JP2002183123A - Public offering method for electronic magazine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To give a temporal margin to an article reporter, to lighten the burden on a person in charge of editing, and to improve working environment without lowering the quality of an electronic magazine. SOLUTION: A server 3 or terminals 4 and 5 of reporters are provided with a framework program 55 which composes magazine data as a document on a display screen and a writing program 57 or generating multiple standard basic styles 10 for entering articles by the reporters. The reporters select one basic style out of the standard basic styles 10 on the terminals 4 and 5 and enter articles into the basic style. The basic style articles that the framework program 55 receive on the server 3 are merged to automatically structure magazine data in the specific framework. The magazine data are distributed to a terminal 7 of a member database 54 which can be connected to the Internet 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of publishing an electronic magazine, and more particularly, to a plurality of members as information about ticket (entrance ticket) information of a performance, a concert, an event venue, a sports venue, a movie theater, etc. by e-mail. How to publish the magazine you send.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a plurality of article writers create articles in their respective fields on respective terminals. Then, the created article data is sent to the editing server via the communication network. The editor-in-chief looks at multiple article data gathered on the server, edits it, talks directly with the article author, or edits the magazine data by talking over the phone. Thereafter, the editor in charge combines the plurality of article data on the server to construct magazine data of a predetermined frame. Next, the server is connected to the Internet, the magazine data is made public on the homepage, and distributed to the electronic addresses of a plurality of members.

[0003]

Conventionally, an editor in charge looks at a plurality of article data gathered in a server and, when revising it, talks directly with the article writer or talks over the telephone. For this reason, it is necessary to match each other's time, there are many restrictions on time, work efficiency is poor, and when holidays or urgent use occur, it often hinders publication of electronic magazines. The editor-in-chief connects the server to the Internet while paying attention to the issue date, and distributes the magazine data to the electronic addresses of the multiple members, respectively.

[0004] The present invention allows an article writer to send article data to a server at his or her desired time, and also allows an editor to easily edit the data at his or her desired time, thereby giving the article writer a margin of time and an editorial responsibility. The aim is to reduce the burden on the people and improve the working environment without reducing the quality of electronic magazines.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problem. In the first invention, a plurality of article writers create articles in their respective fields on respective terminals. , Send the created article data by connecting to the server for editing via the communication network, the editor in charge edits the plurality of previous article data gathered on the server, builds the magazine data of the prescribed framework, In a method for publishing an electronic magazine in which a server is connected to the Internet and the magazine data is published on a homepage and distributed to electronic addresses of a plurality of members, the server or the terminal of the article writer displays the magazine data on a display screen. And a writing program that generates multiple standard basic forms for each article author to write an article. On the terminal, select one basic sentence from a plurality of standard basic sentence, write the article in the basic sentence, and the article of the basic sentence received by the framework program on the server. And automatically constructs the magazine data of a predetermined frame.

In the second invention, the author puts a date on the article in the basic sentence and provides a clock on the server, and the server sets the clock when the date matches the date on the clock. Publishing and distribution are performed.
In the third invention, a confirmation memory for storing the progress of reading the magazine data constructed in the server is provided, and the server is configured to release the publication data only when the record read in the confirmation memory is confirmed. And distribution.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a method for publishing an electronic magazine according to the present invention will be described. In FIG. 1, a computer server 3 is provided in an electronic magazine editing company 1 and personal computers 4 and 5 are arranged at desks of writers in each section. These personal computers 4 and 5 and the server 3 are connected to a LAN 24 or the like. Can communicate. The server 3 is connected to the Internet 6 via a communication line, and a number of standard personal computers 7 can be connected to the Internet 6.

[0008] Writers in each section include, for example, music, sports, movies, theater, gourmet gourmet, and the like, and there may be a plurality of writers in the same charge of music. The personal computer 4 is for general authors, and the personal computer 5 is for the editor.
In FIG. 2, the personal computers 4 and 5 include a CPU 21, a display unit 20 such as a liquid crystal, a modem 28, a RAM 23, and the like. . The e-mail program 27 is a program for writing to the server 3.

The server 3 has a basic item list 19 and a CP.
U50, confirmation memory 51, clock 52, e-mail program 53, member database 54, editing program 55 for framework, modem, RAM and writing program 5
7 and a storage device 59 and the like. Although limited, the server 3 can receive access from many personal computers 4 and 5 simultaneously for 24 hours.

