JP6948480B1 - Programs, user terminals, web servers and methods for displaying chat pages from page sites - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program for displaying a chat page from a page site. SOLUTION: A program incorporated in a page site published by a Web server, in which a computer installed in a user terminal functions when the page site is executed by a browser, the page is created by the Web server. A chat page that allows simultaneous chat between multiple accessing user terminals is associated with each panel lined up on the site, and is detected as a panel detection means that detects the panel displayed on the browser in the page site. The acquisition request of the chat page associated with the panel is sent to the Web server, and the received chat page is displayed as a chat page display means. The user terminals send and receive text, video and / or audio via the chat page. [Selection diagram] Fig. 2

Description

The present invention relates to a technique for displaying a dedicated chat page on a page site accessed by a user terminal. In particular, it is suitable for communication within the exhibitor's own booth with exhibitors and visitors at digital exhibitions.

According to conventional exhibitions and trade fairs, exhibitors can appeal to a large number of visitors at once by exhibiting or demonstrating products and services. In addition, exhibitors can invite visitors to their booths to promote intimate communication, acquire new customers, and lead to business negotiations.
In addition, as a visitor, you can not only see the products and services of many exhibitors just by visiting the exhibition, but also compare and examine the products you want, and even have face-to-face business talks with the exhibitors. Can also be done.
Furthermore, as the organizer, the larger the exhibition or trade fair was held, the more the exhibition fee was collected from the exhibitors and the visitor fee was collected from the visitors, so that the business was established.

On the other hand, in recent years, it has become difficult to attract customers by holding large-scale exhibitions and trade fairs in order to respond to the new normal under the corona disaster. In order to curb the flow of people, even corporate employees are no longer able to visit real exhibitions due to teleworking.

On the other hand, "digital exhibitions" (online exhibitions, virtual exhibitions) are attracting attention. According to digital exhibitions, instead of attracting customers to real venues, they will attract customers to virtual space venues on the Internet. In particular, the organizer, who was running the exhibition at a real venue, is trying to provide a digital exhibition platform as a replacement for the real exhibition.

Conventionally, there is a technique for providing a WEB exhibition full of immersiveness so that even a person who cannot participate in an actual exhibition can see the exhibit (see, for example, Patent Document 1). According to this technology, the server uses the walk-through data generated based on the image data obtained by photographing the inside of the venue of the exhibition actually held, and the screen in the moving direction is screened according to the user's movement instruction. Is output on the monitor of the terminal so that it can be moved in the venue of the WEB exhibition. Information about the exhibits will be provided at the booth set up at the WEB exhibition.

There is also an appointment support system technology that enables business negotiations between visitors at exhibitions and exhibitors (see, for example, Patent Document 2). According to this technology, the product / service identifier entered by the person in charge of the exhibitor (exhibitor identifier) is matched with the product / service identifier of interest entered by the visitor (visitor identifier).

Furthermore, as a method of attracting a large number of customers online to form a team, for example, there is a game platform. Conventionally, as a technique used therefor, there is a technique of switching a communication method according to the progress of a game (see, for example, Patent Document 3). According to this technique, live distribution to a user terminal is executed by any one of a plurality of types of communication methods. From the user terminals receiving live distribution, identify a specific user terminal that performs two-way communication with the distribution terminal. While performing live distribution to a user terminal other than a specific user terminal, the server that communicates with the specific user terminal is switched to a special server. For example, when a plurality of user terminals are connected to a live distribution server, only a specific user terminal can be switched to a bidirectional communication server or a voice communication server.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2001-004470 JP-A-2007-004470 Japanese Patent No. 6776425

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Whether it's a real or digital exhibition, there are organizers and exhibitors. However, in digital exhibitions, compared to real exhibitions, it is difficult for visitors who operate user terminals to communicate intimately with exhibitors who are reserved by operators. The main reason is that neither visitors nor exhibitors can communicate because they do not know who is behind the panel or who is. From the perspective of the visitors, it is just like browsing a normal website. From the exhibitor's point of view, even if some people are browsing the panel, they cannot talk to them.

