper limit of the quantity of the 1st access information transmitted to the 1st beacon server 100a based on the acquired priority information. For example, when the priority of the first information processing device 20a with respect to the second information processing device 20b is high (see FIG. 11), the transmission unit 54 sets the upper limit value of the quantity of the first access information to the second information processing device 20b. It changes to a value higher than the upper limit of the quantity of the 2nd access information transmitted to the 2nd beacon server 100b. If the priority of the first information processing apparatus 20a with respect to the second information processing apparatus 20b is low, the transmission unit 54 sets the upper limit value of the quantity of the first access information, and the second information processing apparatus 20b sets the second beacon server. The value is changed to a value lower than the upper limit value of the quantity of the second access information transmitted to 100b.

  Thereby, the transmission part 54 can reduce the processing load of the 1st beacon server 100a, transmitting 1st access information to the 1st beacon server 100a appropriately. That is, the upper limit value of the quantity of access information transmitted to the first beacon server 100a is changed based on the priority indicating the importance of the contents of the access information as described above.

  Therefore, for example, even when the first access information and the second access information transmitted from the user terminal 10 increase rapidly, the transmission unit 54 transmits the first access information having high importance to the first beacon server 100a. Or the aggregation server 300 can be preferentially transmitted, and thus the processing load on the first beacon server 100a can be reduced while appropriately transmitting the first access information to the first beacon server 100a.

  In addition, although illustration is abbreviate | omitted, also in the transmission part 54 of the 2nd information processing apparatus 20b, an upper limit is changed as mentioned above, By the 1st beacon server 100a to the 1st beacon server 100a of highly important 1st access information The second access information can be transmitted to the second beacon server 100b while giving priority to transmission. Thereby, in the 2nd information processor 20b, the processing load of the 2nd beacon server 100b can be reduced, transmitting the 2nd access information to the 2nd beacon server 100b appropriately.

[10. Processing Flow of First Information Processing Device 20a According to Third Embodiment]
Next, an information processing procedure in the first information processing apparatus 20a will be described. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a flow of information processing in the first information processing apparatus 20a.

  As illustrated in FIG. 12, the control unit 50 of the first information processing device 20a receives a first processing request (for example, an image information acquisition request) associated with access to the first content of the user terminal 10 (step S300). Control part 50 performs response processing corresponding to the 1st processing demand to user terminal 10 which received the 1st processing demand (Step S301).

  Next, the control unit 50 accumulates the first access information included in the first processing request in the access information storage unit 42 (see FIG. 8) (step S302). Next, the control unit 50 changes the upper limit value of the quantity of the first access information based on the priority of the first information processing apparatus 20a with respect to the second information processing apparatus 20b (step S303).

  Next, the control unit 50 uses the changed upper limit value and transmits the first access information to the first beacon server 100a in a limited manner according to the processing load of the first beacon server 100a (step S304).

  In the above, the process of changing the upper limit value of the quantity of access information is executed after the process of accumulating the first access information. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be executed at other timing such as before reception.

[11. effect〕
The information processing apparatus 20 includes a reception unit 51, a response unit 52, a storage unit 53, and a transmission unit 54. The accepting unit 51 accepts a predetermined processing request accompanying access to the content of the user terminal 10. The response unit 52 executes response processing corresponding to the predetermined processing request for the user terminal 10 that has received the predetermined processing request by the receiving unit 51. The accumulation unit 53 accumulates access information indicating content accessed by the user terminal 10 and included in a predetermined processing request received by the reception unit 51. The transmission unit 54 transmits the access information accumulated by the accumulation unit 53 to the beacon server 100 with restriction according to a predetermined situation.

  Thereby, the processing load of the beacon server 100 can be reduced. That is, even if the access to the content from the user terminal 10 increases rapidly due to, for example, the occurrence of a disaster or serious news, and the access information transmitted from the user terminal 10 also increases rapidly, By limiting the transmission of access information, the processing load on the beacon server 100 can be reduced.

  In addition, since the processing load of the beacon server 100 is reduced by restricting the transmission of access information to the beacon server 100, the processing load is also reduced in the aggregation server 300 to which various information is transmitted from the beacon server 100, for example. It becomes possible to do.

