JP6306444B2 - Data processing apparatus, program, method, and system for determining display position of information - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for determining a display position of information.

  There is a mechanism in which various users use a terminal device to post information such as messages and images to a server device so that other users can view the information. A Web site for the server device to distribute information posted by the user to other users is called a posting site.

  As a prior art document disclosing a technique related to a posting site, for example, there is Patent Document 1. According to the mechanism described in Patent Literature 1, the value of images posted by various contributors on the posting site in the past is specified based on the number of accesses and the like. Then, on the terminal of the viewer who accesses the posting site, the high-value image is displayed at a high speed, and the low-value image is displayed at a low speed. According to Patent Document 1, it is stated that a large number of works can be displayed so as to attract the user's interest by changing the moving speed according to the value of the image as described above.

  There is a mechanism for displaying information such as messages and images posted on a posting site (hereinafter referred to as “content”) in order of posting to a viewer who has accessed the posting site. This mechanism is commonly called “timeline display”. The term “timeline display” is an ambiguous term. In this application, “timeline display” refers to a display method in which contents posted on a posting site are displayed in order of posting. For example, the image display method in the invention described in Patent Document 1 is a method of “displaying while changing the flow of the entire work with time”, which is different from the “timeline display” in this application (paragraph 0030 of Patent Document 1). reference).

  In the timeline display, normally, newly displayed content is displayed at the top of the display area, and then, as new newly arrived content is displayed, the already displayed contents are sequentially moved downward in the display area. Move. Then, the content that has reached the lowest position in the display area is not displayed after the new newly arrived content is displayed.

JP 2013-15923 A

  Old content is not displayed in the timeline display. Since the viewer does not always monitor the content displayed on the timeline, the content that the viewer misses the content that is meaningful to him or the content that the poster wants to be viewed by a specific viewer is identified. Often not viewed by other viewers.

  In view of the above circumstances, the present invention provides a means that allows content displayed in the order of posting to be viewed by a desirable viewer with a high probability as compared to the case of the conventional timeline display. Objective.

In order to solve the above-described problem, the present invention relates to a content data acquisition unit that sequentially acquires content data indicating information and a content attribute that indicates an attribute of the content data with respect to each of the content data acquired by the content data acquisition unit. Content attribute data acquiring means for acquiring data, and importance specifying means for specifying the importance of the content data based on the content attribute data indicating the attribute of the content data for each of the content data acquired by the content data acquiring means When the information indicated by the content data is displayed at a predetermined display start position in a display area in the order acquired by the content data acquisition means, and when new information is displayed at the display start position, the content data acquisition Content acquired by the means Display position determining means for determining a display position of information indicated by each of the data and determining a display position of the information displayed at the display start position as a display position different from the display start position of the display area; And a data processing apparatus that displays information indicated by each of the content data acquired by the content data acquisition unit according to the display position determined by the display position determination unit for a longer period of time in the display area as the degree of importance increases. When the content attribute data acquisition unit acquires new content attribute data of one piece of information displayed in the display area, the importance level specifying unit is configured to select the first content attribute data based on the new content attribute data. A new importance level of information is specified, and the display position determining means determines that the new content attribute data is based on the new importance level. The display position of the one of information obtained by the time to propose a data processing apparatus for determining a display position of said one information as the starting point.

In addition, the present invention relates to content data acquisition means for sequentially acquiring content data indicating information, and content attribute data for acquiring content attribute data indicating an attribute of the content data for each of the content data acquired by the content data acquisition means A data acquisition unit, an attribute of a user who browses information indicated by content data acquired by the content data acquisition unit, an attribute of a terminal device used by the user, and an attribute of an environment in which the user or the terminal device is placed The user attribute data acquisition means for acquiring user attribute data indicating at least one of the content data, and the content data acquired by the content data acquisition means, the importance of the content data is indicated as an attribute of the content data Content attribute data, Importance specifying means for specifying based on the user attribute data, information indicated by the content data in the order acquired by the content data acquiring means is displayed at a predetermined display start position of the display area, and new information is When displayed at the display start position, the display position of the information indicated by each of the content data acquired by the content data acquisition means is determined, and the display position of the information displayed at the display start position is determined in the display area Display position determination means for determining a display position different from the display start position, and according to the display position determined by the display position determination means, information indicated by each of the content data acquired by the content data acquisition means, A data processing apparatus is proposed in which the higher the importance is, the longer the display area is displayed.

  In the above data processing device, when the user attribute data acquisition unit acquires new user attribute data, the importance level specifying unit is displayed in the display area based on the new user attribute data. For each of a plurality of pieces of information, a new importance level of the information is specified, and the display position determining means relates to each of the plurality of pieces of information displayed in the display area based on the new importance level. A configuration in which the display position of the information is determined from the display position of the information when the user attribute data is acquired may be employed.

In the above data processing device, the content data acquisition means acquires the content data transmitted from a server device,
The content attribute data acquisition means acquires the content attribute data transmitted from the server device,
A configuration may be employed in which the display device is provided with display instruction means for instructing display of information at the display position determined by the display position determination means.

  In the above data processing device, the content data acquired by the content data acquiring unit is transmitted to a terminal device connected to the display device, and the display position determined by the display position determining unit is shown. A configuration may be employed in which display position data transmitting means for transmitting display position data to the terminal device is provided.

  In the data processing device, the user attribute data acquisition unit acquires the user attribute data transmitted from a terminal device connected to a display device, and the content data acquired by the content data acquisition unit is stored in the terminal. A configuration may be employed that includes content data transmitting means for transmitting to the device and display position data transmitting means for transmitting display position data indicating the display position determined by the display position determining means to the terminal device.

The present invention also relates to content attribute data indicating attributes of the content data for each of the process of sequentially acquiring content data indicating information and the content data sequentially acquired in the process of sequentially acquiring the content data. A process of acquiring, a process of specifying importance of the content data based on content attribute data indicating an attribute of the content data for each of the content data sequentially acquired in the process of sequentially acquiring the content data, and the content data When the information indicated by the content data is displayed at the predetermined display start position of the display area in the order acquired in the process of sequentially acquiring the content, and when new information is displayed at the display start position, the content data is sequentially Acquired in the acquisition process Determining the display position of the information indicated by each of the content data, and executing the process of determining the display position of the information displayed at the display start position to a display position different from the display start position of the display area. In accordance with the display position determined in the process of determining the display position, the information indicated by each of the content data acquired in the process of sequentially acquiring the content data is displayed in the display area for a longer time as the importance is higher , A process of acquiring new content attribute data of one piece of information displayed in the display area, a process of specifying a new importance level of the one piece of information based on the new content attribute data, and the new important piece of data Display of the one information based on the display position of the one information at the time of acquiring the new content attribute data We propose a program for executing a process for determining the location.
The present invention also relates to content attribute data indicating attributes of the content data for each of the process of sequentially acquiring content data indicating information and the content data sequentially acquired in the process of sequentially acquiring the content data. In the process of acquiring, the attribute of the user who browses the information indicated by the content data sequentially acquired in the process of sequentially acquiring the content data, the attribute of the terminal device used by the user, and the user or the terminal device are placed For each of the content data sequentially acquired in the process of acquiring user attribute data indicating at least one of the attributes of the existing environment and the process of sequentially acquiring the content data, the importance of the content data is determined as the content data Content genre indicating the attributes of The information indicated by the content data is displayed at a predetermined display start position in the display area in the order acquired in the process of specifying based on the data and the user attribute data and the process of sequentially acquiring the content data, When information is displayed at the display start position, the display position of the information indicated by each of the content data acquired in the process of sequentially acquiring the content data is determined, and the information displayed at the display start position is displayed. Content acquired in the process of sequentially acquiring the content data according to the display position determined in the process of determining the display position in the process of determining the display position different from the display start position of the display area The information indicated by each piece of data is displayed longer in the display area as the importance is higher. To propose a program for.

