JP4335942B2 - Content providing device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a text content providing method and system for providing text content (table of contents / headings and text) of a book, magazine, or newspaper via a network.

  Conventionally, an “electronic newspaper service” and an “electronic magazine service” that provide newspapers and magazines in the form of e-mails and websites via networks such as the Internet are known. Some of these services register keywords in a field in which the user is interested, and provide only articles containing the keywords.

  Certainly, according to the method of providing only articles including the keywords (keywords related to his / her work) specified in advance by the user, the user can select only articles that he / she is interested in from all articles. It can be omitted to some extent. However, in our daily life, in fact, articles in a field that does not include keywords related to my work (the term “article” in this specification constitutes “contents such as newspapers, magazines, books, etc.” “Blocks”), that is, “articles related to different industries” and “articles not related to work” etc. Absent. For example, (1) stop by a bookstore and take a book randomly placed on the bookshelf and try to flip through the table of contents and the text ("reading") and if there is a part that is intuitive, it seems to be interesting Reading books at home and reading them at home, or (2) carefully reading articles (whether or not they contain keywords related to your work) that are intriguing as they look interesting while expanding and listing newspapers If you think that it is necessary to save it, cut out only the article and scrap it, or (3) Take a magazine at the bookstore and try flipping through the table of contents and text. If there is an intuitive article, we purchase the magazine, read the article carefully, and if we decide that it is necessary to save it, we cut out only that article and scrap it. I have experience. From the above, “What is useful for the user” must be determined by the user himself / herself based on the user's “intuition”, etc., and it is not sufficient for the computer to select based on keywords specified in advance. It can be said that there is.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems of the prior art, and a method and system for providing network-provided text content that enables collection and selection of useful information by "user intuition". (In this specification, the term “character content” may partially include not only characters but also images) and an object of providing a character content disclosure device.