The title of the basic file 10 is registered in the basic item list 19 of the server 3 in advance, and the writing program 57 stores the title of the basic file 1 shown in FIGS. 3, 6, and 7.
0 are prepared, and each author has his own computer 4
Access the server 3 and read out the desired basic file 10. As shown in FIG.
Is displayed, and articles such as the latest news are written there using the keyboard 22 and the mouse. Basic file 1
0 is a frame for writing, for example, P1 is a header, P
2 is subheader, P3 is advertisement, P4 is today's story, P
5 is table of contents, P6 is "dechu", P7 is event, P8
Is for gourmet and P9 is for gifts.

The data format of the basic file 10 is, as shown at the top of FIG.
3, a table of contents section 14, a slogan section 15, a date section 16, a video section 17, and an audio section 18. In FIG.
For example, Suzuki in the person in charge name column 11, type P7 in the text box 12, event in the contents column 13, checking whether to show in the table of contents in the table of contents 14, and "Kangeki!" In the date field 16, for example, December 1 is entered. Video data is input to the video column 17 and audio data is input to the audio column 18. In other words, Suzuki, the person in charge, created an article using the sentence form of the event of P7,
The contents are to be posted with a table of contents in the e-mail magazine distributed on the day.

The lower part of FIG. 3 shows an article created by the person in charge, Yoshida, using the gourmet sentence form of P8, which is not shown in the table of contents in the mail magazine distributed on December 7. Since the list of sentence forms P1... Is displayed on the display unit 20 as shown in FIG. 7, the writer only has to select the preference and the department in charge. Scroll the display to see other alternate forms. Of course, the physical number of character digits, character type, and the like are predetermined. The filled-in basic file 10 sent from the personal computers 4 and 5 to the server 3 as needed is accumulated in the storage device 59 of the hard disk by the CPU 50.

The editing program 55 for the framework rearranges the completed basic files 10 arriving one after another and arranges them in a predetermined order as shown in FIG. 7 to create the entire structure of the mail magazine. However, Suzuki and Yoshida in the basic file type P1... And the person in charge column 11 are not included in the e-mail magazine.
The clock 52 continuously measures the Japanese standard date and time after the server 3 is installed, and the date and time data are read out by the CPU 50 as needed. The member database 54 stores the e-mail addresses of members desiring this mail magazine.

Next, the operation will be described with reference to the flow charts of FIGS. 2, 4 and 5. First, the operation of each person in charge on the personal computer 4 side will be described with reference to FIG. In step S20, each person in charge starts up his / her personal computer 4 at an arbitrary time and connects to the server 3. 2, the CPU 21 of the server 3 reads the sentence menu from the basic item list 19 and displays a list of basic file items on the display unit 20 as shown in FIG.
At the same time, the CPU 50 of the server 3 reads out the basic sentence patterns P1 to P7 by the writing program 57, transmits the read out basic sentence patterns to the personal computer 4, and is displayed on the display unit 20 as shown in FIG.
When the author selects one of them, for example, basic sentence P4: today's story, the other sentence disappears, and the display unit 20 displays the basic sentence P4: an enlarged input screen of only today's story. Become.

In step S21, the contents: <Breaking News>Today's Tokusatsu News ... are input to the basic sentence P4. After writing the article until the user is satisfied, the user goes to the date input menu, and in step S22, inputs a distribution date: December 7, for example. Next, in step S23, the user goes to a table of contents posting input menu, and determines whether to post a table of contents of the sentence data frame 10 of FIG.

Step S24 when requesting a table of contents
And enter a catchphrase or slogan that expresses the input content. When not publishing the table of contents, the process directly proceeds to step S25, and an attitude is determined as to whether or not to view the entire text constructed by the other authors from the server 3 so far. If the user wants to view the entire text including the text of his / her own and the other person in charge, the process proceeds to step S26, and the current mail magazine is displayed on the display unit 20 as shown in FIG.

In a step S27, the entered contents are displayed on the display unit 20.
Then, the sentence data frame 10, which is the original in FIGS. 3 and 7, is transmitted to the server 3 via the LAN 24 by the communication program 28. In this way, the server 3 from the many personal computers 4 in charge of each of them via the LAN 24 successively stores music (folk songs), sports, music (pops), movies,
A person in charge of a theater or the like receives a sentence pattern data frame 10 which is a manuscript using various basic sentence patterns P1 to P7.

Next, according to the flowchart of FIG.
Will be described. In step S31, the server 3 receives the sentence data frame 10 as a manuscript from the personal computer 4 of each person in charge via the LAN 24. In step S32, the date column 16 of the sentence data frame 10, which is a manuscript of various basic sentence patterns P1 to P7.
The version (delivery date version) is classified by date. FIG.
9 shows the storage state of each version (delivery date version) in 9. In step S33, the designations P1 to P7... In the text box 12 are detected, and the destination (position classification) of the original document is determined in the same version in accordance with the editing program 55 indicating the reference frame of the mail magazine. Is updated and stored in the storage device 59.

