JP2013105340A - Content reproduction device, content reproduction method, content delivery system, program, and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

A portable terminal 1 is separated from a service list including information related to a plurality of services and the service list. A content list including information on a plurality of contents related to the service selected by the user is acquired from the server 2.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a content distribution system that distributes content from a server to a content reproduction device, a content reproduction device that constitutes the content distribution system, a content reproduction method that is executed by the content reproduction device, and a program for realizing the content reproduction device And a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

  With the development of the Internet, the number of operators operating virtual stores is increasing. In the past, many businesses operated and operated websites that offered virtual stores. However, as the number of such virtual stores has increased, there has been a problem that customers cannot be collected in a single virtual store as expected. Thus, in recent years, so-called virtual shopping malls that provide individual virtual stores provided by a plurality of different businesses as one have been introduced.

  In such a virtual shopping mall, there is an advantage that the user can receive the service provided by each business operator in one place (website or the like). In addition, for each business operator, there is an advantage that the number of customers can be increased compared to the case of operating a virtual store alone. In recent years, the number of virtual shopping malls that can be accessed with a mobile phone has increased, and it is expected that the provision of services with such a mall structure will continue to increase.

  On the other hand, when different providers prepare different services and provide them in one virtual shopping mall, how to manage each service and the products provided by each service is a big issue. It has become. Conventionally, various inventions have been made to solve such problems. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique for managing product information and inventory of each store in an integrated manner by managing a plurality of stores and products with a unified ID. Patent Document 2 discloses a technique for improving user convenience by providing products shared by a plurality of stores.

JP 2001-357263 A (published December 26, 2001) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2008-9535 (released on January 17, 2008)

  However, in the conventional technology, the services (virtual stores) provided individually by each store are managed centrally in the virtual shopping mall. Therefore, when adding a new service, existing management information is used. A major correction is required. In such a management method lacking flexibility, there is a problem in that it takes time to provide a new service.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems. An object of the present invention is to provide a content reproduction apparatus, a content reproduction method, a content distribution system, a program, and a recording medium that can reduce the trouble of providing a new service to a user.

In order to solve the above problems, the content reproduction apparatus according to the present invention provides:
Service list acquisition means for acquiring a service list including information on a plurality of services from a server;
Service selection means for causing the user to select one of the plurality of services by presenting the acquired service list to the user;
Content list acquisition means for acquiring from the server a content list that is separated from the service list and includes information on a plurality of contents related to the service selected by the user;
Content selection means for causing the user to select one of the plurality of contents by presenting the acquired content list to the user;
Content acquisition means for acquiring the content selected by the user from the server is provided.

  According to the above configuration, the content reproduction apparatus can acquire desired content from the server by using the service list and the content list. At this time, since the service list includes information on a plurality of services, the user can switch between the plurality of services. That is, it is possible to acquire content related to a desired service.

  Here, in the present invention, the service list and the content list are separated from each other. In addition, the content reproduction apparatus can acquire a content list related to a service selected by the user from a plurality of services from the server. Therefore, a dedicated content list for each service is prepared for each service.

  Thus, in the present invention, the service list and the content list are in a hierarchical structure. Therefore, when a user of the content reproduction apparatus wants to use a new service, information related to the service may be added to the service list. The existing information in the service list does not need to be modified at all. In addition, a new content list related to this service may be prepared in the server so that it can be distributed to the content reproduction apparatus. There is no need to modify the content list for existing services.

  As described above, the content reproduction apparatus according to the present invention has an effect that it is possible to reduce time and labor when providing a new service to a user.

In order to solve the above problems, the content reproduction method according to the present invention provides:
A service list acquisition step of acquiring a service list including information on a plurality of services from a server;
A service selection step for allowing the user to select one of the plurality of services by presenting the acquired service list to the user;
A content list acquisition step of acquiring from the server a content list that is separated from the service list and includes information on a plurality of contents related to the service selected by the user;
A content selection step of causing the user to select one of the plurality of contents by presenting the acquired content list to the user;
A content acquisition step of acquiring the content selected by the user from the server.

  According to said structure, there exists an effect similar to the content reproduction apparatus based on this invention.

In the content reproduction apparatus according to the present invention, further,
Service list storage means for storing the acquired service list in a non-volatile memory;
When the service list acquisition unit cannot acquire the service list from the server, it is preferable that the service list having the same content as the service list is acquired from the nonvolatile memory.

