JPH1055390A - Copyrighted matter provision system using network - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To positively utilize the use history of an individual user. SOLUTION: Many terminal devices 10 are connected to a network 100 and under the control or a total management device so, copyrighted matter information stored in a copyrighted matter registration device 70 is transmitted to a terminal device 10 and held in a temporary storage means 12. The transmitted copyrighted matter is displayed by a copyrighted matter display means 11 under specific use conditions, and edited by an editing means 13 for primary use or secondary use. In the total management device 60, history information showing when, who, what copyrighted matter, and how it was used is stored, and charging information is generated. The history information itself is registered as new copyrighted matter in the copyrighted matter registration device 70 together with the specific use conditions and used through the network 100 under the specific use conditions as well as other copyrighted matter.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for providing a copyrighted work using a network, and more particularly, to providing a work using multimedia via a network and actively utilizing the usage history of each user. About the system that can be.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the improvement in data processing capability of computer equipment, the use of so-called multimedia, which comprehensively handles image information, audio information, character information, and the like, has been rapidly spreading. This multimedia is expected to be widely used in the future as a digital medium for providing various works. As a method of providing a copyrighted work using such multimedia to general users, a method using a storage medium such as a floppy disk or a CD-ROM and a method using a network as an intermediary have been widely used. I have. In particular, the method of using a network as an intermediary is expected to continue to spread further in the future, as seen in the rapid spread of the Internet in recent years. Even at this stage, it has become very common at the individual level to collect various copyrighted data using multimedia over the Internet and download them to individual personal computers. . Also, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-30
No. 2243 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-302244 propose a new work providing system using a network. If this system is used, management of intellectual property rights attached to the provided work is proposed. Can be performed efficiently.

[0003]

In a system for providing a copyrighted work through a network, it is possible to easily accumulate usage history information indicating which user has used which copyrighted work. Such individual user history information is commercially very valuable information. That is, by referring to this history information, it is possible to know what fields each individual user is interested in, and for example, the product catalog is sent by direct mail to sell the product. For mail order dealers and the like, the information becomes very useful. On the other hand, this history information is information relating to the privacy of each individual user, and disseminating information to a third party without permission is a problem because it violates the privacy of each individual. For this reason, information on the usage history of each user has been handled very carefully in a copyrighted work providing system using a network, and commercial effective use has not been sufficiently achieved. is the current situation.

[0004] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a copyrighted work providing system using a network that can positively utilize the usage history of each user.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

(1) In a first aspect of the present invention, in a copyrighted work providing system using a network, a network for transmitting information to a plurality of users, a plurality of terminal devices connected to the network, A work registration device for registering a work to be provided through the unit as work information for each individual unit work, and a general management device for integrally managing a process of transmitting the work information to each terminal device, The copyrighted work information is composed of copyrighted work data indicating the copyrighted work itself to be provided, and use condition data indicating the use conditions of the work, and the work provided via the network is used by the terminal device. In this case, only use in accordance with the usage conditions is permitted, and history information indicating which user used which work is recorded every time a user uses the work. New work information is generated by adding usage condition data indicating a predetermined usage condition to the work data using the history information itself as a work, and the generated work information is converted to the work The registration device has a function of newly registering.

(2) The second aspect of the present invention relates to the above-described first aspect.
In the copyrighted work providing system using the network according to the aspect, the copyrighted work data including information indicating the past usage history of the specific user is created based on the history information, and A new work information is generated by adding use condition data indicating a use condition set by a user, and a function of newly registering the generated work information in the work registration device is provided.

(3) A third aspect of the present invention is the above-described first aspect.
In the copyrighted work providing system using the network according to the aspect of the present invention, based on the history information, the copyrighted work data consisting of information indicating the past usage history of the specific copyrighted work is created. A function is provided for generating new copyrighted work information by adding usage condition data indicating usage conditions set by the right holder or the user of the copyrighted work, and newly registering the generated copyrighted work information in the copyrighted work registration device. It is a thing.

(4) The fourth aspect of the present invention is the above-mentioned first aspect.
In the copyrighted work providing system using the network according to the third aspect, personal data of the user is added to the history information, and the personal data is used as a usage condition for the copyrighted work composed of the history information itself. In this case, separate use conditions can be set for use and non-use.

(5) The fifth aspect of the present invention relates to the above-described fourth aspect.
In the copyrighted work providing system using the network according to the aspect, the personal data is composed of partial data such as an address, a name, a gender, a date of birth, and the like, and a separate use condition can be set for each partial data. Things.

(6) A sixth aspect of the present invention is the above-mentioned first aspect.
In the work providing system using the network according to the fifth to fifth aspects, a plurality of different use modes are defined as modes in which the work is used in the terminal device, and each time the user uses the work, In this system, history information indicating which work has been used by a user in which usage mode is left, and new work information including information indicating the usage mode can be newly registered.

(7) A seventh aspect of the present invention is the above-mentioned first aspect.
In the copyrighted work providing system using the network according to the sixth to sixth aspects, a condition for requesting payment of a predetermined amount can be set as a use condition, and the general management apparatus can set each use condition based on the history information. In this case, billing information for a user is created, and payment of the price to be paid between the users can be performed based on the billing information.