In addition, the present invention relates to each of content data that is sequentially acquired in a step in which a data processing device sequentially acquires content data indicating information and a step in which the data processing device sequentially acquires the content data. The content attribute data indicating the attribute of the content data, and the data processing apparatus sequentially acquiring the content data in the step of sequentially acquiring the content data. The information indicated by the content data is displayed at a predetermined display start position in the display area in the order acquired in the step of specifying based on the content attribute data shown and the step in which the data processing device sequentially acquires the content data. ,new When information is displayed at the display start position, the display position of the information indicated by each of the content data acquired in the step of sequentially acquiring the content data is determined, and the display position of the information displayed at the display start position Determining a display position different from the display start position of the display area, and the data processing device sequentially acquires the content data according to the display position determined in the step of determining the display position. The information indicated by each of the content data acquired in the above is displayed in the display area for a longer degree of importance , and the data processing device displays new content attribute data of one piece of information displayed in the display area. And acquiring the data processing device based on the new content attribute data. Determining a new importance level of the one information, and a display position of the one information at the time when the data processing apparatus acquires the new content attribute data based on the new importance level. A method for determining the display position of information is provided, comprising the step of determining the display position of the one information as a starting point .
In addition, the present invention relates to each of content data that is sequentially acquired in a step in which a data processing device sequentially acquires content data indicating information and a step in which the data processing device sequentially acquires the content data. Content attribute data indicating the attribute of the user, and the attribute of the user who browses the information indicated by the content data sequentially acquired in the step of sequentially acquiring the content data by the data processing device, the terminal device used by the user And user attribute data indicating at least one of the attributes of the user or the environment in which the terminal device is placed, and the data processing device sequentially acquiring the content data Content data to be acquired sequentially For each, the step of specifying the importance of the content data based on the content attribute data indicating the attribute of the content data and the user attribute data, and the step of sequentially acquiring the content data by the data processing device In the step of sequentially acquiring the content data when the information indicated by the content data is displayed at the predetermined display start position of the display area and new information is displayed at the display start position. Determining the display position of the information indicated by each of the content data, and determining the display position of the information displayed at the display start position as a display position different from the display start position of the display area, The data processing device determines in the step of determining the display position. According shown position, wherein the sequentially the information indicated by each of the acquired content data in step acquiring content data, the importance proposes a method of determining the display position of higher information displayed long in the display area.

The present invention further includes a server device and a plurality of terminal devices, wherein the server device sequentially receives content data indicating information from devices other than the device itself, and the content data receiving unit. The content attribute data acquisition means for acquiring the content attribute data indicating the attribute of the content data, the content data received by the content data reception means, and the content attribute data for the content data Transmission means for sequentially transmitting the content attribute data acquired by the acquisition means to each of the plurality of terminal devices, and each of the plurality of terminal devices indicates information that is sequentially transmitted from the server device Content data and the content data attribute Importance specification that specifies the importance of the content data based on the content attribute data indicating the attribute of the content data for each of the content data received by the receiving means for receiving the content attribute data and the content data received by the receiving means of the device itself And the information indicated by the content data in the order received by the receiving means of the own device is displayed at a predetermined display start position of the display area, and new information is displayed at the display start position. Determining the display position of the information indicated by each of the content data received by the receiving means, and determining the display position of the information displayed at the display start position as a display position different from the display start position of the display area A display position determining means for indicating to the display device display of information at the display position determined by the display position determining means. Information indicating each of the content data received by the receiving unit of the device according to the display position determined by the display position determining unit, and displaying the information in the display area for a longer degree of importance. When the receiving unit receives new content attribute data of one piece of information displayed in the display area, the importance level specifying unit determines whether the new information of the one piece of information is new based on the new content attribute data. An importance level is specified, and the display position determination means starts the display position of the one information starting from the display position of the one information when the new content attribute data is received based on the new importance level. A system for displaying information is provided.
The present invention further includes a server device and a plurality of terminal devices, wherein the server device sequentially receives content data indicating information from devices other than the device itself, and the content data receiving unit. The content attribute data acquisition means for acquiring the content attribute data indicating the attribute of the content data, the content data received by the content data reception means, and the content attribute data for the content data Transmission means for sequentially transmitting the content attribute data acquired by the acquisition means to each of the plurality of terminal devices, each of the plurality of terminal devices includes an attribute of a user of the own device, an attribute of the own device, and Less than the attributes of the environment in which the user or device is located User attribute data acquisition means for acquiring user attribute data indicating one, and reception means for receiving content data indicating information and content attribute data indicating attributes of the content data, which are sequentially transmitted from the server device And, for each piece of content data received by the receiving means of the device itself, importance specifying means for specifying the importance of the content data based on the content attribute data indicating the attribute of the content data and the user attribute data; When the information indicated by the content data is displayed at a predetermined display start position in the display area in the order received by the receiving unit of the own apparatus, and when new information is displayed at the display start position, The display position of the information indicated by each of the content data received by the co-receiving means is determined, and the display starts Display position determining means for determining the display position of the information displayed on the display to a display position different from the display start position of the display area, and information on the display position determined by the display position determining means for the display device Display instruction means for instructing display of the information, and according to the display position determined by the display position determination means, the information indicated by each of the content data received by the reception means of the device is higher as the importance is higher. Provided is a system for displaying information, characterized by being displayed for a long time in a display area.

  According to the present invention, after the content posted sequentially by the poster is displayed in the display area browsed by the viewer, the higher the importance of the content, the longer the content stays in the display area. Therefore, the probability that important content to be browsed by the viewer is viewed by the viewer is increased.

The figure which showed the whole structure of the information display system concerning one Embodiment. The figure which showed the hardware constitutions of the server apparatus concerning one Embodiment. The figure which showed the hardware constitutions of the terminal device for contributors concerning one Embodiment. The figure which showed the hardware constitutions of the terminal device for viewers concerning one Embodiment. The figure which showed the function structure of the server apparatus concerning one Embodiment. The figure which showed the data structure of the content database which the server apparatus concerning one Embodiment memorize | stores. The figure which showed the data structure of the user attribute database which the server apparatus concerning one Embodiment memorize | stores. The figure which showed the data structure of the content database for every user which the server apparatus concerning one Embodiment memorize | stores. The figure which showed the function structure of the terminal device for contributors concerning one Embodiment. The figure which showed the function structure of the terminal device for browsers concerning one Embodiment. The figure which showed the data structure of the user attribute data which the terminal device for browsers concerning one Embodiment memorize | stores. The figure which showed the data structure of the content database which the terminal device for viewers concerning one Embodiment memorize | stores. The figure which showed the change of the screen displayed on the terminal device for viewers concerning one Embodiment. The figure which showed the change of the screen displayed on the terminal device for viewers concerning one Embodiment. The figure which showed the change of the screen displayed on the terminal device for viewers concerning one Embodiment. The figure which showed the function structure of the server apparatus concerning one modification. The figure which showed the function structure of the terminal device for viewers concerning one modification. The figure which showed the data structure of the content database which the terminal device for viewers concerning one modification memorizes.

[Embodiment]
Below, the information display system 1 concerning one Embodiment of this invention is demonstrated. The information display system 1 is a system for a viewer to browse content posted by a poster. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of the information display system 1. The information display system 1 includes a server device 11 that distributes content data indicating posted content to viewers, and m terminal devices each of m (m is an arbitrary natural number) posters used for posting content. 12P-1 to 12P-m, and n terminal devices 12B-1 to 12B-n used by each of n (n is an arbitrary natural number) viewers for browsing content. Hereinafter, the terminal devices 12P-1 to 12P-m are collectively referred to as “terminal device 12P”, and the terminal devices 12B-1 to 12B-n are collectively referred to as “terminal device 12B”. Furthermore, the terminal device 12P and the terminal device 12B are collectively referred to as “terminal device 12”. Also, the contributor and the viewer are collectively referred to as “user”. Each of the server device 11 and the terminal device 12 can perform data communication with each other via a network 9 including a mobile communication network and the Internet.

