JP7079034B2 - Gift message management system and gift message management method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a service capable of delivering a gift requester's message to a gift recipient together with a gift.

Conventionally, systems in the distribution field have been "dedicated systems for packaging and card design," "product provider ordering systems," and "outsourced logistics companies (gift systems, purchase management systems, order management systems, mail order systems, EC sites." It is divided into systems, etc.). Data linkage is not possible with the unique data formats that depend on these systems.

In addition, the message card attached to the gift and the wrapping paper for the gift are pre-printed by the "product provider" by the subcontractor, and the design, pattern, illustration, photo, etc. are prepared as ready-made products at the store. It is common to keep it. The gift requester can only select from ready-made products for a fee or free of charge, and cannot add a message other than the name of the gift requester. Moreover, the current situation is that it is impossible to create a gift as desired by the gift requester depending on the size of the characters desired by the gift requester, the character layout position, and the like. If you try to deal with this, you will not be able to respond instantly to the take-out of the gift requester who visits the store, and even if you want to deliver to the gift recipient, you will not be able to meet the delivery date desired by the gift requester. Will end up.

For this reason, if the gift requester wishes to add the original message to the product and give a gift, the gift requester himself will purchase a card etc. in advance due to problems such as waiting time at the store, shipping delivery date, cost, etc. After writing a message, I have no choice but to ask the clerk to bundle it at the store. Furthermore, if the original design content created by the gift requester is accompanied by print output other than electronic output, the corresponding clerk will have a different paper size, portrait or landscape paper format, and vertical writing of characters at the store. It is difficult to provide services to gift requesters by responding in detail to various elements such as horizontal writing. This requires software and hardware for today's diversified media and technology systems that cover the processes described above.

In addition, it is expected that the gift requester, who is a general consumer, will be able to convey the meaning and purpose of the gift to the gift recipient when giving the gift. However, in today's world of mail-order sales, the only purpose is to give gifts, and the original way of giving and the meaning (for use or use) are not properly communicated. Formal gifts, where old customs continue to live, are becoming obsolete because there is no room for new attempts, but social gifts are confusing about how to give gifts (out of time, prohibitions and taboo products). Gifts, absentee delivery, refusal of receipt, etc.) can be seen. In addition, new gifts that are given to oneself as a reward have emerged, and the ways of giving gifts are extremely diversified. It is extremely difficult to properly convey the purpose and meaning of the gifts included in these formal, casual, and social categories to the gift recipients. There is a demand for a system that can appropriately receive the purpose and message from the gift requester at the store and convey the true value of the gift to the gift recipient.

It is desirable to convey messages and to link and manage data for that purpose so that the gift recipients can be deeply moved and the relationship and bond between the gift requester and the gift recipient can be deepened. For example, instead of a plain text message, a slide show with photos of a child just after giving birth, and access information to a video of a wedding scene in return for a wedding gift are wrapped in a gift product. Then you can express your gratitude and gratitude to your close relatives and close friends. In this way, the content and means of giving content can now be considered in many forms due to the diversification of media and technology.

For example, in Patent Document 1, a card in which the URL for accessing the data uploaded to the server is described in a QR code (registered trademark) is given to the gift, and the person who receives the card reads it with a terminal device such as a smartphone. A mechanism has been proposed in which the code is decoded, the URL is obtained, and the uploaded data can be downloaded.

Japanese Patent No. 5950222

However, although the mechanism of Patent Document 1 allows the data to be shown as it is, the data prepared in advance can only be shown to the recipient as it is, so it is an element that conveys (links) the meaning for gifts and the goods. Was inadequate.

In an era of everything, most gifts are the same or similar, or have been eaten. The unexpectedness and value are fading.

On the other hand, in the current storefronts and mail orders, if you send an item, it will be a gift, so the element (meaning) for a true gift cannot be conveyed. Despite the development of technology, many of them do not even have additional functions such as delivering emails, telephone calls, postcards, greetings, etc. at the same time as gifts. On the other hand, even if you go to a specialty store, as mentioned above, the gift requester only selects ready-made products at the recommendation of a part-time clerk. Even expensive formal gifts are generally sold on the market, such as greeting cards, with a handwritten name, a message, etc., or printed out and brought with you to have them included in the product. The reality is that it is being used.

Therefore, in this invention, when the gift requester gives a gift to the gift recipient, the store clerk or the gift requester can fully convey the intention according to the purpose and content of the gift. The purpose is to realize it with easy operation.

