JP6480995B1 - Information display program, information display method, terminal device, and distribution device - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an information display program, an information display method, a terminal device, and a distribution device capable of more easily searching for articles of interest more easily. An information display program causes a computer to execute an acquisition procedure and a display control procedure. In the acquisition procedure, when a predetermined operation is performed on the first link content that is linked to the first content and is being displayed, the second procedure related to the first content is performed. The second link content with a link to the content is acquired. In the display control procedure, the second link content acquired in the acquisition procedure is displayed together with the first link content being displayed. [Selection] Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an information display program, an information display method, a terminal device, and a distribution device.

  Conventionally, since the display area of a mobile terminal such as a smartphone is smaller than that of a personal computer, for example, in the case of a web page having a plurality of article contents, content including an outline or a headline is referred to as a so-called timeline. May be displayed in a row in the format.

  In recent years, when content that attracts interest is selected by tapping the content displayed in such a timeline format, the article content that is the original article of the selected content is inserted into the content arranged in a row, There is one that can display a list of a plurality of contents and selected article contents (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2017-058958 A

  However, a user who searches for an interesting article from a plurality of contents including an outline and a heading while scrolling on the display area moves from the web page unless an interesting article is found. For this reason, it is difficult for the above-described conventional technology to make such a user stay on the same web page for a long time.

  The present application has been made in view of the above, and provides an information display program, an information display method, a terminal device, and a distribution device that can more easily search for articles of interest more easily. Objective.

The information display program according to the present application causes a computer to execute an acquisition procedure and a display control procedure. Acquisition procedure, the first link content being displayed to a first link content link to the first content Ru non-display state near to the display request operation is performed is stretched, wherein the display request operation When an operation for designating the first link content different from the above is performed, the second link content linked to the second content related to the first content is acquired. In the display control procedure, the second link content acquired in the acquisition procedure is displayed together with the first link content being displayed while the first content is not displayed. In the acquisition procedure, a plurality of second link contents are acquired when the operation is performed on the first link contents. In the display control procedure, a part of the plurality of second link contents acquired is displayed, and after the part of the second link contents is displayed, the first link contents are displayed. When the operation is performed again, another second link content different from the partial second link content among the plurality of second link contents is displayed.

  According to one aspect of the embodiment, the probability of encountering an article of interest from the user increases, and from the web page provider side, the stay period of the user on the web page can be extended. It becomes possible to make the advertising conditions for the main advantageous.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an overview of information display processing according to the embodiment. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of the information distribution system according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of the terminal device according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of the content distribution server according to the embodiment. FIG. 5A is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of information display control according to the embodiment. FIG. 5B is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of information display control according to the embodiment. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of information display control according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of an article content extraction method according to the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram illustrating an information distribution processing procedure by the information distribution system according to the embodiment. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure performed by the terminal device according to the embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of information display control by the terminal device according to the embodiment. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a modification of the information display control according to the embodiment. FIG. 12 is a hardware configuration diagram illustrating an example of a computer that realizes the function of the content distribution apparatus.

  Hereinafter, modes for implementing an information display program, an information display method, a terminal device, and a distribution device according to the present application (hereinafter referred to as “embodiments”) will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The information display program, the information display method, the terminal device, and the distribution device according to the present application are not limited by this embodiment. In the following embodiments, the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted.

[1. Overview of information display processing]
First, an overview of the information display process according to the embodiment will be described. Here, an example of information display processing when a web page in which content is arranged in a timeline format is displayed by the terminal device according to the embodiment is shown. Further, in the present embodiment, the content to be subjected to the information display process is related to the first link content indicating the article summary in which the link to the first content, which is a detailed article, and the first content, and the details are the same. The second link content is a link to the second content that is an article.

  The second content related to the first content is selected by, for example, a well-known distributed expression, and although the content is similar to each other in detail, there is a slight difference and the article content does not overlap at all. Yes. Note that information such as the full text of the article, the title, the image included in the article, and the article submission source can be used as the distributed expression.

  Further, although the content to be subjected to the information display process is the article content, the article content includes, for example, advertisement content.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an overview of information display processing according to the embodiment. In FIG. 1, an outline of an information display process performed by the terminal device according to the embodiment by executing the information display program according to the embodiment will be described. In the present embodiment, the first link content is a plurality of (here, three) first link contents 210, 220, and 230 (see FIG. 1A), and the three first link contents 210, 220 and 230 may be collectively referred to as the first link content 200. Similarly, the second link contents are a plurality (here, five) of second link contents 310, 320, 330, 340, 350 (310 to 350) (see FIG. 1B), 5 The two second link contents 310 to 350 may be collectively referred to as the second link contents 300 in some cases.

  As shown in FIG. 1A, the display area 101 of the terminal device includes three first link contents 210, 220, and 230 that are linked to first contents (not shown) that are detailed articles. A web page is displayed that contains multiple contents in a timeline format. The first link content 200 shows an article summary of the first content. The first link contents 210, 220, and 230 are displayed in a row between the third content 201 displayed at the top of the display area 101 and the fourth content 202 displayed at the bottom.

  Here, the three first link contents 210, 220, and 230 are displayed in a row sandwiched between the third and fourth contents 201 and 202. However, the number, display mode, and the like of the first link contents 200 are displayed. Can be personalized and can be set based on user information such as user attributes. It can also be set as appropriate on the user side.

  In the terminal device according to the embodiment, the second link content 300 in which a link to the second content related to the first content is displayed from the plurality of first link content 200 displayed side by side in the timeline format is displayed. In this case, display the following procedure.

  That is, when a predetermined operation is performed on one first link content (here, the first link content 210 in the uppermost row) among the three first link contents 210, 220, and 230 displayed side by side. Five second link contents 310 to 350 are acquired, and the acquired second link contents 310 to 350 are displayed in the display area 101 together with the first link contents being displayed.

  Specifically, the terminal device is a smartphone, and the user taps the first link unit 160 included in the first link content 210 at the top of the first link content 200 as shown in FIG. Suppose that Then, based on such a tap operation, the second link content 300 with a link to the second content related to the first content is acquired. Here, five second link contents 310 to 350 are acquired. And as shown in FIG.1 (b), between the 1st link content 210 and the 1st link content 220 adjacent to the said 1st link content 210, acquired five 2nd link content 310-350 is taken. It is displayed in the display area 101 together with the first link content 210.

