JP6005217B2 - DISTRIBUTION DEVICE, DISPLAY PROGRAM, TERMINAL DEVICE, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, DISTRIBUTION METHOD, AND DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a distribution device, a display program, a terminal device, an information display method, a distribution method, and a distribution program.

  In recent years, advertisement distribution via the Internet has been actively performed. For example, an advertisement that displays advertisement content such as still images, moving images, and text related to companies and products at a predetermined position on a web page, and displays a page provided by the advertiser when the user clicks on the advertisement content Delivery is known. As a technique related to such advertisement display, a technique has been proposed in which information content such as a web page is displayed on the first layer, and the advertisement content is displayed on the second layer that is displayed so as to overlap the first layer. .

JP 2003-022042 A JP 2012-137805 A

  However, with the above-described conventional technology, it is not possible to cause the user's interest in content that is displayed superimposed on information content such as advertisement content. For example, in the above-described conventional technology, the information content and the content are merely displayed in an overlapping manner, and the user cannot be interested in the content.

  The present application has been made in view of the above, and an object thereof is to provide a distribution device, a terminal device, a distribution method, and a distribution program that cause a user's interest in content.

  The distribution apparatus according to the present application includes a distribution unit that distributes the second content displayed together with the first content to the terminal device together with the control information, and the control information arranges the second content on a back surface of the first content. When a display procedure for displaying the first content or displaying the first content and the second content and a selection operation for selecting a predetermined area arranged in the first content are detected Is characterized by causing the terminal device to execute a changing procedure for enlarging the size of the area for displaying the second content by reducing the display size of the first content.

  According to one aspect of the embodiment, there is an effect of causing the user's interest in the content.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of display processing according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the advertisement distribution system according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the advertisement distribution server according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the advertisement database according to the embodiment. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the content distribution server according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the terminal device according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a variation of display processing executed by the terminal device according to the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of display processing executed by the terminal device according to the embodiment. FIG. 9 is a hardware configuration diagram illustrating an example of a computer that realizes the function of the advertisement distribution server.

Hereinafter, a distribution device, a display program, a terminal device, an information display method, a distribution method, and a mode for implementing the distribution program according to the present application (hereinafter referred to as “embodiment”) will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. . The distribution device, display program, terminal device, information display method, distribution method, and distribution program according to the present application are not limited by this embodiment. In the following embodiments, the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

[1. Display processing)
First, an example of display processing according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of display processing according to the embodiment. FIG. 1 illustrates an example in which the web page C10, the advertising content C11a, and the advertising content C11b are displayed by the terminal device 100.

  The terminal device 100 illustrated in FIG. 1 is a mobile terminal device such as a smartphone. The terminal device 100 includes an output unit 130 such as a liquid crystal display. The terminal device 100 is assumed to employ a touch panel. That is, the user of the terminal device 100 performs various operations by touching the display surface of the output unit 130 with a finger or a dedicated pen.

  The web page C10 is content for a portal site where various information such as news is posted. Here, the vertical display size of the web page C10 is longer than the vertical display size of the output unit 130 of the terminal device 100, and the horizontal display size of the web page C10 is the horizontal display size of the output unit 130. It shall be the same size as the size.

  Such a web page C10 includes an input field for inputting a search keyword, links to other web pages, and the like. For example, on the web page C10, each news topic is displayed as a bulleted item under a display such as “New News” or “News List”. Such a news topic corresponds to an anchor text having a link to another web page.

  Further, on the web page C10, buttons or images displaying the contents of linked web pages such as “Auction”, “Sports”, “Q & A”, “Route”, and the like are displayed. In the following description, among the display area of the web page C10, an area where anchor text, a button, an image, or the like that is linked to another web page is displayed may be referred to as a “link area”.

  In addition, an advertisement frame 50 that is a display area for displaying advertisement content distributed separately from the web page C10 is arranged on the web page C10. Upon receiving the distribution of the web page C10, the terminal device 100 transmits an advertisement content distribution request to the advertisement distribution server 20 that distributes the advertisement content. When receiving the advertisement content distribution from the advertisement distribution server 20, the terminal device 100 displays the web page C10, and the advertisement frame 50 is arranged in the web page C10 on which the distributed advertisement content is displayed. Display in range.

  The advertisement content C11a is, for example, a still image or a moving image that becomes a part of the advertisement, and is an image provided by the advertiser. In the example illustrated in FIG. 1, the advertising content C <b> 11 a is an image having the same size as the advertising space 50. Further, the advertising content C11a is an image in which, for example, a photograph or illustration of a beverage to be advertised and the name of a product to be advertised are arranged. In the following description, in the advertising content C11a, an arbitrary background is arranged in a range other than the range in which beverage pictures and illustrations, product names, and the like are arranged, and the advertising content C11a as a whole is opaque. Image.

  The advertising content C11b is a still image or a moving image that is a part of the advertisement, as with the advertising content C11a, and is an image provided by the advertiser. Here, in the example illustrated in FIG. 1, the advertising content C11b is an image having the same display size as the screen related to the output unit 130 of the terminal device 100, and beverages, food, and the like provided by the same advertiser as the advertising content C11a Photos and moving images are arranged. That is, when the advertising content C11a is compared with the advertising content C11b, the display size of the advertising content C11b is larger than the display size of the advertising content C11a, and each is the same or related advertising content.

  In addition, the advertising content C11b has a display area 51 in which no photograph or moving image is arranged at the center, for example. The display area 51 is, for example, an area having the same aspect ratio as the aspect ratio of the screen of the terminal device 100 and is an area having a display size smaller than that of the terminal device 100. Note that the display area 51 does not have to be arranged at the center of the advertising content C11b, but may be arranged at an arbitrary position of the advertising content C11b.

  Here, the terminal device 100 performs the following process to cause the user's interest in the advertisement. First, the terminal device 100 arranges the advertising content C11a in the advertising space 50 in the web page C10 and displays the web page C10 on the entire screen. Further, the terminal device 100 arranges the advertising content C11b so as to overlap the back of the web page C10. As a result, in the initial display state, the terminal device 100 does not display the advertising content C11b, and displays only the web page C10 in which the advertising content C11a is arranged in the advertising space 50. In addition, when a scroll operation with a user's finger is performed, the terminal device 100 scrolls the web page C10 on which the advertisement content C11a is arranged according to the scroll operation.

  Here, when a selection operation in which the user selects a predetermined area of the web page 10 is detected, the terminal device 100 is an area where the web page C10 where the advertisement content C11a is arranged and the advertisement content C11b overlap. Change the size. For example, the terminal device 100 reduces the area of the web page C10 display area to a predetermined area, for example, the same area as the display area 51, without changing the aspect ratio of the web page C10. Further, the terminal device 100 displays the reduced web page C10 so as to overlap the display area 51 by arranging it in the center of the screen.

  As a result, the terminal device 100 can make the user interested in the advertisement. That is, when the user selects the advertisement content C11a, the terminal device 100 displays the advertisement content C11b hidden on the back of the web page C10 by changing the size of the area for displaying the web page C10. . For this reason, the terminal device 100 displays the advertisement in such a display manner that when the user selects an advertisement placed on the web page C10, the web page C10 is an illusion that it is part of the selected advertisement. be able to. As a result, the terminal device 100 can cause the user to be interested in the advertisement placed on the web page.