The present invention provides the creation / editing of message content by a server connected to a plurality of terminals via a network and the connection with a packaging medium. The server has a creation / editing environment providing means for providing a message data creation / editing and upload reception environment for the terminal, a creation / editing message storage database for registering message data after creation, and creation after creation. -The above problem was solved by a content creation server having a message output means for outputting the message data stored in the edit message storage database as an image image (moving image, still image, etc.) on the terminal side.

The means for providing the creation / creation / editing environment is not particularly limited, such as distribution of a dedicated application, provision of API, and provision of a work environment on a browser.

Further, as a further element, a dynamic file database that accepts uploading of temporal content having a temporal variation element consisting of audio, video, or both from the terminal, and a file stored in the dynamic file database. A code that has a common ID issuing means that issues a common ID that enables access to, and enables file access to the common ID by referring to the common ID in the creation / editing environment providing means. Can be added to the message data, so that a more unique message combining video, music, etc. can be delivered to the gift recipient.

As the output of the message output means, the gift wrapping paper or the message card attached to the gift may be printed so that the gift can be delivered together with the gift, or the electronic message can be sent to another terminal. By sending the message, the message may be delivered to the gift recipient in parallel so that the message can be viewed promptly.

Further, the message management method using the content creation server according to the present invention may be in the following form. An address that can access the web server means of the content creation server, and an unassigned unique address that can be individually identified is issued in advance and stored in the reserved address database, and access to the unassigned unique address is performed. The content creation server enables the content creation server to execute the temporary ID issuing means for causing the terminal to issue the temporary ID to be enabled. If necessary, a message medium such as a card on which the temporary ID is printed on the terminal by the temporary ID issuing means is prepared in advance at a store or the like so as to save time and effort at the store. Moreover, the content creation server provides a common ID assignment means for later assigning the address to the file stored in the dynamic file database to the temporary ID to make it the above common ID, and to the temporal content. It is desirable to enable the access of the card because it can give a degree of freedom while saving the trouble of creating the card. In this case, if the message data can be additionally printed to the temporary ID in the message output means, the degree of freedom is further improved. As with the common ID, the temporary ID may be a character string and may be in the form of a two-dimensional or three-dimensional code encoding the character string.

If you have a material file database that stores material files that can be referred to in the creation / editing work by the above-mentioned creation / editing environment providing means, and the product provider prepares the material files, various templates can be created. While utilizing it, it is possible to freely create a message according to the wishes of the gift requester.

If it is possible to set prohibited items according to the attributes of the gift to which the message data is given as the message data provided by the creation / editing environment providing means, various conventions that have been declining in recent years can be used. It is possible to give gifts without rudeness.

Further, if the gift product management database for managing the ordering or delivery processing of the gift is provided and the common ID attached to the printed matter attached to the gift is associated with the gift product management database, the product provider or It will be possible to centrally manage gifts including gifts delivered to logistics companies and the messages attached to them, and it will be possible to operate a highly integrated server system.

According to the present invention, when a gift requester gives a gift to a gift recipient, the message has a high degree of freedom and has a high impression by utilizing modern information and communication technology, in addition to the message that has remained in the category of the conventional template. , Can be easily set and sent.

In addition, the product usage instructions, cooking method, location (background), thoughts of the gift requester, especially the thoughts of the recipient, are synchronized with the content created / edited by the client and the content created by a third party. By making it possible to edit separately, it is possible to propose how to eat and operate gifts as value-added content of gift products (for example, messages, explanations, usage suggestions, manners, etc.) and increase the value. ..

A functional block diagram showing an embodiment of a content creation server according to the present invention. Flow example diagram without temporal content of the message management method for gifts according to the present invention Figure of flow example dealing with temporal contents of message management method for gifts which concerns on this invention A flow example diagram showing the temporal content of the gift message management method according to the present invention by electronic transmission. Flow example diagram including product management of the message management method for gifts according to the present invention A functional block diagram showing another embodiment of the content creation server according to the present invention. FIG. 6 is a flow example diagram in which a code is assigned in the embodiment of FIG. (A) Example diagram of the creation / editing message storage database in the embodiment, (b) Example diagram of the event creation table in the embodiment, (c) Example diagram of the table showing the type of output paper medium in the embodiment. (A) Example diagram of the dynamic file database in the example, (b) Example diagram of the product management table in the example, (c) Example diagram of the distribution management table in the example. Example diagram of a composite table linked by a common ID in the examples

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described together with specific embodiments. The present invention is a program, a system, a server that provides the system, and a method of providing a service executed by the program, a system, and a server that provides the system, which can be sent by a gift requester who intends to give a gift by giving a suitable message to the gift recipient. Consists of.

