JP2002149685A - Information provision device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [PROBLEMS] To provide an information providing apparatus capable of showing information meeting predetermined display conditions to a player. SOLUTION: The management device 6 includes a management device 6 and a display device 9 communicatively connected to the management device 6. The management device 6 includes: an information server 12 storing information and predetermined display conditions of the information; And a member management server 11 storing member attribute data. The management device 6 specifies the attribute data of the member from the member management server 11 based on the member ID sent from the display device 9, compares the attribute data of the information display condition with the attribute data of the member, and compares the attribute data of the member with the attribute data of the member. Information that matches the attribute data is selected, the selected information is transmitted to the display device 9, and the display device 9 displays the transmitted information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information providing apparatus for providing information such as a CM to each member.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An information provider registers information in an information providing center and displays information in response to access to a URL from a person who wants to view the information. However, it is inconvenient for an information provider that information on the Internet cannot be shown unless the information is accessed, and how to access the information has been an issue.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an information providing apparatus which does not require an input operation for a member to obtain information and which can provide information suited to the personal attributes of the member. It is in.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing apparatus, comprising: a management device; and a display device communicatively connected to the management device. , An information server storing information and predetermined display conditions of the information, and a member management server storing member attribute data for each member ID, wherein the member management is performed based on the member ID sent from the display device. Identifying the attribute data of the member from the server, comparing the attribute data of the display condition of the information with the attribute data of the member, selecting information that matches the attribute data of the member, and displaying the selected information on the display device And the display device displays the transmitted information.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game arcade device with an information providing device according to the first aspect, wherein the attribute data of the information display condition and the attribute data of the member are at least gender, age and hobby. Or any one of the following.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the information providing device according to the first or second aspect, the information display condition includes a time zone for displaying the information, and the information server transmits the information from the information server to the time zone. It is characterized in that matching information is selected, the selected information is transmitted to the display device, and the display device displays the transmitted information.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information providing apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects,
The display device counts the number of display times and / or the display time for each piece of information to be displayed, and transmits a result of the counting to the management device.

[0008] According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the information providing apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth aspects,
The management device is connected to an information providing center via the Internet, and the information stored in the information server and a predetermined display condition of the information are transmitted from the information providing center via the Internet. It is a feature.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the information providing apparatus according to the fifth aspect, the management apparatus transmits the number of times and / or the display time of each piece of information to be displayed to the information providing center. It is characterized by the following.

[0010] According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the game arcade device with an information providing device according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, the display device displays the information on a display screen of the information. And receiving a material request input relating to the information, and transmitting the material request command relating to the information to the management device when the material request input is performed.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the information providing apparatus according to the seventh aspect, wherein the information providing apparatus transmits a material request instruction regarding the information to the information providing center.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an information providing system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In addition,
In the present embodiment, a description is given using a CM as one mode of information, but information other than a CM may be used. The information providing system 1 includes a personal computer (hereinafter, simply referred to as a CM provider) owned by a CM provider (information provider) 2, a CM providing center (information providing center) 3, an information providing device 4, and a CM provider 2, It is composed of the Internet 5 for communication connection between the CM providing center 3 and the information providing device 4.

In this embodiment, the information providing device 4
However, for example, a case where the game device is installed in a game hall such as a pachinko game store will be described as an embodiment.

The information providing device 4 includes a management device 6 installed in the hall and a console display terminal (display device) 9 communicatively connected to the management device 6 through the LAN 7 and provided for each game console 8. Prepare. The management device 6 is composed of, for example, a personal computer (including a personal computer, a display device, a keyboard, and a printer). In addition, the management device 6
In addition to the control device such as a personal computer, the communication device includes a communication server 10, a member management server 11, and a CM server (information server) 12.

The member management server 11 serves as a member database. The member management server 11 stores member attribute data including member IDs of member players registered as members in the hall. Various information stored in the member management server 11 can be changed, added, deleted, etc. for each game store by an operator or the like.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing one form of the member database. Each data in the member database contains a member ID,
The name of the member, the address of the member, a mail address indicating a transmission destination to be transmitted to the member, gender, age, hobbies, and the like are stored.

