JP6418866B2 - Menu generation server, menu generation method, and menu display system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a menu generation server, a menu generation method, and a menu display system.

  Conventionally, content provided by a web page or application is provided with a menu for selecting sub-contents constituting the content (see, for example, Patent Document 1). By providing a substantial menu, the user who uses the content can easily select the sub-content to be used. If the evaluation of the content is improved by improving the convenience of the content, the effect of attracting customers can be enhanced by introducing users who use the content.

JP 2007-157093 A

  The content includes, for example, a news site, a shopping site, and the like, and information to be provided to the user varies depending on time. For example, in news sites, it is desirable to provide users with a page with news bulletins preferentially. For shopping sites, pages with information on time sales are given priority to users. It is hoped to provide. However, the conventional menu cannot sufficiently reflect the intention of the content creator, and there is a problem that the user cannot reach the information that the creator wants to preferentially provide. For this reason, it is desired to provide a menu that is highly convenient for the user.

  The present invention has been made in view of these points, and an object thereof is to provide a menu generation server, a menu generation method, and a menu display system that can provide a menu that is highly convenient for the user.

  The menu generation server according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a menu information storage unit that stores an address of a link of an external content included in a common display menu displayed in common with service content displayed on a terminal, A reception unit that receives notification information to be displayed on the common display menu in association with external content; a generation unit that generates the common display menu including the link when receiving an acquisition request for the common display menu from the terminal; A transmission unit that transmits the common display menu to the terminal, and the generation unit receives the notification information corresponding to the link of the external content included in the common display menu, Generate the common display menu in which the notification information is displayed in association with the link

  The reception unit receives the notification information and an address corresponding to the notification information, and the generation unit receives the notification information corresponding to the link of the external content included in the common display menu. If so, the link may be converted into an address received together with the notification information, and the common display menu in which the notification information is displayed in association with the converted link may be generated.

  The menu generation server further includes an upper limit information storage unit that stores an upper limit number of times of receiving the notification information within a predetermined period in association with the external content, and the reception unit includes the notification related to the one external content When the number of times information is received exceeds the upper limit number, reception of the notification information related to the external content may be rejected.

  The menu information storage unit stores the address in association with each of a plurality of categories included in the common display menu, and the reception unit receives the notification information for the external content related to a predetermined category. Regardless of the number of times, notification information related to the external content may be received.

  The menu generation server is configured to display a display count indicating the number of times the external content is displayed as the service content on the terminal, and the common display menu when the external content is displayed as the service content. A measurement unit that measures the number of transitions indicating the number of transitions to the service content, and a setting unit that sets the upper limit number based on at least one of the measured display number and the transition number Good.

  In the menu generation server, a total value of the upper limit number corresponding to the external content associated with each of the predetermined number of categories displayed in the common display menu is preset, and the setting unit includes a plurality of external content The upper limit number may be set so that the total value of the upper limit numbers does not exceed a preset total value.

  A menu generation method according to a second aspect of the present invention includes a step of receiving notification information related to external content included in a common display menu displayed in common with service content displayed on a terminal; Upon receiving a common display menu acquisition request, the method includes: generating the common display menu including a link of the external content; and transmitting the generated common display menu to the terminal. When the notification information corresponding to the link of the external content included in the common display menu is received in the receiving step, the common display menu in which the notification information is displayed in association with the link is generated.

  A new display system according to a third aspect of the present invention is a menu display system including a terminal and a menu generation server that causes the terminal to display a common display menu common to service contents, the terminal including the terminal A common display menu that is displayed in common with the service content displayed by the common menu display module incorporated in the server and includes a link to external content different from the service content is acquired from the menu generation server and displayed on the display unit. A menu control storage unit, wherein the menu generation server stores a link address of an external content included in a common display menu displayed in common with service content displayed on the terminal; In the common display menu associated with external content A reception unit that receives notification information to be displayed, a generation unit that generates the common display menu including the link when a request for acquiring the common display menu is received from the terminal, and the generated common display menu is transmitted to the terminal And when the receiving unit receives the notification information corresponding to the link of the external content included in the common display menu, the generating unit stores the notification information in association with the link. The common display menu to be displayed is generated.

