JP6373102B2 - Electronic magazine creation device, electronic magazine creation system, electronic magazine creation method, and computer program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to 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, when the user changes the theme of the electronic magazine, there is a problem that it takes time for the user.

  The present invention has been made in consideration of such circumstances, and can reduce the time and effort required for a user to change the theme of an electronic magazine, an electronic magazine creating apparatus, an electronic magazine creating system, and an electronic magazine creating It is an object to provide a method and a computer program.

One aspect of the present invention has a plurality of fields in which a user inputs search conditions, a search condition input unit that holds the input search conditions for each of the fields, and the search conditions that are input at a predetermined time A search execution unit that searches for content via a communication network, a content acquisition unit that acquires content via a communication network based on the search result, and a screen display using the acquired content A magazine creation unit for creating magazine data to be generated, and the search execution unit is an electronic magazine creation device that changes the predetermined timing based on the inputted search condition .
In one embodiment of the present invention, in the electronic magazine creation apparatus, the column is a column for inputting a keyword as the search condition.
One aspect of the present invention, in the electronic magazine generation apparatus, based on a result of the search, further comprising a message output section for outputting a message indicating the advice on keywords to the user.
In one embodiment of the present invention, in the electronic magazine creation apparatus, the search execution unit searches for the content using an AND condition of the search conditions of all the input columns.
One aspect of the present invention, the electronic magazine creation device, an electronic magazine production system and the content provider of the device are connected via a communication network, the content provider of the device, by the electronic magazine creation device The electronic magazine creation system provides the content via the communication network based on the search result.
According to one aspect of the present invention, an electronic magazine creation apparatus has a plurality of fields for a user to input search conditions, holds the entered search conditions for each of the fields, and the electronic magazine creation apparatus has a predetermined timing. The electronic magazine creation device acquires content via the communication network based on the search result, and the electronic magazine creation device acquires the content via the communication network based on the search result. In the electronic magazine creation method, magazine data displayed on the screen is created using the acquired content, and the electronic magazine creation device changes the predetermined timing based on the input search condition .
According to one aspect of the present invention, a computer has a plurality of fields for a user to input search conditions, and a search condition input function for holding the input search conditions for each of the fields, and the input at a predetermined timing. A search execution function for searching for content via a communication network under a search condition, a content acquisition function for acquiring content via a communication network based on a result of the search, and using the acquired content A computer program for realizing a magazine creation function for creating magazine data displayed on the screen and a function for changing the predetermined timing based on the inputted search condition .

  According to the present invention, it is possible to reduce the time and effort required for a user to change the theme of an electronic magazine.

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 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. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the change method of the search condition which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the output method of the advice message about the search conditions which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the change method of the search opportunity based on the search condition 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 creating 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. In the present embodiment, data indicating a search condition is data specified by the user and input from the input unit 2.

(Step S2) The search execution unit 4 searches for content via a communication network under a predetermined search condition (in this embodiment, a search condition input by a user) 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.

(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.

Here, in the present embodiment, the input unit 2 (function of the search condition input unit) has a plurality of columns (in this embodiment, three) for the user to input the search conditions. The retrieved search condition is stored in the search timing condition data storage unit 3. In the present embodiment, this field (three fields in this embodiment) is a field for inputting a keyword, and is displayed on the screen of the display unit 25. In the present embodiment, one theme is searched by the three keywords X, Y, and Z.
Note that search conditions (in this embodiment, three keywords for each theme) may be set for a plurality of themes. In this case, an electronic magazine is created for each theme.
In the present embodiment, three search conditions are set for one theme. However, as another configuration example, two search conditions are set for one theme, or four or more search conditions are set. A configuration for setting

(Step S12) The search execution unit 4 searches for content using keywords X, Y, and Z at a predetermined time. In the present embodiment, the search execution unit 4 searches for content under the AND condition of the search conditions for all input fields (keywords X, Y, and Z in this embodiment). In addition, as the predetermined time, for example, content is searched every day at 5 am. This content search is performed for each theme (a set of 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. A set of Y, Z is transmitted, and a search is requested for each set of keywords X, Y, Z. As a response to the search request, the search execution unit 4 sets 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. The search result is received every time.

