JP2019204141A - Work presentation apparatus and work presentation program - Google Patents

Abstract

To allow, for example, a purchase history of books to be easily confirmed.SOLUTION: A read write unit 105 reads user identification information such as a user ID stored in a member card 150 and an image processing unit creates a purchase history list. A system control unit obtains purchase history information (acquisition history information) of books in association with the user identification information from an information management server 200, and instructs the image processing unit to create the purchase history list based on the purchase history information. Then the system control unit displays the purchase history list (acquisition list) created by the image processing unit on a panel unit 106. Thus, the purchase history list in association with the user identification information is displayed on the panel unit 106 only by reading the user identification information such as the user ID stored in the member card 150 by the read write unit 105.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a literary work presentation apparatus and a literary work presentation program related to presentation of a literary work such as a book, a CD (Compact Disc), a DVD (Digital Video Disk), and game software.

  For example, if you do n’t know the availability of the latest issue of a subscribed book (for regularly published books) or the latest volume of a subscribed book (for series), check the bookstore ’s bookshelf (Hereafter, the latest publication and the latest volume are referred to as the latest book). In addition, if it is unclear how many volumes you have purchased, you may not know which volume to purchase.

  In such a case, it is conceivable to apply the electronic bookshelf management system proposed in Patent Document 1. That is, in this electronic bookshelf management system, when the bookshelf server receives the user ID and ISBN (International Standard Book Number) code from the user user terminal and transfers the ISBN code to the bookstore terminal, the bookstore terminal The Japanese book code corresponding to the ISBN code is specified, and the book information corresponding to the Japanese book code is sent to the bookshelf server. When the bookshelf server creates the collection information in which the book information is collected using the user ID as a key, the user terminal can receive the collection information from the bookshelf server and refer to it.

JP 2004-145646 A

  In the electronic bookshelf management system disclosed in Patent Document 1 described above, when a user ID and an ISBN code are transmitted from a user terminal to a bookshelf server, the bookshelf server collects books based on book information corresponding to Japanese book codes compiled using the user ID as a key. Creating information makes it easy for users to verify books they own. Also, since the latest book information and recommended information are distributed based on the collection information, there is no need to bother and leak information.

  By the way, in this electronic bookshelf management system, it is possible to check information on the latest books and recommended information in addition to checking their own books using a user terminal such as a personal computer or a mobile phone. However, since these confirmations require operation of the user terminal, there is a problem that the confirmation operation is troublesome.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and an object of the present invention is to provide a literary work presentation device and a literary work presentation program capable of solving the above problems.

The copyrighted work presentation device of the present invention includes a panel unit, a read / write unit that reads user identification information stored in an IC card, an image processing unit that creates an acquisition history list, and a work associated with the user identification information. A system control unit that obtains acquisition history information of an object from an information management server and instructs the image processing unit to create the acquisition history list based on the acquisition history information, and the system control unit includes: The acquisition history list created by the image processing unit is displayed on the panel unit.
In addition, the acquisition history list includes release information indicating a release state and a planned release date of the latest book related to the already acquired book.
The literary work presentation program of the present invention is a literary work presentation program that is executed by a computer that controls a literary work presentation apparatus, and includes a step of reading user identification information stored in an IC card by a read / write unit, and image processing The acquisition history list of the copyrighted work associated with the user identification information from the information management server by the step of creating an acquisition history list by the unit and the system control unit, and the acquisition history information to the image processing unit And a step of instructing creation of the acquisition history list based on the information processing system, wherein the system control unit causes the panel unit to display the acquisition history list created by the image processing unit.
In the literary work presentation apparatus and literary work presentation program of the present invention, for example, the read / write unit reads user identification information stored in the IC card, the image processing unit creates an acquisition history list, and the system control unit The acquisition history information of the copyrighted work associated with the user identification information is acquired from the information management server, and the image processing unit is instructed to create an acquisition history list based on the acquisition history information. Then, the system control unit displays the acquisition history list created by the image processing unit on the panel unit.
In this way, by reading the user identification information stored in the IC card by the read / write unit, for example, an acquisition history list associated with the user identification information can be displayed on the panel unit.

