JP4056372B2 - Software installation program, installation method and installation system, and recording medium - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a software installation program, an installation method, an installation system, and a recording medium that perform installation while displaying an advertisement distributed from an advertisement distribution server.
[0002]
[Prior art]
With the recent increase in the number of functions of software, work such as copying a large number of files to a hard disk is added, and depending on the software, a great amount of time is required for installation processing. In particular, in the case of a package product including a plurality of software, the installation time is further increased. For this reason, in order not to get bored of the user, there are some which display images of functions, advertisements, and the like of the software being installed at the time of installation.
[0003]
Usually, in order to install a desired software by a user, a recording medium such as a CD-ROM or DVD in which a series of files such as an installation program is stored is used or downloaded from a server via a network. There is also a way to perform the installation. However, in order to display images of functions, advertisements, etc. during installation, image data is stored in advance in a recording medium if it is in a form using a recording medium, and functions together with an installation program etc. if it is in a download form. And download image data such as advertisements.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-195249
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Here, regarding the advertisement displayed during installation, it is preferable for the advertiser to always display the latest contents of the advertisement. However, in the form of installation using a recording medium, even if the date has passed since the distribution of the recording medium, the content of the advertisement is displayed as it is, so that the advertising effect is reduced. there were. Therefore, there has been a demand for a system that can always display the latest advertisement regardless of the passage of the month and day, even in a form using a recording medium.
[0006]
On the other hand, in the form of downloading via a network, image data such as functions and advertisements are downloaded together with a series of files such as an installation program. Therefore, it is desirable that the size of data to be downloaded is small in order to shorten the download time. Further, even in this form, there is a problem similar to the form of installing using a recording medium because the contents of the advertisement are displayed as they are even after the download date and the content of the advertisement becomes obsolete. Accordingly, there has been a demand for a system that can always display the latest advertisement regardless of the passage of the month and day, even in the form of downloading via the network.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional demands, and is an installation program, an installation method, and an installation system for software that can always display or reproduce the latest contents during installation regardless of the passage of the month and day. In addition, an object is to provide a recording medium.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a software installation program according to the present invention is a software installation program for acquiring data of contents to be displayed or reproduced during software installation via a network during installation. In addition, during software installation, a distribution request procedure for requesting the server device having the data to be displayed or reproduced to distribute the data, and processing the data obtained by performing the distribution request according to the distribution request procedure Then, a content display / reproduction procedure for displaying or reproducing the content indicated by the data during installation is executed. Therefore, the latest contents can always be displayed or reproduced during installation regardless of the passage of the month and day only when the data held by the server device has the latest contents.
[0009]
The software installation program according to the present invention preferably causes the computer to execute a distribution end request procedure for requesting the server device to end the distribution of the data when the installation of the software is ended.
[0010]
In addition, the software installation program according to the present invention performs processing of the data in the content display / playback procedure using functions of other software. Therefore, the data size of the installation program can be reduced.
[0011]
In the software installation program according to the present invention, the content to be displayed or reproduced relates to the advertisement of the software. Therefore, even if an older version of software is installed, an advertisement with the content related to the latest version is displayed or reproduced during the installation, so that the advertising effect can be enhanced.
[0012]
The software installation method according to the present invention is a software installation method for acquiring data of contents to be displayed or reproduced during software installation via a network during installation, wherein the display is performed during software installation. Alternatively, a distribution request step for requesting the server device having data to be reproduced to distribute the data, and processing the data obtained by making the distribution request in the distribution request step, and the content indicated by the data A content display playback step for displaying or playing back during installation.
[0013]
In addition, the software installation method according to the present invention includes a distribution end request step for requesting the server device to end the distribution of the data when the software installation is completed.
[0014]
In the software installation method according to the present invention, the data processing in the content display / playback step is performed using a function of another software.
[0015]
In the software installation method according to the present invention, the content to be displayed or reproduced relates to an advertisement of the software.
[0016]
Further, the software installation system according to the present invention is a software in which a computer terminal capable of installing software and a server device having data of contents to be displayed or reproduced during installation of the software are connected to each other via a network. The computer terminal requests the server device to distribute data to be displayed or reproduced during installation during software installation, and is obtained from the server device via the network. Process the data and display or play back the contents indicated by the data during installation. Upon receiving a distribution request from the computer terminal, the server apparatus distributes the data to the computer terminal via the network. It is intended.
[0017]
In the software installation system according to the present invention, the computer terminal requests the server device to end the distribution of the data when the software installation is completed, and the server device is connected to the computer terminal from the computer terminal. When the distribution end request is received, the data distribution ends.
[0018]
In the software installation system according to the present invention, the computer terminal performs processing of data obtained from the server device by using a function of other software installed in advance.
[0019]
In the software installation system according to the present invention, the content to be displayed or reproduced relates to an advertisement of the software.
[0020]
Furthermore, a recording medium according to the present invention is readable by a computer on which a software installation program according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 is recorded.
[0021]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of a software installation system and an installation method according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. In the embodiment described below, the software installation system and the installation method according to the present invention will be described in detail. The installation program and the recording medium according to the present invention are programs for operating the software installation system. Since it is a recording medium, the description is included in the following description.
[0022]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a software installation system according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, in the installation system of the present embodiment, a user side computer (hereinafter referred to as “user PC”) corresponding to a computer terminal of the claims that can use a recording medium 1 such as a CD-ROM or a DVD. 2) and an advertisement distribution server 3 corresponding to the server device are connected via a network 4. While the software is installed in the user PC 2 using the recording medium 1 in which a series of files such as an installation program and a DLL file are stored, the user PC 2 receives the advertisement data from the advertisement distribution server 3 and displays an advertisement. View or play. It is desirable that the advertisement data transmitted from the advertisement distribution server 3 to the user PC 2 is always the latest content as an advertisement in terms of the advertisement effect.
[0023]
A series of files stored in the recording medium 1 of the present embodiment includes URL information in addition to an installation program and various DLL files. The URL information is information indicating the address of the advertisement data distribution source. Specifically, the URL information is text data indicating the address of the advertisement distribution server 3 and directories and files in the server.
[0024]
Further, the advertisement data transmitted from the advertisement distribution server 3 may be any data such as moving image streaming data, image data, audio data, character data, and the like. However, the processing necessary for displaying or playing back the data as an advertisement uses the function of an application (software) preinstalled in the user PC 2, and an installation program stored in the recording medium 1 performs the processing. If the necessary function is included, it may be executed by the installation program.
[0025]
Hereinafter, a software installation method using the installation system will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining an embodiment of a software installation method according to the present invention.
[0026]
First, the user inserts the recording medium 1 into a CD-ROM drive or the like of the user PC 2. Then, the installation is automatically started or the installation is started by executing the execution file (setup.exe) stored in the recording medium 1 (step S1). Next, the user PC 2 refers to the URL information stored in the recording medium 1 and requests the advertisement distribution server 3 to distribute advertisement data. That is, the user PC 2 transmits an advertisement distribution request to the advertisement distribution server 3 via the network 4 (step S2).
[0027]
When the advertisement distribution server 3 receives the advertisement distribution request (step S3), the advertisement data corresponding to the request is acquired (step S4), and then the advertisement data is transmitted to the user PC 2 via the network 4 (step S5). . When the user PC 2 receives the advertisement data (step S6), the advertisement data is processed and an advertisement is displayed (step S7). The user PC2 monitors whether the installation started in step S1 is completed (step S8). If the installation is continuing (NO in step S8), the user PC2 continues to receive the advertisement data as it is and the installation is completed. If (YES in step S8), the process proceeds to step S9.
[0028]
In step S9, the user PC 2 requests the advertisement distribution server 3 to end the distribution of the advertisement data. That is, the user PC 2 transmits an advertisement distribution end request to the advertisement distribution server 3 via the network 4. Then, the user PC 2 finishes the installation (Step S10). On the other hand, when the advertisement distribution server 3 receives the advertisement distribution end request transmitted from the user PC 2 via the network 4 (step S11), the advertisement distribution server 3 ends the transmission of advertisement data in response to the request (step S12).
[0029]
As described above, according to the software installation system and the installation method, the latest advertisement data is distributed to the user PC 2 as long as the advertisement distribution server 3 always prepares the latest advertisement data. The latest advertisement is always displayed or reproduced on the user PC 2 during installation regardless of the distribution time of the recording medium 1. Therefore, even when the user installs an older version of the software that is not the latest version, an advertisement having the content related to the latest version is displayed or reproduced as an advertisement displayed or reproduced during the installation. As a result, the advertising effect can be enhanced.
[0030]
In this embodiment, the installation is performed using the recording medium 1. However, an installation program or the like may be downloaded in advance via a network, and the installation may be performed using the installation program or the like. Even in this case, the same effect can be obtained.
[0031]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the software installation program, the installation method and the installation system, and the recording medium according to the present invention, only when the data held by the server device has the latest contents, the passage of the month and day Regardless of whether the latest contents can always be displayed or played during installation. In particular, if the content to be displayed or played is related to software advertisements, even if an older version of the software is installed, the latest version of the content will be displayed or played during the installation. The effect can be enhanced.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an embodiment of a software installation system according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of a software installation method according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Recording medium 2 User PC
3 Advertising distribution server 4 Network

