JP6368001B2 - Terminal device, electronic magazine creation device, electronic magazine creation system, electronic magazine creation method, and computer program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a terminal device, an electronic magazine creation device, an electronic magazine creation system, an electronic magazine creation method, and a computer program.

  Conventionally, for example, Patent Literature 1 is known as a technique for distributing digital content in which a plurality of content such as news is published in the form of newspapers or magazines to a user terminal. In the prior art of Patent Document 1, when the content distribution terminal reaches the distribution date and time specified by the user, the content registration database is searched based on the keyword specified by the user, and the result is obtained as a result of this search. Create digital content using content for posting. Then, the content distribution terminal distributes the created digital content to the terminal of the user.

JP 2002-140364 A

  However, the conventional techniques described above have the following problems.

  For example, let us consider a case in which digital content is distributed daily from a content distribution terminal to a user terminal. One day (for convenience of explanation, it will be May 1st), digital content created using the content for posting searched based on the keyword X specified by the user (digital content May 1 issue) Is distributed from the content distribution terminal to the user terminal. Next, on the next day (May 2), similarly, the digital content May 2 issue created using the content for posting searched based on the keyword X is transferred from the content distribution terminal to the user terminal. Delivered to. At this time, the digital content May 1 issue becomes a so-called back number. Here, if the content distribution terminal stores the distribution data of the digital content May 1 issue as a back number, in response to a request from the user, the distribution data is transmitted to the user terminal, so that the back The digital content May 1 issue as a number can be distributed to the user terminal. However, by storing the distribution data distributed to the user terminal as a back number, the content for publication used in each issue cannot be reused for the latest digital content. For this reason, it is required to manage the storage of the content itself.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and can easily store and manage content retrieved at different times, such as a terminal device, an electronic magazine creation device, an electronic magazine creation system, an electronic It is an object to provide a magazine creation method and a computer program.

(1) According to one aspect of the present invention, a search execution unit that searches for content via a communication network with a predetermined search condition at a predetermined time, and acquires content via the communication network based on the search result A content acquisition unit for storing the acquired content as the next issue magazine content, a magazine creation unit for generating the latest magazine data displayed on the screen using the stored next issue magazine content, A content data storage unit that stores content data used for magazine data of the issued electronic magazine, and the magazine creation unit has a case where the number of the next issue magazine content stored is less than a predetermined number to, the data of the content that was used in the magazine data of issued electronic magazine in the past Serial acquired from the content data storage unit used to create the magazine data of the electronic magazine of the latest issue, an electronic magazine creation device.

(2) According to one aspect of the present invention, a search execution unit that searches for content via a communication network with a predetermined search condition at a predetermined time, and acquires content via the communication network based on the search result A content acquisition unit for storing the acquired content as a next issue magazine content, a magazine generation unit for generating the latest magazine data displayed on the screen using the stored next issue magazine content, and the magazine Included in the magazine data based on data input from the operation unit, a display unit that displays data on a display screen, an operation unit that inputs data according to a browsing operation on the magazine data displayed on the screen Control unit that controls the screen display of content to be displayed and magazine data of electronic magazines that have been issued in the past Comprising a content data storage unit for storing the data of use content, and the magazine creation unit, when the number of next publication magazine content the stored is less than a predetermined number, an electronic magazine issued in the past to the content data that was used in the magazine data acquired from the content data storage unit used to create the magazine data of the electronic magazine of the latest issue, a terminal device.

(3) One aspect of the present invention is an electronic magazine creation system in which the electronic magazine creation device according to (1) above and a content provider device are connected via a communication network, and the content provider device includes: The electronic magazine creation system provides the content via the communication network based on the search result by the electronic magazine creation device.

(4) According to one aspect of the present invention, the electronic magazine creation device searches for content via a communication network at a predetermined time and with a predetermined search condition, and the electronic magazine creation device is based on the search result. The content is acquired via the communication network, the acquired content is stored as the next issue magazine content, and the electronic magazine creation device uses the stored next issue magazine content to display the latest issue displayed on the screen . Magazine data is created, and the electronic magazine creation device stores content data used for magazine data of the previously issued electronic magazine in a content data storage unit, and the electronic magazine creation device stores the saved data when the number of the next issue magazine content is less than the predetermined number, e-Ma that has been issued in the past Used to create the magazine data of the electronic magazine of the latest issue of the data of the magazine content that is used for data Gin is obtained from the content data storage unit, an electronic magazine creation method.

