WO2013085015A1

WO2013085015A1 - Content activity support device, method, and program

Info

Publication number: WO2013085015A1
Application number: PCT/JP2012/081720
Authority: WO
Inventors: 大金友
Original assignee: 日本電気株式会社
Priority date: 2011-12-06
Filing date: 2012-11-30
Publication date: 2013-06-13
Also published as: JPWO2013085015A1

Abstract

Problems To provide a content activity support device for enabling a user to easily select and browse by selecting a display image of the content without accessing browsed content again from the Web server. Solution Means A content activity support device of the present invention includes a content storage means for associating the content information that is a collection of data comprising the content with special information including information specifying the content, a display image storage means that associates the display image that is the image generated from the content information to the special information and stores the image, a display image generation means that generates the display image from the content information stored in the content storage means, a link means that associates the generated display image with the special information corresponding to the content information and stores the image in the display image storage means, and a content provision means that outputs the display image stored by the display image storage means to the active terminal, and reads out the content information corresponding to the selected display image from the content storage means and sends the information to the active terminal.

Description

Content utilization support apparatus, method, and program

The present invention relates to a content utilization support apparatus, method, and program.

There are cases where it is desired to browse the web contents once browsed again in order to remember the contents, or to introduce to the other party of the call using a communication service. Non-Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for caching Web content once browsed in a proxy server. With the technique of Non-Patent Document 1, once a Web content has been browsed, it can be browsed without accessing the website again.
Patent Document 1 describes a technique for browsing again the contents of Web content once browsed. The WEB page browser described in Patent Literature 1 stores an image generation unit that converts a display image of a browsed WEB page into an image when the user browses the WEB page, and stores the generated image together with a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) and time. Including a data storage unit. When the user browses the Web page in which the image is stored again, when the user selects the URL of the WEB page that was previously browsed from the bookmark of the WEB page browser, the image of the WEB page corresponding to the selected URL is displayed. The WEB page display unit displays in time series.
Patent Document 2 discloses a web content browsing information display that allows a user to select a web content while referring to a thumbnail image obtained by reducing an image of a display area of each web content browsed in the past and a trimmed image that is a part of the thumbnail image. An apparatus is described. A content image generation unit included in the web content browsing information display device of Patent Literature 2 generates a thumbnail image by cutting out and reducing an image corresponding to the display area from an image displaying the entire web content. In addition, the content image generation unit generates a trimmed image by cutting out an image of an area that is presumed to be particularly noticed by the user. The browsing history screen generation unit of the Web content browsing information display device displays the title, URL, browsing date, thumbnail image, and trimmed image side by side, and allows the user to select the Web content while viewing the displayed content.

JP 2003-345826 A WO2007 / 116705

With the technology of Non-Patent Document 1, it is not possible to know what kind of content it is without accessing the proxy server again.
In the techniques of Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, a display image when a user browses Web content is stored in the apparatus, but the Web content itself is not stored in the apparatus. Therefore, with the techniques of Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2, the user cannot browse the content once browsed without accessing the Web server again. Therefore, in the techniques of Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2, the user cannot browse the content once browsed by selecting the display image at the time of browsing without accessing the Web server again.
An object of the present invention is to provide a content utilization support device that allows a user to easily select, browse, and use the content once browsed by selecting a display image of the content without accessing the Web server again. Is to provide. Examples of content use include text cut-and-paste, and storing only important images of content that constitutes Web content.

The content utilization support apparatus of the present invention includes content storage means for storing content information, which is a set of data constituting content, in association with specific information including information for specifying the content, and an image generated from the content information. Display image storage means for storing a display image in association with the specific information, display image generation means for generating the display image from the content information stored in the content storage means, and the generated display image Linking means for storing in the display image storage means in association with the specific information corresponding to the content information, and outputting the display image stored in the display image storage means to a utilization terminal for the selected display Read the content information corresponding to the image from the content storage means, And a content providing means for signal.
The content utilization support method of the present invention stores content information, which is a set of data constituting content, in content storage means in association with specific information including information for specifying the content, and an image generated from the content information. A display image is stored in display image storage means in association with the specific information, the display image is generated from the content information stored in the content storage means, and the generated display image is used as the content information. The display image storage unit stores the display image in association with the corresponding specific information, the display image stored in the display image storage unit is output to a utilization terminal, and the content information corresponding to the selected display image is output. Read from the content storage means and transmit to the utilization terminal.
The content utilization support program of the present invention generates a computer from a content storage means for storing content information, which is a set of data constituting content, in association with specific information including information for specifying the content, and the content information A display image storage means for storing the display image in association with the specific information; a display image generation means for generating the display image from the content information stored in the content storage means; A link means for storing the display image in the display image storage means in association with the specific information corresponding to the content information, and the display image stored in the display image storage means is output to the utilization terminal and selected. The content information corresponding to the display image is read from the content storage means. Out to operate as a content providing means for transmitting to said utilization terminal.

