JP2002202981A - Portal site forming method and information providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To centralize a large amount of information and access so that a portal Web site serving as an access point on the Web can be formed in a short time. A performance database OEM providing system according to the present invention collects various performance information, constructs a master DB, and provides the master DB information to a user who has accessed a performance information providing Web site, while providing a client Web. For users who have accessed through the site, the master DB information is provided on an OEM basis together with a display screen customized for each client. By doing so, access can also be made to the information providing website from the client website of the OEM providing destination.
The number of accesses to the information providing Web site is synergistically increased and can be grown into a portal site in a short period of time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to W
The present invention relates to a method for forming a portal site that can be an access window on the web, and an information providing system for realizing the method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Due to the development of the Internet, it is now possible to easily and inexpensively distribute information such as product advertisements and event announcements by providing sites on the Web. ing. However, on the other hand, a problem such as that caused by the decentralization of information has occurred due to the rapid increase in the number of Web sites that transmit information.

[0003] For example, when distributing performance information such as concerts and LIVEs of music artists, conventionally, an advertising agency or a ticket sales company affiliated with a promoter, an eventer, or an office of a music artist belongs to a mass media or the like. Has been used to distribute information. However, recently, the number of Web sites that deliver such information has increased rapidly, and it has become difficult to know which site to access to obtain necessary information. On the other hand, information providers, such as promoters, eventers, and artists' affiliation offices, have to reduce costs.
We want to sell tickets directly on the web, but if the websites are already crowded, we cannot expect a sufficient advertising effect even if we establish a new web site that transmits original information.

[0004] Such a problem caused by the disturbance of Web sites is a phenomenon that can be found not only in the music industry but also in various fields. To solve such a problem, it is necessary to form a portal site for each field, ie In the field, it is required to form a Web site that serves as an access point on the Web, to concentrate a large amount of information and the number of accesses, and to construct a system having a large amount of information and easy to search. However, it is not easy to form such a portal site. It is difficult to increase the number of accesses while there are already many websites, and it is also difficult to concentrate a lot of information, which requires new ideas for forming a portal site Met.

[0005]

[Means for solving the problems] In order to solve such problems,
The present invention links an information providing Web site for managing a database with a client Web site via a computer network, and provides a user accessing the information providing Web site via the client Web site with a client Web site for the user. A method for forming a portal site, characterized in that search information of a database is transmitted together with customized display screen information so that information content is concentrated on one database and access to the information providing Web site is concentrated. suggest.

According to the present invention, in order to realize a method of forming a portal site, a database is connected to a host Web server that manages an information providing Web site, and the host Web server and a client Web site are connected to a computer network. Connect via the client We
The present invention proposes an information providing system characterized by transmitting search information of a database together with display screen information customized for a client Web site to a user who has accessed an information providing Web site via a site b.

[0007] Such an information providing system connects to a database, connects to a client Web site via a computer network, and displays a display screen customized for the client Web site for a user who accesses the client Web site. This can be realized by providing on the information providing Web site Web which transmits search information of the database, that is, a search screen and a search result together with the information.

The information providing system of the present invention is a service for providing a single database information to a plurality of clients together with a display screen customized for each client, that is, a database (search service).
Is a service that provides OEMs to clients on an OEM basis. For example, for a database company that previously built and provided its own database, providing the same database information by becoming an information provider and client of this system And database management costs can be reduced. In addition, since an information providing source which has conventionally provided information to many database companies can collectively manage information providing destinations, a large amount of information can be collected from many information providers on an information providing Web site. be able to. Then, by accessing this information providing Web site, all information can be checked, so that the number of accesses increases, while OE
Since many client websites of M offer access to this information providing website, the number of accesses to this information providing website may increase synergistically and dramatically, and grow into a portal site in a short period of time. it can.

In the present invention, "Client We
"b site" is a client's Web site that has contracted to receive search information of the database according to the present invention, that is, a Web site provided by an OEM, and a user executes a search using the database of the present system. The terminal is intended to include all terminals (including mobile terminals such as mobile phones) connected to the computer network.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Here, a performance database OE
A method of forming a portal site in the music industry using the M providing system will be described.