  As described above, the terminal device according to the present embodiment is an article summary of the first content that is a detailed article among the article contents, and the first link content 200 in which the link to the first content is linked. When the predetermined operation is performed, the second link content 300 linked to the second content related to the first content is acquired. Then, the terminal device displays the acquired second link content 300 together with the first link content 200 being displayed.

  In this way, the user can easily visually recognize a plurality of second link contents 300 (article summary) linked to the related article (second content) of the first content. The first link content 200 and the second link content 300 may be acquired or displayed with higher priority as newer.

  Therefore, for example, the terminal device according to the embodiment searches for more interesting articles with respect to a user who is looking for an interesting article while scrolling the first link content 200 (article summary) displayed in the display area 101. It can be made easier. As a result, the user can stay on the same web page for a relatively long time. For this reason, the terminal device according to the embodiment can be expected to improve the appeal effect such as an advertisement displayed on the web page W, for example.

  In addition, since the second link content 300 is acquired only after a predetermined operation is performed on the first link content 200, the latest second link content 300 can be displayed and at the same time. There is no need to acquire a large amount of data, and the load on the terminal device can be reduced.

  In the example described above, the case where the first link unit 160 included in the first link content 210 in the uppermost stage is tapped has been described. However, the first link unit 160 of another first link content 220 (230) is tapped. The same applies to the case. Further, the first link unit 160 of the first link content 200 is operated once, the second link content 300 is displayed, and the first link of the other first link content 200 is displayed while the second link content 300 is being displayed. Even if the unit 160 is operated, the second link content 300 corresponding to the operated first link content 200 is also displayed.

  The second link content 300 can also be personalized in terms of the number to be acquired and the number to be displayed, and can be set based on user information such as user attributes. In addition, the display number of the second link content 300 can be appropriately set on the user side.

[2. Configuration of information distribution system]
Hereinafter, an information distribution system that enables the above-described information display processing by the terminal device according to the embodiment will be described in detail. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of the information distribution system 1 according to the embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the information distribution system 1 includes a plurality of terminal devices 100 and a content distribution server 10. The terminal device 100 and the content distribution server 10 are connected via a network N so as to be communicable by wire or wirelessly. Note that the information distribution system 1 shown in FIG. 2 may include a plurality of content distribution servers 10.

  The terminal device 100 is an information processing device used by a user who browses various contents of a web page. For example, the terminal device 100 is a mobile phone such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a desktop PC (Personal Computer), a notebook PC, or the like. The terminal device 100 acquires a web page from the content distribution server 10 according to an operation by the user, and displays the acquired web page. The content included in the web page includes advertisement content as well as article content. For example, when an advertisement acquisition command is included in the web page, the terminal device 100 separately acquires advertisement content from the content distribution server 10 and displays the acquired advertisement content together with the web page in accordance with a user operation. When an advertisement distribution server dedicated to advertisement is on the network N, the advertisement content may be acquired from an advertisement distribution server (not shown).

  The content distribution server 10 is a web server or the like that distributes web pages to the terminal device 100. For example, the content distribution server 10 is related to a portal site, news site, auction site, weather forecast site, shopping site, finance (stock price) site, route search site, map site, travel site, restaurant introduction site, web blog, etc. A web page including contents of various information to be distributed is distributed to the terminal device 100.

  The web page distributed by the content distribution server 10 is formed by, for example, an HTML file described in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), an XML file described in XML (Extensible Markup Language), or the like. Further, the web page distributed by the content distribution server 10 may include an advertisement acquisition command. For example, in the HTML file or the like forming the web page, the URL of the content distribution server 10 or the advertisement distribution server is described as an advertisement acquisition command. In this case, the terminal device 100 acquires the advertising content by accessing a URL described in an HTML file or the like.

  The various data distributed from the content distribution server 10 to the terminal device 100 is actually an HTML file, an image, or the like that forms a web page, but in the following, distributed from the content distribution server 10 to the terminal device 100. Various data may be referred to as content. In addition, content that mainly includes character information may be referred to as article content.

[3. Configuration of terminal device]
Next, the configuration of the terminal device 100 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of the terminal device 100 according to the embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the terminal device 100 includes a communication unit 110, an input unit 120, an output unit 130, a control unit 140, and a storage unit 150.

  The communication unit 110 is realized by a NIC or the like, for example. The communication unit 110 is connected to the network N by wire or wireless, and transmits / receives information to / from the content distribution server 10.

  The input unit 120 is an input device that receives various operations from the user. For example, the input unit 120 is realized by a keyboard, a mouse, an operation key, or the like. The output unit 130 is a display device for displaying various information. For example, the output unit 130 is a screen of the terminal device 100 and is realized by a liquid crystal display or the like having a display area 101 having a predetermined area. In addition, when a touch panel is employ | adopted as the terminal device 100 like a smart phone etc., the input part 120 and the output part 130 are integrated, for example. Note that content such as a web page may be displayed in a window of web browser software displayed in the output unit 130. In this case, the display area 101 in the terminal device 100 when displaying a web page means a window of web browser software.

  The storage unit 150 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory element such as a flash memory or other storage device. The storage unit 150 stores various programs including the information display processing program according to the present application, contents transmitted from the content distribution server 10 and the like, various information, and the like.

  The control unit 140 is a controller, for example, various programs (information display according to the present application) stored in a storage device inside the terminal device 100 by a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an MPU (Micro Processing Unit), or the like. (Corresponding to an example of a program) is implemented by executing the RAM as a work area. For example, these various programs correspond to application programs called web browsers. The control unit 140 is a controller, for example, and is realized by an integrated circuit such as an ASIC or FPGA.

  As illustrated in FIG. 3, the control unit 140 includes a request unit 141, an acquisition unit 142, and a display control unit 143, and realizes or executes functions and operations of information display processing described below. Note that the internal configuration of the control unit 140 is not limited to the configuration shown in FIG. Further, the connection relationship between the processing units included in the control unit 140 is not limited to the connection relationship illustrated in FIG. 3, and may be another connection relationship.

  The request unit 141 transmits a web page acquisition request to the content distribution server 10 according to the user operation received via the input unit 120.

