JP5624414B2 - Content creation apparatus and content creation method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a content creation device and a content creation method for creating content distributed in a predetermined group.

  In the past, there have been many business models where professional writers and editors compose the content on the Internet, but recently, a media called CGM has appeared, in which general consumers post information directly. Yes. In CGM, real experiences and live voices are provided and accumulated in real time. As described above, it has become common to share and browse CGM on the WEB within a community of information collection and acquaintances / friends.

  Research and development have been conducted on technology for generating content as an information portal that enables individuals to easily collect necessary information. For example, in the diary creation system described in Patent Document 1, a diary written by a person is accumulated in a database, the accumulated diary is analyzed, and a theme candidate list is created based on a theme extracted from a diary with a lot of reactions from people. The created theme candidate list is presented to the user.

JP 2008-242808 A

  However, in the method of creating a diary as described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, only a theme candidate list is presented based on the theme extracted from the accumulated diary, and other items in a personal specific community are presented. It does not ask the material provider what the user wants. Therefore, it cannot always be said to produce two-way communication within the community.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a content creation apparatus and a content creation method that can easily create content requested by a user of a distribution destination within a specific community.

  (1) In order to achieve the above object, a content creation device according to the present invention is a content creation device that creates content to be distributed in a predetermined group. A reaction management unit that receives a reaction, and an interview execution unit that notifies the user of the material data providing the reaction and receives an answer from the user of the providing source, using the material data including the answer, It is characterized by creating content.

  As described above, the content creation support apparatus of the present invention receives a response to material provision and a response to the response, and creates content. Thereby, it is possible to create a topic suitable for the user of the distribution destination within a specific community by making an article a topic that the user is interested in without putting effort. In addition, it is possible to create content that reflects the interest of the viewer.

  (2) Further, in the content creation device of the present invention, the reaction management unit accepts the reaction by selecting an option, and the interview execution unit sets the selected option to the user who provided the material data. The response is notified using a corresponding question. In this way, by accepting a response to the material data with options, it is possible to easily ask the user who provides the material data.

  (3) Further, in the content creation device of the present invention, the reaction management unit accepts the reaction by inputting text information, and the interview execution unit inputs the input text to the user who provided the material data. The reaction is notified using information. In this way, by receiving a response to the material data as text information and directly asking a user of the material data providing source, a response and an answer to the provision of the material data can be easily obtained.

  (4) Moreover, the content creation apparatus of this invention is characterized by the said interview execution part notifying the said user of the said provider collectively with the predetermined reaction of the said reaction received from the several user. As a result, the user can be notified of the reaction in a lump, and the creation of the content can proceed efficiently.

  (5) Moreover, the content creation apparatus of the present invention is characterized in that the material management unit notifies the provision of material data to some users in the predetermined group. As a result, it is possible to limit users who seek a response to the provided material data.

  (6) Further, the content creation device of the present invention is characterized in that the material management unit notifies the user specified by the user who provides the material data of material data provision. Thereby, the provider of material data can control the range of the user who asks for a reaction.

  (7) In addition, the content creation device of the present invention determines a material evaluation unit that evaluates the relevance of material data of a content article to the user of the content distribution destination, and article placement in the content according to the evaluation. And a content editing unit. As a result, it is possible to distribute content having article arrangements that are highly relevant to the distribution destination user. As a result, the distribution destination user can browse articles of high interest.

  (8) The content creation method of the present invention is a content creation method for creating content to be distributed within a predetermined group, the step of receiving a response from a user of the predetermined group with respect to material data of the content, A step of notifying the user of the material data provider of the reaction and receiving an answer from the user of the provider, wherein the content is created using the material data including the answer. Thereby, it is possible to create a topic suitable for the user of the distribution destination within a specific community by making an article a topic that the user is interested in without putting effort.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily create content requested by a distribution destination user within a specific community.

It is the schematic which shows the whole structure of the content delivery system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the content delivery system which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the content creation device 100 according to the first embodiment. (A)-(d) It is a table which shows the correspondence of each data. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating an operation example of the content creation device 100 according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the GUI image displayed on a user terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the GUI image displayed on a user terminal. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a first usage example. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a usage example 2; FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a usage example 3. It is a display example of the newspaper for oneself created as content. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the content delivery system which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the content creation device 500 according to the second embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of material data extraction processing.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In order to facilitate understanding of the description, the same reference numerals are given to the same components in the respective drawings, and duplicate descriptions are omitted.

