JP6345058B2 - Content management system, server, content management method and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a content management system, a server, a content management method, and a program.

  In recent years, so-called “tangible objects on which content is recorded” such as books, CDs, and DVDs have been replaced by digital contents, and digital contents (digital books, music data, video data) are transferred to mobile terminals and the like. The number of users is increasing.

  In addition, there is an increasing need to digitize content recorded in a tangible object already owned, and a system for realizing the same has also been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2013-045187 A

  However, even if it is a book that has already been read, or a CD or DVD that has already been viewed, if the content recorded there is to be held separately as digital content, the user will again pay for the purchase and purchase the digital content. There is a big burden.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a system that can reduce the burden on the user when content is digitized.

A server according to an embodiment of the present invention has the following configuration. That is,
A server that manages the purchase history of digital content for each user and obtains information related to content recorded in a tangible object owned by the user,
Receiving means for receiving a determination request for determining whether digital content corresponding to the content recorded in the tangible object owned by the user is included in the sales target;
The determination request result of the determination as a function of, when it is determined to be included in the sale, the purchase history of the digital content of the user, indicating that the corresponding digital content is sold to the user And changing means for changing the purchase history by recording the information and enabling the corresponding digital content to be provided to the user as having been paid .

  According to each embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to provide a system that can reduce the burden on the user in digitizing content.

It is a figure which shows the whole structure of a content management system. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of each server which comprises a content management system. It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of each terminal which comprises a content management system. It is a figure which shows an example of sales history management information. It is a figure which shows an example of sales book information. It is a figure which shows an example of buyer information. It is a figure which shows an example of digital book list information. It is the figure which showed the site which a sales server has. It is a figure which shows the function structure of a sales server. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a digitization possibility determination process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a sales history management process. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a download process. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the display screen in a portable terminal. It is a figure which shows the function structure of an information terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the display screen of an information terminal. It is a figure which shows the flow of a process of the whole content management system. It is the figure which showed typically the flow of consideration in a content management system. It is a figure which shows the function structure of a sales server. It is a figure which shows an example of sales history management information. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of an information provision process.

  Hereinafter, details of each embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the description of the specification and drawings according to each embodiment, components having substantially the same functional configuration are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

[First Embodiment]
<1. Overall configuration of content management system>
First, the overall configuration of the content management system will be described. The content management system is a system capable of managing all of so-called “tangible objects on which content is recorded” such as books, CDs, and DVDs. However, in the first embodiment, for the sake of simplification of description, a case will be described in which information about a book is managed as a tangible object. A case will be described in which a digital book is managed as digital content corresponding to content recorded on a tangible object.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a content management system 100 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the content management system 100 includes a sales server 110, a book management server 120, a mobile terminal 130 such as a smartphone, and an information terminal 140 such as a notebook computer. In the content management system 100, each server (sales server 110, book management server 120) and each terminal (mobile terminal 130, information terminal 140) are communicably connected via the Internet 150.

  The sales server 110 is owned by a seller who sells digital books, and the book management server 120 is owned by a publisher that generates digital books. Further, it is assumed that the mobile terminal 130 is owned by the user 160 and the information terminal 140 is installed in a store of the purchaser 170 that purchases the book 180 owned by the user 160.

  The sales server 110 includes a sales management program 111, a sales history management database (hereinafter simply referred to as DB) 112, a sales book DB 113, and a purchaser information DB 114.

  The sales management program 111 performs processing for newly selling digital books to the user 160. Further, in exchange for the book 180 owned by the user 160, a process of selling a digital book corresponding to the book 180 (hereinafter referred to as “resale”) is performed.

  The sales history management DB 112 stores sales history management information in which a sales history when the sales management program 111 newly sells or resells a digital book is recorded. The sales book DB 113 stores sales books that are digital books that are sold by the sales server 110 and list information of the sales books. The purchaser information DB 114 stores attribute information of each store of the buyer 170. The purchaser 170 purchases a book 180 owned by the user 160 or performs a procedure for re-purchasing a digital book in exchange for the book 180.

  The book management server 120 has a book management program 121 and a book DB 122. The book management program 121 stores a digital book generated by a publisher in the book DB 122. The book DB 122 stores digital books generated by publishers and list information of digital books.

  The mobile terminal 130 purchases a desired digital book by accessing a sales site of the sales server 110. In addition, the reader application 131 is activated to access a providing site of the sales server 110, thereby downloading a purchased digital book and displaying it on the display screen of the mobile terminal 130. Accordingly, the user 160 can read the digital book on the display screen of the mobile terminal 130.

  The information terminal 140 activates the repurchase application 141 and accesses the management site of the sales server 110, thereby executing processing for repurchasing the digital book in exchange for the book owned by the user 160.

  In the following description, processes viewed from the sales server 110 side are referred to as “sales” and “resale”, and processes viewed from the mobile terminal 130 or the information terminal 140 side are referred to as “purchase” and “re-purchase”. I will do it. Therefore, for example, “sales history” when viewed from the sales server 110 side becomes “purchase history” when viewed from the mobile terminal 130 or the information terminal 140 side.

<2. Hardware configuration of each server>
Next, the hardware configuration of each server (sales server 110 and book management server 120) will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of each server.

  As shown in FIG. 2, each server includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 201, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 202, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 203, and a storage unit 204. Each server further includes an input unit 205 and a communication unit 206. Each part of each server is connected to each other via a bus 207.

  The CPU 201 is a computer that executes various programs (sales management program 111, book management program 121, etc.) stored in the storage unit 204.

  The ROM 202 is a nonvolatile memory. The ROM 202 stores various programs, data, and the like necessary for the CPU 201 to execute various programs stored in the storage unit 204. Specifically, a boot program such as BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) or EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) is stored.