  The acquisition unit 142 receives web pages including various contents from the content distribution server 10 that has responded to the web page acquisition request transmitted by the request unit 141, and stores the web pages in the storage unit 150. Further, the acquisition unit 142 is the first link content 200 that is linked to the first content and is being displayed (for example, for the first link content 210 in FIG. 1A). For example, when the first link unit 160 is tapped and a predetermined operation is performed, the second link content 300 linked to the second content related to the one content is acquired.

  The display control unit 143 performs display control for displaying predetermined content on the output unit 130 according to control information included in the web page received by the acquisition unit 142. The display control unit 143 is realized, for example, by executing control information using the RAM as a work area by a CPU, MPU, or the like. That is, the process executed by the display control unit 143 is realized by a display control procedure executed by the control information. The display control unit 143 performs display control described next with reference to FIGS. 5A, 5B, and 6, for example.

[4. Content distribution server configuration]
Next, the configuration of the content distribution server 10 according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of the content distribution server 10 according to the embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the content distribution server 10 includes a communication unit 31, a content storage unit 32, and a control unit 33.

  The communication part 31 is implement | achieved by NIC etc., for example. The communication unit 31 is connected to the network N by wire or wireless, and transmits / receives information to / from the terminal device 100.

  The content storage unit 32 is realized by, for example, a semiconductor memory device such as a RAM or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk or an optical disk. And the content memory | storage part 32 memorize | stores control information and the web page containing various contents. That is, the content storage unit 32 stores an HTML file that forms a web page, a still image and a moving image displayed on the web page, and control information that controls display of these contents.

  For example, the content storage unit 32 stores a first content database 321 and a second content database 322, and the first content database 321 stores the first content 20 as detailed article content. The first link content 200 indicating the article summary of the first content 20 is stored. Further, the second content database 322 stores the second content 30 which is detailed article content related to the first content 20, and the second link content 300 indicating the article summary of the second content 30 is stored. Is done.

  The control unit 33 is a controller, and is realized, for example, by executing various programs including an OS stored in a storage device inside the content distribution server 10 using the RAM as a work area by a CPU, an MPU, or the like. The The control unit 33 is realized by an integrated circuit such as an ASIC or FPGA, for example.

  As illustrated in FIG. 4, the control unit 33 includes a reception unit 331, a distribution unit 332, and a content selection unit 333. The internal configuration of the control unit 33 is not limited to the configuration illustrated in FIG. 4, and may be other configurations as long as necessary information processing is performed. Further, the connection relationship between the processing units included in the control unit 33 is not limited to the connection relationship illustrated in FIG. 4, and may be another connection relationship.

  The accepting unit 331 accepts an acquisition request for the second link content 300 (see FIG. 1B) from the terminal device 100. The acquisition request for the second link content 300 is output when the user taps the first link unit 160 (see FIG. 1A) superimposed on the first link content 200. The accepting unit 331 accepts a web page acquisition request from the terminal device 100. For example, the reception unit 331 receives an HTTP request as a web page acquisition request.

  When the accepting unit 331 accepts a web page acquisition request, the content selecting unit 333 selects content for configuring the web page according to the obtainment request from the content stored in the content storage unit 32. Configure the desired web page. Specifically, the content selection unit 333 acquires the first link content 200 and the like necessary for configuring the acquisition request target web page from the content storage unit 32, and the web page including the acquired first link content 200 Configure.

  The distribution unit 332 distributes the web page to the terminal device 100 when the web page acquisition request is received by the reception unit 331 and the web page is configured by the content selection unit 333.

  In addition, after the web page is distributed, the distribution unit 332 distributes the control information to the terminal device 100 together with the second link content 300 when the reception unit 331 receives an acquisition request for the second link content 300. Specifically, the distribution unit 332 acquires the second link content 300 to be acquired from the content storage unit 32 and control information for controlling the display of the second link content 300 and distributes the acquired information to the terminal device 100.

[5. Example of information display control)
5A, 5B, and 6 are explanatory diagrams illustrating an example of information display control according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of an article content extraction method according to the embodiment. In addition, it demonstrates from the state in which the web page W containing the 1st link content 200, the 3rd content 201, and the 4th content 202 is already displayed on the display area 101 of the terminal device 100. The three first link contents 210, 220, and 230 are displayed by the control unit 140 of the terminal device 100 at the upper center, the middle stage, and the lower stage at the approximate center of the display area 101.

  As shown in FIG. 5A, each first link content 200 has an image part 200a such as an icon or a thumbnail and a summary article part 200b written in text in a rectangular frame. In addition, in the rectangular frame of the first link content 200, a second link unit 170 that is a link to the first content 20 that is a detailed article is embedded.

  In addition, when the first link content 200 is displayed, the control unit 140 superimposes and displays the first link unit 160 linked to the second link content 300. The first link unit 160 links to the second link content 300 linked to the second content 30 related to the first content 20 (see FIG. 4), which is the detailed article that is the original article, and is a rectangular frame. It is displayed in a state of being superimposed on the right side of.

  The first link portion 160 in the present embodiment has a design in which V-shaped symbols are arranged in a round frame. However, the design of the first link unit 160 is not limited at all including the size and the like.

  When the first link unit 160 is tapped by the user 400 as shown in FIG. 5A, the second link content 300 is displayed in the display area 101 in the display mode shown in FIG. 5B.

  More specifically, when the first link unit 160 is tapped to display the second link content 300, the control unit 140 receives five second link contents 310, 320, and 330 from the content distribution server 10. , 340, 350 (310 to 350).

  Then, the acquired five second link contents 310 to 350 are displayed as shown in FIG. 5B. Here, the first link content 210 located at the upper stage and having the tapped first link part 160 is displayed in the vertical direction between the first link content 220 located at the middle stage. Note that the first link content 230 (FIG. 5A) that is displayed in the display area 101 before the first link portion 160 is tapped is placed off the display area 101 and is not displayed. However, if a touch panel is employed, the user 400 can display the display area 101 at any time by scrolling the display area 101.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 5B, the second link content 300 is related to the related article of the first content 20 between the first link content 210 located at the upper stage and the second link content 310 located at the top. A finding part 360 indicating the article summary is displayed to make it easy to understand that the content is different from the first link content 200. Further, the second link content 300 is displayed slightly to the right by the distance d from the first link content 210 and 220, thereby making it easier to understand that the content is different from the first link content 200.

