JP4846346B2 - Content / advertisement management server, advertiser terminal, client terminal, content / advertisement management program, advertisement registration program, and content acquisition program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a content / advertisement management server, an advertiser terminal, a client terminal, a content / advertisement management program, an advertisement registration program, and a content acquisition program, and in particular, content / advertisement for providing an optimal advertisement to a viewer. The present invention relates to a management server, an advertiser terminal, a client terminal, a content / advertisement management program, an advertisement registration program, and a content acquisition program.

  Conventionally, content producers who produce content represented by programs, etc., make various settings, such as setting information (materials) that the content creator conveys to viewers and setting the production of programs using materials. There was a need. In particular, it is necessary to insert advertisement data provided from an advertiser or the like who sponsors a program somewhere in the program. Conventionally, however, it has been necessary to manually insert an advertisement beforehand.

Therefore, recently, as an advertising method using the Internet TV or the like, when browsing the content via the Internet TV, it is recorded in the commercial broadcast recording device of the Internet TV in advance using the free time for downloading the content data. There is a technique for playing a television commercial that is being viewed and allowing the viewer to view the television commercial (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2001-285743 A

  However, in the conventional method for displaying advertisements as described above, since the advertisement (commercial) is played back during the playback of the content regardless of the intention of the content provider such as the program, the production side effects May change.

  Therefore, the advertisement inserted into the program needs to be provided to the viewer seamlessly while maintaining the presentation of the program that the viewer is watching.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and is a content / advertisement management server, an advertiser terminal, a client terminal, a content / advertisement management program, an advertisement registration program, for providing an optimal advertisement to a viewer, And it aims at providing a content acquisition program.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention employs means for solving the problems having the following characteristics.

The invention described in claim 1 is a content / advertisement management server that manages information of content and advertisement provided to at least one terminal connected to a communication network, wherein the content is a program production engine as program information. , Program script data, and program material data, and the advertisement has advertising script data and advertisement material data, and is connected to the communication network and storage means for storing the content and the advertisement. has been based on the search information to the content acquisition request or content obtained from a terminal, the corresponding content is extracted from the stored the content by the storage unit, the topic information obtained from the program for script data of the extracted content based on the the advertisement stored by said storing means, before Have a content and advertising extracting means for extracting a predetermined number of advertising script data corresponding to the topic information, script data and the advertising script data the program is generated in the same file format It is characterized by that.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the corresponding advertisement is extracted based on the topic information obtained from the extracted content, the optimal advertisement can be provided to the viewer. Also, advertisements can be inserted into the program production engine. Thereby, the advertisement can be provided to the viewer without feeling uncomfortable in the insertion of the advertisement in the program. Therefore, it is possible to maintain the content presentation and provide the optimal advertisement to the viewer. In addition, the audience rating of the advertisement can be improved.

  The content / advertisement extraction means may register or produce the advertisement with the preset priority among the advertisements extracted from the storage means based on the topic information. The advertisement is selected based on at least one of the date / time information, the registration fee from the advertiser, and the viewer's area information.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to select and provide an advertisement optimal for the viewer.

The invention described in claim 3 is an advertisement script corresponding to the advertisement in the advertiser terminal that generates the advertisement and registers in the content / advertisement management server according to claim 1 or 2 connected to the communication network. an advertisement generating means for generating data, the advertisement from the advertisement for script data obtained by the generation means, have a metadata generating means for generating metadata including a keyword used when the advertisement search, the advertisement generation means Is characterized in that the advertisement script data is generated in the same file format as the program script data stored in the content / advertisement management server .

According to the invention described in claim 3, an advertisement corresponding to the content can be extracted from the metadata with high accuracy. Thereby, an optimal advertisement can be provided to the viewer.

The invention described in claim 4 is a client that manages content connected via a communication network and acquires predetermined content from metadata information published by the content / advertisement management server according to claim 1 or 2. in the terminal, a reference means for referring to the metadata information about the content which the content and advertising management server is published by obtained metadata by said reference means, an acquisition request for the predetermined content to the content and advertising management server performed, based on the content topic information extracted by the content acquired from the advertisement management server, have a search means for searching for ads related to the content, the predetermined content, program production engine, the program Script data and program material data The advertisement includes script data for advertisement and material data for advertisement, and script data obtained by inserting the script data for advertisement of the advertisement into the script data for program of the predetermined content using the program production engine. characterized in that it have a program generation means for generating a corresponding program.

According to invention of Claim 4, an advertisement can be searched based on the topic information extracted by content, and a corresponding advertisement can be acquired. Thereby, an optimal advertisement can be provided to the viewer corresponding to the program. Further, by inserting an advertisement into a program using the same program production engine, the advertisement can be provided to the viewer without feeling uncomfortable with the insertion of the advertisement. Therefore, the audience rating of the advertisement can be improved.

The invention described in claim 5 is a content / advertisement management program which causes a computer to function as the content / advertisement management server described in claim 1 or 2 .

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an optimal advertisement to the viewer. Also, advertisements can be inserted into the program production engine. Thereby, the advertisement can be provided to the viewer without feeling uncomfortable in the insertion of the advertisement in the program. Therefore, it is possible to maintain the content presentation and provide the optimal advertisement to the viewer. In addition, the audience rating of the advertisement can be improved. In addition, by installing the execution program in the computer, it is possible to easily manage contents, advertisements, and the like.