  The RAM 203 is a main storage device such as a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) or an SRAM (Static Random Access Memory). The RAM 203 functions as a work area that is expanded when various programs stored in the storage unit 204 are executed by the CPU 201.

  The storage unit 204 stores various programs executed by the CPU 201 and various information used when the various programs are executed by the CPU 201. In the case of the sales server 110, various information stored in the storage unit 204 includes sales history management information, sales books, sales book list information, purchaser information, and the like. In the case of the book management server 120, digital books, list information of digital books, and the like are included.

  The input unit 205 is used when an administrator of each server inputs various instructions to each server. The communication unit 206 communicates with another server or each terminal (the mobile terminal 130 and the information terminal 140) via the Internet 150.

<3. Hardware configuration of each terminal>
Next, the hardware configuration of each terminal (mobile terminal 130, information terminal 140) will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of each terminal constituting the content management system 100.

  As illustrated in FIG. 3, each terminal includes a CPU 301, a ROM 302, a RAM 303, and a storage unit 304. Each terminal further includes an input unit 305, a display unit 306, and a communication unit 307. Each unit of each terminal is connected to each other via a bus 308.

  The CPU 301 is a computer that executes various programs stored in the storage unit 304 (for example, a reader application 131 and a repurchase application 141). The ROM 302 is a nonvolatile memory. The ROM 302 stores various programs and data necessary for the CPU 301 to execute various programs stored in the storage unit 304. Specifically, a boot program such as BIOS or EFI is stored.

  The RAM 303 is a main storage device such as DRAM or SRAM. The RAM 303 functions as a work area that is expanded when various programs stored in the storage unit 304 are executed by the CPU 301.

  The storage unit 304 stores various programs executed by the CPU 301 and various information used when the various programs are executed by the CPU 301.

  The input unit 305 is used when a user of each terminal inputs various instructions to each terminal. Further, the display unit 306 displays various display screens acquired by each terminal accessing the sales server 110 via the Internet 150, for example. The communication unit 307 communicates with the sales server 110 via the Internet 150.

<4. Explanation of information stored in each DB>
Next, among the information stored in the DB (sales history management DB 112, sales book DB 113, purchaser information DB114, book DB122) of each server, sales history management information, list information of sales books, purchaser information, digital books Details of the list information will be described.

(1) Sales History Management Information First, the sales history management information 400 stored in the sales history management DB 112 of the sales server 110 will be described. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of the sales history management information 400.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the sales history management information 400 is managed separately for each user ID, and each sales history management information (400_1 to 400_n in the example of FIG. 4) is associated with the user ID. . Each sales history management information includes information items such as “sales date”, “sales book (book ID)”, “sales store (store ID)”, “new sales / resale”, etc. included.

  In the “sales date”, the date when the digital book is newly sold or resold to the user is recorded. In “sales book (book ID)”, an identifier for specifying a digital book newly sold or resold to the user is recorded. In “sales store (store ID)”, an identifier for specifying a store where the digital book is newly sold or resold to the user is recorded. When a digital book is newly sold to the user, an identifier indicating the dealer is recorded in “sales store (store ID)”. Further, when the digital book is resold to the user, an identifier for specifying the store of the purchaser 170 that has performed the procedure for re-purchasing the digital book in exchange for the book owned by the user 160 is recorded.

  In the “new sales / resale”, information indicating a sales method for distinguishing whether the digital book is newly sold or resold to the user is recorded.

(2) List Information on Sales Books Next, the sales book list information 500, which is a list of digital books stored in the sales book DB 113 as sales books sold by the seller among the digital books owned by each publisher, will be described. To do. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of sales book list information 500.

  As shown in FIG. 5, sales book list information 500 is managed for each publisher, and each sales book list information (in the example of FIG. 5, sales book list information 500_1 to 500_m) It is associated with the name and publisher ID. In addition, the list information of each sale book includes items of attribute information such as “book ID”, “title”, “author”, “genre”, “publication date”, and the like as information items.

  The “book ID” stores an identifier for specifying a digital book. “Title” stores the title of the digital book. In the “author”, the author name of the digital book is stored. The “genre” stores information related to the field to which the digital book belongs. “Publishing date” stores the publication date of the digital book.

(3) Purchaser Information Next, the buyer information 600 stored in the buyer information DB 114 will be described. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of purchaser information 600.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the purchaser information 600 includes “buyer name”, “store name”, “store ID”, “location”, and “contact” as information items.

  Stored in the “buyer name” is the name of the buyer 170 who has negotiated with the seller on behalf of the procedure for repurchasing the digital book. In the “store name”, the name of each store of the purchaser 170 is stored. In “Store ID”, an identifier for specifying each store is stored. In “Location” and “Contact”, the address and telephone number of each store of the purchaser 170 are stored.

(4) Digital Book List Information Next, digital book list information 700 that is a list of digital books stored in the book DB 122 by each publisher will be described. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of the digital book list information 700.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the digital book list information 700 includes attribute information such as “number”, “book ID”, “title”, “author”, “genre”, and “publishing date” as information items. This item is included. The “number” stores a serial number of the digital book generated by the publisher.

  The “book ID” stores an identifier for specifying a digital book. “Title” stores the title of the digital book. In the “author”, the author name of the digital book is stored. The “genre” stores information related to the field to which the digital book belongs. “Publishing date” stores the publication date of the digital book.

<5. Functional configuration of sales server>
Next, functions realized in the sales server 110 when the sales management program 111 is executed by the CPU 201 will be described. The sales server 110 has a sales site, a providing site, and a management site as sites accessible from the outside via the Internet 150, and implements various functions via these sites. Therefore, in the following, the sites of the sales server 110 will be described first, and then the functions realized at each site will be described.

