JP2002092456A - Information distribution system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information distribution system capable of giving mileage points in accordance with point addition conditions to a user. SOLUTION: By providing a data distribution control device for a music distribution server 10 with a point addition means, the mileage points in accordance with the preliminarily set point addition conditions are given to a user as the conditions are satisfied, thereby the user can be given service or presents corresponding to the points.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information distribution system, and more particularly, to an information distribution system for adding mileage points according to the number of downloads and story downloads, a connection time, a response to a questionnaire, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, stores that sell music software such as CDs include specialty stores and convenience stores. However, in a relatively small store, holding a large number of stocks becomes a heavy burden. Therefore, it is difficult to prepare a wide variety of music software. On the other hand, music software sold on CDs and the like usually has
Like a CD with songs, it is sold as a package containing a plurality of songs. Therefore, consumers cannot purchase desired songs one by one. This puts an economic burden on consumers.

Therefore, as a conventional technique for solving this,
For example, "Music distribution method, transmitting apparatus and method, and reproducing apparatus and method" in JP-A-2000-900395 is known. In this conventional technique, there is no need for a user to go to a CD shop or the like to purchase a CD, and the user can download music software distributed from a distribution source server through a communication means such as the Internet.
It will be possible to purchase songs one by one. The music distribution server pays a software production company (recording company) a usage fee including a copyright per song.

However, in this conventional technique,
The user only unilaterally pays for the download of the music software to the server of the music distributor. Therefore, no matter how many times you purchase music software from the same server, you will not receive any benefits. Furthermore, as mentioned above, the server has to pay the music software company how much per song. For this reason, the purchase price of the user has a limit that the profit of the server cannot be obtained if the purchase price is less than a predetermined amount. Therefore, for example, providing music software to users for free cannot be practiced from the viewpoint of pursuing profits.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in the background of the prior art, and adds mileage points according to the number of downloads and streaming downloads, connection time, responses to a questionnaire, and the like. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information distribution system capable of performing such operations. The present invention also provides the user with
It is an object of the present invention to provide an information distribution system that can effectively store commercial contents including images. Further, another object of the present invention is to provide an information distribution system capable of providing software to users at low cost or free of charge.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information distribution system in which a data distribution management device of an information distribution server and a user terminal are connected via a predetermined communication line. The data distribution management device receives a plurality of data, an information storage unit storing identification information corresponding to each of the data, and a request signal specified by a user for predetermined data of the plurality of data. Then, the first transmitting / receiving means for transmitting the identification information in response to the request signal, and, when the identification information corresponding to the predetermined data among the plurality of data is received, responding to the identification information. A second transmitting / receiving means for transmitting predetermined data to the user, and by satisfying a preset point addition condition, mileage points corresponding to the condition are provided to the user. And a point addition means to obtain,
An information distribution system in which the terminal of the user includes a storage medium mounted thereon, and receives data sent from the server and records the data in the storage medium.

In the invention according to a second aspect, the point addition condition is the number of times of downloading the data or story download, a connection time for connecting to the server, an answer to a questionnaire, and the like. It is an information distribution system described.

Further, the invention according to claim 3 is the information distribution system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the data is distributed as one-pack data or packet data with commercials attached before and after the data. It is.

Further, according to the invention described in claim 4, by attaching a commercial including an image to the data,
The information distribution system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the data distribution fee is reduced or made free.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information distribution system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Here, a music software distribution system will be described as an example. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a data distribution management device (hereinafter, music distribution server) of a music distribution server that distributes music software.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a user terminal (here, an Internet mobile phone and a personal computer as an example) owned by each user. In addition, instead of music software, application software, image software, book software (this software, magazine software, manga software), or the like may be distributed. The music distribution server 10
It has a music information database 12 storing information on various kinds of music, such as information on the latest hit songs and information on artists, and a music database 13 storing music data for download and streaming. I have. The music distribution server 10 provides a service of distributing information and music data relating to various kinds of music using a network (a first transmission / reception unit, a second transmission / reception unit) 14 such as the Internet.