(8) The eighth aspect of the present invention is the above-mentioned first aspect.
In the system for providing a copyrighted work using the network according to the seventh to seventh aspects, the user uses a predetermined copyrighted work while publishing his / her personal data, and the user uses his / her personal data while keeping his / her personal data private. The use conditions for the predetermined work are different between the case where the predetermined work is used and the case where the predetermined work is used.

(9) The ninth aspect of the present invention is the above-mentioned eighth aspect.
In the copyrighted work providing system using the network according to the above aspect, personal data is composed of partial data such as address, name, gender, date of birth, etc., and when using a predetermined copyrighted work, which partial data is disclosed. The usage conditions for the predetermined literary work differ depending on whether or not the work is to be performed.

(10) According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the copyrighted work providing system using the network according to the first to ninth aspects, history information is stored in the centralized management device and integrated. In such a case, the work information is managed, and the work data using the history information itself as a work is generated using reference data for referring to the history information in the integrated management device.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the illustrated embodiments.

§1. Basic Configuration of System FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of a copyrighted work providing system using a network according to an embodiment of the present invention. In this system, five terminal devices 10 to 50, an integrated management device 60, and a work registration device 70 are connected to a network 100. Each of these devices is a device including a computer. However, the system shown in this embodiment is a system showing a very simplified model for convenience of explanation, and actually, a larger number of terminal devices are connected.

The terminal devices 10 to 50 are devices operated by individual users, and in this embodiment, general-purpose personal computers are used. However, in order to function as an element of the system, dedicated application software is installed in each personal computer. Alternatively, a video game device or the like may be used instead of the personal computer, or a general-purpose workstation may be used. In an actual system, a large number of terminal devices are connected to the network 100. Generally, each terminal device generally has a different processing capability. The general management device 60 is a large-scale computer having a function of generally managing the entire system, and stores work management information indicating where and what work is registered in the work registration device 70. In addition, each time a user uses a copyrighted work, it has a function of storing history information indicating the history. Copyright registration device 70
Is a large-scale computer that stores and distributes data of copyrighted works used in this system and centrally manages the data. The data of copyrighted works is stored as copyrighted information for each work. In this embodiment, the copyrighted work registration device 70 is configured by a single computer, but may be configured by a plurality of computers. Alternatively, the general management device 60 and the work registration device 70 can be realized by the same computer. In short, in FIG.
For convenience of explanation of the basic concept of the present invention, separate block components are shown for each function, but the actual hardware configuration does not necessarily need to perform such block division.

The history information stored in the general management device 60 is information indicating the history of the copyrighted work information transmitted to each terminal device in the past, and each time an individual user uses the copyrighted work, This is information indicating which copyrighted work was transmitted to which terminal device and how it was used. In the central management device 60, billing information is created in association with this history information.
The charging information is information indicating that a predetermined fee is charged to the user of the terminal device provided with the work,
More specifically, it is information indicating the amount of consideration to be paid and its counterparty (right holder). Therefore, based on this billing information, for example, if settlement between a user and a right holder for each copyrighted work is performed by a bank account, the user can pay the fee in the form of a bank debit. , The copyrighted material providing system by this network can be used.

Each piece of copyrighted work information stored in the copyrighted work registration device 70 is composed of copyrighted work data and use condition data. The copyrighted work data is data indicating the copyrighted work itself to be provided. Raw data (material data) that is a component of a unitary work (some kind of work that is treated as a unit) and another unitary work or And citation data indicating that the individual material data used therein should be cited. For example, individual material data is image data in the form of raster data in the case of one still image, group data of such still images in the case of a moving image, and image data in the form of vector data in the case of one line image. The data is a text data expressed in a JIS kanji code or the like for a set of sentences, and a series of sound pressure value data sampled at a predetermined cycle for a voice.

Citation data, which is another component of copyrighted work data, refers to other works to be cited (cited works).
Data indicating that the entire copyrighted work information or individual material data in other works should be specified and cited.For example, if individual copyrighted work information is managed by assigning a unique identification number to it, The identification number given to the copyrighted work information of the cited work becomes the cited data. If necessary,
When citing material data or the like of another work, processing data indicating that predetermined processing is performed can be added.
For example, when the material data to be cited is composed of one still image, processing such as trimming, scaling, color tone change, and synthesis with another still image is performed on the still image. The processing data shown can be added.

On the other hand, the use condition data is data indicating the use condition of the work, and is usually data set by the right holder of the work. Specific setting examples of usage conditions will be described in detail later. In general, however, conditions such as what kind of usage mode is permitted for this work (for example, viewing only permission or quoting permission) are set. In this case, the amount of consideration necessary for permission is set as a use condition.

The copyrighted work information in the copyrighted work registration device 70 is transmitted to the terminal devices 10 to 50 via the network 100. In FIG. 1, the internal configuration of the terminal device 10 is shown as a block diagram by taking the terminal device 10 as an example.
Similar components are also provided in .about.50. When the user watches the work using the terminal device 10, the user may perform an operation of reproducing the work by the work presenting means 11. When such a reproduction operation is performed, the copyrighted work information of the work to be viewed is transmitted from the copyrighted work registration device 70 to the terminal device 10 via the network 100, and temporarily stored in the temporary storage unit 12. Is done. Work presentation means 1
1 presents a work based on the copyrighted work information held in the temporary storage means 12.

