JP6440505B2 - Menu generation server, menu display system, and menu generation method - Google Patents

Description

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

  Conventionally, a service provided by a web page or an application is provided with a menu for selecting content constituting the service (see, for example, Patent Document 1). By providing a substantial menu, the user who uses the service can easily select the content he wants to use, and the convenience of the service is improved. If the evaluation of the service increases with the improvement of convenience, it can be expected that the effect of attracting customers will be enhanced by the introduction of users who use the service.

JP 2007-157093 A

However, when the number of users using the service is small, there is a problem that even if convenience is improved, the effect of attracting customers by introduction is small, and it is difficult to increase the number of users significantly.
In this regard, the present applicant has proposed a mechanism shown in Japanese Patent Application Nos. 2014-91195 and 2014-192651.

  In Japanese Patent Application No. 2014-91195, a common display menu common to a plurality of different services is provided, and a transition can be made between a plurality of services using the common display menu. According to such a mechanism, since the total number of users who use the service is the sum of the number of users who use each service, an improvement in the effect of attracting customers by introducing users can be expected.

  Japanese Patent Application No. 2014-192651 proposes a mechanism for adding notification information (for example, the latest breaking news and time sale information) recommended to the user for each service to the common display menu. According to such a mechanism, the user can be guided to the content desired by the service provider (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “service partner”), and thus a menu that is convenient for the user and the service partner is provided. can do.

  By the way, in a situation where the notification information is notified at an appropriate frequency, the user is interested in the notification information. However, in a situation where an unnecessarily large amount of notification information is notified, the user is interested in the notification information. The notification information becomes less meaningful and the user is not guided even if the notification information is notified. If the significance of the notification information is diminished, not only the satisfaction level of the user but also the satisfaction level of the service partner is lowered. Therefore, the administrator of the common display menu should appropriately add the notification information to be added to the common display menu. A new management system is required.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a demand, and a menu generation server, a menu display system, and a menu generation method that do not impair the convenience of notification information added to a common display menu common to a plurality of services. The purpose is to provide.

  In the first aspect of the present invention, a menu generation server that displays a common display menu common to a plurality of services provided by a plurality of service partners on a terminal used by a user, in response to a request from the terminal, The generation unit that generates the common display menu that can be changed to each of the plurality of services, registration of notification information that can be changed from the service partner to specific content that constitutes the service, and the notification information that is the terminal A reception unit that receives the setting of a time zone to be notified, an addition unit that adds the received notification information to the common display menu, and a provision that provides the terminal with the common display menu to which the notification information is added The notification information is a time for notifying the notification information that has been registered within a predetermined period. It on condition cumulative length of equal to or less than a predetermined time, providing a menu generation server to be added to the common display menu.

  In addition, for each of the plurality of services, a management unit that manages the access status of the service by the user, and a setting unit that sets the predetermined time for each of the service partners based on the access status It is good also as providing further.

  In addition, the notification information includes a number of times that the total length of time periods for notifying the notification information received within a predetermined period is equal to or less than a predetermined time and the registration of the notification information is received within the predetermined period. It may be added to the common display menu on condition that the total number is equal to or less than a predetermined number.

  Further, for each of the plurality of services, a management unit that manages the access status of the service by the user, and a setting unit that sets the predetermined number of times for each of the service partners based on the access status; It is good also as providing further.

  In addition, the management unit, the number of outflows indicating the number of transitions to other services through the common display menu while the user is provided with one of the plurality of services, and While receiving provision of the other service, the inflow number indicating the number of transitions to the one service via the common display menu is counted for each of the plurality of services, and the setting unit The setting may be made for the service partner that provides the service based on the relationship between the number of outflows and the number of inflows counted for each of the services.

  Moreover, it is good also as providing the alerting | reporting part which reports the time slot | zone which notifies the notification information received from the other service partner with respect to one service partner.

  In addition, when there are a plurality of pieces of notification information in which a time zone including a timing at which a request from the terminal is received exists, the addition unit adds each of the plurality of pieces of notification information to the common display menu with different modes. It is good to do.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a menu display system comprising a terminal used by a user and a menu generation server that causes the terminal to display a common display menu common to a plurality of services provided by a plurality of service partners. The terminal acquires from the menu generation server a common display menu that is displayed in common to the plurality of services displayed by the common menu display module incorporated in the terminal and includes a link to a service different from the service. A display control unit for displaying on the display unit, and the menu generation server generates the common display menu that can transition to each of the plurality of services in response to a request from the terminal; Notification information that can be transferred from the service partner to the specific content constituting the service. A reception unit that accepts registration of the notification information together with a setting of a time zone for notifying the terminal, an addition unit that adds the received notification information to the common display menu, and the common display in which the notification information is added A providing unit that provides a menu to the terminal, and the notification information is a cumulative total of lengths of time slots for notifying the notification information that has been registered within a predetermined period. And a menu display system that is added to the common display menu.