[First Embodiment]
(System configuration)
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of the content distribution system. As shown in FIG. 1, the content distribution system includes a content creation device 100 and user terminals 200a to 200e. The content creation device 100 is connected to the user terminals 200a to 200e via the Internet, and creates content to be distributed within a predetermined group. Then, content can be created by using the material data including the reaction (request or question) and the response to the provision of the material data. In this way, it is possible to create content that reflects the interest of the viewer.

  The user terminals 200a to 200e are terminal devices that can be connected to the content creation device 100 via the Internet. Examples of the user terminal include a mobile phone, a tablet terminal, a PC, and an STB, and the type is not particularly limited. Further, information may be further transmitted and received between the user terminal 200b (STB) and the user terminal 200c (mobile phone).

(Configuration of content creation device)
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the content distribution system. As an example, a system having the user terminals 200a and 200b of the article material data provider and distribution destination will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the content creation apparatus 100 includes a material management unit 110, a material database 120, an interview execution unit 125, a material evaluation unit 130, a user situation acquisition unit 138, a content editing unit 140, a content distribution unit 150, and a reaction management. Unit 160 and reaction / history database 170.

  The material management unit 110 stores and manages the material data uploaded by the user terminal 200a of the material providing source in the material database 120. The material management unit 110 can allow the material data to be viewed by users who belong to the same group as the user of the material provider. In addition, according to the case, you may enable browsing with respect to the group to which a user does not belong, or the user who belongs to the group. The material data is, for example, text data, image data, audio data, and the like. The material data is stored in a database using a user account. The material data is classified into the following categories set in advance.

(1) User-derived status information The status information created by the community of blogs, diaries, and instant message exchange systems that have already been created can be acquired and stored in the database.

(2) User community information Community information of an instant message exchange system stored in a database can be targeted. That is, it is possible to use the meta information such as the user timeline and the posting date obtained based on the community information and stored in the database. An API can be used to acquire information.

(3) Newly arrived news articles Newly arrived current news acquired using RSS or API can be targeted. For material extraction, RSS or API that can be manually set may be used. It is possible to include advertisements as well as news articles.

  The material management unit 110 can notify the provision of material data to some users in the predetermined group. Thereby, it is possible to limit a user who seeks a response to the provided material data within a predetermined range. The material management unit 110 may notify the material data provision to the user specified by the user who provides the material data. Thereby, the provider of material data can control the range of the user who asks for a reaction.

  The material database 120 stores material data provided by the user. The material database 120 assigns an article material ID and an acquisition date / time for each piece of information acquired as described above. At that time, the contents can be stored separately into sentences and images. In addition, the material database 120 stores material data such as recent state information, community information of an instant message exchange system, and new news. The database can simultaneously store the date and time of occurrence of the article, the account of the provider, URL information, and the like as well as main information.

  The interview execution unit 125 accesses the reaction / history database 170 and, when there is a reaction to the material data, notifies the reaction to the user terminal 200a that is the material data providing source, and accepts an answer as text data from the user terminal 200a that is the providing source. . The accepted answer is included in the material data, and content is created using this material data. Thus, an article can be created from material data, and content suitable for each user can be easily created. In addition, it is possible to create a topic suitable for a user as a delivery destination within a specific community by making an article a topic that the user is interested in without putting effort.

  The interview execution unit 125 may notify the user of the provider collectively of reactions received from a plurality of users at a predetermined opportunity. As a result, the user can be notified of the reaction in a lump, and the creation of the content can proceed efficiently. For example, when a predetermined period has elapsed since the provision of the material data, when a predetermined time limit has been reached, or when the material data providing user has accessed, the reaction can be notified in a batch.

  The material evaluation unit 130 evaluates the relevance of the material data of the content to the content distribution destination user based on the importance. Then, the arrangement of articles obtained from the material data in the content is determined according to the evaluation. As a result, it is possible to distribute to the user content having an article arrangement that is highly relevant to the distribution destination user. As a result, the distribution destination user can browse articles of high interest. In this way, the content creation device 100 automatically selects information to be distributed according to the viewer's attributes and interest information.

  The material evaluation unit 130 can evaluate the relevance by feedback. As a result, it is possible to distribute content having article arrangement that is highly relevant to the user while updating the evaluation criteria. The material evaluation unit 130 can also evaluate the relevance using the relationship between the content distribution destination user and the material data providing user as an evaluation criterion.

  The user status acquisition unit 138 extracts the user status from the display device. For example, GPS information (position information) and time information are extracted as user status information. Using the GPS information, it is determined from the registered address of the user whether the user is at home or going out, and is transmitted to the content editing unit 140 together with time information.