  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 store information indicating their contents corresponding to the set of keywords X, Y, and Z as keywords X, Y , 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 set of keywords X, Y, and Z. Information indicating a certain content is returned as a search result for the set of keywords X, Y, and 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 the 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 theme (a set of keywords X, Y, and Z). That is, the magazine creation unit 7 creates magazine data for a set of keywords X, Y, and Z using content acquired based on a search result by the set of keywords X, Y, and 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 creation apparatus 1 or may be displayed on the external display apparatus by outputting the magazine data to a display apparatus external to the electronic magazine creation 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 heading 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).

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

  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, May 1st), digital content created using the content for posting retrieved based on keywords X, Y, and Z specified by the user (digital content May) 1 day 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 keywords X, Y, and Z is the content distribution terminal. To the user terminal. Here, since the digital content May 1 issue and the digital content May 2 issue use the posting content searched based on the same keywords X, Y, and Z, the same posting content (for convenience of explanation) , News A) may be included.

  Here, when the same news A is included in the digital content May 1 issue and the digital content May 2 issue, when the user does not read the news A of the digital content May 1 issue Since news A is also included in the May 2 issue of digital content, the user can be given another opportunity to read news A. On the other hand, when the user reads the news A of the May 1 issue of digital content, the news A included in the May 2 issue of the digital content is likely to become unnecessary for the user.

For this reason, the content for publication included in the digital content distributed to the user terminal has been read by the user (whether read) or not yet read (unread), It is preferable to select a content for posting to be used for creating digital content. However, it may be that the load on the content distribution terminal is heavy because the content distribution terminal grasps the read / unread contents of each posting content included in the distributed digital content for each user terminal. .
Therefore, in the present embodiment, as will be described below, a configuration example is shown in which the load on management of already read content that has been searched at different times is reduced. In addition, regarding such read management, a configuration different from the present embodiment may be used.

[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 without 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, the 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, the content ID unique to the video sharing server 44 assigned to the content by the video sharing server 44 is used. 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. 6 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. 6, for each content ID from which the content acquisition unit 5 has acquired the content, whether or not the corresponding content has been read is shown. When “read” is shown in the column corresponding to the content ID in FIG. 6, 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. 6, 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 for the content ID is indicated.

  In addition, in FIG. 6, 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 content heading data and detailed data of the content. 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 information about the input 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. Regarding 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. 7 is a flowchart showing a procedure of the content already read determination method according to the present embodiment. With reference to FIG. 7, 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. 6, 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 corresponding content ID does not exist in the read management data, the processing in FIG.

(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. 7 is terminated.

  Note that the above-described content read determination of FIG. 7 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 above-described embodiment, the electronic magazine creation device 1 manages the already-read content for 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.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, a newly acquired content can be obtained by matching the content ID assigned to whether or not read in the already read management data held by the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 with the content ID of the newly acquired content. Can be determined. 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 present embodiment, 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.

Moreover, according to this embodiment, the effect shown below is acquired.
As described above, according to the present embodiment, 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 under such circumstances, according to the present embodiment, the processing of the search condition B is performed by the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1, and therefore only the search condition A needs to be requested from the content providers X and Y. Thus, according to this embodiment, the effect that the freedom degree in development of an electronic magazine production system becomes large is acquired.

  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 present embodiment, since the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 processes the search conditions A and B, the content provider X does not need to process the search conditions A and B. As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to obtain an effect that the load can be distributed between the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 and the content provider.