  According to the copyrighted work presentation apparatus and the copyrighted work presentation program of the present invention, the read / write unit reads the user identification information stored in the IC card, for example, so that an acquisition history list associated with the user identification information is displayed on the panel. For example, it is possible to easily confirm a history of obtaining a copyrighted work.

It is a figure for demonstrating one Embodiment at the time of applying the work presentation apparatus of this invention to MFP. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the configuration of the MFP in FIG. 1 and an information management server. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an example of a purchase history list displayed on a panel unit of the MFP of FIG. 1. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a copyrighted work presentation process in the MFP of FIG. 1.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the copyrighted work presentation device of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. An example of a copyrighted work presentation device in the following description is an MFP (Multifunction Peripheral) which is a complex peripheral device equipped with a print function, a copy function, a FAX function, a data transmission / reception function via a network, and the like. It shall be. In addition, for example, books, CDs (Compact Discs), DVDs (Digital Video Disks), game software, etc. are targeted as copyrighted works in the following description. Further, these copyrighted works may be purchased or rented as specific examples of acquisition. In the following, for the convenience of explanation, the copyrighted work is described as a book. The book will be described as a case where it is purchased. In addition, the subscribed books include the latest publication (in the case of regularly published books) and the latest volume (in the case of a series). It describes.

  First, as illustrated in FIG. 1, the MFP 100 is connected to an information management server 200 via a network 300. As the network 300, the Internet, a LAN (Local Area Network), or the like can be used. The information management server 200 manages user personal information associated with user identification information such as a user ID (identification) and book purchase history information (acquisition history information).

  Although details will be described later, the MFP 100 includes a read / write unit 105 that reads information on the membership card 150 held by the user. Here, the membership card 150 may be a contact or non-contact IC (Integrated Circuit) card. Further, the membership card 150 holds user identification information such as a user ID associated with the user's personal information.

  Next, exemplary configurations of the MFP 100, the information management server 200, and the like will be described with reference to FIG. The MFP 100 includes a control unit 110 that controls operations of a scanner unit 101, a printer unit 102, a FAX (Facsimile) unit 103, an I / F (interface) 104, a read / write unit 105, a panel unit 106, and an HDD 107.

  The scanner unit 101 is a device that converts an image on a sheet (not shown) read by an image sensor (not shown) into digital image data and inputs the digital image data. The printer unit 102 is a device that prints an image on a sheet (not shown) based on print data output from the control unit 110. The FAX unit 103 is a device that transmits data output from the control unit 110 to a facsimile as a counterpart through a telephone line, and receives data from the counterpart facsimile and inputs the data into the control unit 110.

  The I / F 104 is responsible for communication with the information management server 200 and the like via the network 300. Note that the I / F 104 may be responsible for communication with a content server, a web server, or the like (not shown). The read / write unit 105 reads user identification information such as a user ID of the membership card 150. The method of reading the user identification information of the membership card ID by the read / write unit 105 may be a contact type or a non-contact type. The panel unit 106 is a device such as a touch panel that performs display for various settings, such as a print function, a copy function, a FAX function, a data transmission / reception function via a network, and the MFP 100. Further, the panel unit 106 displays contents for receiving an instruction to read the membership card 150, or displays a purchase history list 400 (acquisition history list) shown in FIG.

  Control unit 110 is a processor that controls the overall operation of MFP 100 by executing an application program, a copyrighted work presentation program, a control program, and the like. The control unit 110 includes a scanner control unit 111, a printer control unit 112, a FAX control unit 113, a communication control unit 114, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 115, a ROM (Read-Only Memory) 116, an image processing unit 117, and a read / write control. Unit 118, panel operation control unit 119, HDD control unit 120, and system control unit 121. These are connected to the data bus 122.

  The scanner control unit 111 controls the reading operation of the scanner unit 101. The printer control unit 112 controls the printing operation of the printer unit 102. The FAX control unit 113 controls data transmission / reception operations by the FAX unit 103. The communication control unit 114 controls transmission / reception of data and the like via the network 300 via the I / F 104. The RAM 115 is a work memory for executing a program. The RAM 115 also stores print data that has undergone image processing by the image processing unit 117. The ROM 116 stores a control program for checking the operation of each unit.