  As shown in FIG. 5B, as with the first link content 200, the second link content 300 includes an image part 300a such as an icon or a thumbnail, and a summary article part 300b written in text in a rectangular frame. Have. In addition, a second link unit 170 that is a link to the second content 30 that is a detailed article is also embedded in the rectangular frame of the second link content 300.

  In addition, the first link unit 160 is displayed in a manner in which the V-shaped symbols are arranged in a round frame as described above during operation (see FIG. 5A). As shown in 5B, the round frame disappears and only the V-shaped symbol 160a is displayed. Accordingly, the user 400 can intuitively recognize that the first link unit 160 has been operated.

  Further, the control unit 140 adjusts the time until the second link content 300 is displayed (see FIG. 5B) by operating the first link unit 160 (see FIG. 5A), as shown in FIG. One link unit 160 is displayed in a manner of 360 rotations. As a result, the user 400 operating the first link unit 160 can visually recognize that the second link content 300 is being loaded.

  In the terminal device 100 according to the present embodiment, when the position where the round frame disappears and only the V-shaped symbol 160a is displayed in the state illustrated in FIG. 5B, the displayed second link content 300 is displayed. It disappears and returns to the state shown in FIG. 5A.

  As described above, when the first link unit 160 included in the first link content 200 is operated, the control unit 140 of the terminal device 100 is the first content 20 that is an original article of the first link content 200 and includes a detailed article. Is displayed, and a plurality of second link contents 300 that are summary articles of the second contents 30 related to the first contents 20 are displayed.

  Therefore, for example, a user who is searching for an interesting article while scrolling the first link content 200 can more easily find an interesting article. Further, from the side of managing the website, the user 400 can stay on a single web page W for a relatively long time, so that the appeal effect of advertisements and the like can be improved.

  By the way, although the 1st content 20 and the 2nd content 30 are mutually related, duplication is excluded beforehand and it is made not to mutually overlap. Therefore, there is no overlap between the first link content 200 and the second link content 300. That is, for the first content 20 that is a detailed article, for example, the second link content 300 that is extracted by using a distributed expression and that is linked to a plurality of second contents 30 that do not overlap each other is displayed. I am doing so.

  For example, as illustrated in FIG. 7, when there are article contents 20a to 20d having a plurality of very similar contents with respect to one first content 20 that is article content, each of the article contents 20a to 20d is the first content. Since it is included in the area A1 that is a range of a certain short distance centering on 20, and is too close to the first content 20, it is excluded in advance. Then, the second content 30 that is the article content included in the other areas A <b> 2 to A <b> 3 having a certain distance is extracted as the related content of the first content 20.

  In FIG. 7, when the second content 30 in the area A <b> 2 is extracted as a related article for the first content 20, the other article contents 30 a to 30 </ b> A that are in the same area A <b> 2 as the extracted second content 30 and are too close in content. 30d is excluded. With such a logic, the first content 20 and the second content 30 which are article contents are extracted.

  In addition, it is preferable that the second link content 300 has a longer posting period than the first link content 200. Here, a predetermined number (five here) is selected from a plurality of second link contents 300 whose posting period is set longer than that of the first link contents 200. For example, the first content 20 that is an original article and the first link content 200 that is an overview article thereof have a posting period set to 24 hours in consideration of news and the like. The second content 30 that is an article related to the first content 20 and the second link content 300 that is an overview article of the second content 30 may attract the interest of the user 400 even if the article is slightly old. The period is set to about one week.

  By the way, when the tap operation of the 1st link part 160 is performed again with respect to the 1st link content 200 after displaying the 2nd link content 300, the new 2nd link content 300 is displayed. That is, after the second link content 300 is displayed, when the tap operation of the first link unit 160 is performed again on the first link content 200, the terminal device 100 newly acquires the second link content 300. . Then, the terminal device 100 displays the acquired second link content 300.

  For example, after displaying the second link content 300, if a display request for the second link content 300 is made again after a predetermined time has elapsed, the control unit 140 displays the updated second link content 300. To do.

  That is, the control unit 33 of the content distribution server 10 updates the first content 20 and the first link content 200, and further the second content 30 and the second link content 300, and stores them in the content storage unit 32 at predetermined time intervals. Like to do.

  In the present embodiment, the number of second link contents 300 to be acquired is five, but the number of the plurality of second link contents displayed side by side can be personalized, for example, the attributes of the user 400, etc. It is possible to set based on the user information. Alternatively, the number to be displayed can be set on the user 400 side.

  Further, the control unit 140 adjusts the time until the second link content 300 is displayed (see FIG. 5B) by operating the first link unit 160 (see FIG. 5A), as shown in FIG. One link unit 160 is displayed in a manner of 360 rotations. As a result, the user 400 operating the first link unit 160 can visually recognize that the second link content 300 is being loaded.

[6. Information distribution system processing flow]
Next, with reference to FIG. 8, the procedure of the distribution process by the information distribution system 1 according to the embodiment will be described. FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram illustrating an information distribution processing procedure by the information distribution system 1 according to the embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 8, the terminal device 100 transmits a web page W acquisition request to the content distribution server 10 in accordance with the operation of the user 400 (step S <b> 101). In response to the acquisition request for the web page W, the content distribution server 10 distributes the web page W including a predetermined number of first link contents 200 linked to the first content 20 to the terminal device 100 (step S102). ). The terminal device 100 that has received the distribution displays the web page W as shown in FIG. 5A.

  After the web page W is displayed, if there is a tap operation of the first link unit 160 by the user 400, the terminal device 100 displays a link to the second content 30 that is the related content of the first content 20 according to the tap operation. A display request for the second linked content 300 is made. That is, the terminal device 100 transmits a display request for the second link content 300 to the content distribution server 10 via the first link unit 160 (step S103).

  In response to the display request of the second link content 300 from the terminal device 100, the content distribution server 10 distributes a predetermined number (here, five) of the second link content 300 together with the control information to the terminal device 100 (step). S104).

  The terminal device 100 performs display processing on the acquired five second link contents 310 to 350 based on the control information (step S105). That is, as shown in FIG. 5B, the five second link contents 310 to 350 are displayed together with the first link contents 210 being displayed in the same display area 101.