  Moreover, the transmission part 54 restrict | limits transmission of access information according to the condition of the processing load of the beacon server 100 which is a predetermined condition. Thereby, the processing load of beacon server 100 can be reduced effectively.

  Moreover, the transmission part 54 restrict | limits transmission of access information so that the quantity of the access information transmitted to the beacon server 100 may be below the quantity which can process access information in the beacon server 100. FIG. Thereby, since the access information to the beacon server 100 is not transmitted beyond the processing capability of the beacon server 100, the processing load of the beacon server 100 can be surely reduced.

  The transmission unit 54 queues the access information and transmits it to the beacon server 100. Thereby, for example, even when the access information transmitted from the user terminal 10 increases rapidly, it is possible to transmit the access information to the beacon server 100 while keeping the amount of access information below the upper limit value. The processing load of the beacon server 100 can be reduced more effectively.

  The information processing system 1 includes an information processing device 20 and a beacon server 100. In the information processing system 1, there are a plurality of information processing apparatuses 20. One information processing device 20 (for example, the first information processing device 20a) among the plurality of information processing devices 20 is accessed in another information processing device 20 (for example, the second information processing device 20b) different from the information processing device. An acquisition unit 55 that acquires transmission status information indicating the transmission status of information is further provided. Based on the transmission status information acquired by the acquisition unit 55, the transmission unit 54 restricts transmission of access information according to the transmission status of access information that is a predetermined status.

  In this way, by restricting transmission of access information to the beacon server 100 (for example, the first beacon server 100a) according to the access information transmission status of the other information processing apparatuses 20, for example, a plurality of beacon servers 100 ( For example, various information is transmitted from the first and second beacon servers 100a, 100b) to the aggregation server 300 in appropriate quantities, and as a result, the processing load on the aggregation server 300 can be reduced.

  In addition, the transmission unit 54 has a priority of one information processing device 20 (for example, the first information processing device 20a) among the plurality of information processing devices 20 with respect to another information processing device 20 (for example, the second information processing device 20b). Based on the above, the upper limit value of the quantity of access information (for example, first access information) to be transmitted to the beacon server 100 (for example, the first beacon server 100a) is changed.

  Thereby, for example, the transmission unit 54 can preferentially transmit access information having high importance to the beacon server 100 or the aggregation server 300, and thus the beacon can be transmitted while appropriately transmitting the access information to the beacon server 100. The processing load on the server 100 and the aggregation server 300 can be reduced.

[12. Hardware configuration)
The information processing apparatus 20 in the above-described embodiment is realized by a computer 1000 configured as shown in FIG. 13, for example, executing a program.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of a computer that executes a program. The computer 1000 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 1100, a random access memory (RAM) 1200, a read only memory (ROM) 1300, a hard disk drive (HDD) 1400, a communication interface (I / F) 1500, an input / output interface (I). / F) 1600 and a media interface (I / F) 1700.

  The CPU 1100 operates based on a program stored in the ROM 1300 or the HDD 1400 and controls each unit. The ROM 1300 stores a boot program executed by the CPU 1100 when the computer 1000 is started up, a program depending on the hardware of the computer 1000, and the like.

  The HDD 1400 stores data used by programs executed by the CPU 1100. The communication interface 1500 corresponds to the communication unit 30, receives data from other devices via the network N, sends the data to the CPU 1100, and transmits data generated by the CPU 1100 to other devices via the network N.

  The CPU 1100 controls an output device such as a display and a printer and an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse via the input / output interface 1600. The CPU 1100 acquires data from the input device via the input / output interface 1600. Further, the CPU 1100 outputs the generated data to the output device via the input / output interface 1600.

  The media interface 1700 reads a program or data stored in the recording medium 1800 and provides it to the CPU 1100 via the RAM 1200. The CPU 1100 loads the program from the recording medium 1800 onto the RAM 1200 via the media interface 1700, and executes the loaded program. The recording medium 1800 is, for example, an optical recording medium such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) or PD (Phase change rewritable disk), a magneto-optical recording medium such as an MO (Magneto-Optical disk), a tape medium, a magnetic recording medium, or a semiconductor memory. Etc.