  The image processing unit 117 performs image processing (rasterization) on the image data read by the scanner unit 101. Further, the image processing unit 117 performs image processing (rasterization) on a print job registered in the user box of the HDD 107. The system control unit 121 temporarily stores the print data image-processed by the image processing unit 117 in the RAM 115. Further, the image processing unit 117 creates a purchase history list 400 shown in FIG. 3 to be described later based on the purchase history information of the book based on the user identification information acquired from the information management server 200.

  The read / write control unit 118 controls the reading operation of the user identification information such as the user ID of the membership card 150 by the read / write unit 105. Panel operation control unit 119 controls the display operation of panel unit 106. Further, the panel operation control unit 119 receives input such as printing, copying, FAX, start of data transmission / reception via the network 300, input of authentication information, and the like via the panel unit 106. Further, the panel operation control unit 119 receives an instruction to read the membership card 150 via the panel unit 106, or causes the panel unit 106 to display a purchase history list 400 shown in FIG. The HDD control unit 120 controls information writing / reading operations on the HDD 107. The system control unit 121 controls the cooperative operation of each unit. In addition, when the panel operation control unit 119 receives an instruction to read the member card 150, the system control unit 121 receives book purchase history information based on user identification information such as a user ID of the member card 150 from the information management server 200. get.

  The information management server 200 includes a control unit 210 that controls the I / F 201 and the HDD 202. The I / F 201 is responsible for communication with the MFP 100 and the like via the network 300. The HDD 202 stores personal information of a user associated with user identification information such as a user ID and book purchase history information.

  The control unit 210 is a processor that executes an application program, a control program, and the like to control the operation of the information management server 200 as a whole. The control unit 210 includes a communication control unit 211, a RAM 212, a ROM 213, an information management unit 214, an HDD control unit 215, and a system control unit 216. These are connected to the data bus 217.

  The communication control unit 211 controls transmission / reception of data and the like via the network 300 via the I / F 201. The RAM 212 is a work memory for executing a program. The ROM 213 stores a control program for performing operation check of each unit. The information management unit 214 manages user personal information associated with user identification information such as a user ID and book purchase history information stored in the HDD 202 using a purchase history management table (not shown). In addition, when the user purchases a new book, the information management unit 214 updates purchase history information associated with user identification information such as a user ID. Note that information on a book newly purchased by the user may be obtained via the network 300 from a terminal such as a POS (Point-Of-Sales) system of a bookstore (not shown). In addition, the information management unit 214 periodically searches for a book that is a volume following the book registered in the purchase history information and is not registered in the purchase history information. Add to your purchase history information and update. The search for books can be performed, for example, by searching for information on books previously acquired from a publisher and stored in the HDD 202, or by accessing a publisher database.

  The HDD control unit 215 controls information writing or reading operations with respect to the HDD 202. Upon receiving a book purchase history information request from the MFP 100, the system control unit 216 refers to the purchase history management table managed by the information management unit 214, and purchases a book purchase history associated with user identification information such as a user ID. Information is read from HDD 202 and transmitted to MFP 100. In addition, when the system control unit 216 receives information on a book newly purchased by the user from a POS system (not shown) or the like, the system control unit 216 causes the information management unit 214 to update the purchase history information.

  The membership card 150 has a control unit 160 that transmits information by a non-contact method, for example. The control unit 160 includes an antenna unit 161 and an IC chip 162. The antenna unit 161 communicates with the MFP 100 via the read / write unit 105 using a specific frequency (for example, 13.56 MHz). The IC chip 162 has a nonvolatile memory (not shown) that stores user identification information such as a user ID. Here, when the read / write unit 105 of the MFP 100 is driven, a magnetic field is generated within a narrow range having a radius of about 10 cm. When the antenna unit 161 of the membership card 150 crosses the magnetic field, the IC chip 162 is activated by generating a current. Then, the IC chip 162 transmits user identification information such as a user ID stored in a nonvolatile memory, for example, from the antenna unit 161 via radio waves.

  Next, the purchase history list 400 displayed on the panel unit 106 of the MFP 100 will be described with reference to FIG. In the purchase history list 400, as described above, when the read / write unit 105 reads user identification information such as the user ID of the membership card 150, the system control unit 121 purchases a book based on the user identification information from the information management server 200. The history information is acquired and displayed on the panel unit 106.