  According to the above configuration, the user can select a desired service even when the content reproduction apparatus is offline and cannot communicate with the server.

In the content reproduction apparatus according to the present invention, further,
A content list storage means for storing the acquired content list in the nonvolatile memory;
When the content list cannot be acquired from the server, the content list acquisition unit preferably acquires a content list having the same content as the content list from the nonvolatile memory.

  According to the above configuration, even when the content reproduction apparatus is offline and cannot communicate with the server, the user can select desired content.

In the content reproduction apparatus according to the present invention, further,
It further comprises position information acquisition means for acquiring position information related to the position of the content playback device,
Preferably, the service list acquisition unit acquires the service list corresponding to the position information from the server.

  According to said structure, a user can be made to utilize various services according to the position of the content reproduction apparatus.

In the content reproduction apparatus according to the present invention, further,
It further comprises identification information acquisition means for acquiring identification information for identifying the user of the content reproduction device,
Preferably, the service list acquisition unit acquires the service list corresponding to the identification information from the server.

  According to said structure, a user can be made to utilize various services according to the kind of user.

In order to solve the above problems, the content distribution system according to the present invention provides:
Any one of the content playback devices described above;
The content reproduction apparatus includes a server that distributes the service list, the content list, and the content selected by the user.

  According to said structure, the content delivery system which can reduce the effort at the time of providing a new service to a user is realizable.

  The content reproduction apparatus may be realized by a computer. In this case, a program for realizing the content reproduction apparatus in the computer by causing the computer to operate as each of the above means and a computer-readable recording medium recording the program also fall within the scope of the present invention.

  In the content reproduction apparatus according to the present invention, there is an effect that it is possible to reduce time and labor when providing a new service to a user.

It is a block diagram which shows the principal part structure of the content delivery system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows typically the hierarchical relationship of a service list and a content list. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of a service list. It is a figure which shows a mode that the service icon and 62 are displayed on the service list area. It is a figure which shows the data structure of a content list. It is a figure which shows a mode that the some content thumbnail is displayed on the content list area 52. FIG. It is a figure which shows the basic screen in the display part 34 of a portable terminal. It is a figure which shows the screen containing the downloaded content list area. It is a figure which shows the screen for selecting the downloaded content. It is a figure which shows the screen for selecting an undownloaded content. (A) is a figure which shows the service list containing the tag which shows new arrival, (b) is a figure which shows the content list containing the tag which shows new arrival. It is a figure which shows the screen to which the new arrivals icon is each provided to the service icon and the content thumbnail. (A) is a figure which shows the service list containing the tag which shows an update date, (b) is a figure which shows the content list containing the tag which shows an update date. (A) is a diagram showing a service list including both a tag indicating new arrival and a tag indicating update date, and (b) shows a content list including both a tag indicating new arrival and a tag indicating update date. FIG. It is a figure which shows the screen in which the new arrival icon and the unread icon 82 are provided to the service icon and the content thumbnail, respectively. (A) is a figure which shows an example of the service list which a server distributes to a general user within a specific area, (b) is a figure which shows an example of the service list which a server distributes to an employee within a specific area. (C) is a figure which shows an example of the service list which a server delivers out of a specific area. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen when a general user is in a service station. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen when a user is outside a specific area. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process when a portable terminal acquires a service list from a server. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process when a portable terminal acquires a content list from a server. It is a figure which shows an example of the structure of the table formed in the database in a portable terminal.

  An embodiment of a content distribution system 100 according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

(Configuration of content distribution system 100)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of a content distribution system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in this figure, the content distribution system 100 includes a mobile terminal 1 (content reproduction device) and a server 2. The portable terminal 1 and the server 2 can communicate with each other via the network 4. The server 2 is a device that operates a virtual shopping mall on the Internet. The user of the mobile terminal 1 uses this virtual shopping mall by accessing the server 2 using the mobile terminal 1. The server 2 also has a function of distributing various contents (electronic book, music data, etc.) selected by the user to the mobile terminal 1.

  In FIG. 1, the server 2 is represented as one server. However, the server 2 may be an aggregate of a plurality of servers each having a different function. Examples of such individual servers include an RSS management server, an RSS distribution server, a data management server, a data distribution server, a data submission server, and an RSS creation server.