  When the computer 1000 functions as the information processing apparatus 20, the CPU 1100 of the computer 1000 executes a program loaded on the RAM 1200, thereby receiving the reception unit 51, the response unit 52, the storage unit 53, and the transmission unit 54 illustrated in FIG. 3. Each function of the acquisition unit 55 shown in FIG. 8 is realized.

  The CPU 1100 of the computer 1000 reads these programs from the recording medium 1800 and executes them, but as another example, these programs may be acquired from other devices via the network N.

  As described above, some of the embodiments of the present application have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, these are merely examples, and various modifications, including the aspects described in the disclosure section of the invention, based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art, It is possible to implement the present invention in other forms with improvements.

[13. Others]
In addition, among the processes described in the above embodiment, all or part of the processes described as being automatically performed can be performed manually, or the processes described as being performed manually can be performed. All or a part can be automatically performed by a known method. In addition, the processing procedures, specific names, and information including various data and parameters shown in the document and drawings can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified. For example, the various types of information illustrated in each drawing is not limited to the illustrated information.

  Further, each component of each illustrated apparatus is functionally conceptual, and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. In other words, the specific form of distribution / integration of each device is not limited to that shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof may be functionally or physically distributed or arbitrarily distributed in arbitrary units according to various loads or usage conditions. Can be integrated and configured.

  Further, the above-described embodiments can be appropriately combined within a range in which processing contents are not contradictory.

  Further, the above-mentioned “section (module, unit)” can be read as “means” or “circuit”. For example, the reception unit 51 can be read as reception means or a reception circuit.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information processing system 10 User terminal 20 Information processing apparatus 51 Reception part 52 Response part 53 Accumulation part 54 Transmission part 55 Acquisition part

Claims (9)

A reception unit that receives a predetermined processing request associated with access to the content of the user terminal;
A response unit that executes response processing corresponding to the predetermined processing request for the user terminal that has received the predetermined processing request by the reception unit;
A storage unit that stores the access information included in the predetermined processing request received by the receiving unit, the access information indicating the content accessed by the user terminal;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a transmission unit that restricts the access information stored by the storage unit according to a predetermined situation and transmits the access information to a web beacon server. The transmitter is
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein transmission of the access information is limited according to a processing load of the web beacon server that is the predetermined situation. The transmitter is
The transmission of the access information is limited so that the quantity of the access information transmitted to the web beacon server is equal to or less than the quantity that can be processed by the web beacon server. The information processing apparatus described in 1. The transmitter is
The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the access information is queued and transmitted to the web beacon server. An information processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
An information processing system comprising: the web beacon server. There are a plurality of the information processing devices,
One of the plurality of information processing devices is the information processing device,
An acquisition unit for acquiring transmission status information indicating a transmission status of the access information in the information processing device different from the information processing device;
The transmitter is
6. The information processing according to claim 5, wherein transmission of the access information is limited based on the transmission status of the access information that is the predetermined status based on the transmission status information acquired by the acquisition unit. system. There are a plurality of the information processing devices,
The transmitter is
The upper limit value of the quantity of the access information to be transmitted to the web beacon server is changed based on the priority of the one information processing apparatus among the plurality of information processing apparatuses with respect to the other information processing apparatus. The information processing system according to claim 5 or 6. An information processing method executed by a computer,
An accepting step for accepting a predetermined processing request accompanying access to the content of the user terminal;
A response step of executing a response process corresponding to the predetermined processing request for the user terminal that has received the predetermined processing request in the receiving step;
An accumulation step of accumulating access information indicating the content accessed by the user terminal, the access information included in the predetermined processing request received by the reception step;
A transmission step of restricting the access information stored in the storage step according to a predetermined situation and transmitting the access information to a web beacon server. An acceptance procedure for accepting a predetermined processing request accompanying access to the content of the user terminal;
A response procedure for executing a response process corresponding to the predetermined processing request for the user terminal that has received the predetermined processing request in the reception procedure;
An accumulation procedure for accumulating access information indicating the content accessed by the user terminal, the access information being included in the predetermined processing request accepted by the acceptance procedure;
An information processing program for causing a computer to execute a transmission procedure for restricting the access information accumulated by the accumulation procedure according to a predetermined situation and transmitting the access information to a web beacon server.

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