  Based on the evaluation obtained by the material evaluation unit 130, the content editing unit 140 extracts an article with high importance as a posted article. The content editing unit 140 also refers to the user situation obtained by the user situation acquisition unit 138. For example, the weighting of the reference to be extracted can be changed depending on the situation where the user is at home in the morning or the situation where he is out at night. The weight may be changed by setting.

  The content editing unit 140 lays out the extracted articles with respect to a newspaper or magazine template prepared in advance. For the layout, a database storing newspaper and magazine layout templates prepared in advance can be used. Articles that were not applied to newspaper templates can also be laid out in magazine templates. With such a layout, even a user who is not accustomed to reading texts on WEB can easily read articles.

  The content distribution unit 150 distributes the integrated content to which the template is applied based on the article arrangement. The content distributed in this way is displayed on the user terminal 200b. The user terminal 200b may be a display device such as a tablet terminal equipped with a touch panel. In that case, it is possible to provide a GUI that allows the article details to be browsed by touching the article.

  The reaction management unit 160 receives a response (request or question) to the material data of the content article or a response to the content article from users in the predetermined group. The user terminal 200 has a function that allows posting using the instant message exchange system API when a posting button is pressed on the GUI. In addition to posting to an article, a response function (for example, Retweet) may be provided. For example, the display article on the GUI, the article whose “Like” button is pressed, and the account information of the provider are collected and stored in the reaction / history database 170.

  The reaction management unit 160 may accept a reaction by selecting an option, and notify the user who provided the material data of the reaction using a question corresponding to the selected option by the interview execution unit. In this way, by accepting a response to the material data with options, it is possible to easily ask the user who provides the material data.

  The reaction management unit 160 may receive a reaction by inputting text information, and notify the user who provided the material data of the reaction using the text information input by the interview execution unit. This makes it easy to obtain responses and answers to the provision of material data.

  The reaction / history database 170 stores reaction information obtained by the content distribution unit 150 and the reaction management unit 160, a browsing (touch) history, and the like. The reaction / browsing history is preferably stored in association with the provider's account and URL information. Further, the reaction / history database 170 can store reaction values for each category in addition to managing reaction values for each user. Each database can be built using MySQL.

(Operation of content creation device)
Next, the operation of the content creation apparatus 100 configured as described above will be described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the content creation device 100. As shown in FIG. 3, the content creation apparatus 100 first accepts uploading of material data from the user of the providing source (step S1). Then, the user belonging to the same group as the providing source user is notified that the material data has been uploaded (step S2). Next, a response (request or question) is received from the user for the uploaded material data (step S3). The request is a request for an explanation of material data, for example.

  Next, an interview based on the reaction is performed on the provider user (step S4). Then, the answer of the provider user obtained in the interview is also used as the material data of the article to create an article (step S5). Then, the obtained article is arranged by an appropriate method, and the content is edited (step S6). Finally, the content obtained by editing is distributed to users in the same group (step S7), and the process ends.

(Use of data)
4A to 4D are tables showing the correspondence between each data. When the material data is provided from the user a, the content creation device 100 distributes information to other users belonging to the group G1 using a table as shown in the example of FIG. Further, when there is a request or a question using a table as shown in FIG. 4B, it is recorded for each material data, and an interview is performed with the uploading user.

  In addition, a subjective index such as a community score or a category score can be stored for each distribution destination user by using a table as shown in the example of FIG. At the time of score collection, a table as shown in the example of FIG. 4D is used for each user of the distribution destination, and for each user, an objective index such as an image score and a sentence score and a category score for each article. And subjective indicators such as community scores can be aggregated as scores. And the content which arranged the article according to the level of a score can be distributed to the same group.

(Operation example)
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating an operation example of the content creation device 100. In the example shown in FIG. 5, first, the user terminals 200a, 200c, and 200d upload the image data to the content creation device (step T1). Next, the uploading of the image data is notified to the user terminals 200b and 200e in the group to which the user terminals 200a, 200c and 200d belong (step T2). The user of the notified user terminal 200b transmits a reaction including a question or a request for the uploaded image data (step T3). The reaction can be performed, for example, by the user of the user terminal 200b selecting an option “I'm interested in this picture! Tell me more!”. Note that text information including a question can be directly sent instead of the option. Basically, the question can be standardized as the content of listening to 5W1H.

  The content creation apparatus 100 that has received the response performs an interview with the user of the terminal that uploaded the image data based on the response (step T4). For example, when a specific option is selected, a question corresponding to the option is transmitted to the terminal that has uploaded the image data. A virtual agent may send a program to the uploading terminal to ask the question “You have requested me from XX. Please let me ask a question about this photo. How did you feel?” When the user who receives the question answers this, the content creation apparatus 100 receives the answer and creates an article including the image data and the answer. Then, a content in which the created articles are weighted and arranged is created and distributed to users in the same group (step T5). In this way, it is possible to transmit content in which articles of high interest are posted in the same group.

