JP7010456B2 - Activity support method and activity support device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention uses a smartphone or a personal computer in a race such as a marathon event, fitness activities including various sports competitions, and various other event activities to generate advertising revenue for athletes and other parties involved in the activities. It is about the device that supports the party and how to do it.

Generally, in races such as marathon competitions held by terrestrial digital broadcasting, data broadcasting can display information such as the athlete's profile and battle history, and viewers are watching terrestrial digital broadcasting. In addition to the information in, it is possible to collect information from broadcasting stations via data broadcasting. In addition, the broadcasting station accepts support emails from viewers to athletes, answers to questionnaires and quizzes, and applications for gifts to viewers via data broadcasting. It is designed to be able to collect information from. In this way, the broadcasting station aims to improve the service to the viewer by two-way communication between the broadcasting station and the viewer through data broadcasting.

Conventionally, as a technology for applying such a two-way communication service to a smartphone, the position information such as GPS attached by the athlete is transmitted to the supporter's smartphone, and the passing order and the current position of each athlete are transmitted. , A technique has been developed in which a supporter can send a support message or the like to an athlete (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

In the case of this Patent Document 1, since two-way communication between the athlete and the supporter is possible through the smartphone, the supporter can easily contact the athlete of interest even from a large number of people such as marathon events. .. In addition, athletes will be able to easily contact friends who are participating in the same tournament and supporters who support them along the road, and will be able to enjoy participating in the race by receiving support messages from supporters.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2013-135489

However, taking the marathon event as an example, the most important thing for an athlete is to concentrate on the race. In other words, during the race, there are various matters that must be focused on, such as where rival players will set up spurts, whether their current pace is okay, and what to do in the future. There are many. Therefore, if a cheering message is sent during the race by the above-mentioned conventional system, the athlete loses concentration and becomes very annoying. In particular, if the specific content is stated as a support message, it will only interfere with the athlete regardless of whether it is an image message, a voice message, or a text message. This is especially noticeable for top athletes, but it can also be annoying to participating athletes. In other words, when you reach the last 5km of the marathon, you will be fighting against yourself, so if you receive a gentle message from someone close to you, such as your relatives, relatives, or friends, you will not be able to concentrate on yourself. As a result, I was distracted by reading, listening to, and seeing the message, stopped trying, and ruined the race.

Also, depending on the race, the director's instructions may fly from the roadside or the leading car, but if you receive the above message, it may be difficult for the athlete to understand the most important director's instructions. Will be. Therefore, in the above-mentioned conventional system, the supporter intends to support, but the support is not transmitted to the athlete, and on the contrary, it interferes with the athlete, and the athlete intends to support it. It will cause inconveniences such as being disturbed by the competition and discouraging motivation.

However, on the other hand, athletes can get excited about events such as races only if they have fans who support them, and in the case of professional athletes, they can acquire their own sponsors against the background of the support of many fans. Therefore, as in the conventional system above, if the support message by two-way communication between the athlete and the supporter is completely eliminated or left untouched, the fans who support it will be lost. At the same time, it will lead to the loss of one's own sponsor.

The present invention has been made in view of the actual circumstances, and can be supported and supported by athletes and other event parties and supporters in an effective manner, and can be used to enhance events such as competitions. The purpose is to provide an activity support device that can be enjoyable and an activity support method using the device.

The activity support method of the present invention for solving the above problems includes a process of providing information of each party participating in the event from the server to the terminal of the user who is a visitor during the event activity, and the user's terminal. From the process of receiving support for the specified party on the server, and the advertisement set for the party that received the support from the user from the advertiser's advertisement preset for each party, the user concerned. It includes the process of replying to the terminal of the server from the server.

The activity support method may further include a step of displaying the advertisement returned from the server on the user's terminal together with the information of the parties concerned.

The activity support method may further include a process of receiving billing support from the user's terminal to the party specified by the user on the server .

The activity support method may include a step of sending a message from the party who received the billing support from the server to the terminal of the user who received the billing support.

The above activity support method counts the number of support or billing support information received by the server from the user's terminal for each party, and monitors the amount of support or billing support information from the server along the road during the activity. Alternatively, it may further include a process of notifying each party through the party's smart terminal .

In the above activity support method, the number of support or billing support information is performed by at least one selected from a graph display displaying a change in sound quality or volume, a change in color, a count number display, and a quantity change. It may be a thing.

In the above activity support method, the event activity may be a fitness activity competing for ranking or score.

The activity support method may further include a step of detecting the location information of the parties during the event activity and storing it in the server, and a step of providing the location information from the server to the user's terminal. ..

In the above activity support method , in the process of receiving support, if the support information is voice, text, or video, only the number of support received from the user terminal that provides the support information is counted during the event activity. Then, in conjunction with the number, an advertisement is returned to the user's terminal, and the specific content of the support information further includes a process of notifying each party after the end of the event activity or at any time of each party. It may be a thing.

In the above activity support method , in the process of providing location information from the server to the user's terminal, the party's avatar sends the event activity reproduced in the virtual space based on the location information detected from the smart terminal used by the party. It may further include a step of performing.

In the above activity support method , the process of providing location information from the server to the user's terminal is the process of accepting the registration of a favorite party from the terminal and the process of accepting the registration when the registered party approaches the accepted terminal. It may further include a step of notifying the approach of the parties.

In the above activity support method , the process of providing location information from the server to the user's terminal is the location information detected from the smart terminal used by the party, the terminal of the user who received support or billing support, or pre-registered. It further includes a process of notifying the smart terminal used by the party when the party approaches the user 's terminal from the location information of the user's terminal . You may.

In the above activity support method, the display of the event activity reproduced in the virtual space is centered on the position information of the specific party by setting the specific party , or the position is set as desired. It may further include a process that can be replaced with a process centered on .

In the above activity support method , the process of transmitting the event activity reproduced in the virtual space by the avatar of the party concerned is linked with the distribution process of the video of the event activity taken by the camera, and the display of the virtual space, the distribution of the video, or the distribution of the video is performed. It may further include an interlocking process for switching to the simultaneous display .

In the above activity support method, the video may be distributed by terrestrial television broadcasting.