  Hereinafter, an example of the display mode of each advertisement content C11a and C11b determined by the terminal device 100 will be described. In the following description, an example of a change in the display mode of the advertisement contents C11a and C11b by the operation of the user's finger F10 will be described as a first state to a fourth state from the left in FIG.

  First, as shown in the first state, the terminal device 100 receives the web page C10 and the advertisement contents C11a and C11b. In this case, the terminal device 100 displays the advertising content C11a in the advertising space 50 of the web page C10 and displays the web page C10 on the entire screen. Moreover, the terminal device 100 arranges the advertising content C11b on the back surface of the web page C10. As a result, the terminal device 100 displays only the web page C10 on which the advertisement content C11a is arranged.

  Further, when the scroll operation is performed by the user's finger F10, the terminal device 100 scrolls the advertisement content C11a displayed on the web page C10 and the advertisement frame 50 according to the scroll operation, as shown in the second state. Let

  Here, when the user's finger F10 taps the advertising space 50, that is, when the selection operation by the user's finger F10 is detected within the range where the advertising space 50 is displayed, the terminal device 100 performs the following processing. Execute. That is, as shown in the third state, the terminal device 100 reduces the size of the area where the web page C10 is displayed, and changes the width of the area where the web page C10 and the advertising content C11b overlap. Further, when the terminal device 100 reduces the area for displaying the web page C10, the size of the area for displaying the advertisement content C11a displayed in the advertisement frame 50 is also reduced in accordance with the web page C10.

  Then, as shown in the fourth state, the terminal device 100 reduces the size of the area for displaying the web page C10 and the advertising content C11a to a predetermined range and is arranged at a position overlapping the display area 51 of the advertising content C11b. To do. As a result, the terminal device 100 can display the web page C10 as if it is a part of the advertising content C11b.

  In the fourth state, when the scroll operation is performed with the user's finger F10, the terminal device 100 moves the advertisement content C11b and scrolls the web page C10 and the advertisement content C11a arranged in the display area 51. You may let them. In the fourth state, when the scroll operation is performed with the user's finger F10, the terminal device 100 does not move the advertising content C11b, and only the web page C10 and the advertising content C11a arranged in the display area 51. May be scrolled.

  In addition, in the fourth state, when the scroll operation is performed in the area where the advertisement content C11b is displayed, the terminal device 100 scrolls the advertisement content C11b together with the web page C10, and in the area where the web page C10 is displayed. When the scroll operation is performed, only the web page C10 may be scrolled.

  Further, in the fourth state, when the display area 51 is selected by the user's finger F10 in the fourth state, that is, when the web page C10 displayed in a reduced size is selected, the terminal apparatus 100 displays the web page C10. To enlarge. Then, as shown in the second state, the terminal device 100 may display the web page C10 on the entire screen.

  In this way, the terminal device 100 arranges the advertising content C11b so as to overlap the back of the web page C10, and when the selection operation is detected, the terminal device 100 changes the size of the range in which the web page C10 and the advertising content C11b overlap. . For example, the terminal device 100 displays the advertising content C11b hidden in the web page C10 according to the user's selection operation. As a result, the terminal device 100 can cause the user to be interested in the advertisement.

  The terminal device 100 detects a user's selection operation when a moving image is arranged in a part of the advertising content C11b, reduces the display area of the web page C10, and displays the advertising content C11b. , Playback of the video may be started. Further, the terminal device 100 may start the reproduction of the moving image when the user selects a moving image arranged in the advertising content C11b after the advertising content C11b is displayed.

  Further, when changing the size of the area for displaying the web page C10, the terminal device 100 may change the size of characters and images arranged on the web page C10 according to the changed size. . For example, when the terminal device 100 reduces the size of the area for displaying the web page C10, the size of characters arranged on the web page C10 does not need to be changed, and the area for displaying the web page C10 is displayed. The size of the character may be changed with a reduction ratio smaller than the reduction ratio of the area.

  Further, when changing the size of the area for displaying the web page C10, the terminal device 100 may change the arrangement of characters and images arranged on the web page C10 according to the changed size. When such processing is performed, the terminal device 100 retains the visibility of the web page C10 even when the area for displaying the web page C10 is reduced or enlarged, so when displaying the advertising content, It is possible to prevent the user from having a bad image for the advertisement.

  Hereinafter, the terminal device 100 and the like that realize the above-described display processing will be described. Although not described above, the terminal device 100 receives distribution of control information for controlling the display mode of the advertisement contents C11a and C11b simultaneously with the distribution of the advertisement contents C11a and the advertisement contents C11b. Then, the terminal device 100 performs the display process described above according to the control information. Such control information will be described later.

[2. Configuration of advertisement distribution system)
Next, the configuration of the advertisement distribution system 1 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the advertisement distribution system according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the advertisement distribution system 1 includes a terminal device 100, an advertiser terminal 10, an advertisement distribution server 20, and a content distribution server 30. The terminal device 100, the advertiser terminal 10, the advertisement distribution server 20, and the content distribution server 30 are connected to be communicable via a network N by wire or wireless. The advertisement distribution system 1 shown in FIG. 2 includes a plurality of terminal devices 100, a plurality of advertiser terminals 10, a plurality of advertisement distribution servers 20, and a plurality of content distribution servers 30. Also good.

  The terminal device 100 is an information processing device used by a user who browses a web page. For example, the terminal device 100 is a mobile phone such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a desktop PC (Personal Computer), a notebook PC, or the like. The terminal device 100 acquires a web page from the content distribution server 30 according to an operation by the user, and displays the acquired web page. Further, when an advertisement acquisition command to be described later is included together with the advertisement content, the terminal device 100 acquires the advertisement content from the advertisement distribution server 20 and displays the acquired advertisement content together with the web page.

  The advertiser terminal 10 is an information processing device used by the advertiser. For example, the advertiser terminal 10 is a desktop PC, a notebook PC, a tablet terminal, a mobile phone, a PDA, or the like. The advertiser terminal 10 submits the advertisement content to the advertisement distribution server 20 according to the operation by the advertiser. For example, the advertiser terminal 10 has a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) for accessing an advertiser page distributed by an advertiser server managed by an advertiser as a still image, a moving image, text data, or an advertiser server as advertisement content. And the like are submitted to the advertisement distribution server 20.

  Note that an advertiser may request an agency to submit advertising content. In this case, it is the agency that submits the advertisement content to the advertisement distribution server 20. In the following, the notation “advertiser” is a concept including not only the advertiser but also the agency, and the notation “advertiser terminal” refers to the agency device used by the agency as well as the advertiser terminal 10. It is a concept that includes.

  The advertisement distribution server 20 is a server device that distributes the advertisement content submitted from the advertiser terminal 10. For example, the advertisement distribution server 20 distributes the advertisement content to the terminal device 100 when accessed from the terminal device 100. Further, the advertisement distribution server 20 distributes the control information for instructing the display mode of the advertisement content to be distributed, together with the advertisement content, to the terminal device 100, the control information for causing the terminal device 100 to execute the above display processing. This control information is described in a script language such as JavaScript (registered trademark) or CSS (Cascading Style Sheets).

  The content distribution server 30 is a web server that distributes web pages to the terminal device 100. For example, the content distribution server 30 relates to a portal site, news site, auction site, weather forecast site, shopping site, finance (stock price) site, route search site, map providing site, travel site, restaurant introduction site, web blog, etc. Deliver various web pages.

