JP4577997B2 - Information provision device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus that provides information such as top ten sales copies, book reviews published in newspapers, new publications, etc., that is, attribute information of articles, at a site such as an online bookstore on the Internet.
[0002]
[Prior art]
An increasing number of sites sell online various products such as food, computers, books, music, etc. on the Internet.
Some rental shops such as CDs and video tapes, libraries, etc., provide information on rental products in the store and information on books in the hall by installing a terminal device for searching.
[0003]
When information is provided on the display screen in this way, conventionally, the display speed tends to be slow, and text information is mainly used to avoid the heavy use of images.
However, since the appeal effect of the product by the image is much larger than that of the character information, the information provider often uses the image for a product that aims at the sales promotion effect, such as the best-selling product or the seasonal product.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, in the past, a lot of images were avoided despite the high appeal effect, but in the future, the problem of slow display speed due to improved CPU processing speed, communication speed, etc. was resolved. In this case, it is desirable to provide information using images.
[0005]
On the other hand, the provision of information using images has a large merit for the user who receives the information. The reason is that when considering the effect in time units, the amount of information that can be obtained at a glance from the image is much larger than the amount of information that can be obtained by following the text and interpreting its contents. It is easy to leave an impression.
[0006]
Furthermore, for example, in the case of books, in a real-world bookstore, high-priced products are stacked in a highly visible place near the entrance, or books are placed one by one on the bookshelf with the cover facing forward, and sold. Depending on the number of copies that should be called attribute information of a book, sales date, user interest level, etc., such as representing the ranking of the number of copies, or collecting new books, books related to the topic of interest, etc. in one corner Placement rules are established.
However, when providing book information by image in a virtual space, at present, only the cover image of each book is introduced individually.
[0007]
The present invention was made in order to solve such problems, and for example, an arrangement rule according to attribute information such as the number of copies of articles such as books, sales date, interest level, etc. is defined, An image of a simulated store that imitates an arrangement state according to the attribute information of the article in the real world by processing the image of the article accumulated in advance according to the arrangement rule according to the acquired attribute information of the article Can be provided in a short amount of time than the text information, and the attribute information of the article can be easily impressed to the user, the number of hits on the site is increased, and the user's information is provided. An object is to provide an information providing apparatus that can be expected to have effects such as sales promotion by stimulating purchase intention.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
An information providing apparatus according to the present invention is a device that provides information on a book. In the apparatus for providing information on a book, means for acquiring attribute information of a book from a sales site that sells books, storage means for storing the acquired attribute information, and attribute information thereof. a placement rule storage means for storing placement rules depending books, cover and back cover of books image, and an image information storing means for storing image information including an image of a bookshelf should be placed books, information provision target Means for acquiring the attribute information of the book from the storage means, means for acquiring an arrangement rule according to the acquired attribute information from the arrangement rule storage means , and an image of the book to be provided in accordance with the acquired arrangement rule. processing the image information stored in said image information storing means to be placed, means for generating an image to enable the display of arrangement of the books in accordance with the attribute information, raw And means for providing an image on the sale site, the placement rules, either side by side or in stacked books flat, characterized in that and a rule be determined according to the number of volumes in the attribute information .
[0010]
Information providing device according to the present invention, before Symbol attribute information includes quantity information related to the book, the placement rule is characterized by the rule to determine the arrangement of the book in response to said numerical quantity information.
[0011]
Information providing device according to the present invention, before Symbol attribute information includes date information relevant to the book, the placement rule is characterized by the rule to determine the arrangement of the book in response to該日with information.
[0012]
Information providing device according to the present invention, before Symbol attribute information includes information on a degree of interest customers for books, the placement rule is characterized by the rule to determine the arrangement of articles in accordance with the information .
[0013]
In the present invention, when the article is a book, for example, quantity information such as the number of books sold or loaned (including ranking), date information such as a release date (including whether it is a new publication), articles such as an interest level, etc. Attribute information of the book, the placement rules of books in the store in the real world, such as flat stacking (books with a large number of copies sold, high interest level, etc.), side by side (the number of copies sold / interested level is flat) The client device simulates the real-world placement state, such as processing the image of the book cover and spine cover according to the placement rules defined in accordance with the placement rules defined in accordance with the placement rules. An image that can be displayed is generated and provided to another site that provides article information to the client device, or directly provided to the client device.
[0014]
Therefore, a larger amount of information than character information can be provided in a short time, and the attribute information of the article can be easily impressed by the user, and effects such as an increase in the number of site hits and sales promotion of products can be expected.
[0015]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a communication network system incorporating an information providing apparatus of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as the present apparatus).
Based on the sales data acquired from the bookstore site 20, the information providing device 10 according to the present invention is an arrangement that imitates the state in which the book is arranged on the bookshelf according to the attribute information, as in the bookstore in the real world. A shelf image is generated and provided to the bookstore site 20, and the bookstore site 20 provides this layout image to the client device 40 that has accessed through the Internet 30.
[0016]