The storage of the copyrighted work information in the temporary storage means 12 is a temporary storage for only the time required for the work presentation by the copyrighted work presenting means 11 unlike so-called download. Then, the copyrighted work information on the finished part is sequentially deleted. In this embodiment, a volatile memory (RAM) is used for the temporary storage means 12, and when the power of the terminal device 10 is turned off, all copyrighted work information is lost. In other words, the copyrighted work providing system constitutes one closed system as a whole, and basically, data constituting copyrighted work information does not appear outside this system.

The editing means 13 performs various processing (trimming processing,
Enlargement / reduction processing, color change processing, composition processing with other still images, etc.), and when a user performs work to create a new work by quoting the material of another work, A predetermined operation input is made to the editing means 13.

The condition monitoring means 14 is a device for monitoring the use of a literary work in the terminal device 10 so that only the use according to the use conditions set for the literary work is permitted. As described above, the copyrighted work information transmitted to the terminal device 10 via the network 100 is stored in the temporary storage unit 12. Then, the copyrighted work data of the stored copyrighted work information is used to present the copyrighted work data on the display screen by the copyrighted work presenting unit 11 or to perform editing processing on the copyrighted work data by the editing unit 13. Or will be. At this time, the presentation processing by the copyrighted work presentation means 11 and the editing processing by the editing means 13 are executed under the monitoring of the condition monitoring means 14. In other words, the condition monitoring means 14 is the temporary storage means 1
Based on the usage condition data of the copyrighted work information stored in 2, the processing performed by the copyrighted work presentation means 11 and the editing means 13 is monitored so as to satisfy the usage conditions set for the copyrighted work. It has a function, for example, if the use condition is to pay a predetermined consideration, the use of the work is permitted on the assumption that the necessary processing for payment is performed, When the specific processing on the object is prohibited, the editing unit 13 has a function of preventing the prohibited processing from being executed.

When a user creates a new work (ie, creates copyrighted work data), the user sets predetermined use conditions for the work (ie, creates use condition data, and ), The copyrighted work information about this work can be registered in the copyrighted work registration device 70.
In this way, in the work registration device 70, in addition to works composed entirely of original material data, works that use other works in a secondary manner, and the like are accumulated.

§2. Specific examples of copyrighted work information The basic configuration of this system has been described above.
The contents of the copyrighted work information used in this system will be described according to a specific example. Generally, multimedia works include videos,
It is composed of a combination of materials such as still images, characters, figures, and sounds, and is presented to the user through a display device and speakers. (However, multimedia works must be viewed visually or by hearing. The present invention is not limited thereto, and includes those that are appreciated by the sense of touch, taste, and smell, and can also be presented by a tactile reproduction device or the like.) Here, the contents of the copyrighted work information will be described using a work as shown in FIG. 2 as an example. FIG.
This shows how the work is displayed on the display screen. In this specification, the term "work" is not limited to works such as so-called artistic paintings and music, but is used in a broad sense to include works that can be recognized as a single expression. For example, the work shown in FIG. 2 is given a work name "Travel in Europe", and is not a work of art but a work of nature such as news, documentary, and commentary. Also, as described later, the term “work” is used here for information indicating a past use history of a specific user or information indicating a past use history of a specific work. I do.

The screen shown in FIG. 2 includes a title logo 1 (still image expressed by text and raster data) laid out in the upper left part of the screen and a text article 2 (text) laid out in the lower right part of the screen. Data) and video 3 laid out in the upper right part of the screen (moving image data composed of a set of a plurality of still images (frames) represented by raster data, and audio is also reproduced in synchronization with this moving image) It is composed of a photograph 4 (still image represented by raster data) laid out in the lower left part of the screen, and two control buttons 5 and 6 arranged adjacent to the video 3. In an initial state when this work is presented, the image 3 is in a stationary state in which only the first frame is displayed. Here, when the user clicks the control button 5 (for example, moves the mouse pointer to the position of this button and performs an operation of pressing the mouse button), the reproduction of the moving image and the sound as the image 3 starts, When the control button 6 is clicked, the reproduction of the video 3 stops.

Here, the right holder (author) of the work entitled "Europe's Journey" is a traveler, Ichiro Patent, who is the title logo 1, text article 2, video 3 of this work. Was created by myself, but as for Photo 4, the following description will be continued assuming that the work of photographer Jiro Taro is used. As shown in FIG. 3, Jiro Taro's work is another work entitled "Scenery of Paris", and is composed of Photo 7 as material data. Therefore,
In a piece called "Europe's Journey", another piece called "Scenery of Paris" is cited. Note that both Ichiro Patent and Taro Practical in the above example are positioned as one user operating the terminal device in the system of the present system, and the "user" in the present system is only a user who appreciates the work. Rather, it includes those who provide through this system derivative works that cite their own original work or the work of others.