  The web page distributed by the content distribution server 30 is formed by, for example, an HTML file described in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), an XML file described in XML (Extensible Markup Language), or the like. The web page distributed by the content distribution server 30 includes an advertisement acquisition command. For example, the URL or the like of the advertisement distribution server 20 is described as an advertisement acquisition command in an HTML file or the like that forms a web page. In this case, the terminal device 100 acquires the advertisement content from the advertisement distribution server 20 by accessing the URL described in the HTML file or the like.

  Various data distributed from the content distribution server 30 to the terminal device 100 is actually an HTML file or an image forming a web page, but in the following, it is distributed from the content distribution server 30 to the terminal device 100. Various data may be referred to as a “web page”.

[3. Configuration of advertisement distribution server]
Next, the configuration of the advertisement distribution server 20 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the advertisement distribution server according to the embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the advertisement distribution server 20 includes a communication unit 21, a storage unit 22, and a control unit 23.

  The communication unit 21 is realized by, for example, a NIC (Network Interface Card). The communication unit 21 is connected to the network N by wire or wirelessly, and transmits / receives information to / from the terminal device 100, the advertiser terminal 10, and the content distribution server 30.

  The storage unit 22 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory element such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk. Further, the storage unit 22 stores an advertisement database 24 that is a database in which various types of information related to advertisement content submitted from the advertiser terminal 10 is stored.

  Here, FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the advertisement database according to the embodiment. In the example illustrated in FIG. 4, the advertisement database 24 includes items such as “advertiser ID”, “advertisement content”, “bid price”, and “CTR (Click Through Rate)”.

  The “advertiser ID” indicates identification information for identifying the advertiser or the advertiser terminal 10. “Advertising content” indicates the advertising content submitted from the advertiser terminal 10. FIG. 4 shows an example in which conceptual information such as “C11” is stored in “advertising content”, but actually, a still image, a moving image, text data, a URL, or a file indicating the storage location thereof. Stores path names and so on.

  “Bid price” indicates an advertising fee designated when an advertiser submits advertising content. For example, the “bid price” corresponds to a unit price paid from the advertiser to the advertisement distributor (for example, the administrator of the advertisement distribution server 20 or the content distribution server 30) when the advertisement content is displayed once on the web page. . Further, for example, “bid price” corresponds to a unit price paid from the advertiser to the advertisement distributor when the advertisement content is clicked once by the user.

  “CTR” indicates a value obtained by dividing the number of times the advertising content is clicked by the number of times the advertising content is displayed. The CTR of advertising content that has never been distributed to the terminal device 100 includes a predetermined fixed value, an average value of CTR for all advertising content, and the same advertising category (for example, car, travel). The average value of CTR and the like for all the advertising contents belonging to is stored. Further, “CTR” may store a predicted CTR predicted from a CTR prediction model or the like. Such a predicted CTR is predicted based on, for example, the type of advertising content, the type of web page on which the advertising content is displayed, and the like.

  That is, FIG. 4 shows an example in which the advertiser identified by the advertiser ID “B10” designates the bid price “100” and submits the advertising content “C11”. FIG. 4 shows an example in which the CTR of the advertisement content “C11” is “0.02”.

  Here, the advertisement database 24 may register advertisement content including a plurality of images and moving images. For example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 4, it is assumed that the advertisement database 24 registers the advertisement content C11a and the advertisement content C11b illustrated in FIG. 1 as the advertisement content C11. In the advertisement database 24, it is assumed that a display instruction for indicating the display mode of each of the advertisement contents C11a and C11b is registered as the advertisement content C11. In the advertisement database 24, it is assumed that a display instruction for instructing display modes of the advertisement content C12a, the advertisement content C12b, and the advertisement content C12a and C12b, which are images, is registered as the advertisement content C12. Further, in the example illustrated in FIG. 4, detailed description is omitted, but it is assumed that an image, a moving image, and a display instruction are registered in the advertisement database 24 as the advertisement content C13.

  Returning to FIG. 3, the description will be continued. The control unit 23 is realized by, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an MPU (Micro Processing Unit), or the like executing various programs stored in a storage device inside the advertisement distribution server 20 using the RAM as a work area. Is done. The control unit 23 is realized by an integrated circuit such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a field programmable gate array (FPGA).

  As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 23 includes a submission receiving unit 25, a request receiving unit 26, an advertisement selection unit 27, and a distribution unit 28, and functions and functions of information processing described below. Realize or execute. Note that the internal configuration of the control unit 23 is not limited to the configuration illustrated in FIG. 3, and may be another configuration as long as information processing described later is performed. Further, the connection relationship between the processing units included in the control unit 23 is not limited to the connection relationship illustrated in FIG. 3, and may be another connection relationship.

  The submission receiving unit 25 receives submission of advertising content from the advertiser terminal 10. Specifically, the submission accepting unit 25 accepts submission of advertising content together with designation of a bid price. Then, the submission receiving unit 25 stores the received bid price and advertisement content in the storage unit 22 in association with the advertiser ID corresponding to the advertiser of the submission source.

  Here, the submission accepting unit 25 accepts the designation of the display mode of the advertisement content along with the submission of the advertisement content. For example, the submission acceptance unit 25 receives the advertisement content C11a and the advertisement content C11b. Further, the submission accepting unit 25 accepts a display instruction instructing to place the advertising content C11a in the advertising space 50 of the web page C10 and to place the advertising content C11b behind the web page C10. In addition, when a selection operation is detected, the submission receiving unit 25 issues a display instruction for instructing a ratio for reducing the area for displaying the web page C10, a position for displaying the web page C10 with the reduced area to be displayed, and the like. Accept.

  In addition, when the moving image is arrange | positioned at the advertisement content C11b, the submission reception part 25 may receive the display instruction | indication which shows that the said moving image is reproduced after the position which displays the web page C10 is changed. Then, the submission receiving unit 25 registers the advertising content C11a, the advertising content C11b, and the display instruction in the advertising database 24 as the advertising content C11.

  The request receiving unit 26 receives an advertisement content acquisition request from the terminal device 100. For example, the request reception unit 26 receives an HTTP request as an advertisement content acquisition request.

  When the request reception unit 26 receives an advertisement content acquisition request, the advertisement selection unit 27 selects an advertisement content as a distribution candidate from the advertisement database 24. For example, the advertisement selection unit 27 preferentially selects advertisement contents having a high bid price or CTR or advertisement contents having a high bid price and CTR from among the advertisement contents registered in the advertisement database 24. Then, the advertisement selection unit 27 outputs the selected advertisement content to the distribution unit 28.

  The advertisement selection unit 27 may use an advertisement distribution technique called content matching that extracts advertisement contents related to a web page when selecting advertisement contents. In addition, when the web page is a search page, the advertisement selection unit 27 may use an advertisement distribution method called a search-linked advertisement that extracts advertisement content that matches the search keyword specified in the search page. Further, the advertisement selection unit 27 may use an advertisement distribution technique called targeting distribution that extracts advertisement content that matches user attribute information (such as psychographic attributes and demographic attributes).

  The distribution unit 28 distributes control information that causes the terminal device 100 to execute display processing together with the advertisement content selected by the advertisement selection unit 27. Specifically, when receiving the advertisement content selected by the advertisement selection unit 27, the distribution unit 28 extracts a display instruction included in the received advertisement content. And the delivery part 28 produces | generates the control information for displaying advertising content with the display mode which the extracted display instruction | indication shows. Thereafter, the distribution unit 28 distributes the generated control information and image and moving image data included in the advertisement content to the terminal device 100.