[Change search conditions]
The user can change the search conditions set in the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1. In the initial stage, when the search condition is not set in the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1, the user sets a new search condition.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a search condition changing method according to an embodiment of the present invention. With reference to FIG. 8, the operation | movement which concerns on the change of the search condition which the input part 2 (function of a search condition input part) of this embodiment performs is demonstrated.

(Step S201) The input unit 2 inputs information for designating a theme that has already been set in response to an operation by the user. As a result, the input unit 2 reads the search condition of the specified theme (in this embodiment, three keywords X, Y, Z) from the search timing condition data storage unit 3. Here, in this embodiment, the user has a plurality of fields for inputting search conditions for one theme, and the input search conditions are held for each field.

(Step S202) The output unit 11 (in this embodiment, the screen of the display unit 25) displays and outputs the search conditions for the theme read in response to the designation. In the present embodiment, three keywords X, Y, and Z, which are search conditions for the designated theme, are read out, and each keyword X, Y, and Z is displayed in each of the three columns displayed on the screen. Is displayed.
In this embodiment, columns of a plurality of search conditions for one theme (keywords in this embodiment) are collectively displayed on one screen. However, as another configuration example, a plurality of fields for one theme are displayed. A configuration may be used in which the search condition column is divided into two or more screens. For example, the search condition column is displayed on a different screen for each search condition (that is, one search condition column is displayed on one screen). ) Configuration, or a configuration in which two, but not all, search condition columns are displayed on one screen may be used.

(Step S203) The input unit 2 determines whether an instruction to change the received search condition is received from the user.
When the input unit 2 receives an instruction to change the displayed search condition from the user, the input unit 2 performs the process of step S204. On the other hand, if not, the process of FIG. 8 is terminated.

(Step S204) When the input unit 2 receives a change instruction from the user, the input unit 2 follows the search condition displayed on the screen according to the change instruction from the user (in this embodiment, each keyword X, Y , Z), and the changed search condition is stored (for example, overwritten) in the search timing condition data storage unit 3. Thereafter, the process of FIG.

As described above, the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 of the present embodiment has a plurality of fields for inputting search conditions as the theme of the electronic magazine. The input search condition is held for each column. For this reason, in this embodiment, the effort which a user changes the theme of an electronic magazine can be reduced.
In the present embodiment, it is possible to search for content using AND conditions of search conditions in all fields. In the present embodiment, the user can input a keyword in each column and perform a search using the keyword.

[Advice on search conditions for users]
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a procedure of an advice message output method for search conditions according to an embodiment of the present invention. With reference to FIG. 9, the operation | movement which concerns on the output of the advice message regarding the search conditions which the output part 11 (function of a message output part) of this embodiment performs is demonstrated.

(Step S301) The output unit 11 acquires the search result acquired by the search execution unit 4.

(Step S302) The output unit 11 determines whether or not to output a message indicating advice on a search condition (keyword in the present embodiment) for the user based on the acquired search result. When the output unit 11 outputs a message indicating advice about the search condition for the user, the output unit 11 performs the process of step S303. On the other hand, if not, the process of FIG. 9 is terminated.

(Step S303) The output unit 11 outputs a message indicating advice on search conditions for the user.

Here, various conditions may be used as conditions for determining whether or not to output a message (advice message) indicating advice regarding the search condition. This condition is stored in, for example, the search timing condition data storage unit 3.
For example, a condition relating to the number of searched contents may be used as a condition for determining whether or not to output a message indicating advice on search conditions. In this case, as an example, a condition may be used in which an advice message for increasing the number of searches is output when the number of searched contents is equal to or less than a first predetermined value (for example, 10). Further, a condition that an advice message for reducing the number of searches is output when the number of searched contents is equal to or greater than a second predetermined value (for example, 100) may be used.

As an advice message for increasing the number of searches, for example, when a certain keyword is a proper noun, a message that advises the use of a general noun instead of the keyword may be used.
As an advice message for reducing the number of searches, for example, when a certain keyword is a general noun, a message that advises the use of a proper noun may be used instead of the keyword.
In order to perform these processes (for example, a process for determining whether a noun is a common noun or a proper noun), the search timing condition data storage unit 3 stores data of an arbitrary dictionary including general nouns and proper nouns. Alternatively, the output unit 11 may refer to data in the dictionary.