  The terminal further includes a menu storage unit that temporarily stores the acquired common display menu, and the display control unit stores the common display menu in the menu storage unit when the common display menu cannot be acquired from the menu generation server. The common display menu may be displayed.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a menu that is highly convenient for the user.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the menu display system of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example by which the service content was displayed on the display part of the terminal. It is a figure which shows the example by which the menu screen of the service content was displayed on the display part of the terminal. It is a figure which shows the example of the whole structure of a menu screen. It is a functional block diagram of the terminal and menu generation server which concern on 1st Embodiment. It is a functional block diagram of the terminal and menu generation server which concern on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the some service partner information which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the information memorize | stored in the notification information storage part which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which shows the flow of a process until the terminal which concerns on 1st Embodiment displays a common display menu. It is a functional block diagram of the terminal and menu generation server which concern on 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the user information memorize | stored in the upper limit information storage part. It is a functional block diagram of the terminal and menu generation server which concern on 3rd Embodiment. It is a figure explaining the example of a setting of the upper limit number by a setting part. It is a figure which shows the example by which the menu screen of the service content which concerns on 4th Embodiment was displayed on the display part of the terminal.

<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a menu display system S according to the first embodiment.
The menu display system S is a system for providing a common display menu service that displays a common display menu on each of a plurality of service contents. The menu display system S includes a terminal 1, a menu generation server 2 that generates a common display menu, and a plurality of content servers 3 that provide service content. The terminal 1, the menu generation server 2, and the plurality of content servers 3 are connected to be communicable via a communication network 4.

The content server 3 is a server managed by each of a plurality of service partners that use the common display menu service.
The terminal 1 is a mobile terminal such as a smartphone, for example. The terminal 1 accesses the plurality of content servers 3 to receive service content, and displays the service content on the display unit 12 included in the terminal 1. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example in which service content is displayed on the display unit 12 of the terminal 1. As shown in FIG. 2, service content related to the recipe site is displayed on the display unit 12, and a tab 111 is displayed.

  When the user of the terminal 1 touches the tab 111, a service content menu screen is displayed instead of the service content display screen. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a service content menu screen is displayed on the display unit 12 of the terminal 1. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of the menu screen for the service content of the recipe site. Hereinafter, the service content menu screen is simply referred to as a menu screen.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the menu screen includes an advertising space, a site service menu, a common display menu, and a tab 112. The display unit 12 of the terminal 1 includes at least a part of the menu screen. Is displayed. The advertisement frame is a frame for displaying the advertisement information acquired by the content server 3, for example. Although the advertisement information is acquired by the content server 3, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be acquired from an advertisement server (not shown) when the terminal 1 displays the menu screen.

  The site service menu is for displaying a menu of service content that was displayed immediately before the menu screen is displayed, and is provided by the content server 3. For example, FIG. 3 shows a recipe site menu.

  The common display menu is a menu provided by the menu generation server 2. The common display menu displays multiple categories such as news and shopping. Each of these categories is associated with address information (link) that calls service content of multiple service partners that use the common display menu service. It has been. Hereinafter, service content associated with a category displayed on the common display menu is also referred to as external content.

  Here, among the external contents displayed on the common display menu, there are contents whose information to be provided to the user changes according to time. For example, in news sites, it is desirable to provide users with a web page with news bulletins preferentially. For shopping sites, web pages with information on time sales are given priority to users. It is hoped that it will be provided. For this reason, in the menu display system S according to the present embodiment, the notification information specified by the content producer can be displayed on the common display menu, thereby improving the convenience for the user.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example in which notification information is displayed on the common menu. In the example shown in FIG. 5, notification information “railway operation information” is displayed for the DDD news link displayed in the common display menu, and “time sale is performed for the AAA shop link”. It can be confirmed that the notification information “medium” is displayed.

  When the user of the terminal 1 touches the category name displayed in the common display menu, the service content of the service partner is displayed based on the address information corresponding to the category. For example, the user can access the service content of the AAA shop displaying the notification information, which is a service partner different from the recipe site, from the common display menu of the service content of the recipe site shown in FIG. As a result, the user can be guided from the currently displayed service content to the service content of another service partner that uses the common display menu service. Therefore, service partners who use the menu display system S can receive access to service content not only from their own customers but also from other customers who have accessed the service content of other service partners. Can be made. Further, since the user of the terminal 1 can easily confirm that the time sale is being performed at the AAA shop based on the notification information, the menu display system S can improve the convenience for the user. . Moreover, in this embodiment, when displaying notification information on a common display menu, the link in a common display menu can be made into the link of the web page corresponding to the said notification information. For example, the user can access a web page related to the AAA shop time sale from the common display menu shown in FIG. In this way, the user can directly access the web page corresponding to the notification information, and the convenience for the user can be further enhanced.

  The tab 112 is an image for transitioning to a service content display screen. For example, when the tab 112 is touched by the user of the terminal 1 in the state shown in FIG. 3, the service content screen shown in FIG. 2 is displayed again.

  Next, functional configurations of the terminal 1 and the menu generation server 2 that constitute the menu display system S will be described. FIG. 6 is a functional configuration diagram of the terminal 1 and the menu generation server 2 according to the first embodiment.

