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- the present invention relates to a technical field such as a server device that provides information to a user.
- a search site that presets keywords and the like for various information existing on the Internet and extracts and provides the keywords input for search and the corresponding information based on the set keywords is provided.
- the user can search various information existing on the Internet, and obtains information corresponding to the input keyword by inputting a keyword related to the information of interest. can do.
- Patent Document 1 image data to be searched is managed in association with the number of searches (number of votes) in which the image data is searched, and image data corresponding to the search condition set by the user is searched.
- a technique for sorting and displaying the searched image data based on the number of searches (the number of votes) is disclosed.
- Such a technique is useful for efficiently browsing information presumed to be of high interest to a plurality of users from a large number of search results.
- each user extracts a search condition for extracting information of his / her interest or displaying the information with priority (for example, his / her own information not recognized by the user at the time of the search). It may be difficult to properly set keywords related to information of interest.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above points, and a server device, an information providing method, an information providing program, and a recording medium on which an information providing program is recorded that can preferentially display information of interest to the user. And an information providing system.
- the invention described in claim 1 includes a first display data generating unit that generates first display data with reference to a storage unit that stores information on a target that can be recognized by a user, and First transmission means for transmitting the generated first display data to the terminal device; receiving means for receiving user operation information for the first display data displayed on the terminal device from the terminal device; and the reception Calculating means for calculating the degree of interest of the user with respect to the object corresponding to the information displayed by the first display data based on the user operation information, and an object for which the calculated degree of interest of the user satisfies a predetermined condition Second display data for generating second display data with priority given to the other target including the specifying means for specifying and at least a part of the information of the specified target in the information of the other target
- And forming means is a server apparatus characterized by comprising a second transmission means for transmitting a second display data the generated to the terminal device.
- the degree of interest of the user with respect to the target corresponding to the information displayed by the terminal device is calculated based on the user operation information, and at least a part of the target information that satisfies the predetermined condition of the user's interest
- the other target included in the information of the other target can be displayed with priority. Therefore, in providing information to the user, it is possible to preferentially display information of interest to the user without imposing a burden on the user.
- the Invention of Claim 2 is the server apparatus of Claim 1, Comprising:
- generation means is a said 1st display data based on at least one part of the information of the specified object.
- the target information included in the target is narrowed down, and the second display data including the narrowed-down target information is generated.
- the degree of interest of the user with respect to the target corresponding to the information displayed by the terminal device is calculated based on the user operation information, and at least a part of the target information that satisfies the predetermined condition of the user's interest It is possible to narrow down and display the other target included in the information of the other target. Therefore, when providing information to the user, it is possible to narrow down and display the product information that the user is interested in without imposing a burden on the user.
- the invention according to claim 3 is the server device according to claim 1, wherein the second display data generation means is configured to generate the first display data based on at least a part of the information of the specified target.
- the second display data is generated by rearranging the display order of the target information included in the display information.
- the degree of interest of the user with respect to the target corresponding to the information displayed by the terminal device is calculated based on the user operation information, and at least a part of the target information that satisfies the predetermined condition of the user's interest
- the display of the other object included in the information of the other object can be prioritized. Therefore, in providing information to the user, it is possible to preferentially display information of interest to the user without imposing a burden on the user.
- the invention according to claim 4 is the server device according to claim 1, wherein the second display data generation means is configured to generate the first display data based on at least a part of the information of the specified target.
- the display mode of the information of the object included in is determined, and the second display data is generated based on the determined display mode.
- the degree of interest of the user with respect to the target corresponding to the information displayed by the terminal device is calculated based on the user operation information, and at least a part of the target information that satisfies the predetermined condition of the user's interest
- the display mode of the other object included in the information of the other object is determined. Therefore, in providing information to the user, it is possible to preferentially display information of interest to the user without imposing a burden on the user.
- invention of Claim 5 is a server apparatus as described in any one of Claim 1 thru
- the said specific means specifies the object whose said calculated interest degree is higher than a predetermined threshold value,
- the second display data generating means generates second display data by giving priority to the other target including at least a part of the specified target information in the information of the other target.
- the degree of interest of the user with respect to the target corresponding to the information displayed by the terminal device is calculated based on the user operation information, and at least a part of the target information whose user's degree of interest is higher than the predetermined threshold is obtained.
- the other target included in the information of the other target can be displayed with priority.
- the Invention of Claim 6 is the server apparatus as described in any one of Claim 1 thru
- the said specific means specifies the object whose said calculated interest degree is lower than a predetermined threshold value,
- the second display data generating means generates second display data by giving priority to a target other than the other target including at least a part of the specified target information in the information of the other target.
- the degree of interest of the user with respect to the target corresponding to the information displayed by the terminal device is calculated based on the user operation information, and at least a part of the target information whose user's degree of interest is lower than the predetermined threshold is obtained.
- the target other than the other target included in the information of the other target can be displayed with priority.
- the invention according to claim 7 is the server device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the specifying means calculates the degree of interest of the user with respect to two or more objects by the calculating means. In this case, each of the calculated interest levels is compared to identify an object having a higher user interest level, and the second display data generating unit generates second display data with priority on the identified object. It is characterized by doing.
- the degree of interest of the user with respect to the target corresponding to the information displayed by the terminal device is calculated based on the user operation information, and at least a part of the target information having a relatively high degree of interest of the user,
- the other target included in the information of the other target can be displayed with priority.
- the Invention of Claim 8 is a server apparatus as described in any one of Claim 1 thru
- the said 1st display data further contains the link information for displaying the relevant information of the said object.
- the receiving unit receives user operation information including a user operation content with respect to the link information, and the calculation unit is a user for a target corresponding to the link information to be operated based on the received user operation information. The degree of interest is calculated.
- the degree of interest of the user can be calculated based on the number of operations for the link information for the information provided to the user.
- a ninth aspect of the present invention is the server device according to any one of the first to seventh aspects, wherein the receiving means is displayed based on a user operation on the first display data. The display time of the target information is received, and the calculation means calculates the user's interest in the displayed target based on the received display time.
- the user's degree of interest can be calculated based on the display time during which the user has displayed the target information.
- a tenth aspect of the present invention is the server device according to any one of the first to ninth aspects, wherein the first display data displays the target information in a predetermined number unit, and the receiving unit Receiving from the terminal device an information acquisition request for the next predetermined number of items and the user operation information including the user's operation content for the first display data displayed on the terminal device. To do.
- the information to be provided to the user is displayed for each predetermined number of items, and the information for the predetermined number of items to be displayed next includes at least a part of the target information that the user is highly interested in as another target.
- the other target included in the information is preferentially displayed. That is, the user can confirm the information for each predetermined number of items, and if there is a product that is interested in the target corresponding to the information being displayed, the next predetermined number of information is the target related to the target of interest. Information can be checked with priority.
- the invention according to claim 11 is the server device according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the second display data generation means is an object whose information has already been displayed by the first display data.
- the second display data excluding is generated.
- the present invention since the information already confirmed by the user is not displayed, it is not necessary to confirm again the information already confirmed by the user, and the burden on the user can be reduced.
- a twelfth aspect of the present invention is the server device according to any one of the first to eleventh aspects, wherein the target device is based on user operation information for the first display data displayed on the terminal device.
- a keyword generating unit that acquires a keyword from the information and associates the keyword with the target information and stores the keyword in the storage unit; and the second display data generating unit corresponds to the specified target information.
- the second display data is generated by giving priority to the other target including the attached keyword in the information of the other target.
- the degree of interest of the user with respect to the object corresponding to the information displayed by the terminal device is calculated based on the user operation information, and the degree of interest of the user is associated with the information of the object that satisfies the predetermined condition.
- the keyword can be displayed with priority on the other object included in the information of the other object.
- the invention according to claim 13 is an information providing method by a server device, wherein a first display data generating step of generating first display data with reference to storage means for storing target information recognizable by a user; A first transmission step of transmitting the generated first display data to the terminal device; a receiving step of receiving user operation information for the first display data displayed on the terminal device from the terminal device; A calculating step of calculating the degree of interest of the user with respect to a target corresponding to the information displayed by the first display data based on the received user operation information; and the calculated degree of interest of the user satisfies a predetermined condition
- the second display data is generated with priority given to the other target that includes the specifying step of specifying the target and at least a part of the information of the specified target in the information of the other target.
- second display data generating step characterized in that it comprises a second transmission step of transmitting the second display data the generated to the terminal device.
- first display data generating means for generating first display data with reference to a storage means for storing information of a target that can be recognized by a user, and the generated first display.
- First transmission means for transmitting data to the terminal device, user operation information for the first display data displayed on the terminal device, receiving means for receiving from the terminal device, based on the received user operation information Calculating means for calculating a degree of interest of a user with respect to a target corresponding to information displayed by the first display data, specifying means for specifying a target for which the calculated degree of interest of the user satisfies a predetermined condition, the specified Second display data generating means for generating second display data in preference to the other target including at least part of the target information in the information of the other target, the generation Is information providing program for causing to function second display data as a second transmission means, for transmitting to the terminal device.
- the first display data generating means for generating the first display data by referring to the storage means for storing the target information that can be recognized by the user, and the generated first display.
- First transmission means for transmitting data to the terminal device, user operation information for the first display data displayed on the terminal device, receiving means for receiving from the terminal device, based on the received user operation information
- Calculating means for calculating a degree of interest of a user with respect to a target corresponding to information displayed by the first display data; specifying means for specifying a target for which the calculated degree of interest of the user satisfies a predetermined condition;
- Second display data generating means for generating second display data in preference to the other target including at least part of the target information in the information of the other target, the generation
- the second transmission means for the second display data transmitted to the terminal device, the information providing program to function as it is a recording medium which is characterized in that it is recorded in a computer-readable.
- the invention according to claim 16 is an information providing system comprising a terminal device and a server device that the terminal device can access via a network, wherein the server device stores information on a target that can be recognized by a user.
- First display data generating means for generating first display data with reference to storage means for storing, first transmission means for transmitting the generated first display data to a terminal device, and displayed on the terminal device
- Receiving means for receiving the user operation information for the first display data from the terminal device, and the user's interest in the object corresponding to the information displayed by the first display data based on the received user operation information
- Calculating means for calculating a degree, specifying means for specifying an object for which the calculated degree of interest of the user satisfies a predetermined condition, and information on the specified object
- Second display data generating means for generating second display data by giving priority to the other object including at least a part of the information of the other object, and transmitting the generated second display data to the terminal device Second terminal, and the terminal device receives first display data
- the degree of interest of the user with respect to the target corresponding to the information displayed by the terminal device is calculated based on the user operation information, and at least a part of the target information that satisfies the predetermined condition of the user's interest
- the other target included in the information of the other target can be displayed with priority. Therefore, in providing information to the user, it is possible to preferentially display information of interest to the user without imposing a burden on the user.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of a shopping system S in the first embodiment.
- a shopping system S (an example of “information providing system”) includes a shopping server 1 (an example of “server device”) and a plurality of user terminals 2 (an example of “terminal device”). It is configured to include. And the shopping server 1 and each user terminal 2 can mutually transmit / receive data via the network NW, for example using TCP / IP etc. as a communication protocol.
- the network NW is constructed by, for example, the Internet, a dedicated communication line (for example, a CATV (CommunityCommunAntenna Television) line), a mobile communication network (including a base station, etc.), a gateway, and the like.
- the shopping server 1 is a Web server that transmits a Web page constituting the shopping site to the user terminal 2 in response to a request from the user terminal 2. Then, the shopping server 1 performs processing such as product search and purchase based on a request from the user terminal 2 of the user who browsed the Web page.
- the user terminal 2 is a terminal device used by a user who purchases a product at a shopping site.
- a personal computer for example, a personal computer, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a mobile phone or the like is used.
- PDA Personal Digital Assistant
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of the shopping server 1 in the first embodiment.
- the shopping server 1 includes an operation unit 11, a display unit 12, a communication unit 13, a drive unit 14, a storage unit 15, an input / output interface 16, and a system control unit 20.
- the system control unit 20 and the input / output interface 16 are connected via a system bus 21.
- the operation unit 11 includes, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, and the like, and receives an operation instruction from an operator or the like, and outputs the instruction content to the system control unit 20 as an instruction signal.
- the display unit 12 is composed of, for example, a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) display, a liquid crystal display, and the like, and displays information such as characters and images.
- CTR Cathode Ray Tube
- LCD liquid crystal display
- the communication unit 13 is connected to the network NW or the like and controls the communication state with the user terminal 2 or the like.
- the drive unit 14 reads data from a disk DK such as a flexible disk, CD (Compact Disc), DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), etc., and records data on the disc DK.
- a disk DK such as a flexible disk, CD (Compact Disc), DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), etc.
- the storage unit 15 (an example of “storage means”) is configured by, for example, a hard disk drive or the like, and stores various programs, data, and the like.
- various databases such as a member DB (database) 101, a store DB 102, a product DB 103, a keyword DB 104, and a member use DB 105 are constructed.
- member DB 101 information related to users registered as members in the shopping site (for example, member ID, password, name, address, telephone number, mail address, etc. as member identification information) is registered in association with each user. Has been.
- store ID information on stores that sell products on the shopping site
- store ID for example, store ID, password, store name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, store guidance information, etc. as store identification information
- store ID for example, store ID, password, store name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, store guidance information, etc. as store identification information
- product information (an example of “target information”) related to a product sold on a shopping site (an example of “a target that can be recognized by a user”)
- Product ID as product identification information
- store ID of the store that sells the product product name, price, product description information, product image, sales start date and time, product impression, number of impressions, tag information (for example, meta Data: metadeta, etc.), related product IDs, etc.) are registered in association with each store and product.
- tag information for example, meta Data: metadeta, etc.
- related product ID a product ID of a product related to the product identified by the product ID or the same product handled at another store is registered.
- keywords an example of “target information” related to products sold on a shopping site are registered in association with each product ID.
- keywords relating to the product a name representing the manufacturer (producer) name of the product and the performance (efficacy) of the product is registered.
- keywords relating to the product “notebook personal computer”, words representing a manufacturer name, OS (Operating System) name, hard disk capacity, memory capacity, color, screen size, and the like are registered.
- OS Operating System
- words that are frequently used as impressions of products registered in the product DB 103 may be registered as keywords.
- a word representing the picked-up medium name may be registered as a keyword.
- the product DB 103 and the keyword DB 104 are separated, but a DB in which the product DB 103 and the keyword DB 104 are integrated based on the product ID may be used.
- user information for example, member ID, purchase history, browsing history, favorite product information, etc.
- member ID for example, member ID, purchase history, browsing history, favorite product information, etc.
- the storage unit 15 stores various HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) documents, image data, audio data, text data, and the like that constitute the Web page of the shopping site.
- HTML Hyper Text Markup Language
- the storage unit 15 stores various programs. Specifically, a predetermined OS, a WWW (World Wide Web) server program, a shopping processing program, and the like are stored.
- the various programs may be acquired from other server devices or the like via the network NW, or may be recorded on a disk DK such as a CD-ROM and read via the drive unit 14. May be.
- the system control unit 20 controls each unit of the shopping server 1 by the CPU 17 reading and executing various programs stored in the ROM 18 and the storage unit 15. Further, the system control unit 20 functions as a first display data generating unit, a first transmitting unit, a receiving unit, a calculating unit, a specifying unit, a second display data generating unit, and a second transmitting unit of the server device according to the present invention. It is like that.
- server apparatuses such as a server which manages various databases, a search processing server which performs the search process of goods, and a WWW server which provides various information, for example.
- the user terminal 2 includes an operation unit 31, a display unit 32, a communication unit 33, a storage unit 34, an input / output interface 35, and a system control unit 36.
- the system control unit 36 and the input / output interface 35 are connected via a system bus 37.
- the operation unit 31, the display unit 32, the communication unit 33, and the storage unit 34 correspond to the operation unit 11, the display unit 12, the communication unit 13, and the storage unit 15 of the shopping server 1, respectively. Description of overlapping parts is omitted.
- the input / output interface 35 performs interface processing between the operation unit 31, the display unit 32, the communication unit 33, the storage unit 34, and the system control unit 36.
- the system control unit 36 includes a CPU 36a, a ROM 36b, a RAM 36c, and the like.
- the system control unit 36 is configured such that the CPU 36a reads out and executes various software programs stored in the ROM 36b or the storage unit 34, whereby the first receiving unit, the first display control unit, the transmitting unit, It functions as second receiving means, second display control means, and the like.
- the shopping server 1 When searching for a product, the shopping server 1 displays, as a search result, a Web page showing a list of information (an example of “information”) related to a product (an example of “target”) that satisfies the search condition input by the user. Send to.
- This Web page is referred to as a “search result page”.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example when the search result page by the user terminal 2 is displayed.
- a product that satisfies the search condition input by the user is referred to as a “corresponding product”.
- information related to products may be simply referred to as “product information”.
- the corresponding product list 201 includes a plurality of individual product information 210.
- the individual product information 210 indicates product information for one corresponding product.
- the individual product information 210 includes product images, manufacturers, product links 211, impression links 212, product descriptions, product prices, and store links 213.
- the product link 211 is a link (hyperlink) that displays the name, URL, etc. of the product corresponding to the link.
- the impression link 212 is a link that displays the number of impressions of the product registered by the user who purchased the product corresponding to the link.
- the store link 213 is a link that displays details of a store that sells products corresponding to the link.
- the number of corresponding products displayed in the corresponding product list 201 is referred to as “display number”.
- the initial value (50 in the present embodiment) of the display number is predetermined in the shopping system S.
- the initial value of the display number can be changed by user setting.
- product detail page On the product detail page, for example, product information such as a product name, a product image, a product description, a product price, a settlement method, a shipping fee, a shipping method, and an inquiry destination is displayed.
- impression link 212 When the impression link 212 is selected by the user, a transition is made to a Web page that displays the impression of the product corresponding to the link.
- This Web page is referred to as an “impression detail page”.
- product information such as a nickname, an evaluation value, a posting date, and an impression sentence of a poster who has posted an impression is displayed.
- This Web page is referred to as a “store detail page”.
- store detail page for example, store information, store guide information, links to product detail pages of each product sold by the store, merchandise information related to the merchandise such as payment method, shipping fee, and shipping method are displayed.
- the product link 211, the impression link 212, and the store link 213 are examples of “link information”.
- the product detail page, the impression detail page, and the store detail page are generated by the shopping server 1 based on information registered in the store DB 102 and the product DB 103 and stored in the storage unit 15.
- the product detail page, the impression detail page, and the store detail page are collectively referred to as “detail page”.
- the detail page is a Web page that displays information related to one or more products among the products displayed in the corresponding product list 201, and at least one piece of information that is not displayed in the individual product information 210. This is a Web page to be displayed.
- the detail page is provided with a plurality of links (an example of “link information”) for displaying more detailed information.
- the other search result link group 202 includes a link for transitioning to a search result page displaying a list of products different from the products displayed as a list in the current corresponding product list 201 among the corresponding products satisfying the search condition. Includes multiple. For example, when a link for displaying a page number is selected by the user, the screen transitions to a search result page with a page number corresponding to the link. Further, when the next result link 230 displayed as “next” is selected by the user, a transition is made to the search result page next to the currently displayed search result page.
- a search result page displaying a list of the corresponding products after the 51st item is displayed. Transition. In this way, the corresponding product is displayed in units of pages by a predetermined number.
- a scroll bar 300 is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 2.
- the search result page is scrolled.
- each individual product information 210 of the corresponding product list 201 displays a product image, a product name, the number of impressions, a price, and a store name.
- the user finds a product of interest while browsing the search result page, the user can obtain product information from each detail page by clicking the product link 211, the impression link 212, or the store link 213.
- the corresponding products displayed on the search result page can be narrowed down to the products related to the products that the user is interested in, it is considered that the user's viewing burden can be reduced.
- the corresponding product obtained as a search result includes a large amount of products that are not of interest to the user, it is considered that the viewing burden is greatly reduced. Therefore, in the shopping system S of the present embodiment, a product that the user is interested in is specified based on the operation content when the user is browsing the search result page. Then, the corresponding products displayed on the search result page are displayed by narrowing down to the products related to the specified products.
- the operation content when the user is browsing the search result page is recorded.
- the type of operation performed by the user for example, click operation, drag operation, etc.
- the operation target for example, product link 211, etc.
- the time does not necessarily need to be the actual time
- when predetermined control is performed for example, when the search result page is displayed or when the corresponding product list 201 is displayed (or updated)) Etc.
- the shopping system S it is possible to determine from the recorded operation content whether the user has performed what operation, what operation has been performed, or when the user has not performed the operation. It has become. Further, the user performs an operation for selecting (for example, clicking) a link such as the product link 211, the impression link 212, the store link 213, or the other search result link group 202 using a mouse or a keyboard, a scroll bar, and the like. An operation for displacing 300 is included. Note that the operation content to be recorded is limited to the operation related to the shopping system S. For example, an operation performed by the user to operate the spreadsheet application software is not recorded.
- a product that the user is interested in is specified from the operation content of the user when the search result page is displayed.
- FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example of the shopping system S in the first embodiment.
- the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 accepts an input of search conditions by the user (step S11A).
- a search condition for example, a keyword, a price range of a product, a category to which the product belongs, etc. can be specified.
- the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 transmits a search request including the input search condition to the shopping server 1 (step S12A).
- the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 is in a standby state until a search request is received (step S11B: NO).
- the search request is received (step S11B: YES)
- the search condition included in the received search request is executed based on (Step S12B).
- the system control part 20 transmits the search result page (an example of "1st display data") which displays the list which shows the applicable goods for the number of display cases to the user terminal 2 (step S13B).
- the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 displays the search result page on the display unit 32 (step S13A). Then, the system control unit 36 determines whether an operation for displaying a detailed page has been detected (step S14A).
- the operation for displaying the detail page is an operation for selecting the product link 211, the impression link 212, or the store link 213. If the system control unit 36 determines that an operation for displaying a detailed page has not been detected (step S14A: NO), the system control unit 36 proceeds to the process of step S19A.
- step S14A determines that an operation for displaying a detailed page has been detected (step S14A: YES)
- the system control unit 36 issues a detailed page request including link identification information indicating the operated link to the shopping server 1. (Step S15A).
- the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 is in a standby state after receiving the detailed page request, the return request, or the next result request after the process of step S13B, or until the communication with the user terminal 2 times out.
- the system control unit 20 analyzes the link identification information included in the detailed page request and specifies the link operated by the user and the product corresponding to the link. Then, based on the product ID of the identified product, information to be displayed on the detail page corresponding to the operated link is acquired from the store DB 102, the product DB 103, etc., and a detail page is generated.
- the system control unit 20 transmits the detailed page to the user terminal 2 (step S15B).
- the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 displays the detailed page on the display unit 32 (step S16A).
- the system control unit 36 determines whether a return operation has been detected (step S17A).
- the return operation is an operation for returning to the search result page displayed when the process of step S14A is performed. Specifically, this is an operation of pressing a return button provided in the Web browser.
- the system control unit 36 is in a standby state until a return operation is detected (step S17A: NO), and when it is determined that a return operation is detected (step S17A: YES), a return request is transmitted to the shopping server 1. (Step S18A).
- step S16B When receiving the return request (step S16B: YES), the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 retransmits the search result page displayed on the user terminal 2 when the process of step S14B is performed (step S13B). ). In addition, when transmitting the search result page in the process of step S13B, the system control unit 20 holds the search result page in the storage unit 15 so that the search result page can be retransmitted. That is, when the system control unit 20 retransmits the search result page based on the reception of the return request, the system control unit 20 retransmits the search result page transmitted in the most recent step S13B. When receiving the retransmitted search result page, the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 displays it on the display unit 32 (S13A).
- the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 determines whether or not the next page display operation is detected while displaying the search result page (step S19A).
- the next page display operation is an operation for displaying the next page, and specifically, an operation for selecting the next result link 230. If it is determined that the next page display operation has not been detected (step S19A: NO), the system control unit 36 proceeds to the process of step S21A. On the other hand, if it is determined that the next page display operation has been detected (step S19A: YES), the system control unit 36 transmits a next result request and user operation information indicating the user's operation content to the shopping server 1 ( Step S20A).
- the system control unit 36 records, in the storage unit 34, the user's operation contents from when the search result page received from the shopping server 1 is displayed until the next page display operation is detected.
- step S20A user operation information indicating the operation content thus recorded is transmitted.
- the system control unit 36 transmits the next result request and the user operation information to the shopping server 1 in the process of step S20A.
- the system control unit 36 may transmit user operation information separately from the next result request before or after the process of step S20A.
- step S17B When the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 receives the next result request and the user operation information indicating the operation content (step S17B: YES), the system control unit 20 executes a narrowing process (step S18B).
- FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a narrowing process performed by the system control unit 20 according to the first embodiment.
- FIG. 7B is a diagram showing an example of a part of the keyword DB 104 in the first embodiment, and particularly shows a part corresponding to the product “digital camera”. For example, FIG. 7B shows that “Company A”, “5 million pixels”, and “10 ⁇ zoom” are associated and registered as keywords in the digital camera with the product ID “DC0001”. Show.
- the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 corresponds to each corresponding product (referred to as “interest degree calculation target product”) displayed on the search result page when the next result request is transmitted.
- the degree of interest of the user is calculated (step S31).
- the system control unit 20 calculates the degree of interest of the user based on the user operation content indicated by the user operation information received together with the next result request in the process of step S17B of FIG. Specifically, the system control unit 20 is based on the number of times each link (product link 211, impression link 212, and store link 213) displayed in the individual product information 210 corresponding to each product is selected. The user's degree of interest in the product is calculated.
- the system control unit 20 adds 2 points as the user's interest in the product for each time the link is selected. That is, when the product link 211 and the impression link 212 are selected once each, the user's degree of interest is 4 points. In addition, it is good also as providing an upper limit (for example, 10 points) to the user's interest degree with respect to 1 goods.
- the system control unit 20 compares the user's degree of interest for each interest degree calculation target product with a predetermined threshold (for example, 3 points) (step S32). And the system control part 20 produces
- a product ID of a product whose user interest level is higher than a predetermined threshold is registered in the specific product list. That is, the process of step S33 corresponds to an example of “specifying a target” in the present invention.
- the system control unit 20 determines whether or not the product is registered in the specific product list (step S34).
- step S34: NO the system control unit 20 determines that the product is not registered in the specific product list.
- step S34: YES the system control unit 20 extracts products corresponding to the upper predetermined number (for example, 2) from the specific product list.
- the upper rank here means a thing with a higher degree of interest. Further, when a predetermined number of products are not registered in the specific product list, all registered products may be extracted.
- the system control unit 20 acquires a keyword (referred to as “narrowing keyword”) associated with the extracted product (step S36). Specifically, the system control unit 20 searches the keyword DB 104 based on the extracted product ID of the product, and acquires a keyword associated with the product ID. For example, in the example of FIG. 7B, if the product ID of the extracted product is “DC0001”, “Company A”, “5 million pixels”, and “10 ⁇ zoom” are acquired as keywords.
- the system control unit 20 narrows down the corresponding products based on the acquired narrowing keyword (step S37). Specifically, the system control unit 20 acquires a keyword associated with each corresponding product from the keyword DB 104. Then, the corresponding products are narrowed down to only products for which at least one keyword that is the same as the narrowing keyword is associated. For example, if there is only one product extracted in the process of step S35 and the product ID of the product is “DC0001”, at least “Company A”, “5 million pixels”, and “10 ⁇ zoom” are required. Narrow down to products that are associated with any one of them. That is, at least the products with the product IDs “DC0003” and “DC0004” remain in the narrowed products. In addition, it is good also as narrowing down an applicable goods only to the goods with which the same keyword as the keyword for refinement
- miniaturization is matched by at least a predetermined number (for example, 2 pieces).