As an advice message for increasing the number of searches, for example, a message suggesting (advising) a mis-character or a Chinese character difference for a certain keyword may be used.
In order to perform this process (for example, the above-described estimation), the search timing condition data storage unit 3 may store data of an arbitrary dictionary, and the output unit 11 may refer to the data of the dictionary.

As an advice message for changing the number of searches (for example, increasing or decreasing depending on the case), for example, it is advised to reverse the order of first name and second name when it is assumed that the name is a person name. Message that advises to insert a space when there is no space between the name and the name, or a message that advises to delete the space when there is a space between the name and the name May be used.
In order to perform this process (for example, the above-described estimation), the search timing condition data storage unit 3 may store data of an arbitrary dictionary including a person name (for example, a general person name, a celebrity person name, etc.) The output unit 11 may refer to data in the dictionary.

  As described above, the electronic magazine creation apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment outputs a message indicating advice on the search condition (keyword in the present embodiment) for the user based on the result of the content search. This makes it easy for the user to appropriately determine the search conditions for the theme of the electronic magazine.

[Change search timing based on search conditions]
FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a search time change method based on a search condition according to an embodiment of the present invention. With reference to FIG. 10, the operation | movement which concerns on the change of the search timing based on the search condition which the search execution part 4 of this embodiment performs is demonstrated.

(Step S401) The search execution unit 4 acquires search conditions (three keywords X, Y, and Z in this embodiment) input for one theme.

(Step S402) Based on the acquired search condition, the search execution unit 4 determines whether or not to change the timing for searching for content based on the search condition. The search execution unit 4 performs the process of step S403 when changing the timing for searching for content based on the search condition. On the other hand, if not, the process of FIG. 10 is terminated.

(Step S <b> 403) The search execution unit 4 changes the timing for searching for content based on the search condition for the corresponding theme.

Here, various conditions may be used as conditions for determining whether or not to change the timing for searching for content based on the search conditions based on the search conditions.
For example, for a predetermined number (one or two or more values) of a plurality of keywords that are search conditions, a condition that changes the search timing when the keywords are in a predetermined language may be used.
In order to perform this processing (for example, language specification), the search timing condition data storage unit 3 may store data of an arbitrary dictionary including the language of each country, and the search execution unit 4 refers to the data of the dictionary May be.
As a specific example, the search execution unit 4 uses a language (for example, Japanese, Chinese, French, etc.) corresponding to the above-mentioned conditions when searching for the content based on the search conditions for the corresponding theme. You may change according to the time of the country (for example, Japan, China, France, etc.) to do. As an example, if Japan's morning at 5:00 is the search time for Japan, China will be changed to set the Chinese morning at 5:00 as the search time, and France will be searched for the French morning at 5:00. Change to set the time.

For example, for a predetermined number (one or two or more values) of a plurality of keywords as search conditions, a condition for changing the search timing may be used when the keywords are related to a predetermined country.
In order to perform this process (for example, country identification), the search timing condition data storage unit 3 may store data of an arbitrary dictionary including matters relating to each country, and the search execution unit 4 refers to the data of the dictionary May be.
As a specific example, the search execution unit 4 sets the time for searching for content based on the search condition for the corresponding theme to the time of the country (for example, Japan, China, France, etc.) corresponding to the above condition. May be changed. As an example, for keywords related to Japan such as “Tokyo”, “Kyoto”, “Japanese food”, etc., if 5 am in the morning of Japan is the search time, “Beijing”, “Shanghai”, “Great Wall”, etc. For keywords related to China, we changed the Chinese morning at 5 o'clock in the search time, and for keywords related to France such as “Paris”, “Burgundy” and “Eiffel Tower” Change to set 5:00 as the search time.