(1) Description of each site possessed by the sales server FIG. 8 is a diagram showing each site possessed by the sales server 110. The sales server 110 has a sales site as a site accessible from the mobile terminal 130 for newly selling digital books to the user 160. The user 160 performs a procedure for newly purchasing a digital book (registering a user ID, selecting a digital book to be newly purchased, paying a price, etc.) at a sales site accessed via the mobile terminal 130.

  Further, the sales server 110 has a providing site as a site accessible from the mobile terminal 130 so that the user 160 can download digital books newly sold or resold to the user 160. The user 160 downloads a purchased digital book by accessing the providing site after performing a new purchase procedure at the sales site, for example. Thereby, the user 160 can freely read a purchased digital book.

  Furthermore, the sales server 110 has a management site as a site that can be accessed from the information terminal 140 so that the purchaser 170 can perform a procedure for repurchasing a digital book in exchange for a book owned by the user 160. Information terminals that can access the management site are limited to information terminals registered in the purchaser information 600.

  The information terminal 140 transmits a determination request for determining whether or not the book owned by the user 160 can be digitized to the management site. As a result of the determination, if it is determined that the book owned by the user 160 can be digitized, the information terminal 140 transmits a digitization request for the book owned by the user 160 to the management site. Whether or not a book can be digitized is determined based on the presence or absence of a digital book corresponding to the book (whether or not it is included in a book for sale). The digitization request for a book refers to a repurchase request for a digital book corresponding to the book (a request for exchanging a book with a digital book corresponding to the book).

(2) Functional Configuration of Sales Server FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the sales server 110. As illustrated in FIG. 9, the sales server 110 includes a resale unit 910 and a download management unit 920. The resale unit 910 further includes a digitization availability determination unit 911 and a history management unit 912.

  The digitization availability determination unit 911 is a function executed on the management site, and determines whether there is a digital book corresponding to a book owned by the user.

  Specifically, the specific information (the title of the book, the author, the publisher, etc.) for specifying the book 180 owned by the user 160 is received via the information terminal 140 installed in the store of the purchaser 170. Also, a determination request for determining whether digitization is possible is received. Then, from the sales book list information 500, the sales book list information (for example, sales book list information 500_1) of the publisher specified by the received specific information is read from the sales book DB 113. Further, based on the title and author of the book specified by the received specific information, the read sales book list information 500_1 is searched. Thus, the presence / absence of a digital book corresponding to the book 180 owned by the user 160 (whether or not digitization is possible) is determined. Furthermore, the determination result is transmitted to the information terminal 140 that is the transmission source of the determination request. If only the book ID is included as the specific information, the list information 500_1 to 500_m of the sales books of all publishers included in the list information 500 of the sales books is searched based on the book ID. I do.

  The history management unit 912 is a function executed on the sales site and the management site, and manages the sales history management information 400. Specifically, when a digital book is newly sold to the user 160, the sales date, the book ID, the store ID, and information indicating the new sale are recorded in the sales history management information 400. Further, when the digital book is resold to the user 160, the sales date, book ID, store ID, and information indicating that it has been resold are recorded in the sales history management information 400.

  When the digitization request is received from the information terminal 140, the history management unit 912 determines that the digital book specified by the specific information included in the digitization request has been resold. The history management unit 912 receives only the digitization request including the store ID registered in the purchaser information 600 stored in the purchaser information DB 114. In addition, the history management unit 912 enables a digital book to be downloaded when it is determined that it has been resold. “Making a digital book available for download” means that the download management unit 920 is a transmission target, and means that the digital book can be provided to the user 160.

  The download management unit 920 is a function executed on the providing site, and transmits a digital book in response to a download request from the mobile terminal 130 of the user 160. Specifically, the sales history management information (for example, sales history management information 400_1) corresponding to the user ID (for example, X0001) input at the time of the download request is selected from the sales history management information 400 stored in the sales history management DB 112. ). Then, the read sales history management information 400_1 is provided to the mobile terminal 130.

  The sales history management information 400_1 provided to the mobile terminal 130 is displayed as a list of purchased digital books of the user 160 with the user ID = “X0001”. The user 160 of the mobile terminal 130 selects a desired digital book based on the purchased digital book list and makes a download request. Thereby, a download request including the user ID and the book ID of the digital book selected by the user 160 is transmitted from the mobile terminal 130 to the sales server 110.

  In response to this, the download management unit 920 transmits the digital book specified by the book ID to the mobile terminal 130 that is the transmission source of the download request.

<6. Explanation of various processes in the sales server>
Next, the flow of various processing (digitization availability determination processing, sales history management processing, download processing) executed by each unit (digitalization availability determination unit 911, history management unit 912, download management unit 920) of the sales server 110 is described. explain.

(1) Flow of Digitization Availability Determination Processing by Digitization Availability Determination Unit First, the flow of digitization availability determination processing by the digitization availability determination unit 911 will be described. Here, a case where the title information, the author, and the publisher of the book are included as the specific information included in the determination request will be described.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of the digitization feasibility judgment process by the digitization feasibility judgment unit 911. In step S <b> 1001, the digitization availability determination unit 911 determines whether a determination request for determining whether digitization is possible is received from the information terminal 140 at the management site. If it is determined that a determination request has not been received, the process waits until a determination request is received.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S1001 that the determination request has been received, the process proceeds to step S1002, and the publisher of the determination target book is specified based on the specific information included in the determination request. In step S <b> 1003, the digitization availability determination unit 911 reads out the list information on the sales books of the specified publisher (for example, the list information on sales books 500 </ b> _ <b> 1) from the sales book list information 500.