The invention described in claim 6 is an advertisement registration program which causes a computer to function as the advertiser terminal described in claim 3 .

According to the invention described in claim 6, an advertisement corresponding to the content can be extracted from the metadata with high accuracy. Thereby, an optimal advertisement can be provided to the viewer. Also, by installing the execution program in the computer, advertisement registration can be easily realized.

The invention described in claim 7 is a content acquisition program that causes a computer to function as the client terminal described in claim 4 .

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an optimal advertisement to the viewer. Further, by inserting an advertisement into a program using the same program production engine, the advertisement can be provided to the viewer without feeling uncomfortable with the insertion of the advertisement. Therefore, the audience rating of the advertisement can be improved. In addition, by installing the execution program in the computer, it is possible to easily acquire content with an advertisement that is optimal for the viewer.

  According to the present invention, an optimal advertisement can be provided to a viewer.

  Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of a content / advertisement management server, an advertiser terminal, a client terminal, a content / advertisement management program, an advertisement registration program, and a content acquisition program according to the present invention having the above-described features will be described. The details will be described.

  In the present embodiment, a program using TVML (TV program Marking Language) is described as an example of content, but the type of content in the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, music or A wide variety of contents such as movies, images and sounds can be handled.

  Here, TVML is an object-based description language for producing a TV program, and can describe video and audio of a TV program separately into material and script (production contents). If a program script is described, a personal computer can be described. Can be read and viewed (presented) as a television program immediately. The present invention is not limited to TVML, and an expression format other than TVML may be used.

  The content / advertisement management server as an example described below has a function of an automatic program production device (TV 4U). The TV 4U describes a script of a program using a word processor type user interface, creates a program by applying an arbitrary program production engine to the script, and uploads the script, material and the program production engine to a server. Publish the program. As a result, the viewing side can download the published script data, material, program production engine, and the like, and the client can reproduce the program using CG (Computer Graphics), voice synthesis, or the like.

<Content / Advertising Management System: Outline Configuration>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of a content / advertisement management system according to the present invention. The content / advertisement management system 10 shown in FIG. 1 includes a content / advertisement management server 11, at least one advertiser terminal 12-1 to 12-n, and at least one client terminal 13-1 to 13-n. It is configured as follows. In addition, the content / advertisement management server 11, the advertiser terminals 12-1 to 12n, and the client terminals 13-1 to 13-n can exchange data with each other via the communication network 14 such as the Internet. Connected with.

  The content / advertisement management server 11 stores a program production engine, program script data, program material data, and the like in a program database (program) and publishes metadata corresponding to the program. Further, the content / advertisement management server 11 accumulates advertisement data (advertisement script data, advertisement material data, advertisement metadata) provided by the advertiser in an advertisement database (advertisement DB) or the like.

  Here, the program production engine is a CG character appearing in a program or an event such as “title display”, “zoom-in”, or “CG character operation” defined in advance for each operation in the program. By using this program production engine, program production can be realized efficiently.

  The content / advertisement management server 11 searches for a program from the program DB based on a content acquisition request transmitted from the client terminal 13 or search information for the content. Further, the content / advertisement management server 11 extracts program specifying information such as topic information from the script data of the program extracted as a result of the search, and matches with the search keyword included in the advertisement metadata registered in the advertisement DB. The advertisement to be presented to the viewer is extracted and distributed to the client terminal 13.

  The content / advertising management server 11 also obtains information such as what kind of field the viewer is searching for to watch programs from the client terminal 13 while the client terminal 13 is playing back the program. Various information such as related programs, advertisements, and viewing histories can be extracted from the information.

  Here, the program script data and the advertisement script data are generated in the same file format. Specifically, it can be configured by XML (extensible Markup Language) or the like. Therefore, an advertisement can be inserted into the program production engine. Thereby, an advertisement can be inserted while maintaining the performance of the program, and the advertisement can be provided to the viewer without a sense of incongruity. In addition, it is possible to maintain the content presentation and provide the optimal advertisement to the viewer. Furthermore, the audience rating of the advertisement can be improved.

  On the other hand, the advertiser terminal 12 generates advertising script data in a predetermined file format. In addition, advertisement metadata including a keyword corresponding to the advertisement script data is generated. Further, the advertiser terminal 12 registers the advertisement script data, the advertisement material data used for the advertisement script data, and the advertisement metadata in the content / advertisement management server 11 via the communication network 14.

  The client terminal 13 accesses content information published by the content / advertisement management server 11 via the communication network 14 and makes a request for viewing desired content. The client terminal 13 receives various information such as a program production engine, program script data, and program material data corresponding to the request from the content / advertisement management server 11.

  The client terminal 13 can also extract program specifying information such as topic information from the various information described above, and acquire advertisement data based on the topic information. In addition, the client terminal 13 generates a program based on the acquired program information and advertisement information, outputs the program using a display or the like, and allows the viewer to view the program.