[0011] The performance database OEM providing system,
A database (hereinafter referred to as “master DB”) is constructed by collecting various performance information such as concerts, live performances, and events, and this master DB information (in other words, a search service) is provided to users who have accessed the performance information providing Web site. While providing W
For users who have accessed through the website (hereinafter, referred to as “client website”), a display screen (hereinafter, referred to as “master screen”) of the performance information providing website is customized for each client (hereinafter, referred to as “master screen”). Master DB with "Customize Screen"
It is a system that provides information.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration for realizing the present performance database OEM providing system. A database for constructing and managing a master DB storing various performance information, company information, advertisement information, and the like. Server 1 and Performance Information Providing Web Site
B, a host Web server 2 for providing information of client B, a client Web server 3 for opening a client Web site, a user terminal 4, and a computer for connecting the host Web server 2, the client Web server 3, and the user terminal 4 to each other It consists of a network 5. Each of the above-mentioned servers is a program, and is stored in one or more computers.

(Database Server) The database server 1 cooperates and edits information provided by information providers such as promoters, events, and live houses in accordance with the attributes of each information to construct a master DB and respond to a search request. Search, edit, and send search results. Also, it has a function of extracting and editing only necessary information in response to a search request.

(Construction of Master DB)
Customize each company's unique information and display screen such as event details, artist name, genre name, date and time, venue, ticket sales location, advance information, priority information, etc., advertising information, live schedule, attention information, etc. Information (including banners) is stored in four masters, a promoter master, a live house master, a performance basic information master, and a performance information master. The input to the database server 1 is performed by a method of receiving the transmission of each database file from the information provider via the computer network 5 by FTP or the like, or providing each information provider with an ID and a path, and whenever there is new information, A method in which each information provider accesses the host Web server 2 and enters an input form, or the host Web server 2
A method of automatically collecting new information or updated information from a Web server of an information provider by this information content collecting means, or another method can be adopted. A method of providing an ID and a pass to each information provider and directly accessing the host Web server 2 and filling in the information is as follows: even a small live house or the like has a single personal computer (PC) via the Internet. It is excellent in that it can collect a lot of information because it can be easily input. Since a competing information provider may be a client, it is also possible to provide the client of a competitor as non-display information that does not show the data (content). Therefore, Master D
The B information itself can be customized for each client.

(Host Web Server) The host Web server 2 has a performance information providing Web site (“Live-Se
Arch ”) is established on the Web, and as shown in FIG. 2A, the performance information providing Web site is provided to the user terminal 4 that has accessed the performance information providing Web site 1 without going through the client Web site 3. "Master DB information" with display screen ("Master screen") information
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2 (B), for the user terminal 4 accessed via the client Web site 3, "master screen" together with display screen ("customized screen") information customized for the client is provided. DB information ".

As shown in FIG. 3, a method for specifying the user terminal 4 accessed via the client Web site 3 includes address information (for example, “Live-Searc”) linked to a page displaying each customization screen.
h + URL of each client (tag)) to the client so that the client Web site can directly jump to this address (URL), although not shown, a CGI program incorporated in the Web server 1 By checking the environment variables included in the search request of the accessing user, the access history (link source) can be determined.

As for the display screen customized for each client, for example, as shown in FIGS.
The title bar (not shown) of the browser and the display in the title frame 111 in the display screen are displayed as “client name + L”.
ive-Search ”, a client-side advertisement display unit 112 provided for each client in a display screen, a unique information unit 113 for displaying information unique to each client, a client A logo visual (not shown) linked to the Web site may be provided.