  For convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the poster and the viewer are different users, but the same user may perform both posting and browsing. In that case, the terminal device 12 used by the user serves as both the terminal device 12P and the terminal device 12B.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the server apparatus 11. The hardware configuration of the server device 11 is the same as the hard-wire configuration of a computer for a general server device, and stores various data such as an OS, application programs, user data, etc., and a memory used as a work area when executing the program 101, a processor 102 such as a CPU that performs various data processing according to a program stored in the memory 101, and a communication interface 103 that performs data communication via the network 9 between each of the terminal devices 12.

  FIG. 3A is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the terminal device 12P, and FIG. 3B is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the terminal device 12B. The hardware configurations of the terminal device 12P and the terminal device 12B are the same as the hardware configuration of a general computer for a terminal device, but the terminal device 12B has a position measurement function. 3A and 3B show the configuration of a tablet computer as an example, but the format of the computer used as the terminal device 12 is not limited to a tablet computer, and may be a desktop computer, a notebook computer, or the like. . Moreover, the smart phone provided with the telephone call function etc. may be sufficient.

  In FIG. 3A and FIG. 3B, the same reference numerals are given to components that are shared by the terminal device 12P and the terminal device 12B (the same applies to FIGS. 8A and 8B). Hereinafter, the components provided in common in the terminal device 12P and the terminal device 12B will be described without distinguishing them. The terminal device 12P and the terminal device 12B illustrated in FIGS. 3A and 3B store various data such as an OS, an application program, and user data, and are also stored in the memory 201 and used as a work area when the program is executed. The server device 11 performs data communication with a processor 202 such as a CPU that performs various data processing according to a program that is stored, a touch display 203 in which a touch pad that accepts a user's touch operation and a display that displays an image are stacked, and the server device 11. A communication interface 204 is provided. The terminal device 12B illustrated in FIG. 3B includes a position measurement unit 205 that measures the current position of the device according to a GPS (Global Positioning System) method. Note that the method by which the position measurement unit 205 measures the position is not limited to GPS, and other methods may be employed.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the server device 11. That is, the server device 11 functions as a device including the components illustrated in FIG. 4 by performing data processing according to the application program according to the present embodiment. First, the server device 11 includes a receiving unit 111 that receives data from each of the terminal devices 12. The receiving unit 111 receives a content data receiving unit 1111 (an example of a content data receiving unit) that receives content data from the terminal device 12P, and a content attribute data receiving unit that receives content attribute data indicating an attribute of the content data from the terminal device 12P. 1112 (an example of content attribute data acquisition means), a display time data receiving unit 1113 for receiving display time data indicating the time when content is displayed on the terminal device 12B, and a user (ie, a viewer) from the terminal device 12B A user attribute data receiving unit 1114 (an example of a user attribute data acquisition unit) that receives user attribute data indicating an attribute is provided.

  The server device 11 includes a display count unit 112 that counts the number of times the display time data reception unit 1113 receives display time data for each content data, and a time indicated by the display time data received by the display time data reception unit 1113. Is provided with a display time accumulating unit 113 for accumulating.

  The server device 11 also includes a storage unit 114 that stores various data. The storage unit 114 includes a content database A that is a database for managing content data, a user attribute database H that manages user attribute data for each user (viewer) of the terminal device 12B, and a user (viewer) of the terminal device 12B. ) A content database G for each user, which is a database for managing information for determining the display position of each content.

  FIG. 5 shows the data structure of the content database A. The content database A is a collection of records for each content data, and includes [content ID], [content], [delivery start time], [content attribute], [display count], and [display time] as fields. The field [content ID] stores identification data of content data. In the field [content], content data received by the content data receiving unit 1111 is stored. In the field [Delivery start time], data indicating the delivery start time of the content data is stored. The contributor can specify the distribution start time of the content when posting the content. When the posting start time is not specified by the contributor, the distribution start time becomes the posting time, and the content distribution is immediately started. Therefore, data indicating the distribution start time designated by the contributor or data indicating the posting time is stored in the field [delivery start time].

  The field [content attribute] stores the content attribute data received by the content attribute data receiving unit 1112. The content attribute data indicates the content attribute specified by the content contributor, and is normally transmitted from the terminal device 12P to the server device 11 together with the content data. In the present embodiment, the poster designates the attribute of the target viewer of the content as the content attribute. Specifically, the content attribute data includes, for example, “male = 1.2”, “10-45 years old = 1.5”, “soccer = 1.3”, “until today 13: 30 = 3.5 ”,“ Shibuya = 2.5 ”,“ mobile connection = 0.5 ”, and the like.

“Male = 1.2” means that the index value indicating the degree to which the content data should be viewed by “male” is “1.2”.
“10 years old to 45 years old = 1.5” indicates that the index value indicating the degree to which content data should be viewed by a viewer whose age is indicated by “10 years old to 45 years old” is “1.5”. means.
“Soccer = 1.3” means that the index value indicating the degree to which content data should be viewed by a viewer who likes “soccer” is “1.3”.
“Today 13: 30 = 3.5” is an index value indicating the degree to which content data should be viewed in the time zone indicated by “today 13:30”, that is, before 13:30 on the posting date. It means “3.5”.
“Shibuya = 2.5” means that the index value indicating the degree to which the content data should be browsed in “Shibuya” is “2.5”.
“Mobile connection = 0.5” means that the index value indicating the degree to which the content data should be browsed by the user of the terminal device performing data communication by “mobile connection” is “0.5”. .
The index value indicated by the content attribute data indicates that the larger the numerical value is, the higher the degree to be browsed is, and it is used for calculating the importance for each viewer of the content data (described later).

  In the field [Number of display] of the content database A, data indicating the number of times counted by the display number counting unit 112, that is, the total number of times the content has been viewed by the viewer is stored. In the field [display time], data indicating the time accumulated by the display time accumulating unit 113, that is, the total time when the content is browsed is stored.

  FIG. 6 shows the data structure of the user attribute database H. The user attribute database H is a collection of records for each viewer, and data indicating the attributes of the viewer, the attributes of the terminal device 12B used by the viewer, and the attributes of the environment in which the viewer or the terminal device 12B is placed. Stored. The user attribute database H includes [user ID], [gender], [age], [preference], [location], and [communication state] as fields.

  In the field [user ID], identification data of the viewer is stored. In the fields [sex], [age], and [preference], data indicating the gender, age, and preference of the viewer are stored. The field [position] stores data indicating the current position of the terminal device 12B carried by the viewer. In the field [communication state], data indicating the current communication state of the terminal device 12B carried by the viewer is stored.

  The data stored in the fields [gender] to [communication state] of the user attribute database H is data that is transmitted from each of the terminal devices 12B regularly or irregularly. It has been received.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a data configuration of the content database G for each user. The per-user content database G includes a table for each user ID for identifying the user (viewer) of the terminal device 12B, and each table includes a plurality of records corresponding to the content data. Each record of the content database G for each user includes fields [content ID], [importance], and [distance index]. The field [content ID] stores identification data of content data. In the field [importance], numerical data indicating the importance (described later) of the content data for the viewer is stored. The field [distance index] stores data indicating a distance index (described later) indicating how far the display position of the content on the terminal device 12B is from the display start position. The data stored in the field [distance index] is used as display position data indicating the display position of the content.

  Returning to FIG. 4, the description of the functional configuration of the server device 11 is continued. The server device 11 includes a time data acquisition unit 115 that acquires time data indicating the current time. The time data acquisition unit 115 acquires time data generated by a clock included in the processor 102, for example.

  Further, the server device 11 is based on the content attribute data stored in the content database A, the user attribute data for each viewer stored in the user attribute database H, and the time data acquired by the time data acquisition unit 115. For example, an importance level specifying unit 116 (an example of an importance level specifying unit) that specifies the importance level of each content data for each viewer every time a predetermined time elapses (hereinafter, every 15 minutes as an example) is provided. . For each combination of the record of the user attribute database H (FIG. 6) and the record of the content database A (FIG. 5), the importance level specifying unit 116 stores the data stored in the field [content attribute] of the content database A record. Among the index values shown, content data for the viewer is a numerical value obtained by multiplying the reference value “1” by the index value corresponding to the attribute indicated by the data included in the record of the user attribute database H or the current time indicated by the time data. Calculated as the current importance of.