First, the definitions of terms in this specification will be explained. “Block”, “character content block”, and “character content (heading, table of contents, and text)” in this specification partially include not only characters but also data such as tables, graphs, figures, and images. But you can. In this specification, “title” means “heading” or “subheading”, and includes not only the titles of magazines, books, and newspapers, but also subheadings for each block (chapter or article) within them. Including. The invention described in the claims of the present application is as follows.
1. To record contents such as magazines, books, newspapers, etc., which are a combination of a plurality of “content blocks having at least a title or a headline (including a subheading) and a sentence and having a single content” The content recording means and all or a part of the content are communicated to the user side via a communication network. “The user considers whether or not to purchase data or access rights relating to a part or all of the content for a fee. As a “browsing mode for viewing”, a content presenting means for browsing a part or all of the content by low-resolution image data for free or at a predetermined charge, and access to a part or all of the content Access rights sales to sell the access rights to users who wish to purchase rights Means and, in response to a request from the user who purchased the access rights, some or all of the contents corresponding to the access right is extracted from the content recording device, it text data and / or high resolution images Content providing apparatus comprising: content providing means for allowing a user to browse by data.
2. To record contents such as magazines, books, newspapers, etc., which are a combination of a plurality of “content blocks having at least a title or a headline (including a subheading) and a sentence and having a single content” The content recording means and a part or all of the content are sent to the user side via a communication network. “The user considers whether or not to purchase data or access rights regarding part or all of the content for a fee. "Reading mode for reading", the content presenting means for browsing, and until the predetermined time has elapsed since the start of browsing by the user, the browsing mode is free or at a predetermined charge. some or all together into viewing on the user side, view the start of by the user side Measuring the elapsed time from the said after a predetermined time from the viewing is started by the user side has elapsed, and to stop some or viewing of all of the content and the content presentation means Content providing apparatus comprising: content presentation control means for controlling.
3. To record contents such as magazines, books, newspapers, etc., which are a combination of a plurality of “content blocks having at least a title or a headline (including a subheading) and a sentence and having a single content” The user considers whether or not to purchase data or an access right for a part or all of the content for a fee for a part or all of the content recording means and a part or all of the content via a communication network. The content presenting means for “browsing for the user ” and the browsing mode for free until a predetermined time has elapsed since the browsing by the user is started, and part or all of the content is free on the user side together it is browsed, measuring the elapsed time from when the viewing is started by the user side , After the predetermined time viewing by the user side is started in has elapsed, a fee, some or all of the content so as to view the user side, the content for controlling the content presentation means A content providing apparatus comprising: a presentation control unit;
4). To record contents such as magazines, books, newspapers, etc., which are a combination of a plurality of “content blocks having at least a title or a headline (including a subheading) and a sentence and having a single content” The content recording means and a part or all of the content are sent to the user side via a communication network. “The user considers whether or not to purchase data or access rights regarding part or all of the content for a fee. As a “browsing mode for reading”, it is a first content presentation means for browsing, and the elapsed time from when browsing is started by the user side is measured, and browsing is started by the user side Until a predetermined time has passed, the user can browse a part or all of the content for free. First content presenting means and second content presenting means for allowing the user to view part or all of the content for a fee after the free viewing by the first content presenting means is finished And a content providing apparatus.
5. To record contents such as magazines, books, newspapers, etc., which are a combination of a plurality of “content blocks having at least a title or a headline (including a subheading) and a sentence and having a single content” The user considers whether or not to purchase data or access rights related to part or all of the content for a fee on the part of the content recording means and part or all of the content via the communication network. As a “browsing mode for viewing ” , a content presentation means for browsing at a predetermined fee, and data and / or access rights for part or all of the content according to the user's request are provided or sold to the user side Providing / sale means for the user and the user And a price adjusting means for freeing a fee for browsing in the browsing mode when purchasing or receiving data or access rights .
6). To record contents such as magazines, books, newspapers, etc., which are a combination of a plurality of “content blocks having at least a title or a headline (including a subheading) and a sentence and having a single content” The user considers whether or not to purchase data or access rights related to part or all of the content for a fee on the part of the content recording means and part or all of the content via the communication network. As a “browsing mode for viewing ” , a content presentation means for browsing at a predetermined fee, and data and / or access rights for part or all of the content according to the user's request are provided or sold to the user side Providing / sale means for the user and the user Price adjustment means for subtracting a predetermined fee for browsing in the browsing mode from the purchase or provision price of the data or access right when the data or access right is purchased or received ; A content providing apparatus comprising:
7). In any one of 1 to 6 above, when a user is browsing a part or all of the content provided by the content presentation means, the user configures one or more of a part of the content A content providing apparatus comprising: a selected block price presenting means for presenting a price corresponding to the selected block to a user when a block is selected .
8). To record contents such as magazines, books, newspapers, etc., which are a combination of a plurality of “content blocks having at least a title or a headline (including a subheading) and a sentence and having a single content” The content recording means and a part or all of the content are sent to the user side via a communication network. “The user considers whether or not to purchase data or access rights regarding part or all of the content for a fee. As a “browsing mode for viewing”, a content presenting means for browsing a part or all of the content by low-resolution image data for free or at a predetermined charge, and access to a part or all of the content Access rights sales to sell the access rights to users who wish to purchase rights Means and, in response to a request from the user who purchased the access rights, some or all of the contents corresponding to the access right is extracted from the content recording device, it text data and / or high resolution images Content providing apparatus comprising: content providing means for allowing a user to browse by data.
9. To record contents such as magazines, books, newspapers, etc., which are a combination of a plurality of “content blocks having at least a title or a headline (including a subheading) and a sentence and having a single content” The content recording means and a part or all of the content are sent to the user side via a communication network. “The user considers whether or not to purchase data or access rights regarding part or all of the content for a fee. "Reading mode for reading", the content presenting means for browsing, and until the predetermined time has elapsed since the start of browsing by the user, the browsing mode is free or at a predetermined charge. some or all together into viewing on the user side, view the start of by the user side Measuring the elapsed time from the said after a predetermined time from the viewing is started by the user side has elapsed, and to stop some or viewing of all of the content and the content presentation means Content providing apparatus comprising: content presentation control means for controlling.
10. To record contents such as magazines, books, newspapers, etc., which are a combination of a plurality of “content blocks having at least a title or a headline (including a subheading) and a sentence and having a single content” The user considers whether or not to purchase data or an access right for a part or all of the content for a fee for a part or all of the content recording means and a part or all of the content via a communication network. The content presenting means for “browsing for the user ” and the browsing mode for free until a predetermined time has elapsed since the browsing by the user is started, and part or all of the content is free on the user side together it is browsed, measuring the elapsed time from when the viewing is started by the user side , After the predetermined time viewing by the user side is started in has elapsed, a fee, some or all of the content so as to view the user side, the content for controlling the content presentation means A content providing apparatus comprising: a presentation control unit;
11. To record contents such as magazines, books, newspapers, etc., which are a combination of a plurality of “content blocks having at least a title or a headline (including a subheading) and a sentence and having a single content” The content recording means and a part or all of the content are sent to the user side via a communication network. “The user considers whether or not to purchase data or access rights regarding part or all of the content for a fee. As a “browsing mode for reading”, it is a first content presentation means for browsing, and the elapsed time from when browsing is started by the user side is measured, and browsing is started by the user side Until a predetermined time has passed, the user can browse a part or all of the content for free. First content presenting means and second content presenting means for allowing the user to view part or all of the content for a fee after the free viewing by the first content presenting means is finished And a content providing apparatus.
(3) Although not identical to that described in the claims of the present application, the present specification includes the following invention.
A. Through the communication network, the entire text content of magazines, books or newspapers, each of which is formed by combining a plurality of “text content blocks each having a title and text and having a single content” Character content disclosure step to be disclosed to the user free of charge or at a predetermined fee, and the user selects the one or more desired text content blocks by overviewing the disclosed text content A block providing or selling step for providing or selling the access right or data of the block selected by the user to the user; the user providing or selling at the same time as or in parallel with the providing or selling step; Corresponding to received blocks (may be all blocks included in one content) Character content providing method, characterized in that it comprises that the payment step to pay the fee, the.
B. Character content recording means for recording the entire text content of a magazine, book or newspaper formed by combining a plurality of “text content blocks each having a title and text and having a single content”; Character content disclosure means for disclosing the entire content to the user free of charge or at a predetermined fee via a communication network, and a price corresponding to a block selected by the user (may be all blocks included in one content) A text content providing system comprising: price presenting means for presenting to a user; and block providing or selling means for providing or selling access rights or data of one or more blocks selected by the user to the user.
C. In the above A, the character content providing method, wherein the character content disclosing step is to disclose the entire content for free for a predetermined time or at a predetermined charge.
D. In the above B, the character content disclosing unit is a character content providing system for disclosing the entire content for free for a predetermined time or for a predetermined fee.
E. In the above A, further, in order to refer to the user when selecting a block for which access right or data is desired to be provided or sold, a predetermined price for some or all of the blocks is communicated. A text content providing method comprising: a price disclosure step of disclosing to a user free of charge or at a predetermined charge via a network.
F. In the above B, the price recording means for recording the price given in advance for some or all of the blocks, and the price of each block to the user via the communication network free of charge or a predetermined fee A character content providing system comprising:
G. All or part of the text content of magazines, books, or newspapers, each of which is composed of a combination of multiple “text content blocks each having a title and text, and a single content” A device for disclosing text content to a user via the device, wherein the user decides whether to purchase the data or the access right for the whole or a part of the content and the whole or each block of the content A text content disclosure device that discloses necessary information to a user free of charge or at a predetermined fee.