  For example, when receiving the data of the advertising content C11, the distribution unit 28 generates control information that instructs to arrange the advertising content C11a in the advertising space 50 of the web page C10. In addition, the distribution unit 28 generates control information that instructs to place the advertising content C11b behind the web page C10. In addition, when the advertising space 50 of the web page C10 is selected, the distribution unit 28 controls to instruct to reduce the size of the area for displaying the web page C10 and the advertising content C11a and arrange it in the center on the screen. Generate information. Then, the distribution unit 28 distributes the advertising content C11a, the advertising content C11b, and the generated control information to the terminal device 100.

  Here, the control information according to the embodiment causes the terminal device 100 to execute a display procedure and a change procedure, for example. The display procedure is, for example, a processing procedure for displaying the advertisement content C11b on the back surface of the web page C10. The change procedure is a processing procedure for changing the size of the area where the web page C10 and the advertisement content C11b overlap when a selection operation is detected.

[4. Configuration of distribution device]
Next, the configuration of the content distribution server 30 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the content distribution server according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the content distribution server 30 includes a communication unit 31, a content storage unit 32, and a control unit 33.

  The communication part 31 is implement | achieved by NIC etc., for example. The communication unit 31 is connected to the network N by wire or wirelessly and transmits / receives information to / from the terminal device 100 and the advertisement distribution server 20.

  The content storage unit 32 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory device such as a RAM or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk. And the content memory | storage part 32 memorize | stores the web page which is an example of a content. For example, the content storage unit 32 stores an HTML file that forms a web page, a still image or a moving image displayed on the web page. Note that the web page stored in the content storage unit 32 includes an advertisement acquisition command for acquiring advertisement content.

  The control unit 33 is realized, for example, by executing various programs (corresponding to an example of a distribution program) stored in a storage device inside the content distribution server 30 using the RAM as a work area by a CPU, an MPU, or the like. . The control unit 33 is realized by an integrated circuit such as an ASIC or FPGA, for example.

  As illustrated in FIG. 5, the control unit 33 includes a reception unit 34 and a distribution unit 35, and realizes or executes information processing functions and operations described below. The internal configuration of the control unit 33 is not limited to the configuration illustrated in FIG. 5, and may be another configuration as long as the information processing described later is performed. In addition, the connection relationship between the processing units included in the control unit 33 is not limited to the connection relationship illustrated in FIG. 5, and may be another connection relationship.

  The accepting unit 34 accepts a web page acquisition request from the terminal device 100. For example, the reception unit 34 receives an HTTP request as a web page acquisition request.

  The distribution unit 35 distributes the web page to the terminal device 100 when the web page acquisition request is received by the reception unit 34. Specifically, the distribution unit 35 acquires the acquisition request target web page from the content storage unit 32 and distributes the acquired web page to the terminal device 100. As described above, the web page stored in the content storage unit 32 includes an advertisement acquisition command for acquiring advertisement content, and the terminal device 100 sends an advertisement distribution request to the advertisement distribution server 20. Will be sent.

[5. Configuration of terminal device]
Next, the configuration of the terminal device 100 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the terminal device according to the embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 6, the terminal device 100 includes a communication unit 110, an input unit 120, an output unit 130, and a control unit 140.

  The communication unit 110 is realized by a NIC or the like, for example. The communication unit 110 is connected to the network N by wire or wireless, and transmits / receives information to / from the advertisement distribution server 20 and the content distribution server 30.

  The input unit 120 is an input device that receives various operations from the user. For example, the input unit 120 is realized by a keyboard, a mouse, an operation key, or the like. The output unit 130 is a display device for displaying various information. For example, the output unit 130 is realized by a liquid crystal display or the like. In addition, when a touch panel is employ | adopted for the terminal device 100, the input part 120 and the output part 130 are integrated.

  The control unit 140 is realized, for example, by executing various programs (corresponding to an example of a display program) stored in a storage device inside the terminal device 100 using the RAM as a work area by a CPU, an MPU, or the like. For example, these various programs correspond to application programs called web browsers. The control unit 140 is realized by an integrated circuit such as an ASIC or FPGA, for example.

  As illustrated in FIG. 6, the control unit 140 includes a request unit 141, an operation control unit 142, and a display control unit 143, and realizes or executes functions and operations of information processing described below. The internal configuration of the control unit 140 is not limited to the configuration illustrated in FIG. 6, and may be another configuration as long as the information processing described below is performed. In addition, the connection relationship between the processing units included in the control unit 140 is not limited to the connection relationship illustrated in FIG. 6, and may be another connection relationship.

  When the request unit 141 receives the URL of the web page from the operation control unit 142, the request unit 141 transmits an acquisition request for the web page indicated by the received URL to the content distribution server 30. Further, the request unit 141 transmits an advertisement content acquisition request to the advertisement distribution server 20 when the advertisement acquisition command is included in the web page received from the content distribution server 30.

  The operation control unit 142 performs various controls according to user operations received via the input unit 120. For example, when the user performs a web page display operation on the input unit 120, the operation control unit 142 outputs the URL of the web page to be displayed to the request unit 141. Further, the operation control unit 142 outputs the content of the user operation received through the input unit 120 to the display control unit 143. In addition, when the web page received by the display control unit 143 includes an advertisement acquisition command, the operation control unit 142 instructs the request unit 141 to transmit an advertisement content acquisition request to the advertisement distribution server 20. .

  The display control unit 143 performs processing for displaying the web page and the advertisement content on the output unit 130 according to the control information received by the operation control unit 142. For example, the display control unit 143 includes a display unit 144 and a change unit 145 as illustrated in FIG. 6 when the control unit 140 executes the control information. The display unit 144 and the change unit 145 are realized, for example, by executing control information using the RAM as a work area by a CPU, an MPU, or the like. That is, the display unit 144 executes the determination procedure described above, and the changing unit 145 executes the display procedure described above.

  The display unit 144 displays the advertising content on the back of the web page. For example, the display unit 144 receives the web page C10 requested by the request unit 141 and the advertisement contents C11a and C11b. In such a case, the display unit 144 displays the web page C <b> 10 in the entire display area of the output unit 130 and arranges the advertising content C <b> 11 a in the advertising frame 50. Further, the display unit 144 arranges the advertising content C11b on the back surface of the web page C10.

  Further, when receiving the content of the user operation from the operation control unit 142, the display unit 144 controls the display content of the output unit 130 according to the received user operation. For example, the display unit 144 scrolls the web page C10 when a scroll operation is performed while the web page C10 is displayed in the entire display area of the output unit 130. On the other hand, the display unit 144 displays the web page C10 in a part of the display area of the output unit 130, and when the scroll operation is performed while the advertisement content C11b is displayed in another area, that is, the web page When the area for displaying C10 is reduced, the web page C10 and the advertising content C11b are scrolled. Note that the display unit 144 may scroll only the web page C10 in which the display area is reduced.

  The change unit 145 changes the size of the area where the web page and the advertisement content overlap when the selection operation is detected. For example, when the selection operation for selecting the region in which the advertising space 50 is displayed is detected when the web page C10 is displayed on the entire display region of the output unit 130, the changing unit 145 detects the web page C10. Reduce the display area of. As a result, the terminal device 100 displays the web page C10 in a display mode that is embedded in a part of the advertising content C11b.