Generally, a multimedia work is composed of a combination of works of various genres such as moving images, still images, texts, and sounds, and the work is presented to a user in an interactive manner (interactive manner). It generally progresses. In addition, as in the above-described example, a work by another author is quoted, and the relationship of intellectual property rights becomes extremely complicated. For example, in the above example, the user who received the work "Europe's Journey" would be obliged to pay for the creator of this work: Ichiro Patent, and the "Paris" cited therein. The creator of the work "Scenery of:" will be obliged to pay for Taro Taro. The above example is a very simple model where only one citation is made in one work, but in practice such citations are made at various places or in a so-called "nested" style. It is expected that multiple citations will be made more and more in the future. In the present system, even when a work in which such a complicated citation is made is used, based on the history information accumulated in the central management device 60 and the copyright information on each copyrighted work. Therefore, correct billing information can be created, and correct settlement between users can be performed.

Next, the contents of the copyrighted work information used in the present system will be described along with specific examples. FIG. 4 is a view showing an example of the copyrighted work information on the work "Europe's Journey" shown in FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is a work about the work "Paris Landscape" shown in FIG. It is a figure showing an example of thing information. As described above, the copyrighted work information is composed of the copyrighted work data indicating the copyrighted work to be provided, and the use condition data indicating the use conditions of the work. 4 and 5, the copyright data is shown in the upper part, and the use condition data is shown in the lower part.

The contents list included in the literary work data shown in the upper part of FIG. 4 is data that functions as a table of contents indicating that the literary work is composed of material data A to C and citation data D. is there. Following, material data A
To C are data that directly represent raw materials. Specifically, the material data A is image data for the title logo 1, the material data B is text data for the text article 2, The material data C is video and audio data for the video 3. The quoted data D is “Paris landscape”
This data indicates that another work should be cited. Specifically, a unique identification number given to this work “Scenery of Paris” can be used as cited data.

Here, the material data A to C are data that express raw materials as they are, and when they are used for a work, it may be necessary to perform processing as needed. Also, for works cited by the citation data D,
There is a case where it is desired to perform some processing on this and use it. The processing data a to d are data for specifying such processing. In the case of the example shown here, the processed data a is empty data, and the material data A (image data for the title logo 1) is not subjected to any processing and becomes “European journey” as it is. Although used in the work, the processed data b is data indicating a processing for extracting a part of the material data B (text data for the text article 2), and the processed data c is the material data C (video 3 is moving image and audio data), and is data indicating a processing for extracting a part of the moving image and audio data. Therefore, when the work “Europe's Journey” shown in FIG. 2 is presented, not all the text data included in the material data B is presented as the text article 2 but specified by the processed data b. Only a part will be presented. Similarly, as the video 3, not all the moving images included in the material data C are reproduced, but only a part specified by the processed data c is reproduced.

Of course, instead of expressing the work to be presented in the format of “material data + processed data”, a process of extracting only a necessary part from the original material data is performed in advance. "Processed material data"
It is also possible to express a work to be presented in the form of "". However, in the system shown here,
By expressing the work to be presented in the format of "material data + processed data", the original material data and the processing added to it are clearly separated and handled, and the secondary use of the original work To be able to plan more positively.

The same applies to the case where another work is cited. The citation data D is composed of data specifying another work “Paris landscape”, and the processing data d is information indicating a processing to be performed on the work “Paris landscape”. In this case, the work "Scenery of Paris"
The processing data d is the data itself indicating the trimming processing on the photograph 7 as shown in FIG. Specifically, the processing data d indicates information on the trimming frame 8 shown in FIG.

The work composition data includes data for designating layout positions and magnifications of the processed material data A to C and the processed photograph 7, and the patterns, layout positions, and functions of the control buttons 5 and 6. The final work is composed of data to be instructed, data to instruct overall synthesis procedure and synchronization designation, and the like, and the final work is assembled by the work configuration data.

On the other hand, the usage condition data shown in the lower part of FIG. 4 is data indicating usage conditions for the work "European journey". In this case, the right holder (copyright holder)
Indicates that it is "Patent Ichiro" and individual usage conditions for the three usage modes. That is, in the example shown here, three usage modes of “appreciation”, “partial quotation”, and “processed quotation” are defined, and the usage mode of “appreciation” is permitted on the premise of payment of a consideration of 100 yen. A usage condition is set such that the usage mode of "partial quotation" is permitted on the premise of payment of a consideration of 300 yen, and the usage mode of "processed quotation" is not permitted.

The use mode of "appreciation" is described in the primary storage unit 1.
This is a usage mode in which only the presentation by the copyrighted work presentation means 11 is performed based on the copyrighted work data stored in 2, and the user uses the display and the speaker to view the work as shown in FIG. Just to do. The condition of use for such appreciation is a payment of 100 yen, and the user must view this work on condition that the right holder, Ichiro Patent, pays 100 yen. Becomes possible.

The "partial quotation" is used in such a way that when the user operates the editing means 13 to create a new work, a part of the work "Europe's journey" is quoted in his own work. This is the usage pattern used. Accordingly, the copyrighted work data of the new work includes citation data indicating that the work "Europe's Journey" is cited. The condition for making such a partial citation is to pay a compensation of 300 yen to patent owner Ichiro.