  In the present invention, the user determines whether or not to purchase data or data access rights for character content blocks such as predetermined chapters (blocks) and articles (blocks) in electronic books, electronic magazines, electronic newspapers, etc. for a fee. First, a “disclosure mode (browsing mode)” is adopted, and information necessary and useful for the above determination is provided to the user. Therefore, for example, in an electronic book or an electronic magazine, the user can provide information in the “disclosure mode (browsing mode)”, and the user can roughly provide the same feeling as “browsing in a bookstore” on a conventional paper-based book. By reviewing the contents, one or more of each block (the text of each chapter or each article) or the entire electronic book or electronic magazine is “value and purchase to read for a fee for yourself” It is possible to judge whether it is worth doing or not while using your own intuition. In addition, in an electronic newspaper, etc., in the “disclosure mode”, an entire surface of the electronic newspaper is displayed on the screen, so that the user can overview the entire surface (list, glance). On the other hand, an article on the front page can be used to determine whether it is worth reading for a fee or worth buying, and which article is worth reading. In particular, in newspapers on paper, you can find useful articles for yourself while browsing a large number of articles, or read useful articles by chance by reading articles that you accidentally found in a list or glance. However, according to the present invention, such “strength of newspaper listability” can be realized in an electronic newspaper provided via a network.