In step S34, the table of contents 14 of the sentence data frame 10, which is the manuscript shown in FIG. 3, is detected. If there is a request for listing in the table of contents, the process proceeds to step S35 to detect the catch phrase of the slogan field 15. The destination of the catch phrase is determined in the table of contents of the editing program 55 and written into the storage device 59 in the same frame.
In step S36, it is checked whether or not there is a read request for the entire reference from the personal computer 4 of the editor in charge or any person in charge. If there is, in step S37, the mail magazine data constructed so far is sent to the personal computer 4. ,
“Yes” is registered in the confirmation memory 51.

If there is no read request for the entire reference, the process returns to step S31 to receive the next original. After sending out the current mail magazine data, the server 3 refers to the clock 52 in step S38 to check whether the date matches the date in the date column 16. If the date matches in step S39, it is a time limit, and the process proceeds to step S40, where the server 3 activates the modem 53, automatically connects to the Internet 6, and, based on the member database 54, transmits all of the dated mail magazine data in step S41. Send as e-mail to member.

Further, the electronic magazine editing company 1 can publish the dated mail magazine on a homepage on the Internet and present the contents to all visitors including members. Further, on the server side and the member's personal computer 4 side, the dated mail magazine can be printed and viewed as a book. After that, the server 3 returns to step S31, and shifts to the construction operation of the next date version.

If it is before the time limit in step S39, the process returns to step S31, and the operation of constructing the date version is continued. If there is no request for reading by the person in charge of editing or the person in charge in step S36, there is no registration of “Yes” in the confirmation memory 51, so that the distribution by email in steps S40 and S41 is not executed. Magazine data will not be published on the homepage. Unless mail magazine data is confirmed by the issuing organization or operator, normal publication of the mail magazine is guaranteed by not distributing it to the Internet or distributing it to general members.

[0023]

According to the present invention, the person in charge of writing each item can prepare a manuscript at any time and give it to the editor. You can refer to the whole picture of the e-mail magazine in the process of creation. At any time, the editor-in-chief can refer to the entire e-mail magazine in the middle of the process without having to meet directly with the person in charge of each item. As a result, editors and writers of each item have more time,
Even if a vacation or unavoidable absence occurs, the distribution of the e-mail magazine will not be hindered. Authors will have more time, so they can improve the quality of the content and create more detailed content.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall block circuit diagram of an apparatus used for implementing an electronic magazine publishing method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed view of a main part of an apparatus used for implementing the electronic magazine publishing method of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data structure of a basic file according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation on the writer side in the electronic magazine publishing method of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation on the server side of the electronic magazine publishing method of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the data structure during operation of the electronic magazine publishing method of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a personal computer screen of the electronic magazine publishing method of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a list of basic items of an electronic magazine publishing method according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Editing company 3 Server 4, 5, 7 Personal computer 10 Basic file 11 Person in charge column 12 Styling column 13 Content column 14 Table of contents column 15 Slogan column 16 Date column 17 Video column 18 Voice column 19 Basic item list 20 Display part 21, 50 CPU 28 Modem 23 RAM 22 Keyboard 27, 53 E-mail program 51 Confirmation memory 52 Clock 54 Member database 55 Editing program 56 Format 57 Writing program 59 Storage device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of article authors create articles in their fields on their respective terminals, send the created article data by connecting to an editing server via a communication network, and Edits a plurality of article data collected in the above, constructs magazine data of a predetermined frame, then connects the server to the Internet, publishes the magazine data on a homepage, and distributes the magazine data to electronic addresses of a plurality of members, respectively. In the method of publishing electronic magazines, the server or the terminal of the article writer, a framework program that assembles the magazine data as a text on a display screen, and a plurality of standard basic forms for each article writer to write an article A writing program to be generated is provided, and each article writer selects one basic sentence from a plurality of standard basic sentences on the terminal, and writes the basic sentence into the basic sentence. Fill out the,
A method for publishing an electronic magazine, comprising combining the articles in the basic sentence received by the framework program on the server to automatically create magazine data of a predetermined framework. 2. The author puts a date on the article in the basic sentence, sets a clock on the server, and the server performs the publication and distribution when the date and the date on the clock match. 2. The method for publishing an electronic magazine according to claim 1, wherein the method is executed. 3. A confirmation memory for storing the progress of reading out the magazine data constructed on the server, wherein the server makes the publication only when the record read out is confirmed in the confirmation memory. The method of publishing an electronic magazine according to claim 1, wherein distribution is performed.