JP3070802U - Character bank device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] Creating and developing a character by only the people involved involves a huge amount of time and cost, and it was difficult to create and develop an excellent character. SOLUTION: A homepage information generating unit 3 posts character recruiting information on the Internet having a huge number of members, and a character information collecting unit 4 stores character application information from members for the recruiting information in a database 2.
The popular information collection processing unit 5 publishes on the Internet character information appropriately selected from the character information collected in the database, collects the degree of popularity from the members by this disclosure, collects it in the database, and edits it. The unit 6 extracts a character with a high degree of popularity from the database, adds professional character examination information to the character, and provides the character user with the character.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Technical field to which the invention belongs]

 The present invention relates to a character bank device for collecting, searching, and editing character information using the Internet or the like.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Many characters have been created and announced in the TV animation programs, movies, magazines, products and services, and these characters have increased the popularity of TV programs and magazines, as well as in toys, food, clothing, and services. Used to characterize goods and commercial activities. Characters are created and developed mainly by people in the production and company advertising departments and product development departments, and by professionals commissioned by them, and individually create and develop those that match the content of the programs and products to be used. ing.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

 As mentioned above, the creation of characters has been done by individuals or small groups, and the creation of excellent characters has taken enormous amounts of time and money. In addition, the created character does not always enhance the image of the product to which the character is provided, and does not necessarily match the sensibility of ordinary users and consumers, and it is difficult to create and develop excellent characters. It was something. An object of the present invention is to provide a character bank device that facilitates creation and development of excellent characters.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The Internet allows text / video / audio multimedia information to be transmitted and received for free or for a fee between connected members around the world via providers. The Internet is used for dialogue among members, exchange of e-mail information, exchange of electronic money, and sale of goods. For example, a member who wants to sell a product publishes information on the content related to the product on a bulletin board or website, and the member who obtains this information applies for the product and ships the product with this application. It is used for Such an information communication function of the Internet also exists in a personal computer communication system.

The present invention collects a large number of character information from a huge number of members who can connect to the Internet or the like by using the information communication function of the Internet or a personal computer communication system. It is a character banking device that can search and edit the characters that have been set, and has the following features.

[0006] Information generating means for posting character recruitment information on the Internet or a personal computer communication system, character information collecting means for collecting character application information from members for the recruitment information in a database, and collecting in the database Popular information collection processing means for publishing character information appropriately selected from the obtained character information on the Internet or a personal computer communication system, collecting popularity from members by this disclosure, and collecting the popularity information in the database; And character editing processing means for extracting a popular character from the character, adding professional character judging information to the character, and providing the character user with the information. Further, the popularity information collection processing means includes a character disclosure means for releasing a large number of character information collected in the database to members, and a popularity stage setting means for defining a popularity rank of the character as a point to be gradually increased. Among the published characters, the popularity rank of the character whose membership has been voted up by the popularity stage setting means is increased by one point, and the popularity rank of the character whose popularity rank is increased by one point is set to a specific point position. And a popularity information collection processing means for lowering the popularity rank to a specific lower point when popularity vote is not performed for a certain period of time.

[0007]

[Embodiment of the invention]

 FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a character bank device according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is indicated by functional blocks surrounded by broken lines. Although this embodiment shows the case where the Internet is used, a personal computer communication system can be used or used together. The character bank device 1 configured as a computer includes a database 2 and functional blocks 3 to 6 configured as software. The homepage information generation unit 3 establishes a homepage on the Internet, and inputs homepage information of a content to be recruited for a character on the Internet and puts it on the Internet. This recruitment of characters can be conducted periodically, for example, with a fixed period of time, or for members in a specific field. However, it is also possible for general members to search freely. In addition, it is preferable to have the prize money for the recruitment of characters in order to attract the attention of the applicant, and it is preferable to give the copyright and peripheral rights of the character to the applicant. Characters can be one or more combinations, characters with simple stories, or characters with situations (such as for programs, serials, games, toys, theme parks, etc.). You can also.

The character information collecting unit 4 collects the character information and stores it in the database 2 when the connected Internet member creates and applies for the character in response to the recruitment through the homepage. Of the character information collected in the database 2 by application, those that can be characters are selected manually in advance. The character popular information processing section 5 discloses the selected character as a popular voting character on an Internet homepage. Further, the popularity information processing unit 5 has a function of processing a popularity vote from a general member with respect to a disclosed character. And collect it in the database 2.

[0009] The edit processing unit 6 determines whether the most popular character among the characters with the popular voting information is a professional character judge (for example, a person in charge of an animation production or television company, or an editor of a manga magazine). , And the person in charge of goods development) to send the contents of the character. This transmission is carried out, for example, via the Internet, and the popularity of this information by professional judges is collected and acquired as examination information, and editing information focused on more desirable characters is added and stored in database 2. I do.

The editing processing unit 6 has a function of reading character information that has undergone professional examination from the database 2 and transmitting it to the primary member company. Primary member companies are intended for primary users who use characters, such as TV companies, animation production companies, magazine companies, game makers, and toy makers. Further, the editing processing unit 6 has a function of counting the popularity of the primary member company, such as the frequency of use of the character. For this tabulation, the data is artificially extracted from a report on the use of the character from the primary member company or a contract-related document, and is obtained from the input data. The total data is stored in the database 2 together with the character information.