  In traditional text content providing services such as newspaper articles using online, the text content text is not shown to the user (that is, “online browsing” is not allowed), the article title (heading), abstract / Only the summary was shown to the user for free or at a low time charge to allow the user to decide whether to purchase the text content data in the body of this article. In other words, conventionally, only the above-mentioned “article title (headline) and abstract / summary” are free or low time charge for the user as “information for determining whether to purchase the text content of this article”. Was offered by. On the other hand, in the present invention, the user is allowed to “browse online (view the text of the text content for free or at a low charge)” and based on the “browsing content”, the article etc. The user can determine whether or not to purchase the entire text content or each block based on his intuition. This point is also a major feature of the present invention.

  In addition, although it is the literature published after June 16, 1998 which is a priority date of this application, since the literature of the content relevant to this invention was discovered, it introduces here. The document is “Copyright 19999.1” issued by the Copyright Information Center. On pages 48 to 49 of this document, “encapsulation (or containerization) system” is introduced as one of “copy protection technology”. The contents are summarized as follows. “The encapsulation system solves this problem by distributing an application called a dedicated browser (dedicated player) to the user. Encapsulated content can only be used by the dedicated browser that received the content. You can control the use of content data at the user's hand by setting different license conditions at the time of conversion and giving keys that can be used only under each license condition. You can also set various permission conditions such as content distribution and limited use period in a state that can be partially used (semi-disclosure) .Usage examples ・ Music that can be viewed only on the chorus part or images that can only be previewed at low resolution , CD-ROM with semi-disclosure encapsulated content distributed free of charge To sell the key to license the use of the Internet. · As promotion of packaged software sales, to free distribution of the encapsulated content that can be used only in perfect condition limited period of time. "

  The contents of the documents introduced above include the idea of “semi-disclosure mode, such as music that can only be watched on rust and images that can only be previewed at low resolution”, and “ The idea of “disclosure mode” is disclosed. However, the present invention proposes a system for providing or selling data of each block of data online or data access right using the “browsing mode”, and the contents of the above documents are Clearly there are significant differences.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention is a mode as described in Example 1 below.

[Embodiment 1] “System for Providing By Section (Content Block) of Electronic Book” according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 shows a screen when an entire electronic book (book title: the future of the information society) according to the first embodiment is disclosed to a user via a network, for example, an Internet homepage. In the first embodiment, when the user desires to disclose an electronic book with a certain title, the homepage screen is set to “disclosure mode (browsing mode)”. First, as shown in FIG. 1, the book title, table of contents, chapters ( A front page (top page) screen 1 on which an individual fee for each content block) and a fee for each course are displayed is displayed. While viewing the front page screen 1, for example, the user designates an area of “(6) Future image of information society” indicated by reference numeral 16 (clicking with a mouse or the like), and “(6) Future of information society”. "Is displayed on the screen. In this “disclosure mode (browsing mode)”, the user makes other blocks (sections) 11, 12, 13, 14 in the same manner as the text of the block indicated by reference numeral 16 in FIG. , 15, 17 and the like, and the text is displayed to judge whether or not it is worth reading.
In this embodiment, in this “disclosure mode (stand-by mode)”, the text is displayed as image data, and is displayed as “unclear characters that are small and difficult to read” compared to text data (or In this “disclosure mode (stand-by mode)”, it may be provided to the user as a display screen having a resolution (number of pixels) deteriorated compared to a character display screen of normal text data. ”Is a“ browsing ”mode that is provided for free or with a small time charge fee, so it is desirable to provide a“ slightly degraded service ”compared to a paid content providing service). In this “disclosure mode”, it is of course possible to display clear text data with high resolution. ). In addition, this disclosure mode is “free” only for the first 3 minutes, but after the first 3 minutes, a small time charge fee of about 10 to 100 yen is given to the user every minute. It has come to be imposed. In the present embodiment, in the “disclosure mode (standing mode)”, the disclosure may be made free for the first predetermined time, for example, for 3 minutes, and the disclosure may be stopped after the lapse of 3 minutes. For example, a time charge fee of about 10 to 100 yen may be collected from the user every minute.