  In step S <b> 1004, the digitization availability determination unit 911 searches the list information 500 </ b> _ <b> 1 of the read sales book based on the specific information (book title, author) included in the determination request, thereby determining the determination target book. The presence or absence of a corresponding digital book is determined.

  In step S1005, when the digitization availability determination unit 911 determines that there is a digital book corresponding to the determination target book, the process proceeds to step S1006. In step S1006, the digitization availability determination unit 911 determines that the book whose determination is requested can be digitized.

  On the other hand, if the digitization availability determination unit 911 determines in step S1005 that there is no digital book corresponding to the determination target book, the process proceeds to step S1007. In step S1007, the digitization availability determination unit 911 determines that it is impossible to digitize the book to be determined.

  In step S1008, the digitization availability determination unit 911 transmits the determination result in step S1006 or step S1007 to the information terminal 140 that is the transmission source of the determination request.

(2) Flow of Sales History Management Processing by History Management Unit Next, the flow of sales history management processing by the history management unit 912 will be described. Here, the flow of the sales history management process at the time of resale executed at the management site will be described (the sales history management process at the time of new sales executed at the sales site is the same as the conventional one, so the explanation will be given. Omit).

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the flow of sales history management processing by the history management unit 912. In step S1101, the history management unit 912 determines whether a digitization request is received from the information terminal 140 at the management site. In the digitization request, the user ID of the user who requests repurchase, the specific information (book ID) for specifying the digital book to be repurchased, and the store ID of the purchaser 170 that installs the information terminal 140 of the transmission source And are included. If it is determined that a digitization request has not been received, the process waits until a digitization request is received.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S1101 that the digitization request has been received, the process proceeds to step S1102, and the user ID, specific information (book ID), and store ID included in the digitization request are extracted.

  In step S1103, after confirming that the store ID is registered in the purchaser information 600, the history management unit 912 reads the sales history management information corresponding to the extracted user ID from the sales history management DB 112.

  In step S1104, the history management unit 912 enables download of the digital book in the sales book DB 113 based on the specific information (book ID) included in the digitization request.

  In step S1105, the history management unit 912 records the date of the digitization request in the “sales date” of the sales history management information read in step S1103. Further, the book ID extracted in step S1102 is recorded in “sales book (book ID)” of the sales history management information. Further, the store ID extracted in step S1102 is recorded in “sales store (store ID)”. Furthermore, the fact that it is resale is recorded in “new sale / resale” of the sales history management information. Thereby, the sales history management information is updated.

(2) Flow of Download Processing by Download Management Unit FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the flow of download processing by the download management unit 920. In step S <b> 1201, the download management unit 920 determines whether a list display request for purchased digital books has been received from the user 160. When the user 160 accesses the providing site and inputs the user ID and makes a list display request for the purchased digital books, the download management unit 920 receives the list display request for the purchased digital books.

  In step S1202, the download management unit 920 extracts a user ID included in the purchased digital book list display request. In step S1203, the download management unit 920 reads the sales history management information corresponding to the extracted user ID from the sales history management DB 112. Further, the read sales history management information is transmitted to the mobile terminal 130 of the user as a list of purchased digital books of the user. Thereby, the purchased digital book list is displayed on the mobile terminal 130 of the user.

  In step S1204, the download management unit 920 determines whether a download request has been transmitted by designating any digital book from the portable terminal 130 of the user.

  If it is determined in step S1204 that the download request has been transmitted, the process advances to step S1205 to check the user ID included in the download request and then extract the book ID. In step S1206, the download management unit 920 transmits the digital book corresponding to the extracted book ID to the mobile terminal 130 that is the transmission source of the download request. Thereby, the user 160 can obtain a digital book corresponding to the book he owns.

<7. Mobile device display screen>
Next, the display screen of the mobile terminal 130 will be described. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the display screen of the mobile terminal 130 when the providing site of the sales server 110 is accessed. The user 160 inputs the user ID, accesses the providing site, and transmits a purchased digital book list display request to display the purchased digital book list of the user 160 on the display screen of the mobile terminal 130. be able to.

  FIG. 13A is a diagram illustrating a display example of a purchased digital book list displayed by accessing the providing site before re-purchasing a digital book corresponding to the book 180 owned by the user 160. As shown in FIG. 13A, the list display area 1320 displays an icon indicating a digital book recorded in the sales history management information 400_1 of the user ID = “X0001” before re-purchasing the digital book. .

  On the other hand, FIG.13 (b) is a figure which shows the example of a display of the purchased digital book list displayed by accessing a provision site after repurchasing the digital book corresponding to the book 180 which the user 160 owns. . As shown in FIG. 13B, by repurchasing a digital book, information relating to the repurchased digital book (book ID = “B0014”) is added to the sales history management information 400_1. As a result, the re-purchased digital book icon 1321 is newly displayed in the list display area 1320.

<8. Functional configuration of information terminal>
Next, functions realized in the information terminal 140 when the repurchase application 141 is executed by the CPU 301 will be described. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the information terminal 140. As illustrated in FIG. 14, the information terminal 140 includes a determination request unit 1411, a determination result display unit 1412, and a digitization request unit 1413. In the information terminal 140, the function of each unit is executed by accessing the management site of the sales server 110.

  The determination request unit 1411 transmits a determination request for determining whether or not the book 180 owned by the user 160 can be digitized to the sales server 110. Specifically, specific information (book title, author, publisher, etc.) for specifying the book 180 owned by the user 160 is input, and the input specific information is transmitted to the sales server 110 together with the determination request. In addition, when book ID is already attached | subjected to the said book, book ID may be transmitted as specific information.