  In addition, when the selection operation for selecting the reduced web page C10 is detected when the display area of the web page C10 is reduced, the changing unit 145 enlarges the display area of the web page C10 and outputs it. The web page C10 is displayed on the entire display area of the unit 130. That is, the changing unit 145 hides the advertising content C11b with the web page C10 and displays the web page C10 on the entire display area of the output unit 130.

  When changing the display area of the web page C10, the changing unit 145 changes the size of the area for displaying the web page C10 without changing the aspect ratio when displaying the web page C10. In addition, when changing the area in which the web page C10 is displayed, the changing unit 145 displays characters and images arranged on the web page C10 in accordance with the ratio of the area size after change to the area of the entire display area. , Change the size and arrangement of moving pictures. Such processing may be realized, for example, by the same processing as when changing the size of the window in which the web page C10 is displayed.

  In addition, the changing unit 145 arranges the web page C <b> 10 whose area to be displayed is changed in the center of the display area of the output unit 130. That is, the changing unit 145 changes the position where the web page C10 in which the area of the display area is changed is arranged according to the position of the display area 51 arranged in the advertisement content C11b.

[6. Other display examples)
In the above, the display process by the terminal device 100 has been described using the display mode illustrated in FIG. Specifically, in the above-described example, the terminal device 100 receives the web page C10 and the advertisement contents C11a and C11b, and displays the advertisement content C11a in the advertisement space 50 of the web page C10. Further, the terminal device 100 arranges the advertising content C11b on the back side of the web page C10, and when the advertising content C11a is selected, the terminal device 100 changes the size of the area where the web page C10 and the advertising content C11b overlap and is hidden. The advertising content C11b is displayed. However, the embodiment is not limited to this.

  For example, when a plurality of advertisement spaces are arranged on a web page, the terminal device 100 receives a plurality of advertisement contents (hereinafter referred to as advertisement space contents) to be displayed in each advertisement space in the same manner as the advertisement content C11a. To do. Similarly to the advertising content C11b, the terminal device 100 is advertising content to be placed on the back of the web page (hereinafter referred to as back advertising content), and is associated with any advertising frame content. Receive multiple contents.

  In such a case, the terminal device 100 displays the web page in which each advertisement frame content is arranged in the corresponding advertisement frame over the entire display area of the output unit 130. In addition, the terminal device 100 arranges each back advertisement content on the back of the web page in an arbitrary order. Further, when the user selects the advertising space content arranged in any of the advertising spaces, the terminal device 100 corresponds to the selected advertising space content among the rear advertising content arranged on the back of the web page. The back advertisement content is placed in front of each back advertisement content. And the terminal device 100 reduces the area | region which displays a web page. As a result, the terminal device 100 displays the rear advertisement content corresponding to the selected advertisement frame content together with the web page in which the display area is reduced.

  For example, the terminal device 100 receives the first advertising space content and the first back advertising content, and the second advertising space content and the second back advertising content respectively associated with each other. In such a case, the terminal device 100 arranges the first advertising space content and the second advertising space content in the advertising space in the web page, and arranges the first back advertising content on the back surface of the web page, Two back advertisement contents are arranged on the back face of the first back advertisement content.

  And when the 2nd advertising space content arrange | positioned at the advertising space in a web page is selected, the terminal device 100 has a 2nd back surface in the forefront of each back advertising content arrange | positioned at the back surface of a web page. Place ad content. That is, the terminal device 100 arranges the second back advertisement content on the back of the web page, and arranges the first back advertisement content on the back of the second back advertisement content. Then, the terminal device 100 reduces the size of the area for displaying the web page and displays the second back advertisement content.

  Thus, when a plurality of back advertisement contents are distributed, the terminal device 100 arranges the plurality of back advertisement contents on the back of the web page. Further, when the user selects a predetermined area on the web page, the terminal device 100 places the back advertisement content corresponding to the selected area on the forefront of the back advertisement content. Then, the terminal device 100 changes the size of the area where the web page and the back advertisement content overlap, and displays the back advertisement content corresponding to the selected area. As a result, since the terminal device 100 displays different back advertisement contents according to the advertisement selected by the user, the user can be interested in the advertisement.

  In addition, the terminal device 100 may change the back advertisement content arranged in the forefront among the back advertisement contents in accordance with the advertisement frame content arranged in the displayed area of the web page. This will be described below with reference to FIG. In the following example, it is assumed that two advertising spaces are arranged on the web page C10. Further, in the following example, the terminal device displays the advertising content 11b that is the back advertising content corresponding to the advertising content 11a that is the advertising content, and the advertising content C12b that is the back advertising content corresponding to the advertising content C12a that is the advertising content. An example received by 100 will be described.

  Here, the advertising content C12a and the advertising content C12b are advertisements of an image acquisition device such as a digital camera. For example, the advertising content C12a includes a product name such as “Nixxx D50” and a camera image. And In addition, it is assumed that an image, a moving image, or the like taken with a digital camera or the like to be advertised is arranged in the advertisement content C12b.

  For example, FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a variation of display processing executed by the terminal device according to the embodiment. In FIG. 7, an example of a display mode of the advertisement contents C11b and C12b is described as a first state to a third state from the left in FIG. For example, in the example shown in the first state of FIG. 7, the terminal device 100 arranges the advertising content C11a in the displayed area of the web page C10, as in the fourth state shown in FIG. Further, the terminal device 100 reduces the size of the area for displaying the web page C10, and displays the advertising content C11b so as to surround the web page C10.

  Here, when the scroll operation is performed in the area where the web page C10 is displayed, the terminal device 100 scrolls only the web page C10. Then, as shown in the second state of FIG. 7, when the advertising content C12a is displayed as a result of scrolling the web page C10, it is arranged on the back of the web page C10 as shown in the third state of FIG. The displayed advertising content C11b is changed to the advertising content C12b corresponding to the displayed advertising content C12a.

  Thus, the terminal device 100 changes the back advertisement content arranged in the forefront among the back advertisement contents in accordance with the advertisement frame content arranged in the displayed area of the web page. As a result, the terminal device 100 can further increase the user's interest in the advertisement placed on the web page.

  In the above-described example, when the advertising content C12a is displayed as a result of scrolling the web page C10, the terminal device 100 arranges the advertising content C12b on the back of the web page to display the displayed advertising content C11b. Has been changed to the advertising content C12b. However, the embodiment is not limited to this. For example, the terminal device 100 changes the advertising content C11b to the advertising content C12b when the user selects the advertising content C12a when the area for displaying the web page C10 is reduced and displayed together with the advertising content C11b. May be.

  Further, when the user selects the advertisement content C12a, the terminal device 100 enlarges the area for displaying the web page C10 and displays it on the entire screen, and advertises the advertisement content C11b arranged on the back of the web page C10. Change to content C12b. And the terminal device 100 may reduce the area | region which displays the web page C10, and may display it with the advertisement content C12b. By such display processing, the terminal device 100 can change the advertisement content displayed together with the web page C10 in a display form that attracts the user's interest, and thus can further cause the user's interest in the advertisement.

  In the above example, the terminal device 100 arranges the advertising content C11b and the advertising content C12b on the back surface of the web page C10. However, the embodiment is not limited to this. For example, the terminal device 100 arranges and displays the advertising content C11a and the advertising content C12a on the web page C10, and holds the advertising content C11b and C12b without displaying them. Then, when any one of the advertisement contents C11a and C12a arranged on the web page C10 is selected, the terminal device 100 arranges the advertisement contents corresponding to the selected advertisement content on the back of the web page C10, and the web page You may change the area of the area | region which displays C10.