The activity support device according to the present invention for solving the above problems is an information providing means for providing information of each party performing an event activity to a user's terminal as a visitor, and a specific party from the user's terminal. Advertisement management means for receiving support for support, advertisement management means for managing the advertiser's advertisement for each party participating in the event activity, and advertisement management set for the party receiving support from the user. It is provided with an advertising means for calling from the means and returning the advertisement to the user's terminal.

In the above-mentioned activity support device, the advertising means may be one that returns an advertisement displayed together with the information of the parties to the user's terminal.

The activity support device further includes a billing support management means that receives billing support for the party specified by the user from the user's terminal, charges the user for the received billing, and provides the collected billing to the party. It may be a thing.

The activity support device may further include a billing support appreciation means for sending a message from the party who received the billing support to the terminal of the user who received the billing support.

The activity support device further includes a quantity notification means that counts the number of support or billing support information for each party and informs each party of the number of support or billing support information during the event activity. There may be.

In the above activity support device, the number of information of support or billing support by the amount notification means is at least one selected from a change in sound quality or volume, a change in color, a count number display, and a graph display displaying the amount change. It may be performed by the above.

The activity support device may further include a position information detecting means for detecting the position information of a party during an event activity, and a position information providing means for providing the position information to a user's terminal.

In the above activity support device, the support reception means receives support information by voice, text, or video, and during the event activity, only the number of providers of support information is counted, and the advertisement management means and the advertisement means are used. In conjunction with this, the specific content of the support information may be provided to the parties after the event activity is completed or at the timing desired by the parties.

In the above activity support device , the location information providing means reproduces the event activity in the virtual space by the avatar of the party based on the location information detected from the smart terminal used by the party, and this reproduced virtual event activity is performed. It may further include a virtual reproduction means to be transmitted to the user's terminal.

In the above activity support device , the location information providing means is a party reception means that accepts the registration of a favorite party from the terminal, and a party notification that notifies the terminal of the approach of the party when the party registered in the accepted terminal approaches. It may further include means.

In the above activity support device , the location information providing means includes the location information detected from the smart terminal used by the party, the terminal of the user who received the support or billing support, or the location information of the terminal of the user who has been registered in advance. Therefore, even if the smart terminal used by the party when the party approaches the terminal of these users, the smart terminal used by the party further includes a party notification means for notifying the party of the approach of these users to the terminal. good.

The activity support device is centered on the position information of a specific party by setting the display of the event activity reproduced in the virtual space, or by setting the desired position, the position is set. It may further include a means of transportation that can be replaced with a central one.

In the above-mentioned activity support device , the disguise reproduction means further includes interlocking means for switching to display of virtual space, distribution of video, or simultaneous display thereof in conjunction with distribution means of video of event activity taken by a camera. It may be a thing.

The computer program according to the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems includes an instruction for executing the above-mentioned activity support device.

As described above, according to the present invention, during the event activity, the information of each party participating in the event is provided to the terminal of the user who is a visitor, and from the user's terminal to the specified party. By accepting support and replying to the user's terminal the advertisement set for the party that received the support from the user from the advertiser's advertisement preset for each party, the party concerned The user can support the user in the form of earning advertising revenue from the advertiser, and the user can support the party by seeing the advertisement of the advertiser.

It is a block diagram which shows the outline of the whole structure of the activity support device which concerns on this invention. (A) and (b) are schematic views explaining the information providing means of the activity support device which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic diagram explaining the support reception means of the activity support device which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic diagram explaining the advertisement management means of the activity support device which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic diagram explaining the advertising means of the activity support device which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic diagram explaining the first use method of the activity support device which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows the various terminals used in the activity support device which concerns on this invention. It is a flow diagram explaining the process performed in advance by the party who uses the activity support device which concerns on this invention. (A) is a schematic diagram explaining the billing support management means of the activity support device according to the present invention, and (b) and (c) are schematic diagrams showing other embodiments of the billing screen in the billing support management means. (A) and (b) are schematic views explaining the quantity notifying means of the activity support device which concerns on this invention. (A) and (b) are schematic views explaining the position information detecting means of the activity support device which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic diagram explaining the position information providing means of the activity support apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic diagram explaining the party reception means of the activity support device which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic diagram explaining the virtual space reproduction means of the activity support device which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic diagram explaining the transportation means of the activity support device which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example which displays the virtual space reproduction means and the moving image broadcasting of the activity support device which concerns on this invention on a terminal. It is a schematic diagram explaining the moving image distribution means of the activity support device which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic diagram explaining the interlocking means of the activity support device which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic diagram explaining the user notification means of the activity support device which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic diagram explaining the party notification means of the activity support device which concerns on this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an outline of the overall configuration of the activity support device 1 according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 to 5 show information providing means 2, support receiving means 3, advertising management means 4, and advertising means 5 in the activity support device 1. Is shown.

The activity support device 1 is an information providing means 2 that provides information of each party performing an event activity to the user's terminal 11, and a user's terminal 11 that has received the information provided by each party to a specific party. The support receiving means 3 for receiving support, the advertisement management means 4 for managing the advertiser's advertisement 12 for each party participating in the event, and the advertisement 12 set for the party receiving the support from the user are advertised. It includes an advertising means 5 that is called from the management means 4 and returns the advertisement 12 to the user.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the information providing means 2 obtains information of a predetermined party called by each terminal 11 from the database 10a of the server 10 in response to an access from each terminal 11 of the user. It is configured to provide to the terminal 11. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2B, information is preliminarily constructed in the database 10a of the server 10 for each party who has entered the event activity. The information constructed for each party varies depending on the event activity, but in the case of fitness activities, for example, the person's photo, video, audio, entry number and number, past activity results, age, gender, affiliated organization. , Profile, GPS number, and other general information that should be registered in this type of database 10a, location information, score information, support reception record, advertisement management record, number of acquired support, amount of acquired support, and other activity information based on event activities. , Etc. are entered. If the event activity is a cultural art activity such as musical instrument performance, drama, or dance, in addition to the above information, the character, the musical instrument used, and the like are input. Regarding the activity information, when the event activity is a fitness activity whose ranking changes, for example, a marathon, the activity information is constructed in the database 10a while being updated in real time with the latest information during the fitness activity. The information constructed during the fitness activity varies depending on the type of fitness activity, but can include information according to each fitness activity such as passing order, current position, score record, and number of sets acquired. In addition, if the event activity is a fitness activity and a team such as basketball or soccer, or a cultural art activity such as a theater company or an orchestra, information is provided by the entire group as a party. Information may be constructed by means 2.