(Configuration of mobile terminal 1)
As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 1 includes a user input acquisition unit 10, a user input processing unit 12 (service selection unit, content selection unit), a network processing unit 14, a data list processing unit 16, and a service list acquisition unit 18 ( Service list acquisition means, position information acquisition means, identification information acquisition means), content list acquisition section 20 (content list acquisition means), service list control section 22, content list control section 24, data list management section 26 (service list storage means) Content list storage unit), internal storage unit 28 (non-volatile memory), download content management unit 30 (content acquisition unit), display control unit 32 (content reproduction unit, service selection unit, content selection unit), display unit 34 And an external storage unit 36 (non-volatile memory)

  The user input acquisition unit 10 is hardware that accepts input from the user, such as a touch panel or a button. In the present embodiment, the user input acquisition unit 10 as a touch panel is formed on the display screen of the display unit 34.

  The user input processing unit 12 detects and analyzes a user input operation on the user input acquisition unit 10. As a result, specific contents of the operation such as tap, drag, flick, etc. are specified. Moreover, the process which should be performed is designated with respect to each member in the portable terminal 1 according to the specified content.

  The service list acquisition unit 18 acquires the service list 40 from the server 2 and analyzes items included in the service list 40. Details of the service list 40 will be described later. In the present embodiment, the service list acquisition unit 18 is a kind of so-called RSS parser. The service list control unit 22 compares the service list 40 acquired from the service list acquisition unit 18 with the service table 90 formed in the database in the internal storage unit 28. The service table 90 will be described later. The service list control unit 22 registers the service list 40 in the database or makes a new arrival setting for the service according to the comparison result. Furthermore, a display service is determined according to a user operation.

  The service list acquisition unit 18 acquires the content list 42 from the server 2 and analyzes items included in the content list 42. Details of the content list 42 will be described later. In the present embodiment, the content list acquisition unit 20 is a so-called RSS parser.

  The content list control unit 24 compares the content list 42 acquired from the content list acquisition unit 20 with the content table 92 formed in the database in the internal storage unit 28. The content table 92 will be described later. The content list control unit 24 registers the content list 42 in the database or sets a new arrival of content according to the comparison result. Further, the content list 42 to be displayed is determined according to the display service determined by the service list control unit 22.

  The data list management unit 26 stores and manages the service list 40 and the content list 42 in the mobile terminal 1. When saving, the service list 40 and the content list 42 are not saved as they are, but are saved in the table in the database in the internal storage unit 28. The internal storage unit 28 is a non-volatile memory such as a hard disk. The data list management unit 26 performs processing for constructing such a database in the internal storage unit 28, forming a table in the database, and updating a value of the table. It also takes charge of the process of acquiring values from the table.

  The download content management unit 30 manages the content downloaded from the server 2 by the mobile terminal 1 in the mobile terminal 1. Specifically, the downloaded content is stored in the external storage unit 36. The external storage unit 36 is a nonvolatile memory such as an SD card. The download content management unit 30 acquires a list of downloaded content from the external storage unit 36. Further, the downloaded content to be reproduced is acquired from the external storage unit 36.

  The display control unit 32 controls display of various types of information on the display unit 34. The target is, for example, a service list 40, a content list 42, a downloaded content list, a content selection screen, and the like. The content itself is also displayed on the display unit 34.

  The display unit 34 is a display device that displays information on a screen, such as a liquid crystal display.

  The user of the mobile terminal 1 installs a dedicated application for using the virtual shopping mall on the mobile terminal 1. Then, through this application, a virtual shopping mall is used. Each block such as the data list processing unit 16 in the portable terminal 1 is responsible for a part of the function of this application.

  The mobile terminal 1 uses the virtual shopping mall provided by the server 2 by using the service list 40 and the content list 42 distributed by the server 2. In other words, in order to download the content distributed by the server 2, the mobile terminal 1 first needs to acquire the service list 40 and the content list 42 from the server 2.

(Hierarchical list)
In the present embodiment, the service list 40 and the content list 42 are separated from each other and have a hierarchical relationship with each other. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing the hierarchical relationship between the service list 40 and the content list 42. The service list 40 is list information including information on a plurality of different services. On the other hand, the content list 42 is list information including information on a plurality of different contents. In the example of FIG. 2, the service list 40 includes information on a total of seven services SS1 to SS7. In addition, seven content lists 42 are prepared, one for each service. That is, the service and the content list 42 are always in a one-to-one relationship. In other words, the number of services and the number of content lists 42 are always equal.