The present invention has an effect that the user can easily select, browse and use the content once browsed without accessing the Web server again by selecting the display image of the content.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a content utilization support system according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation at the time of content information storage of the content utilization support apparatus 1 of the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of information that associates content information with corresponding specific information. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information associating a display image with corresponding specific information. FIG. 5 is an example of information that associates the specific information corresponding to the content information after the update. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing operations of the content utilization support apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment and the content utilization support apparatus 1A according to the second and third embodiments when the stored content is utilized. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a content utilization support system according to the second embodiment. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the content utilization support apparatus 1A according to the second embodiment when receiving a storage instruction. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a browsing terminal 3B according to a modification of the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the content utilization support apparatus 1A according to the modification of the second embodiment when receiving a storage instruction. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the content utilization support apparatus 1B according to the third embodiment. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation at the time of content information storage of the content utilization support apparatus 1 according to the modification of the first embodiment.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a content utilization support system according to the first embodiment of this invention.
Referring to FIG. 1, the content utilization support system of the present embodiment includes a content utilization support device 1, a utilization terminal 2, and a browsing terminal 3. The content utilization support device 1 is connected to the utilization terminal 2, the browsing terminal 3, and the content providing device 4. Below, although the utilization terminal 2 and the browsing terminal 3 are demonstrated as a different terminal, the utilization terminal 2 and the browsing terminal 3 may be the same terminal.
The content utilization support apparatus 1 includes a content storage unit 10, a display image storage unit 11, a display image generation unit 12, a link unit 13, a content provision unit 14, and a relay unit 16.
The content storage unit 10 stores content information, which is a set of data constituting the content, and specific information including information for specifying the content in association with each other.
In the following description, the content is assumed to be Web content. In this case, the data constituting the content is, for example, a file described in HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) and data such as an image, sound, a moving image, and an animation referred to by the file. The data constituting the content includes data of a link destination of a hyperlink included in a file described in HTML. The data constituting the content does not necessarily include a file described in HTML. For example, a file referring to other data described in a language other than HTML may be included in the data constituting the content. Content information is a collection of these data.
The information specifying the content is, for example, a URL. Specific information should just contain URL and date, for example.
The display image storage unit 11 stores a display image, which is an image generated from content information, in association with specific information.
The display image generation unit 12 generates a display image from the content information stored in the content storage unit 10.
The display image generation unit 12 may generate a display image equivalent to the display screen on which the terminal displays the corresponding content from the content information. Note that the display image that is the result of rendering the content information of the content and the image that displays the content on the terminal are preferably the same. However, the pixel values of all the pixels of these images do not necessarily have to completely match. For example, due to differences in image formats, such as anti-aliasing processing and font shape differences in the display screen image generation process, or when the display image generation unit 12 generates an image in a format for irreversible compression. In addition, pixels having different pixel values may exist.
The link unit 13 stores the display image generated from the content information in the display image storage unit 11 in association with the specific information corresponding to the content information.
The content providing unit 14 outputs the display image stored in the display image storage unit 11 to the utilization terminal 2, reads the content information corresponding to the selected display image from the content storage unit 10, and transmits the content information to the terminal.
The relay unit 16 receives a browsing request including specific information from the utilization terminal 2. The relay unit 16 receives the content information of the content specified by the browsing request specifying information from the content providing device 4 that provides the content. The relay unit 16 transmits the received content information to the browsing terminal 3 and stores the content information in the content storage unit 10 in association with the specific information. The relay unit 16 causes the display image generation unit 12 to generate a display image of the stored content information. Further, the relay unit 16 causes the link unit 13 to store the display image in the display image storage unit 11 in association with the specific information. The relay part 16 should just be provided with the function of the proxy server.
The utilization terminal 2 includes a saved content acquisition unit 21 and a saved content display unit 22.
The browsing terminal 3 includes a content acquisition unit 31 and a content display unit 32.
The saved content acquisition unit 21 transmits a browsing request to the content providing unit 14 and receives one or more display images from the content providing unit 14. The saved content acquisition unit 21 may receive corresponding specific information in addition to the display image. The saved content acquisition unit 21 may transmit a browsing request according to a user instruction via an input unit (not shown). The saved content acquisition unit 21 transmits information specifying the display image selected by the user to the content providing unit 14. The information specifying the display image is, for example, specifying information corresponding to the display image. The saved content acquisition unit 21 receives content information corresponding to the display image selected by the user.
The saved content display unit 22 displays the received display image and allows the user to select a display image via an input unit (not shown). The stored content display unit 22 may display information for specifying the content included in the specific information in addition to the display image. The saved content display unit 22 displays the content represented by the content information received by the saved content acquisition unit 21.
The content acquisition unit 31 transmits a browsing request including specific information to the relay unit 16. The content acquisition unit 31 receives content information from the relay unit 16.
The content display unit 32 displays the content represented by the content information received by the content acquisition unit 31.
When the utilization terminal 2 and the browsing terminal 3 are the same terminal, the stored content acquisition unit 21 and the content acquisition unit 31, the stored content display unit 22, and the content display unit 32 may be the same constituent elements. Good.
Further, FIG. 1 illustrates a configuration in which the browsing terminal 3 communicates with the content providing apparatus 4 via the relay unit 16. In the following, the browsing terminal 3 communicates with the content providing apparatus 4 via the relay unit 16. An explanation will be given for the case of performing.
The content providing device 4 provides content to devices connected via a network. The content providing device 4 receives a transmission request including information specifying content from a device connected via a network, and transmits the content information of the content to the device. The transmission request may be a transmission request for each data constituting the content. The content providing device 4 is a device that constitutes a Web server or a Web site, for example. In the example of FIG. 1, only one content providing device 4 exists, but a plurality of content providing devices 4 may exist.