The CM server 12 constitutes a CM database.
M and predetermined display conditions for the CM are stored. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing one form of a CM database. Each data of the CM database includes a CM number, a URL (address) of the CM, and predetermined display conditions desired by the CM provider 2 such as a time zone, attribute data of a player (member) (for example, sex, age, etc.). , Hobbies, etc.) are stored. Data on each CM stored in the CM database (CM server 12) is transmitted from the CM providing center 3 to the Internet 5
Sent via. The management device 6 is a CM providing center 3
When the data about each CM is sent from, the UR of each CM
L actually downloads each CM to the CM server 12.

In the hall, various game tables 8 and game tables 1 are faced (in the embodiment, adjacent to each game table).
The display terminals 9 are installed, and the display terminals 9 and the management device 6 are communicatively connected by a LAN 7 provided in the hall. Although not shown, the table display terminal 9 communicatively connected to the management device 6 includes a CPU, ROM, RA
M, with communication interface and membership card 1
3 is provided with a member ID reading means (not shown) (for example, a card reader) for reading the member ID written in 3 and a display means 14 (for example, a liquid crystal display device) integrally formed with a touch panel type operation input means. ing.

Next, the provision of a commercial in a game hall by the information providing system 1 including the information providing device 4 will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an outline of processing of the CM providing center 3 in the information providing system 1, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an outline of processing of the management device 6 in the information providing system 1. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of a process performed by a stand display terminal 9;

Referring to FIG. 4, CM provider 2 registers a URL of a CM to be transmitted to a player in the hall to CM providing center 3 (step A01). At this time, if necessary, the location of the hall where the CM is desired to be played for each CM, the period during which the CM is played, the time zone, and the attributes of the player (for example,
Specific display conditions such as gender, age, hobbies, etc.) are designated.
The CM providing center 3 operates the CM in the registered hall.
The data related to the CM as shown in FIG. 3 is transmitted via the Internet 5 to the hall meeting the conditions of the provider 2 (steps A02 to A03). The location of the hall is determined by the location of the hall where you want the commercial to flow (for example, in Yokohama or Shibuya Ward) and the commercial.
(For example, from the beginning of July to the end of August or during September).

Referring to FIG. 5, when data relating to each CM is sent from CM providing center 3, management device 6 stores the data in CM server 12 (step S01), and the URL of each CM.
To actually download each CM to the CM server 12 (step S02).

Referring to FIG. 6, when the player inserts member card 13 into the card insertion slot of stand display terminal 9 (step B).
01), the member ID reading means arranged in the stand display terminal 9 reads the member ID written on the member card 13 (step B02), and the stand display terminal 9 transmits the read member ID to the management device 6 (step B02). B03). With reference to FIG. 5, when the member ID is sent from the stand display terminal 9 (step S03), the management device 6 specifies the attribute data of the member from the member database (member management server 11) based on the sent member ID. (Step S04). For example, 101
Assuming that the game player on the watch is a member ID “00001”, “female customer, 33 years old, hobby is cooking” is specified as the attribute data of the member (see FIG. 2).

Next, the management device 6 sets the CM database 1
2 is read (sequentially from the CM number 0001), and the read CM (information)
It is determined whether or not the predetermined display condition is satisfied (steps S05 to S07). In the present embodiment, as the predetermined display condition, a time zone as a CM display condition and an attribute of a player can be designated. First, it is determined whether or not the time zone is correct (step S06). If the time zone for the commercial is correct, then it is determined whether the attribute of the player as the target for the commercial is correct with the attribute data of the CM data. By comparing the attribute data of the member with the attribute data of the member, it is determined whether or not the CM matches the attribute data of the member (step S07).
8) The selected CM is transmitted to the stand display terminal 9 (step S09).

Now, assuming that the current time is 18:30 and the player with the above-mentioned member ID “00001” is an example, referring to FIG.
When the data is read out, the predetermined display condition of this CM (information) is from 18:00 to 22:00 for female customers, so that the CM with the CM number “0001” becomes the display condition in the time zone. Matches with the attribute of the player with the member ID “00001”, and is selected as a CM to be displayed. The management device 6 transmits the selected CM having the CM number “0001” to the unit display terminal 9 having the unit number “101”.

Next, the management device 6 sets the CM number “000”
When the CM data of "2" is read, the predetermined display condition of this CM (information) is from 10:00 to 15:00, so the CM of CM number "0002" does not meet the display condition in the time zone. Not selected as CM to display.