  The determination result display unit 1412 displays the determination result on the information terminal 140 when the determination result is transmitted from the sales server 110 in response to the transmission of the determination request.

  When the determination result transmitted from the sales server 110 can be digitized, the digitization request unit 1413 receives an instruction for a digitization request that is a request for re-purchasing a digital book. When the digitization request unit 1413 receives a digitization request instruction, the digitization request unit 1413 transmits a digitization request including a user ID, a book ID, and a store ID to the sales server 110.

<9. Information terminal display screen>
Next, the display screen of the information terminal 140 will be described. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a display screen displayed on the information terminal 140 when the management site included in the sales server 110 is accessed. When the purchaser 170 receives the book 180 owned by the user 160, the purchaser 170 activates the repurchase application 141 and accesses the management site of the sales server 110. Thereby, the book information input screen 1501 is displayed.

  As shown in the book information input screen 1501, when making a determination request for determining whether or not the book 180 owned by the user 160 can be digitized, the purchaser 170 in the book information input screen 1501 has a book ID assigned to the book. Enter whether it is granted or not.

  When a book ID is given to a book owned by the user 160, the purchaser 170 selects “Yes” on the book information input screen 1501 and then presses the “Next” button. On the other hand, when the book ID is not given to the book owned by the user 160, the purchaser 170 selects “None” and presses the “Next” button.

  When “Yes” is selected by the purchaser 170 and the “Next” button is pressed, a book information input screen 1502 is displayed on the information terminal 140. On the book information input screen 1502, the purchaser 170 inputs the book ID given to the book received from the user 160 and presses the “Send” button. Thereby, a determination request including specific information (book ID) is transmitted to the sales server 110.

  On the other hand, when “None” is selected by the purchaser 170 and the “Next” button is pressed, a book information input screen 1503 is displayed on the information terminal 140. On the book information input screen 1503, the purchaser 170 inputs the title, author, and publisher of the book received from the user 160. In the book information input screen 1503, when inputting the title of a book, if the book is a book sold in series, the number of volumes of the book is also input. As a result, a determination request including specific information (book title, author, publisher) for specifying the book received from the user 160 is transmitted to the sales server 110.

  When the determination result including the specific information is transmitted to the sales server 110 and the determination result is transmitted from the sales server 110, the book information input screen 1504 is displayed on the information terminal 140.

  As shown in the book information input screen 1504, when it is determined in the sales server 110 that there is a digital book corresponding to the book owned by the user 160, it is displayed that digitization is possible. In addition, a message for inquiring the user 160 whether or not to perform digitization is displayed.

  When the user 160 replies to the inquiry not to digitize, the purchaser 170 presses a “do not” button. In this case, the display screen of the information terminal 140 returns to the book information input screen 1501.

  On the other hand, when the user 160 replies to digitization in response to the inquiry, the purchaser 170 presses the “Yes” button. In this case, the display screen of the information terminal 140 transitions to the book information input screen 1505.

  On the book information input screen 1505, the purchaser 170 inputs the user ID of the user 160. Thereafter, when the purchaser 170 presses the “Send” button, a digitization request including a user ID, a book ID (book ID of the searched digital book), and a store ID is transmitted to the sales server 110.

  When the transmission of the digitization request is completed, a book information input screen 1506 is displayed on the display screen of the information terminal 140. On the book information input screen 1506, a message indicating that the procedure for re-purchasing the digital book is completed is displayed. Also, the book ID of the digital book corresponding to the book 180 owned by the user 160 (book ID of the searched digital book) is displayed.

  When the purchaser 170 presses the “END” button on the book information input screen 1506, the book information input screen 1501 is displayed again.

<10. Flow of processing in content management system>
Next, the processing flow of the entire content management system 100 will be described. Here, a case where the title, author, and publisher of a book are transmitted as specific information included in the determination request will be described. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a processing flow of the entire content management system 100.

  In step S <b> 1601, the user 160 brings the book 180 owned by the user 160 to the purchaser 170. In step S <b> 1602, the purchaser 170 accesses the management site of the sales server 110, inputs specific information for specifying the book 180 brought into the information terminal 140, and instructs transmission of a determination request. In step S1603, the information terminal 140 transmits a determination request including specific information to the sales server 110.

  In step S1604, the sales server 110 that has received the determination request reads list information (for example, sales book list information 500_1) of the publisher specified by the determination request specifying information. Further, in step S1605, it is determined whether or not a digital book corresponding to the book specified by the specifying information of the determination request is included in the list information 500_1 of the sales book (digitization is possible or not).

  In step S1606, the sales server 110 transmits the determination result in step S1605 to the information terminal 140. The information terminal 140 that has received the determination result displays the received determination result in step S1607.

  If it is determined that there is no digital book, a digitization request cannot be transmitted, so that the user 160 can purchase the book brought in by the purchaser 170 in the conventional manner or take the book brought home. Will be selected. When the purchaser 170 wishes to purchase, the user 160 receives a price in exchange for the book brought in.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that there is a digital book, the user 160 selects whether to make a digitization request. When the digitization request is not made, the user 160 selects whether to bring the book brought in by the purchaser 170 in the conventional manner or to take the book brought home.

  On the other hand, when making a digitization request, in step S1608, the purchaser 170 inputs the user ID of the user 160 to the information terminal 140 and instructs transmission of the digitization request.

  In step S1609, the information terminal 140 transmits a digitization request to the sales server 110. The digitization request includes specification information (book ID) for specifying a book, a user ID, and a store ID indicating a store of the purchaser 170.