[Configuration example of terminal 1]
First, the functional configuration of the terminal 1 will be described. The terminal 1 includes an input unit 11, a display unit 12, a wireless unit 13, a storage unit 14, and a control unit 15.

The input unit 11 includes, for example, a button, a contact sensor arranged so as to overlap the display unit 12, and receives an operation input from the user of the terminal 1.
The display unit 12 includes, for example, a liquid crystal display or an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) display. The display unit 12 displays characters, graphics, and the like under the control of the control unit 15.

  The radio unit 13 modulates the signal output from the control unit 15 to generate an RF (Radio Frequency) signal, and the RF signal is transmitted to an antenna such as a base station (not shown) or a wireless LAN via an antenna (not shown). Wireless transmission to an access point (not shown). The radio unit 13 demodulates the RF signal received from the base station or the access point via the antenna, and outputs a signal obtained by the demodulation to the control unit 15. In the following description, it is assumed that the terminal 1 communicates with the menu generation server 2 and the content server 3 via the wireless unit 13.

  The storage unit 14 is configured by, for example, a ROM and a RAM. The storage unit 14 stores various programs for causing the terminal 1 to function. For example, the storage unit 14 stores a web browser program for causing the control unit 15 of the terminal 1 to function as a terminal transmission unit 151, a terminal reception unit 152, and a display control unit 153 described later. The storage unit 14 may read and store a program stored in a storage medium such as an external memory, or may store a program downloaded from an external device via the communication network 4.

  The control part 15 is comprised by CPU, for example. The control unit 15 comprehensively controls functions related to the terminal 1 by executing various programs stored in the storage unit 14. The control unit 15 includes a terminal transmission unit 151, a terminal reception unit 152, and a display control unit 153.

The terminal transmission unit 151 transmits a service content acquisition request to the content server 3 in response to the input unit 11 receiving a service content acquisition operation.
The terminal receiving unit 152 receives the service content corresponding to the acquisition request from the content server 3 and also receives the site service menu of the service content.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the display control unit 153 displays the service content received from the content server 3 and the tab 111 for displaying the menu screen on the display unit 12. Here, since the site service menu of the service content is displayed after the tab 111 is touched, the display wait state is entered. For this reason, the site service menu is temporarily stored in the storage unit 14 by the terminal reception unit 152.

  Thereafter, when receiving an operation of selecting the tab 111 by the input unit 11, the display control unit 153 displays a menu screen on the display unit 12, and the site service menu temporarily stored in the storage unit 14 on the menu screen Is displayed.

  Here, the source code of the menu screen includes a script for acquiring the common display menu from the menu generation server 2, and the terminal transmission unit 151 displays the common display menu on the menu generation server 2 based on the script. Send a menu acquisition request. For example, the terminal transmission unit 151 transmits an acquisition request for a common display menu using Ajax.

The terminal reception unit 152 receives a common display menu corresponding to the acquisition request from the menu generation server 2.
The display control unit 153 displays the common display menu received by the terminal reception unit 152 from the menu generation server 2 on the menu screen displayed on the display unit 12.

[Configuration Example of Menu Generation Server 2]
Next, the functional configuration of the menu generation server 2 will be described. The menu generation server 2 includes a storage unit 21 and a control unit 22.

  The storage unit 21 is configured by, for example, a ROM and a RAM. The storage unit 21 stores various programs for causing the menu generation server 2 to function. For example, the storage unit 21 stores a menu generation program for causing the control unit 22 of the menu generation server 2 to function as a reception unit 220, a server reception unit 221, a specification unit 222, a generation unit 223, and a server transmission unit 224, which will be described later. To do. The storage unit 21 may read and store a program stored in a storage medium such as an external memory, or may store a program downloaded from an external device via the communication network 4.

  In addition, the storage unit 21 stores information for calling service content of a service partner using the common display menu service. Specifically, the storage unit 21 includes a service partner information storage unit 211 that stores a plurality of service partner information. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a plurality of pieces of service partner information according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 7, the service partner information is information that associates a content ID for identifying service content, a name of the service content, address information for calling the service content, and a category to which the service content belongs. The address information for calling the service content may be a URL for reading a web page, for example, or may be a URL scheme described so as to include an application activation instruction. In this case, if the application designated in the terminal 1 is not installed, the application transits to the store site for installing the application. If the application is not installed, the designated application is activated. .

  In addition, the storage unit 21 includes a notification information storage unit 212 that stores information related to notification of external content. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the notification information storage unit 212 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 8, the notification information storage unit 212 stores a content ID, notification information, and address information in association with each other. The notification information is information that is temporarily displayed corresponding to the external content in the common menu. The address information is, for example, a URL indicating a web page on which content related to the notification information is posted in the external content.