“Processing citation” is a special mode of the above “partial citation”. In other words, "partial quotation" is a usage form in which a part of another work is directly quoted,
"Processing quotation" is a usage form in which another work is quoted after some processing. For example, if the color of the photo as the cited work is changed or another photo is synthesized and used for the own work, the usage form is “processed quote”. In the example shown in FIG. 4, "processing quote" is not permitted. In general, when "editing" is performed, the expression content of the cited work is significantly changed. Therefore, in the example shown here, the usage condition of "partial quotation", which quotes a part of the original work as it is, and the usage condition of "processed quotation", which is quoted after processing, are set separately. And to ensure that the original author retains the right of identity as much as possible.

In the upper part of FIG. 5, another work “Scenery of Paris” is shown.
Is shown. Here, the content list indicates that the work includes the material data E, and the material data E includes the image data of the photograph 7. In this example, both the processed data e and the work configuration data are empty data, and the raw material data E is a work as it is.

On the other hand, the use condition data shown in the lower part of FIG. 5 is data indicating use conditions for the work "Scenery of Paris", and in this case, the right holder (copyright holder).
Is "Practical Taro", and individual usage conditions for the three usage modes are shown. That is, in the example shown here, three usage modes of “appreciation”, “partial quotation”, and “processed quotation” are defined, and the usage mode of “appreciation” is permitted on the assumption that a payment of 5 yen is paid, The usage mode of "partial quotation" is permitted on the assumption that payment of 100 yen is paid, and the usage mode of "processed quotation" is 200 yen.
Use conditions are set such that payment is made on the premise of payment of a yen, but processing for changing the color tone is not permitted. Therefore, when "partial quotation" is performed on this work by citing only a part of the inside of the trimming frame 8 shown in FIG. 3, 100 yen should be paid. The work “Europe's Journey” is a work that uses the work “Scenery of Paris” in a usage mode of “partial citation”. At the time of registration, a fee of 100 yen will be paid to Taro Taro (as described above, charging information is created by the central management device 60 and settlement processing is performed). However,
When a portrait image of the self is synthesized with this work “Scenery of Paris” to create a composite photograph 9 as shown in FIG. 6, it corresponds to a usage mode of “processed quotation”, not just “partial quotation”. Therefore, the consideration to be paid is 200 yen. Also, since “editing quotes” involving color change is not permitted, the color change (for example,
If an instruction to execute the process of changing the quoted portion of the scenery of Paris to sepia is given to the editing unit 13, the execution of this process will be rejected by the condition monitoring unit 14.

§3. Use of History Information as a Work As described above, by using this system, each user can freely use a required work within the range of predetermined use conditions. When a work is created, desired use conditions can be set and newly registered in the work registration device 70, so that secondary use of the work can be promoted. By operating such a system, the number of copyrighted works registered in the copyrighted work registration device 70 increases to self-proliferate, thereby bringing benefits to all users. In addition, the history information in the central management device 60 also increases due to the operation of the system.

The history information stored in the central management device 60 increases each time a user uses a work. In other words, in this system, every time a user uses the data, data indicating "when, which user used which work, and in what manner of use" is accumulated. FIG. 7 shows a simple example of the history information thus accumulated. For example, in the first line of this history information, a case is recorded that “User A used work A in a usage mode of appreciation at 20:08 on October 8”. Each case is recorded in the same manner after the eyes. The record of the user also includes personal data such as the address, name, gender, date of birth, and telephone number of the user. For example, a database of personal data of each user is prepared separately from the history information shown in FIG. 7, and an index for referring to the database of the personal data is provided in the user column of the history information. What should be recorded is. Further, the history information shown in FIG. 7 is provided with a column “Usage Condition” at the end,
The meaning of the recorded contents in this column will be described later.

As described above, the overall management device 60
It has a function of generating billing information based on the history information and the copyrighted work information of each work, and performing a settlement process using a bank account or the like. For example, in the first line of the history information, a case is recorded in which the user “A” has used “work A” in a usage mode of “watching”. Here, "Work A"
Assuming that the usage condition data in the copyrighted work information has been set to a value of 100 yen for the usage mode of “appreciation”, the payment of 100 yen from the Party A to the right holder of “Work A” is made. Billing information will be created. Thus, storing the past history information is very important for performing the billing process.

However, the value of the history information as information is not limited to the one used merely for billing processing. This history information indicates the fact that "who did what and when" and presents important facts in recognizing "what a particular user is interested in" and " It is important to recognize what kind of users are interested in a particular work. In this sense, the history information itself is also a useful work,
In particular, it is a very valuable work in commercial use. For example, if a list of users who frequently use works related to “Travel” can be obtained, travel agencies and other organizations will take active measures such as sending pamphlets on travel to these users. It is possible to do.

The first feature of the present invention is that the central management device 60
Is regarded as one work, and the history information itself is newly registered in the work registration device 70, and is used via the network 100 like other works. It is in. In other words, in this system, the work "European journey" shown in FIG.
The history information shown in FIG. 7 is handled as a work just like the work "Scenery of Paris" shown in FIG. However, such history information itself merely enumerates the usage facts in this system, and may not correspond to a "work" defined by the current copyright law. Then, we will consider the information that enumerates such facts as being in the category of "work."