(User terminal display example)
As a group to which the user belongs, for example, an instant message exchange system community such as Twitter (registered trademark) can be used. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a GUI image displayed on the user terminal. Each of the user terminals 200a to 200e has a user information input unit, and an input screen 191 and a keyboard 192 are displayed on the screen 190 by the GUI, and accepts an account / password input from the user. For example, a touch panel can be used as the user information input unit. When an account password is entered, the user's follower and follow-up user account name (instant messaging system community) and account are based on the user's account entered as shown in the list display 193 in the figure. Images can be acquired. Such a community can be used as a group to which a user belongs.

  Moreover, content display and article browsing on the user terminal can be performed as follows, for example. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a GUI image displayed on the user terminal. When a touch on the article 195a is detected on the content display 195, the user terminal displays an enlarged version 196 of the article. On the GUI, a post button 196a to the instant message exchange system and a “Like” button 196b can be given to each article to collect user responses. When the posting button 196a is pressed, a screen 197 is displayed, and the reaction can be input with the keyboard 192. When the “Like!” Button 196 b is pressed, a list of users who have evaluated “Like!” Is displayed on the screen 198. In addition, when there is an updated article, it may have a function of dynamically updating, or a “Save” button may be displayed so that the user can select an article that the user wants to save for the scrapbook. Good. The designation of an article to be stored may be accepted by the reaction management unit 160 and reflected when the next content is created.

(Usage scenario example 1)
The content creation device 100 can also be used in the following situations. Photos taken on a daily basis and photos taken at events such as travel and athletic meet are generally shared on the WEB, but it is necessary for the viewer to actively access it, which is troublesome Take it. Therefore, a photograph taken with a portable terminal (user terminal) is tagged on the spot and automatically transferred to the content creation apparatus 100 via the STB (user terminal), so that the photograph can be shared with a close friend. Then, newspaper-format content can be automatically created using the photograph as material data. In this way, a seamless flow from photography to article generation can be realized. FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a first usage example.

(Usage scenario example 2)
Conventionally, comments after browsing photos are often restricted on bulletin boards. The content creation apparatus 100 can totalize the viewer's reaction to the image data and can automatically notify the poster. By using this, it is possible to easily notify of responses and answers, to easily comment on each other, and to further activate communication. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating a second usage example.

(Usage scenario 3)
The content creation apparatus 100 can support a process of creating a recent report such as a blog for a photo that has a reaction. Material data can be collected through interviews with virtual agents, applied to newspaper layouts, and automatically distributed to readers as newspapers. The user can browse the content in an image in which the friend and his / her recent status information are described in the morning and evening editions. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a third usage example.

(Usage example 4)
The content creation device 100 can automatically create an information medium that is full of information about the user and her / community. Instead of information magazines such as morning and evening editions, you can build your own media that gathers the information you need. In addition, by using the optimum media format as a new CGM format, you can create your own special issue composed of your own information. FIG. 11 is a display example of a newspaper for oneself created as content. In addition, community media composed of community information can be generated instead of conventional group magazines such as class newspapers, regional media, and family media.

(Usage scenario 5)
You can save your favorite articles from the created content and create a scrapbook. Specifically, first, the reaction management unit 160 accepts the designation of an article in the content created by the distribution destination user from the user terminal. Then, using the received designated article, a new content for the distribution destination user is created and distributed to the user. As a result, it is possible to create content in which one side (scrapbook side) is composed of favorite articles of the distribution destination user. In addition, as described above, a part of the content may be configured by an article specified by the user of the distribution destination, or the content may be entirely configured by an article specified by the user of the distribution destination (scrapbook content). May be.

(Usage scenario 6)
In addition to Twitter (registered trademark), material data can be obtained based on community exchanges open to unspecified users. That is, the text information (or voice information) of the question and answer can be analyzed, and the material data of the interview and answer can be acquired. For example, it is possible to receive material data from a series of information obtained by receiving a question from a viewer for a certain period of time on the radio and answering by a guest. Further, material data may be acquired from a series of information obtained by a photographer answering a question written in a comment field of an image search API such as Flickr (registered trademark). Further, the present invention can be similarly applied to a scene where the person answers a question written in a comment field of mixi (registered trademark).