The content creation server according to the present invention may be a single server existing on the network or a physical device composed of a plurality of server groups, or a database or the like and each means described later are realized on the cloud. It may be a virtual device. The program according to the present invention is a series of programs for executing these physical devices or virtual devices as the content creation server.

In any case, the content creation server according to the present invention is connected to the terminal via the network. The gift message management system according to the present invention includes the content creation server and a terminal connected to the content creation server. The service providing method according to the present invention provides a creation / editing environment and an upload environment to terminals in various places according to the configuration requirements of the content creation server, and provides a service for creating a message suitable for a gift.

The terminals to which the content creation server according to the present invention is connected via the network include not only the terminal of the gift requester and the terminal of the gift recipient, but also the terminal of the store of the affiliated company that verbally accepts the request for the gift. May be included. As a storefront, for example, a service counter of a department store can be mentioned. A creation / editing environment and a playback environment will be provided to these terminals by means described later.

The terminal 40 constituting the gift message management system 10 according to the present invention is not particularly limited to a personal computer, a tablet, a smartphone, a game machine, or the like, as long as it is a terminal having a network function. These are a terminal owned by the gift requester (gift requester terminal 41) and a terminal owned by the gift recipient (gift recipient terminal 44). In addition, a business terminal may be included. The business terminal may be a personal computer placed in the store, a store terminal 42 such as a thin client, a stationary terminal used in the distribution process, or a contractor terminal 43 such as a portable terminal. However, it is possible to support the functions provided by the content creation server 11 depending on whether it has an Internet browser for linking as a system or it is possible to install a dedicated application (hereinafter abbreviated as "application"). Is required.

FIG. 1 shows a functional block diagram of an embodiment of a gift message management system 10 including a content creation server 11 and a terminal 40 according to the present invention.

The content creation server 11 may have a user database 21 for registering individual users. It is desirable to be able to manage accounts with user IDs and passwords, accept file uploads described later, and manage file selection privileges. Further, it is more desirable to be able to manage the sending and receiving of individual gifts including the history in association with the common ID described later.

The content creation server 11 has a creation / editing environment providing means 31 that provides the terminal 40 with an environment for creating / editing message data and receiving uploads thereof. This message data is information that can be entered in a message card or wrapping paper given to a gift, and can be a message from the gift requester to the gift recipient. Specific examples thereof include character information, image information, photographic information, a common ID described later, and a combination thereof. It is desirable to have the functions required for general image editing, such as text input, background pattern and border selection, font type and size, effects, and image pasting position. Further, it is more preferable to support the import of photographic data from a medium.

The specific configuration of the means provided by the creation / editing environment providing means 31 is not particularly limited, and distribution of an application corresponding to creation / editing and uploading, and provision of API corresponding to creation / editing and uploading are provided. , Sending a web application that can work with a browser, etc. Further, the message data created / edited by the terminal not directly connected to the content creation server 11 may be uploaded from the store terminal 42 or the like via the medium.

The content creation server 11 may have a material file database 24 for storing referenceable material files prepared by the server operator or its affiliates. By referring to the material file, the variation of the message data that can be created / edited by the creation / editing environment providing means 31 is greatly expanded.

The content creation server 11 may have an upload receiving means 35 that accepts uploading of temporal content having a temporal variation element consisting of audio, video, or both of them from the terminal 40. Basically, it is a recorded voice or music file or a recorded video file. At the time of this upload, it is more preferable to be able to cut out and trim the video and music, adjust the volume and luminosity, add effects, etc. according to the wishes of the gift requester. Also, when uploading, it is desirable to be able to preview for confirmation, such as encoding to the optimum format.

The content creation server 11 may have a dynamic file database 23 for storing the temporal content uploaded by the upload receiving means 35. Further, the temporal content created by the creation / editing environment providing means 31 may be able to be stored. It is preferable that the dynamic file database 23 can manage the access right of the temporal content for each user managed in the user database 21. In addition, it is preferable that it can be set so that it can be downloaded as a file for a specific access from the outside as needed.