  In a third aspect of the present invention, a menu generation method for causing a terminal used by a user to display a common display menu common to a plurality of services provided by a plurality of service partners, in response to a request from the terminal, The step of generating the common display menu capable of transitioning to each of the plurality of services, registration of notification information capable of transitioning from the service partner to specific content constituting the service, and the notification information being stored in the terminal A step of accepting together with setting of a notification time zone, a step of adding the accepted notice information to the common display menu, and a step of providing the common display menu with the notice information added to the terminal. The adding step includes the step of adding the notification information accepted for registration within a predetermined period. On condition that the cumulative length of time and notifies zone is equal to or less than a predetermined time, provides a menu generation method of adding the notification information to the common display menu.

  According to the present invention, the convenience of notification information added to a common display menu common to a plurality of services is not impaired.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of a menu display system. It is a figure which shows the example by which the service 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 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 figure which shows the function structure of a terminal and a menu production | generation server. It is a figure which shows the function structure of the menu generation server at the time of exhibiting a menu registration function. It is a figure which shows an example of the information memorize | stored in a service partner information storage part. It is a figure which shows an example of the information memorize | stored in a notification information storage part. It is a figure which shows an example of the information memorize | stored in a setting content memory | storage part. It is a figure which shows an example of the registration screen at the time of registering notification information. It is a figure which shows an example of the count result of the outflow number and the inflow number. It is a figure which shows the function structure of the menu generation server at the time of exhibiting a menu provision function. It is a figure which shows the flow of a process until it displays a common display menu. It is a figure which shows the flow of a process at the time of receiving the registration request of notification information from the management terminal of a service partner.

[Outline of menu display system]
First, an overview of the menu display system S of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the menu display system S.
The menu display system S is a system for providing a common display menu service using a common display menu that is commonly used for each of a plurality of services. 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 content that constitutes a service. The terminal 1, the menu generation server 2, and the plurality of content servers 3 are connected to be communicable via a predetermined communication network 4.

The content server 3 is a server managed by each of a plurality of service partners using 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 the content, and displays the content on the display unit 12 included in the terminal 1. FIG. 2 is a display example of the display unit 12 of the terminal 1 and shows an example of content constituting the recipe service. As shown in FIG. 2, 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 menu screen of the service being used is displayed instead of the content display screen. FIG. 3 is a display example of the display unit 12 of the terminal 1 and shows an example of a menu screen of the recipe service. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a menu screen used in the recipe service. Hereinafter, the menu screen of the service being used is simply referred to as a menu screen.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, the menu screen includes an advertising space, a site service menu, a common display menu, and a tab 112. As shown in FIG. 12, 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 a menu of a service 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 for transitioning to a service of a service partner that participates in the common display menu service, and is provided by the menu generation server 2. The common display menu displays a plurality of categories such as news and shopping, and each of these categories has address information (link) for transitioning to services of a plurality of service partners participating in the common display menu service. Is associated.

  The tab 112 is an image for stopping the display of the common display menu and transitioning to the display screen of the service used before displaying the common display menu. For example, when the tab 112 is touched by the user of the terminal 1 in the state shown in FIG. 3, the display screen of the recipe service shown in FIG. 2 is redisplayed.

  Here, among services displayed on the common display menu, there is a service in which information to be provided to the user changes according to time. For example, a news site may want to give users a web page that contains breaking news, and a shopping site may use a web page that contains information about time sales. You may wish to provide it with priority. Therefore, in the menu display system S according to the present embodiment, notification information designated by the service partner can be added to the common display menu.

  FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a common display menu to which notification information is added. In the example shown in FIG. 4B, notification information “railway operation information” is additionally displayed for the D news link displayed in the common display menu, and for the A shopping link, It can be confirmed that the notification information “Time sale in progress” is additionally displayed.

  In the menu display system S as described above, when the user of the terminal 1 touches the category name displayed on the common display menu, the service transitions to the service of the service partner based on the address information corresponding to the category. As a result, service partners who participate in the menu display system S can receive access to their services not only from their own customers but also from other companies that use the services of other service partners. The improvement of the effect can be expected.

  In particular, in the menu display system S, by adding notification information to the common display menu, and prompting access to a service corresponding to the notification information, the user can select a plurality of services provided by the common display menu service. You will be traveling around. As a result, an increase in the use time of the common display menu can be expected, and further, an increase in the access rate to the service of the service partner can be expected.

User guidance by notification information is an effect that occurs because the user is interested in the notification information. If the user is not interested in the notification information, the user can be appropriately guided to the service for the notification information. It will disappear. In this respect, in the menu display system S of the present invention, by restricting the registration or additional display of the notification information by the service partner, it is possible to prevent unnecessary display of the notification information on the common display menu, and the user's interest We are going to reduce the degree of decline.
Details of the menu display system S will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[Configuration of menu display system S]
First, the functional configuration of the terminal 1 and the menu generation server 2 constituting the menu display system S will be described with reference to FIG.

[Configuration example of terminal 1]
As illustrated in FIG. 5, 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 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 content acquisition request to the content server 3 that manages the service in response to the input unit 11 receiving an operation for acquiring the content constituting the service being used.
The terminal receiving unit 152 receives the content corresponding to the acquisition request from the content server 3 and receives the site service menu of the service corresponding to the content.