  For example, when the time data acquired by the time data acquiring unit 115 indicates “11:25 on May 15, 2014”, the importance level specifying unit 116 is illustrated in the first row of FIG. 6 (user attribute database H). 5 and the record illustrated in the first row of FIG. 5 (content database A), first, among the data stored in the field [content attribute], “male = 1.2”, “10 years old to 45 years” “Year = 1.5”, “Today 13: 30 = 3.5”, “Shibuya = 2.5” are specified as data corresponding to the attribute of the viewer or the current time. Subsequently, the importance level specifying unit 116 multiplies the reference value “1” by the index values “1.2”, “1.5”, and “3.5” indicated by these data. That is, the importance level specifying unit 116 calculates “1 × 1.2 × 1.5 × 3.5 = 6.3”. “6.3” calculated in this way is the current importance of the content identified by the content ID “1234567” for the viewer identified by the user ID “45678”. However, this method for specifying importance is merely an example, and other methods for specifying importance may be adopted.

  The importance level specifying unit 116 stores numerical data indicating the calculated importance level in the content database G for each user (FIG. 7). For example, numerical data indicating the importance calculated according to the above example is stored in the field “importance” of the record of the content ID “1234567” in the table of the user ID “45678” of the content database G for each user.

  In addition, the server device 11 specifies the current time indicated by the time data acquired by the time data acquisition unit 115 and the importance level specification unit 116 for each piece of content data stored in the content database A (FIG. 5). Based on the importance stored in each content database G (FIG. 7), a distance index indicating the extent to which the display position of each content in the terminal device 12B is separated from the display start position is calculated, and the calculated distance index A display position determination unit 117 (an example of a display position determination unit) that determines the display position of the content is provided.

The display position determination unit 117 calculates the distance index according to the following formula 1. In Equation 1 below, t ₀ is the distribution start time, t _i is the current time, S is the importance, and D _i is a distance index at the current time. When t ₀ > t _i (that is, when the current time has not yet reached the distribution start time), the display position determination unit 117 does not calculate the distance index.

According to the above formula 1, the distance index D _i increases as time elapses from the posting time t ₀ . Also, when according to formula 1 above, as the importance of S is large (high importance), the distance index D _i becomes small. Since the reciprocal (1 / S) of the importance S is a numerical value obtained by dividing the elapsed time (t _i −t ₀ ) from the posting time t ₀ by the distance index D _i , the speed at which the content moves away from the display start position. This means that the higher the value, the faster the speed.

An increasing function of Equation 1 above is merely an example of a calculation formula used in order to display position determination unit 117 identifies a distance index D _i, distance index D _i is the elapsed time (t _i -t _0), As long as the importance S is a decreasing function, the calculation formula used by the display position determination unit 117 is not limited. Further, the method by which the display position determination unit 117 specifies the distance index is not limited to the calculation method according to the calculation formula, but increases as the elapsed time (t _i −t ₀ ) increases, and decreases as the importance S increases. As long as the distance index is specified, for example, a method such as specifying the distance index according to the correspondence table may be employed.

  The display position determination unit 117 specifies the distance index as described above using the importance level identification performed by the importance level identification unit 116 every 15 minutes as a trigger, and the data indicating the identified distance index is stored in the content database G (for each user). Stored in the field [distance index] of FIG.

  In addition, the server device 11 includes a transmission unit 118 (an example of a transmission unit) that transmits data to each of the terminal devices 12B. The transmission unit 118 transmits a content data transmission unit 1181 that transmits content data stored in the content database A, and a display position data transmission unit 1182 that transmits display position data indicating a distance index stored in the content database for each user. Is provided.

  The display position data transmission unit 1182 uses, as a trigger, the identification of the distance index performed every 15 minutes by the display position determination unit 117, with respect to each of the terminal devices 12B, the data in the table of the content database G for each user (FIG. 7). The data is sorted in ascending order by the value of the field [distance index], and the data of the field [content ID] and [distance index] of a predetermined upper number of records (for example, 100 records) is transmitted to the terminal device 12B. (Records whose distribution start time is after the current time, that is, records whose distance index has not been calculated are excluded from transmission targets to the terminal device 12B.)

  The content data transmission unit 1181 extracts a record including the content ID transmitted from the display position data transmission unit 1182 to the terminal device 12B from the content database A (FIG. 5), and the fields [content ID] and [content] of the extracted record. Is transmitted to the terminal device 12B.

  FIG. 8A is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the terminal device 12P. That is, the terminal device 12P functions as a device including the components illustrated in FIG. 8A by performing data processing according to the application program according to the present embodiment. First, the terminal device 12P includes an operation accepting unit 121 that accepts an input operation of the contributor when the contributor posts content, and a content data generating unit that generates content data according to the operation accepted by the operation accepting unit 121 122, and a content attribute data generation unit 123 that generates content attribute data in accordance with the operation received by the operation reception unit 121. Note that, when the poster specifies the content distribution start time, the content data generation unit 122 generates data indicating the specified time and adds the data to the content data.

  Further, the terminal device 12P includes a transmission unit 124 that transmits data to the server device 11. The transmission unit 124 includes a content data transmission unit 1241 that transmits the content data generated by the content data generation unit 122 and a content attribute data transmission unit 1242 that transmits the content attribute data generated by the content attribute data generation unit 123.

  The content data and content attribute data transmitted from the terminal device 12P are received by the server device 11 and stored in the content database A (FIG. 5).

  FIG. 8B is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the terminal device 12B. That is, the terminal device 12B functions as a device including the components illustrated in FIG. 8B by performing data processing according to the application program according to the present embodiment. The terminal device 12B includes an operation reception unit 121 as a component common to the terminal device 12P.

  Further, the terminal device 12B acquires a position data acquisition unit 126 that acquires position data indicating the current position of the terminal device 12B (self device), and communication state data that indicates the current communication state of the terminal device 12B (self device). The communication state data acquisition unit 127 is provided. The position data acquisition unit 126 acquires position data generated by the position measurement unit 205. The communication state data acquisition unit 127 acquires communication state data indicating the state of data communication performed by the communication interface 204 with the server device 11. The communication status data is, for example, data indicating the type of data communication such as mobile communication or WiFi (registered trademark) communication, data indicating the communication speed, and the like.

  In addition, the terminal device 12B includes a receiving unit 128 (an example of a receiving unit) that receives data from the server device 11. The reception unit 128 receives a content data transmitted from the server device 11 every 15 minutes, and a display transmitted from the server device 11 every 15 minutes. A display position data receiving unit 1282 for receiving position data (data indicating a distance index) is provided.

  In addition, the terminal device 12B includes a storage unit 129 that stores various data. The storage unit 129 stores user attribute data B and a content database I.

  The user attribute data B is data indicating the attribute of the user (browser) of the terminal device 12B, the attribute of the terminal device 12B, and the attribute of the environment where the viewer or the terminal device 12B is placed. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a data configuration of the user attribute data B. As shown in FIG. The user attribute data B includes [sex], [age], [preference], [position], and [communication state] as fields.

  In each of the fields [sex], [age], and [preference] of the user attribute data B, data indicated by the field name is stored. The data stored in the fields [gender] and [age] are, for example, data registered by the user of the terminal device 12B with respect to the terminal device 12B. Data stored in the field [preference] includes, for example, keywords used when the user of the terminal device 12B performs a search using a browser, and data input in the “hobby” field when performing user registration on the website. The data is automatically generated and registered from the above.

  Data acquired by each of the position data acquisition unit 126 and the communication state data acquisition unit 127 is stored in each of the fields [position] and [communication state] of the user attribute data B.