  The control part 22 is comprised by CPU, for example. The control unit 22 comprehensively controls functions related to the menu generation server 2 by executing various programs stored in the storage unit 21. The control unit 22 includes a reception unit 220, a server reception unit 221 as a reception unit, a specification unit 222, a generation unit 223, and a server transmission unit 224 as a transmission unit.

  The receiving unit 220 receives notification information to be displayed on the common display menu in association with external content. Specifically, the receiving unit 220 receives a registration request including a content ID, notification information, and an address corresponding to the notification information from a management terminal (not shown) of a service partner that provides external content. The accepting unit 220 stores the accepted information in the notification information storage unit 212. Here, the receiving unit 220 may arbitrarily receive an address corresponding to the notification information.

  In addition, the notification information storage unit 212 may store a period in which the notification information is displayed on the common display menu in association with each other, and the reception unit 220 may receive the period together with the notification information. By doing so, the service partner can display the notification information on the common menu at a time desired by the service partner. Here, the reception unit 220 may limit the period for displaying the notification information to a predetermined time (for example, 1 hour).

The server reception unit 221 receives a common display menu acquisition request from the terminal 1.
When the server receiving unit 221 receives the common display menu acquisition request, the specifying unit 222 refers to a plurality of service partner information stored in the service partner information storage unit 211, and provides service content corresponding to the category of the common display menu. Specify address information for. Here, it is assumed that the category displayed in the common display menu is determined in advance.

  Further, when there are a plurality of service contents corresponding to the category of the common display menu, the specifying unit 222 may randomly specify any one of these service contents. The specifying unit 222 may specify a plurality of service contents for one category.

  Upon receiving the common display menu acquisition request from the terminal 1, the generation unit 223 generates a common menu including a link of external content. Specifically, the generation unit 223 generates a common display menu that includes the category and the address information specified by the specifying unit 222 in association with each other. Here, when the reception unit 220 receives notification information corresponding to a link of external content included in the common display menu, the generation unit 223 generates a common display menu in which the notification information is displayed in association with the link. To do.

  Specifically, the generation unit 223 specifies a content ID corresponding to the external content included in the common display menu, and specifies notification information and address information associated with the content ID in the notification information storage unit 212. . For example, a case where four service contents shown in FIG. 7 are displayed on the common display menu will be described. Here, as shown in FIG. 8, the notification information storage unit 212 stores notification information “railway operation information” and “time sale in progress” in relation to the DDD news and the AAA shop. The generation unit 223 generates a common display menu that is displayed in association with the notification information for the DDD news and the AAA shop link displayed on the common display menu. Note that the generation unit 223 may highlight the notification information or display a mark so that the notification information is conspicuous when displaying the received notification information on the common display menu.

  In addition, when the reception unit 220 receives notification information corresponding to the link of the external content included in the common display menu, the generation unit 223 converts the link into an address received together with the notification information, and after the conversion A common display menu in which the notification information is displayed in association with the link is generated.

  For example, in the example shown in FIG. 8, the address of the web page related to the time sale is accepted as address information together with the notification information for the AAA shop. Therefore, the generation unit 223 converts the AAA shop link in the common display menu into address information corresponding to the AAA shop shown in FIG. By doing in this way, the user of the terminal 1 can directly access the web page corresponding to the notification information, and the convenience can be further improved.

  In the example shown in FIG. 8, the address information is not accepted together with the notification information for DDD news. In this case, the generation unit 223 does not convert the DDD news link in the common display menu from the address information shown in FIG.

  In addition, when the specifying unit 222 specifies a plurality of service contents for one category, the generation unit 223 determines a plurality of items related to the category in response to selection of a category displayed on the common display menu. The common display menu is generated so as to display the address of the service content. Here, the generation unit 223 may display at least one of a category, a service content name, and an icon corresponding to the service content in the common display menu. For example, the generation unit 223 may write the category and the service content name together in the common display menu, or may display the service content name instead of the category.

Further, the generation unit 223 may display the service content displayed on the common display menu by distinguishing whether the service content is a web page or an application. For example, when the service content corresponding to a category is a web page, a symbol or the like is not displayed for the category, and when the service content is an application, a symbol or the like indicating that the application is switched to the category is displayed. May be. By doing in this way, the terminal 1 can make a user grasp | ascertain whether a web page changes, or an application is performed when service content is selected.
The server transmission unit 224 transmits the common display menu generated by the generation unit 223 to the terminal 1.

[Sequence related to display of common display menu]
Next, a process flow until the terminal 1 displays the common display menu will be described. FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram showing the flow of processing until the terminal 1 according to the first embodiment displays the common display menu.