[7. Terminal device processing flow I]
Next, with reference to FIG. 9, the procedure of the process by the terminal device 100 according to the embodiment will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure performed by the terminal device 100 according to the embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 9, the terminal device 100 determines whether or not there is a display start operation for the web page W including the first link content 200 (step S210), and when it is determined that there is no display start operation for the web page W (Step S210; No), a process is complete | finished. Thereafter, the terminal device 100 starts the process again from step S210.

  On the other hand, when the terminal device 100 determines that there is a display start operation of the web page W (step S210; Yes), a request to acquire the web page W is transmitted to the content distribution server 10 (step S220).

  Subsequently, the terminal device 100 determines whether or not a display request operation for the second link content 300 has been performed (step S230). And when it determines with there being no display request | requirement operation of the 2nd link content 300 (step S230; No), the terminal device 100 moves a process to step S270.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that there has been a display request operation for the second link content 300 (step S230; Yes), the terminal device 100 transmits an acquisition request for the second link content 300 to the content distribution server 10 (step S240).

  Subsequently, the terminal device 100 determines whether or not the second link content 300 has been acquired (step S250), and when it is determined that the second link content 300 has not been acquired (step S250; No), the second The determination process in step S250 is repeated until the link content 300 is acquired. The acquisition of the second link content 300 includes acquisition of control information that functions as the information display program according to the present embodiment.

  If it is determined that the second link content 300 and the control information have been acquired (step S250, Yes), the terminal device 100 displays a second link content group in which a plurality of second link contents 300 are arranged in a row on the display screen. It is displayed on the display area 101 (step S260). Thereafter, the terminal device 100 determines whether or not a predetermined operation has been performed by the user 400 (step S270). When it is determined that there is no operation (step S270; No), the determination process of step S270 is repeated until there is an operation. .

  When it is determined that the user 400 has performed a predetermined operation (step S270; Yes), the terminal device 100 executes display control corresponding to the operation (step S280). Thereafter, the terminal device 100 determines whether or not the user 400 has performed a display end operation of the web page W (step S290). If the terminal device 100 determines that there is no web page W display end operation (step S290; No), the process returns to step S270.

  On the other hand, if the terminal device 100 determines that there is an operation to end the display of the web page W (step S290, Yes), the terminal device 100 ends the process. Thereafter, the terminal device 100 can start the process again from step S210. In addition, since the user 400 can perform the display end operation of the web page W at an arbitrary timing, the process of step S290 may be performed at an arbitrary timing.

[8. Terminal device processing flow II]
Here, an example of the display control in step S280 in FIG. 9 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of information display control by the terminal device 100 according to the embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 10, the terminal device 100 determines whether or not there has been a display request operation for the first content 20 or the second content 30 that is a detailed article of the first link content 200 or the second link content 300 (step). S310). That is, as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, it is determined whether or not a tap operation has been performed on the second link unit 170 embedded in the first link content 200 or the second link content 300.

  And when it determines with there being no display request | requirement operation (step S310; No), while determining that there exists a display request | requirement operation (step S310; Yes), the terminal device 100 transfers a process to step S320. Then, an acquisition request for the first content 20 or the second content 30 which is a detailed article is transmitted to the content distribution server 10 (step S320).

  Next, the terminal device 100 determines whether or not the first content 20 or the second content 30 that is a detailed article has been acquired (step S330), and determines that the first content 20 or the second content 30 has not been acquired. If so (step S330; No), the determination process of step S330 is repeated until acquisition.

  When it is determined that the first content 20 or the second content 30 is acquired (step S330, Yes), the terminal device 100 performs a screen switching process (step S340). In other words, the screen where the web page W including the first link content 200 and the second link content 300 is displayed in the display area 101 is switched to a screen having another display area.

  And the terminal device 100 displays the 1st content 20 or the 2nd content 30 which is a detailed article in the new display area of another screen different from the screen where the web page W was displayed (step S350).

[9. (Modification)
The display processing according to the above-described embodiment may be performed in various different forms other than the above-described embodiment. Here, a modification of the display control according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a modification of the information display control according to the embodiment.

  In the example described above, as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the first link content 200 is linked to the first link unit 160 that links to the second link content 300 and the first content 20 that is a detailed article. The 2 link part 170 was provided, and the 2nd link content 300 only provided the 2nd link part 170 linked to the 2nd content 30 which is a detailed article. However, the display area 101 may be provided with another link unit.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 11, the third link unit 180 can be displayed at a position immediately above the plurality of second link contents 300 displayed side by side. The third link unit 180 serves as a link for displaying other second link content that does not overlap with the second link content 300, and realizes a so-called “more button” function. The operation on the third link unit 180 corresponds to a predetermined operation on the first link content 200.

  When the user 400 taps the third link unit 180, the second link content 300 that is currently displayed does not overlap each time the operation is performed, but the second content 30 related to the first content 20 is not overlapped. Other two link contents that are linked are displayed one after another while the displayed second link contents 300 are displayed.

  By doing in this way, according to operation of the user 400, many contents which the user 400 is likely to be attracted can be displayed, and the user 400 can stay on the same web page W for as long as possible. It is possible to guide as follows.

  In addition, the fourth link unit 190 can be superimposed and displayed in the rectangular frames of the plurality of second link contents 300 being displayed.

  The fourth link unit 190 displays a third link content (not shown) in which a link to a third content (not shown) further related to the second content 30 related to the first content 20 is provided. It is a link and realizes the function of a so-called “grandchild button”.

  When the user 400 taps the fourth link unit 190, a plurality of third link contents are displayed in the vertical direction in a row, that is, in a timeline format. For example, in FIG. 11, when the fourth link portion 190 of the second link content 310 located at the top is tapped, the third link content is displayed in the vicinity of the third link content 300. For example, a predetermined number (for example, five) of third link contents is slightly smaller than the second link contents 310 and 320 between the second link contents 310 and the second link contents 320 displayed therebelow. Displayed on the right side.

  In this way, each time the fourth link unit 190 is operated, if various contents whose degree of association with the first content 20 is displayed, it is possible to induce a new interest in the user 400. . Therefore, by providing the fourth link unit 190, the user 400 can be guided to stay on the same web page W for as long as possible.

  In the terminal device 100 according to the present embodiment, when the tap operation of the first link unit 160 is performed on one first link content 210 among the plurality of first link contents 200 displayed side by side, The second link content 300 acquired between one first link content 210 and the first link content 220 adjacent to the one first link content 210 is displayed.