On the other hand, the inventor of the present application is an intimate communication that allows conversations to be shared with a plurality of visitors who are interested in the exhibitor's products and services even if the page site is operated by the organizer. I wondered if I could take it.

According to the technique described in Patent Document 1, only a specific user terminal can be switched to bidirectional communication or voice communication among a plurality of user terminals during live distribution. However, switching communication servers does not enhance communication between visitors and exhibitors.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a program, a user terminal, a Web server, and a method for displaying a chat page from a page site.

According to the present invention, a program incorporated in a page site published by a Web server, in which a computer mounted on a user terminal functions when the page site is executed by a browser.
By the Web server, chat pages that can be chatted with multiple user terminals being accessed at the same time are associated with each panel lined up on the page site.
A panel detecting means for determining that the panel displayed on the browser in the page site has been detected when or immediately after the panel is displayed continuously for a predetermined time.
It is characterized in that a computer functions as a chat page display means for transmitting a chat page acquisition request associated with the detected panel to a Web server and displaying the received chat page.

According to other embodiments in the program of the present invention
The chat page display means may also cause the computer to stop displaying the chat page when the panel detection means detects that the panel associated with the chat page being communicated is not displayed in the browser. preferable.

According to other embodiments in the program of the present invention
It is also preferred that the plurality of user terminals function the computer to send and receive multimedia data consisting of text, video and / or audio via a chat page.

According to other embodiments in the program of the present invention
It also has a voice control means that can simultaneously play the content voice of the page site and the content voice of the chat page.
It is also preferable that the voice control means make the computer function so as to control the volume of the content voice of the page site to be lower than the volume of the content voice of the chat page displayed by the chat page display means.

According to other embodiments in the program of the present invention
In the page site, the number of pixels in the scroll direction is preset for each panel.
It is also preferable that the panel detecting means causes the computer to function so as to detect the panel being displayed by the browser from the number of pixels in the display area of the browser and the number of pixels scrolled.

According to other embodiments in the program of the present invention
A content ID (IDentifier) is associated with each panel.
It is also preferable that the chat page display means causes the computer to function so as to transmit the content ID associated with the panel to the Web server.

According to other embodiments in the program of the present invention
The program is based on a digital exhibition and
The web server is an exhibition server,
The page site has multiple panels with the scroll direction as the traveling direction.
The panel is the image or video that serves as the entrance to the chat page.
It is also preferable that the user terminal functions the computer so that it can be operated as a user who browses the exhibition.

According to the present invention, in a user terminal that accesses a page site published by a Web server by a browser.
By the Web server, chat pages that can be chatted with multiple user terminals being accessed at the same time are associated with each panel lined up on the page site.
A panel detecting means for determining that the panel displayed on the browser in the page site has been detected when or immediately after the panel is displayed continuously for a predetermined time.
It is characterized by having a chat page display means for transmitting a chat page acquisition request associated with the detected panel to a Web server and displaying the received chat page.

According to the present invention, in a Web server that accesses a page site to be published by a browser of a user terminal.
Each panel lined up on the page site is associated with a chat page that allows multiple user terminals being accessed to chat at the same time.
A panel detecting means for determining that the panel displayed on the browser in the page site has been detected when or immediately after the panel is displayed continuously for a predetermined time.
It is characterized by having a chat page display means for transmitting and displaying a chat page associated with the detected panel to a user terminal.

According to the present invention, in a chat page display method of a system having a Web server that publishes a page site and a user terminal that accesses the page site by a browser.
In the Web server, chat pages that can be chatted with multiple user terminals being accessed at the same time are associated with each panel lined up on the page site.
The first step of determining that the user terminal has detected the panel displayed on the browser in the page site when or immediately after the panel is continuously displayed for a predetermined time.
The Web server has a second step of transmitting and displaying the chat page associated with the detected panel to the user terminal.