- step S37 in the narrowing process each time the process of step S37 in the narrowing process is executed, the corresponding product is narrowed down.
- the system control unit 20 ends the process in the flowchart after completing the process of step S37.
- step S ⁇ b> 18 ⁇ / b> B the system control unit 20 transmits a search result page for displaying the corresponding product to the user terminal 2 (step S ⁇ b> 13 ⁇ / b> B).
- step S37 of the narrowing process when the process of step S37 of the narrowing process (see FIG. 6) is not executed (when the degree of interest is not higher than a predetermined threshold value), when the latest next result request is received.
- a search result page for displaying a product to be displayed next to the displayed product is transmitted.
- step S37 of the narrowing process see FIG.
- the search result that displays the corresponding products narrowed down in the process from the first item A page (an example of “second display data”) is transmitted.
- the system control unit 20 determines that the narrowing process (step S18B) is skipped, and a search result page for displaying the product to be displayed next to the product displayed when the latest next result request is received is transmitted.
- the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 determines whether or not an end operation has been detected while displaying the search result page (step S21A).
- the ending operation is an operation for closing the Web browser, an operation for logging out from the shopping system S, or the like. If the system control unit 36 determines that the end operation has not been detected (step S21A: NO), the system control unit 36 proceeds to the process of step S14A. On the other hand, if the system control unit 36 determines that an end operation has been detected (step S21A: YES), the process in the flowchart ends.
- step S19B YES
- the product information of the corresponding product is displayed on the search result page in units of 50 pages (an example of “predetermined number”).
- the system control unit 20 displays the next result request (an example of “request for acquiring information for the next predetermined number of items”) and the user's operation content for the product that was being displayed when the next result request was transmitted.
- the operation information is received, the user's interest level for each product is calculated based on the received user operation information, the product whose calculated user interest level is higher than a predetermined threshold is specified, and the keyword based on the specified product ,
- the corresponding products are narrowed down based on the acquired keyword, and a search result page including product information of the narrowed down corresponding products is generated and transmitted.
- the corresponding product is displayed in units of 50 pages, and when the user's interest in the product corresponding to the displayed product information is high, the next page On the next page displayed by the display operation, the product information of the products narrowed down based on the degree of interest of the user on the previous page is displayed.
- the user can check the product information of the product on a page-by-page basis, and if there is an interested product on the displayed page, the next page should check only the product information of the product related to the interested product Can do.
- the search result page transmitted by the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 includes a product link 211 and an impression link 212 for displaying a detailed page for displaying related information corresponding to the product for each product.
- the store link 213 (an example of “link information”) are displayed.
- the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 calculates the user's degree of interest higher for products corresponding to the links 211 to 213 having a larger number of user operations.
- the product information displayed on the search result page can be narrowed down to product information of products associated with the same keyword as the product having a high number of operations with respect to the links 211 to 213 and having high user interest.
- the system control part 20 of the shopping server 1 receives the search conditions transmitted from the user terminal 2, searches goods based on the received search conditions, and the goods of the applicable goods searched. Generate a search results page containing information.
- the search conditions transmitted from the user terminal 2
- searches goods based on the received search conditions and the goods of the applicable goods searched.
- step S33 products whose user interest level is higher than a predetermined threshold are registered in the specific product list (step S33 in FIG. 6), and products corresponding to the upper predetermined number are extracted (step S35).
- step S36 a keyword associated with the specified product may be acquired (step S36). Good.
- the product information of the corresponding product displayed on the search result page is narrowed down to the product information of the product related to the product that the user is interested in (the product that has the same keyword as the product that the user is interested in).
- the user's viewing burden can be reduced by preferentially displaying the product information of the product related to the product that the user is interested in.
- the corresponding product obtained as a search result includes a large amount of products that are not of interest to the user, it is considered that the viewing burden is greatly reduced. Therefore, in the shopping system S, a product in which the user is interested is specified based on the operation content when the user is browsing the search result page. And when displaying the product information of an applicable product on a search result page, it is good also considering the display order of the product regarding the specified product as a high rank.
- FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example when the search result page is displayed.
- FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example of the shopping system S in the case where the product information of the product related to the product in which the user is interested is displayed with priority.
- FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a sorting process performed by the system control unit 20 in the case where product information of products related to products that the user is interested in is displayed with priority.
- FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example of the shopping system S in the case where the product information of the product related to the product in which the user is interested is displayed with priority.
- FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a sorting process performed by the system control unit 20 in the case where product information of products related to products that the user is interested in is displayed with priority.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of the keyword DB 104.
- FIG. 12 shows, as an example, that a product with a product ID “DC0001” is registered in association with keywords “Company A”, “5 million pixels”, and “10x zoom”. ing.
- a sort result display area 240 is displayed on the search result page. 10, in the search result page (an example of “first display data”) that the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 transmits to the user terminal 2 in the process of step S13B in FIG.
- the display order is determined by a preset sort order (initial).
- the sort order (initial) can also be set by the user.
- As the sort order (initial) for example, ascending order (or descending order) by product ID is set.
- step S18B-2 of FIG. 10 the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 executes the sort process.
- the sorting process by the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12.
- step S36 of FIG. 11 the system control unit 20 acquires a keyword (referred to as “sort keyword”) associated with the product extracted in the process of step S35 of FIG. 11 (step S36).
- the system control unit 20 searches the keyword DB 104 based on the extracted product ID of the product, and acquires a keyword associated with the product ID. For example, in the example of FIG. 12A, if the product ID of the extracted product is “DC0001”, “Company A”, “5 million pixels”, and “10 ⁇ zoom” are acquired as keywords.
- the system control unit 20 sorts the corresponding products based on the acquired sorting keyword (step S37-2). Specifically, the system control unit 20 acquires a keyword associated with each corresponding product from the keyword DB 104. Then, the sort order is updated so that the display order of the products associated with the same keyword as the sorting keyword is higher, and the display order of the corresponding products is determined based on the updated sort order (that is, the corresponding products are Sort).
- the display order between those products is arbitrary (for example, follow the sort order (initial)) As well).
- step S37-2 The process of step S37-2 will be described with reference to FIG.
- Sort order I first priority: Product sort order II in which all keywords “Company A”, “5 million pixels”, and “10 ⁇ zoom” are associated
- second priority “A Product sort order III (priority 3rd) associated with two keywords of “Company”, “5 million pixels”, and “10 ⁇ zoom”: “Company A”, “5 million pixels”, and “ Products associated with one keyword of “10x zoom”
- Sort order I first priority
- Product sort order II in which all keywords “Company A”, “5 million pixels”, and “10 ⁇ zoom” are associated
- second priority “A Product sort order III (priority 3rd) associated with two keywords of “Company”, “5 million pixels”, and “10 ⁇ zoom”: “Company A”, “5 million pixels”, and “ Products associated with one keyword of “10x zoom”
- the products corresponding to the sort order I are displayed with the product ID “DC0001”. ”. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 12B, the display order of the product with the product ID “DC0001” is first.
- the product corresponding to the sort order II is only one product with the product ID “DC0008”. Therefore, the display order of the product with the product ID “DC0008” is second.
- the products corresponding to the sort order III are the four products with the product IDs “DC0003”, “DC0004”, “DC0010”, and “DC0013”. Therefore, the display order of these four products occupies the third to sixth positions. Further, the display order of the seven products not corresponding to the sort orders I to III is any one of the seventh to thirteenth places.
- the display order among the four products corresponding to the sort order III and the display order among the seven products not corresponding to the sort orders I to III are arbitrary.
- the display order among the four products corresponding to the sort order III is the product ID “" ascending order based on the product ID ”, which is an example of the sort order (initial).
- the display order of the product of DC0003 is 3rd
- the display order of the product of product ID “DC0004” is 4th
- the display order of product of the product ID “DC0010” is 5th
- the display order of the product of product ID “DC0013” is 6th place.
- the display order among the seven products not corresponding to the sort orders I to III is 7th in the display order of the product with the product ID “DC0002”, 8th in the display order of the product with the product ID “DC0005”,
- the display order of the product with the product ID “DC0006” is 9th
- the display order of the product with the product ID “DC0007” is 10th
- the display order of the product with the product ID “DC0009” is 11th
- the display order is 12th
- the display order of the product with the product ID “DC0012” is 13th.
- step S18B-2 in FIG. 10 is executed every time the next result request is received (step S17B in FIG. 10: YES).
- the sort order is updated so that the display order of the products with high user interest is higher (however, “NO” in step S34 in FIG. 11). Except when there was.)
- the process of step S37 for the second time is performed in the state where the process of step S37 is performed once as described above (see FIG. 12B) will be described.
- “Company F”, “5 million pixels”, and “12 ⁇ zoom” corresponding to the product ID “DC0010” are newly acquired as sorting keywords in the second processing of step S36. explain.
- Sort order I (first priority): Product sort order in which all keywords “Company A”, “5 million pixels”, “10x zoom”, “Company F” and “12x zoom” are associated II
- (2nd priority) Product sort order III in which four keywords are associated with "A company”, “5 million pixels”, “10x zoom”, “F company” and “12x zoom”
- Product sort order IV in which three keywords of “Company A”, “5 million pixels”, “10x zoom”, “Company F” and “12x zoom” are associated with each other.
- the product with the product ID “DC0003” and the product with the product ID “DC0004” are both products with the same condition corresponding to the sort order V (priority 5th).
- the display order of the product with the product ID “DC0004” to which the keyword “10,000 pixels” is associated is ranked third, while the product with the product ID “DC0003” to which the keyword “5 million pixels” is not associated is displayed.
- the order may be fourth.
- step S37-2 in the sort process each time the process of step S37-2 in the sort process is executed, the display order of the corresponding product is changed according to the degree of interest of the user. In addition, it is good also as providing an upper limit in the frequency
- the system control unit 20 transmits a search result page displaying a list showing the corresponding product to the user terminal 2 (step S13B).
- the system control unit 20 performs the process of step S37-2 in the immediately preceding sort process (see FIG. 11) (when the degree of interest is higher than a predetermined threshold value)
- the system control unit 20 A search result page (an example of “second display data”) for displaying products corresponding to the number of display items from the product whose display order determined in the process 2 is first is transmitted.
- the process of step S37-2 in the immediately preceding sort process see FIG. 11
- the system control unit 20 performs the display order at that time. Based on this, a search result page for displaying a product to be displayed on the next page is transmitted.
- the system control unit 20 determines that the sort process ( Step S18B-2) is skipped, and a search result page for displaying the next product to be displayed is transmitted based on the display order at that time.
- step S18B-2 when the display order of the corresponding product is changed by the sort process (step S18B-2), the system control unit 20 transmits a search result page for displaying information related to the process result in the sort result display area 240 to the user terminal 2.
- a display example of the sort result display area 240 when the display order of the corresponding product is changed by the sort process (step S18B-2) will be described with reference to FIG.
- FIGS. 13A and 13B are display examples of the sorting result display area 240 when the sorting keyword is “Company A” only.
- the display order of products associated with the same keyword as the sorting keyword is displayed together with the sorting keyword.
- the ratio bar 241 and the display position icon 242 are displayed together with the sorting keyword.
- the ratio bar 241 includes a keyword part 241a and a non-keyword part 241b.
- the ratio bar 241 indicates, for the corresponding product, the ratio of products associated with the sorting keyword by the keyword portion 241a, and indicates the ratio of products not associated with the sorting keyword by the non-keyword portion 241b.
- the ratio bar 241 indicates that the display order is higher on the left side. That is, the keyword part 241a indicates the range of the display order of the products associated with the sorting keywords. For example, in the example of FIG.
- the display order of the products associated with the sorting keywords is in the range of 1st to 300th.
- the non-keyword portion 241b indicates a display order range of products not associated with a sorting keyword.
- the display position icon 242 indicates the display position of the product being displayed in the corresponding product list 201.
- the user can grasp that the products related to “Company A” are displayed from the first to the 300th. Further, the user can recognize that there are 1000 corresponding products and the display position of the product currently displayed in the corresponding product list 201 from the display in FIG.
- FIGS. 13C and 13D are display examples of the sorting result display area 240 when the sorting keywords are “Company A” and “5 million pixels”.
- the display order of products associated with a plurality of sorting keywords (“Company A” and “5 million pixels”) is displayed at the top.
- a display of products in which the same keyword as the sorting keyword is associated. The order is displayed.
- a percentage bar 241 and a display position icon 242 are displayed at the top together with a plurality of sorting keywords (“Company A” and “5 million pixels”). Below that, a ratio bar 241 is displayed for each of the sorting keywords “Company A” and “5 million pixels”.
- the user displays that the products related to “Company A” and “5 million pixels” are displayed from the first to the 150th, Products related to “Company A” are displayed from the first to 300th, products related to “5 million pixels” are displayed from the first to 150th, and from 301 to 500th Can be grasped. Further, the user can grasp from the display in FIG. 13D that there are 1000 corresponding products and the display position of the product currently displayed in the corresponding product list 201.
- FIGS. 13E and 13F are display examples of the sorting result display area 240 when the sorting keywords are “5 million pixels”, “Company A”, and “Company B”.
- the display order of products associated with the same keyword as the sorting keyword is displayed. ing.
- a ratio bar 241 corresponding to the sorting keyword “5 million pixels” is displayed at the top.
- a ratio bar 245 is displayed, which includes the keyword portion 241a of the ratio bar 241 as a whole.
- the ratio bar 245 includes keyword portions 245a and 245b and a non-keyword portion 245c.
- keyword display balloons 243a, 243b, and 243c representing sorting keywords are displayed corresponding to the keyword portions 241a, 245a, and 245b of the ratio bars 241 and 245, respectively.
- the user can see that the product related to “5 million pixels” is displayed from the first to the 350th item, related to “Company A”. It is possible to grasp that the merchandise being displayed is displayed from the first to the 50th, and the merchandise related to “Company B” is displayed from the 51st to the 80th. Further, the user can recognize that there are 1000 corresponding products from the display in FIG. 13F and the display position of the product currently displayed in the corresponding product list 201.
- the product information of the product related to the product that the user is interested in is displayed with priority
- the product information of the product is 50 (“predetermined”) on the search result page.
- the example of “number of cases” is displayed page by page, and the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 sends the next result request (an example of “request for obtaining information for the next predetermined number of cases”) and the next result request.
- User operation information indicating the user's operation content for the product that was being displayed is received, the user's interest level for each product is calculated based on the received user operation information, and the calculated user's interest level is predetermined Identify products that are higher than the threshold of, obtain keywords based on the identified products, determine the display order of product information for the products based on the retrieved keywords, and decide And it transmits the search results page to display the product information of the corresponding items in the display order.
- the corresponding product is displayed in units of 50 pages and the user for the displayed product is displayed.
- the product information of the corresponding product is displayed after being rearranged based on the interest level of the user on the previous page on and after the next page displayed by the next page display operation.
- the user can check the product information of the product on a page-by-page basis, and if there is a product of interest on the displayed page, the product information of the product related to the product of interest is given priority after the next page. Can be confirmed.
- the search result page transmitted by the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 displays related information corresponding to the product for each product.
- the product link 211, the impression link 212, and the store link 213 (an example of “link information”) for displaying a detailed page to be displayed are displayed.
- the user can obtain related information corresponding to the product he is interested in based on the links 211 to 213.
- the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 determines that the product corresponding to the links 211 to 213 with the higher number of user operations is the user.
- the degree of interest of is calculated high.
- the product information of the product associated with the same keyword as the product having a high number of operations on the links 211 to 213 and having a high degree of interest of the user can be preferentially displayed.
- the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 receives the search condition transmitted from the user terminal 2 and receives the received search condition.
- the product is searched based on the search result, and the search result page including the product information of the searched corresponding product is generated.
- priority is given to the product information of the corresponding products that the user is interested in without providing the user with a burden in providing the product information to the user. Can be displayed.
- the product information of the corresponding product displayed on the search result page is narrowed down to the product information of the product related to the product that the user is interested in (the product that has the same keyword as the product that the user is interested in).
- the display mode for the product information of the product related to the product that the user is interested in is related to the other product (the product other than the product that the user is interested in). It may be different from the display mode for the product information of the product, or (2) the user unfolds by folding the product information of the product related to other products (products other than the products that the user is interested in). It is good also as a display mode made non-display until operation is detected.
- the display character size is increased for the product information of the product related to the product that the user is interested in, the character or background color of the portion displaying the product information is changed, or the user
- a mask process is performed on a portion that displays product information of a product related to a product other than the product that is of interest.
- the product information displayed on the search result page can be narrowed down to product information of products associated with the same keyword as the product that has a high operation order with respect to the links 211 to 213 and has a high degree of interest of the user.
- the product information of the product related to the product that the user is interested in is displayed preferentially, the product with the same keyword as the product that has a high operation order for the links 211 to 213 and that has a high degree of interest of the user.
- the product information can be displayed with priority.
- the display time of the product detail page corresponding to a certain product is 65 seconds
- the display time of the impression detail page is 120 seconds
- the display time of the store detail page is 25 seconds
- the detailed page is displayed in the same window as the search result page (same tab in the tab browser) and transitioned from the search result page.
- the detail page may be displayed in a window different from the search result page (a different tab in the tab browser).
- the time from when the window displaying the detailed page is opened until it is closed can be set as the display time of the detailed page.
- the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 acquires the display time of each detail page.
- the first is a method of causing the user terminal 2 to measure the display time of each detail page and to send information indicating the measured display time.
- the time when the system control unit 20 transmits the detailed page based on the reception of the detailed page request step S15B
- the time when the search result page is transmitted based on the reception of the return request This is a method of calculating the display time from the time difference of step S13B).
- the degree of interest of the user when calculating the degree of interest of the user based on the display time of each detail page, it is preferable to consider whether or not the user has actually viewed the detail page. That is, when the display time of the detailed page becomes long because the user is performing other work, it is preferable not to calculate the degree of interest of the user high. Therefore, when the display time of the detailed page exceeds a predetermined time, it is determined that the user is not browsing the detailed page, and the user's interest in the product is set to “0” points.
- the predetermined time here, a time that is n times the average time during which the detailed page is viewed can be set.
- the product information displayed on the search result page can be narrowed down to product information of products associated with the same keyword as the product that has a long browsing time and high user interest.
- you want to display product information related to products that the user is interested in give priority to product information for products that have the same keywords as products that have a long browsing time and high user interest. Can be displayed.
- step S18B the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 narrows down the products (corresponding products) searched in the search processing (step S12B in FIG. 5) to the narrowing processing (FIG. 5).
- step S18B As shown in FIG. 8A, for example, when 1000 products are searched by the search process (step S12B), products corresponding to the number of displayed items (50 in the example of FIG. 8) are displayed on the search result page. It is displayed (step S13B, step S13A).
- the narrowing-down process step S18B is performed on the 1000 products searched by the search process (step S12B).
- step S13B, step S13A products corresponding to the display number (50 items) are displayed on the search result page.
- step S18B the narrowing process
- step S18B the narrowing process
- step S18B the narrowing process
- step S18B the narrowing process
- step S18B the narrowing process
- step S13B, step S13A products corresponding to the display number (50 items) are displayed on the search result page. In this way, each time the user performs the next page display operation, the products to be displayed are narrowed down.
- step S12B when 1000 products are searched by the search process (step S12B), products for the number of displays (50 in the example of FIG. 8) are displayed on the search result page (step S13B, step S13A). .
- step S13B when the next page display operation is performed by the user, 950 products excluding 50 products already displayed on the search result page from 1000 items searched by the search process (step S12B) are narrowed down.
- step S18B As a result, it is assumed that 290 cases are selected.
- step S13B Of the 290 items that have been narrowed down, products corresponding to the number of display items (50 items) are displayed on the search result page (step S13B, step S13A). Further, when the next page display operation is performed by the user, 240 products excluding 50 products already displayed on the search result page from 290 products narrowed down by the previous narrowing-down process (step S18B). On the other hand, a narrowing process (step S18B) is performed. As a result, if the number of products is narrowed down to 45, the number of products to be displayed is less than the number of displayed items (50), so 45 products are displayed on the search result page (step S13B, step S13A). . In this way, the system control unit 20 excludes the products already displayed on the search result page from the target of the narrowing process, so that the user does not check the same products many times and the user's viewing burden is reduced. Can be reduced.
- step S12B For example, if 1000 products are searched by the search process (step S12B), products corresponding to the display number (50) are displayed on the search result page (step S13B, step S13A). Next, when the next page display operation is performed by the user, 950 items excluding 50 items already displayed on the search result page from 1000 items searched by the search process (step S12B) are sorted. Processing (step S18B-2) is performed. In this way, by excluding products already displayed on the search result page from the sort processing target, the system control unit 20 does not require the user to confirm the same product over and over, reducing the viewing burden on the user. can do.
- step S18B every time the next page display operation is performed by the user, the narrowing process (step S18B) is performed, and the corresponding products to be displayed to be displayed on the search result page are narrowed down. To go. However, in some cases, narrowing down may not be performed as expected by the user. In such a case, it is considered preferable for the user to stop the narrowing down and return the corresponding product to be displayed to the state before narrowing down. Therefore, as a modification, when it is determined that the narrowing is not performed as expected by the user, the narrowing is canceled.
- next page display operation is performed within a predetermined time (for example, 15 seconds) after the products narrowed down by the narrowing process (step S18B) are displayed on the search result page. It can be considered that the narrowing was not as expected. Therefore, as a modified example, when the next page display operation is performed within a predetermined time (for example, 15 seconds) after the products narrowed down by the narrowing process are displayed on the search result page, the system control unit 20 Then, a search result page showing a list of the corresponding products in the state before performing the last narrowing process is displayed.
- a predetermined time for example, 15 seconds
- the corresponding product in the state before performing the immediately preceding narrowing process is the commodity searched by the search process (step S12B) if the immediately preceding narrowing process is the first narrowing process.
- the immediately preceding narrowing-down process is a narrowing process after the nth (two or more natural number) narrowing-down process
- the product is narrowed down in the “n ⁇ 1” th narrowing-down process. It should be noted that it is possible to return to the state before performing the narrowing process at all, instead of the state before performing the previous narrowing process. By this modification, it is possible to avoid the display of products that have been narrowed down in a form that does not match the user's intention.
- the corresponding product is narrowed down to products that are associated with at least one keyword that is the same as the narrowing keyword.
- the corresponding products may be narrowed down to products that are all associated with the same keywords as the narrowing keywords.
- a keyword is associated with each product in advance for each genre, a narrowing keyword is acquired based on the product and genre that the user has shown interest in, and the corresponding product is acquired using the acquired narrowing keyword. It is good also as a structure which narrows down.
- keywords related to the maker genre and spec genre are associated with the digital camera.
- the individual product information 210 of the corresponding product list 201 is provided with a manufacturer hyperlink to a page displaying detailed information about the manufacturer and a spec hyperlink to a page displaying detailed information about the spec.
- the system control unit 20 determines that the user is interested in the manufacturer genre, for example, when there are more operations on the manufacturer hyperlink than the operation on the spec hyperlink, and narrows down the keyword of the manufacturer genre. Get as. In this case, the corresponding product can be narrowed down to products of the same manufacturer as the product that the user has shown interest in.
- keywords related to the manufacturer genre and spec genre are associated with the digital camera.
- the individual product information 210 of the corresponding product list 201 is provided with a manufacturer hyperlink to a page displaying detailed information about the manufacturer and a spec hyperlink to a page displaying detailed information about the spec.
- the system control unit 20 specifies a product that the user has shown an interest on the basis of the user's operation, and specifies a genre that the user has shown an interest in. For example, when there are more operations for the manufacturer hyperlink than for the spec hyperlink, the user determines that he is interested in the manufacturer genre.
- the system control part 20 makes the display priority of the goods which are matched with the specified goods and the keyword corresponding to the specified genre 1st place. In addition, among the products whose display priority is the highest, products associated with more sorting keywords may be displayed with higher priority.
- the display order of goods at the time of displaying the merchandise information of goods on a search result page after narrowing down processing is not specified in particular.
- the display order of the products when displaying the products on the search result page after the narrowing process is set to the order in which the degree of interest of the user is high.
- FIG. 14 shows an example of the degree of interest of the user for each product calculated in the narrowing process (see FIG. 6).
- the user's interest in the product E is “7”
- the user's interest in the product B is “6”
- the user's interest in the product R is “5”
- the user's interest in the product S is “3” and the user's interest in the product A is “2”.
- a predetermined threshold here, 3 points.
- the related keywords of the products E and B are acquired, and the corresponding products displayed on the search result page are filtered based on the acquired related keywords.
- generates the search result page which displays the merchandise information of the narrowed down applicable goods the related keyword of the goods E with the highest user interest degree is matched.
- the search result page is generated so that the display order of the selected product is higher.
- a product with a high degree of interest of the user is registered in the specific product list (step S33 in FIGS. 6 and 11). The determination is made based on whether or not the threshold is higher than a predetermined threshold (step S32 in FIGS. 6 and 11).
- the system control unit 20 calculates the interest level for all interest level calculation target products in the narrowing-down process (or sort process), and compares the products with the higher user interest level. May be registered in the specific product list as a product with high user interest.
- the product having the highest user interest level may be, for example, the top 3 products, or may be a product included in the top 20% of the interest level calculation target products.
- the keyword DB 104 may be generated by the administrator of the shopping server 1 or may be generated by the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1. The latter will be described in detail. For example, when the product link 211, the impression link 212, or the store link 213 on the search result page (see FIGS. 4 and 9) is selected (clicked) by the user (detail page) When the request is received (step S14B in FIG. 5 and FIG. 10: YES), the product DB 103 is accessed based on the product ID of the product corresponding to the selected link, and is appropriately used as a keyword from the product information. Simple words may be acquired and registered in the keyword DB 104 in association with the product ID.
- the system control unit 20 detects a return operation for closing the detail page (at the end of viewing the detail page), stores the product DB 103 based on the product ID corresponding to the product linked to the detail page. It is good also as accessing and acquiring an appropriate word as a keyword from merchandise information, matching with merchandise ID, and registering it in keyword DB104.
- the system control unit 20 transmits the detailed page (step S15B) and until the return request is received (step S16B: YES) when the time exceeds a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds), Based on the product ID corresponding to the product linked to the detail page, the product DB 103 is accessed, an appropriate word is acquired as a keyword from the product information, and is registered in the keyword DB 104 in association with the product ID. Also good. Furthermore, when the system control unit 20 detects an operation of selecting (clicking) a predetermined number or more of a plurality of links provided in the detail page, the system control unit 20 corresponds to the link source product of the detail page.
- a predetermined time for example, 30 seconds
- step S17B in FIG. 5 and FIG. 10: YES the system control unit 20 executes the narrowing process or the sort process, but instead receives the return request.
- Step S16B in FIG. 5 and FIG. 10: YES The narrowing-down process or the sort process may be executed. In this case, the search result page that has been subjected to the narrowing-down process or the sort process is transmitted to the user terminal 2.
- the system control unit 20 displays close information indicating that a close operation (for example, an operation of clicking a close button) for closing another window that displays the detailed page has been performed.