The content creation server 11 may have a common ID issuing means 36 that issues a common ID that enables access to a file stored in the dynamic file database. The file indicated by one common ID does not have to be a single file, and a plurality of files that are temporal contents may be collectively specified. The common ID is an ID that can specify a designated file or file group in the processing of the content creation server 11. It is desirable that the URL format supports file access from the outside. Further, it is preferable to use it as a code that can be decoded into a URL format and that can access a file as a result because it is easy to print and easy to access. Specifically, this code is a two- or three-dimensional code such as a QR code (registered trademark). It is preferable because it is easy to attach and print the gift itself, a message card, a wrapping paper, or a contact mail for the gift.

It is desirable that the creation / editing environment providing means 31 can refer to this common ID and add it to the message data. When a message card or wrapping paper printed with the message data including the coded common ID arrives at the gift recipient, the code is read by the gift recipient terminal 44 to access the URL decoded by the gift recipient. , The corresponding file or file group registered in the dynamic file database 23 can be accessed. This makes it possible to convey a much stronger message from the gift requester to the gift recipient than before.

Further, in the creation / editing environment providing means 31, the message card may include a coded material ID together with or separately from the common ID. For example, if the gift is food, prepare a video file showing the cooking method and cooking method as a material file for the general public according to the type of assortment, and access the video file to the message card given to the gift. If you include the code that can be used, the gift recipient can refer to the video file and cook.

The content creation server 11 causes the gift recipient terminal 44 to download the corresponding temporal content file or file group in response to the request for the file designated as the common ID, and the content creation server 11 is viewed on the gift recipient terminal 44. It is preferable to have a web server means 39 that enables the above. The function as a web server may be the same as the function for web access in the creation / editing environment providing means 31, the upload receiving means 35, the message output means 32 described later, and the like.

The content creation server 11 has a message output means 32 for outputting message data stored in the creation / edit message storage database 22 on the terminal 40 side. Here, the output means a message printing means 33 that prints message data on a physical medium such as a message card or wrapping paper, and mail or other mail to a contractor terminal 43 or a gift recipient terminal 44 connected via a network. It may be one or both of the message transmitting means 34 which is transmitted by the network protocol and displayed and output by the destination terminal.

The creation / editing environment providing means 31 or the message output means 32 possessed by the content creation server 11 is not suitable as a message according to the attributes of the gift when creating / editing or outputting the message data. It is preferable that a prohibition item is set to prevent the establishment in. For example, depending on the purpose of the gift, there are words that are generally taboo at each ceremonial occasion. In addition, there are some words that are not preferable to be used out of time, such as seasonal greetings and seasonal words. In addition, the design of wrapping paper and Noshi may not be suitable for gifts. Disable them, or get warnings when they are used. As a specific method of kinsoku processing, it is possible to prepare a customs dictionary that records those prohibited conditions, and if the conditions correspond to the customs dictionary, perform processing as prohibited.

The contents of the customs dictionary are not limited to uniform ones or traditional customs, but may be prepared from separate dictionaries and keywords for each gift demand (use) in the categories of formal, casual, and social. .. In addition, conditions for special purposes may be set separately, such as in the case of a so-called "reward to oneself" in which the gift requester and the gift recipient are the same.

The above common ID is basically issued for the temporal content given to the gift. Therefore, this common ID may be used as a unique identification code when procuring, shipping, delivering, or delivering a gift with a plurality of vendors intervening. In this case, the content creation server 11 may have a gift product management database 25 that manages orders or delivery processing of individual gifts, and may associate the common ID. Further, the common ID may be associated with the user database 21 for the uploaded user. The operator of the content creation server 11 and the gift message management system 10 cooperates with the retail store of the product provider that has installed the store terminal 42, and also accepts the gift delivery itself at the gift requester terminal 41. You may receive it directly from and ship it. In the case of shipping, it is necessary to manage the distribution and delivery of gifts with the distribution company in which the consignment terminal 43 is installed. In that case, the above-mentioned common ID may be read at the shipping site, and the contents of the product as a gift and the information of the gift requester may be used from the gift product management database 25 in the category of personal information protection.

The user database 21 may include an item for listing the wishes of a gift from a specific user who should be a gift recipient to a specific other user who should be a gift requester. The content creation server 11 may recommend a gift as a list in parallel with or prior to the creation of the message data, and may recommend a message based on the background when creating the message data.