  As illustrated in FIG. 2, the display control unit 153 displays the content received from the content server 3 and the tab 111 for displaying the menu screen on the display unit 12. Here, the site service menu received by the terminal receiving unit 152 is not displayed until the tab 111 is touched, and enters a display waiting state. Therefore, 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.
At this time, the source code of the menu screen includes a script (for example, Ajax) for acquiring the common display menu from the menu generation server 2, and the terminal transmission unit 151 generates the menu based on the script. A common display menu acquisition request is transmitted to the server 2. When the terminal reception unit 152 receives the common display menu from the menu generation server 2 in response to the acquisition request, the display control unit 153 adds the received common display menu to the site service menu, thereby causing the display unit 12 to display the menu. Display the screen.

[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 program for the control unit 22 of the menu generation server 2 to exhibit the menu registration function 23 and the menu providing function 24. 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.

  The control part 22 is comprised by CPU, for example. The control unit 22 exhibits the menu registration function 23 and the menu providing function 24 by executing various programs stored in the storage unit 21.

  The menu registration function 23 is a function for accepting registration of services provided by the service partner and notification information to be added to the common display menu from each of a plurality of service partners participating in the common display menu service. Further, the menu registration function 23 sets notification information registration conditions for each of a plurality of service partners.

  The notification information registration conditions include, for example, the number of times notification information can be registered, the time for adding the notification information to the common display menu, and the like. For example, a service partner with advantageous registration conditions can register more notification information than a service partner with disadvantageous notification mode, and can add notification information for a longer time.

The menu providing function 24 is a function that generates a common display menu in response to an acquisition request (selection of the tab 111) from the terminal 1 and provides the common display menu to the terminal 1. Specifically, the menu providing function 24 generates a common display menu that can transition to the service accepted from the service partner in accordance with the registration content accepted by the menu registration function 23, and displays the registered notification information in common. In addition to the menu, it is provided to the terminal 1.
Details of the menu registration function 23 and the menu providing function 24 of the control unit 22 will be described below.

[Details of menu registration function 23]
FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the storage unit 21 and the control unit 22 when the menu registration function 23 is exhibited.
As shown in FIG. 6, when the menu registration function 23 is exhibited, the storage unit 21 includes a service partner information storage unit 211, a notification information storage unit 212, and a setting content storage unit 213. .

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the service partner information storage unit 211. As shown in FIG. 7, the service partner information storage unit 211 stores a service name, address information for calling a service, and a category to which the service belongs in association with a service ID for identifying the service of the service partner.
Note that the address information for calling the service may be, for example, a URL for reading a web page, or a URL scheme described so as to include an application activation instruction. In this case, when the designated application is installed in the terminal 1, the designated application is activated, while when the designated application is not installed, the application for installing the application is installed. It is good also as making it change to a store site.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the notification information storage unit 212. As illustrated in FIG. 8, the notification information storage unit 212 stores the content of the notification information, address information for calling the notification information, and a time zone for additionally displaying the notification information on the common display menu in association with the service ID.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the setting content storage unit 213. As illustrated in FIG. 9, the setting content storage unit 213 stores registration conditions and registration results in association with service IDs. The registration condition is a condition for the service partner that provides the service corresponding to the service ID to register the notification information, and the registration record is that the service partner registered the notification information within a predetermined period (for example, one month). It is information indicating a track record.
Since the notification information is additionally displayed in the common display menu, access to the service indicated by the notification information is promoted. Therefore, registering the notification information leads to an increase in the access rate to the service. In the present embodiment, an arbitrary service is preferentially given to other services by setting a registration condition of notification information for each service partner.

  As an example of the registration condition, as illustrated in FIG. 9, a registration possible number that is the number of times that notification information can be registered within a predetermined period and a registration possible time that is a time during which notification information can be registered within a predetermined period are used. be able to. Of course, as other conditions, an arbitrary condition such as a registration fee, which is a fee necessary for registering notification information, or a unit time for additionally displaying notification information on the common display menu may be used.

The larger the number that can be registered or the longer the registration possible time, the more opportunities to enjoy the benefits of the notification information. Note that the number that can be registered and the time that can be registered may be set under an AND condition or may be set under an OR condition. In this regard, in the present embodiment, the number of registrations and the registration possible time are set by AND conditions.
Referring to FIG. 9, the service partner of service ID “EEEE” is set with a registerable number “5” and a registerable time “60 hours”. Therefore, the service partner can register the notification information within a range in which the number of registrations within a predetermined period is 5 times or less and the cumulative time of the time zone is within 60 hours.

  As the registration record, as shown in FIG. 9 as an example, the total number of times that the notification information is registered within the predetermined period and the total length of the time period designated to notify the notification information within the predetermined period are used. Can do. When new registration of notification information is received from a service partner, the newly received notification information is compared by comparing the newly received registration (time zone) and the contents of stored registration results with the registration conditions. You can decide whether to accept registration.

  As described above, in the menu display system S, notification information is added to the common display menu unnecessarily by not allowing the service partner to register the notification information without restriction, but under certain restrictions. Is prevented. Thereby, it can prevent that the user's interest degree with respect to notification information falls, and when notification information is additionally displayed, a user can be appropriately guide | induced to the corresponding service.