Next, the management device 6 sets the CM number “000”
When the CM data of "3" is read out, the predetermined display condition of this CM (information) is from 13:00 to 22:00 for the customers who enjoy cooking, so the CM number "000" is displayed.
The CM of “3” matches the attribute of the player with the member ID “00001” and is selected as the CM to be displayed. The management device 6 transmits the selected CM having the CM number “0003” to the unit display terminal 9 having the unit number “101”.

Next, the management device 6 sets the CM number “000”
When the CM data of "4" is read out, the predetermined display condition of this CM (information) is from 13:00 to 19:00, regardless of the attribute of the player.
Is selected as a CM to be displayed according to the display conditions in the time zone. The management device 6 transmits the selected CM having the CM number “0004” to the display terminal 9 having the unit number “101”. As described above, the management device 6 sequentially reads out the CM data stored in the CM database 12 (the CM number of 00).
01 is read in order), it is determined whether or not a predetermined display condition of the read CM (information) is satisfied. If the predetermined display condition is satisfied, the CM is selected as a CM to be displayed, and the selected CM is transmitted to the display terminal 9. .

It should be noted that for a gaming table where a player who does not own the member card 13 is playing a game or a gaming table where a game is not currently being played, a CM to be displayed cannot be selected. CM registered in server 12
Among them, a CM that satisfies the display condition of the time zone is selected and transmitted.

Referring to FIG. 6, every time a CM is sent from management device 6, table display terminal 9 stores the CM number and the C number in its own memory.
M is stored (step B04 to step B05). The stand display terminal 9 displays the CM (for example, a homepage format) stored in the memory on the display screen of the display means at regular intervals (step B06). The display format of the CM includes a case where the CM is displayed on the entire screen and a case where the CM is displayed on a fixed area (window screen) of the screen. In addition, the game console data and the like are normally displayed, but the screen may be switched to the CM screen only during a certain time period.

The display terminal 9 counts the number of times of display for each CM to be displayed (step B07). Then, for example, when the store closing process is instructed from the management device 6, the counting result is transmitted to the management device 6. It is to be noted that the number of times of display is not necessarily counted, and the time during which the CM is displayed may be measured for each CM, or both the number of times of display and the display time may be counted (step B10).
To Step B11).

FIG. 7 is a view showing one aspect of the CM screen of the stand display terminal 9. When the player is interested in the displayed CM and wants more detailed information on the CM, the user can make a material request for the information being displayed on the CM screen. The stand display terminal 9 accepts the input of the material request on the CM screen (step B08). When the material request button displayed on the CM screen is operated, the screen is switched to a material sending selection screen shown in FIG. Player (member)
On the screen, the user can select and specify whether the material is sent by direct mail, the material is sent by e-mail, or the material sending is unnecessary.

The table display terminal 9 is provided for direct mail or E-mail.
When the designation of the mail is input, a data request command for the CM is transmitted to the management device 6 (step B0).
9). Referring to FIG. 5, when a material request command is sent from the stand display terminal 9, the management device 6 stores the material request command for the member, and if direct mail (DM), requests the material. While transmitting the CM, the address of the member, and the request for the material to the CM providing center 3,
If it is an e-mail, the CM requesting the material, the mail address of the member, and the fact that the material was requested are transmitted to the CM providing center 3 (steps S11 to S1).
3).

Referring to FIG. 4, the CM providing center 3 provides information on the direct mail and e-mail received from the CM provider 2 in response to a request for materials by direct mail and e-mail requested from each hall. Service for direct mail and e-mail based on
04 to step A05). The direct mail may include a discount ticket, a gift certificate, a free sample, and the like from the CM provider 2. The CM providing center 3 bills the CM provider 2 for the cost of direct mail and e-mail transmission agency service according to the number of transmissions. In this way, the player (member) does not have to bother entering the address or e-mail address only by inputting the material request,
You can receive more detailed information about

The total number of display times and / or display times for each CM is stored in the management device 6, and also from the management device 6 via the Internet 5 to the CM providing center 3.
(Steps S14 to S16). CM
The providing center 3 stores the total number of display times and / or display times for each CM (step A07), and charges the CM provider 2 for a fee according to the number of times and / or time for displaying the CM. Then, the CM providing center 3 pays a part of the fee paid by the CM provider 2 to the hall according to the number of times or the time when the CM is displayed in each hall.