The sales data file 101 of the information providing apparatus 10 is associated with the book name of each book acquired from the bookstore site 20, such as the number of sales (including ranking) and the date of sales (including whether it is a new publication). Book attribute information such as date information and interest level information is stored.
[0017]
In the placement method knowledge database (DB) 102, book placement rules in real-world stores, for example, books with a large number of copies sold, books with a high degree of interest, etc. are stacked at a height corresponding to the numerical information. It is defined that the number of copies / interest of books is smaller than books with flat stacks.
[0018]
The arrangement method determination engine 103 determines an arrangement method according to the contents of the stored information in the sales data file 101 from the arrangement rules defined in the arrangement method knowledge DB 102.
The arrangement data file 104 stores arrangement data composed of a combination of the sales data stored in the sales data file 101 and the arrangement method determined by the arrangement method determination engine 103.
[0019]
In the image data file 105, an image of a cover of a book to be provided with information, an image of a back cover, an image related to a book such as a bookshelf on which a book is arranged, and the like are accumulated. The image stored in the image data file 105 may be an image created using a graphic tool or a real image.
[0020]
Based on the information stored in the layout data file 104, the layout image generation engine 106 obtains image data such as the cover, spine, and book shelf of the information provision book from the image data file 105, and the book stores the sales data. The image data that can be displayed on the browser of the client device 40 is generated by processing the image into the image arranged on the bookshelf in the arrangement state according to the above.
The layout image file 107 stores an image generated by the layout image generation engine 106.
[0021]
Next, the book information provision procedure of the device of the present invention will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.
Sales data such as the number of copies and release date of each book is obtained from the bookstore site 20 (step S1), and the distribution method is referred to the distribution rules stored in the distribution method knowledge DB 102 based on the sales data. Is determined (step S2), and layout data is generated in accordance with the determined arrangement rule (step S3).
[0022]
Based on the placement data in the placement data file 104, the image data such as the cover and back cover of the book to be provided and the image data of the bookstore store (book shelf, etc.) are obtained from the image data file 105. Then, the acquired image is processed into an image in an arrangement state according to the book sales data (step S4), and a layout image that can be displayed on the client device 40 is generated (step S5). Finally, the layout image generated in this way is provided to the bookstore site 20 (step S6).
[0023]
Note that the information providing apparatus may be operated by a site other than a site that sells products online and provides image information to other sites, or may be operated by the online sales site itself.
[0024]
In addition, the above-mentioned sales data can be obtained from a site that collects such information professionally or from a product sales site, or even a questionnaire or product image hit returned to your site. You may acquire it independently from the number.
[0025]
Articles are not limited to books, but may be any goods sold online, such as CDs, videotapes, electronic devices, foods, etc. Furthermore, they are not limited to articles for sale, and may be articles for rental, rental, etc. Good.
[0026]
In addition, the arrangement rule is not limited to the real world arrangement rule, and an arrangement rule that is not performed in the real world, for example, an arrangement rule that stacks automobiles, home appliances, and the like may be defined.
[0027]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the present invention, for example, an arrangement rule according to attribute information such as the number of copies of an article such as a book, a sale date, and an interest level is defined, and an arrangement rule according to the acquired attribute information of the article In accordance with the above, the pre-stored image of the article is processed, and an image like a simulated store having an arrangement state according to the attribute information of the article in the real world is generated and the article information is provided. It is possible to provide a larger amount of information than text information in a short period of time, and it is easy to impress the user with attribute information of articles, and the effect of sales promotion by increasing the number of hits on the site and stimulating user's purchase intention is expected There is an excellent effect of being able to.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a communication network system incorporating a device of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a book information providing procedure of the device of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Information provision device (device of the present invention)
101 Sales data file
102 Deployment Method Knowledge DB
103 Arrangement method decision engine
104 Delivery data file
105 Image data file
106 Arrangement image generation engine
107 Arrangement image file
20 Bookstore site
30 Internet
40 client devices

Claims (4)

In a device that provides information on books ,
A way to get book attribute information from a sales site that sells books,
Storage means for storing the acquired attribute information;
An arrangement rule accumulating unit for accumulating an arrangement rule of the book according to the attribute information;
Image information accumulating means for accumulating image information including an image of a book cover and a spine cover, and an image of a bookshelf on which the book is to be placed ;
Means for acquiring attribute information of the information provision target book from the storage means ;
Means for acquiring an arrangement rule corresponding to the acquired attribute information from the arrangement rule storage means ;
The image information stored in the image information storage means is processed to arrange the image of the book to be provided in accordance with the acquired arrangement rule, and the arrangement state of the book can be displayed according to the attribute information. It means for generating an image to be,
Means for providing the generated image to the sales site ,
The arrangement rule is a rule for determining whether the books are stacked or arranged side by side, and the number of the books is determined according to attribute information . The information providing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the attribute information includes quantity information related to a book, and the arrangement rule is a rule for determining an arrangement state of the book according to the quantity information. The information providing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the attribute information includes date information related to a book, and the placement rule is a rule for determining a placement state of the book according to the date information. The information providing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the attribute information includes information related to a customer's interest in a book , and the arrangement rule is a rule for determining an arrangement state of an article according to the information.

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