- a close operation for example, an operation of clicking a close button
- the system control unit 20 performs the search result page in a state where the narrowing process or the sort process is performed (that is, the search result page that displays the narrowed product information or the search result that displays the sorted product information).
- Page is retransmitted to the user terminal 2, and the retransmitted search result page is displayed in the window displaying the search result page, which becomes active again by the closing operation.
- the storage unit 34 of the user terminal 2 stores system software for managing windows in the window system.
- This system software is called a “window manager”.
- the window system is integrated with, for example, an operating system.
- the storage unit 34 stores a Web browser for displaying Web pages.
- the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 acquires information on each window displayed on the screen in order to determine overlapping of windows. The state of each window can change due to events that occur with respect to the window.
- Such event types include, for example, opening a window (displaying a new window), closing a window (erasing a window), changing an active window, moving a window, resizing (expanding or reducing a window), and the like.
- the system control unit 36 acquires window information each time such a specific event occurs.
- a specific event related to the window is referred to as a “specific event”.
- the specific event can be recognized by, for example, the system control unit 36 that is running the web browser in a form in which the window manager notifies the web browser. Examples of information passed from the window manager upon notification of a specific event include the type of the specific event and the window identifier of the window in which the specific event has occurred.
- the window identifier is unique information given by the window manager every time a window is newly opened.
- the window information to be acquired includes, for example, a window identifier, identification information of an application program to which the window is assigned, window position information, client area position information, display priority, and the like. Such information can be acquired through, for example, an API (Application Program Interface) provided by the window system.
- API Application Program Interface
- the identification information of the application program is, for example, the file name of the application program or the name of the application program.
- the window position information includes, for example, the screen coordinates of the upper left corner of the window (coordinates indicating the position on the screen with the upper left corner of the screen as the origin) and the number of vertical and horizontal pixels of the window.
- the position information of the client area is, for example, the screen coordinates of the upper left corner of the client area and the number of pixels in the vertical and horizontal directions of the client area.
- the display priority is a priority used to determine which window is to be displayed in the overlapped range when the display positions of a plurality of windows overlap. Of the plurality of windows whose display positions overlap, the window having the highest display priority is preferentially displayed in the overlapped range.
- the window having the first display priority is the active window.
- the active window is a target of input or operation of characters by the user.
- windows other than the active window become inactive windows.
- the display priority of each window changes at any time according to the user's operation.
- the system control unit 36 determines the display priority of each window according to the notified type of the specific event. Specifically, when a window is opened, the opened window becomes active. Therefore, the system control unit 36 sets the display priority of the opened window as the first, and lowers the display priority of the other windows displayed on the screen one by one.
- the Web browser is activated, one browser window is opened. Therefore, the system control unit 36 sets the display priority of the opened browser window to the first.
- the system control unit 36 appropriately assigns the second and lower priorities to these windows.
- the system control unit 36 increments the display priority by 1 for each window whose display priority is lower than that of the closed window.
- the system control unit 36 sets the display priority of the activated window as the first, and the window having the display priority higher than the display priority before the window is activated. Decrease the display priority by 1 each.
- the window is moved or resized, the moved or resized window becomes active, which is the same as when the active window is changed.
- the Web browser may be configured so that the display priority order is determined in accordance with each specification.
- the user terminal 2 manages each window in this way, and transmits information indicating the operation and state of each window that displays the search result page or the detailed page to the shopping server 1. Based on the information, the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 can recognize which window is open or closed and which window is active or inactive.
- the system control unit 20 stores information indicating that an activation operation for activating an inactive window for displaying the search result page (for example, an operation for clicking an inactive window) is performed on the user terminal.
- an activation operation for activating an inactive window for displaying the search result page for example, an operation for clicking an inactive window
- the system control unit 20 re-sends the search result page in a state in which the narrowing process or the sort process has been performed to the user terminal 2, and displays the search result page that becomes active again by the activation operation. Then, the re-sent search result page is displayed.
- the narrowing process or the sort process may be executed.
- the system control unit 20 receives the detailed page request for two products (the product with the product ID “DC0001” and the product with the product ID “DC0003”)
- the system control unit 20 executes the narrowing process or the sort process
- the search result page in a state where the narrowing process or the sort process is performed is transmitted to the user terminal 2.
- the system control unit 20 uses the related keyword acquired from the product ID “DC0001” in the process of step S37 of the narrowing process shown in FIG.
- the predetermined number may be three or more.
- a narrowing process or a sort process is executed. Also good.
- the system control unit 20 has three products (the product with the product ID “DC0001”, the product with the product ID “DC0002”, and the product with the product ID “DC0003”) within 5 minutes after transmitting the search result page.
- the narrowing process or the sort process is executed, and when 5 minutes have passed, the search result page in a state where the narrowing process or the sort process has been performed is transmitted to the user terminal 2.
- the system control unit 20 uses the related keyword acquired from the product ID “DC0001” in the process of step S37 of the narrowing process shown in FIG. 6 or the process of step S37-2 of the sort process shown in FIG. And a related keyword acquired from the product ID “DC0002” and a related keyword acquired from the product ID “DC0003”, based on the common related keyword, Narrowing or sorting can be performed.
- Narrowing or sorting can be performed.
- 5 minutes has been described as an example of the predetermined time, but an arbitrary time may be set.
- the system control unit 20 searches the keyword DB 104 based on the product ID of the product extracted in the process of step S35 and associates it with the product ID when acquiring the related keyword in the process of step 36 of FIG. 6 or FIG.
- the synonym of the keyword associated with the product ID may be acquired as a related keyword by referring to the thesaurus DB.
- the thesaurus DB may be provided in the storage unit 15 or may be referred to what is provided in the storage unit of a device other than the shopping server 1.
- the system control unit 20 acquires the related product ID from the product DB 103 based on the product ID of the product extracted in the process of step S35 when acquiring the related keyword in the process of step 36 of FIG. 6 or FIG.
- the keyword DB 104 may be searched based on the acquired related product ID, and a keyword associated with the related product ID may be acquired as a related keyword.
- the “first display data” of the present invention is performed not only on the search result page transmitted in the process of step S13B performed subsequent to the process of step S12B of FIG. 5 or FIG. 10, but also subsequent to the process of step S18B.
- This is a concept including a search result page ("second display data" of the present invention) transmitted in the process of step S13B. That is, in the present invention, the generated second display data becomes new first display data, and further new second display data is generated based on the user operation information for the new first display data.
- This process can be repeated, and in accordance with the repetition of the process, the information displayed in the second display data is narrowed down or rearranged.
- the product information of the corresponding product satisfying the search condition is displayed in a list format (the corresponding product list 201), whereas in the second embodiment described below, the product information of the corresponding product is displayed as a slide show. It is characterized by being displayed in a format.
- the shopping server and user terminal of the shopping system in the second embodiment have substantially the same configuration as the shopping server 1 and user terminal 2 of the shopping system S in the first embodiment, the same reference numerals are used for the same members and processes. Therefore, a part of the explanation will be omitted, and the explanation will focus on the differences.
- search result page shown in FIG. 15 is displayed on the display unit 32 of the user terminal 2.
- a slide show area 310 is displayed on the search result page.
- information for one corresponding product is displayed while switching every time a predetermined switching time (for example, 5 seconds) elapses.
- An image display unit 311 is provided at the upper left of the slide show area 310, and an image switching button group 319 for selecting an image to be displayed on the image display unit 311 is provided therebelow. By selecting the image switching buttons constituting the image switching button group 319, the corresponding images are displayed on the image display unit 311.
- a name display unit 312 is provided under the image switching button group 319, and a price display unit 313, a quantity input unit 320, and a shopping cart button 321 are further provided therebelow.
- the name display unit 312 displays the name of the product
- the price display unit 313 displays the price of the product.
- the quantity input unit 320 can input the purchase quantity of the product from the keyboard, and can select the shopping cart button 321 to register the product in the shopping cart.
- a product detail button 314, an impression button 315, a shipping / payment button 316, and a store button 317 are provided at the upper right of the slide show area 310.
- An information display area 318 is provided below these buttons 314 to 317.
- the product detail button 314 details of the product are displayed in the information display area 318.
- the impression button 315 is selected, the impression of the product is displayed in the information display area 318.
- the postage / payment button 316 is selected, the postage, shipping method, payment method (settlement method), and the like are displayed in the information display area 318.
- the store button 317 is selected, a store name, store guide information, a link to a product detail page of each product sold by the store, and the like are displayed in the information display area 318.
- a next button 331, a previous button 332, a stop button 333, a resume button 334, an extension button 335, and a remaining display time display unit 340 are provided.
- the next button 331 the display is switched to the next product even before the switching time has elapsed.
- the previous button 332 the display is switched to the previous product.
- the stop button 333 the measurement of the switching time is interrupted.
- the resume button 334 the measurement of the time suspended due to the selection of the stop button 333 is resumed.
- the extension button 335 is selected, the switching time is extended by a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds).
- the remaining display time display unit 340 displays the remaining time until the switching time elapses.
- the shopping system S of the second embodiment specifies a product that the user is interested in based on the operation content when the user is browsing the search result page. Then, the product information of the corresponding product displayed on the search result page is displayed by narrowing down to the product information of the product related to the specified product.
- the operation content when the user is browsing the search result page is recorded as in the first embodiment.
- the type of operation performed by the user for example, click operation, drag operation, etc.
- the operation target for example, product detail button 314.
- the shopping system S in the second embodiment specifies a product that the user is interested in from the operation content of the user.
- FIG. 16 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example of the shopping system S in the second embodiment.
- step S11A and the process of step S12A by the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 are as shown in FIG. Since it is the same as that shown in FIG.
- the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 displays a search result page (an example of “first display data”) that displays information on the first corresponding product in the slide show area 310. It transmits to the terminal 2 (step S53B).
- the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 displays the search result page on the display unit 32 (step S53A). At this time, the product information of the first corresponding product is displayed in the slide show area 310. Then, the system control unit 36 determines whether or not a predetermined switching time has elapsed after displaying the product information of the corresponding product on the search result page (step S54A). The system control unit 36 measures the switching time each time the slide show display is switched. When it is determined that the switching time has elapsed (step S54A: YES), the system control unit 36 transmits a next product request and user operation information indicating the user's operation content to the shopping server 1 (step S56A).
- the system control unit 36 After receiving the search result page from the shopping server 1, the system control unit 36 records the operation content of the user in the storage unit 34. In the operation content indicated by the user operation information transmitted in step S56A, the product displayed in the slide show area 310 when the switching time has elapsed or when the next button 331 is selected is displayed. The content of the user's operation during the period is included.
- the system control unit 36 transmits the next product request and the user operation information to the shopping server 1 in the process of step S56A. For example, the system control unit 36 may transmit user operation information separately from the next product request before or after the process of step S56A.
- step S55A determines whether or not a next product display operation has been detected.
- the next product display operation is an operation for displaying the next product, and specifically, an operation for selecting the next button 331. If it is determined that the next product display operation has not been detected (step S55A: NO), the system control unit 36 proceeds to the process of step S58A. On the other hand, if it is determined that the next product display operation has been detected (step S55A: YES), the system control unit 36 transmits a next product request and user operation information indicating the operation content to the shopping server 1 (step S56A). ).
- step S53B the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 is in a standby state until the next product request is received or the communication with the user terminal 2 times out (step S54B: NO, step S58B: NO).
- step S54B NO, step S58B: NO.
- step S55B the system control unit 20 executes a narrowing process
- FIG. 17 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a narrowing process performed by the system control unit 20 in the second embodiment.
- the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 calculates the user's interest in the corresponding product displayed in the slide show area 310 of the search result page when the next product request is transmitted (step S71). At this time, the system control unit 20 calculates the degree of interest of the user based on the user operation content indicated by the user operation information received together with the next product request in the process of step S54B in FIG. Specifically, the system control unit 20 calculates the degree of interest of the user for the product based on the display time during which the product information was displayed in the slide show area 310. The system control unit 20 adds the interest level of the corresponding product one point at a time for a display time of 20 seconds.
- the system control unit 20 determines whether or not the user's degree of interest calculated in the process of step S71 is greater than a predetermined threshold (for example, 3 points) (step S72).
- a predetermined threshold for example, 3 points
- the system control unit 20 determines that the degree of interest of the user is not higher than the predetermined threshold (step S72: NO)
- the system control unit 20 selects a keyword associated with the product (referred to as “narrowing keyword”).
- Obtain step S73.
- the system control unit 20 searches the keyword DB 104 based on the product ID of the product, and acquires a keyword associated with the product ID.
- the system control unit 20 narrows down the corresponding products based on the acquired narrowing keyword (step S74). Specifically, the system control unit 20 acquires a keyword associated with each corresponding product from the keyword DB 104. Then, the corresponding products are narrowed down to only products for which at least one keyword that is the same as the narrowing keyword is associated. As in the first embodiment, the corresponding products may be narrowed down only to products associated with at least a predetermined number (for example, two) of the same keywords as the narrow-down keywords. Moreover, it is good also as providing an upper limit in the frequency
- the system control unit 20 ends the process in the flowchart when the process of step S74 is completed.
- step S55B when the narrowing process (step S55B) is completed, the system control unit 20 selects a product to be displayed on the user terminal 2 from the corresponding products (step S56B).
- ⁇ Pattern 1 With refinement> When the system control unit 20 receives the next product request and performs the process of step S74 of the narrowing process (see FIG. 17) (when the degree of interest is higher than a predetermined threshold), the system control unit 20 Of the corresponding products narrowed down in the process of step S74, the product with the first display order is selected.
- ⁇ Pattern 2 No refinement> When the system control unit 20 receives the next product request and does not perform the process of step S74 of the narrowing process (see FIG. 17) (when the degree of interest is not higher than a predetermined threshold value). The corresponding product whose display order is one after the corresponding product currently displayed on the user terminal 2 is selected.
- the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 displays the display data for displaying the product information of the corresponding product selected in the process of step S56B (the product with the first display order among the corresponding products narrowed down in the process of step S74). If the product information is related to the product information, it corresponds to an example of “second display data”) to the user terminal 2 (step S57B).
- step S58B determines that the communication with the user terminal 2 has timed out
- step S57A when the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 receives the product information of the corresponding product from the shopping server 1, the system control unit 36 switches the display of the slide show area 310 based on the product information (step S57A).
- step S58A the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 determines whether or not an end operation has been detected while displaying the search result page (step S58A).
- the ending operation is an operation for closing the Web browser, an operation for logging out from the shopping system S, or the like. If the system control unit 36 determines that the end operation has not been detected (step S58A: NO), the system control unit 36 proceeds to the process of step S54A. On the other hand, if the system control unit 36 determines that an end operation has been detected (step S58A: YES), the process in the flowchart ends.
- the search result page changes the product information of the corresponding product (an example of “target”) one by one (an example of “predetermined number”) as time passes.
- the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 receives user operation information indicating the user's operation content for the product being displayed on the user terminal 2, and the user's operation for the product being displayed based on the received user operation information.
- Applicable product that calculates the degree of interest, acquires the keyword associated with the product ID of the product when the calculated user's degree of interest is higher than a predetermined threshold, and displays it on the search result page based on the acquired keyword Narrow down.
- the shopping server 1 of the second embodiment when the corresponding product is displayed while switching over time, and the user's interest in the product corresponding to the displayed product information is high,
- the product information to be displayed is narrowed down to the product information of products that are associated with the same keyword as the product that the user is highly interested in. That is, the user can check the product in a so-called slide show format, and if there is a product that is interested in the product corresponding to the displayed product information, the product information of the product related to the product that was interested. Can only check.
- the system control part 20 calculates a user's interest degree so high that the display time displayed on the user terminal 2 is long, it is displayed on a search result page.
- the product information to be displayed can be narrowed down to the product information corresponding to the product associated with the same keyword as the product having a long browsing time and a high degree of user interest.
- an extension button 335 is provided in the slide show area 310, and when the extension button 335 is selected, the switching time is extended by a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds).
- the system control unit 20 extends the switching time (an example of “display time”) of the displayed product based on the detection of the operation for selecting the extension button 335. As a result, the display time becomes longer, and the degree of interest of the user for the product whose display time is extended is calculated to be high.
- the shopping server 1 of the second embodiment when a product that interests the user is displayed, the user can check the product slowly by selecting the extension button 335. In addition, it is possible to reflect in the calculation of the degree of interest that the user is highly interested in the product being displayed when the extension button 335 is selected. [2.3. Sort process] Further, in the second embodiment, when displaying the product information of the corresponding product on the search result page, the product information related to the product that the user is interested in is narrowed down and displayed. It is good also as displaying preferentially the merchandise information of the goods regarding the goods which have.
- FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example when the search result page is displayed.
- FIG. 19 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example of the shopping system S in the case where product information of a product related to a product that the user is interested in is displayed with priority.
- FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a sorting process performed by the system control unit 20 in the case where product information on products related to products that the user is interested in is displayed with priority.
- a sort result display area 350 is displayed on the search result page.
- information related to the processing result when the sorting process is performed is displayed as in the first embodiment.
- step S12B when the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 executes a search process (step S12B), a search result page (“ An example of “first display data” is transmitted to the user terminal 2 (step S53B).
- step S53A of FIG. 19 when the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 receives the search result page transmitted from the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1, the system control unit 36 displays the search result page on the display unit 32 ( Step S53A).
- the product information of the corresponding product with the highest display order is displayed.
- the display order is determined by a preset sort order (initial).
- the sort order (initial) can also be set by the user.
- As the sort order (initial) for example, ascending order (or descending order) by product ID is set.
- step S55B-2 when the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 receives the next product request and the user operation information indicating the operation content (step S54B: YES), the sort process (step S55B- 2) is executed.
- the sort process by the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
- the system control unit 20 acquires a keyword (referred to as a “sorting narrow-down keyword”) associated with a product for which the degree of interest of the user is determined to be higher than a predetermined threshold. (Step S73).
- the system control unit 20 searches the keyword DB 104 based on the product ID of the product, and acquires a keyword associated with the product ID.
- the system control unit 20 sorts the corresponding products based on the acquired sorting keyword (step S74-2). Specifically, the system control unit 20 acquires a keyword associated with each corresponding product from the keyword DB 104. Then, the sort order is updated so that the display order of the products associated with the same keyword as the sorting keyword is higher, and the display order of the corresponding products is determined based on the updated sort order (that is, the corresponding products are Sort).
- the display order between those products is arbitrary (for example, follow the sort order (initial)) As well).
- step S55B when the sort process (step S55B) is completed, the system control unit 20 selects a product to be displayed on the user terminal 2 based on the current display order (step S56B).
- ⁇ Pattern 1 With sort processing> When the system control unit 20 receives the next product request and performs the process of step S74 of the sort process (see FIG. 20) (when the degree of interest is higher than a predetermined threshold), the step The product with the first display order determined in the process of S74 is selected.
- ⁇ Pattern 2 No sort processing> When the system control unit 20 receives the next product request and does not perform the process of step S74 of the sort process (see FIG. 20) (when the degree of interest is not higher than a predetermined threshold), The corresponding product whose display order is one after the corresponding product currently displayed on the user terminal 2 is selected.
- the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 displays the display data for displaying the product information of the corresponding product selected in the process of step S56B (the product information on the product whose display order is determined in the process of step S74 is the first. If there is, “corresponding to an example of“ second display data ”) is transmitted to the user terminal 2 (step S57B).
- step S58B YES
- the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 receives the user operation information indicating the operation contents of the user with respect to the product corresponding to the product information being displayed on the user terminal 2. Then, based on the received user operation information, the user's interest level for the displayed product is calculated, and when the calculated user's interest level is higher than a predetermined threshold, the keyword associated with the product ID of the product is selected.
- a search result page that determines the display order of the corresponding product based on the acquired keyword and displays the product information of the corresponding product in the determined display order. To send.
- the corresponding product is displayed while being switched over time.
- the product information of the product associated with the same keyword as the product that the user is highly interested in is displayed preferentially. That is, the user can check the product in a so-called slide show format, and if there is a product that is interested in the product corresponding to the displayed product information, the product information of the product related to the product that was interested. Can be confirmed with priority.
- the display time during which the system control unit 20 is displayed on the user terminal 2 Since a product with a longer value calculates a higher degree of interest of the user, it is possible to preferentially display the product information of the product associated with the same keyword as the product with a long browsing time and a high degree of interest of the user.
- the product information of the corresponding product displayed on the search result page is narrowed down to the product information of the product related to the product in which the user is interested (the product having the same keyword as the product in which the user is interested).
- the display mode for the product information of the product related to the product that the user is interested in is related to the other product (the product other than the product that the user is interested in). It may be different from the display mode for the product information of the product, or (2) the user unfolds by folding the product information of the product related to other products (products other than the products that the user is interested in). It is good also as a display mode made non-display until operation is detected.
- the display character size is increased for the product information of the product related to the product that the user is interested in, the character or background color of the portion displaying the product information is changed, or the user
- a mask process is performed on a portion that displays product information of a product related to a product other than the product that is of interest.
- buttons image switching button, product detail button 314, impression button 315, shipping / payment button 316, store button 317, stop button 333, extension button 335) displayed in the slide show area 310 was performed. This means that the user is at least interested in the product displayed on the search result page. Therefore, as a modification, the user's interest in the product is calculated based on the number of times the various buttons are selected. For example, the system control unit 20 can add 2 points as the degree of interest of the user for the product for each time a button is selected.
- the product information displayed on the search result page can be narrowed down to product information of products associated with the same keyword as the product having a high number of operations for various buttons and having a high degree of user interest.
- product information of products related to products that the user is interested in products with products that have the same keywords as the products that are frequently operated with various buttons and that have a high degree of user interest. Information can be displayed with priority.
- product information on a product is displayed in the information display area 318 by selecting the product detail button 314, the impression button 315, the shipping / payment button 316, or the store button 317.
- product links, impression links, postage / payment links, and store links are examples of “link information”.
- the user's interest in the product may be calculated according to the number of operations of each link. Specifically, as in the first embodiment, the system control unit 20 selects each link (product link, impression link, shipping / payment link, and store link) displayed in the slide show area 310. Based on the number of times, the user's interest in the product is calculated. For example, the system control unit 20 may add 2 points as the degree of interest of the user for the product for each time the link is selected. In this case, the product information displayed on the search result page can be narrowed down to product information corresponding to a product associated with the same keyword as a product that has a high number of operations for the link and has a high degree of user interest.
- the product information of the product related to the product that the user is interested in is displayed preferentially, the product information of the product associated with the same keyword as the product that has a high number of operations for the link and the user has a high degree of interest Can be displayed with priority.
- the corresponding products are narrowed down to products that are associated with at least one keyword that is the same as the narrowing keyword.
- the corresponding products may be narrowed down to products that are all associated with the same keywords as the narrowing keywords.
- a keyword is associated with each product in advance for each genre, a narrowing keyword is acquired based on the product and genre that the user has shown interest in, and the corresponding product is acquired using the acquired narrowing keyword. It is good also as a structure which narrows down. Specifically, keywords related to the maker genre and spec genre are associated with the digital camera. Further, in the slide show area 310, instead of the product detail button 314, a manufacturer button for displaying detailed information about the manufacturer in the information display area 318 and a specification button for displaying detailed information about the spec in the information display area 318 are provided.
- the system control unit 20 determines that the user is interested in the manufacturer genre, for example, when there are more operations on the manufacturer button than on the specification button, and acquires the keyword of the manufacturer genre as a narrowing keyword. To do. In this case, the corresponding product can be narrowed down to products of the same manufacturer as the product that the user has shown interest in.
- sort by sort keyword When the product information of the product related to the product that the user is interested in is displayed with priority, when a plurality of sorting keywords are acquired (step S73 in FIG. 20), more sorting keywords are associated with each other. The product is preferentially displayed (step S74-2 in FIG. 20). As a modification, a keyword may be associated with each product in advance for each genre, and the display order of the corresponding product may be determined based on the product and genre that the user has shown interest in.
- keywords related to the manufacturer genre and spec genre are associated with the digital camera.
- a manufacturer button for displaying detailed information about the manufacturer in the information display area 318 and a specification button for displaying detailed information about the spec in the information display area 318 are provided.
- the system control unit 20 specifies a product that the user has shown an interest on the basis of the user's operation, and specifies a genre that the user has shown an interest in. For example, when there are more operations on the manufacturer button than on the specification button, it is determined that the user is interested in the manufacturer genre.
- the system control part 20 makes the display priority of the goods which are matched with the specified goods and the keyword corresponding to the specified genre 1st place. Moreover, it is good also as displaying more preferentially the merchandise information of the goods with which more sort keywords are matched among the goods which gave the display priority 1st place.
- the products displayed in the slide show area 310 are switched every time a predetermined switching time elapses.
- the displayed product relates to the product that the user is highly interested in. It will be narrowed down to products.
- the user can check the product information at his / her own pace, and if there is a product of interest among the displayed products, the user can check only the product information of the relevant product related to the product of interest. it can.
- the product information of the product related to the product that the user is interested in is displayed with priority, the corresponding product is displayed while being switched based on the user's next product display operation, and the displayed product is displayed.
- the display order of the products related to the highly interested product is set to the top.
- the user can check the product at his / her own pace, and if there is a product of interest among the displayed products, the user should check the product information of the relevant product related to the product of interest with priority. Can do.
- the system control unit 20 calculates the user's interest in the product being displayed on the user terminal 2 in the narrowing process (step S55B in FIG. 16).
- the degree of interest is higher than a predetermined threshold
- the corresponding products searched in the search process are narrowed down.
- products that have already been displayed in a slide show may be excluded from the narrowing-down process targets.
- [2.5.5.2. Sort process target] As described above, if the product information of the product related to the product that the user is interested in is displayed with priority, the system control unit 20 is displaying on the user terminal 2 every time the next product request is received. When the degree of interest of the user for the product is calculated and the degree of interest is higher than a predetermined threshold, the sorting process is performed on all the corresponding products searched in the search process (step S12B in FIG. 19) (step S55B in FIG. 19). -2). As a modification example instead of this, as described in the modification example in the first embodiment, products that have already been displayed in a slide show may be excluded from the sort processing targets. By excluding the products that have already been displayed in the slide show from the sort processing target, the user does not need to check the same products over and over, and the user's viewing burden can be reduced.
- the corresponding product in the state before performing the immediately preceding narrowing process is the commodity searched by the search process (step S12B) if the immediately preceding narrowing process is the first narrowing process.
- the immediately preceding narrowing-down process is a narrowing process after the nth (two or more natural number) narrowing-down process
- the product is narrowed down in the “n ⁇ 1” -th narrowing-down process. It should be noted that it is possible to return to the state before performing the narrowing process at all, instead of the state before performing the previous narrowing process. By this modification, it is possible to avoid the display of products that have been narrowed down in a form that does not match the user's intention.
- the corresponding products are displayed one by one in the slide show area 310, but may be displayed by an arbitrary predetermined number.
- the product displayed one before and the product to be displayed one after may be displayed on the left and right of the slide show area 310, respectively.
- the keyword DB 104 may be generated by the administrator of the shopping server 1 or generated by the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1. It is good to do.
- the system control unit 20 accesses the product DB 103 based on the product ID of the product displayed on the search result page, and stores the product information.
- An appropriate keyword may be acquired from the list, and registered in the keyword DB 104 in association with the product ID.
- the system control unit 20 accesses the product DB 103 based on the product ID of the product that has been displayed on the search result page so far, and stores the product information.