The content utilization support apparatus 1 is realized by the utilization terminal 2 and the browsing terminal 3 respectively by a computer and a program for controlling the computer, dedicated hardware, or a combination of the computer and the computer control program and dedicated hardware. Can do.
The display image generating unit 12, the link unit 13, the content providing unit 14, and the relay unit 16 are, for example, a dedicated program for realizing the function of each unit read into a memory from a recording medium that stores the program. It can be realized by a processor that executes the program. Further, the content storage unit 10 and the display image storage unit 11 can be realized by a memory or a hard disk device included in a computer. Alternatively, some or all of the content storage unit 10, the display image storage unit 11, the display image generation unit 12, the link unit 13, the content providing unit 14, and the relay unit 16 are dedicated to realize the functions of the respective units. This circuit can also be realized.
The stored content acquisition unit 21 and the stored content display unit 22 are realized by, for example, a dedicated program for realizing the function of each unit read from a recording medium storing the program into the memory and a processor that executes the program. can do. Alternatively, part or all of the stored content acquisition unit 21 and the stored content display unit 22 can be realized by a dedicated circuit that realizes the function of each unit.
The content acquisition unit 31 and the content display unit 32 are realized by, for example, a dedicated program for realizing the function of each unit read from a recording medium that stores the program into the memory and a processor that executes the program. Can do. Alternatively, part or all of the content acquisition unit 31 and the content display unit 32 can be realized by a dedicated circuit that realizes the function of each unit.
Next, the operation of the content utilization support apparatus 1 of the present embodiment when content information is stored will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the content utilization support apparatus 1 of the present embodiment when content information is stored.
Referring to FIG. 2, first, the relay unit 16 receives a browsing request including specific information from the browsing terminal 3 (step S1). The identification information includes information for identifying content such as a URL.
The browsing request only needs to include terminal information that is information of the terminal (in this case, the browsing terminal 3). The terminal information may include, for example, the user ID of the user who is using the browsing terminal 3, the date and time, and the position measured by a positioning sensor using, for example, the GPS (Global Positioning System) provided in the browsing terminal 3. The terminal information may include a terminal ID (Identifier) assigned to the terminal, such as an IP (Internet Protocol) address or a MAC (Media Access Control) address. The terminal information may include the name, age, and gender of the user who is using the browsing terminal 3. The terminal information may include a terminal OS (Operating System) and a browser type and version. The terminal information may include the size of the display area that the content display unit 32 displays (for example, the size of the browser window).
The relay unit 16 requests the content providing apparatus 4 that provides the content specified by the information specifying the content included in the browsing request to transmit the content information of the content. When the content information of one content is composed of data provided by a plurality of content providing apparatuses 4, it is only necessary to request transmission of data corresponding to each content providing apparatus 4.
If the user of the browsing terminal 3 is, for example, http: // example. com / page1. When browsing content described in HTML represented by a URL (URL1) called html, the user operates the terminal device 3 to cause the relay unit 16 to transmit a browsing request for the content represented by URL1.
When the relay unit 16 receives a request for browsing the content represented by URL1, from the browsing terminal 3, the relay unit 16 provides the content. A request for transmission of content information data is made to the content providing apparatus 4 represented by com.
The relay unit 16 receives the requested content information from the content providing device 4 (step S2).
In the above example, the relay unit 16 receives data corresponding to URL1 (in this example, an HTML file).
The relay unit 16 transmits the received content information to the browsing terminal 3 (step S3).
In the above example, the relay unit 16 transmits the HTML file corresponding to the URL 1 to the browsing terminal 3.
Further, the relay unit 16 stores the received content information in the content storage unit 10 in association with the specific information included in the browsing request received from the browsing terminal 3 (step S4). Note that the order of step S3 and step S4 may be reversed.
In the above example, the relay unit 16 stores the HTML file corresponding to the URL 1 in the content storage unit 10 in association with the specific information included in the browsing request.
The HTML file corresponding to URL1 is http: // example. com / image1. When the data represented by URL (URL2) jpg is referred, the browsing terminal 3 also makes a browsing request for data corresponding to URL2. In this case, the relay unit 16 further repeats Steps S1 to S4, and performs a transmission request and reception of the data represented by URL2 and storage in the content storage unit 10. When the relay unit 16 stores data referred to by other data such as data represented by URL2, the relay unit 16 may store such data in association with the reference source data.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of information that associates content information with corresponding specific information. The relay unit 16 may store the data representing the information in FIG. 3 in, for example, the content storage unit 10 or another storage device (not shown).
In the example of FIG. 3, the storage destination is information for specifying the location where the content information is stored in the content storage unit 10. The URL is information for specifying content. The base URL is information representing reference source data. When there is no reference source data, such as data in which the user directly specifies a URL, the base URL is the same as the URL. The date and time may be the date and time requested by the reference terminal 3, for example. Alternatively, the date and time may be the date and time received by the relay unit 16. The user ID is an ID that identifies a user. In the example of FIG. 3, the IP address of the terminal is used as the user ID. In this example, the user ID and the URL correspond to the specific information. Further, the specific information may include date and time.
When content information of the same content as the content information that the relay unit 16 intends to store is already stored in the content storage unit 10, the relay unit 16 uses the content information as another content information, and the content storage unit 10. Should be stored. The relay unit 16 stores content information to be newly stored in another storage location in the content storage unit 10, generates information that associates the content information with the corresponding specific information, and stores the information in the content storage unit 10. do it. Alternatively, when the content information to be stored is the same as the content information already stored, the relay unit 16 may not store the content information to be stored in the content storage unit 10. In this case, the relay unit 16 may further associate the specific information of the content information to be stored with the already stored content information with the already stored content information. For example, the relay unit 16 includes information for associating the content information with the specific information in the format of the example of FIG. 3 including the specific information of the content information to be stored and the storage destination of the already stored content information. It may be generated and stored in the content storage unit 10.
Next, the display image generation unit 12 generates a display image from the content information stored in the content storage unit 10 (step S5).
At that time, information representing the content information stored by the relay unit 16 is transmitted to the display image generating unit 12, and the display image generating unit 12 may generate a display image from the content information represented by the received information. Alternatively, the display image generation unit 12 may monitor the content storage unit 10 and generate a display image from the content information when new content information is detected. Alternatively, the configuration of the content utilization support device 1 may be a configuration in which the display image generation unit 12 receives an instruction to generate a display image from the viewing terminal 3. In this case, this instruction may include specific information, for example. Then, when receiving this instruction, the display image generation unit 12 may generate a display image of the content information specified by the specific information included in the instruction.