  In step S1610, the sales server 110 that has received the digitization request enables download of the digital book in the sales book DB 113 according to the specific information (book ID) of the digitization request. In step S1611, the sales server 110 updates the sales history management information. In step S <b> 1612, a notification that the procedure for repurchasing the digital book is completed is transmitted to the information terminal 140. In step S1613, the information terminal 140 displays that the procedure for re-purchasing the digital book has been completed. Thereby, the user 160 can recognize that the procedure for repurchasing the digital book has been completed.

  Recognizing that the procedure for re-purchasing a digital book has been completed, the user 160 inputs an activation instruction for the reader application 131 to the mobile terminal 130 in step S1614. When the reader application 131 is activated based on the activation instruction from the user 160, the portable terminal 130 transmits a list display request for the purchased digital books to the sales server 110 in step S1615. Note that the user ID of the user 160 is included in the list display request for the purchased digital books.

  The sales server 110 that has received the list display request for the purchased digital books of the user 160 reads the sales history management information corresponding to the user ID from the sales history management DB 112 in step S1616. Then, the read sales history management information is transmitted to the portable terminal 130 as a list of purchased digital books of the user 160.

  The mobile terminal 130 that has received the purchased digital book list displays the purchased digital book list on the display screen in step S1617. In step S <b> 1618, the user 160 browsing the purchased digital book list displayed on the display screen selects a digital book desired to be downloaded.

  When a digital book desired to be downloaded is selected, in step S1619, the mobile terminal 130 transmits a download request including the book ID and user ID of the selected digital book to the sales server 110. Receiving the download request, the sales server 110 transmits a digital book corresponding to the book ID to the mobile terminal 130 in step S1620.

  In step S1621, the mobile terminal 130 that has received the digital book displays the received digital book.

<11. Flow of consideration in content management system>
Next, the flow of consideration in the content management system 100 will be described. FIG. 17 is a diagram schematically showing a flow of consideration in the content management system 100.

  As shown in FIG. 17, the user 160 can bring the book 180 to the purchaser 170 (arrow 1761) and make a digitization request to obtain a digital book from the seller 1710 on the spot (arrow). 1769). That is, the user 160 can immediately obtain the right to download a digital book corresponding to the book 180 in exchange for the book 180 owned by the user 160.

  The purchaser 170 can obtain the book 180 without paying the user 160 when the book 180 brought in by the user 160 can be digitized and the user 160 desires the digitization. Can do.

  The purchaser 170 sells the acquired book 180 at the store as usual. As a result, when it can be sold to the third party 1750 (arrow 1762), payment of the value can be received from the third party 1750 (arrow 1762).

  That is, the purchaser 170 obtains the book 180 without paying the consideration to the user 160 and sells the book 180 to the third party 1750 so that the purchaser 170 receives the payment of the consideration from the third party 1750. it can. However, the purchaser 170 pays a usage fee for using the management site of the seller 1710 (arrow 1764). Registration in the purchaser information 600 is conditional on payment of a usage fee to the seller 1710, and the management site operates on the condition of registration in the buyer information 600 and accepts access from the information terminal 140. Because it is.

  However, the purchaser 170 pays to the seller 1710 is not limited to the usage fee of the management site. Instead of paying the usage fee (fixed) for the management site, the purchaser 170 may pay the seller 1710 as a revenue share a part of the price received from the third party 1750 by selling the book 180. . Alternatively, in the case where the seller 1710 has an auction site, the seller 1710 may be paid as a fee for listing the book 180 on the auction site.

  On the other hand, the dealer 1710 purchases the digital book from the publisher 1720 (arrows 1765 and 1766). When purchasing a digital book from the publisher 1720 in response to the digitization request from the purchaser 170, the seller 1710 pays the publisher 1720 a price (resale price) at the timing of the digitization request. It is assumed that the resale consideration is ruled in advance between the seller 1710 and the publisher 1720. For example, taking into account the number of years since the book that requested digitization was released and the number of resales of digital books that were resold, multiply the sales consideration for newly selling digital books by a predetermined factor. You may make it calculate resale consideration by combining. In this case, the longer the elapsed years, the smaller the predetermined coefficient is set. This is because it is considered that the value of a book that has been requested to be digitized has become low due to its dirtyness. Further, the larger the number of resales, the smaller the predetermined coefficient is set. This is because the supply of used books is likely to exceed demand.

  As another method, the resale consideration may be determined based on a fee set for each book, for example. Alternatively, it may be determined as a fixed consideration. In any case, it is assumed that the resale price is determined at a lower price than the normal digital book sales price, and the determined resale price is recorded in the sales history management information 400_1 at the time of resale.

  Further, the dealer 1710 enables the digital book requested to be digitized to be downloaded, and when receiving a download request including a predetermined user ID, transmits the digital book to the mobile terminal 130 that is the transmission source of the download request. (Arrow 1769).

  Note that the publisher 1720 can request the seller 1710 to output an advertisement related to the digital book to the mobile terminal 130 of the user 160 (arrow 1768) by paying a predetermined price (arrow 1767). In response, the sales server 110 of the seller 1710 outputs an advertisement relating to the digital book of the publisher 1720 to the mobile terminal 130 of the user 160 (arrow 1770).

<12. Summary>
As is clear from the above description, in the content management system 100 according to the present embodiment,
-When there was a digital book corresponding to the book which a user owns, it was set as the structure which gives the right to download a digital book with respect to the said user in exchange for a book.
-An information terminal is installed in a store of a purchaser, and the information terminal is configured to display a determination result about the presence or absence of a digital book corresponding to a book owned by the user. In addition, a digitalization request that is a request for re-purchasing a digital book corresponding to a book owned by the user can be transmitted.
The sales server is configured to determine the presence or absence of a digital book in response to a determination request from the information terminal. The digital book can be downloaded in response to a digitization request from the information terminal, and the digital book is transmitted in response to a download request from a predetermined user.