  Returning to FIG. 6, when the menu registration function 23 is exhibited, the control unit 22 includes a reception unit 231, a notification unit 232, a management unit 233, and a setting unit 234.

  The receiving unit 231 receives a registration request regarding its own service from each of a plurality of service partner management terminals (not shown). Specifically, the reception unit 231 receives information (service ID, address information, etc.) on the service displayed on the common display menu from each of the service partner management terminals, and information on the notification information additionally displayed on the common display menu ( The registration request for notification information, address information, time zone, etc.) is accepted. Information received by the receiving unit 231 is stored in the service partner information storage unit 211 and the notification information storage unit 212.

In addition, when receiving the registration request about notification information from a service partner, the reception part 231 compares the registration performance of the said service partner with registration conditions, and performs registration based on the said registration request. In the case where the registration possible time is used as the registration condition, the reception unit 231 registers new notification information from the service partner on the condition that the total length of the time zone within the predetermined period is equal to or less than the registration possible time. Accept. In addition, when the number that can be registered is used as the registration condition, the reception unit 231 provides a service on the condition that the total number of times registration of notification information is received within a predetermined period within a predetermined period is equal to or less than the number that can be registered. Accept registration of new notification information from partners.
In addition, when using the registerable time and the registerable time as the registration conditions in the AND condition, the reception unit 231 determines that the cumulative total of the time periods within the predetermined period is equal to or shorter than the registerable time and the predetermined period The registration of new notification information from the service partner is accepted on the condition that the total number of times the registration of notification information is received is equal to or less than the number that can be registered.

When the notification unit 232 receives a registration request for notification information from the management terminal of one service partner, the notification unit 232 can inform the one service partner of a time zone in which another service partner has already registered. .
Here, FIG. 10 shows an example of a registration screen when registering notification information. 10 is a display screen provided from the menu generation server 2 to the management terminal of the service partner when the service partner registers notification information.

In the example shown in FIG. 10, the registration screen includes a registration area and a confirmation area.
The registration area is a screen area for the service partner to register the notification information, a selection unit 301 for selecting a time zone for notifying the notification information, the content of the notification information (“Railway operation shown in FIG. 4B)”. Information ”“ time sale in progress! ”) And an input field 303 for inputting address information indicating the location of content corresponding to the notification information in the service. The service partner registers the notification information via the selection unit 301 and the input fields 302 and 303.
The time period for notifying the notification information may be specified by accepting the time, for example, “9:00 to 9:30”, or “9:00 to 30 minutes”. It is good also as specifying by accepting start time and a period.

  The confirmation area is a screen area for confirming the time zone of the notification information registered by other service partners. In the example shown in FIG. 10, it can be confirmed from the confirmation area whether the desired date and time has already been registered by another service partner. It should be noted that the range in which one service partner can confirm the registered contents of other service partners can be set as appropriate. As an example, as shown in FIG. 10, only the registered time zone may be confirmed, the name of the service partner registered during the time zone may also be confirmed, or registered. The contents of the notification information may be confirmed together.

  In the example shown in FIG. 10, other service partners can check the registered time zone when registering their own notification information, but the notification information is notified after the registration of their own notification information is completed. Only when the time zone to be overlapped with the time zone of another service partner may be reported. Specifically, the notification unit 232, when at least a part of the time period for notifying the notification information received from one service partner overlaps the time period for notifying the notification information received from another service partner, It may be possible to inform at least one of the one service partner and the other service partner that the time zones overlap.

Returning to FIG. 6, the management unit 233 manages the status of access to the service by the user for each of the plurality of services. Here, the method of managing the access status by the management unit 233 is arbitrary. As an example, the terminal 1 accesses the content server 3 corresponding to the destination service according to the address information set in the common display menu, but the content server 3 sends a predetermined notification to the menu generation server 2. By doing so, the menu generation server 2 may detect that the user has accessed the service and manage the access status.
In addition, a script (for example, Ajax) for performing a predetermined notification from the terminal 1 to the menu generation server 2 when changing the service via the common display menu is included in the common display menu, thereby allowing access. The situation may be managed. According to such a method, when the user changes the service through the common display menu, the terminal 1 notifies the menu generation server 2 so that the terminal 1 accesses the predetermined service in the menu generation server 2. I can understand what happened.

The access status managed by the management unit 233 is arbitrary, but in this embodiment, the outflow number and the inflow number counted for each service are used.
The number of outflows indicates the number of transitions from one service to another via the common display menu while the user is receiving one of the services participating in the common display menu service. The number of inflows indicates the number of transitions to the one service via the common display menu while the user is provided with another service. For example, when the user using “A shopping” transitions to “B radio” via the common display menu, the management unit 233 adds “1” to the number of outflows of “A shopping” Add "1" to the number of radio inflows.

  The management unit 233 may count the number of outflows and the number of inflows counted for one service for each of the other services at the transition destination and the other services at the transition source. Specifically, in the case of the above example, the management unit 233 adds “1” to the number of outflows of “B shopping” out of the number of outflows of “A shopping”, and the inflow of “B radio” Among the numbers, “1” is added to the number of inflows whose transition source is “A shopping”.