- An appropriate keyword may be acquired from the inside and registered in the keyword DB 104 in association with the product ID.
- the system control unit 20 transmits the search result page (step S53B) or transmits product information (step S57B), and then receives the next product request (step S54B: YES).
- a predetermined time for example, 30 seconds
- the product DB 103 is accessed and an appropriate keyword is acquired from the product information. It is good also as registering in keyword DB104 in association.
- an image switching button, a product detail button 314, an impression button 315, a shipping / payment button 316, a store button 317, a stop button 333, and an extension button 335 are selected (clicked) on the search result page (see FIGS. 15 and 18).
- the product DB 103 To receive the click information indicating that it has been done, and when the click information is received, based on the product ID of the product displayed on the search result page, the product DB 103 is accessed and the product information is appropriately selected. Simple keywords may be acquired and registered in the keyword DB 104 in association with the product ID.
- the system control unit 20 uses the keyword based on the product ID of the product that has been determined that the user's interest level is higher than a predetermined threshold value in the process of step S 72.
- the DB 104 may be searched to acquire not only a keyword associated with the product ID but also a synonym of the keyword associated with the product ID as a related keyword by referring to the thesaurus DB.
- the thesaurus DB may be provided in the storage unit 15 or may be referred to what is provided in the storage unit of a device other than the shopping server 1.
- the system control unit 20 acquires the related product ID from the product DB 103 based on the product ID of the product extracted in the process of step S35 when acquiring the related keyword in the process of step 36 of FIG. 6 or FIG.
- the keyword DB 104 may be searched based on the acquired related product ID, and a keyword associated with the related product ID may be acquired as a related keyword.
- the “first display data” of the present invention is performed not only on the search result page transmitted in the process of step S13B performed subsequent to the process of step S12B of FIG. 16 or FIG. 19, but also subsequent to the process of step S18B.
- This is a concept including a search result page ("second display data" of the present invention) transmitted in the process of step S13B. That is, in the present invention, the generated second display data becomes new first display data, and further new second display data is generated based on the user operation information for the new first display data. This process can be repeated, and in accordance with the repetition of the process, the information displayed in the second display data is narrowed down or rearranged.
- the third embodiment is an embodiment when the present invention is applied to a display device that displays image information (an example of an “information display device”).
- the display device 500 includes an operation unit 501, a display unit 502, a communication unit 503, a drive unit 504, a storage unit 505, an input / output interface 506, and a system control unit 507. ing.
- the system control unit 507 and the input / output interface 506 are connected via a system bus 508.
- the operation unit 501, the display unit 502, the communication unit 503, the drive unit 504, and the storage unit 505 are respectively connected to the operation unit 11, the display unit 12, the communication unit 13, and the storage unit 15 of the shopping server 1 in the first embodiment. Since it corresponds, description is abbreviate
- Various databases such as an image DB 5051 and a keyword DB 5052 are constructed in the storage unit 505 (an example of a storage unit).
- the image DB 5051 includes, for example, an image ID as image identification information as information (an example of “object information”) relating to an image of a sports player (referred to as “player image”; an example of “object recognizable by the user”).
- Image data for displaying an image tag information (for example, metadata: metadeta), a related image ID, and the like are registered in association with each image.
- tag information for example, metadata: metadeta
- a related image ID an image related to the image identified by the image ID is registered.
- keywords related to each player image are registered in association with each image ID.
- keywords relating to the player image words representing the player's name, age, gender, competition item, belonging organization, player appearance (physique, hair length, etc.), etc. are registered.
- words representing the characteristics of the player image for example, statistical characteristics such as composition and color tone are registered. Note that not all of these words are registered for each player image, but at least some of these words are registered.
- the product DB 103 and the keyword DB 104 are separated, but a DB in which the product DB 103 and the keyword DB 104 are integrated based on the product ID may be used.
- the storage unit 505 stores a predetermined OS and application software for displaying the player image on the display unit 502 (referred to as “image display application”).
- image display application a predetermined OS and application software for displaying the player image on the display unit 502
- image data registered in the image DB 5051, keywords registered in the keyword DB 5052, or various programs may be acquired from another server device or the like via a network, for example, or may be a CD-ROM. Or the like, and may be read via the drive unit 504.
- the system control unit 507 includes a CPU 507a, a ROM 507b, a RAM 507c, and the like.
- the system control unit 507 reads out and executes various software programs stored in the ROM 507b and the storage unit 507, so that the CPU 507a executes first display data generation means, first display control means, acquisition means, calculation means, and identification. Functions as a means, a second display data generation means, and a second display control means.
- FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example during the operation of the image display application.
- the image display screen 600 that displays an image to be displayed includes an image list 610, a next page button 621, and a previous page button 622.
- the image data of the display target image is divided into a plurality of pages for each display number (18 in the example of FIG. 22).
- player images 611 are displayed for the number of display items.
- the player image 611 can be selected (for example, clicked) with a mouse or the like.
- a balloon 630 is displayed.
- an enlarged image 631 of the selected player image 611 is displayed.
- a balloon close button 632 is provided in the balloon 630, and the balloon 630 is closed when selected by the user.
- next page button 621 or the previous page button 622 When the next page button 621 or the previous page button 622 is selected by the user, a player image group different from the player image group displayed in the image list 610 is displayed in the image list 610.
- the display order of images to be displayed (for example, ascending order of image IDs) is set in the display device 500 (however, it can be set by the user), and is displayed in order of 18 items per page. It has become.
- the next page button 621 is selected, a page to be displayed next to the currently displayed page is displayed based on the display order.
- the previous page button 622 when the previous page button 622 is selected, a page to be displayed is displayed before the currently displayed page.
- the image data of the player image displayed on the image display screen 600 can be displayed by narrowing down to the image data of the player image related to the player image that the user is interested in, the viewing burden on the user can be reduced. it is conceivable that. Therefore, in the display device 500 of the present embodiment, the player image in which the user is interested is specified based on the operation content when the user is browsing the player image. Then, the image data of the display target image is narrowed down to the image data of the player image related to the specified player image and displayed.
- the operation content when the user is browsing the image display screen 600 is recorded. Specifically, the type of operation performed by the user (for example, click operation, drag operation, etc.), the operation target (for example, player image 611), the time when the operation was performed, and the like are recorded. And the display apparatus 500 identifies the player image which the user became interested from the user's operation content.
- FIG. 23 and FIG. 24 are flowcharts showing a processing example of the display device 500 in the third embodiment.
- the system control unit 507 of the display device 500 detects the start operation of the image display application by the user, the system control unit 507 generates display data (first display data) for displaying a list of player images, and displays the image.
- the screen 600 is displayed on the display unit 502 (step S91).
- the system control unit 507 causes the image list 610 to display 18 player images to be displayed on the first page based on the display order.
- the system control unit 507 determines whether or not an operation for selecting the player image 611 has been detected (step S92). If the system control unit 507 determines that an operation for selecting the player image 611 has not been detected (step S92: NO), the system control unit 507 proceeds to the process of step S96. On the other hand, if the system control unit 507 determines that an operation for selecting the player image 611 has been detected (step S92: YES), the system control unit 507 displays a balloon 630 that displays an enlarged image 631 of the selected player image 611 ( Step S93).
- step S94 determines whether or not a closing operation has been detected.
- the close operation is an operation for selecting the balloon close button 632.
- the system control unit 507 is in a standby state until a closing operation is detected (step S94: NO).
- step S94: YES When it is determined that the closing operation is detected (step S94: YES), the balloon 630 is closed (step S95). The process proceeds to step S96.
- the system control unit 507 determines whether or not a next page display operation has been detected (step S96).
- the next page display operation here is a next page display operation in the third embodiment, and specifically, an operation for selecting the next page button 621. If the system control unit 507 determines that the next page display operation has been detected (step S96: YES), the system control unit 507 executes a narrowing process (step S97).
- system control unit 507 has recorded the operation content of the user in the storage unit 505 after displaying the image display screen 600.
- FIG. 24 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a narrowing process performed by the system control unit 507 according to the third embodiment.
- the system control unit 507 of the display device 500 calculates the degree of interest of the user with respect to each player image (referred to as an “interest degree calculation target image”) displayed in the image list 610 when the next page display operation is detected. (Step S101). At this time, the system control unit 507 calculates the degree of interest of the user based on the user's operation content from when the interest level calculation target image is displayed on the image display screen 600 to when the next page display operation is detected. To do. Specifically, the system control unit 507 calculates the degree of interest of the user for the player image based on the length of the display time during which the player image 611 is selected and the enlarged image 631 is displayed in the balloon 630, for example. To do.
- the system control unit 507 first adds 1 point, and further adds 1 point each time the display time of the balloon 630 elapses 5 seconds. That is, in the present embodiment, only the player image 611 is selected, and at least one point is added as the degree of interest in the image. However, when no player image 611 is selected, the degree of interest in the image is selected. Will be 0 points. An upper limit (for example, 10 points) may be provided for the degree of interest of the user for one image.
- the system control unit 507 compares the degree of interest of the user with respect to each interest degree calculation target image with a predetermined threshold (for example, 3 points) (step S102). And the system control part 507 produces
- an image ID of a player image whose user interest level is higher than a predetermined threshold is registered in the specific image list. That is, the process of step S103 corresponds to an example of “specifying a target” of the present invention.
- the system control unit 507 determines whether or not a player image is registered in the specific image list (step S104). If the system control unit 507 determines that the player image is not registered in the specific image list (step S104: NO), the process in the flowchart ends. On the other hand, when the system control unit 507 determines that the player images are registered in the specific image list (step S104: YES), the system controller 507 displays the player images for the upper predetermined number (for example, two) from the specific image list. Extract (step S105). In addition, the upper rank here means a thing with a higher degree of interest. Further, when a predetermined number of player images are not registered in the specific image list, all registered player images may be extracted.
- the upper predetermined number for example, two
- the system control unit 507 acquires a keyword (referred to as “narrowing keyword”) associated with the extracted player image (step S106). Specifically, the system control unit 507 searches the keyword DB 5052 based on the extracted image ID of the player image, and acquires a keyword associated with the image ID.
- narrowing keyword a keyword associated with the image ID.
- the system control unit 507 narrows down the images to be displayed based on the acquired narrowing keyword (step S107). Specifically, the system control unit 507 acquires a keyword associated with each display target image from the keyword DB 5052. Then, the display target image is narrowed down only to the player images associated with the same keyword as the narrowing-down keyword.
- the display target image is narrowed (except when the process of step S104 is omitted as “NO”).
- an upper limit may be set for the number of times to narrow down the display target image by the narrowing-down process.
- the system control unit 507 switches the display of the image list 610 after completing the narrowing process (step S97) (step S98). Specifically, the system control unit 507 generates display data (second display data) for displaying a list of narrowed player images when the images to be displayed are narrowed down in the narrowing-down process (step S97). , Display in page units from the image with the highest display order. On the other hand, the system control unit 507 displays a page to be displayed next to the currently displayed page when the image to be displayed is not narrowed in the narrowing process (step S97).
- step S96 determines in the process of step S96 that the next page display operation has not been detected (step S96: NO), or if the process of step S98 is completed, then the end operation is performed. Is detected (step S99).
- the ending operation is an operation for closing the image display screen 600 or the like. If the system control unit 507 determines that the end operation has not been detected (step S99: NO), the system control unit 507 proceeds to the process of step S92. On the other hand, when the system control unit 507 determines that an end operation has been detected (step S99: YES), the process in the flowchart ends.
- player images having user interest levels higher than a predetermined threshold are registered in the specific image list (step S103 in FIG. 24), and player images for the upper predetermined number are extracted (step S105).
- a keyword associated with the specified player image is acquired (step S106). ) It's good.
- the image data of the player image displayed on the image display screen 600 is displayed by narrowing down to the image data of the player image related to the player image in which the user is interested.
- the image data of the player image related to the player image in which the user is interested may be preferentially displayed.
- FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example when the image display screen 600 is displayed.
- FIG. 26 is a flowchart illustrating a processing example of the display device 500 when displaying image data of a player image related to a player image in which the user is interested in with priority.
- FIG. 27 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a sorting process performed by the system control unit 507 in a case where image data of a player image related to a player image in which the user is interested is displayed with priority.
- an image display screen 600A for displaying an image to be displayed includes a sort result display area 640.
- the sort result display area 640 as in the first embodiment, information related to the processing result when the sorting process is performed is displayed.
- the display target images are displayed on a plurality of pages for each display number (12 in the example of FIG. 25).
- next page button 621 or the previous page button 622 When the next page button 621 or the previous page button 622 is selected by the user, a player image group different from the player image group displayed in the image list 610 is displayed in the image list 610.
- the display order of images to be displayed is determined in the display device 500.
- a page to be displayed next to the currently displayed page is displayed based on the display order.
- the previous page button 622 when the previous page button 622 is selected, a page to be displayed is displayed before the currently displayed page.
- step S91 when the system control unit 507 of the display device 500 detects the activation operation of the image display application by the user, display data (first display data) for displaying a list of player images. And the image display screen 600 is displayed on the display unit 502 (step S91). At this time, the system control unit 507 causes the image list 610 to display 12 player images to be displayed on the first page based on the display order.
- the display order here is determined by a preset sort order (initial).
- the sort order (initial) can also be set by the user.
- As the sort order (initial) for example, ascending order (or descending order) based on the image ID can be set. In addition, it is good also as setting the ascending order (or descending order) by a player name.
- step S97-2 the sort processing by the system control unit 507 of the display device 500 will be described with reference to FIG.
- the system control unit 507 acquires a keyword (referred to as “sort keyword”) associated with the extracted player image (step S106).
- the system control unit 507 searches the keyword DB 5052 based on the extracted image ID of the player image, and acquires a keyword associated with the image ID.
- the system control unit 507 sorts the images to be displayed based on the acquired sorting keyword (step S107-2). Specifically, the system control unit 507 acquires a keyword associated with each display target image from the keyword DB 5052. Then, the sort order is updated so that the display order of the player images associated with the same keyword as the sort keyword is higher, and the display order of the display target images is determined based on the updated sort order (that is, (Sorting images to be displayed)
- the updated sort order that is, (Sorting images to be displayed
- the display order is higher in the order of images.
- the display order between these player images is arbitrary (for example, the sort order ( You can follow the initial).
- the display order of the display target images depends on the user's degree of interest each time the sort process is executed. (The case where the process of step S104 is skipped with “NO”) is changed. In addition, it is good also as providing an upper limit in the frequency
- step S97-2 when the system control unit 507 completes the sort process (step S97-2), it updates the image display screen 600A (step S98). Specifically, when the system control unit 507 performs the process of step S107-2 in the immediately preceding sort process (see FIG. 27) (when the degree of interest is higher than a predetermined threshold), the system control unit 507 performs step S107- Display data (second display data) for displaying player images for the number of display items is generated from the player image whose display order determined in the process 2 is first, and the image display screen 600A is updated. On the other hand, if the system control unit 507 does not perform the process of step S107-2 in the immediately preceding sort process (see FIG.
- the system control unit 507 performs the display order at that time. Based on this, the image display screen 600A is updated so that the player image to be displayed on the next page is displayed. Further, when the display order of the images to be displayed is changed by the sort process (step S97-2), the system control unit 507 displays the image display screen 600A so that information related to the process results is displayed in the sort result display area 640. Update.
- the system control unit 507 performs sorting when the number of changes reaches the upper limit number.
- the processing (step S97-2) is skipped, and the player image to be displayed on the next page is displayed based on the display order at that time.
- the player image to be displayed on the image display screen 600 is the player image related to the player image in which the user is interested (player image having the same keyword as the player image in which the user is interested).
- the display mode for the player image display data related to the player image in which the user is interested is changed to other player images (in which the user is interested).
- Other player images player images other than the player images that the user is interested in
- the display mode is not displayed until the user's unfolding operation is detected by folding the image data of the player image related to It may be.
- the display size is increased for the image data of the player image related to the player image in which the user is interested, the color of the portion displaying the image data of the player image is changed, or the user is interested.
- a mask process is applied to a portion that displays image data of a player image related to a player image other than a player image having a mark is conceivable.
- the user's viewing burden can be reduced even if the image data of the player image related to the player image in which the user is interested is displayed with priority.
- a player image having a high degree of interest of the user is registered in the specific image list (step S103 in FIGS. 24 and 27). The determination is made based on whether or not the threshold value is higher than a predetermined threshold value (step S102 in FIGS. 24 and 27).
- the system control unit 507 calculates the interest level for all the interest level calculation target images in the narrowing-down process (or sort process), and compares them with each other so that the user's level of interest is higher.
- the player image may be registered in the specific image list as a player image having a high degree of interest of the user.
- the player image with the highest user interest level may be, for example, the top three images, or may be an image included in the top 20% of the interest degree calculation target images. Note that even a player image having a higher user interest level may not be registered in the specific image list if the interest level does not reach a predetermined threshold.
- the system control unit 507 may display a keyword associated with the selected player image 611 in the balloon 630.
- all player images registered in the image DB 5051 are set as initial display target images.
- the system control unit 507 causes the user to input a search condition, searches for a player image according to the search condition, and displays only the corresponding player image as an initial display target. It is good also as this image.
- the system control unit 507 searches the keyword DB 5052 based on the image ID of the player image extracted in the process of step S105 when acquiring the related keyword in the process of step 106 of FIG. 24 or 27, and corresponds to the image ID.
- the thesaurus DB may be referred to and a synonym of the keyword associated with the image ID may be acquired as a related keyword.
- the thesaurus DB may be provided in the storage unit 505, or may be referred to what is stored in a storage unit of a device other than the display device 500.
- the system control unit 507 acquires a related image ID from the image DB 5051 based on the image ID of the player image extracted in the process of step S105 when acquiring the related keyword in the process of step 106 of FIG. Then, the keyword DB 5052 may be searched based on the acquired related image ID, and a keyword associated with the related image ID may be acquired as a related keyword.
- the “first display data” of the present invention is not only for displaying data for displaying the image display screen 600 in the process of step S61 of FIG. 23 or FIG. 26, but for switching the display of the image list in the process of step S98.
- This is a concept including display data (“second display data” of the present invention) for displaying the generated and narrowed player images (or rearranged player images). That is, in the present invention, the generated second display data becomes new first display data, and further new second display data is generated based on the user operation information for the new first display data. This process can be repeated, and in accordance with the repetition of the process, the information displayed in the second display data is narrowed down or rearranged.
- the image providing system SA in the fourth embodiment will be described focusing on differences from the shopping system S in the first and second embodiments.
- the image providing server 1A of the image providing system SA in the fourth embodiment has substantially the same configuration as the shopping server 1 of the shopping system S in the first embodiment and the second embodiment, so that the same reference numerals are used for the same members. A part of the description will be omitted by using “A” at the end, and the difference will be mainly described.
- the user terminal 2 of the image providing system SA has substantially the same configuration as the user terminal 2 of the shopping system S in the first embodiment and the second embodiment, description is given by using the same reference numerals for the same members. Some are omitted.
- the storage unit 15A of the image providing server 1A is configured by, for example, a hard disk drive or the like, and stores various programs, data, and the like.
- Various databases such as the image keyword DB 106A are constructed in the storage unit 15A.
- the image keyword DB 106A includes, for example, an image ID as image identification information and image data for displaying an image as information (an example of “object information”) relating to an image (an example of “object that can be recognized by the user”).
- image information for example, metadata: metadeta, etc.
- tag information for example, metadata: metadeta, etc.
- related image ID an image related to the image identified by the image ID is registered.
- keywords relating to the image the name of the subject, words representing the subject, and words representing the characteristics of the image (for example, statistical characteristics such as composition and color tone) are registered.
- the image providing server 1A When the image providing server 1A searches for an image, the image providing server 1A transmits a Web page indicating a list of images satisfying the search condition input by the user (“corresponding image”) to the user terminal 2 as a search result.
- This Web page is referred to as a “search result page”.
- the search result page 700 includes an image list 710, a next page button 721, and a previous page button 722.
- the image data of the display target image is divided into a plurality of pages for each display number (18 in the example of FIG. 28).
- the corresponding images are displayed for the number of display items. The corresponding image can be selected (for example, clicked) with a mouse or the like.
- a balloon 730 is displayed.
- an enlarged image 731 of the selected corresponding image 711 is displayed.
- a balloon close button 732 is provided in the balloon 730, and the balloon 730 is closed when selected by the user.
- next page button 721 or the previous page button 722 When the next page button 721 or the previous page button 722 is selected by the user, a corresponding image group different from the corresponding image group displayed in the image list 710 is displayed in the image list 710.
- the display order of images to be displayed (for example, ascending order of image IDs) is set in advance (however, it can be set by the user), and is displayed in order of 18 pages by page.
- a page to be displayed next to the currently displayed page is displayed based on the display order.
- the previous page button 722 when the previous page button 722 is selected, a page to be displayed is displayed before the currently displayed page.
- the image data of the corresponding image displayed on the search result page 700 can be displayed by narrowing down to the image data of the corresponding image that the user is interested in, it is considered that the user's viewing burden can be reduced. . Therefore, in the image providing system S, the relevant image in which the user is interested is specified based on the operation content when the user is browsing the relevant image. Then, the image data of the display target image is displayed by being narrowed down to the image data of the corresponding image related to the specified corresponding image.
- the operation content when the user is browsing the search result page 700 is recorded.
- the type of operation performed by the user for example, click operation, drag operation, etc.
- the operation target for example, image link 211, etc.
- the time at which the operation was performed, and the like are recorded.
- the time does not necessarily need to be the actual time, and when predetermined control is performed (for example, when the search result page 700 is displayed or when the image list 710 is displayed (or updated)).
- Etc. may be the elapsed time from the reference time with the reference (0 seconds) as the reference.
- the image providing system SA it can be determined from the recorded operation content whether the user has performed what, what operation, or when the user has not performed the operation. It has become.
- the operation performed by the user includes an operation of selecting (for example, clicking) the corresponding image 711 using a mouse, a keyboard, or the like.
- an image in which the user is interested is specified from the user operation contents when the search result page 700 is displayed.
- the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 receives an input of search conditions by the user (step S201A).
- the search condition for example, a keyword or the like can be specified.
- the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 transmits a search request including the input search condition to the image providing server 1A (step S202A).
- the system control unit 20A of the image providing server 1A is in a standby state until a search request is received (step S201B: NO).
- the search request is received (step S201B: YES)
- the search included in the received search request Search processing is executed based on the conditions (step S202B).
- the system control unit 20A transmits a search result page (an example of “first display data”) that displays a list indicating the corresponding images for the number of display items to the user terminal 2 (step S203B).
- the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 displays the search result page on the display unit 32 (step S203A). Then, the system control unit 36 determines whether or not an operation for selecting the image 711 has been detected (step S204A). If the system control unit 36 determines that an operation for selecting the image 711 has not been detected (step S204A: NO), the system control unit 36 proceeds to the process of step S208A. On the other hand, if the system control unit 36 determines that an operation for selecting the image 711 has been detected (step S204A: YES), the system control unit 36 displays a balloon 730 that displays an enlarged image 731 of the selected image 711 (step S205A). ).
- step S206A determines whether or not a closing operation has been detected.
- the close operation is an operation for selecting the balloon close button 732.
- the system control unit 36 is in a standby state until a close operation is detected (step S206A: NO), and when it is determined that the close operation is detected (step S206A: YES), the balloon 730 is closed (step S207A). The process proceeds to step S208A.
- the system control unit 36 determines whether or not a next page display operation has been detected (step S208A).
- the next page display operation here is a next page display operation in the fourth embodiment, and specifically, an operation for selecting the next page button 721. If it is determined that the next page display operation has been detected (step SS208A: YES), the system control unit 36 transmits a next result request and user operation information indicating the user's operation content to the image providing server 1A (step S208). S209A). Note that the system control unit 36 records, in the storage unit 34, user operation contents from when the search result page received from the image providing server 1A is displayed until the next page display operation is detected. In step S209A, user operation information indicating the operation content thus recorded is transmitted.
- the system control unit 36 transmits the next result request and the user operation information to the image providing server 1A in the process of step S209A.
- the system control unit 36 may transmit user operation information separately from the next result request before or after the process of step S209A.
- step S204B When the system control unit 20A of the image providing server 1A receives the next result request and the user operation information indicating the operation content (step S204B: YES), the system control unit 20A executes a narrowing process (step S205B). The narrowing process will be described later.
- step S205B when completing the narrowing process (step S205B), the system control unit 20A transmits a search result page for displaying the corresponding image to the user terminal 2 (step S203B). Specifically, when the process of step S307 of the narrowing process (see FIG. 30) is not executed (when the degree of interest is not higher than a predetermined threshold value), when the latest next result request is received. A search result page for displaying an image to be displayed next to the displayed image is transmitted. Further, when the process of step S307 of the narrowing process (see FIG. 30) is executed (when the degree of interest is higher than a predetermined threshold value), the search result that displays the corresponding image narrowed down in the process from the first one A page (an example of “second display data”) is transmitted.
- the system control unit 20A skips the narrowing process (step S205B) when the narrowing number has reached the upper limit number.
- the search result page for displaying the image to be displayed next to the image displayed when the latest next result request is received is transmitted.
- the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 determines whether or not an end operation has been detected while displaying the search result page (step S210A).
- the ending operation is an operation for closing the Web browser, an operation for logging out from the image providing system SA, or the like. If the system control unit 36 determines that the end operation has not been detected (step S210A: NO), the system control unit 36 proceeds to the process of step S204A. On the other hand, if the system control unit 36 determines that an end operation has been detected (step S210A: YES), the process in the flowchart ends.
- step S206B YES
- FIG. 30 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a narrowing process performed by the system control unit 20A according to the fourth embodiment.
- the system control unit 20A of the image providing server 1A calculates the degree of interest of the user with respect to an image (referred to as an “interest degree calculation target image”) displayed in the image list 710 when the next page display operation is detected (Ste S301). At this time, the system control unit 20A calculates the user's interest level based on the user's operation content from when the interest level calculation target image is displayed on the search result page 700 to when the next page display operation is detected. To do. Specifically, the system control unit 20A calculates the degree of interest of the user for the player image based on the length of the display time during which the enlarged image 731 was displayed in the balloon 730 when the image 711 was selected. .
- the system control unit 20A first adds 1 point, and further adds 1 point each time the display time of the balloon 730 passes 5 seconds. That is, in this embodiment, at least one point is added as the degree of interest in the image only by selecting the image 711, but when the image 711 is not selected at all, the degree of interest in the image is 0. It becomes a point.
- An upper limit for example, 10 points may be provided for the degree of interest of the user for one image.
- the system control unit 20A compares the degree of interest of the user with respect to each interest degree calculation target image with a predetermined threshold (for example, 3 points) (step S302). Then, the system control unit 20A generates a specific image list including images whose user interest level is higher than a predetermined threshold (step S303). In practice, an image ID of an image whose user interest level is higher than a predetermined threshold is registered in the specific image list.
- a predetermined threshold for example, 3 points
- the system control unit 20A determines whether an image is registered in the specific image list (step S304). When it is determined that the image is not registered in the specific image list (step S304: NO), the system control unit 20A ends the process in the flowchart. On the other hand, when it is determined that the image is registered in the specific image list (step S304: YES), the system control unit 20A extracts the upper predetermined number (for example, two) of images from the specific image list. (Step S305). In addition, the upper rank here means a thing with a higher degree of interest. If a predetermined number of images are not registered in the specific image list, all registered images may be extracted.