  The purchase history list 400 includes a book item 401, a title item 402, a book code item 403, a purchase date item 405, and a remarks item 406. In the book item 401, A book, B book, and C book that distinguish the purchased books are written. In the title item 402, titles of A book, B book, and C book are written. In the book code item 403, book codes of A book, B book, and C book are written. The book code includes an ISBN (International Standard Book Number) code, a Japanese book code corresponding to the ISBN code, and the like. In the purchase date item 405, the purchase date of each of the A book, the B book, and the C book is written.

  In the remarks item 406, information on the latest books of A book, B book, and C book is registered. That is, it is described that the latest book of the A book is 4 volumes and is on sale. Moreover, the latest book of B book is six volumes, and it describes that it is on sale. Moreover, although the latest book of the C book is five volumes, since it is before sale, the scheduled sale date is described. Further, in the remarks item 406, for example, the planned release date of the latest book (latest publication) related to the A book is written. In the remarks item 406, unpurchased information of each of the A book, the B book, and the C book may be registered. Further, in the remarks item 406, information such as a map and an address of a store handling a book of the latest book, or a position of a shelf displaying the latest book may be written. Further, in the remarks item 406, information on books related to each of the A book, B book, and C book and information on recommended books related to each of the A book, B book, and C book are described. May be. Further, in the remarks item 406, information on what other books the user who bought any of A book, B book, and C book is buying may be written. Moreover, you may make it the other book by the author of any one of A book, B book, and C book be described. That is, when a book that matches the user's preference is written, the purchase assist effect for the user can be enhanced. The notation of the book that matches the user's preference is not limited to the remarks item 406, and may be the margin of the purchase history list 400 or a blank page different from the purchase history list 400. Good. Further, the display order of the contents of the purchase history list 400 may be rearranged, for example, in the order of purchase date or oldest by the sort function. Further, the purchase history list 400 may be printed by a print instruction from the panel unit 106. In this case, the printed purchase history list 400 can display a mark with a pen or the like and a note.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 4, a copyrighted work presentation process in the MFP 100 will be described. In the following description, it is assumed that a purchase history list 400 relating to a user's books is created and displayed on the panel unit 106.

(Step S101)
The system control unit 121 determines whether an instruction to read the member card 150 has been received.
In this case, the system control unit 121 determines that the reading instruction of the membership card 150 is not received if there is no notification that the panel operation control unit 119 has received the reading instruction of the membership card 150 via the panel unit 106. (Step S101: No).
On the other hand, the system control unit 121 determines that the reading instruction of the membership card 150 has been received if there is a notification that the panel operation control unit 119 has received the reading instruction of the membership card 150 via the panel unit 106. (Step S101: Yes), the process proceeds to step S102.
At this time, the system control unit 121 instructs the read / write control unit 118 to read information by the read / write unit 105.

(Step S102)
The system control unit 121 determines whether information from the member card 150 has been acquired.
In this case, the system control unit 121 has not acquired information from the member card 150 unless there is a notification from the read / write control unit 118 indicating that user identification information such as a user ID from the member card 150 has been received. Judgment is made (step S102: No).
On the other hand, if there is a notification indicating that user identification information such as a user ID from the membership card 150 has been received from the read / write control unit 118, the system control unit 121 has acquired information from the membership card 150. It judges (step S102: Yes) and transfers to step S103.

(Step S103)
The system control unit 121 acquires purchase history information associated with the user identification information.
In this case, the system control unit 121 instructs the communication control unit 114 to acquire purchase history information.
At this time, the communication control unit 114 requests the information management server 200 to transmit purchase history information via the network 300. The communication control unit 114 also transmits user identification information together with a request to the information management server 200.
On the information management server 200 side, when the system control unit 216 receives a purchase history information request from the MFP 100, the information management server 200 refers to a purchase history management table managed by the information management unit 214. Further, the system control unit 216 reads out the purchase history information of the book associated with the user identification information from the HDD 202 and transmits it to the MFP 100 via the communication control unit 211.

(Step S104)
The system control unit 121 determines whether purchase history information has been acquired.
In this case, the system control unit 121 determines that purchase history information has not been acquired if there is no notification indicating that purchase history information has been acquired from the communication control unit 114 (step S104: No).
On the other hand, the system control unit 121 determines that the purchase history information has been acquired if there is a notification indicating that purchase history information has been acquired from the communication control unit 114 (step S104: Yes), and proceeds to step S105. To do.