  The client terminal 13 may have a function of producing a program, in which case the program production engine, the program script data, and the program material data generated by itself are transmitted via the communication network 14 to the content / It may be transmitted (uploaded) to the advertisement management server 11.

  Here, the system configuration in the content / advertisement management system shown in FIG. 1 is not limited to this. For example, a plurality of content / advertisement management servers 11 may be provided. Next, functional configurations of the content / advertisement management server 11, the advertiser terminal 12, and the client terminal 13 will be described with reference to the drawings.

<Content / Advertisement Management Server 11: Functional Configuration>
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the content / advertisement management server. The content / advertisement management server 11 shown in FIG. 2 includes input means 21, output means 22, storage means 23, metadata generation means 24, program management means 25, disclosure means 26, and program / advertisement extraction means. (Content / advertisement extraction means) 27, transmission / reception means 28, and control means 29 are provided.

  The input unit 21 receives input of various processes such as a metadata generation instruction, a metadata disclosure request, and keyword generation from a server administrator or the like. Note that the input unit 21 includes, for example, a keyboard and a pointing device such as a mouse.

  The output unit 22 displays the instruction content input by the input unit 21, the metadata acquired based on the instruction content, and the content content. Note that the output means 22 includes a display, a speaker, and the like. Further, the output means 22 may have a function of a printer or the like. In this case, for example, the information that can be acquired such as the contents of the generated metadata is printed on a print medium such as paper, and the administrator Etc. can be provided.

  The accumulating unit 23 accumulates various information necessary for the present embodiment. Specifically, the storage unit 23 stores, for example, a program DB 31, an advertisement DB 32, a viewer database (viewer DB) 33, and the like.

  Here, in the program DB 31, for example, a program production engine registered from the client terminal 13, program XML script data, program material data, program metadata generated by the metadata generation means 24, search keywords, etc. Is accumulated. The advertisement DB 32 stores, for example, advertisement XML script data registered from the advertiser terminal 12, advertisement material data, advertisement metadata (including keyword information), and the like. Further, the viewer DB 33 stores an address including the viewer's age, gender, and regional information, preference information such as what kind of genre he likes, viewing history information, and the like.

  The metadata generation means 24 generates content metadata to be disclosed from semantic information obtained from the program production engine, program script data, program material data, and the like stored in the program DB 31. Here, the semantic information is extracted from date information such as a program producer, production date or registration date, etc., such as summary information such as titles (headings) and headlines included in each information such as XML script data. . Further, the metadata is generated in a publicly available file format such as XML or HTML (HyperText Markup Language).

  Further, the metadata generation unit 24 can extract keywords corresponding to the contents from the semantic information and the like, and can use the keywords when searching for a program from the client terminal 13. Metadata or keywords generated by the metadata generation means 24 are stored in the program DB 31.

  Furthermore, the metadata generation means 24 may generate metadata from advertisement data stored in the advertisement DB 32. In this case, the metadata generated by the metadata generation unit 24 is accumulated in the advertisement DB 32.

  The program management unit 25 stores and manages information such as a program production engine, program script data, program material data, and metadata stored in the storage unit 23 in advance. For example, management of new addition, editing, and deletion of programs is performed. In addition, the program management means 25 similarly stores and manages various information related to programs sent from the client terminal 13 via the communication network 14.

  Moreover, the program management means 25 determines which channel each program belongs to, or a newly established channel, sets the channel of the program, and manages the channel information. For example, management of new establishment, editing, and deletion of a channel is performed.

  The publication unit 26 publishes the metadata generated by the metadata generation unit 24 on the Web. That is, the disclosure means 26 makes the metadata viewable from other terminals connected via the communication network 14.

  Here, the client terminal 13 describes metadata information disclosed to the content / advertisement management server 11 by using address information such as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator), an IP (Internet Protocol) address, and a file name. Software for reading and displaying a file has a Web browser. Thereby, the information described in the metadata can be easily provided to the client terminal 13 or the like via the communication network 14.

  The program / advertisement extracting unit 27 searches for a program corresponding to the program acquisition request from the client terminal 13 for keywords stored in the program DB 31 based on the keyword included in the program acquisition request, and extracts the corresponding program. . Further, the program / advertisement extraction means 27 extracts topic information from the extracted program, searches keywords (such as advertisement metadata) stored in the advertisement DB 32 based on the extracted topic information, and selects a corresponding advertisement. Extract. When searching the advertisement DB 32, the program / advertisement extraction means 27 may search the advertisement DB 32 using the keyword used for the program search, and the advertisement DB 32 including the keyword used for the program search in the topic information. You may search.

  Here, as the topic extraction technique described above, for example, a technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-259666 filed by the present applicant can be used. Based on the method shown here, the appearance rate of a word within a predetermined period is obtained, and the importance of the word is obtained based on the appearance rate. Further, by obtaining the similarity of data having similar items based on the importance of the obtained word and the appearance rate of words in program script data having similar items, a group of words having similar items (Topic information).