- the upper predetermined number for example, two
- the system control unit 20A acquires a keyword associated with the extracted image (referred to as “narrowing keyword”) (step S306). Specifically, the system control unit 20A searches the image keyword DB 106A based on the image ID of the extracted image, and acquires a keyword associated with the image ID.
- the system control unit 20A narrows down the images to be displayed based on the acquired narrowing keyword (step S307). Specifically, the system control unit 20A searches the image keyword DB 106A and narrows down the images to be displayed to images associated with the same keyword as the narrowing keyword.
- the image to be displayed is narrowed down (except when the process of step 304 is omitted with “NO”).
- an upper limit may be set for the number of times to narrow down the display target image by the narrowing-down process.
- images having a user's degree of interest higher than a predetermined threshold are registered in the specific image list (step S303 in FIG. 30), and images corresponding to the upper predetermined number are extracted (step S305).
- a keyword associated with the specified image may be acquired (step S306). Good.
- step S205B of FIG. 29 a sort process is performed instead of the narrow-down process.
- the contents of the sorting process will be described with reference to FIG. Since the processing from step S301 to step S305 is the same as the narrowing-down processing, description thereof is omitted.
- the system control unit 20A acquires a keyword (referred to as “sorting keyword”) associated with the image extracted in the process of step S305.
- step S307 the system control unit 20A rearranges the display order of the images to be displayed based on the acquired sorting keyword. Specifically, the system control unit 20A acquires a keyword associated with each corresponding image from the image keyword DB 104A. Then, the sort order is updated so that the display order of images associated with the same keyword as the sort keyword is higher, and the display order of the corresponding image is determined based on the updated sort order (that is, the corresponding image is selected). Sort). In addition, when a plurality of sorting keywords are acquired and there are images associated with a plurality of keywords among the keywords, the higher the number of the images, the higher the display order. When determining the display order of the corresponding image based on the updated sort order, if there are multiple images with the same conditions, the display order between these images is arbitrary (for example, follow the sort order (initial)) As well).
- the image data of the corresponding image displayed on the search result page is narrowed down to the image data of the image related to the image in which the user is interested (the image having the same keyword as the image in which the user is interested).
- the display mode for the image data of the image related to the image that the user is interested in is related to other images (images other than the image that the user is interested in). It may be different from the display mode of the image data of the image, or (2) the user unfolds by folding the image data of the image related to other images (images other than the image that the user is interested in). It is good also as a display mode made non-display until operation is detected.
- Examples of (1) include increasing the display size of the image data of the image related to the image that the user is interested in, changing the color of the portion that displays the image data, or other than the image that the user is interested in
- An example in which a mask process is performed on a portion that displays image data of an image related to the image is conceivable.
- the user's viewing burden can be reduced even if image data of an image related to an image that the user is interested in is displayed with priority.
- the display time of the enlarged image 731 is estimated to be longer for the enlarged image 731 corresponding to the image that is highly interested by the user. Therefore, based on the display time of the enlarged image 731, the degree of interest of the user for each corresponding image can be calculated.
- the image data of the image displayed on the search result page can be narrowed down to the image data of the image associated with the same keyword as the image having a long browsing time and high user interest. Also, if the image data related to the image that the user is interested in is displayed with priority, the image data of the image associated with the same keyword as the image that has a long browsing time and a high degree of interest to the user is prioritized. Can be displayed.
- the corresponding image in the state before performing the immediately preceding narrowing process is an image retrieved by the retrieval process (step S12B) if the immediately preceding narrowing process is the first narrowing process.
- the immediately preceding narrowing-down process is a narrowing-down process after n (a natural number of 2 or more)
- the image is narrowed down by the “n ⁇ 1” -th narrowing-down process. It should be noted that it is possible to return to the state before performing the narrowing process at all, instead of the state before performing the previous narrowing process. According to this modification, it is possible to avoid the continued display of images that have been narrowed down in a manner that does not match the user's intention.
- the corresponding image may be narrowed down to an image in which all the same keywords as the narrowing keywords are associated.
- Step S306 an image associated with a larger number of sorting keywords is preferentially displayed ( Step S307) is configured.
- a keyword may be associated with each image in advance for each genre, and the display order of the corresponding image may be determined based on the image that the user has shown interest and the genre.
- the display order of images when displaying images on the search result page after the narrowing process may be set in descending order of user interest.
- the system control unit 20 calculates the interest level for all the interest level calculation target images in the narrowing-down process (or sort process), and compares them to determine the interest level of the user.
- the upper image may be registered in the specific image list as an image with high user interest.
- the image having the highest user interest level may be, for example, the top three images, or may be an image included in the top 20% of the interest degree calculation target images. Note that even an image having a higher user interest level may not be registered in the specific image list if the interest level does not reach a predetermined threshold.
- the image of interest is displayed without the burden on the user. You can narrow down to images with. If image data related to an image that the user is interested in is displayed preferentially, the image data of the image associated with the keyword corresponding to the image that is highly interested in the user is prioritized. Can be displayed. Therefore, the user can preferentially acquire image data of an image of interest without any burden.
- the image keyword DB 104A may be generated by the administrator of the image providing server 1A, or may be generated by the system control unit 20A of the image providing server 1A. To describe the latter in detail, the system control unit 20A, for example, from a Web page that is periodically accessible via the Internet, the image included in the Web page, the image ID, and tag information (for example, metadata) of the image. : metadeta etc.) can be acquired and associated with each other and registered in the image keyword DB 104A.
- step S204B in FIG. 29: YES the system control unit 20A executes the narrowing process or the sort process.
- the corresponding image 711 is selected (clicked)
- the narrowing process or the sort process may be executed.
- the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 transmits information indicating this to the image providing server 1A, and the image providing server 1A that received the information receives the information.
- the system control unit 20A executes the narrowing process or the sort process, and when the next result request is received next, the system control unit 20A transmits the search result page in a state where the narrowing process or the sort process has been performed to the user terminal 2. At this time, the system control unit 20A acquires related keywords respectively corresponding to the two selected corresponding images 711, and when there is a common related keyword, the system control unit 20A narrows down or Sorting can be performed.
- two cases have been described as examples of the predetermined number, but the predetermined number may be three or more.
- the narrowing process or the sort process may be executed. For example, when the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 selects (clicks) three corresponding images 711 within 5 minutes after displaying the search result page, information indicating this is sent to the image providing server 1A.
- the system control unit 20A of the image providing server 1A that has received the information performs a narrowing process or a sort process, and when the five minutes have passed, the narrowing process or the sort process has been performed.
- the search result page is transmitted to the user terminal 2.
- the system control unit 20A acquires the related keywords respectively corresponding to the three selected corresponding images 711, and when there is a common related keyword, the system control unit 20A narrows down or Sorting can be performed.
- the case of 5 minutes has been described as an example of the predetermined time, but an arbitrary time may be set.
- the system control unit 20A searches the image keyword DB 106A based on the image ID of the image extracted in the process of step S305, and associates it with the image ID.
- the thesaurus DB may be referred to and a synonym of the keyword associated with the image ID may be acquired as a related keyword.
- the thesaurus DB may be provided in the storage unit 15A, or may be referred to what is stored in a storage unit of a device other than the image providing server 1A.
- the system control unit 20A obtains the related image ID from the image keyword DB 106A based on the image ID of the image extracted in the process of step S305 when acquiring the related keyword in the process of step 306 in FIG.
- the image keyword DB 106A may be searched based on the acquired related image ID, and a keyword associated with the related image ID as the image ID may be acquired as a related keyword.
- the “first display data” of the present invention includes not only the search result page transmitted in the process of step S203B performed following the process of step S202B of FIG. 29 but also the process of step S203B performed subsequent to the process of step S205B.
- the shopping server 1 displays the corresponding products handled in the shopping site that satisfy the search conditions on the search result page
- the search system SB The search server 1B displays information on the Web (hereinafter, Web information) such as a Web page or a Web site that satisfies the search conditions on the Internet, for example, on the search result page.
- Web information such as a Web page or a Web site that satisfies the search conditions on the Internet, for example, on the search result page.
- corresponding Web page a case where information related to a Web page satisfying the search condition is basically displayed on the search result page, and the Web page satisfying the search condition is referred to as “corresponding Web page”.
- the search system SB in the fifth embodiment will be described focusing on the differences from the shopping system S in the first and second embodiments.
- the search server 1B of the search system SB has substantially the same configuration as the shopping server 1 of the shopping system S in the first embodiment, and therefore, the same reference numerals are used for the same members with “B” appended to the end. Therefore, a part of the description will be omitted, and the difference will be mainly described.
- the user terminal 2 of the search system SB has substantially the same configuration as the user terminal 2 of the shopping system S in the first embodiment, a part of the description is omitted by using the same reference numerals for the same members.
- the search system SB (an example of “information providing system”) includes a search server 1B (an example of “server device”) and a plurality of user terminals 2 (an example of “terminal device”).
- the search server 1B and each user terminal 2 can transmit / receive data to / from each other via the network NW.
- the search server 1B searches the Web information on the Internet based on the search condition in response to a search request from the user terminal 2, and displays a search result page that displays the search result as a user. It is a server that transmits to the terminal 2.
- the user terminal 2 is a terminal device used by a user when searching for Web information such as a Web page or a Web site.
- the search server 1B includes an operation unit 11B, a display unit 12B, a communication unit 13B, a drive unit 14B, a storage unit 15B, an input / output interface 16B, and a system control unit 20B. Yes.
- the system control unit 20B and the input / output interface 16B are connected via a system bus 21B.
- the storage unit 15B (an example of “storage unit”), various DBs (member DB 101, store DB 102, product DB 103, keyword DB 104, member use DB 105, etc.) built in the storage unit 15 in the first embodiment are built. Not. Instead, as shown in FIG. 31, the storage unit 15 ⁇ / b> B stores Web page information (an example of “target information”) related to each searched Web page (an example of “a target that can be recognized by the user”).
- Web page information an example of “target information”
- a web page URL as web page identification information, a document in the web page, an image, tag information in the web page (for example, metadata: metadeta), an author name of the document in the web page (for example, blog A web page information DB 107B is provided for storing a web page URL (related web page URL) of a related web page, a keyword acquired from a document in the web page, and the like for each web page.
- a web page URL related web page URL
- the documents in the web page all the documents in the web page can be stored, or the web page can be used as a snippet (a document extracted from the corresponding web page displayed on the search result page). A part of the document in the page may be stored.
- the web page information DB 107B stores web page information of each corresponding web page when a search request is received from the user terminal 2, and may be deleted when the processing in the present embodiment is completed. Each time a search request is received from the terminal 2, the Web page information of the searched Web page may be accumulated.
- the storage unit 15B stores various HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) documents, image data, audio data, text data, and the like that constitute the search result page.
- HTML Hyper Text Markup Language
- the system control unit 20B controls each unit of the search server 1B by the CPU 17B reading and executing various programs stored in the ROM 18B and the storage unit 15B. Further, the system control unit 20B functions as a first display data generating unit, a first transmitting unit, a receiving unit, a calculating unit, a specifying unit, a second display data generating unit, and a second transmitting unit of the server device according to the present invention. It is like that.
- the search server 1B may be configured by a plurality of server devices such as a server that manages various databases, a search processing server that performs web page search processing, and a WWW server that provides various information.
- server devices such as a server that manages various databases, a search processing server that performs web page search processing, and a WWW server that provides various information.
- FIG. 32 is a diagram illustrating a screen display example when a search result page by the user terminal 2 is displayed.
- the corresponding Web page list 401 includes a plurality of individual Web page information 410.
- the individual web page information 410 indicates web page information for one corresponding web page.
- the individual Web page information 410 includes a title link 411 (an example of “link information”), a snippet 412 of the corresponding Web page, and a URL 413 of the corresponding Web page.
- the title link 411 is a link (hyperlink) that displays the title of the corresponding Web page, and when selected (for example, clicked) by the user, the URL of the corresponding Web page is accessed and the Web page is displayed. .
- the number of corresponding products displayed in the corresponding Web page list 401 is referred to as “display number”.
- the initial value of the number of display cases (50 in this embodiment) is predetermined in the search system SB.
- the initial value of the display number can be changed by user setting.
- the other search result link group 402 transitions to a search result page that displays a list of Web pages different from the Web pages displayed as a list in the current corresponding Web page list 401 among the corresponding Web pages that satisfy the search condition. Includes multiple links for For example, when a link for displaying a page number is selected by the user, the screen transitions to a search result page with a page number corresponding to the link. When the next result link 430 displayed as “next” is selected by the user, the screen shifts to the search result page next to the currently displayed search result page.
- a search result that displays a list of the corresponding Web pages for the 51st and subsequent cases. Transition to a page.
- the corresponding Web page is displayed in units of pages by a predetermined number.
- a scroll bar 450 is displayed on the screen of the user terminal 2. When the scroll bar 450 is operated, the search result page is scrolled.
- each individual Web page information 410 of the corresponding Web page list 401 displays a title link 411 (an example of “link information”), a snippet 412 of the corresponding Web page, a URL 413 of the corresponding Web page, and the like. Is done.
- the user can browse the web page by clicking the title link 411 when a web page of interest is found while browsing the search result page.
- the corresponding Web page to be displayed on the search result page can be displayed by narrowing down to the Web page related to the Web page in which the user is interested, it is considered that the user's viewing burden can be reduced.
- the corresponding Web page obtained as a search result includes a large number of Web pages that are not of interest to the user, it is considered that the browsing burden is greatly reduced. Therefore, in the search system SB of the present embodiment, the Web page in which the user is interested is specified based on the operation content when the user is browsing the search result page. Then, the corresponding Web page to be displayed on the search result page is displayed by narrowing down to the Web page related to the specified Web page.
- the operation content when the user is browsing the search result page is recorded.
- the type of operation performed by the user for example, click operation
- the operation target for example, title link 411
- the time does not necessarily need to be an actual time, and when a predetermined control is performed (for example, when a search result page is displayed or a corresponding Web page list 401 is displayed (or updated)).
- the elapsed time from the reference time may be used with the time (such as time) as the reference (0 seconds). That is, in the search system SB, it is possible to determine from the recorded operation content when the user has performed what operation, what operation has been performed, or when the user has not performed the operation.
- operations performed by the user include an operation of selecting (for example, clicking) a link such as the title link 411 or the other search result link group 402 using an input interface such as a mouse or a keyboard, an operation of displacing the scroll bar 450, or the like. Is included.
- the Web page that the user is interested in is specified from the operation content of the user when the search result page is displayed.
- the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 accepts an input of search conditions by the user (step S11A).
- the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 transmits a search request including the input search condition to the search server 1B (step S12A).
- the system control unit 20B of the search server 1B is in a standby state until a search request is received (step S11B: NO).
- a search request is received (step S11B: YES)
- the search condition included in the received search request The search process is executed based on (Step S12B).
- the system control unit 20B transmits to the user terminal 2 search result pages (an example of “first display data”) that display a list indicating the Web page information of the corresponding Web pages for the number of display items (step S13B).
- the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 displays the search result page on the display unit 32 (step S13A). Then, the system control unit 36 determines whether an operation for displaying the corresponding Web page has been detected (step S14A). The operation for displaying the corresponding Web page is an operation for selecting the title link 411. If the system control unit 36 determines that an operation for displaying the corresponding Web page has not been detected (step S14A: NO), the system control unit 36 proceeds to the process of step S19A. On the other hand, if the system control unit 36 determines that an operation for displaying the corresponding Web page has been detected (step S14A: YES), the system control unit 36 includes URL information indicating the URL corresponding to the operated title link 411. A web page request is transmitted to the search server 1B (step S15A).
- Step S13B the system control unit 20B of the search server 1B receives any of the corresponding Web page request, return request, or next result request, or waits until communication with the user terminal 2 times out.
- the system control unit 20B acquires the web page based on the URL information included in the web page request and transmits the web page to the user terminal 2 (step S15B).
- the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 displays the corresponding Web page on the display unit 32 (Step S16A).
- the system control unit 36 determines whether a return operation has been detected (step S17A).
- the return operation is an operation for returning to the search result page displayed when the process of step S14A is performed. Specifically, this is an operation of pressing a return button provided in the Web browser.
- the system control unit 36 is in a standby state until a return operation is detected (step S17A: NO).
- a return request is transmitted to the search server 1B. (Step S18A).
- step S16B When receiving the return request (step S16B: YES), the system control unit 20B of the search server 1B retransmits the search result page displayed on the user terminal 2 when the process of step S14B is performed (step S13B). ). In addition, when transmitting the search result page in the process of step S13B, the system control unit 20B holds the search result page in the storage unit 15 so that the search result page can be retransmitted. That is, when retransmitting the search result page based on the reception of the return request, the system control unit 20B retransmits the search result page transmitted in the most recent step S13B. When receiving the retransmitted search result page, the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 displays it on the display unit 32 (S13A).
- the system control unit 36 of the user terminal 2 determines whether or not the next page display operation is detected while displaying the search result page (step S19A).
- the next page display operation is an operation for displaying the next page, and specifically, an operation for selecting the next result link 230. If it is determined that the next page display operation has not been detected (step S19A: NO), the system control unit 36 proceeds to the process of step S21A. On the other hand, if the system control unit 36 determines that the next page display operation has been detected (step S19A: YES), the system control unit 36 transmits a next result request and user operation information indicating the user operation content to the search server 1B ( Step S20A).
- the system control unit 36 records, in the storage unit 34, user operation contents from when the search result page received from the search server 1B is displayed until the next page display operation is detected.
- step S20A user operation information indicating the operation content thus recorded is transmitted.
- the system control unit 36 transmits the next result request and the user operation information to the search server 1B in the process of step S20A.
- the system control unit 36 may transmit user operation information separately from the next result request before or after the process of step S20A.
- step S17B When the system control unit 20B of the search server 1B receives the next result request and the user operation information indicating the operation content (step S17B: YES), the system control unit 20B executes a narrowing process (step S18B).
- the system control unit 20B of the search server 1B determines the user's interest level with respect to each corresponding Web page (referred to as “interest degree calculation target Web page”) displayed on the search result page when the next result request is transmitted. Calculate (step S31). At this time, the system control unit 20B calculates the degree of interest of the user based on the user operation content indicated by the user operation information received together with the next result request in the process of step S17B of FIG. Specifically, the system control unit 20B, based on the number of times each link (title link 411) displayed in the individual web page information 410 corresponding to each web page is selected, Calculate the degree of interest. The system control unit 20B adds 2 points as the degree of interest of the user with respect to the Web page for each time the link is selected.
- the system control unit 20B compares the degree of interest of the user with respect to each interest degree calculation target Web page and a predetermined threshold (for example, 3 points) (step S32). Then, the system control unit 20B generates a specific Web page list configured only by Web pages in which the user's degree of interest is higher than a predetermined threshold (Step S33).
- a predetermined threshold for example, 3 points
- the system control unit 20B generates a specific Web page list configured only by Web pages in which the user's degree of interest is higher than a predetermined threshold (Step S33).
- the Web page URL of a Web page whose user interest level is higher than a predetermined threshold is registered in the specific Web page list. That is, the process of step S33 corresponds to an example of “specifying a target” in the present invention.
- the system control unit 20B determines whether a web page is registered in the specific web page list (step S34).
- step S34: NO If the system control unit 20B determines that the web page is not registered in the specific web page list (step S34: NO), the process in the flowchart ends. On the other hand, if the system control unit 20B determines that the Web page is registered in the specific Web page list (step S34: YES), the system control unit 20B corresponds to the upper predetermined number (for example, two) of Webs from the specific Web page list. A page is extracted (step S35). In addition, the upper rank here means a thing with a higher degree of interest. In addition, when a predetermined number of Web pages are not registered in the specific Web page list, all registered Web pages may be extracted.
- the upper predetermined number for example, two
- the system control unit 20B acquires a keyword associated with the extracted Web page (referred to as “narrowing keyword”) (step S36). Specifically, the system control unit 20B searches the web page information DB 107B based on the web page URL of the extracted web page, and acquires a keyword associated with the web page URL.
- the system control unit 20B narrows down the corresponding Web page based on the acquired narrowing keyword (step S37). Specifically, the system control unit 20B acquires a keyword associated with each corresponding Web page from the Web page information DB 107B. Then, the corresponding Web page is narrowed down only to Web pages associated with at least one keyword that is the same as the keyword for narrowing down. Note that the corresponding Web page may be narrowed down only to Web pages associated with at least a predetermined number (for example, two) or more of the same keywords as the narrow-down keywords.
- step S37 in the narrowing process every time the process of step S37 in the narrowing process is executed, the corresponding Web page is narrowed down.
- the system control unit 20B ends the process in the flowchart when the process of step S37 is completed.
- step S18B the system control unit 20B transmits a search result page for displaying the corresponding Web page to the user terminal 2 (step S13B).
- step S37 of the narrowing process see FIG. 6
- step S37 of the narrowing process see FIG. 6
- a search result page for displaying a Web page to be displayed next to the displayed Web page is transmitted.
- step S37 of the narrowing process see FIG.
- Step S18B determines that the narrowing process ( Step S18B) is skipped, and a search result page for transmitting the Web page to be displayed next to the Web page displayed when the latest next result request is received is transmitted.
- step S21A determines whether or not an end operation has been detected while displaying the search result page.
- the ending operation is an operation for closing the Web browser. If the system control unit 36 determines that the end operation has not been detected (step S21A: NO), the system control unit 36 proceeds to the process of step S14A. On the other hand, if the system control unit 36 determines that an end operation has been detected (step S21A: YES), the process in the flowchart ends.
- step S19B YES
- the search result page displays Web page information of the corresponding Web page (an example of “target”) by 50 (an example of “predetermined number”) in units of pages, and the search server.
- the 1B system control unit 20B displays the next result request (an example of “request for acquiring information for the next predetermined number of items”) and the user's operation content for the Web page that was being displayed when the next result request was transmitted.
- the user's interest level for each web page is calculated based on the received user operation information, and the web page having the calculated user's interest level higher than a predetermined threshold is identified and identified.
- a keyword is acquired based on a Web page, the corresponding Web page is narrowed down based on the acquired keyword, and the corresponding Web page is narrowed down It generates a search results page that contains the Web page information, to send.
- the corresponding web pages are displayed in units of 50 pages, and the user is highly interested in the web page corresponding to the displayed web page information.
- the Web page information of the Web page narrowed down based on the user's degree of interest in the previous page is displayed. That is, the user can check the web page information of the web page on a page-by-page basis, and if there is a web page of interest on the displayed page, the web page of the web page related to the web page of interest on the next page Only information can be confirmed.
- the system control unit 20B of the search server 1B calculates the user's degree of interest higher for the corresponding Web page corresponding to the title link 411 having a larger number of user operations.
- the Web page information displayed on the search result page is narrowed down to the Web page information of the corresponding Web page associated with the same keyword as the corresponding Web page where the number of operations for the title link 411 is large and the user is highly interested. Can do.
- the system control unit 20B of the search server 1B receives the search condition transmitted from the user terminal 2, searches the Web page based on the received search condition, and searches the corresponding Web page.
- a search result page including the web page information is generated.
- Web pages whose user interest level is higher than a predetermined threshold are registered in the specific Web page list (Step S33 in FIG. 6), and Web pages for the upper predetermined number are extracted (Step S35).
- a keyword associated with the specified Web page is acquired (Step S36).
- the Web page information of the Web page related to the Web page that the user is interested in may be preferentially displayed. That is, based on the operation content when the user is browsing the search result page, the Web page in which the user is interested is specified, and the Web page information of the corresponding Web page is displayed on the search result page.
- the display order of Web pages related to Web pages may be set higher.
- the shopping system SB in the first embodiment described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 13 also arranges the corresponding products for the operation when the search system SB rearranges (sorts) the corresponding Web pages. Since it is similar to the operation at the time of replacement (sort), detailed description is omitted.
- the sort result display area 240 in FIG. 9 may be provided in the search result page shown in FIG. 32 to display information as described with reference to FIG.
- the Web page information of the corresponding Web page related to the corresponding Web page in which the user is interested is displayed with priority
- the Web page information of the corresponding Web page is 50 (“predetermined”).
- predetermined the Web page information of the corresponding Web page
- the system control unit 20B of the search server 1B transmits the next result request (an example of “next information acquisition request for a predetermined number of cases”) and the next result request.
- the user operation information indicating the user's operation content on the search result page that was being displayed at the time is received, the user's interest in each corresponding Web page is calculated based on the received user operation information, and the calculated user
- the relevant web page whose interest level is higher than a predetermined threshold is identified, and a keyword is acquired based on the identified relevant web page Based on the acquired keywords to determine the display order of the Web page information of the corresponding Web page to display the Web page information of the corresponding Web page determined display order Results transmits the page.
- the corresponding Web page is displayed in units of 50 pages and displayed. If the user's interest in the search result page is high, the Web page information of the corresponding Web page is rearranged based on the user's interest in the previous page after the next page displayed by the next page display operation. Displayed on the screen. That is, the user can check the Web page information of the corresponding Web page in units of pages, and if there is a corresponding Web page that is interested in the displayed search result page, it is related to the corresponding Web page that is interested in the subsequent pages. It is possible to preferentially check the Web page information of the corresponding Web page.
- the system control unit 20B of the search server 1B displays the corresponding Web corresponding to the title link 411 that is frequently operated by the user.
- the system control unit 20B of the search server 1B receives and receives the search condition transmitted from the user terminal 2.
- a web page is retrieved based on the retrieved search condition, and a search result page including the web page information of the retrieved web page is generated.
- the Web page information of the corresponding Web page displayed on the search result page is the Web page related to the Web page in which the user is interested (the Web page having the same keyword as the Web page in which the user is interested).
- the display mode of the Web page information of the Web page related to the Web page in which the user is interested is changed to other Web pages (users). It may be different from the display mode of the web page information of the web page related to the web page other than the web page that the user is interested in, or (2) other web pages (other than the web page the user is interested in) Web page information on Web pages) May be a display mode unfolding operation of the user is not displayed until the detected like folding.
- the display character size is increased for the Web page information of the Web page related to the Web page in which the user is interested, or the character or background color of the part displaying the Web page information is changed.
- a mask process is performed on a part that displays Web page information of a Web page related to a Web page other than the Web page in which the user is interested can be considered.
- the user's viewing burden can be reduced even if Web page information of a Web page related to a Web page that the user is interested in is displayed with priority.
- the Web page information displayed on the search result page can be narrowed down to the Web page information of the Web page associated with the same keyword as the Web page that has a high operation order with respect to the title link 411 and has a high degree of user interest.
- Web page information of a Web page related to a Web page that the user is interested in is displayed with priority
- the same keyword as that of the Web page that has a high operation order with respect to the title link 411 and that has a high degree of interest to the user is associated.
- the Web page information of the current Web page can be displayed with priority.
- the system control unit 20B of the search server 1B acquires the display time of each Web page.
- the first is a method of causing the user terminal 2 to measure the display time of each corresponding Web page and to send information indicating the measured display time.
- the time when the system control unit 20B transmits the corresponding Web page based on the reception of the corresponding Web page request (step S15B), and the time when the search result page is transmitted based on the reception of the return request.
- the display time is calculated from the time difference.