According to the program, user terminal, Web server and method of the present invention, a chat page can be displayed from a page site. As a result, in the case of the exhibition system, even if the page site is operated by the organizer, intimate communication can be achieved between the visitors and the exhibitors.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of a page site seen from a user terminal. It is a functional block diagram of the program executed by the browser of the user terminal in this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the processing of the panel detection part in this invention. It is a sequence diagram in this invention. This is the login screen of the Web server on the user terminal as seen by the visitor. This is the display screen of the entrance panel of the lobby site on the user terminal as seen by the visitors. This is the display screen of the xxx company panel of the lobby site on the user terminal as seen by the visitors. This is the display screen of the yyy company panel of the lobby site on the user terminal as seen by the visitors. This is the first display screen of the yyy company chat page on the user terminal as seen from the visitor. This is the second display screen of the yyy company chat page on the user terminal as seen from the visitor. This is a dedicated page for the Web server on the publisher terminal as seen by the exhibitor. It is explanatory drawing which shows the user who has entered the chat page of the Web server. It is a functional block diagram of the Web server in this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of a page site as seen from a user terminal.

According to FIG. 1, the Web server 1 exposes a login site that presents an authentication form to the user terminal 4. After successful authentication of the user who operates the user terminal 4, the Web server 1 causes the user terminal 4 to access the lobby site (page site).

The Web server 1 publishes a lobby site that can be accessed from the user terminal 4. At the lobby site, the entrance panel can be viewed first, and then multiple "panels" are lined up in the scroll direction. In the case of a digital exhibition, the scrolling direction is the traveling direction of the visitor who operates the user terminal 4, and the scrolling means walking of the visitor. Impress the user as if the exhibitor's panels are lined up in the walking direction.
The panel is an image or video that serves as the entrance to the exhibitor's booth, and visitors can access (enter) the exhibitor's chat page from the panel.
In addition, a "content ID" is associated with each exhibitor's panel. The content ID is also associated with the exhibitor's chat page, and as a result, is associated with the exhibitor. The exhibitor's chat page is managed by the exhibitor terminal operated by the exhibitor.

Here, the chat page associated with each panel is a virtual one, and realizes communication in which a plurality of visitors are matched and grouped. The entry and exit of such a chat page are provided by the API (Application Programming Interface) of the Web server 1.

As an API that provides a chat page, for text chat, for example, there is an application using the AWS IoT platform (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 1). For video, for example, there is an application using zoom (see, for example, Non-Patent Document 2).

FIG. 2 is a functional configuration diagram of a program executed by the browser of the user terminal in the present invention.

According to FIG. 2, the user terminal 4 communicates with the Web server 1 via the Internet.
The system of the present invention is based on, for example, the use of a digital exhibition, and each device is associated as follows.
Web server: Exhibition server User terminal: Terminal operated by visitors Publisher terminal: Terminal operated by exhibitor The Web server 1 may be implemented as a cloud server.

The Web server 1 publishes a lobby site that can be accessed from a plurality of user terminals 4 and a chat page for each exhibitor. In addition, the Web server 1 publishes a login site for the user terminal 4, and enables access to the lobby site from the user terminal 4 after successful authentication of the visitor.

The publisher terminal 5 is a terminal operated by an exhibitor who publishes the panel and chat page of the Web server 1. This is also a personal computer equipped with a browser.

The user terminal 4 is a personal computer, smartphone or tablet equipped with a browser, and can access the login site and chat page of the Web server 1. An existing browser is pre-installed on the user terminal 4. Specific examples of browsers include Chrome (registered trademark), Firefox (registered trademark), Edge (registered trademark), and Safari (registered trademark).

According to FIG. 2, the user terminal 4 has an authentication unit 400, a page site acquisition unit 401, a panel detection unit 41, a chat page display unit 42, and a volume control unit 43. These functional components are realized by executing a program that causes the computer mounted on the user terminal to function. In addition, the processing flow of these functional units can be understood as a chat page display method of the system.

The page content of the lobby site published by the Web server 1 incorporates a program that can be executed by the computer of the user terminal 4 when executed by the browser. Specifically, it is a program written in a script language for a Web browser such as JavaScript (registered trademark).

[Authentication unit 400]
The authentication unit 400 executes an authentication sequence with the Web server 1. The login site of the Web server 1 is accessed, and the user ID and password entered by the user are transmitted to the Web server 1. The user terminal 4 can enter the chat page using the user ID.