[7. (Processing flow of advertisement distribution system)
Next, the procedure of display processing executed by the terminal device 100 that executed the control information will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of display processing executed by the terminal device according to the embodiment.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 8, the terminal device 100 requests the content distribution server 30 to distribute a web page in response to a user operation, and receives the web page from the content distribution server 30 (step S101). Next, when an advertisement acquisition command is included in the distributed web page, the terminal device 100 transmits a distribution request to the advertisement distribution server 20 (step S102). Next, the terminal device 100 determines whether or not the advertising space content and the backside advertising content have been received (step S103). If it is determined that the terminal device 100 has not received the content (step S103: No), step S103 is performed again. Run.

  When the terminal device 100 receives the advertising space content and the back advertising content (step S103: Yes), the terminal device 100 displays a web page in which the advertising space content is arranged in the advertising space, and the back advertising content is displayed on the back of the web page. Are arranged (step S104). Next, the terminal device 100 determines whether an advertising space has been selected (step S105). If the terminal device 100 determines that the advertising space has been selected (step S105: Yes), the terminal device 100 reduces the size of the area for displaying the web page and displays the back advertising content (step S106).

  Further, the terminal device 100 determines whether or not a portion for displaying a web page has been selected (step S107). If a portion for displaying a web page has been selected (step S107: Yes), the web page is displayed. The width of the portion to be restored is returned to the initial state (step S108), and step S105 is executed. On the other hand, when the part for displaying the web page is not selected (step S107: No), the terminal device 100 determines whether or not new advertising space content is displayed (step S109). If the terminal device 100 determines that the new advertising space content is displayed (step S109: Yes), the rear advertising content arranged on the back of the web page is replaced with the newly displayed advertising content. To the corresponding back advertisement content (step S110), and executes step S107.

  If the terminal device 100 determines that no new advertising space content is displayed (step S109: No), the terminal device 100 executes step S107. Further, when the advertising space is not selected (step S105: No), the terminal device 100 determines whether the advertising space is selected again (step S105).

[8. (Modification)
The advertisement distribution system 1 according to the above-described embodiment may be implemented in various different forms other than the above-described embodiment. Therefore, in the following, another embodiment of the advertisement distribution system 1 will be described. Note that the terminal device 100 described below performs display processing of advertising content in accordance with control information included in the advertising content.

[8-1. About display mode]
In the example described above, the terminal device 100 displays the advertising content C11b hidden in the web page C10 by reducing the size of the area for displaying the web page C10. However, the embodiment is limited to this. It is not a thing. For example, the terminal device 100 displays the web page C10 on a part of the screen and arranges the advertising content C11b having the same display size as the web page C10 on the back surface of the web page C10. The terminal device 100 shifts the display position of the web page C10 when the user selects a predetermined area such as the web page C10, the advertising space 50, or the area where the web page C10 is not displayed. The advertisement content C11b may be displayed.

  In the example described above, the terminal device 100 arranges the web page C10 in which the size of the display area is reduced in the center of the display area. However, the embodiment is not limited to this. For example, when the display area 51 of the advertising content C11b is arranged at a location other than the center of the advertising content C11b, the terminal device 100 displays the web page C10 with the reduced display area on the advertising content C11b instead of the center of the screen. You may move to the position where the display area 51 is arrange | positioned.

[8-2. (Web page display position)
In the example described above, the terminal device 100 arranges the web page C10 whose display area has been changed in the center of the display area of the output unit 130. However, the embodiment is not limited to this. For example, the terminal device 100 moves the web page C10 in which the area of the display area is changed to an arbitrary position according to the advertisement content displayed when the area of the area in which the web page C10 is displayed is changed. May be. For example, when the display area for displaying the web page is arranged at the lower left or the upper right of the advertisement content arranged on the back of the web page, the terminal device 100 changes the size of the area to be displayed. The page C10 may be moved to the position where the display area is arranged.

[8-3. About control information)
The terminal device 100 described above performs the above-described display process using control information that the advertisement distribution server 20 distributes together with the advertisement content. However, the embodiment is not limited to this. For example, the terminal device 100 receives the control information described above together with the web page from the content distribution server 30, and receives a display instruction for setting the display mode from the advertisement distribution server 20 together with the advertisement content. Then, the terminal device 100 may execute the control information received from the content distribution server 30 and determine the display mode of the advertisement content according to the received display instruction.

[8-4. Web page〕
In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the advertisement content and the web page are displayed in an overlapping manner has been described. However, the advertisement content and the like are not limited to be displayed in the web page. For example, the advertising content described above may be displayed on a screen of a mobile phone game or the like.

  Moreover, although the example in which the web page is vertically scrolled is shown in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this example. For example, the terminal device 100 may display a horizontally scrollable web page, and when the web page is scrolled horizontally, the back advertisement content may be changed according to the displayed advertising space content. For example, the terminal device 100 displays a map page, which is a web page related to a map. When a store or building icon on the map page is selected, the terminal device 100 increases the size of the area for displaying the map page. You may change and display the content for describing the selected store or building with a map page.

[8-5. (Selection operation)
Moreover, in the said embodiment, when the advertisement frame arrange | positioned on the web page was selected, the width of the area | region which displays a web page was changed. However, the embodiment is not limited to this. For example, when an arbitrary area in which a link, an arbitrary character string, an image, or the like arranged on the web page is selected, the terminal device 100 displays the content corresponding to the selected area on the back of the web page. It is good also as arrange | positioning and changing the area which displays a web page. Further, the target for changing the display area may not be a web page. For example, in the above-described embodiments, when a predetermined content (for example, an icon or screen) is selected on a desktop screen or an application display screen, when a drag and drop operation is performed, a scroll operation is performed. In such a case, the above display processing can be applied.

[8-6. Device configuration〕
In the above embodiment, the advertisement distribution system 1 includes the advertisement distribution server 20 and the content distribution server 30. However, the advertisement distribution server 20 and the content distribution server 30 are formed as one device. May be. In this case, the advertisement distribution server 20 illustrated in FIG. 2 includes, for example, the content storage unit 32, the reception unit 34, and the distribution unit 35 illustrated in FIG. When the advertisement distribution server 20 receives a web page acquisition request from the terminal device 100, the advertisement distribution server 20 distributes a web page that does not include an advertisement acquisition command to the terminal device 100 together with the advertisement content.

  In the above embodiment, the example in which the advertisement content is distributed from the advertisement distribution server 20 to the terminal device 100 has been described. However, the content distribution server 30 may acquire the advertisement content from the advertisement distribution server 20. In this case, the request reception unit 26 of the advertisement distribution server 20 receives an advertisement content acquisition request from the content distribution server 30. The advertisement distribution server 20 distributes the advertisement content to the content distribution server 30. In addition, the content distribution server 30 distributes a web page that does not include an advertisement acquisition command to the terminal device 100 together with the advertisement content acquired from the advertisement distribution server 20.