First, the terminal transmission unit 151 of the terminal 1 transmits a service content acquisition request to the content server 3.
In response to receiving the service content acquisition request, the content server 3 acquires the service content and site service menu stored in its storage unit (S10), and the acquired service content and site service menu are stored in the terminal. 1 to send.

  Subsequently, when the terminal receiving unit 152 receives the service content and the site service menu from the content server 3, the display control unit 153 displays the service content and the tab 111 for displaying the menu screen on the display unit 12. (S20).

  Subsequently, the display control unit 153 determines whether or not the tab 111 has been selected (S30). When determining that the tab 111 is selected, the display control unit 153 displays a menu screen on the display unit 12 and displays the site service menu received from the content server 3 on the menu screen (S40).

  Subsequently, the terminal transmission unit 151 transmits a common display menu acquisition request to the menu generation server 2 based on a script included in the menu screen for acquiring the common display menu from the menu generation server 2.

  Subsequently, when the server reception unit 221 receives the common display menu acquisition request from the terminal 1, the specifying unit 222 refers to the service partner information storage unit 211, and address information of service content corresponding to the category of the common display menu Is specified (S50).

  Subsequently, the generating unit 223 generates a common display menu that includes the category and the address information specified by the specifying unit 222 in association with each other (S60). Here, the generation unit 223 refers to the notification information storage unit 212 and identifies notification information corresponding to the address information identified by the identifying unit 222. Then, the generation unit 223 generates a common display menu including the specified notification information. The server transmission unit 224 transmits the generated common display menu to the terminal 1.

  Subsequently, when the terminal reception unit 152 receives the common display menu from the menu generation server 2, the display control unit 153 displays the common display menu on the menu screen displayed on the display unit 12 (S70). When the currently displayed service content is included in the common display menu displayed on the menu screen, the common display menu corresponding to the currently displayed service content may have a different color scheme or selection. You may control to invalidate. The site service menu is displayed on the menu screen in response to the selection of the tab 111, but is not limited thereto. For example, the display of the site service menu may be performed simultaneously with the display of the service content. Then, only the common display menu may be displayed in response to selection of the tab 111.

  In addition, the display control unit 153 stores information indicating the common display menu in order to display the common menu even when the terminal 1 does not receive radio waves transmitted from the base station and cannot communicate, for example. 14 may be temporarily stored. That is, the storage unit 14 is caused to function as a menu storage unit that temporarily stores information indicating the acquired common display menu. When the display control unit 153 cannot acquire the common display menu from the menu generation server 2 even after a predetermined time has elapsed after transmitting the common display menu acquisition request to the menu generation server 2, the display control unit 153 temporarily stores the common display menu in the storage unit 14. A common display menu stored in the menu may be displayed. By doing in this way, the terminal 1 can display the common display menu without displaying an error screen even when communication is not possible. Further, the display control unit 153 stores information indicating the common display menu in the storage unit 14 and the time when the information is stored, and causes the common display menu to be displayed before a predetermined time elapses from the time. Alternatively, the common display menu stored in the storage unit 14 may be acquired and displayed.

  When a category included in the common display menu is selected on the terminal 1, the terminal 1 acquires service content corresponding to the selected category from the content server 3, and causes the display unit 12 to display a service content display screen. . At this time, the display control unit 153 may first display the menu screen of the service content without directly displaying the display screen of the service content. By doing so, the menu screen is continuously displayed at the time of transition of the service content, so that the service content can be transitioned in a natural flow. In addition, the display control unit 153 may first display the menu screen of the service content and display the service content display screen after a predetermined time has elapsed.

[Effect in the first embodiment]
As described above, when receiving the common display menu acquisition request from the terminal 1, the menu generation server 2 associates the category with the address information of the service contents of a plurality of service partners that use the common display menu service. Is transmitted to the terminal 1. As a result, a common display menu associated with address information for calling service contents of a plurality of service partners using the common display menu service is displayed on the service content menu screen displayed on the terminal 1. Thereby, the user of the terminal 1 can select and browse service contents of a plurality of service partners from the common display menu. Therefore, since the service partner using the menu display system S can receive access to the service content not only from the customer of the company but also from the customer of another company who has accessed the service content of another service partner, the menu display system S It is possible to efficiently increase the customer collection effect of the service content of the service partner using.

  In addition, the menu generation server 2 displays the notification information designated by the content service partner on the common display menu. By doing in this way, the user can easily confirm information that the service partner wants to provide preferentially, and the possibility of reaching the information increases. Therefore, the menu generation server 2 can improve convenience for the user.