  FIG. 10 shows the data structure of the content database I. The content database I is a collection of records for each content data, and includes [content ID], [content], and [distance index value] as fields.

  In the field [content ID], the content ID received by the content data receiving unit 1281 and the display position data receiving unit 1282 is stored. In the field [content], content data received by the content data receiving unit 1281 together with the content ID is stored. In the field [distance index], a distance index indicated by the display position data received by the display position data receiving unit 1282 is stored.

  Of the data received by the content data receiving unit 1281 and the display position data receiving unit 1282 every 15 minutes, data whose content ID is already registered in the content database I is stored in the existing record. Thereby, the existing record of the content database I is updated. Of the data received by the content data receiving unit 1281 and the display position data receiving unit 1282 every 15 minutes, data whose content ID is not registered in the content database I is registered in a new record.

  Returning to FIG. 8B, the description of the functional configuration of the terminal device 12B is continued. The terminal device 12B follows a display instruction unit 132 (an example of a display instruction unit) that instructs the display unit 133 (an example of a display device) to display content according to data stored in the content database I, and an instruction from the display instruction unit 132. A display unit 133 that displays content is provided. Specifically, the display instruction unit 132 sequentially displays the content indicated by the content data stored in the field [content] of the content database I (FIG. 10) in ascending order of the distance index stored in the field [distance index]. Image data indicating an image to be displayed in the display area is generated, and the generated image data is delivered to the display unit 133. The display unit 133 displays the image indicated by the image data delivered from the display instruction unit 132 in a predetermined display area of the touch display 203. When the viewer performs a predetermined operation such as a scroll operation on the operation receiving unit 121 while content is displayed in the display region, the display instruction unit 132 displays the operation in the display region according to the operation. The image data is updated so that the content to be changed is changed, and the updated image data is sequentially delivered to the display unit 133.

  Further, the terminal device 12B includes a display time data generation unit 134 that generates display time data indicating the display time of the content for each content displayed by the display unit 133 in accordance with an instruction from the display instruction unit 132. The display time data generation unit 134 generates display time data indicating the time that the content was displayed in the display area at the timing when the content displayed in the display area is no longer displayed.

  The terminal device 12B further includes a transmission unit 135 that transmits data to the server device 11. The transmission unit 135 includes, for example, a user attribute data transmission unit 1351 that transmits the user attribute data B to the server device 11 at a timing when the user attribute data B (FIG. 9) is updated, and a display time data generation unit 134 that displays the display time data. Is provided with a display time data transmission unit 1352 that transmits the generated display time data to the server device 11 together with the content ID.

  User attribute data B transmitted by the user attribute data transmission unit 1351 is received by the server device 11 and stored in the user attribute database H (FIG. 6). The display time data transmitted by the display time data transmission unit 1352 is received by the server device 11, and the display count for each content is counted by the display count unit 112 and the display time for each content by the display time accumulating unit 113. And is reflected in the content database A (FIG. 5).

  The operation of the information display system 1 having the above configuration is as follows. First, the contributor operates the terminal device 12P to input content data and content attribute data, and if necessary, a distribution start time. These data input by the contributor are transmitted from the terminal device 12P to the server device 11 and stored in the content database A (FIG. 5).

  In addition, each of the browser terminal devices 12B updates the user attribute data B (FIG. 9) in accordance with, for example, a browser operation. The updated user attribute data B is transmitted from the terminal device 12B to the server device 11 and stored in the user attribute database H (FIG. 6).

  For each terminal device 12B, the server device 11 stores the user attribute data stored in the user attribute database H (FIG. 6) and the content attribute data stored in the content database A (FIG. 5) every 15 minutes. Based on the above, the importance of each content for the viewer is calculated. Further, the server device 11 calculates the distance index of each content based on the calculated importance, the distribution start time stored in the content database A (FIG. 5), and the current time. The server device 11 transmits display position data indicating the distance index calculated in this way to each of the terminal devices 12B together with the content data.

  The terminal device 12B displays the content indicated by the content data transmitted from the server device 11 every 15 minutes in the display area in the order indicated by the display position data transmitted together with the content data. The content displayed in this way is updated in such a way that the content that appears to be meaningful to the viewer is displayed longer in the display area, with the order being different for each user (viewer) of the terminal device 12B.

  FIG. 11 is a diagram schematically showing how a screen (image displayed in a content display area) displayed on a certain viewer's terminal device 12B changes with time. The screen illustrated in FIG. 11 will be described below.

  First, at a time “9:00” on a certain day, a content C001 with a distribution start time “8:55” is displayed at a display start position F in the display area E (FIG. 11 (1)). Thereafter, at time “9:15”, the content C002 at the distribution start time “9:07” is displayed at the display start position F, and the content C001 moves downward (FIG. 11 (2)). The importance of the content C002 is lower than the importance of the content C001. Hereinafter, such a relationship of importance between contents is described as “C002 <C001”.

  Thereafter, at time “9:30”, the content C002 moves below the content C001, and the content C001 moves again to the display start position F (FIG. 11 (3)). This is because the importance of the content C002 is lower than the importance of the content C001, and the distance index of the content C002 calculated according to the above-described equation 1 exceeds the distance index of the content C001 with the passage of time.

  In the present embodiment, when the display position of the content is switched within the display area, the state of switching is animated. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a state in which an animation is displayed when the state shown in FIG. 11 (2) is changed to the state shown in FIG. 11 (3).

  Thereafter, at time “9:45”, the content C003 at the distribution start time “9:38” is displayed at the display start position F, and the content C001 and the content C002 move downward (FIG. 11 (4)). The relationship of importance is “C003 <C002 <C001”.

  Thereafter, at time “10:00”, the content C003 moves below the content C001 and the content C002 according to the distance index (FIG. 11 (5)).

  Thereafter, at time “10:15”, the content C004 at the distribution start time “10:12” is displayed at the display start position F, and the content C001, content C002, and content C003 move downward (FIG. 11 (6)). )). The relationship of importance is “C003 <C002 <C001 <C004”.

  Thereafter, at time “10:30”, the content C005 at the distribution start time “10:20” is displayed at the display start position F, and the content C004, content C001, content C002, and content C003 move downward (FIG. 11 (7)). The relationship of importance is “C003 <C002 <C005 <C001 <C004”.

  Thereafter, at time “10:45”, the content C005 moves below the content C004 and the content C001 in accordance with the distance index (FIG. 11 (8)).

  Thereafter, at time “11:00”, the content C006 at the distribution start time “10:52” is displayed at the display start position F, and the content C004, the content C001, the content C005, and the content C002 move downward. Further, the content C003 that has been displayed at the bottom of the display area until then is not displayed in the display area E as the content 006 is displayed (FIG. 11 (9)). The relationship of importance is “C003 <C002 <C005 <C001 <C004 <C006”.

  At the timing of shifting from the state of FIG. 11 (8) to the state of FIG. 11 (9), the terminal device 12B relates to the content C003 to be stopped from display time data indicating the time when the content was displayed. Are transmitted to the server device 11 together with the content ID. When the server device 11 receives the display time data transmitted from each of the terminal devices 12B together with the content ID, the server device 11 searches the content database A (FIG. 5) for a record corresponding to the content ID, and displays the field [display of the searched record The number indicated by the “number of times” is increased by 1, and the time indicated by the field “display time” is increased by the time indicated by the received display time data. The data stored in the fields [display count] and [display time] updated in this way are provided to and used by the contributor of each content data, for example.

  By the way, in the content display example shown in FIG. 11, the importance of the content data does not change. However, there is a case where the importance of the content data changes while the viewer is browsing the content. For example, when the content attribute data shows a high index value in a specific time zone, if the current time enters or falls out of the specific time zone as time passes, the user attribute database H and Even if there is no change in the data stored in the content database A, there is a change in the importance that is continuously updated. Further, if the viewer moves and the current position changes or the communication state changes, the user attribute data B of the viewer is changed and the user attribute database H is updated. As a result, the importance changes. Furthermore, when the contributor makes a change to the content attribute data and the change is reflected in the content database A, the degree of importance also changes.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating how the image displayed in the display area E changes in the terminal device 12B when the importance of the content data changes. In FIG. 13, when the importance of the content C003 becomes high around time “11:10” and “C002 <C005 <C001 <C004 <C006 <C003”, an image displayed in the display area E thereafter. Is illustrated.