By the gift message management system 10 according to the present invention, the gift requester grants the gift by using the creation / editing environment providing means 31 in which the dynamic file database 23 and the creation / editing message storage database 22 are linked. You can freely compose a message.

Further, even when complex information is transmitted from another system linked with the content creation server 11, the dynamic file database 23 and the creation / editing message storage database 22 are linked to provide a common ID. Message data and gifts themselves can be managed appropriately.

Specifically, the above-mentioned common ID, message data, temporal contents, and data for centrally managing or linking product numbers, order numbers, delivery instruction information, etc. managed by different vendors are created. By managing, it becomes possible to centrally manage the product master, packaging message, and delivery instruction information.

Further, in the material file database 24, images, sounds, videos, etc. that are advertisements created by an administrator, a product provider, a distribution company, etc. are registered, and a material ID that specifies those files is output as a message output means. If it is possible to output at 32, it is possible to advertise to the gift recipient for a specific gift. That is, it is possible to receive the data provided by the gift requester and the information proposed by the other company, and send and reproduce the advertisement of the product to the gift recipient by linking with the common ID or the material ID. At this time, data linkage can be performed using a common ID or a material ID without being bound by the data format managed by each.

By linking the gift order slip number and the delivery slip number to the above common ID, for example, wrapping print information, gift product order information, delivery information, etc. can be centrally managed, and name identification management with various instruction slips can be performed. You can also do it. If centralized management is possible in this way, it is possible to count the number of stocks when delivering from the distribution center and set not to print the packaging if there is no remaining number. In addition, if information such as advertisements is prepared in advance as patterned design content, advertisements and advertisements not only for gift recipients that can be placed at a specific gift site but also for gift recipients when a specific product is a gift. The message can be delivered to the gift recipient.

The content creation server 11 according to the present invention and the gift message management system 10 provided with the content creation server 11 create a message via a web browser without particularly selecting a media medium including diversified media, software, and hardware. , Confirmation, storage, editing, management, and playback are realized by creating / editing message storage database 22, dynamic file database 23, and other databases that are linked with files using a common ID, and by means that can operate these. can.

It is preferable that the terminal 40 constituting the gift message management system 10 can be used by the creation / editing environment providing means 31 via the web browser, but in addition to that, the terminal set of the program on the content creation server 11 is provided on the terminal side. You can also download to and access the service locally from the web browser on the terminal, assuming that the terminal itself is a server. In this case, the terminal and the server are integrated hardware. In addition, even if message data and temporal contents are retained on the terminal side, if the terminal has a web server function, by issuing a common ID and linking it, the gift recipient can send those messages. It is possible to receive data and temporal content.

In the above description, the target for printing the message data is illustrated as a message card and a wrapping paper, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In the present invention, it is not necessary to print the paper which is the physical medium thereof in advance, and it is sufficient to prepare a blank sheet in common, so that inventory management becomes easy at the storefront or the contractor of the distribution process. Even if you do not order and print illustrations and photos to the subcontractor in advance, you can respond on the spot to the take-out of customers who visit the store. On the other hand, the variation of message data that can finally reach the gift recipient is expanded almost unlimitedly. Also, the gift requester does not need to prepare a message in advance.

When the gift recipient terminal 44 reads the common ID and tries to download the temporal content, the medium on which the common ID to be read is printed on the gift recipient terminal 44 side is a legitimate one. If you provide a means to determine if it exists and if it is intentionally specified by the gift requester and allow download and playback only if it is legitimate, the gift requester will send it. It is possible to prevent the attempted message from being played in an unintended situation.

Even if the paper is prepared as blank paper, it is desirable to have the same size variation. Large and small variations of wrapping paper size, A3, A4, A5, B4, B5, B6, cards, various envelope sizes, and the like can be mentioned. In the creation / editing work performed by the creation / editing environment providing means 31, it is desirable that the layout can be edited after appropriately selecting these paper sizes.

Further, when a plurality of files associated with the common ID are collected when read by the gift recipient terminal 44, the files may be collectively downloaded as one file, or a web page that can be selectively selected. Etc. may be provided and made available for download at the discretion of the gift recipient.

Further, when the gift recipient terminal 44 downloads the temporal content, the gift recipient terminal 44 is requested to change the playback condition of the temporal content according to the file type and other specified conditions. May be controlled and provided.