  In the first embodiment, the example in which the web browser program displays the common menu has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a terminal application that provides service content installed on the terminal 1 may display the common display menu. For example, the terminal application displays service content including the tab 111 as illustrated in FIG. 2 in response to the execution. Then, the terminal application accesses the menu generation server 2 in response to the pressing of the tab 111, refers to the service partner information storage unit 211, and displays the service content corresponding to the category of the common display menu to be displayed on the service content. The address information is specified, a common display menu including the category and the specified address information in association with each other is generated, and the generated common display menu is displayed on the display unit 12.

<Second Embodiment>
[Specify the number of postings of notification information]
Next, the second embodiment will be described. In the first embodiment, the menu generation server 2 does not limit the number of postings of notification information related to external content displayed on the common display menu. However, when the number of postings of the notification information is unlimited, there is a problem that the service partner normally posts the notification information and makes it difficult to see the common display menu. Therefore, in the second embodiment, the menu generation server 2 sets an upper limit on the number of times the notification information is posted.

FIG. 10 is a functional configuration diagram of the terminal 1 and the menu generation server 2 according to the second embodiment.
In the second embodiment, the storage unit 21 further includes an upper limit information storage unit 213 that stores an upper limit number of times of receiving notification information within a predetermined period in association with external content. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the upper limit information storage unit 213. The upper limit information storage unit 213 stores the content ID, the upper limit number, and the number of notifications in association with each other as upper limit information. In the second embodiment, the upper limit number is set to a predetermined number (for example, five times) set in advance. The number of notifications in the upper limit information storage unit 213 is reset to 0 periodically (for example, once a month) by the control unit 22.

  In the second embodiment, the reception unit 220 receives the notification information related to the external content when the number of receptions of the notification information related to the external content exceeds the upper limit number set for the external content. To refuse. Specifically, when the reception unit 220 receives a registration request including a content ID, notification information, and an address corresponding to the notification information from the management terminal of a service partner that provides external content, the reception unit 220 refers to the upper limit information storage unit 213. Then, it is determined whether or not the number of notifications corresponding to the content ID is equal to or greater than the upper limit number. If the reception unit 220 determines that the number of notifications is equal to or greater than the upper limit number, the reception unit 220 rejects reception of the notification information and transmits error information indicating that reception of the notification information is rejected to the management terminal.

  If the reception unit 220 determines that the number of notifications is less than the upper limit number, the reception unit 220 permits the reception of the notification information and causes the notification information storage unit 212 to store the received information. In addition, the reception unit 220 adds 1 to the number of notifications stored in the upper limit information storage unit 213 and corresponding to the content ID included in the registration request.

  Here, regarding the external content related to the predetermined category, the reception unit 220 may receive the notification information related to the external content regardless of the number of times the notification information is received. For example, the reception unit 220 may not set an upper limit on the category that provides highly public information such as news and weather. In this case, in the upper limit information storage unit 213 illustrated in FIG. 11, the upper limit number may not be set for the external content in the category where the upper limit number is not limited.

[Effects of Second Embodiment]
As described above, the menu generation server 2 according to the second embodiment rejects the reception of the notification information when the number of receptions of the notification information exceeds the upper limit number, so that the notification information is normally displayed on the common display menu. It can be prevented from continuing being done.

<Third Embodiment>
[Adjust the maximum number of external contents]
Subsequently, a third embodiment will be described. In the second embodiment, the number of times the receiving unit 220 receives the notification information is set to a predetermined number. However, among a plurality of external contents, there are contents that are popular and contents that are not popular. For example, popular content has a large number of transitions to external content via the common display menu when displayed as service content, and is often selected when displayed as external content in the common display menu. . For this reason, popular content has a high contribution to the common display menu service. Therefore, in the third embodiment, the menu generation server 2 changes the upper limit number according to the degree of contribution to the common display menu service.

FIG. 12 is a functional configuration diagram of the terminal 1 and the menu generation server 2 according to the third embodiment.
In the third embodiment, the control unit 22 further includes a measurement unit 225 and a setting unit 226.

  The measurement unit 225 transitions to another service content via the common display menu when the external content is displayed as the service content on the terminal 1 and when the external content is displayed as the service content. Measure the number of transitions that indicate the number of

  The measurement unit 225 measures the number of display times as follows. For example, each service content includes a script that transmits identification information of the content to the menu generation server 2 when the service content is displayed. In response to the server receiving unit 221 of the menu generation server 2 receiving the content identification information, the display count is measured.

  Further, the measurement unit 225 measures the number of transitions as follows. First, when generating the common display menu, the generation unit 223 of the menu generation server 2 accesses address information of service content (external content) related to each category via the menu generation server 2. Convert to redirect format address information.