The display image generation unit 12 may generate a different display image depending on the browsing terminal 3 that has transmitted the browsing request. For example, the display image generation unit 12 generates different display images depending on, for example, information about the terminal OS, browser type and version, and display area size included in the specific information received by the relay unit 16 in the browsing request. May be. In this case, for example, if the display image generation unit 12 has in advance information indicating how the content is displayed according to the OS and browser type and version of the terminal, and generates the display image according to the information. Good. Alternatively, the display image generation unit 12 generates a display image by switching a program module that generates a display image equivalent to the display screen on which the content is displayed on the terminal, according to the OS and browser type and version of the terminal. Also good.
For example, when the display image generation unit 12 generates a display image having a different size depending on the viewing terminal 3, the display image generation unit 12 may generate a display image having a size corresponding to the number of pixels of the screen on which the viewing terminal 3 displays content. In this case, for example, when the content is displayed in accordance with display conditions such as the font size, the display image generation unit 12 displays the content on the screen on which the content is displayed, starting from, for example, the upper left of the screen on which the content is displayed. The image of the area for the size of the screen to be generated may be generated. The area for generating an image may not be an area starting from the upper left. In that case, the relay part 16 should just receive the information showing an area | region from the browsing terminal 3, for example.
The browsing terminal 3 should just generate | occur | produce the display information which is the information regarding the screen display of the browsing terminal 3 as conditions regarding the above-mentioned display for the display image generation part 12 to generate a display image. Then, the browsing terminal 3 may transmit the generated display information to the relay unit 16. The relay unit 16 may store the received display information in the content storage unit 10 in association with the content information. Then, the display image generation unit 12 may read the display information stored in the content storage unit 10. Or the display image generation part 12 may hold | maintain the conditions regarding a display previously.
Display information should just contain the information showing the size of the field which displays the content on the screen of browsing terminal 3, for example. The information indicating the size may be, for example, the number of vertical and horizontal pixels. In this case, the display image generation part 12 should just generate | occur | produce the display image of the magnitude | size below the size contained in display information.
The display information may include information other than the size. For example, the display information may include the number of colors that can be displayed by the browsing terminal 3 and a color map. In this case, the display image generation unit 12 may convert the color of the content into a color displayed by the browsing terminal 3. The display information may include a reference font size. The size of the reference font is, for example, the size of the font when no point size is specified and there is no clear specification of the font size. The reference size is not limited to one type, and there may be a plurality of types such as “large” and “small”. When the content includes text with no explicit font size, the display image generation unit 12 may draw the text on the display image with the font size included in the display information. The display information may include a font type. In this case, the display image generation unit 12 draws the text on the display image with a font of the same or close type as the font type included in the display information if the content includes text with no font type designation. do it. The information included in the above display information is an example. The display information may include other information.
When the content is Web content, the display information may be HTML data (display HTML data) that determines a layout for displaying the content. The display HTML data is, for example, HTML format data generated by the terminal from data described in the script language when the terminal displays content including data described in the script language. For example, the display image generation unit 12 can generate display HTML data, but the display HTML data is desirably received from the viewing terminal 3. For example, the relay unit 16 may request the viewing terminal 3 to transmit display HTML data and receive the display HTML data from the viewing terminal 3 in addition to transmitting the content information to the viewing terminal 3. In that case, the relay unit 16 may store the display HTML data in the content storage unit 10 by including it in the content information. Alternatively, the display image generation unit 12 may request and receive display HTML data via the relay unit 16. The display image generation unit 12 may generate a display image by combining display HTML data and other data included in the content information.
As described above, if the configuration of the content utilization support device 1 is a configuration in which the display image generation unit 12 generates a display image according to the display information transmitted by the browsing terminal 3, different display images may be displayed depending on the browsing terminal 3. Can be generated.
Further, the display image generation unit 12 does not limit the size of the display image to be generated to the number of pixels of the screen of the browsing terminal 3, for example, when it is assumed that there is no limit on the size of the screen. A display image having a minimum size necessary for displaying the content to be displayed may be generated.
The link unit 13 stores the display image generated by the display image generation unit 12 in the display image storage unit 11 in association with the specific information of the corresponding content information (step S6).
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information associating a display image with corresponding specific information. The link unit 13 may store data representing the information in FIG. 4 in, for example, the display image storage unit 11 or another storage device (not shown).
The storage location of the display image in FIG. 4 is information indicating the location where the generated display image is stored. The date / time is, for example, the date / time when the display image is generated. In this example, as in FIG. 3, the user ID and the URL correspond to the specific information.
The link unit 13 may further associate the content information with the display image. Specifically, the link unit 13 may add information indicating the storage location of the display image to the information that associates the content information with the corresponding specific information.
FIG. 5 is an example of information for associating content information and corresponding specific information after the link unit 13 performs an update for adding information indicating the storage destination of the display image. As shown in the example of FIG. 5, the link unit 13 may associate the display image only with data in which the user directly specifies the URL. The link unit 13 may not associate a display image with data referred to by other data.
Next, the operation of the content utilization support apparatus 1 when utilizing stored content that is content in which content information is stored in the content storage unit 10 will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the content utilization support apparatus 1 when utilizing stored content.
Referring to FIG. 6, first, the user of the utilization terminal 2 performs an operation for requesting the utilization terminal 2 to request a list of stored contents via an input unit (not shown). As a result, the stored content acquisition unit 21 of the utilization terminal 2 transmits a list request for the stored content to the content providing unit 14 of the content utilization support apparatus 1.
As described above, the utilization terminal 2 and the browsing terminal 3 may be the same terminal. Moreover, the user of the utilization terminal 2 and the user of the browsing terminal 3 may be the same user.
In addition to the list request, the saved content acquisition unit 21 may transmit condition information representing a condition for terminal information to the content providing unit 14. The condition information is information representing, for example, a URL, a domain name that is a part of the URL, a user ID, a terminal ID, a date and place, a date and place range, or the like. The user of the utilization terminal 2 may specify the condition information via an input unit (not shown).