Claims (10)

A software installation program that acquires data of contents to be displayed or played during software installation via a network during installation,
On the computer,
A distribution request procedure for requesting a server device having data of contents relating to the advertisement of the software to install the data during software installation;
A content display reproduction procedure for processing data obtained by making a distribution request according to the distribution request procedure and displaying or reproducing the content indicated by the data during installation;
An installation program for software characterized in that On the computer,
2. The software installation program according to claim 1, wherein when the installation of the software is completed, the server apparatus is caused to execute a distribution end request procedure for requesting the server to end the distribution of the data.   3. The software installation program according to claim 1, wherein the processing of the data in the content display reproduction procedure is performed using a function of other software. A software installation method for acquiring data of contents to be displayed or played during software installation via a network during installation,
A distribution request step for requesting a server device having data of contents relating to the advertisement of the software to install the data during software installation;
A content display playback step of processing data obtained by performing the distribution request in the distribution request step, and displaying or reproducing the content indicated by the data during installation;
A software installation method characterized by comprising:   5. The software installation method according to claim 4, further comprising a distribution end requesting step for requesting the server device to end the distribution of the data when the software installation ends. 6. The software installation method according to claim 4 , wherein the processing of the data in the content display / playback step is performed using a function of another software. A software installation system in which a computer terminal capable of installing software and a server device having data to be displayed or reproduced during installation of the software are connected to each other via a network,
The computer terminal is
During installation of the software, the server device is requested to distribute data regarding the advertisement of the software during the installation,
Processing the data obtained from the server device via the network and displaying or playing back the content indicated by the data during installation;
The server device
When receiving a distribution request from the computer terminal, the data is distributed to the computer terminal via the network. The computer terminal is
When the installation of the software ends, the server device is requested to end the distribution of the data,
The server device
8. The software installation system according to claim 7 , wherein the distribution of the data is terminated when a distribution termination request is received from the computer terminal. The computer terminal is
9. The software installation system according to claim 7, wherein processing of data obtained from the server device is performed using a function of other software installed in advance. A computer-readable recording medium in which the software installation program according to any one of claims 1 to 3 is recorded.

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