  Thereafter, when the service content displayed on the common display menu is selected in the terminal 1, a service content acquisition request is transmitted to the menu generation server 2. When the server reception unit 221 of the menu generation server 2 receives the acquisition request, the measurement unit 225 updates the number of transitions. Thereafter, the server transmission unit 224 redirects to the service content page corresponding to the acquisition request.

  The setting unit 226 sets the upper limit number of each of the plurality of external contents based on at least one of the display count and the transition count measured by the measurement unit 225. Here, a total value of the upper limit number corresponding to the external content associated with the predetermined number of categories displayed on the common display menu may be determined in advance, and the setting unit 226 may add the upper limit number of the plurality of external contents. The upper limit number may be set so that the value does not exceed a predetermined total value.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of setting the upper limit number by the setting unit 226. For example, it is assumed that there are six categories displayed on the common display menu, and there are six external contents corresponding to these categories. The total value of the upper limit numbers is 30 times (= 6 * 5 times). Here, the initial value of the upper limit number of all external contents is five times. As a result of measuring the number of transitions and the number of display times by the measuring unit 225, as shown in FIG. 13, the total value of the number of transitions and the number of display times is A news, BB shop, CCC radio, D music, E travel, F gourmet The case where there are many in order is demonstrated. For example, the setting unit 226 increases the upper limit value of the external content having the largest total value by 2, and decreases the upper limit value of the external content having the smallest total value by 2. The setting unit 226 increases the upper limit value of the external content having the second largest total value by 1, and decreases the upper limit value of the external content having the second smallest total value by one.

  Note that the setting unit 226 may set the upper limit value by a method different from the method described above. For example, the total value of the number of transitions and the number of display times of all external contents may be calculated, and the upper limit value may be set based on the ratio of the total value of each external content to the total value.

[Effect in the third embodiment]
As described above, the menu generation server 2 according to the third embodiment sets an upper limit value based on at least one of the number of transitions and the number of display times, and thus the upper limit value for content that contributes greatly to the common display menu service. Can be preferentially raised.

<Fourth Embodiment>
[Display the number of updated service contents in the common display menu]
Subsequently, a fourth embodiment will be described. When the update frequency of the service content associated with the common display menu is low, the user of the terminal 1 determines that the service content is unlikely to be updated, and can select the service content in the common display menu There is a problem that the property becomes low.

  Therefore, in the fourth embodiment, the generation unit 223 generates a common display menu that can display information indicating the number of service contents whose contents are updated among the service contents associated with the common display menu.

  Specifically, the control unit 22 periodically acquires the service content based on the address information of the service content constituting the plurality of service partner information, and identifies the service content whose content has been updated. And the control part 22 associates the update date information which shows an update date with the service partner information of the service content in which the content was updated among several service partner information.

  The control unit 22 may receive update information indicating that the service content has been updated from the content server 3 instead of periodically acquiring the service content. In this case, the control unit 22 may associate update date / time information indicating the update date / time with the service partner information of the service content corresponding to the update information among the plurality of service partner information.

  The generation unit 223 sets the number of service contents whose update date / time information is within a predetermined time from the current date / time among the service contents associated with the common display menu as the number of service contents whose contents have been updated, and A common display menu including information indicating the number is generated. For example, the generation unit 223 sets the total value obtained by adding the update numbers of the service contents associated with the respective categories included in the common display menu as the number of service contents whose contents are updated.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a service content menu screen according to the fourth embodiment is displayed on the display unit 12 of the terminal 1. In the example illustrated in FIG. 13, it is confirmed that there are two service contents whose contents are updated among the service contents associated with the category, and the number of the service contents is displayed as “2” on the tab 112. it can. Note that the generation unit 223 may display an icon indicating that the category has been updated in the category corresponding to the updated service content, or may make the background color of the category different from the background color of another category. . In the above description, when the common menu screen is displayed, the number of service content updates is displayed on the tab 112 displayed at the same time as the common menu screen. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the number of service content updates associated with a category may be displayed on the tab 111 displayed together with the service content. In addition, when a plurality of service contents are associated with each category, the generation unit 223 may display the number of updated service contents (update number) for each category. Further, the generation unit 223 may cause the tab 112 to display the number of pieces of notification information included in the common display menu.