- the degree of interest of the user when calculating the degree of interest of the user based on the display time of each corresponding Web page, it is preferable to consider whether or not the user has actually browsed the corresponding Web page. In other words, when the display time of the corresponding Web page is long because the user is performing other work, it is preferable not to calculate the degree of interest of the user high. Therefore, when the display time of the corresponding Web page exceeds a predetermined time, it is determined that the user is not browsing the corresponding Web page, and the degree of interest of the user for the corresponding Web page is set to “0” point.
- the predetermined time here, a time that is n times the average time during which the corresponding Web page is viewed can be set.
- the Web page information displayed on the search result page is narrowed down to the Web page information of the corresponding Web page associated with the same keyword as the corresponding Web page that has a long browsing time and high user interest. Can do. Further, if the Web page information of the corresponding Web page related to the corresponding Web page in which the user is interested is displayed with priority, the same keyword as that of the corresponding Web page having a long browsing time and a high degree of interest of the user is associated. The Web page information of the corresponding Web page can be displayed with priority.
- the corresponding Web page already displayed on the search result page may be excluded from the target of the narrowing process.
- the system control unit 20B excludes the corresponding web page already displayed on the search result page from the target of the narrowing process, so that the user does not confirm the same corresponding web page many times, and the viewing burden on the user is reduced. Can be reduced.
- the corresponding Web page already displayed on the search result page may be excluded from the sort processing target.
- the system control unit 20B excludes the corresponding Web page that has already been displayed on the search result page from the sort processing target, so that the user does not need to confirm the same corresponding Web page over and over to reduce the user's browsing burden. can do.
- the narrowing may be canceled when it is determined that the narrowing is not performed as expected by the user.
- this modification it is possible to avoid the continued display of Web pages that have been narrowed down in a form that does not match the user's intention.
- the corresponding web page may be narrowed down to a web page in which all the same keywords as the narrowing keywords are associated.
- a keyword is associated with each genre for each web page in advance, and the display order of the corresponding web page is determined based on the web page and the genre that the user has shown interest in. Also good.
- the display order of the corresponding Web page when the corresponding Web page is displayed on the search result page after the narrowing process may be set in descending order of user interest.
- the system control unit 20B calculates the interest level for all the interest level calculation target Web pages in the narrowing-down process (or sort process), and compares them to compare the user's interest level. It is also possible to register the corresponding Web page having a higher rank in the specific Web page list as the corresponding Web page having a high degree of user interest.
- the Web page with the highest user interest level may be, for example, the top three corresponding Web pages, or the corresponding Web pages included in the top 20% of the interest level calculation target Web pages. Note that even a corresponding Web page having a higher user interest level may not be registered in the specific Web page list if the interest level does not reach a predetermined threshold.
- the corresponding Web page is narrowed down to the corresponding Web page associated with the keyword corresponding to the corresponding Web page having a high degree of interest of the user, the corresponding is not imposed on the user without causing a burden.
- Web pages can be narrowed down to relevant Web pages that the user is interested in.
- the Web page information of the corresponding Web page related to the corresponding Web page in which the user is interested is displayed with priority, keywords corresponding to the corresponding Web page having a high degree of interest of the user are associated.
- the Web page information of the corresponding Web page can be displayed with priority. Therefore, the user can preferentially acquire the Web page information of the corresponding Web page that is of interest without any burden.
- the system control unit 20B may execute a narrowing process or a sort process when a return request is received (step S16B in FIG. 5 and FIG. 10: YES). In this case, the search result page that has been subjected to the narrowing-down process or the sort process is transmitted to the user terminal 2.
- the system control unit 20B indicates that a closing operation (for example, an operation of clicking a close button) for closing another window that displays the corresponding Web page has been performed.
- a closing operation for example, an operation of clicking a close button
- the system control unit 20B displays the search result page that has been subjected to the narrowing process or the sort process (that is, the search result page that displays the narrowed web page information or the sorted web page information).
- the search result page) is retransmitted to the user terminal 2, and the retransmitted search result page is displayed in the window displaying the search result page that is activated again by the closing operation.
- the system control unit 20B displays information indicating that an activation operation for activating an inactive window for displaying the search result page (for example, an operation for clicking an inactive window) is performed on the user terminal.
- an activation operation for activating an inactive window for displaying the search result page for example, an operation for clicking an inactive window
- the system control unit 20B re-sends the search result page that has been subjected to the narrowing-down process or the sort process to the user terminal 2, and displays the search result page that becomes active again by the activation operation. Then, the re-sent search result page is displayed.
- the narrowing process or the sort process may be executed.
- the system control unit 20B executes a narrowing process or a sort process when a corresponding web page request is received for two corresponding web pages, and then a narrowing process or a sort process when a return request is received.
- the search result page in a state where the is made is transmitted to the user terminal 2.
- two cases have been described as examples of the predetermined number, but the predetermined number may be three or more.
- the narrowing process or the sort process may be executed.
- the system control unit 20B receives the corresponding Web page request for three corresponding Web pages within 5 minutes after transmitting the search result page, the narrowing process or the sort process is executed, and 5 minutes have elapsed.
- the search result page in a state where the narrowing process or sort process has been performed is transmitted to the user terminal 2.
- 5 minutes has been described as an example of the predetermined time, but an arbitrary time may be set.
- the system control unit 20B searches the web page information DB 107B based on the web page URL of the web page extracted in the process of step S35 when acquiring the related keyword in the process of step 36 of FIG. 6 or FIG.
- a synonym of a keyword associated with a Web page URL may be acquired as a related keyword by referring to the thesaurus DB.
- the thesaurus DB may be provided in the storage unit 15, or may be referred to what is provided in a storage unit of a device other than the search server 1 ⁇ / b> B.
- the system control unit 20B obtains the related web page from the web page information DB 107B based on the web page URL of the web page extracted in the process of step S35.
- the URL may be acquired, and then the Web page information DB 107B may be searched based on the acquired related Web page URL, and a keyword associated with the related Web page URL may be acquired as a related keyword.
- the “first display data” of the present invention is performed not only on the search result page transmitted in the process of step S13B performed subsequent to the process of step S12B of FIG. 5 or FIG. 10, but also subsequent to the process of step S18B.
- This is a concept including a search result page ("second display data" of the present invention) transmitted in the process of step S13B. That is, in the present invention, the generated second display data becomes new first display data, and further new second display data is generated based on the user operation information for the new first display data.
- This process can be repeated, and in accordance with the repetition of the process, the information displayed in the second display data is narrowed down or rearranged.
- the storage unit 15 stores the product DB 103 and the keyword DB 104, and the system control unit 20
- the search result page (an example of “first display data”) for displaying the product information of the corresponding product (the display target product) is transmitted to the user terminal 2, and the product information of the corresponding product is displayed by the user terminal 2.
- User operation information indicating the content of the user's operation at the time is received from the user terminal 2, the user's interest in the product displayed by the user terminal 2 is calculated based on the received user operation information, and the calculated user's interest
- a keyword that identifies a product whose ID is higher than a predetermined threshold acquires a keyword corresponding to the identified product from the storage unit 15, and acquires the corresponding product to be displayed. And narrowing the product the same keyword is associated, it transmits the narrowed search to display the product information of the corresponding products results page (an example of the "second display data") to the user terminal 2.
- the user's interest level for the product corresponding to the product information displayed by the user terminal 2 is calculated based on the user's operation content, and the product information of the product associated with the same keyword as the product having the high user's interest level.
- the product information to be displayed is narrowed down. Thereby, when providing merchandise information to a user, it can narrow down and display to merchandise information which a user is interested, without imposing a burden on a user.
- the system control unit 20 causes the product information of the corresponding product to be displayed.
- a result page (an example of “first display data”) is transmitted to the user terminal 2, and user operation information indicating the operation content of the user when the product information of the corresponding product is displayed by the user terminal 2 from the user terminal 2.
- the user's interest level for the product displayed by the user terminal 2 is calculated, the product whose calculated user interest level is higher than a predetermined threshold is specified, and the specified product is supported Keywords to be acquired from the storage unit 15, and the same keywords as the acquired keywords are associated with the display order when displaying the product information for the corresponding products to be displayed.
- Product information of the products which are the rearranged so that the upper, and transmits the search result page for displaying the product information of the corresponding products with the determined display order (an example of the "second display data") to the user terminal 2.
- the user's interest in the product corresponding to the product information displayed by the user terminal 2 is calculated based on the user's operation content, and the product associated with the same keyword as the product having the high user's interest is associated.
- Product information can be displayed with priority. Thereby, when providing merchandise information to a user, merchandise information which a user is interested in can be displayed preferentially without imposing a burden on the user.
- the storage unit 15A (an example of “storage unit”) stores the image keyword DB 104A
- the system control unit 20A stores the corresponding image 711 (display target image).
- a search result page to be displayed (an example of “first display data”) is transmitted to the user terminal 2, and user operation information indicating the user operation content when the corresponding image 711 is displayed on the user terminal 2 is displayed on the user terminal 2.
- the user's interest degree with respect to the image displayed by the user terminal 2 is calculated based on the received user operation information, the image having the calculated user's interest degree higher than a predetermined threshold is specified, and the specified image is A corresponding keyword is acquired from the storage unit 15A, and an image associated with the same keyword as the keyword that acquired the corresponding image to be displayed is associated with the image. Interrupt, and transmits the search result page for displaying the corresponding images narrowed down (an example of the "second display data") to the user terminal 2.
- the degree of interest of the user with respect to the image displayed by the user terminal 2 is calculated based on the operation content of the user, and the image to be displayed is narrowed down to an image associated with the same keyword as the image with the high degree of interest of the user. It is. Thereby, when providing image information to the user, it is possible to narrow down and display images that the user is interested in without imposing a burden on the user.
- the system control unit 20A displays the search result page (“first display data” of the “first display data”) for displaying the image 711.
- first display data of the “first display data”
- the system control unit 20A displays the search result page (“first display data” of the “first display data”) for displaying the image 711.
- An example is transmitted to the user terminal 2, user operation information indicating the user's operation content when the corresponding image 711 is displayed on the user terminal 2 is received from the user terminal 2, and the user is based on the received user operation information.
- the degree of interest of the user with respect to the image displayed by the terminal 2 is calculated, an image in which the calculated degree of interest of the user is higher than a predetermined threshold is specified, a keyword corresponding to the specified image is acquired from the storage unit 15, and a display target Sort and determine the display order when displaying the corresponding images so that the image with the same keyword as the acquired keyword is assigned to the top Transmitting search result page for displaying the corresponding image in display order and the (one example of the "second display data") to the user terminal 2.
- the degree of interest of the user with respect to the image displayed by the user terminal 2 is calculated based on the operation content of the user, and an image associated with the same keyword as the image with the high degree of interest of the user is preferentially displayed. be able to.
- the storage unit 505 (an example of “storage unit”) stores the image DB 5051 and the keyword DB 5052, and the system control unit 507 displays a plurality of player images 611 to be displayed.
- Display data (an example of “first display data”) is generated, the player image 611 is displayed on the display unit 502 based on the generated display data, and the player image 611 is displayed when the player image 611 is displayed on the display unit 502.
- User operation information indicating the operation content is acquired, the user's degree of interest in the player image 611 displayed on the display unit 502 is calculated based on the acquired user operation information, and the calculated user's degree of interest is higher than a predetermined threshold value
- the player image 611 is identified, and the storage unit 505 that stores the player image and the keyword corresponding to the player image in association with each other is referred to.
- the keyword associated with the player image obtained is acquired, and the player image to be displayed is narrowed down to the player image associated with the same keyword as the acquired keyword, or the display when displaying the player image to be displayed The order is rearranged so that the player image associated with the same keyword as the acquired keyword is ranked higher.
- display data for displaying the narrowed player images (an example of “second display data”) or display data for displaying the player images according to the rearranged display order (an example of “second display data”) is generated.
- a player image 711 is displayed on the display unit 502 based on the generated display data.
- the degree of interest of the user with respect to the player image displayed by the display device 500 is calculated based on the operation content of the user, and the display target is displayed on the player image associated with the same keyword as the player image with the high degree of user interest.
- the player images with the same keywords as those of the player images that have been narrowed down or that are highly interested in the user can be displayed with priority. In providing the player image information to the user, it is possible to narrow down and display the player images that the user is interested in, or to display the player images that the user is interested in without giving a burden to the user.
- a keyword associated with a product whose calculated user interest level is higher than a predetermined threshold is acquired, and the same keyword as the acquired keyword is associated.
- the products for which product information is displayed are narrowed down to the products.
- a keyword associated with a product whose calculated user interest level is lower than a predetermined threshold is acquired, and a product that displays product information on a product that is not associated with the same keyword as the acquired keyword.
- the display order when displaying the product information for the display target product may be rearranged so that the product information of the product not associated with the same keyword as the acquired keyword is higher. It is good as well.
- a keyword associated with an image in which the calculated degree of interest of the user is higher than a predetermined threshold is acquired, and displayed on an image associated with the same keyword as the acquired keyword.