  As a result, when digitizing a book owned by the user, the user can obtain the digital book immediately without paying the purchase by simply bringing the book to a trader. In other words, it is possible to reduce the burden on the user when the content is digitized.

[Second Embodiment]
In the content management system 100 according to the first embodiment, the seller is configured to output the advertisement related to the digital book provided by the publisher to the user's mobile terminal in response to payment from the publisher. . However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the seller outputs the information suitable for each user by analyzing the sales history management information 400 for each user stored in the sales history management DB 112 of the sales server. You may make it do. Hereinafter, the content management system according to the second embodiment will be described focusing on differences from the first embodiment.

<1. Functional configuration of sales server>
First, the functional configuration of the sales server 1810 according to the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the sales server 1810 according to the second embodiment. In the functional configuration shown in FIG. 18, the same components as those in FIG. 8 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted here.

  The difference from FIG. 8 is that an information providing unit 1811 is newly added. The information providing unit 1811 analyzes the sales history management information 400 stored for each user in the sales history management DB 112, and provides information corresponding to the needs of each user to the user's mobile terminal.

  FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating an example of the sales history management information 400_101 of the user with the user ID = “X0101”. In the example of FIG. 19, the user with the user ID = “X0101” periodically purchases the digital books with the book ID = “B0001_15” to “B0001_17”. Note that the book ID = “B0001 — 15” indicates that the book ID = “B0001” is the 15th volume.

  Therefore, when the 18th volume digital book with the book ID = “B0001” is released, the expectation for the user with the user ID = “X0101” to purchase it is high. For this reason, it is presumed that it is useful for the user to notify the release date of the 18th volume digital book with the book ID = “B0001”.

  In the example of FIG. 19, after the 11th volume digital book with the book ID = “B0025” is purchased, the 1st volume to the 10th volume with the book ID = “B0025” are collectively purchased again. That is, it can be estimated that the user with the user ID = “X0101” has switched the purchase method of the book ID = “B0025” from the book to the digital book. In this case, it is highly likely that the user with the user ID = “X0101” has switched to the digital book from the middle of the book ID = “B0001”. That is, it can be said that the expected value of re-purchasing the digital books with the book ID = “B0001 — 1” to “B0001 — 14” is high. Therefore, it is presumed that it is beneficial for the user to recommend digitization of the book ID = “B0001 — 1” to “B0001 — 14”.

  Furthermore, in the example of FIG. 19, a digital book with a book ID = “B0008” is purchased. Digital books with book ID = “B0008” are not sold in series. In such a case, there is a high expectation for purchasing a digital book of another author of the same genre as the digital book of book ID = “B0008” or another digital book of the same author. Therefore, it is presumed that introducing such a digital book is beneficial to the user.

  As described above, the information providing unit 1811 analyzes the attribute information of the purchased digital books recorded in the sales history management information 400 for each user, and the relationship between the purchased digital books (same author, same genre). Find the same series, subscribed, etc.). And if the relevance satisfies a certain condition (having 10 or more digital books of the same author, 10 or more digital books of the same series, purchasing a certain kind of digital books for more than half a year The digital book with the high relevance is specified. Furthermore, based on the identified digital book, the digital book with the highest expectation value that the user will purchase next and having the latest publication date is searched from the digital books to be sold, and information is provided to the user. provide. As a result, the information providing unit 1811 can determine useful information for the user, and the seller can provide effective recommendations.

  In addition, the seller has conventionally had only information about the digital books sold in-house as the sales history management information 400. According to the content management system 100, the sellers have related to books that have been sold in the past by other companies. Information can be acquired. It is also possible to grasp the flow of used books. As a result, since the purchase trend of each user can be determined more accurately, the seller can provide more useful recommendations.

<2. Information provision processing>
FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing a flow of information providing processing by the information providing unit 1811. In step S2001, the information providing unit 1811 reads the sales history management information 400 stored in the sales history management DB 112 for each user ID when a predetermined period has elapsed.

  In step S2002, the information providing unit 1811 analyzes the read sales history management information 400 for each user ID, and each user is likely to purchase the next digital book or next likely to purchase again. Analyze the book.

  In step S2003, the information providing unit 1811 selects, for each user, information related to a digital book that is likely to be purchased or repurchased next as a result of the analysis. In step S2004, the information providing unit 1811 transmits the selected information to the corresponding mobile terminal of the user.

<3. Summary>
As is clear from the above description, in the sales server according to the present embodiment,
The sales history management information stored for each user in the sales history management DB is analyzed, and a digital book that is likely to be purchased or repurchased next by each user is estimated.
-It was set as the structure which selects the information regarding the estimated digital book and transmits to the corresponding user.

  As a result, the seller can provide an effective recommendation.

[Third Embodiment]
In the second embodiment, the case where the sales history management information 400 is analyzed in order to provide an effective recommendation has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, in order to grasp the needs for digitization, information input at the information terminal 140 installed in the store of the purchaser 170 may be analyzed.

  For example, among the books brought in by the user, the history of the books purchased by the purchaser 170 because there is no corresponding digital book may be analyzed. Moreover, you may make it analyze the total number of the book (both the book which the purchaser 170 purchased and the book which the user brought home as it is) for which there was no corresponding digital book. Thereby, for example, it is possible to guess a book with high digitization needs.

[Fourth Embodiment]
In the first to third embodiments, the reader application 131 for making a download request is separately arranged in the mobile terminal 130. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the function of the reader application 131 may be included in a part of an application for newly purchasing a digital book.