[Page site acquisition unit 401]
The page site acquisition unit 401 receives the content of the lobby site from the Web server 1 and displays it on the browser serving as the user interface. As mentioned above, the contents of the lobby site include, for example, a program written in JavaScript, which is immediately executed by the browser. By executing this program, the panel detection unit 41 and the chat page display unit 42 function.

[Panel detection unit 41]
The panel detection unit 41 detects the panel displayed on the browser in the page site.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the processing of the panel detection unit in the present invention.

According to FIG. 3, when the scroll direction of the lobby site is the vertical direction, the panel detection unit 41 can detect "the number of vertical pixels in the display area of the browser" from the display settings of the browser.
A plurality of panels are arranged in the scroll direction on the lobby site, and the following information is also preset for each panel.
"Number of vertical pixels from the top of the lobby site to the top of the panel"
"Number of vertical pixels in the panel"
Of course, if the scroll direction of the lobby site is horizontal, the number of horizontal pixels is set.

Further, the panel detection unit 41 can detect the head position of the display area of the browser by executing the JavaScript program embedded in the lobby site. This makes it possible to identify the currently displayed panel from the number of vertical pixels in the display area of the browser.
A content ID is associated with each panel. The content ID, together with the panel, identifies the exhibitor who operates and manages the chat page.

When the panel detection unit 41 detects the currently displayed panel, it instructs the chat page display unit 42 to display the chat page at any of the following three determination timings. (1) Displaying on the browser When the panel is continuously displayed for a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds), it is determined that the panel is detected.
(2) When the panel displayed on the browser is selected by the user (for example, click or tap), it is determined that the panel is detected.
(3) Immediately determine that the panel is detected.

[Chat page display unit 42]
The chat page display unit 42 establishes a session with the Web server 1 and displays the chat page associated with the panel.
Further, when the panel detection unit 41 detects that the panel associated with the chat page being communicated is no longer displayed on the browser, the chat page display unit 42 disconnects the session in order to exit the chat page.
In this way, it is possible to communicate with other user terminals via a chat page or by connecting to peer-to-peer.

[Voice control unit 43]
The voice control unit 43 outputs voice to the speaker of the user interface. In particular, the voice control unit 43 can simultaneously reproduce the content voice of the page site and the content voice of the chat page.
As a feature of the present invention, the voice control unit 43 controls so that the volume of the content voice of the page site is lower than the volume of the content voice of the chat page displayed by the chat page display unit 42. By controlling the volume in this way, the noise of surrounding booths and events is mixed in the digital exhibition as well as in the real exhibition, and the user can hear the noise, which can enhance the real feeling.

FIG. 4 is a sequence diagram according to the present invention.

(S01) The user terminal 4 executes an authentication sequence with the Web server 1.
For example, a Web server 1 such as an exhibition server holds visitor authentication information (user ID and password) in advance.
Then, first, the user terminal 4 operated by the visitor accesses the login site of the Web server 1. On the other hand, the Web server 1 returns the authentication form of the login site.

FIG. 5 is a login screen of the Web server on the user terminal as seen from the visitor.
First, the user terminal 4 operated by the visitor accesses the login site of the Web server 1. On the other hand, the Web server 1 returns the authentication form of the login site. The entered user ID and password are transmitted to the Web server 1.

The Web server 1 receives the authentication information from the user terminal 4 and determines whether the authentication is successful or not. After the authentication is successful, the Web server 1 transmits a redirect request for accessing the lobby site to the user terminal 4.
The Web server 1 may issue an access token to the user terminal instead of the user ID.

(S02) The user terminal 4 accesses the lobby site of the Web server 1. As described above in FIG. 3, the lobby site is a page site in which a plurality of panels are arranged in a scroll direction. For example, in the case of an exhibition, the user is given the impression that the exhibitor's booths are lined up in order from the entrance according to the direction of travel of the visitors.

FIG. 6 is a display screen of the entrance panel of the lobby site on the user terminal as seen from the visitor.
According to FIG. 6, when the user terminal 4 accesses the lobby site, the entrance panel is displayed. Then, by scrolling the lobby site displayed on the browser, the exhibitor's panels are displayed one after another.