[8-7. Terminal device operation record)
In addition, the terminal device 100 described above may transmit to the advertisement distribution server 20 a record of how much the user has operated the terminal device 100 with respect to the web page on which the advertising content according to the embodiment is displayed. Good. Specifically, the operation control unit 142 records a scroll operation performed by the user on the web page on which the advertisement content is displayed, the number of times the advertisement content is selected, an enlargement / reduction operation of the web page, and the like. Further, the operation control unit 142 allows the user to perform a terminal operation such as a click operation on the advertisement content, the number of times the web page has been reloaded, or a transmission operation from the terminal device (for example, writing to the SNS) for information specifying the advertisement content. Various operations performed on the apparatus 100 can also be recorded. Then, the communication unit 110 transmits information related to the operation history recorded by the operation control unit 142 to the advertisement distribution server 20.

  Then, the advertisement distribution server 20 receives information related to the operation history of the terminal device 100 distributed from the terminal device 100. Further, the advertisement distribution server 20 aggregates the received information related to the operation history of the terminal device 100, and further acquires information obtained by analyzing the information. Specifically, the advertisement distribution server 20 compares the number of scroll operations and the advertising effect index such as CTR for the advertising content with the control information according to the embodiment and the advertising content without the control information. Get etc.

  Further, the advertisement distribution server 20 may transmit information related to the operation history of the terminal device 100 to the advertiser terminal 10. Here, the operation history for the web page on which the advertising content with the control information according to the embodiment is displayed can be an index indicating the advertising effect. That is, in the web page on which the advertisement content with the control information according to the embodiment is displayed, not only the advertisement content itself is clicked by the user but also the web page of the advertisement content destination is displayed. An index indicating the user's interest in advertising content is the operation history itself indicating how much the user has performed a scrolling operation, an advertisement selection operation, etc. (that is, how much the user has changed the display mode of the web page) It can be said. For example, the advertisement distribution server 20 compares the number of times that the user has repeated the selection operation to indicate how much interest has been generated for the advertisement when the advertisement content with the control information according to the embodiment is displayed. Can be provided. Accordingly, the advertisement distribution server 20 transmits information related to the operation history of the terminal device 100 to the advertiser terminal 10, thereby providing a report indicating an advertisement effect index for the web page on which the advertisement content according to the embodiment is displayed. Can do.

  Thereby, the advertisement delivery server 20 can show the advertiser the usefulness of the display mode of the advertisement content with the control information according to the embodiment in the terminal device 100.

[8-8. Others]
In addition, among the processes described in the above embodiment, all or part of the processes described as being automatically performed can be performed manually, or the processes described as being performed manually can be performed. All or a part can be automatically performed by a known method. In addition, the processing procedures, specific names, and information including various data and parameters shown in the document and drawings can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified. For example, the various types of information illustrated in each drawing is not limited to the illustrated information.

  Further, each component of each illustrated apparatus is functionally conceptual, and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. In other words, the specific form of distribution / integration of each device is not limited to that shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof may be functionally or physically distributed or arbitrarily distributed in arbitrary units according to various loads or usage conditions. Can be integrated and configured. For example, the request unit 141 and the operation control unit 142 illustrated in FIG. 6 may be integrated.

  In addition, the above-described embodiments can be appropriately combined within a range in which processing contents do not contradict each other.

[8-9. program〕
Further, the terminal device 100, the advertisement distribution server 20, and the content distribution server 30 according to the above-described embodiment are realized by a computer 1000 having a configuration as shown in FIG. 11, for example. Hereinafter, the advertisement distribution server 20 will be described as an example. FIG. 9 is a hardware configuration diagram illustrating an example of a computer that realizes the function of the advertisement distribution server. The computer 1000 includes a CPU 1100, RAM 1200, ROM 1300, HDD 1400, communication interface (I / F) 1500, input / output interface (I / F) 1600, and media interface (I / F) 1700.

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

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

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

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

  For example, when the computer 1000 functions as the advertisement distribution server 20 according to the embodiment, the CPU 1100 of the computer 1000 implements the function of the control unit 23 by executing a program loaded on the RAM 1200. The HDD 1400 stores data in the storage unit 22, that is, the advertisement database 24. The CPU 1100 of the computer 1000 reads these programs from the recording medium 1800 and executes them. However, as another example, these programs may be acquired from other devices.

  When the computer 1000 functions as the terminal device 100 according to the embodiment, the CPU 1100 of the computer 1000 implements the function of the control unit 140 by executing a program loaded on the RAM 1200.

  When the computer 1000 functions as the content distribution server 30 according to the embodiment, the CPU 1100 of the computer 1000 implements the function of the control unit 33 by executing a program loaded on the RAM 1200. The HDD 1400 stores data in the content storage unit 32.

[9. effect〕
As described above, the advertisement distribution server 20 according to the embodiment includes the distribution unit 28. The distribution unit 28 distributes the advertising content (an example of the second content) displayed on the advertising space 50 of the web page (an example of the first content) together with the control information to the terminal device 100. Further, the control information causes the terminal device 100 to execute a changing procedure for displaying the web page and arranging the advertisement content on the back of the web page. Further, the control information causes the terminal device 100 to execute a change procedure for changing the size of the area where the web page and the advertising content overlap when a selection operation for selecting a predetermined area of the web page is detected. For this reason, since the advertisement delivery server 20 displays the advertisement content corresponding to the selected region around the web page, the advertisement effect can be improved as a result of causing the user's interest in the advertisement.

  In addition, when the selection operation is detected, the control information causes the terminal device 100 to execute a change procedure for reducing the size of the area for displaying the web page. For this reason, since the advertisement delivery server 20 displays the advertisement content in a display mode in which the web page is embedded in the advertisement content, the advertisement effect can be further improved.

  Further, the control information causes the terminal device 100 to execute a changing procedure for returning the area for displaying the web page to the initial state when the selection operation for selecting the web page for which the area to be displayed is reduced is detected. For example, when a selection operation for selecting a web page with a reduced display area is detected, the terminal device 100 expands the area for displaying the web page to the entire display area of the output unit 130. For this reason, the advertisement delivery server 20 can improve the advertisement effect as a result of preventing the deterioration of the impression of the user's advertisement.

  Further, the control information causes the terminal device 100 to execute a changing procedure for reducing only the ratio of the area displaying the web page to the entire display area without changing the aspect ratio when displaying the web page. For this reason, the advertisement delivery server 20 can prevent the visibility of the web page from deteriorating when the area of the web page display area is changed, and therefore continues to display the back advertisement content to the user. Can be made.

  In addition, when changing the size of the area for displaying the web page, the control information is changed to change the size of characters arranged in the web page according to the ratio of the changed area to the entire display area. The procedure is executed by the terminal device 100. In addition, when changing the width of the area for displaying the web page, the control information is a change procedure for changing the arrangement of the information arranged in the web page according to the ratio of the changed area to the entire display area. Is executed by the terminal device 100. For this reason, the advertisement delivery server 20 can prevent the visibility of the web page from deteriorating when the area of the web page display area is changed, and therefore continues to display the back advertisement content to the user. Can be made.

  Further, the control information arranges the web page whose display area is changed in the center of the display area of the output unit 130. For this reason, since the advertisement delivery server 20 displays the advertisement content in a display mode in which the periphery of the web page is surrounded by the advertisement content, the advertisement effect can be further improved.

  In addition, when the scroll operation is detected while the web page is displayed on the entire screen, the control information is the size of the area for displaying the web page by scrolling the web page displayed on the screen. When the scroll operation is detected while the change is made, the terminal device 100 is caused to execute a display procedure for moving the web page displayed on the screen and the back advertisement content. For this reason, the advertisement distribution server 20 can display back advertisement content larger than the display area of the output unit 130.