  In the example of FIG. 13, at time “11:15”, the content C003 that is no longer displayed in the display area E at the time “11:00” is displayed again in the display area E. Instead, the content C003 is more important than the content C003. The content C002 having a low is no longer displayed in the display area E (FIG. 13 (1)).

  Thereafter, the content C003 moves upward, and is displayed at the display start position F at time “11:30” (FIG. 13 (2)).

As illustrated in FIG. 13, in the present embodiment, for example, when user attribute data or content attribute data is changed and the importance of the content data changes, the content display position at that time (illustrated in FIG. 13). In the case of the content C003, the content is displayed so as to move based on the new importance, starting from the position in the non-display area outside the display area E). Therefore, for example, when the importance level changes, the display position determination unit 117 calculates a distance index according to the following Expression 2. However, in Equation 2 below, t ₀ is the distribution start time, t _i is the time when the importance changes, t _j is the current time, S ₀ is the importance before the change, S _i is the importance after the change, D _j is a distance index at the current time.

  In the present embodiment, the content that has not been displayed so as to be pushed out by the newly arrived content after a lapse of time from the posting time, such as the content C003 in FIG. For the reason, it is allowed to be displayed in the display area E again. For example, content such as time sale information is estimated to be interested in the time sale again as soon as the start of the time sale approaches, after notifying the viewer shortly before the time sale starts. Providing viewers with reminders can increase the advertising effectiveness. In addition, it is desirable for a viewer who missed the announcement of the time sale to be given an opportunity to receive guidance at the time when the start of the time sale is approaching.

  In addition, for example, if content that prompts downloading of large data is placed in a situation where it is viewed for a long time by a user of the terminal device 12B having a low communication speed, the user performs a download operation. As a result, the user may feel uncomfortable. In the present embodiment, by setting user attribute data related to the communication speed for such content, the user quickly moved out of the display area E during a period when the communication speed is low, and then the communication speed increased. It is easy to display content that is sometimes redisplayed in the display area E.

  As described above, according to the information display system 1, the content is displayed at the display start position at the distribution start time in the terminal device 12 </ b> B, and then moves away from the display start position with the display of newly arrived content. However, the order of the contents displayed in the list in the display area is changed as appropriate according to the importance of the contents, and the more important the content, the longer the position near the display start position, and the longer the display in the display area. .

  In the information display system 1, since the distance index calculated for each content differs according to different user attribute data B (FIG. 9) for each viewer, a list is displayed at the same timing in the display areas of different terminal devices 12B. Content and the order of those content are not necessarily the same. That is, the content that is more important for each viewer is displayed so as to stay longer at a position closer to the display start position.

  As a result, according to the information display system 1, as compared with the case of the conventional timeline display, the content displayed in the order of the distribution start time is viewed with a high probability by a desired viewer.

[Modification]
The information display system 1 described above is an embodiment of the present invention, and can be variously modified within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. Examples of these modifications are shown below. Two or more of the above-described embodiments and the following modifications may be combined as appropriate.

(1) In the above-described embodiment, the server device determines the importance of content data and determines the display position. At least one of specifying the importance of content data and determining the display position may be performed in a browser terminal device.

  FIG. 14 shows a functional configuration of the server device 21 provided in place of the server device 11 described above in the information display system 1 in a modification in which the importance of content data is specified and the display position is determined in the terminal device of the viewer. FIG. In FIG. 14, the same reference numerals as those used in the server device 11 are used for the components provided in common with the server device 11 in the server device 21.

  FIG. 15 shows a function of the terminal device 22B provided in the information display system 1 in place of the terminal device 12B described above in a modification in which the importance of content data is specified and the display position is determined in the terminal device of the viewer. It is the figure which showed the structure. In FIG. 15, the same reference numerals as those used in the terminal device 12B are used for the components provided in the terminal device 22B in common with the terminal device 12B.

  The server device 21 (FIG. 14) includes a display count unit 112 and a display time accumulation unit 113 as components common to the server device 11 (FIG. 4). The server device 21 includes a receiving unit 211, a storage unit 214, and a transmitting unit 218 as components corresponding to the receiving unit 111, the storage unit 114, and the transmitting unit 118 included in the server device 11.

  The reception unit 211 includes a content data reception unit 1111 (an example of content data acquisition unit), a content attribute data reception unit 1112 (an example of content attribute data acquisition unit), and a display time data reception unit as components common to the reception unit 111. 1113.

  The storage unit 214 stores the content database A (FIG. 5) similarly to the storage unit 114.

  The transmission unit 218 includes a content data transmission unit 1181 (an example of content data transmission means) as a component common to the transmission unit 118. The transmission unit 218 also includes a content attribute data transmission unit 2181 that transmits content attribute data to the terminal device 22B.

  The terminal device 22B (FIG. 15) includes an operation reception unit 121, a position data acquisition unit 126, a communication state data acquisition unit 127, a display instruction unit 132, a display unit 133, as components common to the terminal device 12 </ b> B (FIG. 8B). A display time data generation unit 134 is provided.

  The terminal device 22B includes a receiving unit 228, a storage unit 229, and a transmitting unit 235 as components corresponding to the receiving unit 128, the storage unit 129, and the transmitting unit 135 provided in the terminal device 12B.

  The receiving unit 228 includes a content data receiving unit 1281 as a component common to the receiving unit 128. The receiving unit 228 includes a content attribute data receiving unit 2281 that receives content attribute data transmitted from the server device 21.

  The storage unit 229 stores user attribute data B (FIG. 9) in the same manner as the storage unit 129. Further, the storage unit 229 stores a content database C instead of the content database I (FIG. 10) stored in the storage unit 129.

  FIG. 16 shows the data structure of the content database C. The content database C is a collection of records for each content data, and includes [content ID], [content], [delivery start time], [content attribute], [importance], and [distance index value] as fields.

  Data received by the receiving unit 228 from the server device 11 is stored in the fields [content], [delivery start time], and [content attribute]. In the fields [importance] and [distance index], data indicating the importance and distance index calculated in the terminal device 22B is stored.

  The transmission unit 235 includes a display time data transmission unit 1352 as a component common to the transmission unit 135.

  Furthermore, the terminal device 22B includes a time data acquisition unit 225, an importance level identification unit, and a component corresponding to the time data acquisition unit 115, the importance level identification unit 116, and the display position determination unit 117 included in the server device 11 (FIG. 4). A unit 226 (an example of the importance specifying unit) and a display position determining unit 227 (an example of the display position determining unit).

  In the information display system 1 according to this modification including the server device 21 and the terminal device 22B having the above-described configuration, the content data and the content attribute data are transmitted from the server device 21 to each of the terminal devices 22B, and the terminal device The importance level is specified and the display position is determined in each of 22B. The terminal device 22B displays a list of contents in the order according to the display position data generated in the own device.

  The image displayed in the display area in the terminal device 22B is the same as the image displayed in the display area in the terminal device 12B in the above-described embodiment. Therefore, in the information display system 1 according to the present modification, as in the case of the information display system 1 according to the present modification, the content displayed in the order of posting is preferable as compared with the case of the conventional timeline display. Will be viewed with high probability.

(2) In the above-described embodiment, the content attribute data is input by the poster. Instead, for example, the server device 11 may extract a keyword from text data included in the content data, and generate and use content attribute data corresponding to the extracted keyword.