[Effects of the fourth embodiment]
As described above, the menu generation server 2 of the fourth embodiment generates a common display menu that can display the number of service contents updated in the common display menu, so the user of the terminal 1 determines the number of service contents. It is possible to confirm and increase the possibility of selecting service content associated with the common display menu.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications or improvements can be added to the above embodiment. In particular, the specific embodiments of the distribution / integration of the devices are not limited to those illustrated above, and all or a part thereof may be added in arbitrary units according to various additions or according to functional loads. It can be configured functionally or physically distributed and integrated. For example, each of the service partner information storage unit 211, the notification information storage unit 212, and the upper limit information storage unit 213 of the above embodiment may be provided in another server different from the menu generation server 2.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Terminal, 11 ... Input part, 12 ... Display part, 13 ... Radio | wireless part, 14 ... Memory | storage part, 15 ... Control part, 151 ... Terminal transmission part, 152 ... terminal receiving unit, 153 ... display control unit, 2 ... menu generation server, 21 ... storage unit, 211 ... service partner information storage unit, 212 ... notification information storage unit, 213 ... upper limit information storage unit, 22 ... control unit, 220 ... reception unit, 221 ... server reception unit, 222 ... identification unit, 223 ... generation unit, 224 ... server transmission Part 3 ... content server 4 ... communication network S ... menu display system

Claims (9)

A service content to be displayed on the terminal, is contained in the common display menu, each is commonly displayed on the service content provided in a plurality of service partners utilize a common display menu services is displayed on the terminal A menu information storage unit for storing an address of an external content link indicating service content different from the service content ;
A reception unit for receiving notification information to be displayed on the common display menu in association with the external content;
Upon receiving an acquisition request for the common display menu from the terminal, a generation unit that generates the common display menu including the link;
A transmission unit for transmitting the generated common display menu to the terminal,
When the reception unit receives the notification information corresponding to the link of the external content included in the common display menu, the generation unit displays the common display menu in which the notification information is displayed in association with the link. Generate,
Menu generation server. The receiving unit receives the notification information and an address corresponding to the notification information;
When the reception unit receives the notification information corresponding to the link of the external content included in the common display menu, the generation unit converts the link into an address received together with the notification information and Generating the common display menu in which the notification information is displayed in association with a later link;
The menu generation server according to claim 1. An upper limit information storage unit that stores an upper limit number of times of receiving the notification information within a predetermined period in association with the external content;
The reception unit rejects reception of the notification information related to the external content when the number of times of reception of the notification information related to one external content exceeds the upper limit number,
The menu generation server according to claim 1 or 2. The menu information storage unit stores the address in association with each of a plurality of categories included in the common display menu,
The reception unit receives notification information related to the external content regardless of the number of times the notification information is received for the external content related to a predetermined category.
The menu generation server according to claim 3. In the terminal, the number of display times indicating the number of times the external content is displayed as the service content, and when the external content is displayed as the service content, transition to another service content via the common display menu A measurement unit for measuring the number of transitions indicating the number of times;
A setting unit configured to set the upper limit number based on at least one of the measured display count and the transition count;
The menu generation server according to claim 3 or 4. The total value of the upper limit number corresponding to the external content associated with each of the common display a predetermined number of categories displayed on the menu is set in advance,
The setting unit sets the upper limit number so that a total value of the upper limit numbers of a plurality of external contents does not exceed a preset total value;
The menu generation server according to claim 5. The computer runs,
A service content to be displayed on the terminal, is contained in the common display menu, each is commonly displayed on the service content provided in a plurality of service partners utilize a common display menu services is displayed on the terminal Receiving notification information related to external content indicating service content different from service content ;
Receiving the common display menu acquisition request from the terminal, generating the common display menu including a link of the external content;
Transmitting the generated common display menu to the terminal,
In the step of generating, when the notification information corresponding to the link of the external content included in the common display menu is received in the step of receiving, the common display menu in which the notification information is displayed in association with the link Generate
Menu generation method. A menu display system comprising: a terminal; and a menu generation server that causes the terminal to display a common display menu that is displayed in common with service content provided by each of a plurality of service partners using the common display menu service ,
The terminal
A common display menu including a link to external content that is displayed in common with service content displayed by a common menu display module incorporated in the terminal and that indicates service content different from the service content displayed on the terminal. It has a display control unit that is acquired from the menu generation server and displayed on the display unit,
The menu generation server
A menu information storage unit for storing an address of a link of said external content contained in the common display menu that appears in common to the service content to be displayed on the terminal,
A reception unit for receiving notification information to be displayed on the common display menu in association with the external content;
Upon receiving an acquisition request for the common display menu from the terminal, a generation unit that generates the common display menu including the link;
A transmission unit that transmits the generated common display menu to the terminal;
When the reception unit receives the notification information corresponding to the link of the external content included in the common display menu, the generation unit displays the common display menu in which the notification information is displayed in association with the link. Generate,
Menu display system. The terminal further includes a menu storage unit that temporarily stores the acquired common display menu,
The display control unit displays the common display menu stored in the menu storage unit when the common display menu cannot be acquired from the menu generation server.
The menu display system according to claim 8.

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