In addition, the list request may include the order of outputting display images such as time-series order and the number of display images to be output.
The content providing unit 14 receives a stored content list request from the utilization terminal 2 (step S11).
Next, the content provision part 14 reads the display image stored in the display image memory | storage part 11, and transmits to the utilization terminal 2 (step S12).
When transmitting the display image to the utilization terminal 2, the content providing unit 14 may reduce each display image to a thumbnail image, for example. Then, in addition to the thumbnail image, the content providing unit 14 may output information specifying the content such as a URL included in the specific information associated with the display image corresponding to the thumbnail image. At that time, the content providing unit 14 may transmit it to the terminal device in a form in which the correspondence between the thumbnail image and the information specifying the content can be specified.
Further, when the condition providing information is received in addition to the list request, the content providing unit 14 may transmit a display image whose associated specific information matches the received condition information to the utilization terminal 2. When the condition information includes information for specifying the date and place, the content providing unit 14 specifies the date and place that includes the difference from the date and place included in the condition information within a predetermined range. A display image associated with the information may be transmitted. Or the content provision part 14 may transmit the display image linked | related with the specific information containing the date and place nearest to the date and place included in condition information.
In addition, the content providing unit 14 may perform user authentication using a user ID included in the condition information. And the content provision part 14 may transmit a content only with respect to the request | requirement from the user who confirmed that it was the same user as the user who browsed and preserve | saved the content as a result of user authentication. By doing in this way, the content provision part 14 can restrict | limit the user who uses a content to the same user as the user who browsed and saved the content.
When the list request includes the order of outputting display images such as time-series order and the number of display images to be output, the content providing unit 14 outputs as many display images as the number according to the order. That's fine.
The content providing unit 14 may transmit the display image to be transmitted to the utilization terminal 2 in association with information specifying the display image. The information specifying the display image may be an ID such as a character string unique to each display image transmitted at a time, which is assigned by the content providing unit 14, for example. Alternatively, the information specifying the display image may be a combination of URL, date and time, user ID, and the like.
The stored content acquisition unit 21 of the utilization terminal 2 that has received the display image displays the display image on the stored content display unit 22 and allows the user of the utilization terminal 2 to select the display image via an input unit (not shown). The saved content acquisition unit 21 transmits information specifying the display image selected by the user to the content providing unit 14.
Next, the content provision part 14 receives the selection result of the display image by a user from the utilization terminal 2 (step S13). The selection result may be information specifying the display image selected by the user.
The content providing unit 14 reads content information corresponding to the display image selected by the user from the display image generating unit 12, and transmits the content information to the utilization terminal 2 (step S14).
The stored content acquisition unit 21 of the utilization terminal 2 that has received the content information transmits the received content information to the stored content display unit 22. The stored content display unit 22 draws a display screen based on the received content information and displays the content.
In the present embodiment described above, the user can select and browse the content once browsed without accessing the Web server again by selecting the display image of the content. There is one effect.
The reason is that the content information of the content once viewed by the relay unit 16 user is stored in the content storage unit 10, and the display image generation unit 12 generates a display image from the stored content information. The content providing unit 14 transmits the display image to the utilization terminal 2 to present to the user, reads content information of the content corresponding to the display image selected by the user from the content storage unit 10, and transmits the content information to the utilization terminal 2. By providing it to the user. Therefore, the user can easily select the content from the content stored in the content storage unit 10 by selecting the display image corresponding to the screen on which the content is displayed.
In addition, the present embodiment has a second effect that each component, which is data such as text, images, moving images, and voices, of the content once viewed by the user can be used.
The reason is that the content storage unit 10 stores all the components of the content once viewed by the user. This is because the content providing unit 14 reads the requested component from the content storage unit 10 and provides it to the utilization terminal 2 in response to a request from the utilization terminal 2.
Next, a modification of the first embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
The configuration of the content utilization support system of the present modification is the same as the configuration of the content utilization support system of the first embodiment in FIG.
However, in this modification, when the content includes a hyperlink, the display image generation unit 12 generates a display image from the content information of the content, and in addition, a hyperlink equivalent to the content on the display image. HTML data that realizes is generated.
Further, the relay unit 16 does not transmit the content information received from the content providing device 4 to the browsing terminal 3 based on the browsing request received from the browsing terminal 3. The relay unit 16 uses the display image and the above-described HTML data generated by the display image generation unit 12 from the content information received from the content providing device 4 and stored in the content storage unit 10 as content information for the browsing request. 3 to send.
The other components of the utilization support system of the present modification are the same as the components having the same numbers as those in the first embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted.
Next, the operation of the content utilization support apparatus 1 according to this modification will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the content utilization support apparatus 1 according to the present modification when content information is stored.
12 is different from the operation of the first embodiment of FIG. 1 in that the operation of step S3 is not performed, and the operations of step S7 and step S8 are performed between step S5 and step S6 instead.
The operations of Steps S1 to S3 and Step S5 are the same as the operations of the steps with the same numbers in the first embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted.
Next, when the content includes a hyperlink, the display image generation unit 12 generates a display image from the content information of the content, and in addition, realizes a hyperlink equivalent to the content on the display image. Data is generated (step S7).
The HTML data (display image HTML) refers to the display image. When the terminal displays the display image HTML with a browser, the display image is displayed. Further, the display image HTML is displayed at a location corresponding to the location where the hyperlink exists when the content corresponding to the display image is displayed on the display image displayed when the terminal displays the display image HTML with the browser. Contains hyperlinks located. The link destination of the hyperlink included in the display HTML is data linked by the corresponding hyperlink of the original content. When the terminal displays the display image HTML with a browser, the same hyperlink as the hyperlink exists at the same location on the display image as the hyperlink exists when the original content is displayed.