  Further, the program / advertisement extraction unit 27 selects an advertisement with a preset number of advertisements from the extracted advertisements. As a result, it is possible to prevent the intention of the program on the content creator side from changing due to an excessive amount of advertisements. Specifically, the program / advertisement extraction means 27 is, for example, a preset advertisement priority, date / time information when the advertisement is registered in the content / advertisement management server 11, and an advertisement produced by the advertiser terminal 12. The advertisement is selected based on at least one of the date / time information, the price of the registration fee from the advertiser, and the viewer's area information. Thereby, it is possible to select and provide an advertisement optimal for the viewer.

  In addition, the area information mentioned above acquires the area information and the like of the client terminal 13 accumulated in advance in the viewer DB 33. That is, when the advertisement content is limited to a predetermined area, the corresponding advertisement is extracted for a viewer who matches the area. As a result, for example, if the viewer is “Tokyo”, advertisements limited to “Osaka” are not extracted. Therefore, it is possible to extract advertisements that meet viewing needs.

  Further, the program / advertisement extraction means 27 sets advertisements, etc., that a large number of viewers want to see without restriction of viewers in advance when advertisement data corresponding to topic information or the like is not extracted from the advertisement DB 32. Alternatively, the advertisement may be extracted from the advertisement DB 32.

  Further, since the advertisement registered in the advertisement DB 32 is in the XML format, the advertisement can be inserted while maintaining the production of the program by the program production engine. Therefore, it is possible to seamlessly provide an advertisement suitable for the viewer while maintaining the production of the original program.

  Further, the transmission / reception means 28 receives a predetermined content acquisition request from the client terminal 13. The transmission / reception means 28 transmits the program extracted from the program DB 31 and the advertisement extracted from the advertisement DB 32 to the client terminal 13 that has requested acquisition. The transmission / reception means 28 receives advertisement data from the advertiser terminal 12 and program data from the client terminal 13 and registers them in the storage means 23.

  The control means 29 controls the entire components of the content / advertisement management server 11. Specifically, the control unit 29 causes the metadata generation unit 24 to generate program metadata, the disclosure unit 27 to disclose the metadata, and the transmission / reception unit 28 to display the program requested from the client terminal 13. Perform processing such as sending.

<Advertiser terminal 12: Functional configuration>
Next, the functional configuration of the advertiser terminal 12 will be described using the drawings. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the advertiser terminal. The advertiser terminal 12 shown in FIG. 3 includes input means 41, output means 42, storage means 43, advertisement generation means 44, metadata generation means 45, reference means 46, transmission / reception means 47, control means. 48.

  The input unit 41 accepts an advertisement generation instruction from an advertiser or the like and various processes for generating a keyword corresponding to the advertisement. Note that the input unit 41 includes, for example, a keyboard and a pointing device such as a mouse.

  Further, the output means 42 displays the instruction content input by the input means 41, the advertisement information acquired based on the instruction content, and the like. The output means 42 is composed of a display or the like. Furthermore, the output means 42 may have a function such as a printer. In this case, for example, the content of the generated advertisement, etc., is printed on a print medium such as paper, and the advertiser etc. Can also be provided.

  In addition, the storage means 43 includes advertisement data 51 generated by the advertisement generation means 44, material data 52 such as video, audio, music, text data, and image data that are materials for generating advertisements, and advertisement data. Metadata 53 corresponding to 51 is stored.

  The advertisement generation unit 44 generates an advertisement using the material data 52 stored in the storage unit 43. The advertisement generating unit 44 generates an advertisement XML script as advertisement data.

  The metadata generation unit 45 creates metadata corresponding to the advertisement data generated by the advertisement generation unit 44. Specifically, the metadata generation unit 45 appropriately generates metadata using an advertisement title, an explanation, a dialogue, an advertisement still image file, a moving image file, an audio file, and the like obtained by the advertisement generation unit 44.

  Note that the metadata generated by the metadata generation means 45 is used as a keyword in the advertisement data. The keyword includes, for example, the title (heading) of the advertisement, summary information such as a headline, advertiser information, production date and time, creator, and the like. The metadata generated by the metadata generation unit 45 is stored in the storage unit 43.

  Further, the reference means 46 browses the content published on the content providing server 11 that can be connected by the communication network 14. That is, the reference means 46 has a browser function. Further, the advertiser terminal 12 can register an advertisement in the content / advertisement management server 11 via the reference means 46.

  The transmission / reception means 47 transmits (uploads) the advertisement XML script 51, the generated advertisement material data 52, and the metadata 53 to the content / advertisement management server 11. Further, when receiving the advertisement search information from the client terminal 13, the transmission / reception means 47 searches the advertisement data stored in the storage means 43 by the control means 48, and sends the extracted advertisement data to the client terminal 13. Send.

  The control means 48 controls the entire configuration of the advertiser terminal 12. Specifically, control is performed such that an advertisement is generated by the advertisement generation unit 44 and metadata corresponding to the advertisement is generated by the metadata generation unit 45.

<Client terminal 13: Functional configuration>
Next, a functional configuration example in the client terminal 13 will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the client terminal. The client terminal 13 shown in FIG. 4 has a function of generating content (program) and a function of acquiring desired content from the content / advertisement management server 11 and reproducing / viewing it.

  The client terminal 13 shown in FIG. 3 includes an input unit 61, an output unit 62, a storage unit 63, a program generation unit 64, a reference unit 65, a search unit 66, a transmission / reception unit 67, and a control unit 68. It is comprised so that it may have.