(5) According to one aspect of the present invention, a computer executes a search execution function for searching for content via a communication network at a predetermined time using a predetermined search condition, and a communication network based on the search result. A content acquisition function for acquiring content and storing the acquired content as a next issue magazine content, and a magazine creation function for creating the latest magazine data displayed on the screen using the stored next issue magazine content A content data storage function for storing content data used in magazine data of electronic magazines issued in the past in a content data storage unit, wherein the magazine creation function stores the stored next-issued magazine content If the number of is less than a predetermined number, e-Ma issued in the past Used to create the magazine data of the electronic magazine of the latest issue of the data of the magazine content that is used for data Gin is obtained from the content data storage unit, a computer program.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily save and manage content retrieved at different times.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an electronic magazine creation device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the hardware which implement | achieves the electronic magazine production apparatus 1 shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the electronic magazine production system which uses the electronic magazine production apparatus 1 shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the whole procedure of the electronic magazine production method which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a sequence chart which shows the specific example of the electronic magazine production method which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the content data storage part 6 which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the content preservation | save management method concerning one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the read management data based on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the already-read determination method of the content which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, an electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 includes an input unit 2, a search timing condition data storage unit 3, a search execution unit 4, a content acquisition unit 5, a content data storage unit 6, a magazine creation unit 7, and a magazine data storage unit 8. A read management unit 9, a read management data storage unit 10, and an output unit 11 are provided.

  The input unit 2 inputs data used in the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1. The search timing condition data storage unit 3 stores data indicating search timing and search conditions. The search execution unit 4 searches for content via a communication network with a predetermined search condition at a predetermined time. The predetermined timing and the predetermined search condition are based on data stored in the search timing condition data storage unit 3. The content acquisition unit 5 acquires content via the communication network based on the search result by the search execution unit 4. The content data storage unit 6 stores content data acquired by the content acquisition unit 5. The magazine creation unit 7 creates the magazine data displayed on the screen using the content acquired by the content acquisition unit 5. The magazine data storage unit 8 stores the magazine data created by the magazine creation unit 7. The read management unit 9 manages the read of content related to magazine data. The already-read management data storage unit 10 stores data related to the management of content that has been read regarding magazine data. The output unit 11 outputs data such as magazine data.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of hardware that implements the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 illustrated in FIG. 1. In FIG. 2, the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 includes a CPU unit 21, a storage unit 22, a communication unit 23, an operation unit 24, and a display unit 25. These units are configured to exchange data.

  The CPU unit 21 controls the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1. This control function is realized by the CPU unit 21 executing a computer program. The storage unit 22 stores a computer program executed by the CPU unit 21 and various data. The storage unit 22 stores an electronic magazine creation program 31. The functions of each unit of the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 are realized by the CPU unit 21 shown in FIG. 2 executing an electronic magazine creating program 31 stored in the storage unit 22. Each storage unit of the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 is provided in the storage unit 22 shown in FIG.

  The communication unit 23 communicates with other devices via a communication network. The operation unit 24 includes input devices such as a keyboard, a numeric keypad, and a mouse, and performs data input according to a user operation. The display unit 25 includes a display device such as a liquid crystal display device and displays data. Further, a touch panel capable of both data input and data display may be provided.

  The electronic magazine creation device 1 may be configured using a general-purpose computer device, or may be configured as a dedicated hardware device. Further, as the electronic magazine creation device 1, a mobile communication terminal device such as a smartphone, a tablet computer device, a stationary personal computer device, or the like may be used.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an electronic magazine creation system using the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment. The electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 communicates with content providers such as a content search / distribution system 40, a news distribution server 41, an electronic commerce server 42, an SNS (Social Networking Service) server 43, and a video sharing server 44 via a communication network 50. To do. The electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 searches the content provider for content under a predetermined search condition, and acquires content from the content provider based on the search result.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an overall procedure of the electronic magazine creation method according to the present embodiment. With reference to FIG. 4, an outline of the entire operation related to electronic magazine creation performed by the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 of the present embodiment will be described.