When the display image generation unit 12 generates a display image from the content information, the display image generation unit 12 may specify the location where the hyperlink exists on the display image and the link destination of the hyperlink from the content information. For example, when a hyperlink exists on a character string or image included in the original content, the display image generation unit 12 displays a location corresponding to the hyperlink on the display image where the character string or image is drawn. The hyperlink location of the image HTML may be used.
Next, the relay unit 16 transmits the display image generated by the display image generation unit 12 and the display image HTML corresponding to the display image to the browsing terminal 3 as content information for the browsing request (step S8).
The browsing terminal 3 displays the received display image HTML. The user of the browsing terminal 3 can display and operate the display image HTML on the browser in the same manner as the content display device displays and operates the content transmitted content information on the browser.
Since the operation in step S6 is the same as the operation in step S6 of the first embodiment, a description thereof will be omitted.
Since the operation at the time of utilizing the stored content of the content utilization support apparatus 1 of the present modification is the same as the operation at the time of utilizing the stored content of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the configuration of the content utilization system of the present embodiment.
Referring to FIG. 7, the content utilization system of the present embodiment includes a content utilization support apparatus 1A, a utilization terminal 2, and a browsing terminal 3A. The content utilization support apparatus 1A is connected to the content providing apparatus 4 so as to be communicable.
The content utilization support apparatus 1A is different from the content utilization support apparatus 1 of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
The utilization terminal 2 of the present embodiment is the same as the utilization terminal 2 of the first embodiment.
The viewing terminal 3A is different from the viewing terminal 3 of the first embodiment in that it includes an instruction transmission unit 33.
Below, it demonstrates centering around difference with 1st Embodiment.
The instruction receiving unit 15 receives a storage instruction including content information and specific information from the viewing terminal 3A, and stores the received content information in the content storage unit 10 in association with the received specific information.
The instruction transmission unit 33 transmits a storage instruction to the instruction reception unit 15. The save instruction includes content information received by the content acquisition unit 31 and specific information including information for specifying the content, and is an instruction for causing the instruction receiving unit 15 to store the content in the content storage unit 10.
The other components of each device are the same as the components given the same numbers as those in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted.
Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the content utilization support apparatus 1A when receiving a storage instruction. In addition, since the operation | movement at the time of the preservation | save of the content information transmitted to the browsing terminal 3A via the relay part 16 of 1 A of content utilization assistance apparatuses is the same as the operation | movement represented by FIG. 3, description is abbreviate | omitted. When the instruction transmitting unit 33 transmits an instruction to save the content information of all the contents received by the viewing terminal 3A to the instruction receiving unit 15, the relay unit 16 does not have to store the content information in the content storage unit 10. .
At the start of the operation in FIG. 8, the instruction transmission unit 33 of the viewing terminal 3 A includes content information and specific information including information for specifying the content, and instructs the content storage unit 10 to store the content. The save instruction is transmitted to the instruction receiving unit 15.
This content information may be content information including, for example, HTML data generated by the content display unit 32 from, for example, a script language for generating HTML data included in the content information received by the content acquisition unit 31. When the content display unit 32 generates HTML data from the content information received when the content is displayed, the content display unit 32 sends content information including the generated HTML data and an instruction to transmit the content to the instruction receiving unit 15 to the instruction transmission unit 33. Send. Then, the content display unit 32 may cause the instruction transmission unit 33 to transmit a storage instruction. The content display unit 32 may transmit the instruction information to the instruction transmission unit 33 when all the components of the content information are received. The content display unit 32 may cause the instruction transmission unit 33 to transmit a storage instruction even when the HTML data is not generated. Moreover, the content acquisition part 31 should just produce | generate the specific information contained in a preservation | save instruction | indication. Then, the instruction transmission unit 33 may receive the specific information from the content acquisition unit 31 and include it in the storage instruction. In addition, the instruction transmission unit 33 may not separately transmit the content information and the specific information in the storage instruction, but may separately transmit the content information, the specific information, and the storage instruction to the instruction reception unit 15 so that the correspondence between the content information, the specific information, and the storage instruction can be understood.
The instruction receiving unit 15 receives the storage instruction transmitted by the instruction transmitting unit 33 (step S21).
The instruction receiving unit 15 stores the content information included in the save instruction in the content storage unit 10 in association with the specific information of the content information (step S22). In the following description, the content information received by the instruction receiving unit 15 is content information included in the storage instruction received by the instruction receiving unit 15.
The operation in which the instruction receiving unit 15 stores the content information in the content storage unit 10 in step S22 is the same as the operation in which the relay unit 16 stores the content information in the content storage unit 10 in step S4 of the first embodiment. is there. Moreover, the operation | movement of step S5 and step S6 is the same as the operation | movement of step S5 and step S6 of 1st Embodiment. The instruction receiving unit 15 performs an operation in which the relay unit 16 is replaced with the instruction receiving unit 15 in the description of the operations in steps S4 to S6. Therefore, description of these operations is omitted. Note that there may be a case where the relay unit 16 has already stored in the content storage unit 10 the browse instruction when the content information included in the save instruction is received and the content information received by the same browse instruction. In that case, the instruction receiving unit 15 may delete the content information previously stored in the content storage unit 10 and store the content information included in the save instruction in the content storage unit 10. For example, when the specific information associated with two pieces of content information is the same and the difference in date and time is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the instruction receiving unit 15 is content information received by the same browsing instruction. It can be judged.
The operation of the content utilization support apparatus 1A when utilizing the stored content is the same as the operation of the content utilization support apparatus 1 when utilizing the stored content of the first embodiment shown in FIG. .
The present embodiment described above has the same effects as the first embodiment.
Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the user can easily select and browse the content represented by the content information including the data generated by the browsing terminal 3A at the time of browsing without accessing the Web server again. There is an effect.
The reason is that the instruction receiving unit 15 receives content information from the browsing terminal 3 A and stores the received content information in the content storage unit 10. The display image generation unit 12 generates a display image of content information received from the viewing terminal 3 A, and the link unit 13 stores the generated display image in the display image storage unit 11. The content providing unit 14 transmits the display image to the utilization terminal 2 to present it to the user, reads the content information of the content corresponding to the display image selected by the user from the content storage unit 10, and transmits the content information to the utilization terminal 2. By providing it to the user. Therefore, even when the content is content represented by content information including data generated by the browsing terminal 3A at the time of browsing, the user selects the display image corresponding to the content display screen to store the content in the content storage unit 10. You can easily select from the content that you have.