  The input means 61 accesses a program production request from a client (viewer), a page on which metadata published on the content / advertisement management server 11 is displayed, or transmits a request for acquiring desired content. Or input of various processes for playing back / viewing the downloaded content. The input means 61 is composed of a keyboard, a pointing device such as a mouse, and the like.

  The output unit 62 displays the instruction content input by the input unit 61, metadata information acquired based on the instruction content, and the content content. The output means 62 is composed of a display or the like. Further, the output means 62 may have a function of a printer or the like. In that case, the information that can be acquired, such as the content of the acquired metadata, is printed on a print medium such as paper, and the viewer Can also be provided.

  In addition, the storage means 63 is generated by a program production engine 71 for producing a program, each material data 72 such as video and sound, music, text data, image data, etc. as program materials, and program generation means 64 Script data 73 for the program to be played is stored. The storage means 63 stores program data and advertisement data acquired from the content / advertisement server 11.

  The program generation unit 64 generates script data of a program produced according to the instruction contents of the client (viewer) obtained from the input unit 61 based on the program production engine 71 and the material data 72 stored in the storage unit 63. To do. In this embodiment, the program script data is configured in the XML format as an example. Further, the program script data generated by the program generating unit 64 is stored in the storage unit 63.

  The program generation means 64 generates (reproduces) a program based on the program production engine, program script data, program material data, advertising script data, and advertising material data. That is, the program generation means 64 generates a program from the program script data and the advertisement script data using the program production engine. Thereby, an advertisement can be inserted while maintaining the performance of the program, and the advertisement can be provided to the viewer without a sense of incongruity. In addition, it is possible to maintain the content presentation and provide the optimal advertisement to the viewer. Furthermore, the audience rating of the advertisement can be improved.

  Further, the reference unit 65 browses metadata published on the content / advertisement management server 11 connectable via the communication network 14. That is, the reference means 65 has a browser function.

  The search unit 66 generates an acquisition request (viewing request) for a program to be viewed from the metadata browsed by the reference unit 65 with respect to the content / advertisement management server 11, or search information for the program to be acquired. Is generated.

  Further, the search means 66 extracts topic information from the program data obtained by the search for the content / advertisement management server 11 or the advertiser terminal 12 and generates search information for advertisement based on the extracted topic information. You can also

  The transmission / reception means 67 transmits the program production engine 71, the material data 72, and the script data 73 corresponding to the produced program to the content providing server 11 and uploads them. The transmission / reception unit 67 transmits the program acquisition request and the program search information obtained by the search unit 66 described above to the content / advertisement management server 11. Further, the transmission / reception means 67 can also transmit advertisement search information to the content / advertisement management server 11 and the advertiser terminal 12. The transmission / reception means 67 receives a program, an advertisement, or the like transmitted from the content / advertisement management server 11. The transmission / reception means 67 receives the advertisement transmitted from the advertiser server 12.

  The control unit 68 controls the entire configuration of the client terminal 13. Specifically, the control unit 68 causes the transmission / reception unit 67 to transmit the request information based on the content instructed by the input unit 61 from the metadata referenced by the reference unit 65. Further, the control means 68 performs control such as downloading the program data or advertisement data provided by the content / advertisement management server 11 and generating the program by the program generation means 64 or displaying it by the output means 62. .

  Note that the client terminal 13 in the case described above has a function for generating, playing, and viewing program content. However, in the case of a client terminal only for playing and viewing, the client terminal 13 produces a program. It is not necessary to have the function for.

  As described above, by providing each device with the functional configuration of the present invention, it is possible to maintain the effect of the content and provide the optimal advertisement to the viewer.

  Here, as described above, the content / advertisement management server 11, the advertiser terminal 12, and the client terminal 13 can provide the content / advertisement in the present invention with the dedicated device configuration described above. Content / advertisement providing processing by generating an execution program (content / advertisement management program, advertisement registration program, content acquisition program) that can be executed by a computer and installing the program in, for example, a general-purpose personal computer or server Can be realized.

<Hardware configuration>
Here, an example of a hardware configuration of an executable computer in the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration common to the apparatuses according to the present invention. FIG. 5 shows an example of a hardware configuration capable of realizing the content / advertisement management process in the content / advertisement management server 11, the advertisement registration process in the advertiser terminal 12, and the content acquisition process in the client terminal 13. Yes.

  5 includes an input device 81, an output device 82, a drive device 83, an auxiliary storage device 84, a memory device 85, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 86 for performing various controls, and a network connection device. 87, which are connected to each other by a system bus B.

  The input device 81 has a pointing device such as a keyboard and a mouse operated by the user, and inputs various operation signals such as execution of a program from the user. The output device 82 has a display for displaying various windows and data necessary for operating the computer main body for performing the processing in the present invention, and displays the program execution progress and results by the control program of the CPU 86. can do.

  Here, in the present invention, the execution program installed in the computer main body is provided by a recording medium 88 such as a CD-ROM. The recording medium 88 on which the program is recorded can be set in the drive device 83, and the execution program included in the recording medium 88 is installed in the auxiliary storage device 84 from the recording medium 88 via the drive device 83.