(Step S1) First, search timing and search conditions are set. Search timings and search conditions include those designated by the user and preset as defaults. As for the data indicating the search timing and search conditions designated by the user, the data input from the input unit 2 is stored in the search timing condition data storage unit 3. Data indicating the default search timing and search conditions is stored in advance in the search timing condition data storage unit 3.

(Step S <b> 2) The search execution unit 4 searches for content via a communication network with a predetermined search condition at a predetermined time. The predetermined time and the predetermined search condition are based on data stored in the search time condition data storage unit 3.

(Step S3) The content acquisition unit 5 acquires the content via the communication network based on the search result by the search execution unit 4. The acquired content data is stored in the content data storage unit 6.

(Step S4) The magazine creation unit 7 creates the magazine data displayed on the screen using the content acquired by the content acquisition unit 5. The created magazine data is stored in the magazine data storage unit 8.

(Step S5) The read management unit 9 manages the read of content related to magazine data. Data regarding this read management is stored in the read management data storage unit 10.

  FIG. 5 is a sequence chart showing a specific example of the electronic magazine creation method according to the present embodiment. The example of FIG. 5 corresponds to the electronic magazine creation system of FIG. With reference to FIG. 5, the specific example of the operation | movement which concerns on the electronic magazine preparation which the electronic magazine preparation apparatus 1 of this embodiment performs is demonstrated.

(Step S11) First, the user inputs a keyword. The keyword is input by operating the operation unit 24 (see FIG. 2), for example. The input unit 2 stores the input keyword in the search timing condition data storage unit 3. In the example of FIG. 5, three keywords X, Y, and Z are input and stored in the search timing condition data storage unit 3.

(Step S12) The search execution unit 4 searches for content using keywords X, Y, and Z at a predetermined time. As the predetermined time, for example, content is searched every day at 5 am. This content search is performed for each of the keywords X, Y, and Z. Specifically, the search execution unit 4 transmits the keyword X, the content search distribution system 40, the news distribution server 41, the electronic commerce server 42, the SNS server 43, and the video sharing server 44 via the communication network 50. Y and Z are transmitted, and a search is requested for each of the keywords X, Y, and Z. As a response to the search request, the search execution unit 4 receives, for each of the keywords X, Y, and Z, from the content search distribution system 40, the news distribution server 41, the electronic commerce server 42, the SNS server 43, and the video sharing server 44. , Receive search results.

  The news distribution server 41, the electronic commerce server 42, the SNS server 43, and the video sharing server 44 connected to the Internet 52 receive information indicating their own contents corresponding to the keywords X, Y, and Z as keywords , Z as a search result. In the content search / distribution system 40, the search server 61 searches the content stored in the content database 62 included in the content search / distribution system 40 for each of the keywords X, Y, and Z, and the content that is the result of the search. Is returned as a search result of each keyword X, Y, Z.

(Step S13) The content acquisition unit 5 downloads (receives), for example, a predetermined number of contents from the contents indicated by the search results received in Step S12. The content acquisition unit 5 causes the content data storage unit 6 to store content data acquired by the download. The content data includes the content heading data and the detailed data of the content. The moving image sharing server 44 downloads moving image header data and a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) indicating the location of the moving image data, and does not download detailed moving image data.

(Step S14) The magazine creation unit 7 creates magazine data to be displayed on the screen using the content acquired in step S13. This magazine data is created for each of the keywords X, Y, and Z. The magazine creation unit 7 creates magazine data for the keyword X by using the content acquired based on the search result by the keyword X. Further, the magazine creation unit 7 creates magazine data for the keyword Y by using the content acquired based on the search result by the keyword Y. Further, the magazine creation unit 7 creates magazine data for the keyword Z using the content acquired based on the search result by the keyword Z.

  The magazine creation unit 7 stores the created magazine data in the magazine data storage unit 8. The output unit 11 outputs the created magazine data. The output magazine data is displayed on the display screen of the display unit 25 (see FIG. 2), for example. In displaying the magazine data, for example, the cover of the magazine is first displayed. The magazine data may be displayed on the display unit 25 of the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 or by outputting the magazine data to an external display device of the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1. It may be displayed.

(Step S15) When the user performs a browsing operation on the magazine data displayed on the screen, the headings and details of the contents included in the magazine data are displayed on the screen. The browsing operation for the magazine data is performed on, for example, a touch panel on which the magazine data is displayed. Information about the headings and details of the content displayed on the screen by the user's operation is input by the input unit 2. The already-read management unit 9 manages the already-read contents based on the input information.