  Here, an example of the number of outflows and the number of inflows counted by the management unit 233 is shown in FIG. From the aspect of increasing the usage time of the common display menu, the degree of contribution of each service to the increase in usage time can be grasped from the number of outflows and the number of inflows. For example, a service with a high number of outflows is a service with a high degree of contribution because it leads many users to other services that participate in the common display menu service. It can be said that the service is low.

Of course, the degree of contribution can be grasped not using the number of outflows and the number of inflows but using the ratio of the number of outflows to the number of inflows. For example, a service having a high ratio of the number of outflows to the number of inflows is a service that is a starting point when traveling between a plurality of services and has a high contribution. On the other hand, a service having a low ratio of the number of outflows to the number of inflows is a service in which the user stops using the common display menu service and has a low contribution.
In the case of the counting result shown in FIG. 11, it can be said that the “C calendar” of the service ID “CCCC” is a service having a high contribution ratio with a high ratio of the outflow number to the inflow number. On the other hand, it can be said that the “D news” with the service ID “DDDD” is a service that has a remarkably low number of outflows and a low contribution to the number of inflows.

Returning to FIG. 6, the setting unit 234 sets notification information registration conditions for each of the service partners based on the access status managed by the management unit 233. More specifically, the setting unit 234 sets registration conditions such as the number of registrations and the registration time within a predetermined period for each of the service partners based on the relationship between the number of outflows and the number of inflows of services. .
The setting method by the setting unit 234 is arbitrary, but as an example, an advantageous registration condition may be set for a service partner that provides a service with a high ratio of the number of outflows to the number of inflows. According to such a setting method, the user can be guided with respect to a service that guides many users to other services, which leads to the promotion of the use of the entire common display menu. In addition, as another example, setting a favorable registration condition for a service partner that provides a service with a small number of inflows can guide the user to the service. It is preferable that the service partner participates.

By registering the registration conditions by the setting unit 234, the menu display system S can restrict registration of notification information by the service partner, and can prevent the user's interest in the notification information from being lowered. From the viewpoint of effectively using the notification information in the common display menu service, it is preferable to comprehensively manage the registration conditions set for each of the service partners. Specifically, it is preferable that the total of registration conditions (number of registrations and registration time) set for each of the service partners is within a predetermined range in the entire common display menu service.
Therefore, the setting unit 234 may set registration conditions for each of the service partners within a range that satisfies a predetermined number of registrations and registration possible time in the entire common display menu service. Thereby, even if all the service partners have registered the notification information up to the upper limit of the registration conditions, the frequency of additionally displaying the notification information can be within the range assumed by the administrator of the common display menu service.

In addition, the setting unit 234 sets the range (the registered time zone, the service partner name, and the content of the notification information) that the notification unit 232 can report to the service partner that registers the notification information for each of the service partners. It is good to do. Although this setting method is also arbitrary, the setting unit 234 may set a range that can be reported by the notification unit 232 based on the registration condition.
For example, the setting unit 234 may set a wide range that can be reported to a service partner that has set advantageous registration conditions, and conversely, a range that can be reported to a service partner that has set adverse registration conditions. It is good also as setting widely. By setting the latter, a service partner with fewer opportunities for registering notification information can grasp the details registered by other service partners in detail, so that fewer opportunities can be used appropriately, which is preferable.

[Details of the menu providing function 24]
The menu registration function 23 has been described above. Next, the configuration of the storage unit 21 and the control unit 22 when the menu providing function 24 is exhibited will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 12, when the menu providing function 24 is exhibited, the storage unit 21 includes a service partner information storage unit 211, a notification information storage unit 212, and a setting content storage unit 213. The control unit 22 includes a server reception unit 241, a generation unit 242, an addition unit 243, and a provision unit 244.

  The server reception unit 241 receives a common display menu acquisition request from the terminal 1. Note that the common display menu acquisition request is transmitted from the terminal 1 to the menu generation server 2 when the tab 111 (see FIG. 2) is selected in the terminal 1, as described above.

  Upon receiving the acquisition request from the terminal 1, the generation unit 242 generates a common display menu that can be changed to each of a plurality of services. Specifically, the generation unit 242 identifies the address information of the service corresponding to the category of the common display menu with reference to the service partner information storage unit 211, and associates the category with the address information to correspond to the address information. A common display menu that can be changed to the service to be generated is generated.

Here, it is assumed that the category displayed in the common display menu is determined in advance. At this time, when only one service is associated with one category, the generation unit 242 specifies address information of the service, and a plurality of services are associated with one category. If it is, the generation unit 242 specifies address information of any one of the plurality of services.
Of course, when a plurality of services are associated with one category, the generation unit 242 may specify address information of two or more services among the plurality of services. When the address information of a plurality of services is specified for one category, the generation unit 242 can select a plurality of services related to the category according to the selection of the one category. It is good also as producing | generating a common display menu so that it may display.

  Further, the generation unit 242 may display at least one of a category, a service name, and an icon corresponding to the service in the common display menu. For example, the generation unit 242 may write the category and the service name together in the common display menu, or may display the service name instead of the category.