The content creation server 11 is registered in the dynamic file database 23, and has a history database 26 that manages information such as whether the temporal content to which the common ID is issued has been given the common ID to the gift or has been downloaded. You may be. This is because it is desirable to be able to know whether the message that the gift requester is trying to send has reached the gift recipient.

Next, a procedure example of a message management method for gifts using the content creation server 11 according to the present invention will be described. First, FIG. 2 shows an example of a flow when the temporal content is not uploaded. The creation / editing environment providing means 31 acts on the gift requester terminal 41 or the store terminal 42, and the user or the store clerk creates / edits the message data (S111). The created message data is saved in the create / edit message save database 22 (S112). Further, the message printing means 33 that outputs the message data from the terminal on the spot is executed (S113). A message card or the like printed on a medium according to the intention of the gift requester becomes a wrapping of the gift, or is enclosed in the gift and transferred to the consigned logistics company together with the gift (S121). The gift is delivered from the logistics company to the gift recipient, who receives the printed content and receives the message as intended by the gift requester (S122).

Next, FIG. 3 shows an example of a flow in which the time content is uploaded and the code can be handled digitally. First, as a premise, the gift requester has opened an account in the user database 21. Also, the gift requester has already shot the video. Then, the upload receiving means 35 accepts the upload from the gift requester terminal 41, encodes it, and registers it in the dynamic file database 23 (S131). Once registered, the common ID is issued by the common ID issuing means 36 (S132). The creation / editing environment providing means 31 acts on the gift requester terminal 41 or the store terminal 42, and the user or the store clerk creates / edits the message data. At this time, the common ID is included in the message data. The data including the above is created as a QR code (S133). The created message data is saved in the create / edit message save database 22 (S134). Further, the message printing means 33 that outputs the message data from the terminal on the spot is executed (S135), but at this time, the QR code is printed in a form including the above-mentioned QR code. The printed matter including the QR code is transferred to the consignment logistics company together with the gift (S141), and the gift is delivered from the logistics company to the gift recipient (S142). The gift recipient reads the QR code on the gift recipient terminal 44, specifies a video file registered in the dynamic file database 23 of the content creation server 11 by the decoded URL (S143), and plays this video file. Then, the message of the gift requester is fully received (S144).

Next, FIG. 4 shows a flow example diagram in which a moving image is uploaded but not printed as an output and is transmitted electronically. As a premise, the gift recipient is registered as a user in the user database 21, and is in a state where electronic information such as an e-mail address and an SNS account can be received. The procedure from S151 to S154 is the same as that of S131 to S134 described above. However, printing is not performed, and the issued QR code is transmitted to the gift recipient's account by the message transmitting means 34 (S155). On the other hand, the flows S161 and S162 of the gift itself are the same as those of S141 and S142 described above. However, the gift does not include a QR code, and the gift recipient reads the QR code sent to the account and uses the decoded URL to register the video file in the dynamic file database 23 of the content creation server 11. (S163), generate this video file, and receive the message of the gift requester fully (S164). As a service, a product exchange right such as an electronic point may be granted at the same time as the QR code.

Further, FIG. 5 shows an example flow diagram associated with the delivery management of gifts. The gift requester decides the gift in advance and pays the product provider. The product provider inputs the product information into the gift product management database 25 after arranging the products at the sales floor, foreign trade, delivery office, etc. (S201). In addition, the outsourced distribution company is notified that delivery will occur (S202), and the distribution company registers the distribution information of the gift in the gift product management database 25 (S203). It should be noted that these procedures may be performed individually for each gift, but may be performed collectively for a plurality of cases by a method such as using a CSV file.

Then, the gift requester uploads the temporal content given to the gift (S211). This procedure is the same as S151 above. However, when issuing the common ID (S212), it is associated with the above-mentioned product information and distribution information registered in the gift product management database 25. That is, product information and distribution information can be acquired from the common ID. The creation / editing, registration, and transmission (S213, S214, S215) of message data are the same as those of S153, S154, and S155. In addition, the outsourced physical distribution company that actually delivers the product refers to the common ID given to the gift, obtains the product information and the physical distribution information, and delivers the product according to the information (S221). As a result, the content creation server 11 can collectively manage the distribution as a gift management service. The processing (S222 ~) after the gift recipient receives it is the same as that of S162 ~.

Further, another embodiment of the content creation server according to the present invention will be described. An example of this content creation server 11a is shown in FIG. The basic configuration may be the same as that of the content creation server 11, and the details may be different. In particular, it has the following characteristics.