From the database 10a constructed in this way, the information of each party provided to each terminal 11 of the user can be specified in advance by the administrator, and the user can specify the specified information. It can be freely called by operating each terminal 11. When calling the information of each party, the information can be called by various methods such as entry order, uniform number order, age order, past grade order, Japanese syllabary order, alphabetical order, and the like. Further, the called information may be displayed as a group for each of a plurality of people, or may be limited to be displayed individually for each athlete. good. The display method of the called information is not particularly limited, and various generally used display methods are used.

As shown in FIG. 3, the support reception means 3 presses the reception button 31 provided for each party displayed on each terminal 11 of the user to support the support of the party who pressed the reception button 31. It is configured so that it can be accepted by 10. At this time, the terminal 11 is called by the above-mentioned information providing means 2, in the order of entry, the order of uniform numbers, the order of age, the order of past grades, the order of Japanese syllabary, the order of alphabets, etc. , The group screen 110 displayed as a group is provided with a reception button 31 along with the names of a plurality of parties, and a desired party can be selected from the reception buttons 31 and the reception button 31 can be pressed. The reception button 31 is provided together with the profile of the specific party on the personal screen 111 for calling the personal information by pressing the name of the specific party from among the names of the plurality of parties. The reception button 31 may be pressed.

As shown in FIG. 4, the advertisement management means 4 is configured by constructing an advertisement 12 for each party in the database 10a of the server 10. The advertisement 12 includes, for example, an advertisement 12 of a company to which these parties belong, and a company that supports the parties, together with names A, B, C, D ... Advertisement 12 for a sponsor company of a marathon tournament (an example of event activity) in which the parties participate, advertisement 12 for a sponsor who has a spot contract for the parties to participate in the marathon tournament, etc. One or more advertisements 12 are constructed in the database 10a. Further, if there is a business owner or a company that does not specify the party but wants to put out the advertisement 12 in the event activity, the advertisement 12 is allocated and constructed in the database 10a of the party suitable for these advertisement 12. .. For example, if there is an advertisement 12 for shoes, supplements, etc. for serious runners, the advertisement 12 is allocated and constructed in the database 10a of the top runners, and the advertisement 12 for women such as beauty-related, apparel-related, and cosmetics is generated. In some cases, the advertisement 12 is allocated and constructed in the database 10a of the parties of the young female runner. However, if it is not possible to determine the party that matches the advertisement 12, these advertisements 12 are constructed in the databases 10a of all the parties for the time being, and when the advertisement 12 is transmitted by the advertising means 5 described later, the user side The person to whom the advertisement 12 is sent may be determined based on the obtained information. These advertisements 12 are not particularly limited, and may be the same advertisements 12 used in ordinary Internet or terrestrial television broadcasting, or are dedicated advertisements 12 created for event activities. It may be present, or it may be an advertisement 12 created by the parties appearing. Specifically, it may be a video advertisement 12 displayed on the full screen or a part of the screen of the user's terminal 11, or it may be a static pop-up on the full screen or a part of the screen of the user's terminal 11. It may be an image advertisement 12, a still image advertisement 12 with voice attached, or a voice advertisement 12 that advertises only by voice while the screen of the user's terminal 11 remains as it is. May be good. In the case of the still image advertisement 12, the advertisement 12 may be directed to the advertiser's homepage or the moving image advertisement 12 by clicking the still image advertisement 12. The display time of the advertisement 12 is not particularly limited, and is prepared according to the type of event activity. These advertisements 12 are prepared so that the advertisement 12 can be transmitted to the user's terminal 11 by giving the number of advertisements, the order, and various other conditions for each advertisement 12.

As shown in FIG. 5, the advertising means 5 transmits the advertisement 12 of each party managed by the advertisement management means 4 to each terminal 11 of the user who received the support by the support receiving means 3, and said the advertisement means 5. The advertisement 12 is shown to the user via the terminal 11. At this time, when a plurality of advertisements 12 are managed by the advertisement management means 4, the advertisements 12 are transmitted in a preset order. The order in which the advertisement 12 is transmitted may be, for example, the order in which the number of advertisements 12 managed by the advertisement management means 4 is large, or the order in which the parties or sponsor companies request. It may be set at random, or it may be set at random. In addition, in a specific fitness activity, when it is possible to receive support multiple times from one terminal 11, the order in which the advertisement 12 is transmitted is that the advertisement 12 of the same company is transmitted repeatedly. It may be transmitted so as not to be duplicated, or it may be transmitted by mixing the advertisement 12 which is duplicated and the advertisement 12 which is not duplicated. By setting the advertising means 5, these can freely transmit the advertisement 12 managed in advance by the advertising management means 4. Further, when the advertisement 12 that does not specify the party is constructed in the database 10a, if the consent is obtained to read the information from the user's terminal 11, the advertisement 12 suitable for the user is generated based on the read information. Can be sent. By transmitting the advertisement 12 suitable for the user in this way, the user can also obtain useful information. Further, as the advertisement 12, a predetermined advertisement 12 is transmitted according to the type of each terminal 11 of the user. For example, when only the activity support device 1 is started up using a smartphone, various advertisements 12 set for smarton can be transmitted without particular limitation, but a TV monitor, a tablet terminal, or the like can be used. If the activity support device 1 is set up while watching the video broadcast 13 of the event on terrestrial television broadcasting or internet broadcasting, voice is displayed in the data broadcasting column of the video broadcasting 13 so as not to disturb the video broadcasting 13. None 12 ads are sent. When the activity support device 1 is started while watching the video broadcast 13 of the event on the Internet broadcast or the like, it is set for the terminal being used and there is no sound so as not to interfere with the video broadcast 13. Advertisement 12 is transmitted. Further, when the moving image broadcasting 13 dedicated to the activity support device 1 is performed, the moving image broadcasting 13 may be interrupted and the advertisement 12 may be transmitted.