[Second Embodiment]
In the above embodiment, the material data is collected using the log of the instant message exchange system, but the provider user is interviewed based on the reaction to the material data uploaded so that the provider user can view within the predetermined group. May be executed to create content.

  FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a content distribution system. The content distribution system shown in FIG. 12 includes a content creation device 500 and a user terminal 200. Although the configuration is almost the same as that of the content creation device 100 in the first embodiment, the content creation device 500 does not include the interview execution unit 125.

  When there is a response (request or question) from a user in a predetermined group to the material data, it is recorded for each material data, and an interview can be executed on the user a who provided the material data using a table.

  Next, the operation of the content creation device 500 configured as described above will be described. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the operation of the content creation device 500. First, the content creation device 500 receives material data such as an instant message and link image data provided from the user terminal 200 (step P1). Next, the material data is stored in the material database 120 (step P2). Then, material data matching the conditions is extracted (step P3), and the relevance of the content material data to the content distribution destination user is evaluated (step P4).

  Next, an article is created based on the material data, the arrangement of the article is determined in accordance with the above-described relevance evaluation, and the content is edited (step P5). Thus, the content edited for each delivery destination is delivered to each user in the predetermined group (step P6). The user browses, comments, etc. on the distributed content, and when there is a reaction, the reaction is collected and stored in the database together with the history data (step P7). The above evaluation criteria are updated by the obtained reaction and reflected in subsequent distributions. In this way, the content creation device 100 can distribute content having article arrangement that is highly relevant to the distribution destination user.

(Material data extraction process)
Extraction of material data can also be performed by the following method. FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the material data extraction process. As shown in FIG. 14, first, an instant message timeline (data arranged in time series) is acquired (step Q1). Then, each instant message is acquired from the timeline (step Q2).

  Next, it is determined whether or not there is data indicating a link in the acquired instant message (step Q3). If there is no data indicating a link, an analyzed label is assigned to the instant message (step Q4), and the process proceeds to step Q8. If there is data indicating a link, it is determined whether there is image data at the link destination (step Q5). If there is no image data, an unlabeled image is assigned to the instant message (step Q6), and the process proceeds to step Q8. If there is image data, an image label is added to the instant message. Then, the instant message is stored in the material database (step Q8). It is determined whether or not the above determination has been completed for all instant messages of the timeline acquired last (step Q9). If not completed, the process returns to step Q1, and if completed, the process ends.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Content creation apparatus 110 Material management part 120 Material database 125 Interview execution part 130 Material evaluation part 138 User condition acquisition part 140 Content editing part 150 Content distribution part 160 Reaction management part 170 Reaction / history database 191 Input screen 192 Keyboard 193 List display 195 Content display 195a Article 196 Enlarged version 196a, 196b Button 197, 198 Screen 200, 200a-200e User terminal 500 Content creation device

Claims (8)

A content creation device for creating content distributed within a predetermined group,
A material management unit for notifying users of a predetermined group when material data of a content article is uploaded;
A reaction management unit for receiving a response from the user of the predetermined group with respect to the material data;
Notifying the user of the material data provider of the reaction, an interview execution unit that receives an answer from the user of the provider,
A content editing section that edits a content article using material data including the answer and creates a content in which the content articles are gathered in a formatted format;
A content distribution unit that automatically distributes the generated content to users in the predetermined group. The reaction management unit accepts the reaction by selecting an option,
The content creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the interview execution unit notifies the user who provided the material data of the reaction using a question corresponding to the selected option. The reaction management unit accepts the reaction by inputting text information,
The content creation apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the interview execution unit notifies the user who provided the material data of the reaction using the input text information.   The content according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the interview execution unit notifies the user of the provider in a batch of the reactions received from a plurality of users at a predetermined opportunity. Creation device. The material management unit, said for some users in a given group, the content creation apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to claim 4, characterized in that a notification of the material data provided.   6. The content creation apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the material management unit notifies the user designated by the user who provides the material data of material data provision. A material evaluation unit that evaluates the relevance of material data of a content article to the user of the content distribution destination;
The content creation device according to claim 1, further comprising: a content editing unit that determines an article arrangement in the content in accordance with the evaluation. A content creation method for creating content distributed in a predetermined group by executing each step in each unit in a content creation device,
A step of notifying users of a predetermined group when the material data of the content article is uploaded by the material management unit;
Receiving a reaction from the user of the predetermined group with respect to the material data by the reaction management unit;
The interview execution unit notifies the user of the material data provider of the reaction and accepts an answer from the user of the provider;
Using the material data including the answer, editing a content article, and creating a content in which the content articles are gathered in a formatted format;
And automatically distributing the created content to users in the predetermined group.

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