(S10) First, the exhibitor xxx company panel is displayed on the browser of the user terminal 4 by the user operation.

FIG. 7 is a display screen of the xxx company panel of the lobby site on the user terminal as seen from the visitor.
According to FIG. 7, the xxx company panel is displayed by scrolling from the entrance panel. In the user terminal 4, the embedded program of the lobby site detects that the xxx company panel is being displayed on the browser.
After that, it is assumed that the user who operates the user terminal 4 is not very interested and immediately scrolls to the next.

(S11) Next, the exhibitor yyy company panel is displayed on the browser of the user terminal 4 by the user operation.

FIG. 8 is a display screen of the yyy company panel of the lobby site on the user terminal as seen from the visitor.
According to FIG. 8, the yyy company panel is displayed by scrolling from the xxx company panel. At this time, it is assumed that the user who operates the user terminal 4 is interested in visually recognizing. In the user terminal 4, the embedded program of the lobby site detects that the yyy company panel is being displayed on the browser, and the duration thereof is also measured.

(S12) Here, it is assumed that the exhibitor yyy company panel is displayed on the browser of the user terminal 4 and a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds) has elapsed.

(S2) When the predetermined time continues, the user terminal 4 makes an acquisition request toward the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) based on the "content ID" and "user ID (or access token)" of the yyy company panel. Send to Web server 1. As a result, the user terminal 4 receives and displays the content of the yyy company chat page of the Web server 1.

The Web server 1 may perform asynchronous communication with the user terminal 4. You can send more HTTP requests from the already loaded page, and you can send and receive data without changing pages.

FIG. 9 is a first display screen of the yyy company chat page on the user terminal as seen from the visitor.
According to FIG. 9, text chats are exchanged between visitors and exhibitors in the yyy company chat page. Visitors who are interested in the exhibitor's products and services can be grouped within the chat page. Among them, product explanations and service information can be shared at the same time by simultaneous message notification and chat, and the intimacy of communication can be enhanced.

FIG. 10 is a second display screen of the yyy company chat page on the user terminal as seen from the visitor.
According to FIG. 10, the exhibitor is giving a presentation on the yyy company chat page, and the video is being viewed by the visitors. This makes it possible to perform realistic live distribution.

FIG. 11 is a dedicated page of the Web server in the public terminal as seen from the exhibitor.
According to FIG. 11, the person in charge (exhibitor) of the yyy company chat page can manage the exchange of text chats and video distribution with the visitors. The visitor's user ID is also displayed on the exhibitor's dedicated page, and the exhibitor can recognize the visitor's personal information at the same time.
By recognizing the personal information of the visitors, the exhibitors will be able to respond according to the attributes and characteristics of the visitors, and will be able to communicate with a high degree of intimacy that will lead to the acquisition of new customers and business negotiations. .. Exhibitors can feel as if they were serving customers by looking at the name tag (business card) of the other party with whom they are having a conversation, for example, in a real exhibition.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing a user who is in the chat page of the Web server.
According to FIG. 12, a user who has entered the room is represented for each chat page of the Web server 1. Users who display a chat page from the lobby site can communicate with each other via the chat page.

FIG. 13 is a functional configuration diagram of the Web server in the present invention.

According to FIG. 13, the Web server 1 has an authentication unit 100, a page site transmission unit 101, a content transmission / reception unit 102, a chat page display unit 12, and a content storage unit 13 as an exhibition server. These functional components are realized by executing a program that makes a computer mounted on the Web server function.
The content storage unit 13 stores virtual chat pages that group browsing users for each panel arranged on the page site in association with each other.
The authentication unit 100 executes an authentication sequence with the user terminal 4 to authenticate the visitor.
In response to a page acquisition request from the page site transmission unit 101 and the user terminal 4, the page content of the lobby site is replied to the user terminal 4.
The content transmission / reception unit 102 receives the contents of the panel and the chat page from the publisher terminal 5 operated by the exhibitor, and stores the contents in the content storage unit 13.
The chat page display unit 12 causes the user terminal 4 to display the chat page associated with the panel being displayed on the browser. Specifically, the content ID associated with the panel is received and communicated with the user terminal 4 via the chat page corresponding to the panel.