(Steps S16, S17, S18) When the user reproduces the moving image indicated by the content acquired from the moving image sharing server 44, the user operates the reproduction button of the moving image displayed on the screen (step S16). Information on this operation is input by the input unit 2. In response to the input operation information, the content acquisition unit 5 accesses the URL of the corresponding moving image and requests streaming reproduction of the moving image (step S17). Thereby, streaming reproduction of a moving image is performed (step S18).

[Content Storage Management]
Next, a content storage management method according to the present embodiment will be described. Here, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that an electronic magazine is published daily. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the content data storage unit 6 according to the present embodiment. In the example of FIG. 6, the content data storage unit 6 stores content data of 7 days of issue numbers (for convenience, from May 1 issue to May 7 issue). In FIG. 6, the content data storage unit 6 stores content data for each issue number.

  In step S2 of FIG. 4 described above, the search execution unit 4 performs a communication network with a predetermined search condition at a predetermined time (for convenience of explanation, it is set to 5 am every day, here 5 am on May 7). Search for content via. Next, in step S3 of FIG. 4, the content acquisition unit 5 acquires content via the communication network based on the search result at 5 am on May 7 by the search execution unit 4. At this time, the content acquisition unit 5 stores the acquired content in the content data storage unit 6 as the next issue magazine content. Here, the next issue magazine is the May 7 issue. Therefore, the content acquired based on the search result at 5:00 am on May 7 in the above step S2 is the content of the May 7 issue which is the next issue magazine, as shown in FIG. It is stored in the content data storage unit 6.

  Next, in step S4 of FIG. 4, the magazine creation unit 7 creates the magazine data_May 7 issue displayed on the screen using the content of the May 7 issue stored in the content data storage unit 6. . The created magazine data_May 7 issue is stored in the magazine data storage unit 8. Further, the magazine data_May 7 issue is output by the output unit 11 and displayed as, for example, the May 7 issue of the electronic magazine on the display screen of the display unit 25 (see FIG. 2).

  According to the present embodiment, content retrieved at different times can be stored and managed for each issue of an electronic magazine. This makes it easy to manage content for each issue of the electronic magazine. For this reason, for example, the content used in each issue can be easily reused in the latest electronic magazine.

  For example, when creating the magazine data of the latest issue (for the sake of convenience, the May 8 issue), the number of contents retrieved as a result of 5 am on May 8 is small (less than the predetermined number). And At this time, consider reusing the content posted in the back number. According to this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, content is stored and managed for each issue of an electronic magazine. Thereby, it can be easily determined which content is published in which issue. For this reason, for example, for the latest issue (May 8 issue), the content published in the previous issue (May 7 issue) and the issue of the Children's Day (May 5 issue) was re-released. When it is desired to use the content, the content published in the May 7 issue and the content published in the May 5 issue can be easily acquired from the content data storage unit 6 of FIG.

  Note that the content acquisition unit 5 may not store the content of the search result in the content data storage unit 6 when the content of the search result by the search execution unit 4 matches the already acquired content and the title tag. . FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a content storage management method according to the present embodiment. An example of the content storage management method according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

(Step S201) The content acquisition unit 5 acquires content (for convenience of explanation, news A) via the communication network based on the search result of the search execution unit 4 at 5 am on May 7, for example. To do.

(Step S <b> 202) The content acquisition unit 5 obtains the title tag for the May 7 issue content that has already been acquired based on the search result at 5 am on May 7 and is stored in the content data storage unit 6. And whether the title tag of the news A matches.

(Step S203) As a result, if they match, the process proceeds to step S204, and if they do not match, the process proceeds to step S205.

(Step S204) The content acquisition unit 5 discards the news A and does not store the news A in the content data storage unit 6.

(Step S205) The content acquisition unit 5 stores the news A in the content data storage unit 6 as content of the May 7 issue.

  According to the content storage management method according to FIG. 7 described above, it is possible to prevent the same content from being stored in the content data storage unit 6 in duplicate.