The editing unit 6 periodically searches for the degree of popularity of each character in the database, and discloses information to the secondary member company on characters whose popularity reaches a certain level. It has a function to extract character information. Secondary member companies are intended for secondary users using popular characters, such as video and DVD manufacturers, sweets, beverages, food-related items, stationery, toiletries, ceramics and glassware, It is related to clothing fashion and music production.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the character collects what has been created by the Internet member, releases an appropriate one of them on the Internet, and collects information on the degree of popularity by this disclosure. By doing so, you can obtain information for judging as an excellent character. At this time, the creation of the character is performed by a huge number of Internet members, and is realized in a shorter time and at a lower cost than the conventional creation by the individual concerned or a small group. In addition, the creation of characters will be made public on the Internet and the collection of popularity information by a huge number of members will facilitate the development of excellent characters that match the sensibilities of ordinary users and consumers. In addition, the developed characters can be provided as excellent characters to the primary member company, and provided as appropriate characters to the secondary member company based on the total usage of characters by the primary member company it can. FIG. 2 shows a public image processing mode for publicizing the popular voting character by the popular information processing section 5 of the character and obtaining a popularity rank of the public character, and FIG. 3 shows a procedure of the popular information collecting process.

FIG. 2A shows an example of a screen of a home page for publishing a popular voting character on the Internet. On this screen, link points such as "Spider's thread stage", "See the title", "Hell's table of contents" are set up, and members who access this website click the link point with a mouse etc. (designation) So that you can jump to the corresponding page. Fig. 2 (b) shows an example of a screen that jumps from "See the theme" on the home page, displays multiple pieces of information about the character, and clicks on any of them to jump to the detailed information page. Be prepared to do it. FIG. 2C shows an example of a screen jumped from “Hell's Table of Contents” on the homepage, in which many registered characters A to X are displayed as popular voting characters. A popularity voting is executed when a member who is going to vote for popularity in the popularity voting character clicks. The number of characters that can be selected in one popularity vote is limited to one or more, so that one member can vote only the characters that he or she likes in one ballot.

FIG. 3 shows a popularity information collection processing procedure for obtaining a popularity ranking for the above-mentioned popularity voting. When a popularity vote is performed by the member, the popularity information processing unit 5 obtains the current ranking of the character X by searching the database 2 (S1), and raises the ranking by one pixel (one point) (S2). . This order is determined in advance as a "spider thread stage" on the homepage. An example of this is shown in FIG. 4, in which characters A, B, C, etc. are shown together with their current order. In addition, a sponsor is attached to a part of each pixel position on the stage in advance, so that when the character is ranked in the pixel position, the sponsor can give a gift of money or give a gift with the character. Keep it. Thereby, the motivation of the member to vote for popularity is increased.

Returning to FIG. 3, the popular information processing section 5 checks whether or not the rank when the character X is raised by one pixel has reached the hell stage (S3). If it is not the hell stage, information about the character X is transmitted to the member (S4), and the rank of character X is updated (S5). The transmission information on the character X includes present information such as present money information from the sponsor set in advance at each pixel position, as well as current ranking information.

In the process S3, when the rank of the character X becomes “hell”, the rank is held for a certain period (for example, three days) (S6). During this retention period, it is checked whether or not another member has added a popularity vote for the character X (S7), and if there is no additional vote, the rank of character X is lowered to the next hell stage ( S8). If there is an additional vote, the process returns to step S2 to raise the rank of character X to a stage one pixel higher than the hell stage. In this way, by placing the hell stage at an appropriate pixel position in the popularity voting stage, the popularity voting has a game-like sensation and enhances the willingness to vote. Prevent biased voting for. As described above, the disclosure of the popular voting character and the information processing of the popular voting by the popular information processing unit 5 can appropriately determine the popularity of each character while increasing the motivation of the members to perform the popular voting.

[0017]

[Effect of the invention]

 As described above, according to the present invention, it is necessary to collect a large amount of character information from a huge number of members who can connect to the Internet and search and edit excellent characters that match the products and services to be used. This has the effect of facilitating the creation and development of excellent characters.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary diagram of a popular information collecting process according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is an exemplary flowchart of a popular information collecting process according to the embodiment;

FIG. 4 is an example of a “spider silk stage” in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Character bank apparatus 2 ... Database 3 ... Homepage information generation part 4 ... Character collection part 5 ... Character popular information processing part 6 ... Editing processing part

Claims (2)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. An information generating means for posting character recruitment information on the Internet or a personal computer communication system; a character information collecting means for collecting character application information from members for the recruitment information into a database; Character information appropriately selected from the obtained character information is disclosed on the Internet or a personal computer communication system, and popularity information collection processing means for collecting popularity from members by the disclosure and collecting the popularity in the database; A character bank apparatus comprising: an editing processing means for extracting a character having a high degree, adding professional character examination information to the character, and providing the character to a user of the character. 2. The popularity information collection processing means includes: a character disclosure means for releasing a large number of character information collected in the database to members; and a popularity stage setting means for determining a popularity rank of a character as a point to be gradually increased. Among the released characters, the popularity rank of the character whose membership has been voted by the popularity stage setting means is raised by one point, and the popularity rank of the character whose popularity rank is raised by one point becomes a specific point position. 2. The character bank apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a popularity information collection processing means for lowering a popularity rank to a specific lower point when popularity vote is not performed for a certain period of time.