(Step S105)
The system control unit 121 instructs the image processing unit 117 to create the purchase history list 400.
At this time, the image processing unit 117 creates the purchase history list 400 shown in FIG. 3 based on the purchase history information associated with the user identification information such as the user ID acquired from the information management server 200.

(Step S106)
The system control unit 121 determines whether the creation of the purchase history list 400 is completed.
In this case, the system control unit 121 determines that the creation of the purchase history list 400 has not been completed if there is no notification from the image processing unit 117 indicating that the creation of the purchase history list 400 has been completed (step S106: No). ).
On the other hand, the system control unit 121 determines that the creation of the purchase history list 400 has been completed if there is a notification from the image processing unit 117 indicating that the creation of the purchase history list 400 has been completed (step S106: Yes). ), The process proceeds to step S107.
At this time, the system control unit 121 stores the purchase history list 400 created by the image processing unit 117 in the RAM 115.

(Step S107)
The system control unit 121 displays the purchase history list 400.
In this case, the system control unit 121 instructs the panel operation control unit 119 to display the purchase history list 400.
At this time, the panel operation control unit 119 reads the purchase history list 400 stored in the RAM 115 and causes the panel unit 106 to display the purchase history list 400.

  In the above procedure, the purchase history list 400 related to the user's book is created and displayed on the panel unit 106. However, the present invention is not limited to this example. That is, when a book is rented, by following the same procedure as described above, the user identification information such as the user ID of the membership card 150 is read by the read / write unit 105, so that the rental history list of the book can be created. Can be displayed. Further, not only for books but also for the purchase and rental of copyrighted works such as CDs, DVDs, and game software, the user ID information such as the user ID of the membership card 150 is read by the read / write unit 105 by following the same procedure as described above. By doing so, a history list of purchase or rental of these works can be created and displayed on the panel unit 106.

  Thus, in this embodiment, the read / write unit 105 reads user identification information such as a user ID stored in the membership card 150 (IC card), and the image processing unit 117 creates the purchase history list 400. The system control unit 121 obtains purchase history information (acquisition history information) of a book (authored work) associated with the user identification information from the information management server 200, and based on the purchase history information to the image processing unit 117. Instructing the creation of a purchase history list 400 (acquisition history list). The system control unit 121 displays the purchase history list 400 created by the image processing unit 117 on the panel unit 106. As described above, the read / write unit 105 reads the user identification information such as the user ID stored in the membership card 150 (IC card), so that the purchase history list 400 associated with the user identification information is displayed on the panel unit 106. Therefore, it is possible to easily check the purchase history of a book (copyrighted work).

100 MFP
101 Scanner unit 102 Printer unit 103 FAX unit 104, 201 I / F
105 Read / write unit 106 Panel unit 107, 202 HDD
110, 210 Control unit 111 Scanner control unit 112 Printer control unit 113 FAX control unit 114, 211 Communication control unit 115, 212 RAM
116, 213 ROM
117 Image processing unit 118 Read / write control unit 119 Panel operation control unit 120, 215 HDD control unit 121, 216 System control unit 122, 217 Data bus 150 Member card 160 Control unit 161 Antenna unit 162 IC chip 200 Information management server 214 Information management Part 300 network 400 purchase history list 401-406 items

Claims (3)

A panel section;
A read / write unit for reading user identification information stored in the IC card;
An image processing unit for creating an acquisition history list;
A system control unit that obtains acquisition history information of a copyrighted work associated with the user identification information from an information management server and instructs the image processing unit to create the acquisition history list based on the acquisition history information; Prepared,
The system control unit causes the panel unit to display the acquisition history list created by the image processing unit.   The copyrighted work presentation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the acquisition history list includes release information indicating a release state and a scheduled release date of the latest book related to the acquired book. A copyrighted work presentation program that is executed by a computer that controls the copyrighted work presentation device,
A step of reading user identification information stored in the IC card by the read / write unit;
A step of creating an acquisition history list by the image processing unit;
The system control unit acquires the acquisition history information of the copyrighted work associated with the user identification information from the information management server, and instructs the image processing unit to create the acquisition history list based on the acquisition history information. A process,
The system control unit causes the panel unit to display the acquisition history list created by the image processing unit.

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