  In addition, when the content as a result of the search by the search execution unit 4 is a moving image, the content acquisition unit 5 acquires a still image for the moving image and does not acquire the moving image reproduction data of the content as a result of the search. Good. Specifically, the content acquisition unit 5, based on the search result of the search execution unit 4, for example, at 5 am on May 7th, the video as a result of the search from the video sharing server 44 via the communication network. A still image (referred to as still image A for convenience of description) is acquired (for convenience of description, referred to as movie A). At this time, the content acquisition unit 5 does not acquire the moving image reproduction data for the moving image A. The moving image reproduction data for the moving image A is streamed when the user actually instructs the reproduction of the moving image A, as described in steps S16, S17, and S18 of FIG. The still image A is prepared in advance in the moving image sharing server 44, and is, for example, an image of a typical scene included in the moving image A. The still image A is displayed on the screen as one of the headings of the moving image A.

[Content search and acquisition timing]
The content search timing is based on the data stored in the search timing condition data storage unit 3. The search timing may be determined by a random number as a time within a predetermined period based on data stored in the search timing condition data storage unit 3. For example, it is assumed that the predetermined period based on the data stored in the search timing condition data storage unit 3 is from 3 am to 5 am. At this time, the search execution unit 4 determines a search time for executing the search between 3 am and 5 am based on the random number. Thereby, in each of the electronic magazine creation apparatuses 1, the time when the search is actually performed can be distributed between 3 am and 5 am. As a result, it is possible to prevent the concentration of communication to each content provider and the concentration of traffic load on the communication network, and shorten the communication time.

  Note that the content acquisition time by the content acquisition unit 5 may be determined by a random number as the time within a predetermined period, as in the search time. Examples of the predetermined period include a certain period from the search timing.

[Stop content acquisition]
If there is no browsing of the electronic magazine for a predetermined period of time after the creation of certain magazine data, the acquisition of content about the electronic magazine may be stopped. Specifically, for example, when the magazine data for the keyword X is created and the electronic magazine for the keyword X is not browsed continuously for one week, the content acquisition unit 5 acquires the content for the keyword X. To stop.

  Note that, when there is no electronic magazine browsing operation itself due to, for example, no activation of the electronic magazine application, content acquisition for all electronic magazines may be stopped. In addition, when content acquisition is stopped, content search execution is also preferably stopped.

  As described above, by stopping the content acquisition and search execution, when the user does not browse the electronic magazine, the content acquisition and search execution is stopped to reduce the communication amount and the processing load. Can do.

[Change content search conditions]
The search execution unit 4 may change the search range, which is a content search condition, from a narrow range to a wide range according to the number of results of content search. For example, it is assumed that a target value for the number of search results (target number of search results) is set as a content search condition. Assume that the first search range is only a particularly excellent news distribution server (for convenience of explanation, it is referred to as news distribution server A). At this time, if the number of search results in the news distribution server A does not reach the target number of search results, the search range is set to another excellent news distribution server other than the news distribution server A (for convenience of explanation, the news (The distribution server B) and the second search is performed. If the number of search results does not reach the target number of search results even in this second search, the search range is further expanded to other general news distribution servers other than news distribution servers A and B. Perform a second search. In this manner, by changing the search range from a specific narrow range to a wide range, it is possible to secure a certain amount of content while maintaining the quality of the content.

  In addition, when acquiring a content from a SNS server, specifying a user identifier (user ID) as a search range is mentioned. For example, in the first search, a search is performed only for a specific excellent user ID, and when the number of search results does not reach the search result target number, the user IDs to be searched are stepwise. It is possible to increase.

  Next, an example of a content read management method according to the present embodiment will be described.

[Read Content Management: About Content ID]
The already-read managing unit 9 manages the reading of the content related to the magazine data by using the content identifier (content ID) corresponding to the type of content acquired by the content acquiring unit 5. Specifically, for a content having a content ID unique to the content provider, the content ID unique to the content provider is used. On the other hand, for content that does not have a content ID unique to the content provider, information unique to the content is used as the content ID.