The content creation server 11a has a reserved address database 27 that issues and stores in advance an individually identifiable unassigned unique address that designates the web server means 39 possessed by the content creation server 11a. That is, a large number of unique addresses that have a domain name that can be managed by the content creation server 11a and that can identify the end of the address, the argument, and the like are prepared in advance. If the identifiable address can be managed, it may be prepared in another format such as a mathematical formula or a variable instead of a table.

The content creation server 11a has a temporary ID issuing means 37 that allows a terminal to issue a temporary ID printed with a code (two-dimensional code) that enables access to the unassigned unique address. Here, the terminal preferably preferably applied is a printing terminal 45 used by a person who prints a temporary ID as an example, but may also be used as a store terminal 42 such as a department store. Here, the temporary IDs may be printed together in advance and prepared in large quantities at the store where the purchase of gifts is accepted. By preparing a card with a code printed in advance at the store in this way, it is possible to minimize the time for the purchaser to wait for a fall.

Here, a different unique address may be printed for each individual card, or the same unique address may be printed on a plurality of cards. When it is desired to send the same message data or temporal content to a large number of recipients, a card printed with the same unique address can be preferably used.

Even if the address generated from the code described in this temporary ID is accessed in the default state, no special content may be displayed. It may indicate that the file is being prepared, it may indicate that the file does not exist, or it may display other advertisements or the like.

The content creation server 11a has the dynamic file database 23, and assigns the access to the file stored in the dynamic file database 23 to the unassigned unique address (the temporary ID) as a common ID. It has a common ID assigning means 38. If this function is set in conjunction with editing message data by the creation / editing environment providing means 31 on the gift requester terminal 41 or the store terminal 42, it is described on the number and type of cards that the gift giver thinks is necessary. Temporal content can be assigned to the two-dimensional code later. In particular, it is particularly preferable that the gift giver can operate the gift from the gift requester terminal 41 at home or the like by simply receiving the card at the store, because the waiting time at the store is eliminated.

Further, the message printing means 33, which is the message outputting means 32, may additionally print the message data on the temporary ID instead of the blank card. While assigning the two-dimensional code in advance, it is possible to generate a card customized for each giver, such as necessary addresses, greetings, photographs, and the contents of the gift to be given.

FIG. 7 shows a flow example diagram using this content creation server 11a. As an initial step, the temporary ID issuing means 37 prints a temporary ID in which the QR code of the unassigned address is described in the reserved address database 27 via the printing terminal 45 (S330). S331 to S334 are the same as the procedure of S131 to S134 (however, S332 corresponding to S132 is replaced with the common ID assignment by S335). After the registration of the message data including the temporal content is completed, the address to the message data is assigned to the unassigned address described in the temporary ID (S335). Before and after the assignment, the assigned print card is enclosed with the gift and shipped (S336). After S341, it becomes the same as after S141.

As yet another application form, the reserved address database 27 may be assigned a reserved address of a temporary ID for temporary editing. This temporary ID is applied to the initial state in the creating / editing environment providing means 31, and is used for layout examination when creating message data. On the other hand, when the time content is ready by uploading or editing to the dynamic file database 23, the address to the time content is replaced with the reserved address of the temporary ID (common ID assignment). Above, the final message output means 32 is applied.

As yet another application form, the common ID and the address to be responded to by the web server means 39 may be separated so that the allocation can be changed as needed. This is possible by leaving a temporary ID element even after the common ID is assigned so that the temporal content can be changed at any time. This makes it possible to automatically replace the content with the optimum background or the like according to the display timing, for example, according to the seasons of spring, summer, autumn, and winter. This replacement works effectively with either a common ID printed on a card and fixed to paper, or a common ID displayed digitally.

Next, a configuration example in which a gift message management system including a content creation server according to the present invention is specifically implemented will be described. FIG. 8A is an example of the creation / editing message storage database 22 in which the requester who is the gift requester creates the message data. Identify the individual message data created and edited by each creation code. FIG. 8B is an example of an event creation table referred to by the creation / editing environment providing means 31 when a template is shown as an event type for each purpose of the gift. It is difficult for the gift requester to create and edit the message data from nothing, and the basic design may be shown. FIG. 8C is a table showing the paper size at the time of printing by the message printing means 33 and the type of the output paper medium designated as the paper by the creating / editing environment providing means 31.