  Each content list 42 includes information on a plurality of contents C1, C2,. Each of these contents relates to a service corresponding to the content list 42. Accordingly, it can be said that each service defined by the service list 40 and each content defined by the content list 42 are in a hierarchical relationship. That is, the service is in the upper layer and the content is in the lower layer. A certain service includes a plurality of contents.

  The service list 40 can be created by the administrator of the server 2. The content list 42 may be created by the administrator of the server 2 or may be created and provided to the server 2 by a provider providing a service related to the content list 42. Alternatively, the server 2 may receive information on services and information on contents from each business operator, and automatically create the service list 40 and the content list 42 based on the information.

(Service list 40)
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the data structure of the service list 40. As shown in this figure, in this embodiment, the service list 40 is realized as RSS (RDF Site Summary). The service list 40 includes an entry tag for each service. Various information related to one service is described in the entry tag. When a new service is added to the service list 40, the corresponding new entry tag may be increased.

  Each entry tag includes a plurality of other tags. Each of these tags describes some information related to the service. In the example of FIG. 3, each entry tag includes a title tag, an updated tag, a link tag, and an icon tag. The title tag describes the name of the service. In the link tag, an address for acquiring the content list 42 corresponding to the service is described. By including the link tag in the service list 40, the service list 40 and the content list 42 can have a hierarchical relationship. Thus, the link tag is an essential component for the service list 40. The updated tag describes the service update date. More specifically, the date when the content provided by the service is changed is the update date. The icon tag describes a storage location (address) of an icon representing a service (service icon). In this embodiment, two types of icons are prepared for each service. One is an icon indicating that the service is active, and the other is an icon indicating that the service is inactive.

  Tags included in the service list 40 are not limited to those described above. If the tag defined in the service list 40 can be interpreted by the mobile terminal 1 when the server 2 creates the service list 40, any tag can be included in the service list 40.

  In the content distribution system 100, the service list acquisition unit 18 acquires the service list 40 from the server 2. Specifically, the flow is as follows. The network processing unit 14 acquires the service list 40 distributed by the server 2 through the network 4. The network processing unit 14 outputs the acquired service list 40 to the service list acquisition unit 18 in the data list processing unit 16.

  The service list acquisition unit 18 refers to the acquired service list 40 and acquires service icons of a plurality of services defined by the service list 40. The service list control unit 22 outputs the acquired service list 40 and a plurality of service icons to the service list control unit 22, respectively. The service list control unit 22 outputs the service list 40 and the service icon to the display control unit 32. The display control unit 32 displays the service icon on the display unit 34 on the screen.

(Example of screen display)
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state where service icons 60 and 62 are displayed in the service list area 50. As shown in this figure, the display control unit 32 displays service icons representing each service in the service list area 50 on the screen of the display unit 34. In the example of FIG. 4, the service icons are arranged side by side in a line in the service list area 50. For the service selected by the user, the display control unit 32 displays a service icon 60 indicating that the service is active. On the other hand, for a service not selected by the user, a service icon 62 indicating that the service is inactive is displayed. With these ideas, the user can grasp at a glance which of a plurality of services is active.

(Content list 42)
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a data structure of the content list 42. As shown in this figure, in the present embodiment, the content list 42 is realized as RSS (RDF Site Summary).

  The content list 42 includes an entry tag for each content. Information related to the content is described in the entry tag. When new content is added to the content list 42, the corresponding new entry tag may be increased. The content list 42 includes one logo tag in addition to the entry tag. The logo tag describes the address of the background image of the service corresponding to the content list 42.

  In the content list 42, each entry tag includes a plurality of other tags. Each of these tags describes some information related to the content. In the example of FIG. 5, each entry tag includes an id tag, title tag, updated tag, content-mine tag, contributor-uri tag, summary tag, source-generator, source-icon, source-link tag, and source-subtitle. Is included.

  The id tag represents an identifier (content ID) uniquely assigned to the content. As will be described later, the data list management unit 26 uses this content ID when managing each content in the database. The same content ID represents the same content. Therefore, if there is an entry tag including the same content ID in each content list 42, the same content can be shared among a plurality of services.