  For example, in each of the news distribution server 41, the electronic commerce server 42, the moving image sharing server 44, and the content search / distribution system 40 illustrated in FIG. 3, a unique content ID is assigned to each content. In this case, for the content acquired from the news distribution server 41, a content ID unique to the news distribution server 41 assigned to the content by the news distribution server 41 is used. For the content acquired from the electronic commerce server 42, the content ID unique to the electronic commerce server 42 assigned to the content by the electronic commerce server 42 is used. For the content acquired from the video sharing server 44, a content ID unique to the video sharing server 44 assigned to the content by the video sharing server 44 is used. Further, for the content acquired from the content search / distribution system 40, a content ID unique to the content search / distribution system 40 assigned to the content by the content search / distribution system 40 is used. The content IDs specific to these content providers are included in, for example, the content ID field in a response message to an API (Application Programming Interface) of a search request transmitted to the content provider.

  On the other hand, in each of the SNS servers 43 illustrated in FIG. 3, it is assumed that a unique content ID is not assigned to each content. In this case, for content acquired from the SNS server 43, information unique to the content is used as the content ID. For example, a URL (content position information) indicating the location of the content acquired from the SNS server 43 is used as the content ID of the content.

  The read management unit 9 identifies the content by the content ID, and manages the read about each content. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the read management data according to the present embodiment. The read management data is data for managing the read of the content used for the magazine data, and is stored in the read management data storage unit 10. In the example of FIG. 8, whether or not the corresponding content has been read for each content ID is shown for each content provider from which the content acquisition unit 5 has acquired the content. When “read” is shown in the column corresponding to the content ID in FIG. 8, this indicates that the content with the content ID has been read, and when the column is blank, the content with the content ID is Indicates that it has not been read (that is, has not been read).

  In FIG. 8, the content acquired from the news distribution server A is given a unique content ID to the news distribution server 41, and whether or not the corresponding content has been read for the content ID. It is shown. For example, among the contents acquired from the news distribution server A, the content with the content ID_1 is “read”, and the content with the content ID_2 is “unread”. Similarly, for each content acquired from each of the electronic commerce server B, the video sharing server C, the video sharing server D, and the content search / distribution system E, a unique content ID is assigned to each content provider, and the content is provided. For each source, whether or not the corresponding content has been read is indicated for the content ID.

  In FIG. 8, for the content acquired from the SNS server F, the URL that is the location information of the content is used for the content ID of the content, and the corresponding content is already read for the content ID. It is shown whether or not. For example, among the contents acquired from the SNS server F, the content of URL_F1 is “read”, and the content of URL_F2 is “unread”. Similarly, for the content acquired from the SNS server G, the URL that is the location information of the content is used for the content ID of the content, and whether the corresponding content has been read for the content ID. Whether or not is shown.

[Content read management: About the timing of content read]
When the magazine data heading is displayed, the read management unit 9 marks the content of the displayed heading as read. The magazine data includes the content heading data and the content detail data. When the heading data is displayed on the screen, the read management unit 9 displays the screen display in the read management data. “Read” is shown in the column corresponding to the content ID of the headline content. Information about the headline displayed on the screen is input by the input unit 2. The already-read management unit 9 updates the already-read management data based on the input information about the headline.

  The magazine data headings are displayed by genre or date / time. Examples of the genre include the type of content provider. In the example of FIG. 3, there are four types of content providers: news (news distribution server), shopping (electronic commerce server), SNS (SNS server), and entertainment (video sharing server). For example, the genre of the content acquired from the news distribution server 41 is news, and the content heading data for news included in the magazine data is classified and displayed as the heading for news. As for the content search / distribution system 40, when each content database 62 provided in the content search / distribution system 40 is classified by genre, the genre of the content database 62 is used. When displaying headings by date and time, the data of content headings created in the same time zone on the same date are classified and displayed as the same date and time. Further, the content heading data may be classified and displayed by genre and date / time.

[Content read management: About content read determination]
The read management unit 9 reads the content (newly acquired content) acquired by the content acquisition unit 5 when the magazine data is newly issued based on the read management data stored in the read management data storage unit 10. Determine. The newly acquired content whose determination result is already read is discarded. As a result, the magazine creation unit 7 uses only unread content as a result of the already-read determination from the newly acquired content to create newly issued magazine data.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of the content already read determination method according to the present embodiment. With reference to FIG. 9, an operation related to the content read determination performed by the read management unit 9 of the present embodiment will be described.

(Step S101) The already-read management unit 9 checks whether or not the already-read management data has the same content ID as the content ID of the newly acquired content. In this investigation, only the content ID for the content provider of the newly acquired content in the already-read management data is checked to see if it matches the content ID of the newly acquired content. For example, in the read management data of FIG. 8, when the content provider of the newly acquired content is the news distribution server A, only the content ID for the news distribution server A in the read management data is targeted. It is checked whether or not the content ID of the newly acquired content matches.