As described in detail above, according to the program, the user terminal, the Web server and the method of the present invention, the chat page can be displayed from the page site. As a result, in the case of the exhibition system, even if the page site is operated by the organizer, intimate communication can be achieved between the visitors and the exhibitors.

With respect to the various embodiments of the present invention described above, various changes, modifications and omissions within the scope of the technical idea and viewpoint of the present invention can be easily made by those skilled in the art. The above explanation is just an example and does not attempt to restrict anything. The present invention is limited only to the claims and their equivalents.

1 Web server 100 Authentication unit 101 Page site transmission unit 102 Content transmission / reception unit 12 Chat page display unit 13 Content storage unit 4 User terminal 400 Authentication unit 401 Page site acquisition unit 41 Panel detection unit 42 Chat page display unit 43 Voice control unit 5 Public Person terminal

Claims (10)

A program embedded in a page site published by a Web server that functions a computer installed in a user terminal when the page site is executed by a browser.
By the Web server, chat pages that can be chatted with multiple user terminals being accessed at the same time are associated with each panel lined up on the page site.
A panel detecting means for determining that the panel displayed on the browser in the page site has been detected when or immediately after the panel is displayed continuously for a predetermined time.
A program characterized in that a computer functions as a chat page display means for displaying a received chat page by sending a chat page acquisition request associated with the detected panel to a Web server. The chat page display means causes the computer to function to stop the display of the chat page when the panel detection means detects that the panel associated with the chat page being communicated is not displayed in the browser. The program according to claim 1. The program according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the plurality of user terminals function the computer to send and receive multimedia data including text, video, and / or voice via a chat page. It also has a voice control means that can simultaneously play the content voice of the page site and the content voice of the chat page.
The claim is characterized in that the voice control means causes the computer to function so as to control the volume of the content voice of the page site to be lower than the volume of the content voice of the chat page displayed by the chat page display means. The program according to any one of 1 to 3. In the page site, the number of pixels in the scroll direction is preset for each panel.
Any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the panel detecting means causes the computer to function to detect the panel being displayed on the browser from the number of pixels in the display area of the browser and the number of scrolled pixels. The program described in the section. A content ID (IDentifier) is associated with each panel.
The program according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein the chat page display means causes a computer to function so as to transmit a content ID associated with a panel to a Web server. The program is based on a digital exhibition and
The web server is an exhibition server,
The page site has multiple panels with the scroll direction as the traveling direction.
The panel is the image or video that serves as the entrance to the chat page.
The program according to any one of claims 1 to 6 , wherein the user terminal causes a computer to function so as to be operated as a user browsing the exhibition. On a user terminal that accesses a page site published by a Web server by a browser
By the Web server, chat pages that can be chatted with multiple user terminals being accessed at the same time are associated with each panel lined up on the page site.
A panel detecting means for determining that the panel displayed on the browser in the page site has been detected when or immediately after the panel is displayed continuously for a predetermined time.
A user terminal having a chat page display means for transmitting a chat page acquisition request associated with a detected panel to a Web server and displaying the received chat page. In the Web server that accesses the page site to be published by the browser of the user terminal
Each panel lined up on the page site is associated with a chat page that allows multiple user terminals being accessed to chat at the same time.
A panel detecting means for determining that the panel displayed on the browser in the page site has been detected when or immediately after the panel is displayed continuously for a predetermined time.
A Web server having a chat page display means for transmitting and displaying a chat page associated with a detected panel to a user terminal. In the chat page display method of a system having a Web server that publishes a page site and a user terminal that accesses the page site by a browser.
In the Web server, chat pages that can be chatted with multiple user terminals being accessed at the same time are associated with each panel lined up on the page site.
The first step of determining that the user terminal has detected the panel displayed on the browser in the page site when or immediately after the panel is continuously displayed for a predetermined time.
A chat page display method, characterized in that the Web server has a second step of transmitting a chat page associated with the detected panel to a user terminal and displaying the chat page.

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