  In the first to third embodiments, the specific information is directly input to the information terminal 140 installed in the store of the purchaser 170 when making the determination request. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a bar code reader for reading a bar code attached to a book may be installed, and specific information read by the bar code reader may be input to the information terminal 140.

  In the first to third embodiments, the user ID is directly input to the information terminal 140 installed in the store of the purchaser 170 when making the digitization request. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Not. For example, an RFID reader for reading the user ID from an RFID built-in card in which the user ID is recorded may be installed, and the user ID read by the RFID reader may be input to the information terminal 140.

  In the first to third embodiments, the user ID necessary for accessing the sales site and the providing site of the sales server 110 has been described on the assumption that the user 160 has been registered. The invention is not limited to this. For example, assuming that a user who has not registered a user ID may bring a book, the user ID may be registered in the information terminal 140 installed in the store of the purchaser 170.

  In the said 1st thru | or 3rd embodiment, although the book was demonstrated to the example as a tangible thing which a user owns, this invention is not limited to this. For example, the tangible object owned by the user may be a CD (Compact Disk), a DVD (Digital Video Disk), or the like. In this case, the user can download music data and video data as digital content corresponding to the content recorded in the tangible object he owns.

  It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the configuration shown here, such as a combination with other elements in the configuration described in the above embodiment. These points can be changed without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and can be appropriately determined according to the application form.

100: Content management system 110: Sales server 111: Sales management program 112: Sales history management DB
113: Sales book DB
114: Purchaser information DB
120: Book management server 121: Book management program 122: Book DB
130: Mobile terminal 131: Reader application 140: Information terminal 141: Re-purchase application 400: Sales history management information 500: Sales book list information 600: Purchaser information 700: Digital book list information 910: Resale unit 911: Digitization availability determination unit 912: history management unit 920: download management unit 1411: determination request unit 1412: determination result display unit 1413: digitization request unit 1810: sales server 1811: information providing unit

Claims (11)

A server that manages the purchase history of digital content for each user and obtains information related to content recorded in a tangible object owned by the user,
Receiving means for receiving a determination request for determining whether digital content corresponding to the content recorded in the tangible object owned by the user is included in the sales target;
The determination request result of the determination as a function of, when it is determined to be included in the sale, the purchase history of the digital content of the user, indicating that the corresponding digital content is sold to the user And a change unit that changes the purchase history by recording information, and makes it possible to provide the corresponding digital content to the user as having been paid for . In the case where it is determined that the changing unit is included in the sales target and the exchange request between the content recorded in the tangible object owned by the user and the corresponding digital content is received, the response the server of claim 1, the digital content is determined to be sold to the user, and changing the purchase history of the digital content of the user.   Whether it is included in the sales target by searching from the digital content of the sales target based on the information for specifying the content recorded in the tangible object owned by the user included in the determination request The server according to claim 2, further comprising determination means for determining whether or not. For the corresponding digital content to be provided to the user, any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that further have a providing means for providing to the user in response to the download request from the user 1 Server as described in the section.   By acquiring a purchase history of digital content for each user and identifying digital content in which the relationship between each digital content satisfies a predetermined condition among the purchased digital content recorded in the purchase history, It is characterized in that each user estimates a digital content having a high expectation value to be purchased next, and information on the newest digital content included in the sales target among the estimated digital contents is provided to each user. The server according to claim 1.   When the exchange request is received, the seller who manages the server for the corresponding digital content corresponds to the consideration calculated by multiplying the sales consideration when the digital content is newly sold by a predetermined coefficient. 3. The server according to claim 2, wherein the server is determined as a consideration to be paid to a publisher of digital contents. The server according to claim 6 , wherein the predetermined coefficient is set based on a number of years since a tangible object owned by the user has been released or a number of sales of the corresponding digital content. The server according to claim 1, wherein the receiving unit receives the determination request from a terminal of a purchaser who has purchased a tangible object owned by the user. In addition to managing the purchase history of digital content for each user, the computer of the server that acquires information about the content recorded in the tangible material owned by the user,
A receiving step of receiving a determination request for determining whether digital content corresponding to the content recorded in the tangible object owned by the user is included in the sales target;
The determination request result of the determination as a function of, when it is determined to be included in the sale, the purchase history of the digital content of the user, indicating that the corresponding digital content is sold to the user A program for executing a change step of recording the information to change the purchase history so that the corresponding digital content can be provided to the user as having been paid for. A server that manages the purchase history of digital content for each user and obtains information about the content recorded in the tangible object owned by the user;
A terminal accessing the server;
A content management system comprising:
The terminal
Transmission means for transmitting a determination request for determining whether or not digital content corresponding to content recorded in a tangible object owned by the user is included in the sales target;
The server
Receiving means for receiving the determination request;
The determination request result of the determination as a function of, when it is determined to be included in the sale, the purchase history of the digital content of the user, indicating that the corresponding digital content is sold to the user A content management system comprising: changing means for changing the purchase history by recording information, and enabling the corresponding digital content to be provided to the user as having been paid for . A server that manages the purchase history of digital content for each user and obtains information about the content recorded in the tangible object owned by the user;
A terminal accessing the server;
A content management method in a content management system comprising:
The terminal
A transmission step of transmitting a determination request for determining whether or not digital content corresponding to the content recorded in the tangible object owned by the user is included in the sales target;
The server
A receiving step for receiving the determination request;
The determination request result of the determination as a function of, when it is determined to be included in the sale, the purchase history of the digital content of the user, indicating that the corresponding digital content is sold to the user Changing the purchase history by recording the information, and performing a changing step that enables the corresponding digital content to be provided to the user as having been paid for the content. Method.

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