  However, the display position of the acquired second link content 300 is not limited to the position between one first link content 210 and the first link content 220 adjacent thereto, and can be viewed in the vicinity of the first link content 200. Any position can be used as long as the position is correct. For example, the second link content 300 can be displayed superimposed on the first link content 200.

  Further, in the terminal device 100 according to the present embodiment, after the second link content 300 is displayed, for example, within a time during which the first content 20 and the first link content 200 are cached in the terminal device 100, a certain period of time. If the second link content 300 is requested to be displayed again within the same period, the same second link content 300 as the previously displayed second link content 300 is displayed. The link content 300 can also be displayed.

  That is, when the first predetermined operation, that is, the tap operation on the first link unit 160, is performed on the first link content 200, the control unit 140 of the terminal device 100, for example, has a plurality of six or more second items. The link content 300 is acquired. Next, the control unit 140 displays a part (for example, five) of the second link contents 310 to 350 among the plurality of second link contents 300, and displays the part of the second link contents 310 to 350 after the display. When a predetermined operation (tap operation on the first link unit 160) is performed again on the one link content 200, some of the second link contents 310 to 350 among the plurality of second link contents 300 A different new second link content 300 is displayed.

  As described above, when the display request for the second link content 300 is made again within a predetermined time after the second link content 300 is displayed, the control unit 140 and the second link content 300 displayed last time are displayed. Can display different second link contents 300. In this way, the user 400 can view more second link content 300 even within a limited time.

  Further, in the example described above, when displaying the plurality of second link contents 300, the control unit 140 of the terminal device 100 selects and obtains them appropriately at random or obtains a plurality of items determined in advance by the content distribution server 10. The second link content 300 is received.

  However, when the plurality of second link contents 300 are displayed, the control unit 140 can also display the second link contents 300 in order of decreasing relevance with the first content 20. In this case, it is possible to arrange a plurality of second link contents 300 in, for example, a time-series order and to give story content to the story.

  In addition, in order to ensure that the first content 20 and the second content 30 are related to each other but never overlap each other, in the example described above, the content is extracted using a well-known distributed expression. It was. However, other logic is used to extract the first content 20 that is the original article of the first link content 200 displayed on the web page W and the second content 30 that is the original article of the second link content 300. Alternatively, the attribute, action history, context, and content of the user 400 can be extracted based on the freshness rank indicating the freshness of the content.

  In the example described above, the content displayed on the terminal device 100 has been described as the web page W in which content is arranged in a timeline format. However, this is not limited to the web page W. For example, the information display processing according to the embodiment can be applied to an application that displays content. In that case, the information display process according to the embodiment can be realized by the function of the application, not by the control information.

[10. Article content)
The first content 20 and the second content 30 shown in the above embodiment are article contents. These article contents include contents indicating topical news in fields such as politics, economy, sports, performing arts, science, Various contents provided on websites such as shopping sites, weather forecast sites, and gourmet sites are targeted. The article content may be advertising content.

[11. Control information)
When the terminal device 100 executes the above-described display process using control information distributed together with the web page W, in the information distribution system 1 according to the embodiment, the content distribution server 10 sends the web page W and control information to the terminal device. An example of delivering to 100 is shown. However, for example, when the article content is advertisement content, and the information distribution system 1 includes an advertisement distribution server, the device for distributing control information is not limited to the content distribution server 10 and is an advertisement distribution server. Also good.

[12. program〕
The processing by the terminal device 100 described above is realized by the information display program according to the present application. For example, the display control unit 143 according to the terminal device 100 is configured such that the acquisition procedure and the display control procedure according to the information display program are executed by the CPU or MPU included in the terminal device 100 using the RAM as a work area of the information display program. It is realized by. Similarly, the other processing units related to the terminal device 100 are realized by executing each procedure by the information display program.

[13. Others]
In addition, among the processes described in the above embodiment, all or part of the processes described as being automatically performed can be performed manually, or the processes described as being performed manually can be performed. All or a part can be automatically performed by a known method. In addition, the processing procedures, specific names, and information including various data and parameters shown in the document and drawings can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified. For example, the various types of information illustrated in each drawing is not limited to the illustrated information.

  Further, each component of each illustrated apparatus is functionally conceptual, and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. In other words, the specific form of distribution / integration of each device is not limited to that shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof may be functionally or physically distributed or arbitrarily distributed in arbitrary units according to various loads or usage conditions. Can be integrated and configured. For example, the request unit 141 and the acquisition unit 142 illustrated in FIG. 3 may be integrated. Further, for example, the reception unit 331 and the content selection unit 333 illustrated in FIG. 4 may be integrated. Further, the predetermined operation on the first link content 200 being displayed has been described as a tap operation. However, the operation is only an example and is not limited to a tap operation, and may be an operation for acquiring the second link content 300. Any operation is acceptable.

  In addition, the above-described embodiments and modification examples can be combined as appropriate within a range that does not contradict processing contents.

[14. Hardware configuration)
Further, the terminal device 100 and the content distribution server 10 according to the embodiment described above are realized by a computer 1000 having a configuration as shown in FIG. 12, for example. Hereinafter, the content distribution server 10 will be described as an example. FIG. 12 is a hardware configuration diagram illustrating an example of a computer 1000 that implements the functions of the content distribution server 10. The computer 1000 includes a CPU 1100, RAM 1200, ROM 1300, HDD 1400, communication interface (I / F) 1500, input / output interface (I / F) 1600, and media interface (I / F) 1700.

  The CPU 1100 operates based on a program (for example, control information according to the embodiment or an information display program according to the present application) stored in the ROM 1300 or the HDD 1400, and controls each unit. The ROM 1300 stores a boot program executed by the CPU 1100 when the computer 1000 is started up, a program depending on the hardware of the computer 1000, and the like.

  The HDD 1400 stores a program executed by the CPU 1100, data used by the program, and the like. The communication interface 1500 receives data from another device via a communication network (corresponding to the network N shown in FIG. 2) and sends the data to the CPU 1100. The data generated by the CPU 1100 via the communication network is also transmitted to the other device. Send to.

  The CPU 1100 controls an output device such as a display and a printer and an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse via the input / output interface 1600. The CPU 1100 acquires data from the input device via the input / output interface 1600. Further, the CPU 1100 outputs the data generated via the input / output interface 1600 to the output device.