Next, a modification of the second embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the browsing terminal 3B of the content utilization support system according to the present modification.
The configuration of this modification is a configuration in which the browsing terminal 3A in the configuration of the second embodiment in FIG. 7 is replaced with the browsing terminal 3B in FIG.
The browsing terminal 3B in FIG. 8 is different from the browsing terminal 3A in the second embodiment in FIG. 7 in that it includes a display image generation unit 34.
Below, it demonstrates centering around the difference of this modification and 2nd Embodiment.
The display image generation unit 34 generates a display image from the content information received by the content acquisition unit 31. In general, even if the content is the same, the display result may differ depending on the OS or browser of the terminal that displays the content, for example, the font and size of characters and the frame configuration are different. The display image generation unit 34 generates a display image from the content information so that the screen on which the content display unit 32 displays the content corresponding to the display image and the portion of the display image corresponding to the screen are the same. . Alternatively, the display image generation unit 34 may capture a screen displayed by the content display unit 32 and use it as a display image. The display image generated by the display image generation unit 34 is the same as the display image generated by the first embodiment or the second embodiment display image generation unit 12 except for the above points.
The instruction transmission unit 33 transmits the display image generated by the display image generation unit 34 to the instruction reception unit 15 in addition to the storage instruction. Since the save instruction is the same as the save instruction of the second embodiment, a description thereof will be omitted.
The instruction receiving unit 15 receives the display image in addition to the storage instruction in a form in which the correspondence between the storage instruction and the display image is known. The instruction receiving unit 15 transmits the received display image to the link unit 13 with specific information included in the corresponding storage instruction. In addition, the instruction receiving unit 15 may transmit an instruction to store the display image in the display image storage unit 11 in association with the specific information. In this case, the instruction receiving unit 15 may transmit an instruction not to generate a display image from the content information to the display image generation unit 12 when the content information included in the storage instruction is stored in the content storage unit 10. Good. Alternatively, the link unit 13 may store the display image received by the instruction receiving unit 15 in the display image storage unit 11 separately from the display image generated by the display image generation unit 12. The instruction receiving unit 15 of the present modification is the same as the instruction receiving unit 15 of the second embodiment in other points.
The link unit 13 associates the received specific information with the display image received from the instruction receiving unit 15 and stores it in the display image storage unit 11.
Next, the operation of this modification will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the content utilization support apparatus 1A according to this modification when receiving a storage instruction. In addition, since the operation | movement at the time of the preservation | save of the content information transmitted to the browsing terminal 3B via the relay part 16 of 1 A of content utilization assistance apparatuses is the same as the operation | movement represented by FIG. 3, description is abbreviate | omitted.
At the start of FIG. 10, the instruction receiving unit 15 of the viewing terminal 3 B transmits the storage instruction and the display image generated by the display image generating unit 34 to the instruction receiving unit 15. For example, the display image generation unit 34 may generate a display image after the content acquisition unit 31 completes reception of all data constituting one content. Or you may produce | generate a display image according to the instruction | indication of the user of the browsing terminal 3B. The instruction receiving unit 15 may transmit the storage instruction and the display image after the generation of the display image is completed.
Referring to FIG. 10, first, the instruction receiving unit 15 receives a storage instruction including content information and a display image (step S31).
The instruction receiving unit 15 stores the received content information in the content storage unit 10 in association with the corresponding specific information (step S22).
The instruction receiving unit 15 transmits the received display image, the corresponding specific information, and an instruction to store the display image in the display image storage unit 11 in association with the specific information to the link unit 13. The link unit 13 stores the received display image in the display image storage unit 11 in association with the received specific information (step S6).
Similarly to the second embodiment, the operation of the content utilization support apparatus 1A when utilizing the stored content is the same as the operation of the content utilization support apparatus 1 when utilizing the stored content of the first embodiment shown in FIG. Since it is the same, description is abbreviate | omitted.
The present modification described above has the same effect as the second embodiment.
This modification further has an effect that the content can be selected by the same display image as the screen when browsing the content.
The reason is that the instruction receiving unit 15 receives the same display image as the screen at the time of content browsing from the browsing terminal 3B. The link unit 13 stores the display image received from the browsing terminal 3 B in the display image storage unit 11. Therefore, the display image transmitted to the utilization terminal 2 in order for the content providing unit 14 to select content is a display image received from the browsing terminal 3B or a thumbnail image generated from the display image.
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the configuration of the content utilization support apparatus 1B of the present embodiment.
The content utilization support apparatus 1B according to the present embodiment includes a content storage unit 10 that stores content information, which is a set of data constituting content, in association with specific information including information for specifying the content, and an image generated from the content information. The display image storage unit 11 that stores the display image in association with the specific information, the display image generation unit 12 that generates the display image from the content information stored in the content storage unit 10, and the generated display image The link unit 13 stored in the display image storage unit 11 in association with the specific information corresponding to the content information and the display image stored in the display image storage unit 11 are output to the utilization terminal 2 and correspond to the selected display image Content providing unit 14 that reads content information to be read from content storage unit 10 and transmits the content information to utilization terminal 2
The embodiment described above has an effect that the user can easily select and browse the content once browsed without accessing the Web server again by selecting the display image of the content. There is.
The reason is that the display image generation unit 12 generates a display image from the content information of the content once viewed by the user stored in the content storage unit 10. The content providing unit 14 transmits the display image to the utilization terminal 2 to present to the user, reads content information of the content corresponding to the display image selected by the user from the content storage unit 10, and transmits the content information to the utilization terminal 2. By providing it to the user. Therefore, the user can easily select the content from the content stored in the content storage unit 10 by selecting the display image corresponding to the screen on which the content is displayed.
The present invention has been described above with reference to the embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. Various changes that can be understood by those skilled in the art can be made to the configuration and details of the present invention within the scope of the present invention.
This application claims the priority on the basis of Japanese application Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-266777 for which it applied on December 6, 2011, and takes in those the indications of all here.