In the above embodiment, the information providing device 4
For example, although the case where the information providing device 4 is installed in a game hall such as a pachinko game store has been described as one mode, the place where the information providing device 4 is installed is not limited to the game hall, and for example, a vehicle such as an airplane, a train, a car, or the like. Waiting rooms in hospitals, stations, etc.
It can be installed in hospital rooms, beauty salons, barber shops, libraries, game centers, restaurants, coffee shops, and the like.

[0036]

According to the configuration of the first aspect, the management device specifies the attribute data of the member from the member management server based on the member ID sent from the display device, and stores the data in the information server. The attribute data of the information display condition and the attribute data of the member are compared to select information suitable for the attribute data of the member, the selected information is transmitted to the display device, and the display device displays the transmitted information. Therefore, the member can view information that matches his or her attributes without a special input operation for obtaining information.

According to the configuration of the second aspect, the information can be displayed by selecting a player at least by gender, age and hobby, and the player can have his / her gender, age and hobby during the game. You can see the information that suits you.

According to the configuration of the third aspect, the management device selects information suitable for the time zone from the information server, transmits the selected information to the display device, and the display device displays the transmitted information. Therefore, information desired to be shown in a predetermined time zone can be shown to the player.

According to the configuration of the fourth aspect, the display device counts the number of display times and / or the display time for each piece of information to be displayed, and transmits the counting result to the management device.
The management device can manage the number of times information is displayed.

According to the fifth aspect, the information stored in the information server and the predetermined display conditions of the information are transmitted from the information providing center to the management device via the Internet. It is possible to set display conditions for displaying information, and to update information to be transmitted to the management device as needed.

According to the configuration of the sixth aspect, the management device transmits the number of display times and / or the display time for each piece of information to be displayed to the information providing center, so that the information providing center displays the information for each piece of information. The number of times and / or the display time can be grasped. And, for the CM provider,
Can be used for billing according to the number of times CM is displayed, and part of the fee paid by the CM provider can be used to pay the hall according to the number of times or time CM is displayed at each hall. it can.

According to the configuration of the seventh aspect, the display device accepts a material request input relating to the information being displayed on the information display screen, and when the material request input is performed,
Since the material request command related to the information is transmitted to the management device, the management device can manage the material request status related to the information.

According to the configuration described in claim 8, since the management device transmits the information request command regarding the information to the information providing center, the information providing center can provide more detailed information to a player who is interested in the information. Information can be provided. Further, the player can receive more detailed information by a simple operation of simply inputting a material request.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing one form of a member database.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing one form of a CM database;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an outline of processing of a CM providing center in the information providing system.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an outline of processing of a management device in the information providing system;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an outline of processing of a stand display terminal (display device) in the information providing system.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing one aspect of a CM screen of the stand display terminal.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing one mode of a material sending selection screen of the stand display terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information provision system 2 CM provider 3 CM provision center 4 Information provision device 5 Internet 6 Management device 7 LAN 8 Game console 9 Display terminal (display device) 10 Communication server 11 Member management server 12 CM server 13 Member card 14 Display means

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A management device comprising: a management device; and a display device communicatively connected to the management device. The management device includes: an information server storing information and predetermined display conditions of the information; A member management server storing attribute data, and specifying member attribute data from the member management server based on the member ID transmitted from the display device; and displaying attribute information of the information display condition, By comparing the attribute data and selecting information that matches the attribute data of the member,
An information providing device, wherein the selected information is transmitted to the display device, and the display device displays the transmitted information. 2. The information providing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the attribute data of the information display condition and the attribute data of the member include at least one of gender, age, and hobbies. 3. The information display condition includes a time zone in which the information is displayed, selects information matching the time zone from the information server, and transmits the selected information to the display device.
The information providing device according to claim 1, wherein the display device displays the transmitted information. 4. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display device counts the number of display times and / or the display time for each piece of information to be displayed, and transmits a result of the counting to the management device. The information providing device according to any one of the above. 5. The information providing center is connected to an information providing center via the Internet, and the information stored in the information server and a predetermined display condition of the information are stored in the information providing center via the Internet. The information providing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the information providing apparatus is sent from the Internet. 6. The information providing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the management apparatus transmits the number of times and / or the display time for each piece of information to be displayed to the information providing center. 7. The management device according to claim 1, wherein the display device receives a material request input relating to the information being displayed on the information display screen, and when the material request input is performed, issues a material request instruction relating to the information to the management device. The information providing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the information is transmitted to the information providing apparatus. 8. The information providing apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the management apparatus transmits a material request command regarding the information to the information providing center.