A user terminal 11 which is an Internet portable telephone and a personal computer can be connected to a network 14. It should be noted that a digital radio, a mobile terminal, a net portable player, a digital television, an Internet television, or the like may be used instead of an Internet mobile phone or a personal computer.

In the information distribution system to which the present invention is applied, when a user purchases music software from the music distribution server 10, the user connects the user terminal 11 to the music distribution server 10 via the network 14. When the user terminal 11 is connected to the music distribution server 10, the music information of the music distribution server 10 is read from the database 12, and the information related to the music information is read from the music distribution server 10 to the user terminal 11 via the network 14. Will be sent. In addition, a story mining download and a downloadable music data list are sent from the music database 13. These pieces of information are displayed on the display of the user terminal 11. When downloading music data, a list of music data that can be downloaded from the music distribution server 10 is displayed. The user refers to the music information and the list of music data that can be streamed and downloaded, and the user operates the user terminal 1.
The music data to be stored in No. 1 is determined.

As described above, the user terminal 11 is connected to the music distribution server 10 via the network 14 to determine music data, and when this music data is requested, the request signal is transmitted from the user terminal 11 to the network 14. The music is sent to the music distribution server 10 via the Internet. Upon receiving this request signal, the music distribution server 10 notifies the user terminal 11 of the distribution fee via the network 14. When the user is notified of the charge, the user determines the payment method (prepaid card, credit card, loan, transfer, dial Q2, telephone charge, etc.). After receiving the payment method determination, the music distribution server 10 searches for music data corresponding to the request signal, and stores the searched music data in the music database 13.
Read from Then, the music data is distributed from the music distribution server 10 to the user terminal 11 via the network 14. Then, the user terminal 11 stores the distributed music data in, for example, a storage medium. If a commercial is added to the music data, the distribution fee is discounted. If a questionnaire is answered in addition to the addition of the commercial, free story download and free download can be performed.

Next, the information distribution system will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG. 2 used for describing an information terminal in the information distribution system according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the software approval of step 101, a description and explanation of the information distribution system are presented to the user at a festival for obtaining music software, and approval is requested for the information distribution system. When the approval is obtained, the process proceeds to step 102. That is, the user having the mileage point is instructed to input the personal number. In step 102, users and new registrations having mileage points are displayed. In addition, new users are requested to enter personal information such as names, telephone numbers, personal identification numbers, and e-mail addresses. Mileage points are points that are entered according to the number of town roads, the number of streaming downloads, the connection time, etc., when a user's personal number or telephone number is entered. In this embodiment, a mileage point wind system is introduced. In other words, this is a system in which the sponsor gives the user a present or the like by increasing the mileage points by the user. Step 10 if there is an input such as a personal number
Go to step 3; if not, go to step 104. In step 103, the user is notified of the mileage points up to that point.

In step 104, the type of software, new work information, ranking, and the like are displayed, and at the same time, an advertisement is inserted.
In step 105, music software is searched and a commercial is displayed at the same time. This commercial is a spot commercial and is constantly changed. Step 106
Then, the user is asked to confirm whether the music software is selected. If confirmed, proceed to step 107,
If it is another music software, the process returns to step 104 to perform the search again. In step 107, the presence or absence of a questionnaire from the sponsor is indicated, and when the user cooperates with the questionnaire, the latest music information is communicated to the user terminal 11 by using an e-mail or the like or the music software becomes free. It indicates that you can receive various services or get a gift if you add mileage points. The process proceeds to step 108 when cooperating with the questionnaire, and proceeds to step 113 when not cooperating with the questionnaire.

In step 108, a questionnaire from the sponsor is entered by the responding user. At that time, have the user fill in the personal number and phone number in the update. As a price, a certain mileage point is given to the user in step 111 described later. In a succeeding step 109, the data of the questionnaire result is transmitted to the host server. The host server transmits the obtained data to a user management server different from the music distribution server 10 (Step 120). Then, the latest music information is separately transmitted from the user management server to the user terminal 11 by e-mail (step 121), or the data of the questionnaire result is transmitted to the sponsor (step 122). Then, various information fields are provided from the sponsor to the user terminal.