  The auxiliary storage device 84 is a storage means such as a hard disk, and can store an execution program according to the present invention, a control program provided in a computer, and perform input / output as necessary.

  The CPU 86 performs processing of the entire computer, such as various operations and input / output of data with each hardware component, based on a control program such as an OS (Operating System) and an execution program read and stored by the memory device 85. Each process can be realized by controlling the above. Further, the CPU 86 can acquire various kinds of information necessary during execution of the program from the auxiliary storage device 84, and can store processing results and the like in the auxiliary storage device 84.

  The network connection device 87 obtains an execution program from another terminal connected to the communication network by connecting to a communication network or the like, or a result obtained by executing the program or the execution program in the present invention. It can be provided to other terminals.

  With the hardware configuration described above, no special device configuration is required, and content / advertisement management processing in the content / advertisement management server 11, advertisement registration processing in the advertiser terminal 12, and client terminal 13 can be efficiently performed at low cost. Content acquisition processing can be realized. Further, by installing the program, the above-described processes can be easily realized.

<First processing procedure: sequence flowchart>
Next, each processing procedure in the content / advertisement management server 11, the advertiser terminal 12, and the client terminal 13 in the present invention will be described using a sequence flowchart. In the following description, as an example, one advertiser terminal 12, one content providing server 11, and one client terminal 13 are used, and the client terminal 13 has both a program production function and a program viewing function. An example of the processing procedure in this case will be described.

  FIG. 6 is a first sequence flowchart for explaining a program / advertisement providing process according to the present invention. In FIG. 6, the client terminal 13 first generates a program (S01), and uploads the program production engine, the program XML script, and the program metadata to the content / advertisement management server 11 (S02).

  The content / advertising management server 11 stores the program production engine, program XML script data, and program material data obtained from the client terminal 13 (S03), and generates metadata of the program from these data. (S04). Further, the content / advertisement management server 11 accumulates the generated metadata (S05), and publishes the program using the generated metadata (S06).

  On the other hand, as described above, the advertiser terminal 12 generates an advertisement using previously stored material data (S07), and further generates metadata corresponding to the generated advertisement (S08). The XML script data, the advertisement material data, and the advertisement metadata are uploaded to the content / advertisement management server 11 (S09).

  The content / advertisement management server 11 accumulates the XML script of the advertisement obtained by the advertiser terminal 12, advertisement material data, and advertisement metadata (S10).

  Here, the client terminal 13 makes a browsing request for metadata published by the content / advertisement management server 11 (S11), and acquires public information (S12). Further, the client terminal 13 browses the published metadata, and confirms whether a request for viewing a desired program or a desired program that does not exist in the metadata is stored in the content / advertisement management server 11. The search information of the program which consists of a predetermined keyword etc. for doing is transmitted to the contents / advertisement management server 11 (S14).

  The content / advertisement management server 11 searches the program DB based on the viewing request from the client terminal 13 or program search information, extracts the corresponding program (S15), and extracts the extracted program data (program production engine, program XML script). Data, program material data) is downloaded to the client terminal 13 (S16).

  In order to acquire an advertisement corresponding to the acquired program, the client terminal 13 extracts topic information from the acquired program (S17), and searches the content / advertisement management server 11 for an advertisement based on the extracted topic information. (S18). At this time, the topic information may include search information obtained in the process of S15 in addition to the program XML script data.

  The content / advertisement management server 11 extracts corresponding advertisement information based on the topic information from the client terminal 13 (S19). Here, when the corresponding advertisement data is not extracted, the content / advertisement management server 11 sets in advance advertisements and the like that the viewer wants to see without restriction of the viewers, and extracts the advertisements. You may do it.

  Further, when the number of advertisements to be extracted is large, only a predetermined number of advertisements set in advance are extracted. The predetermined number of advertisements can be extracted, for example, by setting priorities in advance and extracting advertisements based on the priorities, or by extracting date information such as the date and time when the advertisements are registered in order from the newest. Priority is given to the advertisement registration fee paid by the advertiser in descending order, or processing is performed such as selecting and extracting at random from all the extracted advertisements.

  Furthermore, the content / advertisement management server 11 causes the client terminal 13 to download the extracted advertising script data and advertising material data (S20).

  The client terminal 13 generates a program with an advertisement based on the program data downloaded in the process of S16 and the advertisement data downloaded in the process of S20 (S21), and reproduces / views the program with the advertisement (S22).

  By using the same processing procedure described above, the same program production engine is used to combine the program script data and advertisement script data generated in the same file format to produce the advertisement that seems to be optimal for the viewer, It can be inserted into the program seamlessly while keeping it. Thereby, an advertisement can be provided to a viewer without a sense of incongruity. In addition, the audience rating of the advertisement can be improved.

<Second Processing Procedure: Sequence Flowchart>
Here, in the above-described processing procedure, after the program information is downloaded in the client terminal 13 first, the topic information is generated and the advertisement is searched on the client terminal side. By using the server 11, data transmission / reception between the content / advertisement management server 11 and the client terminal 13 can be reduced, and advertisement information can be acquired efficiently.