Further, the timing of transmitting the advertisement 12 may be one that receives support by the support reception means 3 and immediately performs it, or may be adjusted according to the type of event activity. When preparing according to the type of event activity, for example, in the case of a marathon tournament, etc., the advertisement 12 may be sent at the beginning of the race or before the start, where there are few developments, and in the case of basketball or soccer, the advertisement 12 may be sent. The advertisement 12 may be sent at the time, in the case of baseball or softball, the advertisement 12 may be sent at each offense / defense change, or in the case of volleyball or basketball, between each set. You may send the advertisement 12 at the time of time-out, or in the case of swimming or athletics track competition, you may send the advertisement 12 at the time of player introduction before the start, judo, wrestling, boxing, etc. In the case of, the advertisement 12 may be transmitted between each round.

In order to use the activity support device 1 configured in this way, as shown in FIG. 6, the parties and the organizers who use the device 1 can use the above-mentioned information providing means 2, advertisement management means 4, and the like from their own terminals 11. In order to construct the data necessary for the advertising means 5 and the like, the information must be constructed in the database 10a of the server 10. On the other hand, the user who uses the activity support device 1 must be in a usable state. The state in which the activity support device 1 can be used may be one in which the server 10 is accessed and the application of the dedicated program is downloaded and used on the terminal 11, or the dedicated Internet site built on the server 10 is used. It may be used by accessing. At this time, as the terminal 11 used by the user, as shown in FIG. 7, various terminals 11 that can be visually recognized by the user, such as a smartphone 11a, a personal computer 11b, a tablet terminal 11c, and a television monitor 11d connected to the Internet, are used. Can be used.

Next, a case where the activity support device 1 is used will be described by taking a marathon event as an example.

First, as shown in FIG. 8, when the athletes who are the parties enter the competition, after registering general formal matters (step 1), general participation or activity support in which the activity support device 1 cannot be used is performed. Select whether to participate as a professional who can use the device 1 (step 2), and in the case of general participation, register the formal matters in the database 10a and complete the registration.

In the case of professional participation, after registering the formal matters in the database 10a, whether or not there is an affiliated company (step 3), whether or not there is an advertising contract such as a tournament sponsor or a sponsor who has a spot contract (step 4). Select whether or not to support billing, which will be described later (step 5), and if applicable, enter the applicable data. If not applicable, other information registration (step 6) and other input are performed to complete the registration (step 7). For these inputs, each player should enter the advertisement content data in advance using the code number given to each player before the tournament, and at the tournament venue, read the code to complete the registration. Is preferable.

When entering the data of the advertisement content, in addition to the general advertisement, if there is a dedicated advertisement such as the appearance of the parties, enter it in advance.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6, the user downloads the application of the dedicated program from the database 10a of the server 10 to the terminal 11 and launches the activity support device 1.

Then, on the day of the marathon event, when cheering along the course, as shown in FIG. 2A, the information of the party to be cheered is called from the information providing means 2 using the terminal 11. At this time, the user can search for the party to be supported by the entry number, by name, by age, by passing order, or by various search methods. For example, when searching by passing order, as shown in FIG. 3, the group screen 110 of the terminal 11 displays, for example, the higher-ranking parties in units of 10 people and the reception button 31 for the 10 people in order from the first place. To. If the name of a party is pressed without pressing the reception button 31, the personal screen 111 of the terminal 11 goes to an individual page containing the profile of each party and the reception button 31 of the party. If you want to search for a party other than the top 10 people, scroll down the screen or go to the next page. However, it is possible to search by passing order only after the information of the information providing means 2 is updated in real time after the race is started, and if it is before the start, it is searched by another method. There must be. After finding the party to be supported in this way, the reception button 31 of the support reception means 3 is pressed.

Then, the advertisement management means 4 downloads the advertisement 12 of the corresponding party in a preset order and timing, and as shown in FIG. 5, the advertisement means 5 plays the advertisement 12 on the user's terminal 11. .. When the user sees the transmitted advertisement 12, the party supported by the user will be charged the advertising expenses due to the user seeing the advertisement 12. As a result, the parties can earn advertising revenue and can get support from users through the advertising revenue.

On the other hand, the advertiser can surely have the user see the advertisement 12 through the user's terminal 11. In particular, in the case of a marathon event, even if there is a terrestrial television broadcast, the advertisement 12 of the affiliated organization attached to the uniform of the party will not be broadcast unless it is in the leading group. Moreover, even if it is broadcast, it is often not possible to read it sufficiently depending on the angle at which it is captured, and in many cases it is not possible to obtain a sufficient advertising effect. Therefore, for an organization that cannot secure a strong party, the terrestrial television broadcasting will end without the party to which it belongs, and the advertising effect will only be obtained for the spectators along the road. However, even for spectators along the road, it is hard to say that a sufficient advertising effect can be obtained because they pass right in front of them. However, by using this activity support device 1, the user can surely see the advertisement 12 from the terminal 11, so that the advertiser can obtain a sufficient advertising effect. Also, in the case of a big marathon, by putting up a signboard at the venue or advertising in the program, it will be advertised to everyone, so the advertising cost will be high and it must be a large company with capital power. If you don't, you can't be a sponsor. However, if the activity support device 1 sets a limit to a specific party and requests the advertisement 12, the advertiser can narrow down the target of the user who sees the advertisement 12. Moreover, since the upper limit of the advertising cost can be set, even an advertiser of a small store such as a store in the city can advertise 12. On the other hand, from the perspective of the parties concerned, even if you are not a large company, you can find sponsors who can support you by gathering small advertisers.

If it is desired to set a limit amount for advertising expenses in this marathon event for each party, the limit amount can be set in advance in the advertisement management means 4.