However, since the history information itself is probably information related to the privacy of each user, the handling of the history information should be very careful.
A problem arises when it is released completely freely via the Internet. A second feature of the present invention resides in that a predetermined use condition is added to a literary work composed of the history information itself to deal with a privacy-related problem. That is, the information set in the last column of “usage conditions” of the history information shown in FIG. 7 indicates the use conditions for each individual case. In this example, the number "-" is recorded as the use condition, because the use condition can be set at five levels, as described later. The usage conditions indicated by the following levels are usage conditions set by the user for each case. For example, the use condition set for the case on the first line is a use condition set by the user A, and "October 8 at 20:08, the user A calls the work A to be viewed. The following shows the prerequisite conditions for appreciating a literary work having the case of “utilized in use mode” (that is, obtaining such information).

As described above, since the predetermined use condition is set by each user for each of the cases constituting the history information, the problem of privacy infringement about making this case public can be avoided. For example, if you do not want to disclose to the third party the fact that you have watched work A at 20:08 on October 8th, User A prohibits any use. The use condition may be set, and if it is considered that disclosure may be made if a certain amount of compensation can be expected, a use condition specifying a predetermined consideration may be set. The use condition setting operation may be performed every time each work is used, or a default use condition may be initially set in advance, and a use condition different from this initial setting may be set. Only a special setting operation may be performed.

The history information shown in FIG. 7 is a list of all use cases in this system in which all users and all works are covered. From the standpoint of using this history information, the history information is not necessarily user-friendly. Not good. Therefore, here, we look at this history information from two perspectives,
An example of generating one copyrighted work for each will be described below. The first aspect focuses on a specific user and edits the past usage history of this specific user as one work, and the second aspect is a specific work (unit work) ), And edited the past usage history of this particular work as a single work.

For example, in the history information shown in FIG. 7, a list of related cases focusing on the user A is as follows.
A work called "Usage history of the instep" can be generated. FIG. 8 shows the copyrighted work information on the work “the use history of the instep” generated in this way. The copyrighted work data shown in the upper part is composed of personal data of the user and usage history data. The user's personal data is information indicating the name, gender, date of birth, address, and telephone number of the user A. The usage history data is a case of the user A from the history information shown in FIG. (Excluding the data in the usage condition column). On the other hand, FIG.
The usage condition data shown in the lower row is
It consists of information that the right holder of the work is the party A, and usage conditions for each of the three use modes when using this work. In other words, when appreciating the work of “Usage history of Party A”, usage conditions such as level for case 1 (the case number shown in the usage history data in the upper part of FIG. 8), level for case 2, etc. Is set. Also, "partial citations" and "processed citations" for this work are not permitted in this example.

Similarly, in the history information shown in FIG. 7, when a list of related cases is made by paying attention to work A, a work "use history of work A" can be generated. FIG. 9 shows the copyrighted work information about the work “the usage history of the work A” generated in this way. The copyrighted work data shown in the upper part is composed of used history data, which is obtained by extracting only the case of work A from the history information shown in FIG. Excluding data). The use condition data shown in the lower part of FIG. 9 indicates that the right holder of the work “History of Work A” is Patent Saburo (author of Work A) and each user (A, B, Hei ...). It consists of information that there is a certain thing and usage conditions for each of three usage modes when using this work. Since the work “use history of work A” includes information on users who have used work A in the past, the rights as a whole belong to Patent Saburo, the right holder of work A, but The rights in the above cases are attributed to each user. Therefore,
When appreciating a work called "History of Work A",
As a consideration for using the entire work, 5
It is necessary to pay 000 yen and satisfy the usage conditions set for each case. Also, "partial quotation" and "processed quotation" are not permitted for this work.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of use conditions set by five levels. In this example, the level indicates a use condition of “non-disclosure”, and no disclosure is permitted for a case where this use condition is set. If you do not want others to know the fact that you viewed a particular work,
What is necessary is just to set this level. It can be said that this level is a condition setting to completely protect the privacy of the user.

The level is “disclosed only to the original author”
In the case where the use condition is set, the use is permitted only to the creator of the work to be used. For example, the case of the second line of the history information in FIG. 7 is “October 10, 12:12
In this case, user B used work B in a usage form of partial citation ". However, since the user himself has set the level as a use condition for this case, (That is, you can know the fact that you used Work B) is only the creator of Work B. The fee for the case where the author of this creator B uses this case is set free of charge.

The level indicates a use condition of “disclose only the date of birth and gender”. In the case where the use condition is set, the address, the address,
The name and telephone number are kept secret, and only the date of birth and gender are used. From the standpoint of using this case, since the address and name are anonymous, it is no longer useful as information for sending direct mail. Of which users are interested? ”Is useful information when conducting market research. In this example, 1 yen is set as a consideration for disclosure of the date of birth and gender. Therefore, a person who uses this case for such purposes as market research needs to pay a consideration of 1 yen. is there. In this way, if separate use conditions can be set for each part of the personal data, the history information can be used more smoothly.