  The title tag describes the name of the content. This name is recorded in a database formed in the internal storage unit 28. The updated tag describes the update date of the content. The content-mine tag describes the mime type of the content. The mime type is information indicating the type of content. Based on this mime type, the mobile terminal 1 determines an application (such as a viewer or a player) for reproducing the content. The contributor-uri tag describes the address of a lightweight version of the content. The content available from this address is, for example, sample content. Used for viewing content. The summary tag describes the content description. The source-generator tag describes the file size of the content. The source-icon describes the address of the content thumbnail. The source-link tag describes the address of the content body. The source-subtitle describes a content description that is shorter than the description described in the summary tag.

  In addition to the above-described tags, the content list 42 may include general tags such as a tag indicating an author name or a tag indicating a publisher name. Further, the tags included in the content list 42 are not limited to those described above. If the tag defined in the content list 42 can be interpreted by the mobile terminal 1 when the server 2 creates the content list 42, any tag can be included in the content list 42.

  In the content distribution system 100, the content list acquisition unit 20 acquires the content list 42 from the server 2. Specifically, the flow is as follows. The network processing unit 14 acquires the content list 42 distributed by the server 2 through the network 4. The network processing unit 14 outputs the acquired service list 40 to the content list acquisition unit 20 in the data list processing unit 16.

  The content list acquisition unit 20 refers to the acquired content list 42 and acquires from the server 2 each content thumbnail indicating a plurality of contents defined by the content list 42. The content list acquisition unit 20 outputs the acquired service list 40 and the plurality of content thumbnails to the content list control unit 24, respectively. The content list control unit 24 outputs the service list 40 and the content thumbnail to the display control unit 32. The display control unit 32 displays a plurality of content thumbnails on the display unit 34 on the screen.

(Example of screen display)
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state where a plurality of content thumbnails 64 are displayed in the content list area 52. As shown in this figure, the display control unit 32 displays a content thumbnail 64 representing each content in the content list area 52 on the screen of the display unit 34. Thereby, a plurality of contents are presented to the user, and one of them is selected by the user. In the example of FIG. 6, the content thumbnails 64 are arranged in a matrix in the content list 42. The display control unit 32 displays a background image 66 of this service in the content list area 52 in addition to the content thumbnail 64.

(Basic screen)
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a basic screen on the display unit 34 of the mobile terminal 1. As shown in this figure, the basic screen of the display unit 34 includes a service list area 50, a content list area 52, and a bar 72. In the service list area 50, a service icon 60 and a service icon 62 are displayed. In the content list area 52, a plurality of content thumbnails 64 and one background image 66 are displayed. In FIG. 7, in the content list area 52, a check mark 68 representing the fact is given to the content thumbnail 64 representing the content already downloaded by the user.

(Display downloaded content)
When the bar 72 is moved to the upper part of the screen, the screen of FIG. 7 changes to the screen shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a screen including a downloaded content list area 54. The screen shown in this figure includes a downloaded content list area 54 in addition to a service list area 50, a content list area 52, and a bar 72. In the downloaded content list area 54, a downloaded content thumbnail 76 representing the content downloaded by the user in the past and currently stored in the mobile terminal 1 is displayed. A thumbnail representing content that the user has downloaded in the past but has been deleted from the mobile terminal 1 is not displayed in the downloaded content list area 54. A check mark 68 is assigned to all downloaded content thumbnails 76. When the bar 72 is moved to the lower part of the screen, the screen of FIG. 8 changes to the screen of FIG.

(Select downloaded content)
When the screen of FIG. 7 or FIG. 8 is displayed on the display unit 34, when the user selects any thumbnail to which the check mark 68 is added from the content list area 52 or the downloaded content list area 54, FIG. 9 is displayed on the display unit 34. At that time, the user may tap, long-tap, or double-tap the thumbnail. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a screen for selecting downloaded content. The screen shown in this figure includes a downloaded content list area 54 and a detailed display area 56. In the detail display area 56, the content thumbnail 76 of the content selected by the user and various information (content name, description, update date, etc.) related to the content are displayed. These pieces of information are described in the content list 42. If the user selects the content displayed in the detail display area 56, the mobile terminal 1 starts playing the selected content. Thereby, if a content is an electronic book, the user can browse the electronic book.

(Select undownloaded content)
When the screen of FIG. 7 or 8 is displayed on the display unit 34, when the user selects any thumbnail to which the check mark 68 is not added from the content list area 52, the screen of FIG. 34. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a screen for selecting undownloaded content. The screen shown in this figure includes a downloaded content list area 54 and a detailed display area 56. In the detail display area 56, the content thumbnail 78 of the content selected by the user and various information (content name, description, update date, etc.) related to the content are displayed. These pieces of information are described in the content list 42. If the user taps a content thumbnail displayed in the detail display area 56 on the screen, the mobile terminal 1 downloads and reproduces a lightweight version of the content represented by the selected content thumbnail from the content. The portable terminal 1 does not store the lightweight content downloaded at this time in the portable terminal 1.