  Note that the service constituting the common display menu may be a web page or an application. Therefore, the generation unit 242 may generate a common display menu that displays links in different modes depending on the type (web page, application, etc.). For example, when the service is a web page, a symbol or the like may not be displayed, and when the service is an application, a symbol or the like indicating that the service is switched to a predetermined application may be displayed. By doing in this way, the user of the terminal 1 can grasp whether a transition is made to another web page or another application is executed when a service is selected.

When receiving the acquisition request from the terminal 1, the adding unit 243 adds the received notification information to the common display menu when a notification information registration request is received from the management partner management terminal. Specifically, the adding unit 243 refers to the notification information storage unit 212 to determine whether or not notification information desired to be notified at the timing when the common display menu acquisition request is received is registered. When the information is registered, the registered notification information and address information are read from the notification information storage unit 212 and added to the common display menu.
For example, as shown in FIG. 8, a registration request for adding notification information “railway operation information” in association with a service ID “DDDD” to a predetermined time zone is received, and the terminal is received within the predetermined time zone. When the acquisition request is received from 1, the adding unit 243 generates a common display menu (see FIG. 4B) in which the notification information “railway operation information” is associated with the D news displayed on the common display menu. .

  At this time, when the address information in the common display menu generated by the generation unit 242 is different from the address information in the notification information, the adding unit 243 converts the address information in the common display menu into address information in the notification information. It is good. For example, referring to the service partner information storage unit 211 shown in FIG. 7, while “aaashop.com” is registered as the address information of the service ID “AAAA”, the notification information storage unit 212 shown in FIG. “Aaashop.com/timesale.html” is registered as the address information of the notification information “time sale in progress” of the service ID “AAAA”. In this case, the adding unit 243 converts the address information associated with A shopping in the common display menu from “aaashop.com” to “aaashop.com/timesale.html”.

  In addition, when there are a plurality of pieces of notification information in which a time zone including the timing at which the acquisition request is received from the terminal 1 exists, the adding unit 243 adds each of the plurality of pieces of notification information to the common display menu with different modes. It is good as well. As an example, the adding unit 243 can additionally display one or more of the plurality of pieces of notification information in a flashy manner such as color or blinking, and can additionally display the remaining notification information in a plain manner such as black characters. .

  At this time, which notification information is to be flashy can be arbitrarily determined as appropriate. As an example, notification information of service partners with favorable registration conditions can be made flashy (or plain), and notification information of service partners with disadvantageous registration conditions can be made plain (or flashy). Also, the notification information of one service partner is flashy for the first minute of overlapping time zones, and the notification information of a service partner different from the one service partner is flashy for the next minute, etc. Alternatively, it may be determined according to overlapping time zones. In addition, for the terminal 1 that first made an acquisition request in the overlapping time zone, the notification information of one service partner is flashed, and for the terminal 1 that made the acquisition request next, the one service partner May be determined according to the received acquisition request, such as flashing notification information of different service partners.

  The providing unit 244 transmits the common display menu generated by the generating unit 242 or the common display menu added with the notification information by the adding unit 243 to the terminal 1 that transmitted the acquisition request.

[Processing of menu display system S]
The configuration of the menu display system S has been described above. Next, the processing flow of the menu display system S will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 and 14.

  First, in step S10, when a registration request is received from the management terminal used by each of the service partners participating in the common display menu service, the reception unit 231 of the menu generation server 2 sends various information according to the registration request to the service partner. The information is registered in the information storage unit 211 and the notification information storage unit 212.

Here, in step S10, details of a process when a notification information registration request is received from the management terminal of the service partner will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 14, first, in step S11, the reception unit 231 and the notification unit 232 provide a registration screen (see FIG. 10) for registering notification information to the management terminal of the service partner. Subsequently, in step S12, the reception unit 231 receives a notification information registration request via the registration screen. This registration request includes the content of the notification information to be additionally displayed on the common display menu, the address information of the notification information, the time zone for additionally displaying the notification information, and the like.

  Subsequently, in step S13, the accepting unit 231 displays the cumulative time of the time zone for additionally displaying the notification information registered within the predetermined period by the service partner who has made the registration request and the time zone included in the registration request. It is determined whether or not the time is within the range of registerable time set for the service partner. If this determination is YES, then in step S14, the receiving unit 231 determines that the cumulative number obtained by adding the registration based on the current registration request to the number of times the service partner has registered the notification information within the predetermined period is It is determined whether or not the number can be registered within the number of registrations set for the service partner.

When both the determinations in step S13 and step S14 are YES, the reception unit 231 permits registration of the notification information based on the registration request received in step S12 and stores the content in the notification information storage unit 212. In addition, the reception unit 231 updates the cumulative time and the cumulative number of service partners that registered the notification information.
On the other hand, if at least one determination in step S13 and step S14 is NO, the accepting unit 231 disallows registration of the notification information based on the registration request accepted in step S12, and informs the service partner management terminal of that fact. To notify.