In the case of this activity support device 1, it is effective when supporting while watching the race development of the parties along the road, but when the leading group also passes and the runners of general participation etc. run, the race development Because I don't know, I don't know if the parties are doing their best. Therefore, despite working hard at the marathon event, the unknown party will not be able to collect support by the support reception means 3. Therefore, when the marathon event is held on terrestrial television broadcasting or internet broadcasting, it is preferable to use the marathon while watching these video broadcasting 13 as shown in FIG. In the case of terrestrial television broadcasting, this activity support device 1 can be used on the data broadcasting screen 130 incorporating the video broadcasting 13 so that it can be used while watching these video broadcasting 13. There may be. Even in the case of Internet broadcasting, the screen is divided and displayed so that this activity support device 1 can be used while watching the broadcasting on one screen, as in the case of data broadcasting of terrestrial television broadcasting, or the screen is switched according to preference. It may be configured to be displayed.

In this case, you can grasp the current situation of the marathon event by watching the video broadcast 13 such as terrestrial TV broadcasting and Internet broadcasting, so do your best while watching the race development other than the parties who are currently supporting. It will also be possible to additionally support other parties who are doing so.

In addition, in the case of a famous party, at the stage of entry before the marathon tournament, it is possible to register so that a large number of advertisements 12 can be accepted in the advertisement management means 4 such as the affiliated company, the tournament sponsor, the sponsor who has a spot contract, etc. However, in the case of an unnamed party or a new party, it is possible that a large number of advertisements 12 cannot be registered in the advertisement management means 4, and even if registration is possible, the limit may be set low. In such a case, even if an unnamed party or a new party is active in a marathon event and receives support from many support reception means 3, the advertisement 12 transmitted from the advertisement management means 4 will soon reach the upper limit. There is also a concern that it may not be possible to earn sufficient advertising revenue.

Therefore, as a means for relieving a party who is active despite the fact that sufficient advertising revenue cannot be secured, the activity support device 1 is provided with a billing support management means as shown in FIG. 9A. 6 may be provided.

The billing support management means 6 displays the billing support button 61 together with the reception button 31 of the group screen 110 or the individual screen 111 of the support receiving means 3 displayed when the information provided by the information providing means 2 is provided. It is made to do. When the billing support button 61 is pressed, the parties will receive cash according to the number received by the billing support management means 6. This cash may be charged to the user by the mobile phone company or the Internet provider contracted with the user's terminal 11, or may be withdrawn by a credit card via the terminal 11. It may be present, or it may be paid in virtual currency. Further, the billing support button 61 of the billing support management means 6 may be such that only a predetermined amount of money is charged by pressing the billing support button 61 once, and after pressing the billing support button 61, FIG. 9 (b). ) May be switched to the dedicated billing screen 61a that allows the amount to be directly entered with the numeric keypad, or as shown in FIG. 9 (c), the plus button 610 or the minus button 611 is pressed. It may be switched to a dedicated billing screen 61b that allows the amount of money to be increased or decreased depending on the number of times of pressing or the time of pressing.

By using this billing support management means 6, the parties participating in the event activity are unknown or new athletes, and even if they are not well-known, the race development and impression will make a showcase at the marathon event. If you can give a positive impression, you can get cash income by this billing support management means 6 even after the advertising income reaches the upper limit. Since this billing support management means 6 may be used in combination with the support receiving means 3, even if the party is a famous athlete, the billing is made while earning advertising revenue by the support receiving means 3. Cash can be obtained by the support management means 6. The billing support management means 6 is designed so that either the reception button 31 or the billing support button 61 can be pressed before the support reception means 3 reaches the limit amount, but the support reception means 3 has the limit amount. When the above is reached, the reception button 31 becomes invalid, and when the reception button 31 is pressed, a message is displayed prompting the user to use the charge support management means 6 by the charge support button 61.

In addition, the billing support appreciation means 60 may be added to the billing support management means 6. The billing support appreciation means 60 sends a solicitation guide to the homepage of the party or the social network service of the party (hereinafter, simply referred to as SNS) to the terminal 11 of the user who received the billing support. , Sending a thank-you message and guiding the homepage and shopping site of the company that received the advertisement 12. In addition, there may be an SNS of each party dedicated to this activity support device 1, and the SNS may be solicited there.

By doing so, even in the case of an anonymous or new athlete, the parties can be brought to a situation where they can get a lot of evaluation with the activity support device 1 in a short period of time. Also, when there is a next race, you can secure and expand your supporters by advertising from your own SNS. In addition, by guiding the homepage of the company that received the advertisement 12, it is possible to earn affiliate income from the user purchasing a product or the like from the homepage.

On the other hand, in the case of a company, the effect of advertising is further increased by the fact that the party who supported the user who supported the user through the billing support management means 6 guides the company's homepage or shopping site. Can be obtained.

When using the activity support device 1 described above, the parties are supported through the support reception means 3 or the billing support management means 6, but unlike the case where they are cheered from the roadside, the support is provided during the race. I can't figure out what the degree of is. Therefore, the parties may use the activity support device 1 having the quantity notification means 7.

The amount notification means 7 aggregates the amount of support received from the user's terminal 11 by the support reception means 3 and the billing support management means 6 described above, and notifies the parties concerned. At this time, as a means of notifying the parties, as shown in FIG. 10, a monitor 14 is provided at a position where the parties can see from the course where the marathon event is held, and the number of cheers is displayed on the monitor 14 (FIG. 10). 10 (a)), the amount of support is displayed on a smart terminal 15 such as a smart glass 15a or a smart watch 15b worn by the parties themselves during the event activity. As the position visible to the parties from the course, a monitor 14 may be provided along the course, or a monitor 14 may be provided on a moving vehicle passing through the course. In addition, the display of the quantity of cheering should be performed by at least one selected from the change of sound quality or volume, the change of color, the display of the count number of the quantity of cheering, and the graph display showing the quantity of cheering. Can be done. In addition, when these are displayed other than the count number display, the support quantity per unit time may be displayed, or the support quantity may be integrated and the support quantity may be displayed. It may be, or it may display the quantity of support per unit time by relative evaluation with other parties, or it may be supported by relative evaluation with other parties. The quantity may be integrated and the quantity of support may be displayed.