The level indicates a use condition of “disclosed only to a specific trader”, and in the case where this use condition is set, it is possible to restrict the users. For example, if a setting such as "open only to mail order dealers" is made, mail order dealers can use this case by paying a consideration of 5 yen, but use by other users is prohibited. Will be done. It is also possible to make more detailed settings of the publisher to be published,
For example, it is possible to set such that the A department store and the B department store are disclosed, but the C department store is not disclosed, and a different price can be set for each dealer.

The level indicates a use condition of "complete disclosure", and a case where the use condition is set can be freely used by paying a consideration of 5 yen. By setting such conditions, an unspecified number of people will be able to know the fact that they have viewed a particular work, but since they can receive a fee of 5 yen each time they are used, Unless there is a particular situation you do not want to disclose,
Setting this level is effective in obtaining economic benefits.

Next, with the above-mentioned five levels in mind, the conditions for using the work “Upper use history” shown in FIG. 8 will be examined. According to the usage condition data shown in the lower part of FIG. 8, the level “completely disclosed” for the case 1 (the fact that the work A was viewed) and the level “specified” for the case 2 (the fact that the work D is partially cited) Since it is set to "disclose only to traders," a specific trader can view and use both cases 1 and 2 (a price of 10 yen is required), but if it is any other trader, Only the case 1 can be used for appreciation (a price of 5 yen is required). On the other hand, looking at the conditions when using the work “use history of work A” shown in FIG. 9, according to the use condition data shown in the lower part of FIG. Level) is "Completely Public", Level 2 is "Private" for Case 2 (facts watched by the user), and Level "Date of Birth and Since the setting of "disclose only gender" is set, the user who appreciates this work for the purpose of knowing only the age and gender of the user for market research, etc., has 5
By paying a price of 000 yen and paying a predetermined price to the user for each case, information on “birth date and gender” for case 1 and case 3 can be obtained.

Needless to say, the use conditions shown in the five levels to in FIG. 10 are merely examples, and various other conditions can be actually set. Also, without adopting a method of selecting and setting one of several predetermined levels,
It is also possible to individually set detailed conditions. However, the usage conditions for this history information are:
Since the conditions need to be set each time one work is used (that is, for each case), it is more convenient for ordinary users to make the setting as simple as possible. Therefore, in practice, several levels are defined as shown in FIG.
It is preferable that the condition can be set by selecting a desired level. In particular, a specific level may be set as a default level, and the default level may be automatically set unless the user performs a special condition setting operation. For example, 5 shown in FIG.
Of the three levels, the level is set to the default level, and for ordinary users to perform normal use, the conditions for use are set to "complete disclosure". This system can be used without being conscious of operations such as "setting of use conditions". Of course, if you do not want others to know the fact that you watched a particular work, you may perform an operation to set another level each time.

As described above, based on the history information (FIG. 7) accumulated in the central management device 60, the copyrighted work information (FIG. 8) of the “work composed of the use history of a specific user”,
The copyrighted work information of "a work composed of the usage history of a specific work" (FIG. 9) is created.
It will be newly registered in the work registration device 70 as appropriate. However, in practice, the content of the copyrighted work information newly registered in the copyrighted work registration device 70 takes the form of reference data that refers to the history information stored in the central management device 60, and is thus substantive. The data includes the general management device 60
It is preferable to use the history information in the section as it is. For example, the use history data shown in the upper part of FIG. 8 and the used history data shown in the upper part of FIG. 9 are obtained by extracting a part of the history information shown in FIG. It is not necessary to create the use history data and the used history data separately extracted as actual data as described above, and it is sufficient to prepare reference data for the history information shown in FIG. By doing so, each case data can be centrally managed in the form of history information in the central management device 60, and there is no need to store duplicate case data in the copyrighted work registration device 70. It is efficient.

In this system, the history information is reused as a copyrighted work as described above. However, as a usage condition set for a normal copyrighted work (a copyrighted work that is not history information), the usage condition of the user is It is also possible to use conditions that presuppose the disclosure of personal data. For example, according to the use condition data in the copyrighted work information of the work “Europe's Journey” shown in FIG. 4, a use condition of a value of 100 yen is set for the use mode of “appreciation”. Therefore, when appreciating this "European journey", a uniform 1
You just have to pay 00 yen. In contrast, FIG.
According to the usage condition data in the copyrighted work information of the work “Europe's Journey” shown in No. 1, even if the usage mode is “appreciation”, the price of the user who disclosed the personal data is free. In contrast, the price of the user who made it private is 10
Even if the usage mode is the same "partially quoted", the price of the user who has disclosed the personal data is 50 yen, while the price of the user who has made it private is 200 yen.
It is a circle. Therefore, for example, while viewing the “European journey” in the condition setting of the level “completely open” shown in FIG. Will be 100 yen.