(3) In the above-described embodiment, the order of contents displayed in a list is allowed to be switched according to the distance index. Instead of this, the selection of the content displayed in the display area E is performed based on the distance index, but a configuration may be adopted in which the order of the content is maintained according to the posting time. According to this modification, the more important content is displayed in the display area E, the longer the time is displayed. However, regardless of the importance (or the distance index), the older content is displayed from the display start position. It is displayed at a far position. As in this example, the rule for determining the display position of the content in the display area E is not limited as long as the content with higher importance is displayed for a longer time in the display area E.

(4) For example, the content display method described above and the conventional timeline display may be switched according to the selection operation of the viewer. Moreover, it is good also as a structure by which the display of the content according to these different display systems is performed simultaneously.

(5) In the above-described embodiment, when the importance changes with the change of the user attribute data or the content attribute data, the content is displayed to move from the display position of the content at that time. Instead, when the importance level changes, a configuration may be adopted in which the new importance level is applied retroactively to the distribution start time, and as a result, the content is moved to the specified display position. This modification is realized, for example, when the display position determination unit 117 calculates the distance index according to the above-described Expression 1 using the new importance.

(6) The types of attributes indicated by the user attribute data shown in the above-described embodiments are merely examples, and other types of user attribute data may be employed. For example, the person who is with the user of the terminal device 12B, the moving speed and moving direction, the type of application program installed in the terminal device 12B, the type of application program frequently used in the terminal device 12B, and stored in the terminal device 12B Data (for example, scheduler data) and data indicating the type of product purchased in the past using the terminal device 12B may be used as user attribute data. Similarly, the types of attributes indicated by the content attribute data are not limited to those shown in the above-described embodiment, and content attribute data indicating various other types of attributes may be employed. Moreover, the user attribute data which can be acquired regarding each terminal device 12B may differ. For example, it is not necessary for all the terminal devices 12B to use position data indicating the current position as the user attribute data, and therefore it is not necessary for all the terminal devices 12B to include the position measurement unit 205.

(7) In the above-described embodiment, the calculation of the importance and the distance index, the display update in the display area, and the like are performed every 15 minutes. However, the timing at which those processes are performed is limited to this. Absent. For example, these processes may be performed at a predetermined time different from 15 minutes, such as every minute, or these processes are performed at a timing that is not a predetermined time interval, such as a timing at which new content is distributed. May be performed.

(8) In the above-described embodiment, the user attribute data is directly transmitted from the terminal device 12B to the server device 11. Instead of this, for example, a configuration in which the server device 11 acquires user attribute data from a server device that manages user attribute data of various users (viewers) may be employed.

(9) In the above-described embodiment, the content data and the content attribute data are directly transmitted from the terminal device 12P to the server device 11. Instead, a configuration is adopted in which the server device 11 acquires content data and content attribute data from, for example, a server device that manages various content data and content attribute data (hereinafter referred to as “content management server device”). Also good. In this modification, for example, a contributor accesses the content management server device using the terminal device 12P, and registers content data and content attribute data in the content management server device. The content management server device sequentially transmits the content data and the content attribute data to the server device 11 at the timing when the distribution start time approaches within a predetermined time, for example. As described above, a configuration may be employed in which the server device illustrated in cooperation with the terminal device 12P of the poster and the content management server device posts content to the server device 11.

(10) The server device 11 and the terminal device 12 in the above-described embodiment are realized by causing a general computer to execute processing according to the program according to the present invention. Alternatively, these devices may be configured as so-called dedicated machines.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Information display system, 9 ... Network, 11 ... Server apparatus, 12 ... Terminal apparatus, 21 ... Server apparatus, 22 ... Terminal apparatus, 101 ... Memory, 102 ... Processor, 103 ... Communication interface, 111 ... Reception part, 112 ... Display count section 113, display time accumulating section 114, storage section 115, time data acquisition section 116, importance specifying section 117, display position determining section 118, transmitting section 121, operation receiving section 122 ... content data generation unit, 123 ... content attribute data generation unit, 124 ... transmission unit, 126 ... position data acquisition unit, 127 ... communication state data acquisition unit, 128 ... reception unit, 129 ... storage unit, 132 ... display instruction unit, 133 ... Display unit, 134 ... Display time data generation unit, 135 ... Transmission unit, 201 ... Memory, 202 ... Processor, 203 ... Touch Display 204, Communication interface 205, Position measurement unit 211 ... Reception unit 214 ... Storage unit 218 ... Transmission unit 225 ... Time data acquisition unit 226 ... Importance specifying unit 227 ... Display position determination unit 228 ... receiving unit, 229 ... storage unit, 235 ... transmitting unit, 1111, ... content data receiving unit, 1112 ... content attribute data receiving unit, 1113 ... display time data receiving unit, 1114 ... user attribute data receiving unit, 1181 ... content data transmission , 1182 ... Display position data transmission unit, 1241 ... Content data transmission unit, 1242 ... Content attribute data transmission unit, 1281 ... Content data reception unit, 1351 ... User attribute data transmission unit, 1352 ... Display time data transmission unit, 2181 ... Content attribute data transmission unit, 2281. Ntsu attribute data reception unit

Claims (12)