  In addition, when a plurality of advertisement frames are arranged on the web page, the distribution unit 28 distributes the corresponding advertisement content for each advertisement frame. When the selection operation is detected, the control information changes the size of the area in which the web page is displayed, and displays the advertisement content displayed on the back of the web page in an advertisement corresponding to the selected area. The terminal device 100 is caused to execute a change procedure for changing to content. For this reason, the advertisement delivery server 20 can improve the advertising effect as a result of causing the user's interest in each advertisement.

  In addition, when the width of the area for displaying the web page has been changed, the control information has detected a selection operation for selecting an area corresponding to the back advertisement content that is different from the displayed back advertisement content. In this case, the terminal apparatus 100 is caused to execute a changing procedure for changing the displayed back advertisement content to the back advertisement content corresponding to the newly selected area. For this reason, the advertisement delivery server 20 can improve the advertising effect as a result of causing the user's interest in each advertisement.

  Moreover, control information changes the advertising content arrange | positioned on the back surface of a web page according to the area | region currently displayed on the display area among web pages. For this reason, even when a plurality of advertisement contents are distributed, the advertisement distribution server 20 can increase the advertising effect as a result of causing the user's interest in each advertisement content.

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

  Further, the above-described “part (section, module, unit)” can be read as “means” or “circuit”. For example, the distribution unit can be read as distribution means or a distribution circuit.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Advertisement delivery system 10 Advertiser terminal 20 Advertisement delivery server 21, 31, 110 Communication part 22 Storage part 23, 33, 140 Control part 24 Advertisement database 25 Submission reception part 26 Request reception part 27 Advertisement selection part 28 Distribution part 30 Content Distribution server 32 Content storage unit 34 Reception unit 35 Distribution unit 100 Terminal device 120 Input unit 130 Output unit 141 Request unit 142 Operation control unit 143 Display control unit 144 Display unit 145 Change unit

Claims (17)

A distribution unit that distributes the second content displayed together with the control information together with the first content to the terminal device,
The control information is
The second content is arranged on the back of the first content, the third content related to the second content is arranged in a predetermined area arranged in the first content, and the first content is displayed. Or a display procedure for displaying the first content and the second content;
When a selection operation for selecting a predetermined area in which the third content is arranged is detected, the display size of the first content and the third content is gradually reduced, so that the back of the first content is displayed. A change procedure for gradually increasing the size of the area for displaying the arranged second content;
The distribution apparatus is control information for causing the terminal apparatus to execute. The distribution apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the change procedure gradually reduces the display size of the first content to a predetermined display size when the selection operation is detected. In the change procedure, when a selection operation for selecting a predetermined area arranged in the first content is detected, the display size of the first content and the third content is gradually reduced to reduce the display size. The display size of the first content and the third content is gradually returned to an initial state when a selection operation for selecting the reduced first content or the third content is detected. 3. The distribution device according to 1 or 2. The changing step, when the selection operation is detected, the without changing the aspect ratio of the first content and the display size of the third content, gradually the display size of the first content and the third content The distribution device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein   The change procedure, when changing the display size of the first content, changes the size of characters arranged in the first content according to the display size after the change. The distribution device according to any one of 1 to 4.   2. The change procedure according to claim 1, wherein when changing the display size of the first content, the arrangement of the information arranged in the first content is changed according to the changed display size. The distribution device according to any one of? The distribution apparatus according to claim 1, wherein in the display procedure, the first content and the third content with a reduced display size are arranged in the center of the screen. The display procedure is displayed on the screen when a moving operation for moving the first content displayed by the display procedure is detected while the first content is displayed on the entire screen. When the first content and the third content are moved, and the display operation of the first content and the third content is reduced, and the movement operation is detected, the first content and the third content are displayed on the screen. The distribution apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first content , the second content, and the third content are moved. When a plurality of the predetermined regions are arranged in the first content, the distribution unit distributes the third content corresponding to each region, and displays the second content related to each third content. Deliver,
In the display procedure, a corresponding third content is arranged in a plurality of the predetermined areas arranged in the first content,
In the change procedure, when the selection operation is detected, the second content to be displayed on the back of the first content is displayed as the second content related to the third content arranged in the selected area. The distribution apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the distribution size is changed to reduce a display size of the first content . In the change procedure, when the display size of the first content is reduced, a selection operation for selecting an area in which the third content corresponding to the second content different from the displayed second content is selected is performed. 10. The distribution device according to claim 9, wherein when detected, the second content being displayed is changed to a second content related to the third content arranged in the newly selected area. . The distribution unit distributes a plurality of second contents and a plurality of third contents related to the second contents ,
The changing procedure is to change the second content to be displayed on the back of the first content in accordance with the third content arranged in an area displayed on the screen among the first content. The distribution device according to any one of claims 1 to 10. The display procedure arranges the second content behind the first content, displays the first content,
The distribution apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the changing procedure displays the second content by reducing a display size of the first content. On the computer,
Arranging the second content behind the first content, and arranging the third content related to the second content in a predetermined area arranged in the first content, or displaying the first content, or A display procedure for displaying the first content and the second content;
When a selection operation for selecting a predetermined area in which the third content is arranged is detected, the display size of the first content and the third content is gradually reduced, so that the back of the first content is displayed. A change procedure for gradually increasing the size of the area for displaying the arranged second content;
Display program to execute. Arranging the second content behind the first content, and arranging the third content related to the second content in a predetermined area arranged in the first content, or displaying the first content, or A display unit for displaying the first content and the second content;
When a selection operation for selecting a predetermined area in which the third content is arranged is detected, the display size of the first content and the third content is gradually reduced, so that the back of the first content is displayed. A changing unit that gradually expands the area of the arranged second content display area;
A terminal device comprising: An information display method executed by the information display device,
Arranging the second content behind the first content, and arranging the third content related to the second content in a predetermined area arranged in the first content, or displaying the first content, or Displaying the first content and the second content;
When a selection operation for selecting a predetermined area in which the third content is arranged is detected, the display size of the first content and the third content is gradually reduced, so that the back of the first content is displayed. A changing step of gradually increasing the width of the area for displaying the arranged second content;
An information display method comprising: A distribution method executed by a computer,
A distribution step of distributing the second content displayed in the display area included in the first content together with the control information to the terminal device;
The control information is
The second content is arranged on the back of the first content, the third content related to the second content is arranged in a predetermined area arranged in the first content, and the first content is displayed. Or a display procedure for displaying the first content and the second content;
When a selection operation for selecting a predetermined area in which the third content is arranged is detected, the display size of the first content and the third content is gradually reduced, so that the back of the first content is displayed. A change procedure for gradually increasing the size of the area for displaying the arranged second content;
Is a control information for causing the terminal device to execute. On the computer,
A program for executing a distribution procedure for distributing, to the terminal device, the second content displayed in the display area included in the first content together with the control information,
The control information is
The second content is arranged on the back of the first content, the third content related to the second content is arranged in a predetermined area arranged in the first content, and the first content is displayed. Or a display procedure for displaying the first content and the second content;
When a selection operation for selecting a predetermined area in which the third content is arranged is detected, the display size of the first content and the third content is gradually reduced, so that the back of the first content is displayed. A change procedure for gradually increasing the size of the area for displaying the arranged second content;
The distribution program is control information for causing the terminal device to execute.

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