By providing the amount notification means 7, the parties can know the reaction of the user during the race in real time. In other words, since it is possible to know how much income one's performance is earning, the parties can be more motivated than receiving cheers along the road. In addition, the user can support the parties more effectively than the cheering along the road. Also, simply informing the parties of the amount of support in this way is different from sending a specific message to the parties, because the parties can receive the user's support sensuously and instantaneously. It does not interfere with the concentration of the parties.

In addition, when using the activity support device 1 described above while watching a video broadcast 13 such as a terrestrial television broadcast or an internet broadcast, if there is a target party in the leading group being broadcast, it will be broadcast. You can check the ranking by watching, but if you are not watching the broadcast or if there is a favorite party in the rear group that is not shown in the broadcast, you can not find the favorite party immediately. Therefore, even if you are cheering along the road, it is not possible to know whether the party you are looking for has already passed or has not passed yet. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the activity support device 1 includes the position information detecting means 8 for detecting the position of the party and the position for transmitting the detected position information of each party to the user's terminal. It may be provided with the information providing means 81.

As shown in FIG. 11, the position information detecting means 8 includes a chip 8a to be attached to the shoes of the parties concerned and a mat 8b laid at a desired position on the course and reacting to the chip 8a. The mat 8b may be adapted to recognize the chip 8a by the party passing over it, or a smart such as a smart glass 15a or a smart watch 15b worn by the party during fitness activities. It may use the GPS function built in the terminal 15.

As shown in FIG. 12, the location information providing means 81 is adapted to store the information obtained by the location information detecting means 8 in the server 10 while constantly updating the latest information, and the user can use the terminal 11 to store the information. By requesting the location information of a desired party, the information is provided to the user's terminal 11. At this time, the information to be provided includes the current position, the ranking at the current position, and the like. In addition, the user can receive location information from various player information registered in the database, such as the name of the party, the entry number, the party who received the support, and the party who received the billing support. The location information may be provided as a list or may be provided by a graphic display such as a course map.

In this way, the position information detecting means 8 detects the position information of each party, and the detected position information is provided to each user's terminal 11 by the position information providing means 81, so that the user can use the terminal 11 as a desired party. It will be possible to easily grasp where the user is.

Further, when the position information of a desired party is detected by the position information providing means 81 described above, as shown in FIG. 13, in addition to receiving the position information provided from the various player information described above, a favorite other than these. A party reception means 82 capable of registering a party may be provided, and a favorite party may be registered by the party reception means 82. In this case, the parties cheered by the support receiving means 3 and the billing support management means 6 described above can be displayed as favorites, and regardless of these, the favorite parties are listed on the screen of the terminal 11 and these are listed. It will be possible to quickly grasp the location information of the favorite party.

When each party uses the GPS function built in the smart terminal 15 such as smart glasses 15a or smart watch 15b as the above-mentioned position information detecting means 8, the position information providing means 81 is obtained by the position information detecting means 8. Since the location information of all the parties concerned is constantly updated to the latest information and stored in the server 10, the location information is provided in response to the above-mentioned request from the user's terminal 11, as shown in FIG. In addition, the virtual space reproducing means 83 may provide the situation of the race in the virtual space 830. That is, in this virtual space reproduction means 83, the course of the marathon event is reproduced in the virtual space 830, and in this virtual space 830, each party registered at the time of player registration based on the GPS information of each party. It is configured to be able to run Avatar 831. At this time, the virtual space 830 can be enlarged or reduced, and can be switched to a two-dimensional image or a three-dimensional image. Further, the number of avatars 831 of the parties reflected on the screen is automatically adjusted by enlarging or reducing the size.

The virtual space reproducing means 83 may be edited by the provider to provide the race situation of the predetermined virtual space 830, such as terrestrial television broadcasting, or as shown in FIG. 15, the moving means 84 may be used. It may be configured to be able to be switched to provide a race situation of the virtual space 830 around the desired party. That is, the transportation means 84 is configured so that when a specific party is set, the screen is displayed so that the GPS information of that party becomes the center. At this time, the specific party may be set in order, for example, always displaying the avatar 831a corresponding to the first place, or the support is supported by the support reception means 3 or the billing support management means 6. A specific party may be set from the list of parties, or a specific avatar 831b may be set from a list of favorite parties set separately from these. Further, by selecting from these lists, the avatar 831 of the party appearing in the virtual space 830 can be easily changed.

In FIG. 15, the terminal 11 shows a reduced virtual space 830 in the upper row and an enlarged virtual space 830 in the lower row, but one is a two-dimensional display and the other is a three-dimensional display. It may be displayed in a plane or in a three-dimensional manner on one screen. Further, the screen may be one that allows the user to freely expand or contract by operation, or to advance or retract on the course in the virtual space 830. At this time, the avatar 831 displayed in the virtual space 830 is automatically adjusted according to the scale of the virtual space 830.

By using such a virtual space reproducing means 83, it is possible to easily grasp the situation of the race even when there is no terrestrial television broadcasting or internet broadcasting. In addition, by using the transportation means 84, it is possible to see the race situation of one's favorite order, which was impossible in terrestrial television broadcasting and internet broadcasting. Of course, as shown in FIG. 16, the virtual space reproducing means 83 may be adapted to be used in combination with a moving image broadcasting 13 such as a terrestrial television broadcasting or an Internet broadcasting. In this case, the virtual space reproducing means 83 may be configured to display both the moving image broadcast 13 and the virtual space 830 on the screen of the terminal 11, or to display either one. It may be a thing. Further, when both are displayed, the virtual space 830 may be designed so that the virtual space 830 displays in synchronization with the order of the screen of the video broadcast 13, and the order of the screen of the video broadcast 13 is used. Regardless, the user may freely operate the terminal 11 to display the virtual space 830 at a desired position.

Further, in the above, the virtual space reproducing means 83 is used to grasp the race situation, but instead of the virtual space reproducing means 83, even if the moving image distribution means 85 as shown in FIG. 17 is provided. good. The moving image distribution means 85 is performed, for example, by providing fixed cameras 85a at predetermined intervals on the course of a marathon event and distributing a moving image taken by these cameras 85a as a moving image broadcasting 13. At this time, the video broadcast 13 may broadcast the edited video, or the user can freely operate the terminal 11 to switch to a desired fixed camera 85a and watch the video by the fixed camera 85a. It may be a thing.