  The media interface 1700 reads a program or data stored in the recording medium 1800 and provides it to the CPU 1100 via the RAM 1200. The CPU 1100 loads such a program from the recording medium 1800 onto the RAM 1200 via the media interface 1700, and executes the loaded program. The recording medium 1800 is, for example, an optical recording medium such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc) or PD (Phase change rewritable disk), a magneto-optical recording medium such as an MO (Magneto-Optical disk), a tape medium, a magnetic recording medium, or a semiconductor memory. Etc.

  For example, when the computer 1000 functions as the content distribution server 10 or the terminal device 100 according to the embodiment, the CPU 1100 of the computer 1000 implements the function of the control unit 33 by executing a program loaded on the RAM 1200. . The HDD 1400 stores data in the content storage unit 32 included in the content distribution server 10. The CPU 1100 of the computer 1000 reads and executes these programs from the recording medium 1800. However, as another example, these programs may be acquired from other devices via a communication network.

  When the computer 1000 functions as the terminal device 100 according to the embodiment, the CPU 1100 of the computer 1000 implements the function of the control unit 140 by executing a program loaded on the RAM 1200.

[15. effect〕
As described above, the terminal device 100 according to the embodiment is configured to perform a predetermined operation (first operation) on the first link content 200 that is the first link content 200 that is linked to the first content 20 and is being displayed. When a tap operation on the first link unit 160 is performed, an acquisition unit 142 that acquires the second link content 300 that is linked to the second content 30 related to the first content 20, and an acquisition unit 142 A display control unit 143 that displays the second link content 300 acquired in step 1 together with the first link content 200 being displayed.

  According to the terminal device 100, the probability of encountering an interesting article from the user 400 increases, and, for example, from the provider of the web page W, the staying period of the user 400 on the web page W can be lengthened. Therefore, it is possible to increase the appealing effect on the advertisement, and it is possible to make the advertising conditions favorable for the advertiser.

  Moreover, the display control unit 143 performs a predetermined operation (tap operation of the first link unit 160) on one first link content 200 among the plurality of first link contents 200 displayed side by side. In addition, the second link content 300 acquired by the acquisition unit 142 can be displayed in the vicinity of the first link content 200. Therefore, since the second link content 300 is displayed in the vicinity of the one link content 200, the user 400 can easily find an interesting article from the contents related to the first content 20.

  In addition, the display control unit 143 performs a predetermined operation (tap operation of the first link unit 160) on one first link content 200 among the plurality of first link contents 200 displayed side by side. In addition, the second link acquired by the acquisition unit 142 between the first link content 200 (210) and the first link content 200 (220) adjacent to the first link content 200 (210). The link content 300 can be displayed.

  Therefore, the user 400 can visually recognize the second link content 300 in a state where the user 400 performs the tap operation and is aligned with the first link content 200, so that it is easy to find an article of interest from the content related to the first content 20. Become.

  In addition, the display control unit 143 displays the second link content 300, and when the tap operation of the first link unit 160 is performed again on the first link content 200, the new second link content 300 is displayed. Is displayed. Therefore, since the user 400 can check more related articles, the probability of encountering an interesting article is further increased.

  In addition, after the second link content 300 is displayed by the display control unit 143, the acquisition unit 142 newly starts the first link content 200 when the tap operation of the first link unit 160 is performed again. The two-link content 300 is acquired, and the display control unit 143 displays the second link content 300 newly acquired by the acquisition unit 142.

  That is, since the second link content is newly acquired only after the first link content 160 is tapped on the first link content 200, it is not necessary to acquire a large amount of data at a time, and the control load is reduced. In addition to being able to reduce, there is no risk of unnecessarily pressing the storage capacity.

  In addition, the acquisition unit 142 displays the second link content 300 by the display control unit 143, and then when the tap operation of the first link unit 160 is performed again on the first link content 200 after a predetermined time has elapsed. The second link content 300 is newly acquired. Therefore, since data acquisition is not performed within a predetermined time, the control load can be reduced as much as possible, and more related articles can be checked after the predetermined time has elapsed. Because you can, you are more likely to meet interesting articles.

  In addition, when the tap operation (predetermined operation) of the first link unit 160 is performed on the first link content 200, the acquisition unit 142 acquires the plurality of second link content 300, and the display control unit 143. Displays a part of the second link contents 300 among the plurality of second link contents 300, and after the part of the second link contents 300 is displayed, a predetermined operation is again performed on the first link contents 200. In such a case, new second link contents different from some of the second link contents 300 among the plurality of second link contents 300 are displayed. In this case, it becomes possible to immediately respond to the display request of the new second link content 300 by the user.

  Further, after displaying a part of the second link content 300, the display control unit 143 performs the tap operation (predetermined operation) of the first link unit 160 on the first link content 200 again within a predetermined time. In the case of the change, a new second link content different from a part of the second link content 300 is displayed. Therefore, since the user 400 can see more second link content 300 even within a limited time, the probability of encountering an interesting article is further increased.

  The display control unit 143 can also display a plurality of second link contents 300 arranged in descending order of the degree of association with the first content 20. For example, a plurality of second link contents 300 can be arranged, for example, in chronological order to give story content to the story, and the user 400 can be more interested.

  In addition, the display control unit 143 displays the second link content 300 in which links are provided to the plurality of second contents 30 that do not overlap each other. Therefore, the second content 30 related to the first content 20 can be content rich in variations that are similar to each other in detail but do not overlap each other.

  After the second link content 300 is displayed, the display control unit 143 displays when a predetermined operation is performed again on the first link content 200 (a tap operation on the third link unit 180 is performed). Other second link contents 300 that do not overlap with the already completed second link contents 300 are displayed.

  Therefore, the terminal device 100 can display more types of second link content 300 that the user 400 is likely to be interested in according to the operation of the user 400, and the user 400 can be displayed for as long as possible. It is possible to guide the user to stay on the same web page W.

  In addition, when the predetermined operation is performed on the second link content 300 displayed by the display control unit 143 (the tap operation of the fourth link unit 190 is performed), the acquisition unit 142 displays the second content. The display control unit 143 acquires the third link content that is linked to the third content related to, and the display control unit 143 displays the third link content acquired by the acquisition unit 142 and the first link content 200 being displayed. Displayed together with the two-link content 300.