In short, there are cases where a user uses a predetermined work while publishing his / her personal data, and when a user uses a predetermined work while keeping his / her personal data private. This means that the setting has been made so that the usage conditions for the prescribed work differ. As described above, setting different usage conditions depending on the disclosure / non-disclosure of the personal data of the user is effective in actively promoting the disclosure of the personal data. For example, when the travel company itself creates a work called “Europe's Journey” and registers it in the copyrighted work registration device 70, the usage condition data shown in the lower part of FIG. Setting the use condition data shown in (1) makes it easier to collect personal data of the user. This is because the user tends to view the work "Europe's Journey" at the level or at the level setting so that the fee is free of charge. Of course, different conditions can be set for the case where only the date of birth and gender of the personal data are disclosed and the case where all data including the address and name are disclosed.

As described above, in the system according to the present invention,
The use history information can be freely used within the range disclosed by the user himself. For this reason, it is expected that commercial use by mail-order companies and various service companies will be actively performed. Further, by using this usage history, a work that is considered to be of interest to each user is selected from among many works registered in the work registration device 70, and the selected It is also possible to provide a service in which a list of copyrighted works is provided to each user's terminal device in the form of a so-called menu.

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As described above, according to the work providing system using the network according to the present invention, the use history is reused as a new work under a predetermined use condition. The user's usage history can be used positively.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of a copyrighted work providing system using a network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a work presented on the terminal device 10 shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a view showing an original work “Scenery of Paris” cited in the work “Europe's Journey” shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing specific contents of copyrighted work information about the work “Europe's Journey” shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the specific contents of copyrighted work information about the work “Scenery of Paris” shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a new work created by processing the work shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of history information accumulated in the central management device 60 shown in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing copyrighted work information of a work “Usage history of Party A” created based on the history information shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing copyrighted work information of a work called “use history of work A” created based on the history information shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a table showing use conditions set in a use condition column of history information shown in FIG. 7;

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing specific contents of copyrighted work information in which different use conditions are set based on the disclosure / non-disclosure of personal data of a user with respect to the work “Travel in Europe” shown in FIG. 2; It is.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Title logo 2 ... Text article 3 ... Video 4 ... Photo 5 ... Control button 6 ... Control button 7 ... Photo 8 ... Trimming frame 9 ... New work 10 ... Terminal device 11 ... Work presentation means 12 ... Temporary storage means 13 ... Editing means 14 ... Condition monitoring means 20,30,40,50 ... Terminal device 60 ... Overall management device 70 ... Copyright registration device 100 ... Network

Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A network for transmitting information to a plurality of users, a plurality of terminal devices connected to the network, and works to be provided via the network, each of which is provided with a A copyright registration device for registering the copyright information as product information, and a general management device for centrally managing the transmission process of the copyright information to each terminal device. , Terms of use data indicating terms of use for this work,
When a work provided through a network is used by a terminal device, only use in accordance with the use conditions is permitted, and each time a user uses the work, By leaving history information indicating which copyrighted work the user has used, and adding new usage condition data indicating predetermined usage conditions to the copyrighted work data that uses the history information itself as a copyrighted work, A copyrighted work providing system using a network, characterized in that the copyrighted work information is generated and a function of newly registering the generated copyrighted work information in a copyrighted work registration device is provided. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein based on the history information, copyrighted work data including information indicating a past use history of a specific user is created, and the copyrighted work data is added to the specific work data. A network characterized by having a function of generating new copyrighted work information by adding usage condition data indicating a usage condition set by a user and newly registering the generated copyrighted work information in a copyright registration device. The copyrighted work providing system used. 3. The system according to claim 1, wherein based on the history information, copyrighted work data including information indicating a past usage history of a specific copyrighted work is created, and A new copyright information is generated by adding usage condition data indicating the usage conditions set by the right holder or the user of the copyrighted work, and a function for newly registering the generated copyright information in the copyright registration device. A copyrighted work providing system using a network characterized by having 4. The system according to claim 1, wherein personal information of a user is added to the history information, and the usage condition for a work composed of the history information itself is set as the usage condition. A work providing system using a network, wherein separate use conditions can be set for use and non-use of personal data. 5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the personal data is composed of partial data such as an address, a name, a gender, a date of birth, and the like, and a separate use condition can be set for each partial data. A copyrighted work providing system using a network, characterized in that: 6. The system according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of different use modes are defined as modes for using the work on the terminal device, and each time the user uses the work, A network characterized by leaving history information indicating which user used which work in which usage mode, and enabling new registration of work information including information indicating the usage mode. The copyrighted work providing system used. 7. The system according to claim 1, wherein a condition for requesting payment of a predetermined amount can be set as a use condition, and the general management device can use the history information based on the history information. A copyrighted work providing system using a network, wherein billing information for each user is created, and settlement of a value to be paid between the users can be performed based on the billing information. 8. The system according to claim 1, wherein a user uses a predetermined work while publishing his / her personal data, and wherein the user keeps his / her personal data private. And a use condition of the predetermined work is different from that in the case of using the predetermined work. 9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the personal data is composed of partial data such as an address, a name, a gender, a date of birth, etc., and which partial data is disclosed when a predetermined work is used. A system for providing a work using a network, wherein usage conditions for the predetermined work are made different depending on whether or not the work is to be performed. 10. The system according to claim 1, wherein the history information is stored in the centralized management device and managed in a unified manner, and the work information is a work of the history information itself. Is generated using reference data for referring to history information in the general management device.