For example, for a predetermined number (one or two or more values) of a plurality of keywords as search conditions, a condition for changing the search timing is used when the keywords are related to events such as a predetermined game or a meeting. Also good.
In order to perform this process (for example, identification of an event), the search timing condition data storage unit 3 may store data of arbitrary information including an event of each country (or a predetermined country), and the search execution unit 4 May refer to the data.
As a specific example, the search execution unit 4 sets the timing of searching for content based on the search condition for the corresponding theme at the event time (for example, start time, end time, etc.) corresponding to the above-described condition. You may change together. As an example, for World Cup games such as soccer, the search time is changed after a predetermined time (for example, after 30 minutes) after the end of the game. A change is made so that the search time is set after the elapse of a predetermined time (for example, after the elapse of 1 hour) after the end of the conference.

  In addition, about an applicable theme, various aspects may be used as an aspect which changes the timing which searches a content based on the search condition.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the search execution unit 4 changes a predetermined timing (search timing) based on the input search condition (in this embodiment, a keyword). Thereby, it can change so that the search time suitable for a keyword may be set. The search timing after the change is stored (for example, overwritten) in the search timing condition data storage unit 3, for example.

  Here, in the above embodiment, the configuration example in which each function of the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 executes each process in the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 is shown. A part of the functions of the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 is provided in another apparatus (for example, an external server apparatus), and the entire function is performed while communicating between the electronic magazine creating apparatus 1 and the other apparatus. A configuration realized by executing the process according to the above may be used.

As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail with reference to drawings, the specific structure is not restricted to this embodiment, The design change etc. of the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention are included.
The present invention can be implemented as, for example, an electronic magazine creation device, an electronic magazine creation system, an electronic magazine creation method, a computer program, and the like.

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, 21 ... CPU unit, 22 ... storage unit, 23 ... communication unit, 24 ... operation unit, 25 ... display unit, 31 ... Electronic magazine creation program, 40 ... Content search distribution system, 41 ... News distribution server, 42 ... Electronic commerce server, 43 ... SNS server, 44 ... Video sharing server, 50 ... Communication network, 61 ... Search server, 62 ... Content database

Claims (7)

The user has a plurality of fields for inputting search conditions, and for each of the fields, a search condition input unit for holding the input search conditions;
A search execution unit that searches for content via a communication network with the input search condition at a predetermined time;
A content acquisition unit that acquires content via a communication network based on the search result;
A magazine creation unit that creates magazine data displayed on the screen using the acquired content;
Equipped with a,
The search execution unit changes the predetermined timing based on the input search condition.
Electronic magazine creation device. The electronic magazine creating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the column is a column for inputting a keyword as the search condition. The electronic magazine creation apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising a message output unit that outputs a message indicating an advice about a keyword to a user based on the search result. 4. The electronic magazine creation device according to claim 1, wherein the search execution unit searches for the content using an AND condition of search conditions of all the input fields. 5. An electronic magazine creation system in which the electronic magazine creation device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 and the 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 apparatus has a plurality of fields for the user to input search conditions, and holds the input search conditions for each of the fields.
The electronic magazine creation device searches the content via the communication network with the input search condition at a predetermined time,
The electronic magazine creation device acquires content via a communication network based on the search result,
The electronic magazine creation device creates the magazine data displayed on the screen using the acquired content ,
The electronic magazine creation device changes the predetermined timing based on the input search condition.
How to create an electronic magazine. On the computer,
The user has a plurality of fields for inputting search conditions, and for each of the fields, a search condition input function for holding the input search conditions,
A search execution function for searching for content via a communication network with the input search conditions at a predetermined time;
A content acquisition function for acquiring content via a communication network based on the search result;
A magazine creation function for creating magazine data displayed on the screen using the acquired content;
A function of changing the predetermined timing based on the input search condition;
Computer program for realizing.

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