(Step S102) As a result of the investigation in step S101, if the content ID that matches the content ID of the newly acquired content is present in the read management data, the process proceeds to step S103. On the other hand, if the matching content ID is not present in the read management data, the processing in FIG. 9 is terminated.

(Step S103) The read management unit 9 checks whether or not the read management data has been read for each content ID found in step S101 in the read management data.

(Step S104) As a result of the investigation in step S103, the content ID that has been read is processed in step S105. On the other hand, no processing is performed for content IDs that have not been read.

(Step S105) As a result of the investigation in step S103, the already-read management unit 9 discards the newly acquired content that is the already-read content ID. Thereafter, the process of FIG. 9 is terminated.

  Note that the above-described content read determination in FIG. 9 may be performed only for a predetermined period. For example, the already-read management unit 9 stops the already-read determination of the content used for the magazine data after a predetermined period has elapsed since the creation of the magazine data. The creation date and time of the magazine data and the content ID of the content used for the magazine data are recorded separately. Regarding the content ID of the content for which the read determination is stopped, the read determination is stopped by deleting the content ID from the read management data. As the predetermined period, for example, stopping the read determination of the corresponding content in one week can be mentioned. The content with the content ID for which the read determination has been stopped may be used for creating new magazine data as newly acquired content. However, for example, it is considered that there is a low possibility that the latest news is searched again after one week, for example, after being posted in the magazine data as the latest news. For this reason, even if the read determination of the content is stopped only for a predetermined period such as one week after the content is used for the magazine data, if the disadvantage can be tolerated, only the amount of the read determination is stopped. The effect of reducing the load can be obtained.

  According to the content read management method described above, the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 manages the read of the content retrieved at different times. As a result, the content provider need not manage the read of the distributed content for each content provider.

  In addition, according to the above-described content read management method, the content ID assigned to whether or not the content has been read in the read management data held by the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 is matched with the content ID of the newly acquired content. Thus, it is possible to determine whether the newly acquired content has already been read. This greatly contributes to the reduction of the load required for determining whether the newly acquired content has already been read. This point will be described. Whether the content (used content) used for the magazine data that has already been issued is the same as the newly acquired content can also be determined by checking the used content and the newly acquired content one by one. Can do. However, checking the used content and the newly acquired content one by one is heavy and takes time. For this reason, if the same content ID can be assigned to the same content, it is possible to easily determine the match between the used content and the newly acquired content based on the content ID. However, the problem here is how to assign the same content ID to each of the contents searched for at different times even if they are the same contents. As a means for solving this problem, in the above-described content read management method, a content ID corresponding to the type of content acquired by the content acquisition unit 5 is used. As a result, the same content ID can be assigned to the same content retrieved at different times.

Further, according to the above-described content read management method, the following effects can be obtained.
According to the content read management method described above, the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 selects unread content from newly acquired content, and uses only the selected unread content for creation of newly issued magazine data. . For this reason, the content provider need not extract only the result of the unread content from the search result by the keyword received from the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1. That is, the content provider may transmit the search result to the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 as it is. This contributes to reducing restrictions on the content provider, and is useful when configuring an electronic magazine creation system.

  For example, as an electronic magazine creation system, contents satisfying both the search condition A “only contents created within the last week” and the search condition B “only unread contents” are assigned to the content provider X and the content provider Y. Suppose you want to develop what you get from each. Here, since the content provider X belongs to the developer, it is possible to create a new API for designating each of the search conditions A and B for the content provider X. On the other hand, since the content provider Y does not belong to the developer, it is difficult to create a new API for the content provider Y. For example, the search condition A can use an existing API, but the search condition B corresponds to the corresponding API. There is a problem that the search condition B cannot be specified. Even in such a situation, according to the content already read management method described above, the processing of the search condition B is performed by the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1, so only the search condition A is requested from the content providers X and Y. do it. As described above, according to the above-described content read management method, there is an effect that the degree of freedom in the development of the electronic magazine creation system is increased.