  By using this “disclosure mode”, the user feels like “browsing at a bookstore”, so that the text of the disclosed block (for example, “(6) Future image of information society” indicated by reference numeral 16 above) While roughly reading the text of the text (including images such as diagrams and illustrations) and the text of other blocks, each “block (chapter)” or “the book itself (all blocks of the book)” It is possible to determine whether or not a book is worth reading, and which part of the book is worth reading (chapter = block). This "disclosure mode (reading mode)" is not intended to "read" the book content (text content) to the user. Or the content of each chapter (block) of the book is “whether it is worth reading for yourself (user)”, that is, “the whole of the book (content) or each block in it is paid or data In order to make it possible to determine whether or not it is worth providing access right or receiving sales, the above-mentioned “whole content or text content of each block in it” is disclosed to the extent necessary for it. In other words, this “disclosure mode (browsing mode)” is to allow the user to check and judge the “total value of the electronic book (content) or the value of individual blocks in the electronic book”. is there.

  In this “disclosure mode (browsing mode)”, for example, only the block “(6) Future image of information society” indicated by reference numeral 16 in FIG. 1 is “read value (providing data or data access right or When it is determined that there is a value for receiving purchase), first, the block indicated by reference numeral 16 is designated (clicked), and the “data purchase” button indicated by reference numeral 20 in FIG. By clicking the “purchase access right” button indicated by reference numeral 21, data or access right is purchased. Here, “data purchase” of reference numeral 20 means that the data (text data and image data) of the text of the block of “(6) Future image of information society” is recorded on the user's personal computer via the network. It is to download in. In addition, “Purchase of access right” of reference numeral 21 means that the user reads the text of “(6) Future image of information society” in this homepage in the form of relatively large and easy-to-read text data. The right to be able to access and read freely over the network (freely unlimited time, or only for a predetermined time, for example, 5 hours) while being displayed on the screen in the form of a high-definition character screen) (A user who has purchased this “access right” can freely access the homepage, for example, for a predetermined period of time or forever using the user ID and password given at the time of purchase. , You can view the text of the block that was purchased). The purchase price is settled by credit card settlement, bank transfer, debit card settlement, electronic money, or the like. In the present embodiment, the user may desire a “course-specific fee” at the bottom of the screen of FIG. For example, “A course” provides only the blocks “(1) Introduction”, “(6) Future image of information society” and “(7) Conclusion” in FIG. It is set at a lower price than purchasing the whole. In addition, after checking the value of the contents of each block in the “disclosure mode”, the user can purchase the “data or data access right of the entire book (all blocks constituting the entire book)”.

  Next, an “electronic newspaper article (content block) providing service” according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of the present invention in which a user accesses a homepage on a network such as the Internet (provided by a certain newspaper company) and discloses a certain page of an electronic newspaper on a certain day. A display screen 30 of “disclosure mode” for selecting one or a plurality of articles in which the user is interested is shown. In FIG. 2, reference numerals 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, and 36 respectively indicate articles (each block) arranged (laid out) on one sheet of electronic newspaper (content). Although not clearly shown in the figure, each of the articles (blocks) 31, 32, 33, 34, 454, and 36 includes not only characters but also a table / graph, and further images such as photographs and illustrations. (As described above, “block”, “character content block”, and “character content” in this specification may include not only characters but also data such as tables, graphs, figures, and images. ).

  In a conventional paper-based newspaper, the position (where) the article is located on the page is also an important judgment material for judging whether the article is worth reading. . This is because the composition and layout of the page is an expression of “value judgment” by experts such as newspaper reporters and editors, so information on where an article is placed on the page (and Whether it is an “enclosed article” or the size of the text of the title is also a very useful judgment material for the user to judge the value of each article.

  The “disclosure mode (screen reading mode)” screen as shown in FIG. 2 is displayed as image data, and is displayed in small and slightly unclear characters that are difficult for the user to read carefully. (In this "disclosure mode", it is possible to display the screen as clear characters with high resolution, of course). This “disclosure mode (browsing mode)” is provided free of charge for the first 3 minutes, and thereafter provided at a time charge fee of 10 yen per minute. In the present embodiment, the “disclosure mode” may be provided free of charge for a predetermined time, for example, only for the first 3 minutes, and thereafter, the provision may be stopped, or 10 yen for 1 minute from the beginning. The user may collect a predetermined small amount of time charge fee.

  As described above, the “disclosure mode” is not for allowing the user to “read” the content of the article, but for the user to determine whether the article in the paper is “ready for the user” or not. Therefore, the content of the page including the article is disclosed to the user as far as it is necessary. That is, this “disclosure mode” is for allowing the user to check and judge the entire value of the electronic newspaper or the value of individual articles (blocks) in the electronic newspaper.