- the target image is narrowed down, or the display order is rearranged so that the display order of images associated with the same keyword as the acquired keyword is higher.
- a keyword associated with an image whose calculated user interest level is lower than a predetermined threshold is acquired, and the corresponding image to be displayed is displayed on an image not associated with the same keyword as the acquired keyword.
- the corresponding keyword to be displayed is narrowed down to an image not associated with a keyword corresponding to an image with a low user interest level, or the same keyword as the image with a low user interest level is associated with the image. No image can be displayed with priority. Therefore, when providing image information to the user, it is possible to narrow down and display the image that the user is interested in without giving a burden to the user, or to display the image that the user is interested in with priority. The same applies to the third embodiment.
- a keyword associated with a corresponding web page in which the calculated degree of interest of the user is higher than a predetermined threshold is acquired, and the corresponding web associated with the same keyword as the acquired keyword is acquired.
- the corresponding Web page displaying the Web page information is narrowed down on the page.
- a keyword associated with a corresponding web page in which the calculated degree of interest of the user is lower than a predetermined threshold is acquired, and a web page that is not associated with the same keyword as the acquired keyword is acquired. It is good also as narrowing down the applicable Web page which displays information, and the applicable Web to which the same keyword as the acquired keyword is not matched about the display order at the time of displaying Web page information about the applicable Web page to be displayed.
- the Web page information of a page may become a high rank.
- the Web page information to be displayed is narrowed down to the Web page information of the corresponding Web page not associated with the keyword corresponding to the corresponding Web page where the user's degree of interest is low, or the user's degree of interest is low.
- the Web page information of the corresponding Web page that is not associated with the same keyword as the corresponding Web page can be displayed with priority. Therefore, when providing Web page information to the user, the Web page information that the user is interested in is narrowed down and displayed, or the Web page information that the user is interested in is displayed preferentially without imposing a burden on the user. be able to.
- various databases such as the member DB 101, the store DB 102, the product DB 103, the keyword DB 104, and the member use DB 105 are constructed in the storage unit 15 in the shopping server 1.
- the shopping server 1 is constructed in a storage unit of another server that can be accessed, and the system control unit 20 of the shopping server 1 accesses these DBs 101 to 105 as necessary.
- the image keyword DB 104A according to the fourth embodiment is constructed in a storage unit of another server accessible by the image providing server 1A, and the system control unit 20A of the image providing server 1 sets the image keyword as necessary.
- the DB 104A may be accessed.
- the Web page information DB 107B is constructed in a storage unit of another server accessible by the search server 1B, and the system control unit 20B of the search server 1B performs the Web page information DB 107B as necessary. It is good also as accessing.
- the product ID and product information are registered in the product DB 103 in association with each other.
- the product ID and tag information for example, metadata: metadeta
- the product ID and tag information are stored. It is good also as registering by matching.
- the target product (first and second embodiments), player image (third embodiment), image (fourth embodiment), web page (fifth embodiment) and Keywords that are associated with keywords and registered in the keyword DB (image keyword DB 104A in the fourth embodiment, Web page information DB 107B in the fifth embodiment), and are associated with objects of high user interest
- the display target is narrowed down or the display order is rearranged.
- the target and attribute information are associated with each other and registered in the attribute information DB, and the display target is narrowed down or displayed based on the attribute information associated with the target with high user interest. It is good also as rearranging order.
- FIG. 33 is a diagram showing an example of a part of the attribute information DB, and particularly shows parts corresponding to the product “digital camera”, the attribute information “maker”, and “number of pixels”.
- the digital camera with the product ID “DC0001” indicates that the manufacturer is “Company A” and the number of pixels is “greater than 3 million and less than 5 million”.
- the degree of interest of the user with respect to the digital camera with the product ID “DC0001” is higher than a predetermined threshold (or relative Consider that the product information to be displayed is narrowed down based on the digital camera with the product ID “DC0001”.
- the attribute information of the digital camera with the product ID “DC0001” is acquired, and the product information to be displayed is narrowed down based on the acquired attribute information.
- the product information is narrowed down to product information associated with the same attribute information as the acquired attribute information.
- a product in which at least the same attribute information is associated with the attribute information (manufacturer: “Company A”, number of pixels: “greater than 3 million and less than 5 million”) of the digital camera with the product ID “DC0001”.
- Filter to product information That is, a digital camera with the product ID “DC0003” having the same manufacturer attribute information and a digital camera with the product ID “DC0004” having the same pixel number attribute information are extracted at least by the narrowing process. . In this way, it is possible to perform a narrowing process based on attribute information instead of a keyword.
- FIG. 34 is a diagram showing an example of the attribute information DB, and particularly shows portions corresponding to the product “digital camera”, the attribute information “maker”, and “number of pixels”.
- the digital camera with the product ID “DC0001” indicates that the manufacturer is “Company A” and the number of pixels is “greater than 3 million and less than 5 million”.
- the user's interest in the digital camera with the product ID “DC0001” is higher than a predetermined threshold (or relatively Consider a case where the display order of product information to be displayed is determined based on attribute information associated with a digital camera with a product ID “DC0001”.
- the attribute information of the digital camera with the product ID “DC0001” is acquired, and the display order of the product information to be displayed is determined based on the acquired attribute information. Specifically, the display order of the product information associated with the same attribute information as the acquired attribute information is set to the top.
- a product in which at least the same attribute information is associated with the attribute information (manufacturer: “Company A”, number of pixels: “greater than 3 million and less than 5 million”) of the digital camera with the product ID “DC0001”.
- the information is displayed in the top order. That is, the display order of the digital camera with the product ID “DC0003” having the same attribute information of the manufacturer and the digital camera with the product ID “DC0004” having the same attribute information of the number of pixels is set higher.
- the display order of information can be determined based on attribute information instead of keywords.
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以下、図面を参照して本発明の第1実施形態について詳細に説明する。なお、以下に説明する実施の形態は、ネットワーク上での電子的な情報のやりとりによって商品の売買が行われるショッピングシステムに対して本発明を適用した場合の実施形態である。
先ず、第1実施形態におけるショッピングシステムSの構成及び概要機能について、図1を用いて説明する。
次に、ショッピングサーバ1の構成について、図2等を用いて説明する。
次に、ユーザ端末2の構成について、図3を用いて説明する。
次に、ショッピングシステムSにおいて、商品が検索された場合における検索結果の表示態様について、図4を用いて説明する。
次に、検索結果ページを表示する際のショッピングシステムSの動作概要を説明する。図5は、第1実施形態におけるショッピングシステムSの処理例を示すフローチャートである。
また、第1実施形態では、検索結果ページにおいて表示する該当商品の商品情報を、ユーザが興味を持った商品に関する商品(ユーザが興味を持った商品と同じキーワードを持つ商品)の商品情報に絞り込んで表示することとしているが、これに代えて、ユーザが興味を持った商品に関する商品の商品情報を優先して表示することとしても、ユーザの閲覧負担を軽減することができると考えられる。特に、検索結果として得られた該当商品にユーザの興味のない商品が大量に含まれている場合などには、閲覧負担が大幅に軽減されると考えられる。そこで、ショッピングシステムSでは、ユーザが検索結果ページを閲覧している際の操作内容に基づいて、ユーザが興味を持った商品を特定する。そして、検索結果ページにおいて該当商品の商品情報を表示する際、特定した商品に関する商品の表示順を上位とすることとしてもよい。
ソート順I(優先度1位):「A社」、「500万画素」、及び「10倍ズーム」の全てのキーワードが対応付けられている商品
ソート順II(優先度2位):「A社」、「500万画素」、及び「10倍ズーム」のうち2つのキーワードが対応付けられている商品
ソート順III(優先度3位):「A社」、「500万画素」、及び「10倍ズーム」のうち1つのキーワードが対応付けられている商品
上記ソート順I~IIIに基づいて図12(a)に示す商品をソートすると、ソート順Iに該当する商品は、商品ID「DC0001」の1商品のみである。よって、図12(b)に示すように、商品ID「DC0001」の商品の表示順が1位となる。次いで、ソート順IIに該当する商品は、商品ID「DC0008」の1商品のみである。よって、商品ID「DC0008」の商品の表示順が2位となる。次いで、ソート順IIIに該当する商品は、商品ID「DC0003」、「DC0004」、「DC0010」、「DC0013」の4商品である。よって、これらの4商品の表示順が3位から6位を占める。また、ソート順I~IIIに該当しない7商品の表示順は、7位~13位の何れかとなる。
ソート順I(優先度1位):「A社」、「500万画素」、「10倍ズーム」、「F社」及び「12倍ズーム」の全てのキーワードが対応付けられている商品
ソート順II(優先度2位):「A社」、「500万画素」、「10倍ズーム」、「F社」及び「12倍ズーム」のうち4つのキーワードが対応付けられている商品
ソート順III(優先度3位):「A社」、「500万画素」、「10倍ズーム」、「F社」及び「12倍ズーム」のうち3つのキーワードが対応付けられている商品
ソート順IV(優先度4位):「A社」、「500万画素」、「10倍ズーム」、「F社」及び「12倍ズーム」のうち2つのキーワードが対応付けられている商品
ソート順V(優先度5位):「A社」、「500万画素」、「10倍ズーム」、「F社」及び「12倍ズーム」のうち1つのキーワードが対応付けられている商品
上記ソート順I~Vに基づいて図12(b)に示す商品をソートすると、図12(c)に示す表示順となる。なお、1回目及び2回目の双方で「500万画素」というキーワードがソート用キーワードとして取得されている。そこで、同条件の商品が複数ある場合には、「500万画素」というキーワードが対応付けられている商品の表示順をより上位とすることとしてもよい。例えば、図12(c)において、商品ID「DC0003」の商品、及び商品ID「DC0004」の商品は何れもソート順V(優先度5位)に該当する同条件の商品であるが、「500万画素」というキーワードが対応付けられている商品ID「DC0004」の商品の表示順を3位とし、一方、「500万画素」というキーワードが対応付けられていない商品ID「DC0003」の商品の表示順を4位としてもよい。
また、第1実施形態では、検索結果ページにおいて表示する該当商品の商品情報を、ユーザが興味を持った商品に関する商品(ユーザが興味を持った商品と同じキーワードを持つ商品)の商品情報に絞り込んで表示することとしているが、これに代えて、(1)ユーザが興味を持った商品に関する商品の商品情報についての表示態様を、その他の商品(ユーザが興味を持った商品以外の商品)に関する商品の商品情報についての表示態様と異ならせることとしてもよいし、又は(2)その他の商品(ユーザが興味を持った商品以外の商品)に関する商品の商品情報を折り畳むなどしてユーザの折り畳み解除操作が検出されるまで非表示とする表示態様とすることとしてもよい。(1)の例としては、ユーザが興味を持った商品に関する商品の商品情報について表示文字サイズを大きくしたり、商品情報を表示する部分の文字又は背景色の色を変化させたり、或いはユーザが興味を持った商品以外の商品に関する商品の商品情報を表示する部分に対してマスク処理を施したりする例などが考えられる。このように、ユーザが興味を持った商品に関する商品の商品情報を優先して表示することとしても、ユーザの閲覧負担を軽減することができると考えられる。
次に、第1実施形態の変形例について説明する。
まず、ユーザの興味度算出方法に関する変形例について説明する。
検索結果ページに商品毎に表示されるリンク(商品リンク211、感想リンク212、及び店舗リンク213)のうち、ユーザが興味のある商品に対応するリンクほど先に選択されると推測される。そこで、各リンク211~213が選択された順序に基づいて、各該当商品に対するユーザの興味度を算出することができる。例えば、システム制御部20が、1番目に選択されたリンクに対応する商品に対する興味度を5ポイント、2番目に選択されたリンクに対応する商品に対する興味度を4ポイント、・・・、5番目に選択されたリンクに対応する商品に対する興味度を1ポイント、というように、リンクの選択順が早い商品ほど高い興味度を設定することとする。これにより、検索結果ページにて表示する商品情報を、リンク211~213に対する操作順序が早くユーザの興味度が高かった商品と同じキーワードが紐付いている商品の商品情報に絞り込むことができる。また、ユーザが興味を持った商品に関する商品の商品情報を優先して表示する場合であれば、リンク211~213に対する操作順序が早くユーザの興味度が高かった商品と同じキーワードが紐付いている商品の商品情報を優先して表示することができる。
各詳細ページ(商品詳細ページ、感想詳細ページ、及び店舗詳細ページ)の表示時間は、ユーザの興味が高い商品に対応する詳細ページほど長くなると推測される。そこで、各詳細ページの表示時間に基づいて、各該当商品に対するユーザの興味度を算出することができる。例えば、システム制御部20が、詳細ページの表示時間30秒につき、対応する商品の興味度を1ポイントずつ加算することとする。具体例を挙げれば、ある商品に対応する商品詳細ページの表示時間が65秒、感想詳細ページの表示時間が120秒、店舗詳細ページの表示時間が25秒であった場合、その商品に対するユーザの興味度は「2+4+0=6」ポイントとなる。
上述したように、ショッピングサーバ1のシステム制御部20は、次結果リクエストが受信される都度、検索処理(図5のステップS12B)で検索された商品(該当商品)を、絞込処理(図5のステップS18B)により絞り込む。図8(a)に示すように、例えば、検索処理(ステップS12B)により1000件の商品が検索されると、そのうち表示件数(図8の例では50件)分の商品が検索結果ページにて表示される(ステップS13B、ステップS13A)。そして、ユーザにより次ページ表示操作が行われると、検索処理(ステップS12B)により検索された1000件の商品に対して絞込処理(ステップS18B)が行われ、例えば300件に絞り込まれる。次いで、絞り込まれた300件のうち、表示件数(50件)分の商品が検索結果ページにて表示される(ステップS13B、ステップS13A)。更に、ユーザにより次ページ表示操作が行われると、直前の絞込処理(ステップS18B)により絞り込まれた300件の商品に対して絞込処理(ステップS18B)が再度行われ、例えば70件に絞り込まれる。次いで、絞り込まれた70件のうち、表示件数(50件)分の商品が検索結果ページにて表示される(ステップS13B、ステップS13A)。このように、ユーザにより次ページ表示操作が行われる都度、表示対象の商品が絞り込まれていく。
上述したように、ユーザが興味を持った商品に関する商品を優先して表示する場合、ショッピングサーバ1のシステム制御部20は、次結果リクエストが受信される都度、ユーザの興味度を算出し、算出した興味度が所定の閾値より高い場合に、検索処理(図10のステップS12B)で検索された商品(該当商品)に対してソート処理を行う。そして、ソート処理を行った場合には、改めて表示順が1位である商品から順に表示する。この場合、ユーザは既に確認した商品を再度確認する必要が出てくる。そこで、変形例として、ソート処理の対象から既に検索結果ページにて表示した商品を除外することとする。例えば、検索処理(ステップS12B)により1000件の商品が検索されると、そのうち表示件数(50件)分の商品が検索結果ページにて表示される(ステップS13B、ステップS13A)。次いで、ユーザにより次ページ表示操作が行われた場合に、検索処理(ステップS12B)により検索された1000件から既に検索結果ページにて表示した50件の商品を除く950件の商品に対してソート処理(ステップS18B-2)を行うこととする。このように、システム制御部20が、ソート処理の対象から既に検索結果ページにて表示した商品を除外することにより、ユーザが同じ商品を何度も確認する必要がなく、ユーザの閲覧負担を軽減することができる。
上述したように、第1実施形態においては、ユーザにより次ページ表示操作が行われる都度、絞込処理(ステップS18B)が行われ、検索結果ページにて表示すべき表示対象の該当商品が絞り込まれていく。ところが、場合によってはユーザの期待通りに絞り込みが行われないこともある。そういった場合には絞り込みを中止し、絞り込む前の状態に表示対象の該当商品を戻すことがユーザにとって好ましいと考えられる。そこで、変形例として、ユーザの期待通りに絞り込みが行われていないと判定した場合に、絞り込みを解除するようにする。
第1実施形態では、ステップS37の処理において、絞込用キーワードと同じキーワードが少なくとも一つ以上対応付けられている商品に該当商品を絞り込む構成となっている。この変形例として、絞込用キーワードが複数ある場合に、絞込用キーワードと同じキーワードが全て対応付けられている商品に該当商品を絞り込む構成としてもよい。
ユーザが興味を持った商品に関する商品の商品情報を優先して表示する場合、複数のソート用キーワードが取得された場合に(図11のステップS36)、より多くのソート用キーワードが対応付けられている商品を優先して表示させる(ステップS37-2)構成となっている。この変形例として、予め各商品についてジャンル毎にキーワードを対応付けておき、ユーザが興味を示した商品とジャンルに基づいて該当商品の表示順を決定する構成としてもよい。
第1実施形態では、絞込処理後における、検索結果ページにて商品の商品情報を表示する際の商品の表示順について特に規定していない。ところで、検索結果ページに商品の商品情報が表示される際、ユーザの興味度がより高い商品から順に表示された方が、ユーザの閲覧負担を軽減できると考えられる。そこで、変形例として、絞込処理後における、検索結果ページにて商品を表示する際の商品の表示順をユーザの興味度が高い順とする。
第1実施形態においては、ユーザの興味度が高い商品を特定商品リストに登録している(図6、図11のステップS33)が、ユーザの興味度が高いか否かを、興味度が予め定められた所定の閾値より高いか否かにより判定していた(図6、図11のステップS32)。これに代わる変形例として、システム制御部20が、絞込処理(又はソート処理)において全ての興味度算出対象商品について興味度を算出し、それぞれを比較してユーザの興味度が上位である商品を、ユーザの興味度が高い商品として特定商品リストに登録することとしてもよい。ユーザの興味度が上位である商品とは、例えば、上位3商品であってもよいし、興味度算出対象商品において上位2割に含まれる商品であってもよい。なお、ユーザの興味度が上位である商品であっても、興味度が所定の閾値に達していない場合には特定商品リストに登録しないこととしてもよい。この変形例によれば、ユーザの興味度が高かった商品に対応するキーワードが対応付けられている商品に、該当商品が絞り込まれることから、ユーザに負担を強いることなく、該当商品をユーザの興味のある商品に絞り込むことができる。また、ユーザが興味を持った商品に関する商品の商品情報を優先して表示する場合であれば、ユーザの興味度が高かった商品に対応するキーワードが対応付けられている商品の商品情報を優先して表示することができる。したがって、ユーザは何ら負担なく、興味のある商品の商品情報を優先して取得することができる。
キーワードDB104は、ショッピングサーバ1の管理者が生成することとしてもよいし、また、ショッピングサーバ1のシステム制御部20が生成することとしてもよい。後者について詳述すると、システム制御部20は、例えば、検索結果ページ(図4、図9参照)の商品リンク211、感想リンク212又は店舗リンク213がユーザにより選択(クリック)された際(詳細ページリクエストを受信した際(図5、図10のステップS14B:YES))に、当該選択されたリンクに対応する商品の商品IDに基づいて、商品DB103にアクセスして商品情報の中からキーワードとして適切な言葉を取得し、商品IDと対応付けてキーワードDB104に登録することとしてもよい。また、システム制御部20は、詳細ページが閉じるための戻る操作を検出した際(詳細ページの閲覧終了時)に、当該詳細ページのリンク元の商品に対応する商品IDに基づいて、商品DB103にアクセスして商品情報の中からキーワードとして適切な言葉を取得し、商品IDと対応付けてキーワードDB104に登録することとしてもよい。さらに、システム制御部20は、詳細ページを送信してから(ステップS15B)、復帰リクエストを受信するまで(ステップS16B:YES)の時間が、所定時間(例えば、30秒)を超えた場合に、当該詳細ページのリンク元の商品に対応する商品IDに基づいて、商品DB103にアクセスして商品情報の中からキーワードとして適切な言葉を取得し、商品IDと対応付けてキーワードDB104に登録することとしてもよい。さらにまた、システム制御部20は、詳細ページ中に設けられた複数のリンクのうち、所定数以上のリンクを選択(クリック)する操作を検出した場合に、当該詳細ページのリンク元の商品に対応する商品IDに基づいて、商品DB103にアクセスして商品情報の中からキーワードとして適切な言葉を取得し、商品IDと対応付けてキーワードDB104に登録することとしてもよい。なお、システム制御部20が商品情報の中からキーワードとして適切な言葉を取得する際には、公知のアルゴリズムであるTF(Term Frequency)/IDF(Inverse Document Frequency)又は形態素解析等用いることができる。
システム制御部20は、次結果リクエストを受信した際に(図5、図10のステップS17B:YES)絞込処理又はソート処理を実行しているが、これに代えて、復帰リクエストを受信した際に(図5、図10のステップS16B:YES)絞込処理又はソート処理を実行することとしてもよい。この場合、絞込処理又はソート処理がなされた状態の検索結果ページが、ユーザ端末2に送信される。
システム制御部20は、図6又は図11のステップ36の処理において関連キーワードを取得するにあたり、ステップS35の処理で抽出した商品の商品IDに基づいてキーワードDB104を検索して、商品IDと対応付けられているキーワードを取得するのみならず、シソーラスDBを参照し、商品IDと対応付けられているキーワードの類義語を関連キーワードとして取得することしてもよい。なお、シソーラスDBは、記憶部15に設けることとしてもよいし、ショッピングサーバ1以外の装置の記憶部に設けられているものを参照することとしてもよい。
次に、本発明の第2実施形態について、図15乃至図17を用いて説明する。
第2実施形態においては、図15に示す検索結果ページがユーザ端末2の表示部32に表示される。
次に、検索結果ページを表示する際のショッピングシステムSの動作概要を説明する。図16は、第2実施形態におけるショッピングシステムSの処理例を示すフローチャートである。
<パターン1:絞込有り>
システム制御部20は、次商品リクエストを受信した場合であって、絞込処理(図17参照)のステップS74の処理を行った場合(興味度が所定の閾値より高かった場合)には、そのステップS74の処理で絞り込んだ該当商品のうち表示順が1番の商品を選択する。
<パターン2:絞込無し>
システム制御部20は、次商品リクエストを受信した場合であって、絞込処理(図17参照)のステップS74の処理を行わなかった場合(興味度が所定の閾値より高くなかった場合)には、ユーザ端末2にて表示中の該当商品より、表示順が一つ後の該当商品を選択する。
[2.3.ソート処理]
また、第2実施形態では、検索結果ページにおいて該当商品の商品情報を表示する際、ユーザが興味を持った商品に関する商品に絞り込んで表示することとしているが、これに代えて、ユーザが興味を持った商品に関する商品の商品情報を優先して表示することとしてもよい。
<パターン1:ソート処理有り>
システム制御部20は、次商品リクエストを受信した場合であって、ソート処理(図20参照)のステップS74の処理を行った場合(興味度が所定の閾値より高かった場合)には、そのステップS74の処理で決定した表示順が1番の商品を選択する。
<パターン2:ソート処理無し>
システム制御部20は、次商品リクエストを受信した場合であって、ソート処理(図20参照)のステップS74の処理を行わなかった場合(興味度が所定の閾値より高くなかった場合)には、ユーザ端末2にて表示中の該当商品より、表示順が一つ後の該当商品を選択する。
また、第2実施形態では、検索結果ページにおいて表示する該当商品の商品情報を、ユーザが興味を持った商品に関する商品(ユーザが興味を持った商品と同じキーワードを持つ商品)の商品情報に絞り込んで表示することとしているが、これに代えて、(1)ユーザが興味を持った商品に関する商品の商品情報についての表示態様を、その他の商品(ユーザが興味を持った商品以外の商品)に関する商品の商品情報についての表示態様と異ならせることとしてもよいし、又は(2)その他の商品(ユーザが興味を持った商品以外の商品)に関する商品の商品情報を折り畳むなどしてユーザの折り畳み解除操作が検出されるまで非表示とする表示態様とすることとしてもよい。(1)の例としては、ユーザが興味を持った商品に関する商品の商品情報について表示文字サイズを大きくしたり、商品情報を表示する部分の文字又は背景色の色を変化させたり、或いはユーザが興味を持った商品以外の商品に関する商品の商品情報を表示する部分に対してマスク処理を施したりする例などが考えられる。このように、ユーザが興味を持った商品に関する商品の商品情報を優先して表示することとしても、ユーザの閲覧負担を軽減することができると考えられる。
次に、第2実施形態の変形例について説明する。
スライドショーエリア310に表示された各種ボタン(画像切替ボタン、商品詳細ボタン314、感想ボタン315、送料・支払ボタン316、店舗ボタン317、停止ボタン333、延長ボタン335)を選択する操作が行われたということは、検索結果ページで表示している商品に対してユーザが少なくとも興味を持ったと考えることができる。そこで、変形例として各種ボタンが選択された回数に基づいて、その商品に対するユーザの興味度を算出する。例えば、システム制御部20は、何れかのボタンが選択された回数1回につき、2ポイントをその商品に対するユーザの興味度として加算するようにすることができる。この場合、検索結果ページにて表示する商品情報を、各種ボタンに対する操作回数が多くユーザの興味度が高かった商品と同じキーワードが紐付いている商品の商品情報に絞り込むことができる。また、ユーザが興味を持った商品に関する商品の商品情報を優先して表示する場合であれば、各種ボタンに対する操作回数が多くユーザの興味度が高かった商品と同じキーワードが紐付いている商品の商品情報を優先して表示することができる。
第2実施形態においては、商品詳細ボタン314、感想ボタン315、送料・支払ボタン316、又は店舗ボタン317が選択されることにより商品の商品情報が情報表示エリア318に表示される。これに代わる変形例として、スライドショーエリア310内に、第1実施形態と同じように、例えば、商品詳細ページ、感想詳細ページ、送料・支払詳細ページ、及び店舗詳細ページ等の詳細ページを表示させるための商品リンク、感想リンク、送料・支払リンク、及び店舗リンク(商品リンク、感想リンク、送料・支払リンク、及び店舗リンクは「リンク情報」の一例)を設けることとしてもよい。これにより、ユーザは各リンクを基に自分の興味のある商品に対応する関連情報を入手することができる。
第2実施形態では、図17のステップS74の処理において、絞込用キーワードと同じキーワードが少なくとも一つ対応付けられている商品に該当商品を絞り込む構成となっている。この変形例として、絞込用キーワードが複数ある場合に、絞込用キーワードと同じキーワードが全て対応付けられている商品に該当商品を絞り込む構成としてもよい。
ユーザが興味を持った商品に関する商品の商品情報を優先して表示する場合、複数のソート用キーワードが取得された場合に(図20のステップS73)、より多くのソート用キーワードが対応付けられている商品を優先して表示させる(図20のステップS74-2)構成となっている。この変形例として、予め各商品についてジャンル毎にキーワードを対応付けておき、ユーザが興味を示した商品とジャンルに基づいて該当商品の表示順を決定する構成としてもよい。
第2実施形態においては、スライドショーエリア310に表示される商品は、所定の切替時間が経過する都度、切り替わる。これに代わる変形例として、ユーザによる次商品表示操作が検出された場合にのみ、スライドショーエリア310に表示する商品を切り替えることとしてもよい。この場合、ユーザの次商品表示操作に基づいて該当商品が切り替わりながら表示されるとともに、表示している商品に対するユーザの興味度が高かった場合、表示される商品はユーザの興味が高かった商品に関する商品に絞り込まれることとなる。すなわち、ユーザは自分のペースで商品情報を確認できるとともに、表示された商品の中に興味のある商品があった場合、興味のあった商品と関連する該当商品の商品情報のみを確認することができる。また、ユーザが興味を持った商品に関する商品の商品情報を優先して表示する場合であれば、ユーザの次商品表示操作に基づいて該当商品が切り替わりながら表示されるとともに、表示している商品に対するユーザの興味度が高かった場合、興味の高かった商品に関する商品の表示順が上位とされる。すなわち、ユーザは自分のペースで商品を確認できるとともに、表示された商品の中に興味のある商品があった場合、興味のあった商品と関連する該当商品の商品情報を優先して確認することができる。
上述したように、システム制御部20は、次商品リクエストが受信される都度、絞込処理(図16のステップS55B)において、ユーザ端末2にて表示中の商品に対するユーザの興味度を算出し、興味度が所定の閾値より高い場合に、検索処理(図16のステップS12B)で検索された該当商品を絞り込む。これに代わる変形例として、第1実施形態における変形例でも説明したように、絞込処理の対象から既にスライドショー表示した商品を除外することとしてもよい。絞込処理の対象から既にスライドショー表示した商品を除外することにより、ユーザが同じ商品を何度も確認することがなく、ユーザの閲覧負担を軽減することができる。
上述したように、ユーザが興味を持った商品に関する商品の商品情報を優先して表示する場合であれば、システム制御部20は、次商品リクエストが受信される都度、ユーザ端末2にて表示中の商品に対するユーザの興味度を算出し、興味度が所定の閾値より高い場合に、検索処理(図19のステップS12B)で検索された全ての該当商品に対してソート処理(図19のステップS55B-2)を行う。これに代わる変形例として、第1実施形態における変形例でも説明したように、ソート処理の対象から既にスライドショー表示した商品を除外することとしてもよい。ソート処理の対象から既にスライドショー表示した商品を除外することにより、ユーザが同じ商品を何度も確認する必要がなく、ユーザの閲覧負担を軽減することができる。