Content data acquisition means for sequentially acquiring content data indicating information;
For each piece of content data acquired by the content data acquisition means, content attribute data acquisition means for acquiring content attribute data indicating an attribute of the content data;
Importance level specifying means for specifying the importance level of the content data based on the content attribute data indicating the attribute of the content data for each of the content data acquired by the content data acquisition means;
When the information indicated by the content data is displayed at a predetermined display start position in a display area in the order in which the content data acquisition means acquires, and when new information is displayed at the display start position, the content data acquisition means Display position determining means for determining a display position of information indicated by each of the acquired content data, and determining a display position of information displayed at the display start position as a display position different from the display start position of the display area And
In accordance with the display position determined by the display position determining means, the data processing apparatus that displays the information indicated by each of the content data acquired by the content data acquiring means for a longer time in the display area as the importance is higher ,
When the content attribute data acquisition unit acquires new content attribute data of one piece of information displayed in the display area,
The importance level specifying means specifies a new importance level of the one information based on the new content attribute data,
The display position determining means determines a display position of the one information from the display position of the one information when the new content attribute data is acquired based on the new importance. . Content data acquisition means for sequentially acquiring content data indicating information;
For each piece of content data acquired by the content data acquisition means, content attribute data acquisition means for acquiring content attribute data indicating an attribute of the content data;
At least one of an attribute of a user who browses information indicated by content data acquired by the content data acquisition unit, an attribute of a terminal device used by the user, and an attribute of an environment where the user or the terminal device is placed User attribute data acquisition means for acquiring user attribute data indicating
Relates each of the content data which the content data acquisition means acquires the importance degree of the content data, the content attribute data indicating an attribute of the content data, and the importance specifying means for specifying, based on said user attribute data,
When the information indicated by the content data is displayed at a predetermined display start position in a display area in the order in which the content data acquisition means acquires, and when new information is displayed at the display start position, the content data acquisition means Display position determining means for determining a display position of information indicated by each of the acquired content data, and determining a display position of information displayed at the display start position as a display position different from the display start position of the display area And
A data processing device that displays information indicated by each piece of content data acquired by the content data acquisition unit according to a display position determined by the display position determination unit, so that the information is displayed longer in the display area as the importance is higher. When the user attribute data acquisition means acquires new user attribute data,
The importance specifying means specifies a new importance of the information for each of the plurality of information displayed in the display area based on the new user attribute data,
The display position determination means starts from the display position of the information when the new user attribute data is acquired based on the new importance for each of the plurality of information displayed in the display area. The data processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a display position of the information is determined. The content data acquisition means acquires the content data transmitted from a server device,
The content attribute data acquisition means acquires the content attribute data transmitted from the server device,
The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display instruction unit that instructs the display device to display information at the display position determined by the display position determination unit. Content data transmission means for transmitting content data acquired by the content data acquisition means to a terminal device connected to a display device;
The data processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: display position data transmitting means for transmitting display position data indicating the display position determined by the display position determining means to the terminal device. The user attribute data acquisition means acquires the user attribute data transmitted from a terminal device connected to a display device,
Content data transmission means for transmitting the content data acquired by the content data acquisition means to the terminal device;
The data processing apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, further comprising: display position data transmitting means for transmitting display position data indicating the display position determined by the display position determining means to the terminal device. On the computer,
A process of sequentially acquiring content data indicating information;
A process of acquiring content attribute data indicating an attribute of the content data for each of the content data sequentially acquired in the process of sequentially acquiring the content data;
For each piece of content data sequentially acquired in the process of sequentially acquiring the content data, a process for specifying the importance of the content data based on the content attribute data indicating the attribute of the content data;
When the information indicated by the content data is displayed at a predetermined display start position in a display area in the order acquired in the process of sequentially acquiring the content data, and when new information is displayed at the display start position, the content The display position of the information indicated by each of the content data acquired in the process of sequentially acquiring data is determined, and the display position of the information displayed at the display start position is different from the display start position of the display area To execute the process and
According to the display position determined in the process of determining the display position, the information indicated by each of the content data acquired in the process of sequentially acquiring the content data is displayed in the display area for a longer time as the importance is higher ,
A process of acquiring new content attribute data of one piece of information displayed in the display area;
A process of identifying a new importance level of the one information based on the new content attribute data;
A process of determining the display position of the one information from the display position of the one information when the new content attribute data is acquired based on the new importance level;
A program for running On the computer,
A process of sequentially acquiring content data indicating information;
A process of acquiring content attribute data indicating an attribute of the content data for each of the content data sequentially acquired in the process of sequentially acquiring the content data;
The attribute of the user who browses the information indicated by the content data sequentially acquired in the process of sequentially acquiring the content data, the attribute of the terminal device used by the user, and the attribute of the environment where the user or the terminal device is placed A process of acquiring user attribute data indicating at least one of them,
For each piece of content data sequentially acquired in the process of sequentially acquiring the content data, a process for specifying the importance of the content data based on the content attribute data indicating the attribute of the content data and the user attribute data ;
When the information indicated by the content data is displayed at a predetermined display start position in a display area in the order acquired in the process of sequentially acquiring the content data, and when new information is displayed at the display start position, the content The display position of the information indicated by each of the content data acquired in the process of sequentially acquiring data is determined, and the display position of the information displayed at the display start position is different from the display start position of the display area To execute the process and
A program for displaying the information indicated by each of the content data acquired in the process of sequentially acquiring the content data according to the display position determined in the process of determining the display position for a longer time in the display area as the importance is higher . A data processing device sequentially acquiring content data indicating information;
A step of acquiring content attribute data indicating an attribute of the content data for each of the content data sequentially acquired in the step of sequentially acquiring the content data by the data processing device;
The data processing apparatus, for each of the content data sequentially acquired in the step of sequentially acquiring the content data, identifying the importance of the content data based on content attribute data indicating an attribute of the content data;
Information indicated by the content data is displayed at a predetermined display start position in a display area in the order acquired in the step of sequentially acquiring the content data by the data processing device, and new information is displayed at the display start position. The display position of the information indicated by each of the content data acquired in the step of sequentially acquiring the content data is determined, and the display position of the information displayed at the display start position is determined as the display start of the display area Determining a display position different from the position, and
In accordance with the display position determined in the step of determining the display position, the data processing device stores information indicated by each of the content data acquired in the step of sequentially acquiring the content data in the display area as the importance becomes higher. Display for a long time ,
The data processing device acquiring new content attribute data of one piece of information displayed in the display area;
The data processing device specifying a new importance level of the one information based on the new content attribute data;
Determining the display position of the one information from the display position of the one information at the time when the data processing device acquires the new content attribute data based on the new importance;
A method for determining a display position of information. A data processing device sequentially acquiring content data indicating information;
A step of acquiring content attribute data indicating an attribute of the content data for each of the content data sequentially acquired in the step of sequentially acquiring the content data by the data processing device;
In the step of sequentially acquiring the content data by the data processing device, an attribute of a user who browses information indicated by sequentially acquired content data, an attribute of a terminal device used by the user, and the user or the terminal device are placed. Obtaining user attribute data indicating at least one of the attributes of the active environment;
With respect to each piece of content data that is sequentially acquired in the step of sequentially acquiring the content data, the data processing device assigns importance of the content data to content attribute data indicating an attribute of the content data and the user attribute data . Identifying based on,
Information indicated by the content data is displayed at a predetermined display start position in a display area in the order acquired in the step of sequentially acquiring the content data by the data processing device, and new information is displayed at the display start position. The display position of the information indicated by each of the content data acquired in the step of sequentially acquiring the content data is determined, and the display position of the information displayed at the display start position is determined as the display start of the display area Determining a display position different from the position, and
In accordance with the display position determined in the step of determining the display position, the data processing device stores information indicated by each of the content data acquired in the step of sequentially acquiring the content data in the display area as the importance becomes higher. How to determine the display position of information to be displayed for a long time. A server device and a plurality of terminal devices;
The server device
Content data receiving means for sequentially receiving content data indicating information from devices other than its own device;
Content attribute data acquisition means for acquiring content attribute data indicating an attribute of the content data for each of the content data sequentially received by the content data receiving means;
Transmission means for sequentially transmitting the content data received by the content data receiving means and the content attribute data obtained by the content attribute data obtaining means regarding the content data to each of the plurality of terminal devices;
Each of the plurality of terminal devices is
Receiving means for receiving content data indicating information and content attribute data indicating attributes of the content data, which are sequentially transmitted from the server device;
Importance level specifying means for specifying the importance level of the content data based on the content attribute data indicating the attribute of the content data for each of the content data received by the receiving means of the own device;
When the information indicated by the content data is displayed at a predetermined display start position in a display area in the order received by the reception unit of the own apparatus, and when new information is displayed at the display start position, the reception of the own apparatus A display position for determining the display position of the information indicated by each of the content data received by the means and determining the display position of the information displayed at the display start position as a display position different from the display start position of the display area A determination means;
Display instruction means for instructing the display device to display information at the display position determined by the display position determining means,
According to the display position determined by the display position determining means, the information indicated by each of the content data received by the receiving means of the own device is displayed in the display area for a longer time as the importance is higher ,
When the receiving means receives new content attribute data of one piece of information displayed in the display area,
The importance level specifying means specifies a new importance level of the one information based on the new content attribute data,
The display position determining means determines the display position of the one information starting from the display position of the one information at the time when the new content attribute data is received based on the new importance. A system for displaying information. A server device and a plurality of terminal devices;
The server device
Content data receiving means for sequentially receiving content data indicating information from devices other than its own device;
Content attribute data acquisition means for acquiring content attribute data indicating an attribute of the content data for each of the content data sequentially received by the content data receiving means;
Transmission means for sequentially transmitting the content data received by the content data receiving means and the content attribute data obtained by the content attribute data obtaining means regarding the content data to each of the plurality of terminal devices;
Each of the plurality of terminal devices is
User attribute data acquisition means for acquiring user attribute data indicating at least one of an attribute of the user of the own device, an attribute of the own device, and an attribute of the environment in which the user or the own device is placed;
Receiving means for receiving content data indicating information and content attribute data indicating attributes of the content data, which are sequentially transmitted from the server device;
Importance level specifying means for specifying the importance level of the content data based on the content attribute data indicating the attribute of the content data and the user attribute data for each of the content data received by the receiving means of the own device;
When the information indicated by the content data is displayed at a predetermined display start position in a display area in the order received by the reception unit of the own apparatus, and when new information is displayed at the display start position, the reception of the own apparatus A display position for determining the display position of the information indicated by each of the content data received by the means and determining the display position of the information displayed at the display start position as a display position different from the display start position of the display area A determination means;
Display instruction means for instructing the display device to display information at the display position determined by the display position determining means,
According to the display position determined by the display position determining means, the information indicated by each of the content data received by the receiving means of its own device is displayed longer in the display area as the importance is higher. System for display.

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