(Client Web Server) The client Web server 3 establishes a client Web site on the Web, transmits information to each of them, and transmits a host W
It has a function of establishing a link with the web server 2 and providing performance information search using the master DB to users who visit the client web site. In particular,
For example, as shown in FIG. 2 (B), a “performance information button (name is arbitrary)” is arranged in the client website,
When a visitor clicks this button, the host W
It is possible to configure so that the performance information search using the master DB can be executed by accessing the eb server 2. The client in this system is
Those who have a client contract to receive the OEM offer of the master DB. For example, promoters, eventers, performance plan organizers such as live houses, TV stations, radio stations, magazines, newspapers and other media (media companies) ), A ticket sales agency or an Internet service provider. However, it is not limited to these.

(User Terminal) The user terminal 4 is a terminal of a user who executes a performance information search using the master DB, and all terminals (portable terminals such as cellular phones) connected to the computer network 5 Also included). However, in general, it is necessary to have a Web browser program for exchanging information via the computer network 5.

(Computer Network) Although the computer network 5 is assumed to be the Internet in this example, other public access communication networks,
It may be a dedicated line communication network.

(Performance Information Providing Web Site) FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a transition structure of a master screen for a computer on the performance information providing Web site.

In each of the computer master screens, the service mark "Live-Search" of the performance information providing Web site is displayed on the left shoulder of each Web page, and search information (search menu or search result) is displayed below these. ) Is displayed on the screen. The performance information providing web site is "Total Search" for searching by schedule, area and genre, and "Artist / LiveSearch" for searching by artist name or event name.
ch ”,“ LiveSpaceSch ”to search by venue name
It consists of four search sites, "edule" and "PromoterSearch" for searching by promoter name or eventer name, and a button for selecting each search site is provided in the top page.

"TotalSearch" is a top page ⇒ "schedule / area / genre search page" provided with an input form for inputting a schedule, an area, and a genre. A list of performances (artist names), prefecture names and schedules is displayed. It is structured to transit to the “performance name list display page” ⇒ the final page “performance details page”. "A
“rtist / LiveSearch” is a “performance name list” displaying a top page ⇒ “artist / event name search page” provided with an input format for inputting an artist name or an event name ⇒ a performance (artist name), a prefecture name and a schedule. It is structured to transit to the “display page” ⇒ the final page “performance details page”. “LiveSpaceSchedule” is the top page ⇒ “Area search page” with an input format for entering the area name ⇒ “Live space name list display page” that displays a list of live space names ⇒ “Monthly schedule display page for each live space” ⇒It is a structure that transits to the last page, “Performance details page”. "PromoterSearch" is a top page ⇒ "Area search page" with an input format to enter the area name ⇒ "Promoter name list display page" to display a list of promoter names ⇒ "Monthly schedule display page for each promoter" ⇒ "Performance" It is structured to transit to "Detail page".

The "performance details page" includes images of artists, etc., details of the performance, performance dates, opening / starting dates, venue names, fees, advance sales start dates, advance reservation information, advance sales information,
Inquiries, drinks, remarks, etc. are displayed. For example, if you click on the venue name, you will transition to the venue data page with description and map of the venue, and if you click the display section of advance reservation information or advance sale information, you will transition to the ticket application page When a contact is clicked, a transition is made to the homepage of the contact. Furthermore, the performance details page can be provided with buttons such as "CD" and "DVD" to link to a Web site selling CDs and DVDs and to a specialized site of the corresponding artist, and a "Download" button. It is also possible to provide a link to a Web site for download sale or a specialized site of the artist. It is also possible to provide a button for "goods" or "related information" to link to a website of a record company or an office to which the artist belongs, or to a promotion site for that performance. By linking to a sales site or another promotion site in this way, the present system can be developed into an advertisement marketing system based on provision of DB information.