また、絞込処理(図16のステップS55B)により絞り込まれた該当商品がスライドショーエリア310にて表示されてから、すぐに(例えば、3秒)次商品表示操作が行われた場合には、絞込処理による絞り込みが期待通りではなかったと考えることができる。そこで、変形例として、絞込処理により絞り込んだ商品をスライドショー表示させてから、所定時間(例えば、3秒)内に次商品表示操作が行われた場合には、直前の絞込処理を行う前の状態の該当商品をスライドショー表示させることとする。直前の絞込処理を行う前の状態の該当商品とは、直前の絞込処理が初回の絞込処理であれば、検索処理(ステップS12B)により検索された商品である。また、直前の絞込処理がn(2以上の自然数)回目以降の絞込処理であれば、「n-1」回目の絞込処理にて絞り込まれた商品である。なお、直前の絞込処理を行う前の状態ではなく、全く絞込処理を行う前の状態に戻すこととしてもよい。この変形例により、ユーザの意図にそぐわない形で絞り込まれてしまった商品の表示が継続することを回避できる。
本実施形態においては、スライドショーエリア310には該当商品が一商品ずつ表示されるが、任意の所定件数ずつ表示することとしてもよい。例えば、1件前に表示した商品、及び1件後に表示すべき商品を、それぞれスライドショーエリア310の左右に表示させることとしてもよい。
[2.5.8.キーワードDB104の生成]
第1実施形態の変形例で説明したように第2実施形態においても、キーワードDB104は、ショッピングサーバ1の管理者が生成することとしてもよいし、また、ショッピングサーバ1のシステム制御部20が生成することとしてもよい。後者について詳述すると、システム制御部20は、例えば、検索結果ページを送信する際(ステップS53B)に、当該検索結果ページで表示する商品の商品IDに基づいて、商品DB103にアクセスして商品情報の中から適切なキーワードを取得し、商品IDと対応付けてキーワードDB104に登録することとしてもよい。また、システム制御部20は、次商品リクエストを受信した際(ステップS54B:YES)に、それまで検索結果ページで表示していた商品の商品IDに基づいて、商品DB103にアクセスして商品情報の中から適切なキーワードを取得し、商品IDと対応付けてキーワードDB104に登録することとしてもよい。さらに、システム制御部20は、検索結果ページを送信してから(ステップS53B)又は商品情報を送信してから(ステップS57B)、次商品リクエストを受信するまで(ステップS54B:YES)の時間が、所定時間(例えば、30秒)を超えた場合に、当該検索結果ページで表示する商品の商品IDに基づいて、商品DB103にアクセスして商品情報の中から適切なキーワードを取得し、商品IDと対応付けてキーワードDB104に登録することとしてもよい。さらにまた、検索結果ページ(図15、図18参照)の画像切替ボタン、商品詳細ボタン314、感想ボタン315、送料・支払ボタン316、店舗ボタン317、停止ボタン333、及び延長ボタン335が選択(クリック)されたことを示すクリック情報を受信することとし、当該クリック情報を受信した際に、当該検索結果ページで表示する商品の商品IDに基づいて、商品DB103にアクセスして商品情報の中から適切なキーワードを取得し、商品IDと対応付けてキーワードDB104に登録することとしてもよい。
システム制御部20は、図17又は図20のステップ73の処理において関連キーワードを取得するにあたり、ステップS72の処理でユーザの興味度が所定の閾値より高いと判定した商品の商品IDに基づいてキーワードDB104を検索して、商品IDと対応付けられているキーワードを取得するのみならず、シソーラスDBを参照し、商品IDと対応付けられているキーワードの類義語を関連キーワードとして取得することしてもよい。なお、シソーラスDBは、記憶部15に設けることとしてもよいし、ショッピングサーバ1以外の装置の記憶部に設けられているものを参照することとしてもよい。
次に、本発明の第3実施形態について説明する。第3実施形態は、画像情報を表示する表示装置(「情報表示装置」の一例)に対して本発明を適用した場合の実施形態である。
まず、図21を用いて表示装置500の構成について説明する。
次に、表示装置500において、画像表示アプリが起動された場合における選手画像の表示態様について、図22を用いて説明する。
次に、画像表示画面600を表示する際の表示装置500の動作概要を説明する。図23及び図24は、第3実施形態における表示装置500の処理例を示すフローチャートである。
また、第3実施形態では、画像表示画面600において表示する選手画像の画像データを、ユーザが興味を持った選手画像に関する選手画像の画像データに絞り込んで表示することとしているが、これに代えて、ユーザが興味を持った選手画像に関する選手画像の画像データを優先して表示することとしてもよい。
また、第3実施形態では、画像表示画面600において表示する表示対象の選手画像を、ユーザが興味を持った選手画像に関する選手画像(ユーザが興味を持った選手画像と同じキーワードを持つ選手画像)の画像データに絞り込んで表示することとしているが、これに代えて、(1)ユーザが興味を持った選手画像に関する選手画像の表示データについての表示態様を、その他の選手画像(ユーザが興味を持った選手画像以外の選手画像)に関する選手画像の画像データについての表示態様と異ならせることとしてもよいし、又は(2)その他の選手画像(ユーザが興味を持った選手画像以外の選手画像)に関する選手画像の画像データを折り畳むなどしてユーザの折り畳み解除操作が検出されるまで非表示とする表示態様とすることとしてもよい。(1)の例としては、ユーザが興味を持った選手画像に関する選手画像の画像データについて表示サイズを大きくしたり、選手画像の画像データを表示する部分の色を変化させたり、或いはユーザが興味を持った選手画像以外の選手画像に関する選手画像の画像データを表示する部分に対してマスク処理を施したりする例などが考えられる。このように、ユーザが興味を持った選手画像に関する選手画像の画像データを優先して表示することとしても、ユーザの閲覧負担を軽減することができると考えられる。
次に、第3実施形態の変形例について説明する。
第3実施形態においては、ユーザの興味度が高い選手画像を特定画像リストに登録している(図24、図27のステップS103)が、ユーザの興味度が高いか否かを、興味度が予め定められた所定の閾値より高いか否かにより判定していた(図24、図27のステップS102)。これに代わる変形例として、システム制御部507が、絞込処理(又はソート処理)において、全ての興味度算出対象画像について興味度を算出し、それぞれを比較してユーザの興味度が上位である選手画像を、ユーザの興味度が高い選手画像として特定画像リストに登録することとしてもよい。ユーザの興味度が上位である選手画像とは、例えば、上位3画像であってもよいし、興味度算出対象画像において上位2割に含まれる画像であってもよい。なお、ユーザの興味度が上位である選手画像であっても、興味度が所定の閾値に達していない場合には特定画像リストに登録しないこととしてもよい。
また変形例として、システム制御部507が、吹き出し630内に、選択された選手画像611と対応付けられているキーワードを表示することとしてもよい。
第3実施形態においては、画像DB5051に登録されている全選手画像を初期の表示対象の画像としている。これに代わる変形例として、システム制御部507が、画像表示アプリが起動された際に、ユーザに検索条件を入力させ、検索条件に従って選手画像を検索し、該当する選手画像のみを初期の表示対象の画像とすることとしてもよい。
第1実施形態におけるショッピングサーバ1の記憶部15に構築されている各種データベースを、記憶部505に構築することにより、第1実施形態における検索結果ページ(図4参照)の表示に関する処理を表示装置500のみで行うこととしてもよい。具体的には、ショッピングサーバ1のシステム制御部20、ユーザ端末2のシステム制御部36が行う検索結果ページ(図4参照)の表示に関する処理を、表示装置500のシステム制御部507が行うこととする。すなわち、絞込処理(図6)又はソート処理(図11)もシステム制御部507が行うこととする。なお、この場合、上述した第1実施形態に対する変形例を適用することとしてもよい。
また、第2実施形態におけるショッピングサーバ1の記憶部15に構築されている各種データベースを、記憶部505に構築することにより、第2実施形態における検索結果ページ(図15参照)の表示に関する処理を表示装置500のみで行うこととしてもよい。具体的には、ショッピングサーバ1のシステム制御部20、ユーザ端末2のシステム制御部36が行う検索結果ページ(図15、図18参照)の表示に関する処理を、表示装置500のシステム制御部507が行うこととする。すなわち、絞込処理(図17)又はソート処理(図20)もシステム制御部507が行うこととする。なお、この場合、上述した第2実施形態に対する変形例を適用することとしてもよい。
システム制御部507は、図24又は図27のステップ106の処理において関連キーワードを取得するにあたり、ステップS105の処理で抽出した選手画像の画像IDに基づいてキーワードDB5052を検索して、画像IDと対応付けられているキーワードを取得するのみならず、シソーラスDBを参照し、画像IDと対応付けられているキーワードの類義語を関連キーワードとして取得することしてもよい。なお、シソーラスDBは、記憶部505に設けることとしてもよいし、表示装置500以外の装置の記憶部に記憶されているものを参照することとしてもよい。
次に、第4実施形態について、図28乃至図30を用いて説明する。上述した第1、第2実施形態では、検索条件を満たす該当商品をリスト形式或いはスライドショー形式で表示したのに対し、以下に説明する第4実施形態では、検索条件を満たす画像をリスト形式又はスライドショー形式で表示することを特徴とする。
画像提供サーバ1Aの記憶部15Aは、例えば、ハードディスクドライブ等により構成されており、各種プログラム及びデータ等を記憶するようになっている。記憶部15Aには、画像キーワードDB106A等の各種データベースが構築されている。
次に、画像提供サーバ1Aにおいて、ユーザにより入力された検索条件に基づいて画像が検索された場合における検索結果の表示態様について、図28を用いて説明する。
次に、図29を用いて検索結果ページ700を表示する際の画像提供システムSAの動作概要を説明する。
なお、ここでは、ユーザが興味を持った画像に関連する画像の画像データに該当画像を絞り込む場合について説明したが、表示順を変更し、ユーザが興味を持った画像に関連する画像の画像データを優先して表示することとしてもよい。具体的には、図29のステップS205Bにおいて、絞込処理の代わりにソート処理を行う。ここで、ソート処理の内容を、図30を用いて説明する。ステップS301~ステップS305の処理は絞込処理と同様であるので説明を省略する。ステップS306の処理において、システム制御部20Aは、ステップS305の処理で抽出した画像に対応付けられているキーワード(「ソート用キーワード」という)を取得する。次いで、ステップS307において、システム制御部20Aは、取得したソート用キーワードに基づいて表示対象の画像の表示順を並び替える。具体的には、システム制御部20Aは、各該当画像について対応付けられているキーワードを画像キーワードDB104Aから取得する。そして、ソート用キーワードと同じキーワードが対応付けられている画像の表示順が上位となるようにソート順を更新し、更新したソート順に基づいて該当画像の表示順を決定する(すなわち、該当画像をソートする)。また、複数のソート用キーワードが取得された場合において、それらのキーワードのうち複数のキーワードが対応付けられている画像があった場合には、その数が多い画像ほど表示順をより上位とする。なお、更新したソート順に基づいて該当画像の表示順を決定する際、同条件の画像が複数ある場合には、それらの画像間における表示順は任意である(例えば、ソート順(初期)に従うこととしてもよい)。
また、第4実施形態では、検索結果ページにおいて表示する該当画像の画像データを、ユーザが興味を持った画像に関する画像(ユーザが興味を持った画像と同じキーワードを持つ画像)の画像データに絞り込んで表示することとしているが、これに代えて、(1)ユーザが興味を持った画像に関する画像の画像データについての表示態様を、その他の画像(ユーザが興味を持った画像以外の画像)に関する画像の画像データについての表示態様と異ならせることとしてもよいし、又は(2)その他の画像(ユーザが興味を持った画像以外の画像)に関する画像の画像データを折り畳むなどしてユーザの折り畳み解除操作が検出されるまで非表示とする表示態様とすることとしてもよい。(1)の例としては、ユーザが興味を持った画像に関する画像の画像データについて表示サイズを大きくしたり、画像データを表示する部分の色を変化させたり、或いはユーザが興味を持った画像以外の画像に関する画像の画像データを表示する部分に対してマスク処理を施したりする例などが考えられる。このように、ユーザが興味を持った画像に関する画像の画像データを優先して表示することとしても、ユーザの閲覧負担を軽減することができると考えられる。
[4.6.変形例]
第1実施形態において説明した変形例を、第4実施形態にも適用することができる。
[4.6.1.拡大画像731の表示時間に基づく算出方法]
拡大画像731の表示時間は、ユーザの興味が高い画像に対応する拡大画像731ほど長くなると推測される。そこで、拡大画像731の表示時間に基づいて、各該当画像に対するユーザの興味度を算出することができる。この変形例によれば、検索結果ページにて表示する画像の画像データを、閲覧時間が長くユーザの興味度が高かった画像と同じキーワードが紐付いている画像の画像データに絞り込むことができる。また、ユーザが興味を持った画像に関する画像の画像データを優先して表示する場合であれば、閲覧時間が長くユーザの興味度が高かった画像と同じキーワードが紐付いている画像の画像データを優先して表示することができる。
絞込処理の対象から既に検索結果ページにて表示した画像を除外することができる。システム制御部20Aが、絞込処理の対象から既に検索結果ページにて表示した画像を除外することにより、ユーザが同じ画像を何度も確認することがなく、ユーザの閲覧負担を軽減することができる。
ソート処理の対象から既に検索結果ページにて表示した画像を除外することができる。システム制御部20Aが、ソート処理の対象から既に検索結果ページにて表示した画像を除外することにより、ユーザが同じ画像を何度も確認する必要がなく、ユーザの閲覧負担を軽減することができる。
ユーザの期待通りに絞り込みが行われていないと判定した場合に、絞り込みを解除するようにする。絞込処理(図29のステップS205B)により絞り込まれた画像が検索結果ページにて表示されてから、所定時間(例えば、15秒)内に、次ページ表示操作が行われた場合には、絞込処理による絞り込みが期待通りではなかったと考えることができる。そこで、変形例として、絞込処理により絞り込んだ画像を検索結果ページに表示させてから、所定時間(例えば、15秒)内に次ページ表示操作が行われた場合には、システム制御部20が、直前の絞込処理を行う前の状態の該当画像を一覧で示す検索結果ページを表示させることとする。直前の絞込処理を行う前の状態の該当画像とは、直前の絞込処理が初回の絞込処理であれば、検索処理(ステップS12B)により検索された画像である。また、直前の絞込処理がn(2以上の自然数)回目以降の絞込処理であれば、「n-1」回目の絞込処理にて絞り込まれた画像である。なお、直前の絞込処理を行う前の状態ではなく、全く絞込処理を行う前の状態に戻すこととしてもよい。この変形例により、ユーザの意図にそぐわない形で絞り込まれてしまった画像の表示が継続することを回避できる。
第1実施形態の変形例と同様に、絞込用キーワードが複数ある場合に、絞込用キーワードと同じキーワードが全て対応付けられている画像に該当画像を絞り込む構成としてもよい。
第1実施形態の変形例と同様に、複数のソート用キーワードが取得された場合に(図30のステップS306)、より多くのソート用キーワードが対応付けられている画像を優先して表示させる(ステップS307)構成となっている。この変形例として、予め各画像についてジャンル毎にキーワードを対応付けておき、ユーザが興味を示した画像とジャンルに基づいて該当画像の表示順を決定する構成としてもよい。
第1実施形態の変形例と同様に、絞込処理後における、検索結果ページにて画像を表示する際の画像の表示順をユーザの興味度が高い順とすることとしてもよい。
第1実施形態の変形例と同様に、システム制御部20が、絞込処理(又はソート処理)において全ての興味度算出対象画像について興味度を算出し、それぞれを比較してユーザの興味度が上位である画像を、ユーザの興味度が高い画像として特定画像リストに登録することとしてもよい。ユーザの興味度が上位である画像とは、例えば、上位3画像であってもよいし、興味度算出対象画像において上位2割に含まれる画像であってもよい。なお、ユーザの興味度が上位である画像であっても、興味度が所定の閾値に達していない場合には特定画像リストに登録しないこととしてもよい。この変形例によれば、ユーザの興味度が高かった画像に対応するキーワードが対応付けられている画像に、該当画像が絞り込まれることから、ユーザに負担を強いることなく、該当画像をユーザの興味のある画像に絞り込むことができる。また、ユーザが興味を持った画像に関する画像の画像データを優先して表示する場合であれば、ユーザの興味度が高かった画像に対応するキーワードが対応付けられている画像の画像データを優先して表示することができる。したがって、ユーザは何ら負担なく、興味のある画像の画像データを優先して取得することができる。
画像キーワードDB104Aは、画像提供サーバ1Aの管理者が生成することとしてもよいし、また、画像提供サーバ1Aのシステム制御部20Aが生成することとしてもよい。後者について詳述すると、システム制御部20Aは、例えば、定期的にインターネットを介してアクセス可能なWebページから、当該Webページに含まれる画像、画像ID、及び当該画像のタグ情報(例えば、メタデータ:metadetaなど)を取得し、それぞれを対応付けて画像キーワードDB104Aに登録することができる。
システム制御部20Aは、次結果リクエストを受信した際に(図29のステップS204B:YES)絞込処理又はソート処理を実行しているが、これに代えて、一の検索結果ページにおいて、所定数の該当画像711が選択(クリック)された際に、絞込処理又はソート処理を実行することとしてもよい。例えば、ユーザ端末2のシステム制御部36が、2つの該当画像711が選択された場合に、このことを示す情報を画像提供サーバ1Aに送信することとし、当該情報を受信した画像提供サーバ1Aのシステム制御部20Aは、絞込処理又はソート処理を実行し、次に次結果リクエストを受信した場合に、絞込処理又はソート処理がなされた状態の検索結果ページをユーザ端末2に送信する。このとき、システム制御部20Aは、選択された2つの該当画像711にそれぞれ対応する関連キーワードを取得することとし、共通する関連キーワードが存在する場合に、当該共通する関連キーワードに基づいて、絞り込み又はソートを行うことができる。なお、ここでは、所定数の例として2つ場合について説明したが、所定数は3つ以上であってもよい。
システム制御部20Aは、図30のステップ306の処理において関連キーワードを取得するにあたり、ステップS305の処理で抽出した画像の画像IDに基づいて画像キーワードDB106Aを検索して、画像IDと対応付けられているキーワードを取得するのみならず、シソーラスDBを参照し、画像IDと対応付けられているキーワードの類義語を関連キーワードとして取得することしてもよい。なお、シソーラスDBは、記憶部15Aに設けることとしてもよいし、画像提供サーバ1A以外の装置の記憶部に記憶されているものを参照することとしてもよい。
次に、第5実施形態について、図31乃至図32を用いて説明する。上述した第1実施形態では、ショッピングサーバ1が検索条件を満たす、ショッピングサイト内で取り扱われる該当商品を検索結果ページに表示したのに対し、以下に説明する第5実施形態では、検索システムSBにおける検索サーバ1Bが、インターネット上における検索条件を満たす、例えば、WebページやWebサイトなどのWeb上の情報(以下、Web情報)を検索結果ページに表示することを特徴とする。なお、以下では、基本的に検索結果ページに検索条件を満たすWebページに関する情報を表示する場合について説明することとし、検索条件を満たすWebページを「該当Webページ」と呼ぶこととする。
先ず、第5実施形態における検索システムSBの構成及び概要機能について説明する。検索システムSB(「情報提供システム」の一例)は、検索サーバ1B(「サーバ装置」の一例)と、複数のユーザ端末2(「端末装置」の一例)と、を含んで構成されている。そして、検索サーバ1Bと各ユーザ端末2とは、ネットワークNWを介して、相互にデータの送受信が可能になっている。このような構成の検索システムSBにおいて、検索サーバ1Bは、ユーザ端末2からの検索リクエストに応じて、インターネット上におけるWeb情報を検索条件に基づいて検索し、検索結果を表示する検索結果ページをユーザ端末2に送信するサーバである。ユーザ端末2は、WebページやWebサイトなどのWeb情報を検索する際にユーザにより使用される端末装置である。
次に、検索サーバ1Bの構成について、図2等を用いて説明する。
次に、検索システムSBにおいて、該当Webページが検索された場合における検索結果の表示態様について、図32を用いて説明する。
次に、検索結果ページを表示する際の検索システムSBの動作概要を説明する。第5実施形態における検索システムSBの動作は、図5及び図6を用いて説明した第1実施形態におけるショッピングシステムSの動作例と類似するので、図5及び図6を用いて第5実施形態における検索システムSBの動作について説明する。このとき、図5におけるショッピングサーバ1を検索サーバ1Bと、又、詳細ページを該当Webページとそれぞれ読み替えることとし、図6におけるショッピングサーバ1を検索サーバ1Bと、又、商品をWebページとそれぞれ読み替えることとする。
また、第5実施形態においても、第1実施形態と同様に、ユーザが興味を持ったWebページに関するWebページのWebページ情報を優先して表示することとしてもよい。すなわち、ユーザが検索結果ページを閲覧している際の操作内容に基づいて、ユーザが興味を持ったWebページを特定し、検索結果ページにおいて該当WebページのWebページ情報を表示する際、特定したWebページに関するWebページの表示順を上位とすることとしてもよい。なお、このように、検索システムSBが該当Webページの並び替え(ソート)を行う際の動作についても、図9乃至図13を用いて説明した第1実施形態におけるショッピングシステムSBが該当商品の並び替え(ソート)を行う際の動作と類似するので、詳細な説明を省略する。また、図32に示す検索結果ページ内に、図9におけるソート結果表示エリア240を設け、図13を用いて説明したような情報を表示することとしてもよい。
また、第1実施形態では、検索結果ページにおいて表示する該当WebページのWebページ情報を、ユーザが興味を持ったWebページに関するWebページ(ユーザが興味を持ったWebページと同じキーワードを持つWebページ)のWebページ情報に絞り込んで表示することとしているが、これに代えて、(1)ユーザが興味を持ったWebページに関するWebページのWebページ情報についての表示態様を、その他のWebページ(ユーザが興味を持ったWebページ以外のWebページ)に関するWebページのWebページ情報についての表示態様と異ならせることとしてもよいし、又は(2)その他のWebページ(ユーザが興味を持ったWebページ以外のWebページ)に関するWebページのWebページ情報を折り畳むなどしてユーザの折り畳み解除操作が検出されるまで非表示とする表示態様とすることとしてもよい。(1)の例としては、ユーザが興味を持ったWebページに関するWebページのWebページ情報について表示文字サイズを大きくしたり、Webページ情報を表示する部分の文字又は背景色の色を変化させたり、或いはユーザが興味を持ったWebページ以外のWebページに関するWebページのWebページ情報を表示する部分に対してマスク処理を施したりする例などが考えられる。このように、ユーザが興味を持ったWebページに関するWebページのWebページ情報を優先して表示することとしても、ユーザの閲覧負担を軽減することができると考えられる。
次に、第5実施形態の変形例について説明する。
まず、ユーザの興味度算出方法に関する変形例について説明する。
検索結果ページにWebページ毎に表示されるタイトルリンク411のうち、ユーザが興味のあるWebページに対応するタイトルリンク411ほど先に選択されると推測される。そこで、タイトルリンク411が選択された順序に基づいて、各該当Webページに対するユーザの興味度を算出することができる。例えば、システム制御部20が、1番目に選択されたタイトルリンク411に対応するWebページに対する興味度を5ポイント、2番目に選択されたタイトルリンク411に対応するWebページに対する興味度を4ポイント、・・・、5番目に選択されたタイトルリンク411に対応するWebページに対する興味度を1ポイント、というように、タイトルリンク411の選択順が早いWebページほど高い興味度を設定することとする。これにより、検索結果ページにて表示するWebページ情報を、タイトルリンク411に対する操作順序が早くユーザの興味度が高かったWebページと同じキーワードが紐付いているWebページのWebページ情報に絞り込むことができる。また、ユーザが興味を持ったWebページに関するWebページのWebページ情報を優先して表示する場合であれば、タイトルリンク411に対する操作順序が早くユーザの興味度が高かったWebページと同じキーワードが紐付いているWebページのWebページ情報を優先して表示することができる。
各該当Webページの表示時間は、ユーザの興味が高い該当Webページほど長くなると推測される。そこで、各該当Webページの表示時間に基づいて、各該当Webページに対するユーザの興味度を算出することができる。例えば、システム制御部20Bが、該当Webページの表示時間30秒につき、対応する該当Webページの興味度を1ポイントずつ加算することとする。
第1実施形態の変形例と同様に、絞込処理の対象から既に検索結果ページにて表示した該当Webページを除外することとしてもよい。システム制御部20Bが、絞込処理の対象から既に検索結果ページにて表示した該当Webページを除外することにより、ユーザが同じ該当Webページを何度も確認することがなく、ユーザの閲覧負担を軽減することができる。
第1実施形態の変形例と同様に、ソート処理の対象から既に検索結果ページにて表示した該当Webページを除外することとしてもよい。システム制御部20Bが、ソート処理の対象から既に検索結果ページにて表示した該当Webページを除外することにより、ユーザが同じ該当Webページを何度も確認する必要がなく、ユーザの閲覧負担を軽減することができる。
第1実施形態の変形例と同様に、ユーザの期待通りに絞り込みが行われていないと判定した場合に、絞り込みを解除することとしてもよい。この変形例により、ユーザの意図にそぐわない形で絞り込まれてしまったWebページの表示が継続することを回避できる。
第1実施形態の変形例と同様に、絞込用キーワードが複数ある場合に、絞込用キーワードと同じキーワードが全て対応付けられているWebページに該当Webページを絞り込む構成としてもよい。また、予め各Webページについてジャンル毎にキーワードを対応付けておき、ユーザが興味を示したWebページとジャンルに基づいて絞込用キーワードを取得し、取得した絞込キーワードで該当Webページを絞り込む構成としてもよい。
第1実施形態の変形例と同様に、予め各Webページについてジャンル毎にキーワードを対応付けておき、ユーザが興味を示したWebページとジャンルに基づいて該当Webページの表示順を決定する構成としてもよい。
第1実施形態の変形例と同様に、絞込処理後における、検索結果ページにて該当Webページを表示する際の該当Webページの表示順をユーザの興味度が高い順とすることとしてもよい。
第1実施形態の変形例と同様に、システム制御部20Bが、絞込処理(又はソート処理)において全ての興味度算出対象Webページについて興味度を算出し、それぞれを比較してユーザの興味度が上位である該当Webページを、ユーザの興味度が高い該当Webページとして特定Webページリストに登録することとしてもよい。ユーザの興味度が上位であるWebページとは、例えば、上位3つの該当Webページであってもよいし、興味度算出対象Webページにおいて上位2割に含まれる該当Webページであってもよい。なお、ユーザの興味度が上位である該当Webページであっても、興味度が所定の閾値に達していない場合には特定Webページリストに登録しないこととしてもよい。この変形例によれば、ユーザの興味度が高かった該当Webページに対応するキーワードが対応付けられている該当Webページに、該当Webページが絞り込まれることから、ユーザに負担を強いることなく、該当Webページをユーザの興味のある該当Webページに絞り込むことができる。また、ユーザが興味を持った該当Webページに関する該当WebページのWebページ情報を優先して表示する場合であれば、ユーザの興味度が高かった該当Webページに対応するキーワードが対応付けられている該当WebページのWebページ情報を優先して表示することができる。したがって、ユーザは何ら負担なく、興味のある該当WebページのWebページ情報を優先して取得することができる。
[5.7.7.絞込処理、ソート処理の実行時期]
第1実施形態の変形例と同様に、システム制御部20Bは、復帰リクエストを受信した際に(図5、図10のステップS16B:YES)絞込処理又はソート処理を実行することとしてもよい。この場合、絞込処理又はソート処理がなされた状態の検索結果ページが、ユーザ端末2に送信される。
システム制御部20Bは、図6又は図11のステップ36の処理において関連キーワードを取得するにあたり、ステップS35の処理で抽出したWebページのWebページURLに基づいてWebページ情報DB107Bを検索して、WebページURLと対応付けられているキーワードを取得するのみならず、シソーラスDBを参照し、WebページURLと対応付けられているキーワードの類義語を関連キーワードとして取得することしてもよい。なお、シソーラスDBは、記憶部15に設けることとしてもよいし、検索サーバ1B以外の装置の記憶部に設けられているものを参照することとしてもよい。
以上説明したように、第1実施形態又は第2実施形態におけるショッピングサーバ1によれば、記憶部15(「記憶手段」の一例)が商品DB103と、キーワードDB104を記憶し、システム制御部20が、該当商品(表示対象の商品)の商品情報を表示させる検索結果ページ(「第1表示データ」の一例)をユーザ端末2に送信し、ユーザ端末2により該当商品の商品情報が表示されている際のユーザの操作内容を示すユーザ操作情報をユーザ端末2から受信し、受信したユーザ操作情報に基づいてユーザ端末2により表示された商品に対するユーザの興味度を算出し、算出したユーザの興味度が所定の閾値より高い商品を特定し、特定した商品に対応するキーワードを記憶部15から取得し、表示対象の該当商品を取得したキーワードと同じキーワードが対応付けられている商品に絞り込み、絞り込んだ該当商品の商品情報を表示させる検索結果ページ(「第2表示データ」の一例)をユーザ端末2に送信する。
11 ショッピングサーバ/操作部
12 ショッピングサーバ/表示部
13 ショッピングサーバ/通信部
14 ショッピングサーバ/ドライブ部
15 ショッピングサーバ/記憶部
16 ショッピングサーバ/入出力インターフェース
17 ショッピングサーバ/CPU
18 ショッピングサーバ/ROM
19 ショッピングサーバ/RAM
20 ショッピングサーバ/システム制御部
21 ショッピングサーバ/システムバス
101 会員DB
102 店舗DB
103 商品DB
104 キーワードDB
105 会員利用DB
2 ユーザ端末
31 ユーザ端末/操作部
32 ユーザ端末/表示部
33 ユーザ端末/通信部
34 ユーザ端末/記憶部
35 ユーザ端末/入出力インターフェース
36a ユーザ端末/CPU
36b ユーザ端末/ROM
36c ユーザ端末/RAM
36 ユーザ端末/システム制御部
37 ユーザ端末/システムバス
NW ネットワーク
S ショッピングシステム
500 表示装置
501 表示装置/操作部
502 表示装置/表示部
503 表示装置/通信部
504 表示装置/ドライブ部
505 表示装置/記憶部
506 表示装置/入出力インターフェース
507a 表示装置/CPU
507b 表示装置/ROM
507c 表示装置/RAM
507 表示装置/システム制御部
508 表示装置/システムバス
5051 画像DB
5052 キーワードDB
1A 画像提供サーバ
11A 画像提供サーバ/操作部
12A 画像提供サーバ/表示部
13A 画像提供サーバ/通信部
14A 画像提供サーバ/ドライブ部
15A 画像提供サーバ/記憶部
16A 画像提供サーバ/入出力インターフェース
17A 画像提供サーバ/CPU
18A 画像提供サーバ/ROM
19A 画像提供サーバ/RAM
20A 画像提供サーバ/システム制御部
21A 画像提供サーバ/システムバス
104A 画像キーワードDB
SA 画像提供システム
1B 検索サーバ
11B 検索サーバ/操作部
12B 検索サーバ/表示部
13B 検索サーバ/通信部
14B 検索サーバ/ドライブ部
15B 検索サーバ/記憶部
16B 検索サーバ/入出力インターフェース
17B 検索サーバ/CPU
18B 検索サーバ/ROM
19B 検索サーバ/RAM
20B 検索サーバ/システム制御部
21B 検索サーバ/システムバス
104B Webページ情報DB107B
SB 検索システム
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- ユーザにより認識可能な対象の情報を記憶する記憶手段を参照して第1表示データを生成する第1表示データ生成手段と、
前記生成された第1表示データを端末装置に送信する第1送信手段と、
前記端末装置に表示されている前記第1表示データに対するユーザ操作情報を、前記端末装置から受信する受信手段と、
前記受信されたユーザ操作情報に基づいて前記第1表示データにより表示される情報に対応する対象に対するユーザの興味度を算出する算出手段と、
前記算出されたユーザの興味度が所定の条件を満たす対象を特定する特定手段と、
前記特定された対象の情報の少なくとも一部を、他の対象の情報に含む当該他の対象を優先して第2表示データを生成する第2表示データ生成手段と、
前記生成された第2表示データを前記端末装置に送信する第2送信手段と、
を備えることを特徴とするサーバ装置。 - 請求項1に記載のサーバ装置であって、
前記第2表示データ生成手段は、前記特定された対象の情報の少なくとも一部に基づいて、前記第1表示データに含まれる前記対象の情報を絞り込み、当該絞り込まれた対象の情報を含む前記第2表示データを生成することを特徴とするサーバ装置。 - 請求項1に記載のサーバ装置であって、
前記第2表示データ生成手段は、前記特定された対象の情報の少なくとも一部に基づいて、前記第1表示データに含まれる前記対象の情報の表示順を並べ替えて前記第2表示データを生成することを特徴とするサーバ装置。 - 請求項1に記載のサーバ装置であって、
前記第2表示データ生成手段は、前記特定された対象の情報の少なくとも一部に基づいて、前記第1表示データに含まれる前記対象の情報の表示態様を決定し、決定した表示態様に基づいて前記第2表示データを生成することを特徴とするサーバ装置。 - 請求項1乃至4の何れか一項に記載のサーバ装置であって、
前記特定手段は、前記算出された興味度が所定の閾値より高い対象を特定し、
前記第2表示データ生成手段は、前記特定された対象の情報の少なくとも一部を、他の対象の情報に含む当該他の対象を優先して第2表示データを生成することを特徴とするサーバ装置。 - 請求項1乃至4の何れか一項に記載のサーバ装置であって、
前記特定手段は、前記算出された興味度が所定の閾値より低い対象を特定し、
前記第2表示データ生成手段は、前記特定された対象の情報の少なくとも一部を、他の対象の情報に含む当該他の対象以外の対象を優先して第2表示データを生成することを特徴とするサーバ装置。 - 請求項1乃至4の何れか一項に記載のサーバ装置であって、
前記特定手段は、前記算出手段により2以上の対象に対するユーザの興味度が算出された場合に、算出された各興味度を比較してユーザの興味度が上位である対象を特定し、
前記第2表示データ生成手段は、前記特定された対象を優先して第2表示データを生成することを特徴とするサーバ装置。 - 請求項1乃至7の何れか一項に記載のサーバ装置であって、
前記第1表示データは、前記対象の関連情報を表示させるためのリンク情報をさらに含み、
前記受信手段は、前記リンク情報に対するユーザの操作内容を含むユーザ操作情報を受信し、
前記算出手段は、前記受信したユーザ操作情報に基づいて、操作対象の前記リンク情報に対応する対象に対するユーザの興味度を算出することを特徴とするサーバ装置。 - 請求項1乃至7の何れか一項に記載のサーバ装置であって、
前記受信手段は、前記第1表示データに対するユーザ操作に基づいて、前記表示されている対象の情報の表示時間を受信し、
前記算出手段は、前記受信した表示時間に基づいて、前記表示されている対象に対するユーザの興味度を算出することを特徴とするサーバ装置。 - 請求項1乃至9の何れか一項に記載のサーバ装置であって、
前記第1表示データは、前記対象の情報を所定件数単位で表示させ、
前記受信手段は、次の所定件数分の情報の取得要求と、前記端末装置に表示されている前記第1表示データに対するユーザの操作内容を含む前記ユーザ操作情報とを前記端末装置から受信することを特徴とするサーバ装置。 - 請求項1乃至10の何れか一項に記載のサーバ装置であって、
前記第2表示データ生成手段は、前記第1表示データにより既に情報が表示された対象を除外した第2表示データを生成することを特徴とするサーバ装置。 - 請求項1乃至11の何れか一項に記載のサーバ装置であって、
前記端末装置に表示されている前記第1表示データに対するユーザ操作情報に基づいて対象の情報からキーワードを取得し、前記キーワードを当該対象の情報と対応付けて前記記憶手段に記憶させるキーワード生成手段を、
更に備え、
前記第2表示データ生成手段は、前記特定された対象の情報と対応付けられたキーワードを、他の対象の情報に含む当該他の対象を優先して第2表示データを生成することを特徴とするサーバ装置。 - サーバ装置による情報提供方法であって、
ユーザにより認識可能な対象の情報を記憶する記憶手段を参照して第1表示データを生成する第1表示データ生成工程と、
前記生成された第1表示データを端末装置に送信する第1送信工程と、
前記端末装置に表示されている前記第1表示データに対するユーザ操作情報を、前記端末装置から受信する受信工程と、
前記受信されたユーザ操作情報に基づいて前記第1表示データにより表示される情報に対応する対象に対するユーザの興味度を算出する算出工程と、
前記算出されたユーザの興味度が所定の条件を満たす対象を特定する特定工程と、
前記特定された対象の情報の少なくとも一部を、他の対象の情報に含む当該他の対象を優先して第2表示データを生成する第2表示データ生成工程と、
前記生成された第2表示データを前記端末装置に送信する第2送信工程と、
を含むことを特徴とする情報提供方法。 - コンピュータを、
ユーザにより認識可能な対象の情報を記憶する記憶手段を参照して第1表示データを生成する第1表示データ生成手段、
前記生成された第1表示データを端末装置に送信する第1送信手段、
前記端末装置に表示されている前記第1表示データに対するユーザ操作情報を、前記端末装置から受信する受信手段、
前記受信されたユーザ操作情報に基づいて前記第1表示データにより表示される情報に対応する対象に対するユーザの興味度を算出する算出手段、
前記算出されたユーザの興味度が所定の条件を満たす対象を特定する特定手段、
前記特定された対象の情報の少なくとも一部を、他の対象の情報に含む当該他の対象を優先して第2表示データを生成する第2表示データ生成手段、
前記生成された第2表示データを前記端末装置に送信する第2送信手段、
として機能させることを特徴とする情報提供プログラム。 - コンピュータを、
ユーザにより認識可能な対象の情報を記憶する記憶手段を参照して第1表示データを生成する第1表示データ生成手段、
前記生成された第1表示データを端末装置に送信する第1送信手段、
前記端末装置に表示されている前記第1表示データに対するユーザ操作情報を、前記端末装置から受信する受信手段、
前記受信されたユーザ操作情報に基づいて前記第1表示データにより表示される情報に対応する対象に対するユーザの興味度を算出する算出手段、
前記算出されたユーザの興味度が所定の条件を満たす対象を特定する特定手段、
前記特定された対象の情報の少なくとも一部を、他の対象の情報に含む当該他の対象を優先して第2表示データを生成する第2表示データ生成手段、
前記生成された第2表示データを前記端末装置に送信する第2送信手段、
として機能させる情報提供プログラムがコンピュータ読み取り可能に記録されていることを特徴とする記録媒体。 - 端末装置と、当該端末装置がネットワークを介してアクセス可能なサーバ装置とを備える情報提供システムであって、
前記サーバ装置は、
ユーザにより認識可能な対象の情報を記憶する記憶手段を参照して第1表示データを生成する第1表示データ生成手段と、
前記生成された第1表示データを端末装置に送信する第1送信手段と、
前記端末装置に表示されている前記第1表示データに対するユーザ操作情報を、前記端末装置から受信する受信手段と、
前記受信されたユーザ操作情報に基づいて前記第1表示データにより表示される情報に対応する対象に対するユーザの興味度を算出する算出手段と、
前記算出されたユーザの興味度が所定の条件を満たす対象を特定する特定手段と、
前記特定された対象の情報の少なくとも一部を、他の対象の情報に含む当該他の対象を優先して第2表示データを生成する第2表示データ生成手段と、
前記生成された第2表示データを前記端末装置に送信する第2送信手段と、
を備え、
前記端末装置は、
前記第1送信手段により送信された第1表示データを受信する第1受信手段と、
前記第1受信手段により受信された第1表示データを表示部に表示させる第1表示制御手段と、
前記表示部に表示されている前記第1表示データに対するユーザ操作情報を前記サーバ装置に送信する送信手段と、
前記第2送信手段により送信された第2表示データを受信する第2受信手段と、
前記第2受信手段により受信された第2表示データを表示部に表示させる第2表示制御手段と、
を備えることを特徴とする情報提供システム。
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