  Further, when the APIs of the search conditions A and B are used for the content provider X, the processing for the search conditions A and B is performed by the content provider X, so the load on the content provider X increases. On the other hand, according to the above-described content read management method, it is necessary for the content provider X to perform the processing of the search conditions A and B when the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 performs the processing of the search conditions A and B. Absent. As described above, according to the content read management method described above, it is possible to obtain an effect that the load can be distributed between the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 and the content provider.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and includes design changes and the like within a scope not departing from the gist of the present invention.

Further, a computer program for realizing the functions of the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 described above is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is read into a computer system and executed. Also good. Here, the “computer system” may include an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.
“Computer-readable recording medium” refers to a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, a writable nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory, a portable medium such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), and a built-in computer system. A storage device such as a hard disk.

Further, the “computer-readable recording medium” means a volatile memory (for example, DRAM (Dynamic DRAM) in a computer system that becomes a server or a client when a program is transmitted through a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. Random Access Memory)), etc., which hold programs for a certain period of time.
The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the “transmission medium” for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line.
The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Electronic magazine production apparatus, 2 ... Input part, 3 ... Search time condition data storage part, 4 ... Search execution part, 5 ... Content acquisition part, 6 ... Content data storage part, 7 ... Magazine creation part, 8 ... Magazine data Storage unit 9 ... Read management unit 10 ... Read management data storage unit 11 ... Output unit

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A search execution unit for searching for content via a communication network at a predetermined time and with a predetermined search condition;
A content acquisition unit that acquires content via a communication network based on the search result, and stores the acquired content as next issue magazine content;
A magazine creation unit that creates the latest magazine data displayed on the screen using the stored next-time issue magazine content;
A content data storage unit for storing content data used for magazine data of electronic magazines issued in the past,
The magazine creation unit obtains content data used for magazine data of a previously issued electronic magazine from the content data storage unit when the number of the next issue magazine contents to be stored is less than a predetermined number. used to create the magazine data of the electronic magazine of the latest issue and,
Electronic magazine creation device. A search execution unit for searching for content via a communication network at a predetermined time and with a predetermined search condition;
A content acquisition unit that acquires content via a communication network based on the search result, and stores the acquired content as next issue magazine content;
A magazine creation unit that creates the latest magazine data displayed on the screen using the stored next-time issue magazine content;
A display unit for displaying the magazine data on a display screen;
An operation unit for inputting data according to an operation of browsing the magazine data displayed on the screen;
A control unit that controls screen display of content included in the magazine data based on data input from the operation unit;
A content data storage unit for storing content data used for magazine data of electronic magazines issued in the past,
The magazine creation unit obtains content data used for magazine data of a previously issued electronic magazine from the content data storage unit when the number of the next issue magazine contents to be stored is less than a predetermined number. used to create the magazine data of the electronic magazine of the latest issue and,
Terminal device. An electronic magazine creation system in which the electronic magazine creation device according to claim 1 and a content provider device are connected via a communication network,
The content providing device provides the content via the communication network based on the search result by the electronic magazine creation device.
Electronic magazine creation system. The electronic magazine creation device searches for content via a communication network with a predetermined search condition at a predetermined time,
The electronic magazine creation device acquires content via a communication network based on the search result, stores the acquired content as next issue magazine content,
The electronic magazine creation device creates the latest magazine data displayed on the screen using the stored next issue magazine content,
The electronic magazine creation device stores content data used for magazine data of an electronic magazine issued in the past in a content data storage unit,
When the number of stored next-issue magazine contents is less than a predetermined number, the electronic magazine creation device stores content data used for the magazine data of the electronic magazine issued in the past from the content data storage unit. acquires and used to create the magazine data of the electronic magazine of the latest issue,
How to create an electronic magazine. On the computer,
A search execution function for searching for content via a communication network at a predetermined time and with a predetermined search condition;
A content acquisition function for acquiring content via a communication network based on the search result, and storing the acquired content as next issue magazine content;
A magazine creation function for creating the latest magazine data displayed on the screen using the saved next-issue magazine content,
A content data storage function for storing content data used for magazine data of electronic magazines issued in the past in a content data storage unit;
The magazine creation function obtains content data used for magazine data of a previously issued electronic magazine from the content data storage unit when the number of the next issue magazine contents to be stored is less than a predetermined number. used to create the magazine data of the electronic magazine of the latest issue and,
Computer program.

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