FIG. 5 shows “LiveSpaceSchedu”.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a performance detail page as a modified example of the display screen of “le”, and FIG.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a “monthly schedule display page for each promoter” as a modification of the display screen in “ch”.
In each case, the service mark "Li" is displayed on the left shoulder of the display screen.
title frame 10 displaying "ve-Search"
1, an advertisement frame 102 for displaying a banner advertisement on the Live-Search side is provided on the right side thereof, and a search information display frame 103 for displaying search information (search menu or search result) is provided below these. In the search information display frame 103, a logo visual part 1 linked to a live house or a website of a promoter is displayed.
04, an information provider information section 105 for describing information unique to live houses and promoters and an information provider side advertisement display section 106 for providing information to live houses and promoters. At this time, the information provider side advertisement display unit 1
06 can be set as an advertisement display unit that each information provider can sell. According to such a system, by providing information to the present system, it is possible to obtain an advertising income, and thus it is possible to increase the number of information providers participating in the present system.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a transition structure of a master screen for a mobile phone on a performance information providing Web site. In this way, the present system can perform the search and execution of the master DB information even on the mobile phone terminal. The service mark “Li” of the performance information providing website is displayed on the top of each web page on the mobile phone master screen.
"ve-Search", and the search information (search menu or search result) is displayed below them. The top page is an "area / artist name (event name) search page" with an input form for entering the area and artist name.
It is a structure that transits to "Performance name list page" which displays a list of prefecture names and schedules ⇒ "Performance details page" in which detailed performance information is entered. The "Performance details page" contains images of artists and performances Date, venue name, price, opening / starting date and time, advance reservation information, advance sale information, advance sale start date, contact information, drinks, remarks, etc. are displayed. For example, clicking the venue name, venue data with venue description and map The page transitions to a page where the user clicks on the display section of the advance reservation information or the advance sale information to transition to the ticket application page, and clicks on the inquiry destination to connect to the telephone number of the inquiry destination.

(Customization Screen) As an example of the configuration of the customization screen, as shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, a title frame 111 is provided in the right shoulder portion of the display screen 110, and "O" is displayed in the title frame 111. ○○○○ Live
−Search ”, and a client-side advertising frame 112 divided into four on the right side of the title frame 111, and the lower side of these on the display screen is set as the search information display frame 103, and the search information display frame 1 is displayed.
03, the same search information (search menu or search result) as the master screen is displayed, and a unique information section 113 for displaying information unique to each client can also be displayed.

The above-mentioned client-side advertisement display unit 1
12 can be set as an advertising section that each client can sell independently, and for example, a certain reward according to the number of clicks can be entered into each client. By setting in this way, each client will be able to earn advertising revenue, and this will lead to an increase in participation in this system. In addition, as the contents of the unique information unit 113, it is possible to assume advance sale information, priority information, other unique recommended information, etc. that is not desired to be provided to other competing clients. By industry, for example, if the venue is a venue, the venue schedule, recommended live, drink menu, sponsor information, etc. can be assumed, and if it is a promoter, it can be assumed that this month's company performances and information on company sales sites will be provided. However, it is not limited to these. Further, the unique information section 102 can include an image.

Hereinafter, an example of a processing operation of the performance database OEM providing system in the present embodiment, particularly an example of a processing operation of providing master DB information together with a customization screen to a user accessing via a client Web site will be described. .

When a user who accesses a certain client Web site (@site) clicks a "performance information button" arranged in the Web page of the Web site, as shown in FIG. A command for requesting top page information (search menu screen information) together with customized screen information corresponding to the site is transmitted to the Web server 2. When the Web server 2 transmits information corresponding to the command to the user terminal 4 of the user, the user terminal 4 uses a WWW browser to provide a customization screen corresponding to the site, ie, a title bar in the title bar and display screen of the browser. "Live-Search" is displayed in the frame 111, a banner sold by the site is displayed in the client-side advertisement frame 112, and the search information display frame 10 is displayed.
3 has a “Total Search” selection button,
"Artist / LiveSearch" selection button,
"LiveSpaceSchedule" selection button,
A “PromoterSearch” selection button is displayed.