Further, as shown in FIG. 18, by providing the interlocking means 86, the virtual space reproducing means 83 and the moving image distribution means 85 may be interlocked. The interlocking means 86 has a GPS function added to the fixed camera 85a constituting the moving image distribution means 85, and the position of the fixed camera 85a is displayed in conjunction with the virtual space 830 reproduced by the virtual space reproducing means 83. It is made to be done. Further, the shooting range 85b of the fixed camera 85a is displayed in the virtual space 830, and the user grasps the race situation by looking at the avatar 831 of the party of the virtual space 830 displayed on the terminal 11. However, when the avatar enters the shooting range 85b of the fixed camera 85a displayed in the virtual space 830, the distribution is switched to the video broadcasting 13. Then, the moving image in which the party corresponding to the avatar 831 that he / she is watching in the virtual space 830 is actually running can be seen through the image of the fixed camera 85a. The switching from the virtual space 830 to the video broadcasting 13 may be freely performed by the user by operating the terminal 11, or a favorite party may be set in advance and that party may shoot the fixed camera 85a. When it comes into the range 85b, the video broadcasting 13 of the party may be automatically performed.

By using such an interlocking means 86, the race situation can be easily grasped even when terrestrial television broadcasting or internet broadcasting is not performed. Moreover, unlike terrestrial television broadcasting and Internet broadcasting, it is possible to view the image of the fixed camera 85a selected by the user instead of the edited moving image, so that the degree of freedom in viewing the moving image is increased.

The interlocking means 86 described above can switch from the virtual space 830 to the moving image of the fixed camera 85a when the party approaches the position of the fixed camera 85a which is the moving image distribution means 85. Instead of the fixed camera 85a, a mobile camera (not shown) mounted on the drone that tracks the GPS of the parties is used to shoot the videos of each party, and the virtual space 830 to the video broadcast 13 and the video broadcast 13 to the virtual at any time. The space 830 or the virtual space 830 and the moving image broadcasting 13 may be switched to simultaneous display.

Further, in the activity support device 1 described above, the position information of each party can be grasped in real time by using a smart terminal 15 such as a smart glass 15a or a smart watch 15b worn by each party during the event activity. Therefore, for the user who is cheering along the road, as shown in FIG. 19, the user notification means 87 may be used to notify the user's terminal 11 of the approach of the desired party.

That is, in the user notification means 87, the party approaches within a range 870 of a predetermined distance from the user from the GPS information of the terminal 11 used by the user and the GPS information of the smart terminal 15 of the party supported by the user. When it arrives, the user's terminal 11 is notified by voice 87a of the approach of the party concerned. In this case, the user's terminal 11 may be notified by various methods such as vibration, light, and e-mail, in addition to the voice 87a. Further, the distance between the user and the party may be set by the administrator, or may be set by the user so as to be freely set. As a result, when cheering along the road, it is possible to know in advance the approach of the parties, so it is possible to cheer without overlooking.

Similar to the user notification means, as shown in FIG. 20, the party notification means 88 is used to wear smart glasses 15a or a smart watch in which the parties are wearing the approach of a user who is supporting themselves during the event activity. The smart terminal 15 such as 15b may be notified.

In the party notification means 88, the user approaches within a predetermined distance range of 880 from the GPS information of the terminal 11 used by the user and the GPS information of the smart terminal 15 of the party supported by the user. In this case, the smart terminal 15 of the party concerned is notified by voice 88a of the approach of the user who is supporting himself / herself. In this case, the smart terminal 15 of the party may be notified by various methods such as vibration and light, in addition to the voice 88a. Further, the distance between the party and the user may be set by the administrator, or may be set by the party so that the setting can be freely set. This allows the parties to know where the users who are supporting them are along the road during the competition.

In the above activity support device 1, a marathon event was explained as an example of an event activity, but in addition to the marathon event, various events such as trail runs, ekiden, etc., races, pools, rivers, lakes, etc. Using bicycles such as canoeing, yachts, jet skis, surfboards, and other competitions and races, MTBs, road racers, BMX, etc. held by the parties themselves in the mountains, the sea, etc. using various vehicles and tools. Various competitions and races, various competitions and races that are held using automobiles or motorcycles in on-road, off-road, etc., various competitions and races that combine multiple competitions such as biaslon, triathlon, adventure race, etc. , It may be various fitness activities aiming at competing for ranking or completing the race.
In addition, the event activities are not limited to the fitness activities that compete for the ranking as described above, but are various fitness activities that compete for points such as soccer, baseball, volleyball, basketball, table tennis, tennis, handball, and badminton. It may be a fitness activity that competes for artistry such as figurine skating, synchronized swimming, gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, etc., or fitness that fights against opponents such as judo, kendo, karate, fencing, wrestling, boxing, etc. It may be an activity.

In addition to the fitness activities described above, the activity support device 1 includes performances, plays, butoh, musicals, lectures, workshops, rakugo, comic storytelling, and other cultural and artistic events such as various entertainment shows. It may be the one targeted at. In the case of the activity support device 1 for these cultural and artistic activities, the party may support the individual performer, or the group such as a theater company or an orchestra may be collectively supported as a party. You may. Further, in this case, the advertisement 12 is transmitted to the user's terminal 11 at a timing such as before the start, the break time, and after the end of the performance.

The support reception means 3 in the activity support device 1 can support the parties by a simple operation such as pressing the reception button 31, but instead of pressing the reception button 31, a message is sent to the support reception means 3. It may be the one that accepts the support by. However, in the case of a message, if it is sent to the smart terminal 15 of the party as it is, it will interfere with the party, so it will be processed in the same way as when the reception button 31 is pressed once in one message, and the message itself will be sent to the party. Is not sent. Then, the message can be received later by the parties at their own timing, or is published on the dedicated SNS page of this activity support device 1. By doing so, the parties can hear the user's opinion at their own timing without disturbing the event, and the user can convey his / her opinion to the party so as not to disturb the party. ..