In step 110, one-package software or packet data is created in which a sponsor's image commercial is attached before and after the music software distributed from the server. If this is other than music software, for example, book software, a commercial is inserted between pages, or a burner advertisement is inserted in each page. In step 111, mileage points are added to the user according to the number of music software downloads and streaming downloads of the user, the connection time for connecting to the music distribution server 10, and point addition conditions such as answering a questionnaire. Then step 1
The user downloads or stream downloads the music software of the form finally selected in 12 to the storage medium of his / her user terminal 11.

In step 113, it will be described that music software includes paid software and free software. In step 114, the user is made to select paid software or free software, and the user is determined whether to select download or streaming download. In the case of paid software, the process proceeds to step 115, and in the case of free software, the process proceeds to step 117. At step 115, the user is asked whether music software with commercials is acceptable. If a commercial is attached, it can be purchased at a discounted price, and if there is no commercial, software will be purchased at a fixed price. Also, where
Transfers from users such as prepaid cards, loans, credit cards, banks and post offices,
The user is allowed to select a payment method such as an information fee collection service (such as dial Q2) and a call charge. In addition,
When accepting the commercial, the discounted commercial can be downloaded or streamed. The fee is displayed in step 116, and when the payment method and the input are confirmed, the process proceeds to step 110.
On the other hand, if the use of commercials is not approved, at step 119 only the music software is incorporated, the fee for only the software is displayed, and the fee transfer procedure and the amount are paid. When the payment method and the input are confirmed, the process proceeds to step 111.

In step 117, it is selected whether a few percent of the entire music software is cut and protection software to which a large amount of commercials are attached may be incorporated. If it is determined to be good, the process proceeds to step 118, where music package software with CM is created, and the process proceeds to step 111. On the other hand, if the protection software is not approved, the process returns to step 108.

In this way, by satisfying the preset point addition condition, the user is given mileage points corresponding to the condition, so that the number of town loads, the number of streaming downloads, the connection time, Mileage points can be added in response to a questionnaire. Also, if you distribute to users as one-package software or packet data software with commercials attached before and after the music software distributed from the server, make sure that users effectively store commercial content with images. Can be. Furthermore, by attaching a sponsor's commercial to music software distributed from the server, the software can be provided to the user at low cost or free of charge.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, mileage points corresponding to the conditions for adding points are given to the user, so that various points can be added in software disbelieving. Mileage points can be given to users.

In particular, according to the third aspect of the present invention, since the commercials are attached before and after the data, it is possible for the user to effectively store the commercial contents including the image.

Further, according to the invention of claim 4, by attaching the commercial of the sponsor to the music software distributed from the server, the software can be provided to the user at low cost or free of charge.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an information distribution system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart used to describe an information terminal in the information distribution system according to one embodiment of the present invention;

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 10 Data distribution management device of music distribution server 11 User terminal 12 Music information database (information storage means) 13 Music database (information storage means) 14 Network (first transmission / reception means, second transmission / reception means)

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A bidirectional information distribution system in which a data distribution management device of an information distribution server and a user terminal are connected via a predetermined communication line, wherein the data distribution management device includes a plurality of data distribution devices. An information storage unit in which identification information corresponding to each of the data is stored; and when a request signal specified by a user is received for predetermined data of the plurality of data, the identification is performed according to the request signal. A first transmitting / receiving means for transmitting information; and a second transmitting / receiving means for transmitting predetermined data to a user according to the identification information when identification information corresponding to the predetermined data is received among the plurality of data. A transmission / reception means, and a point addition means for providing the user with mileage points corresponding to the predetermined condition for satisfying the predetermined point addition condition. To the storage medium of the user's terminal
An information distribution system comprising means for receiving data sent from the server and storing the data in the storage medium, and simultaneous reproduction and simultaneous reproduction storage. 2. The information distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the point addition means includes the number of times of downloading the data and the number of times of downloading the story, a connection time for connecting to the server, a response to a questionnaire, and the like. 3. The information distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the data is distributed as one-package data or packet data with commercials attached before and after the data. 4. The information distribution system according to claim 1, wherein a distribution fee of the data is reduced or made free by attaching a commercial including an image to the data. . 5. The information distribution system according to claim 1, wherein the data is music software, application software, image software, or book software.