In this way, the menu generation server 2 allows the registration of notification information from the service partner to be permitted under certain restrictions without restricting the registration of notification information from the service partner. Can be controlled on two sides. As a result, the user's interest in the notification information can be prevented from being impaired, and the convenience of the notification information is not impaired.
In addition, registration of notification information is performed via a registration screen. In this registration screen, in addition to the registration area for registering notification information, the time set by other service partners to additionally display notification information A confirmation area for displaying the band is included. Accordingly, the service partner can register the notification information by designating a time zone when the notification information of the service partner becomes more effective.

  Returning to FIG. 13, when the terminal transmission unit 151 of the terminal 1 subsequently transmits a content acquisition request to the content server 3, in step S <b> 20, the content server 3 stores the content and site service stored in its storage unit. The menu is acquired and transmitted to the terminal 1.

  Subsequently, when the terminal receiving unit 152 receives the content and site service menu from the content server 3, the display control unit 153 displays the content and the tab 111 for calling the menu screen on the display unit 12 in step S30. indicate. The terminal receiving unit 152 temporarily stores the received site service menu in the storage unit 14.

  Subsequently, in step S40, the display control unit 153 determines whether or not the tab 111 has been selected. When the tab 111 is selected, in step S50, the display control unit 153 reads the site service menu from the storage unit 14 and displays it on the display unit 12 as a menu screen. At this time, the terminal transmission unit 151 transmits an acquisition request for the common display menu 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 241 receives an acquisition request for the common display menu from the terminal 1, in step S60, the generation unit 242 refers to the service partner information storage unit 211 and performs a service corresponding to the category of the common display menu. Specify address information for.

  Subsequently, in step S70, the generation unit 242 associates the category with the address information and generates a common display menu that can be changed to a service corresponding to the address information. At this time, when notification information is registered for the service displayed on the common display menu, the adding unit 243 adds the notification information to the generated common display menu. Subsequently, the providing unit 244 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 a menu screen including the common display menu on the display unit 12 in step S80.
In addition, when the currently displayed service is included in the link destination set in the common display menu, the portion corresponding to the service may have a different color scheme, and control is performed so as to disable the selection. Also good. 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 content. Then, only the common display menu may be displayed in response to selection of the tab 111.

  Subsequently, when an operation is performed on the common display menu at the terminal 1, operation information indicating the content of the operation is transmitted from the terminal 1 to the menu generation server 2. For example, the operation information is information indicating that the service currently displayed is changed to another service. When the operation information is received, in step S90, the management unit 233 of the menu generation server 2 flows into each service. Count the number and number of spills. Subsequently, in step S100, the setting unit 234 notifies the notification information in a predetermined period after the specific period based on the counting result of the specific period (may be the same as or different from the predetermined period). Are registered for each service partner and stored in the setting content storage unit 213.

[Effects of menu display system S]
The preferred embodiment of the menu display system S has been described above. In the menu display system S, when providing the terminal 1 with a common display menu common to a plurality of services, other services participating in the common display menu service are added in order for the service partner to add notification information that introduces their services. Transition to can be prompted through the common display menu. As a result, the user goes around between a plurality of services provided by the common display menu service, and an increase in the use time of the common display menu can be expected.

  At this time, in the menu display system S, registration of the notification information by the service partner is permitted without limitation and is permitted under certain restrictions. As an example, notification by the service partner only when the cumulative time of the time zone in which the notification information is additionally displayed within one month or the cumulative number of times the notification information is additionally displayed within one month is within the set range. Allow registration of information. Thereby, since it is possible to prevent the notification information from being additionally displayed unnecessarily on the common display menu, it is possible to suppress a decrease in the degree of interest associated with the unnecessary additional display, and the effect of the notification information of user guidance Can be properly demonstrated.

Further, in the menu display system S, the time and number of times (registration conditions) in which the notification information can be additionally displayed are set for each service partner. As an example, in the menu display system S, setting registration conditions based on the relationship between the number of outflows and the number of inflows counted for each service is advantageous for service partners who are highly contributing to the common display menu service. In contrast, it is possible to set a favorable registration condition for a service partner with a low contribution.
By setting like the former, the service partner can expect positive contribution, and as a result, increase of users who use the common display menu service can be expected. In addition, the latter setting allows many users to be guided to service partners that do not contribute at all, such as new service partners. As a result, the overall service is enhanced, and as a result, an increase in the number of users who use the common display menu service can be expected.

  In the menu display system S, the time zone set by the service partner to additionally display the notification information can be reported to other service partners. Thereby, the service partner who registers the notification information can register the notification information so as to notify the notification information of itself in a more effective time zone. As an example, it is preferable that the notification information can be emphasized by making it different from the time zone of other service partners. In addition, when there is a synergistic effect in relation to the notification information of other service partners, it is preferable that the effect of the notification information can be enjoyed by intentionally registering.

  Further, in the menu display system S, when time zones overlap in a plurality of pieces of notification information, the modes of the pieces of notification information are made different and added to the common display menu. Thereby, the fall of the user's interest degree accompanying the additional display of a plurality of pieces of notification information at the same time can be reduced, and the effect of the notification information of user guidance can be appropriately exhibited.

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 setting content storage unit 213 of the above embodiment may be provided in another server different from the menu generation server 2.