1 Activity support device 11 Terminal 12 Advertisement 13 Video broadcasting 15 Smart terminal 2 Information provision means 3 Support reception means 4 Advertisement management means 5 Advertising means 6 Billing support management means 60 Billing support appreciation means 7 Quantity notification means 8 Position information detection means 81 Position Information provision means 82 Party reception means 83 Virtual space reproduction means 830 Virtual space 831 Avatar 84 Transportation means 85 Video distribution means 86 Interlocking means 87 User notification means 88 Party notification means

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During the event activity, the process of providing the information of each party participating in the event from the server to the terminal of the user who is the visitor, and
The process of receiving support from the user's terminal to the specified party on the server ,
From the advertiser's advertisements preset for each party, the process of returning the advertisement set for the party that received the support from the user from the server to the user's terminal,
Activity support method characterized by including. The activity support method according to claim 1, further comprising a process of displaying an advertisement returned from a server together with information of a party on a user's terminal. The activity support method according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a process of receiving billing support from a user's terminal to a party specified by the user on a server . The activity support method according to claim 3, which includes a step of sending a message from the party receiving the billing support to the terminal of the user who received the billing support from the server . For each party, the number of support or billing support information received by the server from the user's terminal is counted, and the amount of support or billing support information is counted from the server through the roadside monitor or the party's smart terminal during the activity. , The activity support method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further including a step of notifying each party concerned. Claim 5 that the quantity of support or billing support information is performed by at least one selected from a graph display displaying a change in sound quality or volume, a change in color, a count number display, and a quantity change. The activity support method described in. The activity support method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the event activity is a fitness activity in which a ranking or a score is competed. The process of detecting the location information of the parties during the event activity and saving it on the server ,
The activity support method according to claim 7, further comprising a process of providing this location information from the server to the user's terminal. In the process of accepting support, if the support information is voice, text, or video, only the number of support received from the user terminal that provides the support information is counted during the event activity, and the number is counted. Claims 1 to 8 further include a process of replying an advertisement to the user's terminal in conjunction with the process and notifying each party of the specific content of the support information after the event activity is completed or at a timing desired by each party . The activity support method described in any one. The process of providing location information from the server to the user's terminal further includes the process of transmitting the event activity reproduced in the virtual space by the party's avatar based on the location information detected from the smart terminal used by the party. The activity support method described in Item 8 . The process of providing location information from the server to the user's terminal is the process of accepting the registration of a favorite party from the terminal and the process of notifying the approach of the registered party when the registered party approaches the accepted terminal. The activity support method according to claim 8 or 10 , further comprising. The process of providing location information from the server to the user's terminal is the location information detected from the smart terminal used by the party, the terminal of the user who received support or billing support, or the terminal of the user who has been registered in advance. The activity according to claim 8 or 10 , further comprising a step of notifying the smart terminal used by the party when the party approaches the terminal of these users from the location information. How to support. The display of the event activity reproduced in the virtual space can be centered on the position information of a specific party by setting a specific party, or centered on the position by setting a desired position. The activity support method according to claim 10 , further comprising a process that can be replaced. The process of transmitting the event activity reproduced by the avatar of the party in the virtual space is linked with the process of distributing the video of the event activity taken by the camera, and switches to the display of the virtual space, the distribution of the video, or the simultaneous display of them. The activity support method according to claim 10 , further comprising an interlocking process . The activity support method according to claim 14, which is terrestrial television broadcasting for video distribution. An information providing means that provides information on each party conducting event activities to the terminal of the user who is a visitor,
A support reception method that accepts support for a specific party from the user's terminal,
Advertising management means to manage the advertiser's advertisement for each party participating in the event activity,
An activity support device characterized by comprising an advertising means for calling an advertisement set for a party who has received support from a user from an advertisement management means and returning the advertisement to the user's terminal. The activity support device according to claim 16, wherein the advertising means is to return an advertisement displayed together with the information of the parties to the user's terminal. Claim 16 or 17, which further includes a billing support management means for receiving billing support to the party specified by the user from the user's terminal, billing the user for the received billing, and providing the collected billing to the party. The described activity support device. The activity support device according to claim 18, further including a billing support appreciation means for sending a message from the party who received the billing support to the terminal of the user who received the billing support. Any of claims 16 to 19, which further includes an amount notification means for counting the number of cheering or billing cheering information for each party and notifying each party of the number of cheering or billing cheering information during the event activity. The activity support device described in 1. The number of cheering or billing cheering information by the amount notification means is performed by at least one selected from the sound quality or volume change, the color change, the count number display, and the graph display displaying the amount change. The activity support device according to claim 20. Location information detection means to detect the location information of the parties during the event activity,
The activity support device according to any one of claims 16 to 21, further including a location information providing means for providing this location information to a user's terminal. The support reception means accepts support information by voice, text, or video, and during the event activity, only the number of sources of support information is counted, and it is linked with the advertisement management means and the advertisement means, and is concrete. The activity support device according to any one of claims 16 to 22, wherein the content of the support information is provided to the parties after the event activity is completed or at a timing desired by the parties. The location information providing means reproduces the event activity in the virtual space by the avatar of the party based on the location information detected from the smart terminal used by the party, and transmits this reproduced virtual event activity to the user's terminal. The activity support device according to claim 22 , further comprising virtual reproduction means. The location information providing means is a party receiving means that accepts the registration of a favorite party from the user's terminal, and a user notification that notifies the user's terminal of the approach of the party when the party registered on the accepted user's terminal approaches. The activity support device according to any one of claims 22 or 24, further comprising means. The location information providing means is based on the location information detected from the smart terminal used by the party, the terminal of the user who received the support or billing support, or the location information of the terminal of the user who has been registered in advance. The activity support device according to claim 24 , further comprising a party notification means for notifying the parties of the approach of these users to the terminal to the smart terminal used by the party when the party approaches the terminal. The display of the event activity reproduced in the virtual space is changed to the one centered on the position information of the specific party by setting the specific party, or the one centered on the position by setting the desired position. The activity support device according to claim 24 , further comprising a means of transportation capable of being capable. 25 . _ Activity support device. A computer program including an instruction for executing the activity support device according to any one of claims 16 to 28.

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