  Here, the above example will be described as a second processing procedure with reference to a sequence flowchart. FIG. 7 is a second sequence flowchart for explaining a program / advertisement providing process according to the present invention. Here, in the second processing procedure shown in FIG. 7, the processing from S31 to S45 is the same as the processing from S01 to S15 in the first processing procedure shown in FIG. Description is omitted.

  In FIG. 7, the content / advertisement management server 11 extracts a program corresponding to the keyword (S45), and then extracts topic information from the extracted program (S46). Further, the advertisement stored in the advertisement DB 32 is searched based on the extracted topic information, and the corresponding advertisement XML script data and advertisement material data are extracted (S47). Specifically, the keyword set in advance for each advertisement and stored in the advertisement DB 32 is matched with the topic information obtained in S46, and the corresponding advertisement data is extracted. At this time, in S47, a keyword for program search obtained from the client terminal 13 may be included in the topic information.

  Furthermore, the content / advertisement management server 11 causes the client terminal 13 to download the program data and the advertisement data together (S48). Further, the client terminal 13 generates a program with an advertisement based on the downloaded program and each data of the advertisement (S49), and reproduces / views the program with the advertisement (S50).

  By the processing procedure described above, the same effect as that of the first processing procedure described above can be obtained. Furthermore, program data and advertisement data can be acquired efficiently and simultaneously. Therefore, the number of data transmission / receptions between the content / advertisement management server 11 and the client terminal 13 can be reduced.

<Third processing procedure: sequence flowchart>
In the above-described processing procedure, the client terminal 13 has described the processing procedure for acquiring advertisement information from the content / advertisement management server 11. However, since similar advertising data is accumulated in the advertiser terminal 12, the client terminal 13 It is also possible to search for advertisements directly from the advertiser terminal 12 to the advertiser terminal 12.

  Here, the above example will be described as a third processing procedure with reference to a sequence flowchart. FIG. 8 is a third sequence flowchart for explaining a program / advertisement providing process according to the present invention. Here, since S51 to S58 in the third processing procedure shown in FIG. 8 are the same as S01 to S08 of the first processing procedure shown in FIG. 6 described above, description thereof is omitted here. In FIG. 8, the processing in S60 to S66 is the same as that in S11 to S17 in the first processing procedure shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 8, the advertiser terminal 12 in the third processing procedure generates metadata corresponding to the generated advertisement (S58), and then does not transmit the advertisement and metadata to the content advertisement management server 11, and the advertiser terminal 12 It is stored in 12 storage means 43.

  When the client terminal 13 extracts the topic information from the acquired program (S66), the client terminal 13 performs an advertisement search with respect to the advertiser terminal 12 set in advance (S67). As for which advertiser terminal 12 to go to acquire advertisement information, the client terminal 13 may be referred to the advertiser terminal 12 set in advance, and the program production engine and program to be downloaded in the processing of S65 Advertiser address information (URL information, IP address, file name, etc.) is added to the XML script data and program material data, and an advertisement search is made to the predetermined advertiser terminal 12 from the added address information. May be performed.

  The advertiser terminal 12 extracts advertisements based on topic information and the like (S68), and transmits the extracted advertisement script data and advertisement material data to the client terminal 13 (S69). Accordingly, the client terminal 13 generates a program with an advertisement based on the data obtained from the content / advertisement management server 11 and the advertisement data transmitted from the advertiser terminal 12 (S70). Playback / viewing is performed (S71).

  By the processing procedure described above, the same effect as that of the first processing procedure described above can be obtained. Furthermore, the processing burden on the content / advertisement management server 11 can be reduced.

<Example 1: Provision of programs and advertisements>
Here, a program / advertisement providing example (example) to which the present system is applied will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of program / advertisement provision. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a generation example of a program with an advertisement. 9 and 10 correspond to the first processing procedure described above.

  First, as shown in FIG. 9, the advertiser side generates script data in the XML format, and registers the generated advertisement XML script data, advertisement material data, and keywords related to the advertisement in the advertisement DB 32. (FIG. 9 (1)).

  The client terminal 13 accesses the content / advertising management server 11 and downloads the program production engine of the program to be viewed, the program XML script, and the program material data (FIG. 9 (2)), and then the client terminal temporarily. (FIG. 9 (3)).

  At this time, topic information is extracted from the program XML script data (FIG. 9 (4)). If a search function is used when downloading the program, the search information 91 is also used as topic extraction input.

  Next, the extracted topic is matched with the advertisement metadata in the advertisement DB (FIG. 9 (5)), the advertisement related to the program is extracted, and the extracted advertisement XML script data and the advertisement used for it are extracted. The material data is downloaded (FIG. 9 (6)).

  The client terminal 13 generates (plays back) a program with an advertisement added to the downloaded advertisement XML script data and advertisement material data as it is, and causes the viewer to view the program (FIG. 9 (7)). ).

  Here, as shown in FIG. 10, it is assumed that the related advertisement 92 is registered in the advertisement DB 32 (FIG. 10 (8)), and keywords (words) corresponding to the advertisement are registered (FIG. 10 (FIG. 10). 9)). Assume that a certain viewer views a script program (main program 93) ((10) in FIG. 10). At this time, it is assumed that the program production engine is “royal.ape” (FIG. 10 (11)).