  In the above embodiment, when the menu screen is displayed on the terminal 1, the site service menu temporarily stored in the terminal 1 is read and the menu generation server 2 is accessed via the communication network 4. The display menu is to be acquired. In this regard, for example, even when the terminal 1 does not receive radio waves transmitted from the base station and cannot communicate, information indicating the common display menu is displayed on the terminal 1 so that the menu screen including the common display menu can be displayed. You may make it memorize | store temporarily in the memory | storage part 14.

  Specifically, 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. The common display menu (that is, the common display menu acquired at the timing when communication was possible in the past) 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. 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 displays the common display menu before a predetermined time has elapsed from the time. The common display menu stored in the storage unit 14 may be acquired and displayed.

  Moreover, the display mode when the category included in the common display menu is selected in the terminal 1 is arbitrary. For example, the display control unit 153 may display content based on address information associated with the service corresponding to the category, or may display a menu screen of the service instead of the content. By displaying the menu screen of the service first, the menu screen is continuously displayed at the time of transition of the service, so that it is possible to transition between services in a natural flow. In addition, the display control unit 153 may display a menu screen of the service first, and display a content display screen based on address information after a predetermined time has elapsed.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, it is supposed that it will control whether the notification information of the said service partner is additionally displayed by whether the registration possible number and registration possible time are satisfy | filled at the time of registration of the notification information from a service partner. In this regard, the restriction on additionally displaying the notification information may be performed not at the time of registration acceptance but at a set time zone. In other words, registration from the service partner is always accepted, while the determination based on the number of registrations and the registration possible time is performed in the set time zone, and the additional display of the notification information may be limited.

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Claims (9)

A menu generation server that displays a common display menu common to a plurality of services provided by a plurality of service partners on a terminal used by a user,
In response to a request from the terminal, a generation unit that generates the common display menu that can transition to each of the plurality of services;
A reception unit that accepts registration of notification information that can be transferred from the service partner to specific content that configures its own service, together with a setting of a time zone for notifying the notification information to the terminal;
An adding unit for adding received notification information to the common display menu;
A providing unit for providing the common display menu with the notification information added to the terminal;
With
The notification information is added to the common display menu on the condition that the total of the length of the time zone for which notification is accepted within a predetermined period is equal to or less than a predetermined time.
Menu generation server. For each of the plurality of services, a management unit that manages the status of access to the service by the user;
A setting unit configured to set the predetermined time for each of the service partners based on the access status;
The menu generation server according to claim 1, further comprising: The notification information includes a cumulative total of the lengths of time periods for notifying the notification information received within a predetermined period, and a total number of times the registration of the notification information is received within the predetermined period. Added to the common display menu on condition that the number is less than a predetermined number of times.
The menu generation server according to claim 1 or 2. For each of the plurality of services, a management unit that manages the status of access to the service by the user;
A setting unit configured to set the predetermined number of times for each of the service partners based on the access status;
The menu generation server according to claim 3, further comprising: The management unit includes the number of outflows indicating the number of transitions to another service through the common display menu while the user is receiving provision of one of the plurality of services, and the other The number of inflows indicating the number of transitions to the one service via the common display menu while receiving the service of the service is counted for each of the plurality of services,
The setting unit performs the setting for the service partner that provides the service based on the relationship between the number of outflows and the number of inflows counted for each of the services.
The menu generation server according to claim 4. An informing unit for reporting a time zone for notifying one service partner of notification information received from another service partner,
The menu generation server according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: When there are a plurality of pieces of notification information in which a time zone including a timing at which a request from the terminal is received exists, the adding unit adds each of the plurality of pieces of notification information to the common display menu with different modes.
The menu generation server according to any one of claims 1 to 6. A menu display system comprising a terminal used by a user and a menu generation server that displays a common display menu common to a plurality of services provided by a plurality of service partners on the terminal,
The terminal
A common display menu that is displayed in common to the plurality of services displayed by the common menu display module incorporated in the terminal and includes a link to a service different from the service is acquired from the menu generation server and displayed on the display unit. Having a display control unit to display,
The menu generation server
In response to a request from the terminal, a generation unit that generates the common display menu that can transition to each of the plurality of services;
A reception unit that accepts registration of notification information that can be transferred from the service partner to specific content that configures its own service, together with a setting of a time zone for notifying the notification information to the terminal;
An adding unit for adding received notification information to the common display menu;
A providing unit for providing the common display menu with the notification information added to the terminal;
With
The notification information is added to the common display menu on the condition that the total of the length of the time zone for which notification is accepted within a predetermined period is equal to or less than a predetermined time.
Menu display system. A menu generation method for displaying a common display menu common to a plurality of services provided by a plurality of service partners on a terminal used by a user,
Generating the common display menu capable of transitioning to each of the plurality of services in response to a request from the terminal;
Receiving registration of notification information capable of transitioning from the service partner to the specific content constituting the service, together with setting of a time zone for notifying the terminal of the notification information;
Adding received notification information to the common display menu;
Providing the common display menu with the notification information added to the terminal;
Including
The adding step adds the notification information to the common display menu, on the condition that the total of the length of time periods to be notified within a predetermined period is equal to or less than a predetermined time. to add,
Menu generation method.

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