Next, when the user clicks a desired search site, for example, a "LiveSpaceSchedule" selection button, a "LiveSpaceSchedule" is selected.
The command for requesting the next page in "le" is transmitted to the Web server 2, and the Web server 2 transmits information corresponding to the command to the user terminal 4, where the title bar, the title frame 111, and the client-side advertisement are transmitted. Although the display of the frame 112 does not change, the display in the search information display frame 103 transits to an “area search page”. Then, when a desired area is selected from the input format in the area page and the "GO" button is clicked, the display in the search information display frame 103 transits to the "live space name list display page". When the button is clicked, the display in the search information display frame 103 transits to a “monthly schedule display page for each live space”. On the “monthly schedule display page for each live space”, the monthly schedule of the selected live house is displayed as described above, and the logo visual section 104 linked to the live house website and the unique information of the live house are displayed. The described information provider information section 105 and the information provider side advertisement display section 106 sold by the live house are displayed.
Next, when a desired performance is clicked from the schedule table of the live house, the display in the search information display frame 103 transits to a “performance details page”. The detailed information of the performance is displayed together with the information provider information section 105 and the information provider side advertisement display section 106 which describe the unique information of the performance.

(Effects of the Performance Database OEM Providing System) As described above, the performance database OEM providing system collects various performance information such as concerts, live performances, and events, and constructs a master DB.
While providing information to general users via the performance information providing Web site, the client Web site provides master DB information together with a customized screen customized for each client, so that users visiting each client Web site The search and provision service of leverage master DB information can be provided on an OEM basis as if it were a service unique to the client. Therefore, by accessing the performance information providing Web site, it is possible to check all the performance information, so that the number of accesses is increased. On the other hand, access is also gathered from the client website of the OEM providing destination. The number of accesses increases synergistically, and if the number of accesses increases to some extent and is introduced in media such as magazines, the number of accesses will increase dramatically and grow to a portal site in a short period of time.

Information providers such as promoters, events, concert venues, and live houses can provide information to the present system to centralize the information provision destinations and centrally manage the information. The company displays its own schedule information on its site to show its own advertising, profits from advertising sales, hidden services not shown to competitors, and increases the number of accesses to its own website by linking to the portal site Can benefit. On the other hand, the client can not only provide the performance information as if it is the client's own master DB information on its own Web site, but also display and notify the individual information on the portal site and advertisement. You can also get income.
For example, a ticket sales company, a record company, or the like can link a customer's own website to link a customer from the portal site to the customer's own website and increase the number of sales. From now on, this performance database O
The EM provision system goes beyond simply forming a portal site for performance information. It combines the promotion and promotion of information providers such as promoters, events, concert venues, and live houses, and sales promotion activities of ticket sales companies and the like. By consolidating on a Web site, it is possible to construct a huge market for performance information while keeping the profits of each company in the same position.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a performance database O according to an embodiment of the present invention.
It is a figure showing an example of the system configuration of an EM offer system.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an information providing system in a performance database OEM providing system, wherein (A) is an information providing system for a user who has directly accessed a performance information providing Web site, and (B) is a client Web.
1 shows an information providing system for a user who has accessed through a site b.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a method of determining whether a user who has accessed a performance information providing Web site has accessed through a client Web site.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a transition structure of a performance information providing Web site.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a modified example of a master screen on a performance information providing Web site.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a modification of the master screen on the performance information providing Web site.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a transition structure prepared for a mobile phone of a performance information providing Web site.

FIG. 8 (A) and (B) show performance database O
It is a figure showing an example of a customization screen of an EM offer system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 database server 2 host web server 3 client web server 4 user terminal 5 computer network

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An information providing Web for managing a database.
A site and a client Web site are linked via a computer network, and for a user who accesses the information providing Web site via the client Web site, search information of a database together with display screen information customized for the client Web site A portal site forming method, wherein information content is concentrated in one database and access to the information providing Web site is concentrated. 2. While connecting a database to a host Web server that manages an information providing Web site, connecting the host Web server to a client Web site via a computer network, and providing the information providing Web via a client Web site. An information providing system for transmitting search information of a database together with display screen information customized for a client Web site to a user who has accessed the site.