  Therefore, every time the user 400 taps (predetermined operation) the fourth link unit 190, various third link contents whose degree of association changes with respect to the first content 20 are acquired and displayed. It becomes possible to induce a new interest in the user 400 and guide the user 400 to stay on the same web page W for as long as possible.

  In addition, the acquisition unit 142 acquires the second link content 300 that is selected based on information related to the user 400 of the terminal device 100 on which the first content 20 is displayed. Therefore, since the displayed second link content 300 can be personalized according to the user 400, for example, the second link content 300 can be displayed in an appropriate number according to the necessity of the user 400.

  In addition, the acquisition unit 142 acquires the second link content 300 selected from the second link content group corresponding to the second content that can be distributed to the terminal device 100 longer than the first content. Therefore, even if the user 400 loses interest in the first content 20 that is the original article, there is a possibility that an interesting article may be found in the second content 30 related to the first content 20, By displaying the second link content 300 corresponding to the two contents 30, it is possible to guide the user 400 to stay on the same web page W for as long as possible.

  As described above, some of the embodiments of the present application have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, these are merely examples, and various modifications, including the aspects described in the disclosure section of the invention, based on the knowledge of those skilled in the art, It is possible to implement the present invention in other forms with improvements.

  In addition, the “section (module, unit)” described above can be read as “means” or “circuit”. For example, the distribution unit can be read as distribution means or a distribution circuit.

1 Information distribution system 10 Content distribution server (information display device)
20 First content 30 Second content 100 Terminal device 160 First link unit 200 First link content 300 Second link content

Claims (13)

The first link content that is linked to the first content that is in a non-display state until the display request operation is performed and is different from the display request operation for the first link content being displayed. An acquisition procedure for acquiring a second link content linked to a second content related to the first content when an operation of designating one link content is performed;
The second link content that has been acquired in the acquisition step, a in the display control procedure and the information display program Ru cause the computer to execute the first content displayed along with the first link content in the display while a non-display state And
In the acquisition procedure,
A plurality of second link contents are acquired when the operation is performed on the first link contents;
In the display control procedure,
A part of the second link contents obtained is displayed, a part of the second link contents is displayed, and after the part of the second link contents is displayed, the operation is performed again on the first link contents. case, the information display program according to claim you to view the different other second link content and the second link content of said portion of said plurality of second link content. The display control procedure includes:
When the operation is performed again on the first link content within a predetermined time after the partial second link content is displayed, a new second content different from the partial second link content is displayed. The information display program according to claim 1, wherein the link content is displayed . The display control procedure includes:
The second link acquired in the acquisition procedure in the vicinity of the first link content when the operation is performed on one first link content among the plurality of first link contents displayed side by side. The information display program according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein content is displayed. The display control procedure includes:
When the operation is performed on one first link content among the plurality of first link contents displayed side by side, the one first link content and the one first link content are adjacent to each other. The information display program according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , wherein the second link content acquired in the acquisition procedure is displayed between the first link content and the first link content. The display control procedure includes:
A plurality of said second link content, the information display program according to any one of claims 1-4 associated degree of the first content and displaying side by side in descending order. The display control procedure includes:
The information display program according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the second link content in which a link is provided to each of a plurality of second contents that do not overlap with each other is displayed. The display control procedure includes:
After the second link content is displayed, when the operation is performed again on the first link content, another second link content that does not overlap with the displayed second link content is displayed. information display program according to any one of claims 1-6, characterized. The acquisition procedure is as follows:
When the operation is performed on the second link content displayed in the display control procedure, the third link content linked to the third content related to the second content is acquired,
The display control procedure includes:
The information display program according to any one of claims 1 to 7 , wherein the third link content acquired in the acquisition procedure is displayed together with the first link content and the second link content being displayed. The acquisition procedure is as follows:
The information display program according to any one of claims 1 to 8 , wherein the second link content selected based on information on a user of the terminal device on which the first content is displayed is acquired. The acquisition procedure is as follows:
Any of claims 1-9 which distributable period to the terminal device and acquires the second link content which is selected from the second link content group corresponding to the long second content than the first content The information display program according to any one of the above. An information display method executed by a computer,
The first link content that is linked to the first content that is in a non-display state until the display request operation is performed and is different from the display request operation for the first link content being displayed. An acquisition step of acquiring a second link content in which a link to a second content related to the first content is performed when an operation of designating one link content is performed;
The second link content that has been acquired in the acquisition step, and a display control step of displaying together with the first link content in the while a non-display state displaying the first content a including information display method,
In the acquisition step,
A plurality of second link contents are acquired when the operation is performed on the first link contents;
In the display control step,
A part of the second link contents obtained is displayed, a part of the second link contents is displayed, and after the part of the second link contents is displayed, the operation is performed again on the first link contents. case, the information display how to and displaying the different other second link content and the second link content of said portion of said plurality of second link content. The first link content that is linked to the first content that is in a non-display state until the display request operation is performed and is different from the display request operation for the first link content being displayed. An acquisition unit that acquires a second link content linked to a second content related to the first content when an operation of designating one link content is performed;
A terminal device comprising: a display control unit configured to display the second link content acquired by the acquisition unit together with the first link content being displayed while the first content is in a non-display state;
The acquisition unit
A plurality of second link contents are acquired when the operation is performed on the first link contents;
The display control unit
A part of the second link contents obtained is displayed, a part of the second link contents is displayed, and after the part of the second link contents is displayed, the operation is performed again on the first link contents. case, the terminal device you wherein <br/> to display different other second link content and the second link content of said portion of said plurality of second link content. A distribution unit that distributes content controlled by the control information to the terminal device;
The control information is
The first link content that is linked to the first content that is in a non-display state until the display request operation is performed and is different from the display request operation for the first link content being displayed. When an operation for designating one link content is performed, a plurality of second link contents linked to a second content related to the first content are acquired,
The acquired second link content is displayed together with the first link content being displayed while the first content is not displayed .
A part of the acquired second link content is displayed together with the displayed first link content while the first content is not displayed, and the part of the second link content is displayed. And when the operation is performed again on the first link content, another second link content different from the partial second link content among the plurality of second link content is displayed. A distribution apparatus characterized by the above.

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