  In this “disclosure mode”, the user is “intuitive” that he / she seems to be interested in an article (block) that he / she may be interested in while viewing the screen of the electronic newspaper on the screen. Select (block) and specify / select it by, for example, clicking it with the mouse. For example, the user wants to download the article data (character data and image data) by determining that the articles 33 and 34 in the screen 30 (one page) in FIG. When the user thinks, the user clicks on the articles 33 and 34 with a mouse or the like to select and select them, and then clicks a “data purchase” button 37 on the lower right of the screen 30 to display the article ( Block) data can be downloaded to your computer's hard disk. Also, instead of downloading data, users can access the homepage via the network and read the content of the article. The right to display in a clear and easy-to-read clear character "and allow the user to browse freely for a predetermined time or indefinitely. Users with this" access right "use the user ID and password given at the time of purchasing the right. If you want to access the homepage database and view the article at any time, or for a predetermined time / predetermined period), click on the desired articles 33 and 34. By clicking the “purchase access right” button 38 at the lower right of the screen 30, It is possible to buy the access rights. The payment for the data purchase or access right purchase is made by credit card, bank transfer, debit card, electronic money or the like. In addition, after checking the value of the content of the electronic newspaper in the “disclosure mode”, the user does not select “individual articles (individual blocks)” of the newspaper, You can also purchase "data or access rights" for all blocks.

  The first embodiment described “electronic books (books)”, and the second embodiment described “electronic newspapers”. However, the methods described here include articles providing services for “electronic magazines” on the network, etc. The same applies to other types of content. In each of the first and second embodiments, information is provided to the user free of charge or with a predetermined time charge in the “disclosure mode (browsing mode)”. In the present invention, in the “browsing mode” Is free of charge in principle, and if the user does not purchase the entire text content or block when exiting “Reading mode”, for example, a charge of 10 yen per minute is charged as a usage fee for “Reading mode” You may make it do. Alternatively, in the present invention, for example, a fee of 10 yen per minute is charged in the “browsing mode” in principle, but if the user purchases the entire text content or block at the end of the “browsing mode”, it goes back. Thus, the “browsing mode” fee may be free (offset with the fee for text content, and only the charged “browsing mode” fee may be subtracted from the character content fee).

The figure which shows the screen (screen of a disclosure mode) when disclosing the whole of a certain electronic book to a user via a network in Example 1 of this invention. The figure which shows the screen of the disclosure mode by Example 2 of this invention.

Claims (11)