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1, 1A, 1B Content utilization support apparatus 2

Utilization terminal

3, 3A, 3B Viewing terminal 4 Content provision apparatus 10 Content storage part 11 Display

image storage part

12, 34 Display image generation part 13 Link part 14 Content provision part 15 Instruction receiving part 16 Relay unit 21 Saved content acquisition unit 22 Saved content display unit 31 Content acquisition unit 32 Content display unit 33 Instruction transmission unit

Claims

Content storage means for storing content information, which is a set of data constituting content, in association with specific information including information for specifying the content;
Display image storage means for storing a display image, which is an image generated from the content information, in association with the specific information;
Display image generation means for generating the display image from the content information stored in the content storage means;
Link means for storing the generated display image in the display image storage means in association with the specific information corresponding to the content information;
Content providing means for outputting the display image stored in the display image storage means to a utilization terminal, reading the content information corresponding to the selected display image from the content storage means, and transmitting the content information to the utilization terminal; Content utilization support device including
The browsing request including the specific information is received from the browsing terminal, the content information of the content specified by the specific information of the browsing request is received from the content providing apparatus that provides the content, and the received content information is Transmitting to the browsing terminal, in addition, associating the content information with the specific information, storing the content information in the content storage means, causing the display image generation means to generate the display image of the stored content information, and the linking means The content utilization support apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a relay unit that associates the display image with the specific information and stores the display image in the display image storage unit.
The specific information includes terminal information that is information representing a state of the browsing terminal,
The link means stores the display image in the display image storage means in association with the terminal information received from the browsing terminal that transmitted the specific information and the specific information,
The content providing means receives condition information representing a condition for the terminal information from the utilization terminal, and uses the display image of the content information associated with the terminal information that matches the condition of the condition information. The content utilization support apparatus according to claim 1, which is output to a terminal.
The display image generation means receives display information that is information on a screen of the browsing terminal from the browsing terminal, and generates the display image according to the received display information. The content utilization support apparatus described.
A storage instruction receiving unit that receives a storage instruction including content information and specific information from the browsing terminal, and stores the received content information in the content storage unit in association with the received specific information. 4. The content utilization support apparatus according to any one of 4 above.
A content utilization system including the content utilization device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, the browsing terminal, and the utilization terminal.
Content information that is a set of data constituting content is stored in content storage means in association with specific information including information for specifying the content;
A display image that is an image generated from the content information is stored in a display image storage unit in association with the specific information;
Generating the display image from the content information stored in the content storage means;
The generated display image is stored in the display image storage means in association with the specific information corresponding to the content information,
Content utilization support method for outputting the display image stored in the display image storage means to a utilization terminal, reading the content information corresponding to the selected display image from the content storage means, and transmitting the content information to the utilization terminal .
Computer
Content storage means for storing content information, which is a set of data constituting content, in association with specific information including information for specifying the content;
Display image storage means for storing a display image, which is an image generated from the content information, in association with the specific information;
Display image generation means for generating the display image from the content information stored in the content storage means;
Link means for storing the generated display image in the display image storage means in association with the specific information corresponding to the content information;
Content providing means for outputting the display image stored in the display image storage means to a utilization terminal, reading the content information corresponding to the selected display image from the content storage means, and transmitting the content information to the utilization terminal; Content utilization support program to be operated.
Computer
The browsing request including the specific information is received from the browsing terminal, the content information of the content specified by the specific information of the browsing request is received from the content providing apparatus that provides the content, and the received content information is Transmitting to the browsing terminal, in addition, associating the content information with the specific information, storing the content information in the content storage means, causing the display image generation means to generate the display image of the stored content information, and the linking means 9. The content utilization support program according to claim 8, wherein the content utilization support program is operated as relay means for associating the display image with the specific information and storing the display image in the display image storage means.
Computer
The display image includes terminal information that is information indicating the state of the browsing terminal, and is associated with the specific information corresponding to the display image and the terminal information received from the browsing terminal that has transmitted the specific information. The link means for storing in the display image storage means;
The content that receives condition information representing a condition for the terminal information from the utilization terminal, and outputs the display image of the content information associated with the terminal information that matches the condition of the condition information to the utilization terminal The content utilization support program according to claim 8 or 9, which is operated as a providing means.