  Here, it is assumed that the XML script of the main program is extracted as a topic and the topic “Shanghai” is extracted. Next, it is assumed that the related advertisement 92 is extracted from the topic “Shanghai”. As a result, as the output program presented to the viewer, the advertisement part (FIG. 10 (13)) is inserted in the latter half of the main program part (FIG. 10 (12)). At this time, since the advertisement part is generated using the same program production engine (FIG. 10 (11)), it is possible to seamlessly present the optimal advertisement to the viewer while maintaining the effect of the program. The advertisement insertion part may be at the beginning or end of the program, and may be inserted before or after the place where the keyword used for the advertisement search is described in the main program. Further, as described above, the number of advertisements may be limited, and the frequency of advertisements to be inserted can be adjusted based on priority or the like.

  As described above, according to the present invention, an optimal advertisement can be provided to the viewer. Specifically, since the program script data and the advertisement script data are generated in the same file format, an advertisement can be inserted into the program production engine. Thereby, the advertisement can be provided to the viewer without feeling uncomfortable in the insertion of the advertisement in the program. Therefore, it is possible to maintain the content presentation and provide the optimal advertisement to the viewer. In addition, the audience rating of the advertisement can be improved.

  Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiment, and various modifications, within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims, It can be changed.

It is a figure which shows an example of schematic structure of the content and advertisement management system in this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a function structure of a content and advertisement management server. It is a figure which shows an example of a function structure of an advertiser terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of a function structure of a client terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions common to each apparatus in this invention. It is a 1st sequence flowchart for demonstrating the provision process of the program and advertisement in this invention. It is a 2nd sequence flowchart for demonstrating the provision process of the program and advertisement in this invention. It is a 1st sequence flowchart for demonstrating the provision process of the program and advertisement in this invention. It is a figure which shows one Example of a program and advertisement provision. It is a figure which shows the example of a production | generation of a program with an advertisement.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Content / advertisement management system 11 Content / advertisement management server 12 Advertiser terminal 13 Client terminal 14 Communication network 21, 41, 61 Input means 22, 42, 62 Output means 23, 43, 63 Storage means 24, 45 Metadata generation means 25 Program management means 26 Publication means 27 Program / advertisement extraction means 28, 47, 67 Transmission / reception means 29, 48, 68 Control means 31 Program DB
32 Advertising DB
33 Viewer DB
44 Advertisement generation means 46, 65 Reference means 51 Advertisement data 52, 72 Material data 53, 73 Metadata 64 Program generation means 66 Search means 71 Program production engine 81 Input device 82 Output device 83 Drive device 84 Auxiliary storage device 85 Memory device 86 CPU
87 Network connection device 88 Recording medium 91 Search information 92 Related advertisement 93 Main program

Claims (7)

In a content / advertisement management server that manages content and advertisement information provided to at least one terminal connected to a communication network,
The content includes a program production engine as program information, program script data, and program material data, and the advertisement includes advertising script data and advertisement material data,
Storage means for storing the content and the advertisement;
Based on the search information to the content acquisition request or content obtained from a terminal connected to the communication network, the corresponding content is extracted from the stored the content by the storage means, extracted the program for script data content based on the topic information obtained from, it possesses from said stored by the storage means the advertisement, and a content advertisement extraction means for extracting a predetermined number of advertisements for script data was corresponding to the topic information,
The content / advertisement management server, wherein the program script data and the advertisement script data are generated in the same file format . The content / advertisement extraction means includes:
Among the advertisements extracted from the storage means based on the topic information, among the preset priority, the date information when the advertisement is registered or produced, the registration fee from the advertiser, and the viewer's local information The content / advertisement management server according to claim 1, wherein an advertisement is selected based on at least one piece of information. In an advertiser terminal that generates an advertisement and registers in the content / advertisement management server according to claim 1 or 2 connected to a communication network,
Advertisement generating means for generating script data for advertisement corresponding to the advertisement ;
The advertisement from the generation means advertisement script data obtained by, have a metadata generating means for generating metadata including a keyword used when the advertisement search,
The advertiser terminal, wherein the advertisement generation means generates the advertisement script data in the same file format as the program script data stored in the content / advertisement management server . In a client terminal that acquires predetermined content from metadata information published by the content / advertisement management server according to claim 1 or 2 for managing content connected by a communication network,
Reference means for referring to metadata information related to the content published by the content / advertisement management server ;
Based on the topic information extracted by the content acquired from the content / advertisement management server, the content / advertisement management server is requested to acquire the predetermined content using the metadata obtained by the reference means, and related to the content to have a search means for performing a search of the ad,
The predetermined content includes a program production engine, program script data, and program material data, and the advertisement includes advertising script data and advertisement material data,
Using the program production engine, the program for script data of the predetermined content, characterized by have a program generation means for generating a program corresponding to the script data said to insert advertisements in advertising script data Client terminal. A content / advertisement management program for causing a computer to function as the content / advertisement management server according to claim 1 . An advertisement registration program for causing a computer to function as the advertiser terminal according to claim 3 . A content acquisition program for causing a computer to function as the client terminal according to claim 4 .

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