Records content such as magazines, books, or newspapers that are a combination of multiple “content blocks that contain at least a title or heading (including subheadings) and sentences and have a single content” Content recording means for
In response to a request from a user, a first content extraction unit for extracting a part or all of the content corresponding to the request from the content recording unit;
A part or all of the content extracted by the first content extracting means is transmitted as low resolution image data to the user side via the communication network, so that the part or all of the content is transmitted to the user side. Content presentation means for allowing the user to browse for free or at a predetermined charge as a “reading mode for the user to consider whether or not to purchase data or access rights for part or all of the content for a fee” ,
Access right selling means for selling the access right to a user who wishes to purchase access right for part or all of the content presented by the content presentation means;
In response to a request from a user who has purchased the access right, a second content extraction unit for extracting a part or all of the content corresponding to the request from the content recording unit;
Sending a part or all of the content extracted by the second content extraction means as text data and / or high-resolution image data to the user side via the communication network, thereby allowing the user side to browse Content providing means,
A content providing apparatus comprising: Records content such as magazines, books, or newspapers that are a combination of multiple “content blocks that contain at least a title or heading (including subheadings) and sentences and have a single content” Content recording means for
In response to a request from a user, a first content extraction unit for extracting a part or all of the content corresponding to the request from the content recording unit;
Conversion means for converting all or part of the data extracted by the first content extraction means into low-resolution image data ;
By transmitting low-resolution image data indicating all or part of the content obtained by conversion by the conversion means to the user side via a communication network, part or all of the content is transmitted to the user side. , As a “browsing mode for the user to consider whether to purchase data or access rights for a part or all of the content for a fee”, a content presenting means for browsing for free or at a predetermined fee;
Access right selling means for selling the access right to a user who wishes to purchase access right for part or all of the content presented by the content presentation means;
In response to a request from the user who purchased the access right, a second content extraction unit for extracting data indicating a part or all of the content corresponding to the request from the content recording unit;
Sending text data and / or high-resolution image data indicating a part or all of the content extracted by the second content extraction means to the user side via the communication network, thereby allowing the user side to browse Content providing means,
A content providing apparatus comprising: Records content such as magazines, books, or newspapers that are a combination of multiple “content blocks that contain at least a title or heading (including subheadings) and sentences and have a single content” Content recording means for
In response to a request from a user, a content extraction unit for extracting a part or all of the content corresponding to the request from the content recording unit;
Content presentation means for causing the user side to “browse” all or part of the data extracted by the content extraction means by transmitting to the user side via a communication network;
A time measuring means for measuring an elapsed time from when the browsing by the user is started;
Based on the output from the time measuring means, until a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of browsing by the user side, as a browsing mode, part or all of the content is “free browsing” on the user side. The content presenting means is configured to allow the user to browse part or all of the content for a fee after a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the “free viewing” by the user. Content presentation control means for controlling
A content providing apparatus comprising: Records content such as magazines, books, or newspapers that are a combination of multiple “content blocks that contain at least a title or heading (including subheadings) and sentences and have a single content” Content recording means for
Content extraction means for extracting part or all of the content desired by the user from the content recording means in response to a request from the user;
A time measuring means for measuring an elapsed time from the start of browsing by the user on the part or all of the content extracted by the content extracting means;
First content presenting means for causing the user to “browse for free” by transmitting a part or all of the content extracted by the content extracting means to the user via the communication network. Then, based on the output from the time measuring means, the user side is allowed to browse a part or all of the content for free until a predetermined time has elapsed since the user started browsing. First content presenting means for
Based on the output from the time measuring means, after a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of “free viewing” by the user side (or the browsing by the first content presentation means has ended) A second content presenting means for allowing the user to browse part or all of the content for a fee ;
A content providing apparatus comprising: Records content such as magazines, books, or newspapers that are a combination of multiple “content blocks that contain at least a title or heading (including subheadings) and sentences and have a single content” Content recording means for
In response to a request from a user, a first content extraction unit for extracting a part or all of the content corresponding to the request from the content recording unit;
Content presentation means for causing the user to “browse” by transmitting all or part of the data extracted by the first content extraction means to the user via the communication network;
A time measuring means for measuring an elapsed time from when the browsing by the user is started;
Based on the output from the time measuring means, until a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the browsing by the user side, as a browsing mode, free or at a predetermined charge, a part of the content or The user is allowed to browse the entire content, and after a predetermined time has elapsed since the browsing by the user started, the “sending for browsing” of part or all of the content is stopped. Content presentation control means for controlling the content presentation means;
A content providing apparatus comprising: Records content such as magazines, books, or newspapers that are a combination of multiple “content blocks that contain at least a title or heading (including subheadings) and sentences and have a single content” Content recording means for
Price recording means for recording the price of data or access rights of each content block in association with one or a plurality of each content block constituting part or all of the content;
A page for using a “browsing mode for a user to consider whether to purchase data or access rights for part or all of the content for a fee”,
(A) one or a plurality of content block headings constituting part or all of the content stored in the content storage means;
(B) The price recorded in the price recording means, the data of each block corresponding to each heading (data acquired by downloading), and / or the access right of each block corresponding to each heading (Access rights to allow browsing through the network),
A headline / price presentation means realized by a computer for presenting a page that displays them in association with each other to the user side;