FIG. 9A is an example of a dynamic file database 23 showing uploaded temporal contents. In addition, each record can be indirectly referenced by external access. FIG. 9B is an example of an ordered individual merchandise management table that exists as part of the gift merchandise management database 25. The requester code is linked to the user account of the user database 21, and indicates the product of what kind of gift is to be delivered. FIG. 9C is an example of a distribution management table managed by a distribution company, which exists as a part of the gift product management database 25. Link with the necessary data for the distribution of each product.

By linking these tables collectively using a common ID, a table as shown in FIG. 10 can be obtained, and product providers, distribution companies, and system administrators cooperate with each other to manage gifts and messages. Can be managed together with.

10 Message management system for gifts 11, 11a Content creation server 21 User database 22 Creation / editing message storage database 23 Dynamic file database 24 Material file database 25 Gift product management database 26 History database 27 Reservation address database 31 Creation / editing environment provision Means 32 Message output means 33 Message printing means 34 Message sending means 35 Upload receiving means 36 Common ID issuing means 37 Temporary ID issuing means 38 Common ID assigning means 39 web server means 40 Terminal 41 Gift request main terminal 42 Over-the-counter terminal 43 Outsourced terminal 44 Gift recipient terminal 45 Printing terminal

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A server that is connected to multiple terminals via a network.
The server
A creation / editing environment providing means for providing a message data creation / editing and upload reception environment for the terminal, a creation / editing message storage database for registering created / edited message data, and the creation / editing. A content creation server having a message output means for outputting message data stored in a message storage database on the same or other terminal side.
And
It enables access to the reserved address database and the unassigned unique address, which issues and stores individually identifiable unassigned unique addresses that specify the WEB server means of the content creation server in advance. A temporary ID issuing means for issuing a temporary ID,
A dynamic file that stores temporal content with temporal fluctuation elements consisting of audio, video, or both, uploaded from the terminal provided with the upload reception environment from the creation / editing environment providing means. Database and
A common ID assignment means that assigns an address to a file stored in the dynamic file database to the unassigned unique address and uses it as a common ID.
A message transmitting means for attaching a code that enables access to the file indicated by the temporary ID or the common ID to the message data and transmitting the message data to the other terminal or one account.
Have
Content creation server. The content creation server according to claim 1 , wherein the message output means is printed on a gift wrapping paper or a message card attached to the gift. The content creation server according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein an electronic message is transmitted to the other terminal as an output of the message output means. In the message output means, the message data is additionally printed on the message medium on which the temporary ID is printed .
The content creation server according to any one of claims 1 to 3 . The content creation server according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , which has a material file database for storing material files that can be referred to in the creation / editing work by the creation / editing environment providing means. The content creation server according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , wherein prohibited items are set as the message data according to the attribute of the gift to which the message data is given. Any of claims 1 to 6 , which has a gift product management database that manages the ordering or delivery processing of gifts, and associates the common ID attached to the printed matter attached to the gift with the gift product management database. The content creation server described in Kana. A program for causing a computer to function as the content creation server according to any one of claims 1 to 7 . Message management for gifts provided with the creation / editing environment providing means, the terminal having a print output function by the message output means, and the content creation server according to any one of claims 1 to 7 . system. Computer
Steps to issue unassigned unique addresses in advance and save them in the reserved address database,
A step of issuing a temporary ID that enables access to the unassigned unique address to a printing terminal or a store terminal.
And
Steps to provide a message data creation / editing and upload reception environment for one terminal,
A step of accepting uploads from one terminal to a dynamic file database of temporal content with temporal variability consisting of audio, video, or both.
Steps to register created / edited message data in the created / edited message storage database,
And
A step of assigning the temporary ID to a common ID that is an address to a file stored in the dynamic file database.
And
The step of outputting the message data saved in the created / edited message saving database on the other terminal side,
And
The step of issuing the common ID that enables access to the files stored in the dynamic file database,
A step of adding a code that enables access to the temporary ID or the file indicated by the common ID to the message data and transmitting it to the other terminal or one account.
To execute ,
How to manage messages for gifts. After the step of issuing the temporary ID to the printing terminal or the store terminal,
At the printing terminal or the store terminal, the step of printing the temporary ID as it is or as an encoded two-dimensional code on the card is executed.
The gift according to claim 10 , wherein after the step of printing, the step of replacing the content assigned to the common ID is executed to replace the content displayed when the information printed on the card is read. Message management method.

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