In the page provided by the headline / price providing means, when the user selects a headline of one or a plurality of blocks that constitute a part of the content displayed on the page, the data of the selected block is displayed. A content presentation means implemented by a computer for extracting from the content storage means and allowing the user to browse through the communication network as the browsing mode for free or at a predetermined fee;
A content providing apparatus comprising: Records content such as magazines, books, or newspapers that are a combination of multiple “content blocks that contain at least a title or heading (including subheadings) and sentences and have a single content” Content recording means for
A part or all of the content is free to the user via the communication network as a “browsing mode for the user to consider whether to purchase access rights for part or all of the content for a fee” Or a computer-implemented content presentation means for browsing at a predetermined fee;
In the browsing mode, the price for acquiring the access right (access right for enabling browsing through a network) of one or a plurality of blocks (including all blocks constituting one content) A computer-implemented price presentation means for presenting to the user side;
To present to the user a “selection screen for the user to select acquisition of the access right for one or a plurality of blocks (including all blocks constituting one content) on the screen” A selection screen presenting means realized by a computer,
The selected one corresponding to the fact that the user has selected to acquire the access right for “one or more blocks constituting a part of a certain content” on the selection screen presented by the selection screen presenting means. An access right selling means realized by a computer for selling an access right for enabling browsing of one or a plurality of blocks to a user side;
In response to a browsing request for “one or more blocks constituting a part of certain content” from the user who has acquired the access right, identification information about the user who is the subject of the access right, and the Based on information on one or more blocks that are objects of access rights, when one or more blocks that have been requested to be browsed are subject to access rights that the user has acquired, Data browsing providing means realized by a computer for extracting the data of one or a plurality of blocks requested to be browsed from the content recording means and providing the data to the user side for browsing via a network; ,
A content providing apparatus comprising: Records content such as magazines, books, or newspapers that are a combination of multiple “content blocks that contain at least a title or heading (including subheadings) and sentences and have a single content” Content recording means for
The content block data acquired from the content recording means and the price recording means that records in advance the price of the data for each content block constituting all or part of the content block. Based on the data of the price of each content block, a page displaying the block heading and the price of each block constituting part or all of the content in association with each other, via a communication network, Realized by a computer for allowing the user to browse as a page for using the “browsing mode for the user to consider whether to purchase data related to part or all of the content for a fee”, Headline / price presentation means ,
In the browsing mode, when the user selects “one or more blocks constituting a part of a certain content” presented by the headline / price presentation means, the selected one or more blocks are selected. Content presentation means realized by a computer for extracting corresponding content from the content storage means and allowing the user to browse the extracted one or more blocks as the browsing mode for free;
For presenting a “selection screen for the user to select acquisition of the data on one or more blocks (including all blocks constituting one content) on the screen” to the user side A selection screen presenting means realized by a computer;
When the user selects acquisition of data on “one or more blocks constituting a part of a certain content” on the selection screen presented by the selection screen presenting means, the selection is made based on the selection information. Data providing / sale means realized by a computer for extracting the data of one or a plurality of blocks from the content recording means and providing or selling the data to the user side;
A content providing apparatus comprising: In any one of Claims 1-8,
When the user is browsing the “one or more blocks constituting a part of the content” presented by the content presentation unit, the user A content providing apparatus comprising: a selected block price presenting means for presenting a price corresponding to the selected block to the user when a part or all of the "block" is selected. Records content such as magazines, books, or newspapers that are a combination of multiple “content blocks that contain at least a title or heading (including subheadings) and sentences and have a single content” Content recording means for
A part or all of the content recorded in the content recording means is transmitted to the user side via a communication network to “whether the user considers whether to purchase data related to part or all of the content for a fee. Content browsing means realized by a computer for viewing at no charge or for a predetermined fee
When the user selects a part or all of one or a plurality of blocks constituting part or all of the content with respect to the content presented or received by the content presentation means, the selection is made. A selected block price presentation means implemented by a computer for presenting a price corresponding to one or more blocks to the user side;
A selection screen presenting means realized by a computer for presenting to the user a selection screen for the user to select acquisition of data of one or more blocks constituting part or all of the content; ,
When the user selects acquisition of the data of “one or more blocks constituting a part of the content” on the selection screen, data corresponding to the selection is extracted from the content recording means, and the user side A computer-provided data providing and selling means for providing or selling to
A content providing apparatus comprising: Records content such as magazines, books, or newspapers that are a combination of multiple “content blocks that contain at least a title or heading (including subheadings) and sentences and have a single content” Content recording means for
A part or all of the content recorded in the content recording means is transmitted to the user side via a communication network to “whether the user considers whether to purchase data related to part or all of the content for a fee. Content browsing means realized by a computer for viewing at no charge or for a predetermined fee
Price recording means for recording a price for acquiring data by downloading for one or a plurality of blocks constituting part or all of the content;
When the user selects a part or all of one or a plurality of blocks constituting part or all of the content with respect to the content presented or received by the content presentation means, the price record A selected block price presenting means implemented by a computer for presenting to the user a price corresponding to the selected one or more blocks based on data from the means ;
A selection screen presenting means realized by a computer for presenting to the user a selection screen for the user to select acquisition of data of one or more blocks constituting part or all of the content; ,
When the user selects acquisition of the data of “one or more blocks constituting a part of the content” on the selection screen, data corresponding to the selection is extracted from the content recording means, and the user side A computer-provided data providing and selling means for providing or selling to
A content providing apparatus comprising:

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