  On the other hand, when the user flicks the content thumbnail displayed in the detail display area 56 on the screen, the mobile terminal 1 downloads the main body of the content represented by the selected content thumbnail from the server 2. The download content management unit 30 stores the main body of the content downloaded at this time in the mobile terminal 1. Specifically, the downloaded content management unit 30 stores the main body of the downloaded content in the external storage unit 36. When a content thumbnail of this content is displayed on the screen after the download is completed, a check mark 68 indicating that the content has already been downloaded is always given.

  When the screen of FIG. 9 or FIG. 10 is displayed, when the user presses the back button or taps a margin (a place other than a thumbnail) in the detail display area 56, the screen displayed on the display unit 34 is: Returning to FIG. 7 or FIG.

(Advantages of the present invention)
As described above, in the content distribution system 100, the mobile terminal 1 can acquire desired content from the server 2 by using the service list 40 and the content list 42. At that time, since the service list 40 includes information on a plurality of services, the user can switch between the plurality of services. That is, it is possible to acquire content related to a desired service.

  In the content distribution system 100, the service list 40 and the content list 42 are separated from each other. Further, the content list 42 relating to the service selected by the user among the plurality of services can be acquired from the server 2 from the portable terminal 1. Accordingly, for each service, the server 2 has a content list 42 dedicated to the service.

  As described above, in the content distribution system 100, the service list 40 and the content list 42 are in a hierarchical structure. Therefore, when it is desired that the user of the mobile terminal 1 use a new service, information related to the service may be added to the service list 40. The existing information in the service list 40 does not need to be altered at all. In addition, a new content list 42 relating to this service may be prepared in the server 2 and distributed to the mobile terminal 1. The content list 42 regarding the existing service does not need to be modified at all.

  As described above, the content distribution system 100 can reduce the trouble of providing a new service to the user.

(New arrival setting by server 2)
In the mobile terminal 1, when new content information that did not exist before is included in the content list 42 corresponding to a certain service, a special tag indicating that is added to the service list 40 and the content list 42. FIG. 11A is a diagram illustrating a service list 40 including a tag indicating new arrival, and FIG. 11B is a diagram illustrating a content list 42 including a tag indicating new arrival.

  In the example of FIG. 11A, the service list 40 includes a label tag in an entry tag related to “service SS1”. This label tag describes whether or not new content has been added to the service. In the present embodiment, if “new” is described, it indicates that new content has been added to the service. On the other hand, if nothing is described in the label tag, it indicates that no new content is added to the service.

  In the example of FIG. 11B, the content list 42 includes a label tag in an entry tag related to “content C1”. This label tag represents that the content is newly added.

(Display of new arrivals)
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a screen in which the new arrivals icon 80 is assigned to the service icon 60 and the content thumbnail 64, respectively.

  In the service list 40, when displaying a service icon representing “new” in the label tag in the service list 40, the display control unit 32 displays a new arrival icon 80 indicating that the service is new. Give and display. In the example of FIG. 12, the service icon 60 represents “service SS1”, and a new arrival icon 80 is assigned to the service icon 60. As a result, the user can grasp that new content that has never been added is added to the “service SS1”.

  The service list 40 and the content list 42 are independent of each other. Therefore, the portable terminal 1 can determine whether or not each service is newly received only by acquiring the service list 40. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 12, the mobile terminal 1 gives a new arrival icon 80 not only to the service icon 60 representing the currently active service SS1, but also to the service icon 62 representing another service that is not currently active. Can be displayed. As a result, when using a certain service, the user can check whether there is a new arrival in another service that is not active (not a display target).

  In the content list 42, the display control unit 32 assigns and displays a new arrival icon 80 indicating that the content is new arrival to the content thumbnail 64 in which “new” is described in the label tag. In the example of FIG. 12, in the content list area 52, the content thumbnail 64 displayed in the upper left corner represents “content C1”, and a new arrivals icon 80 is assigned to the content thumbnail 64. Thereby, the user can grasp that “content C1” is newly arrived content.

  In the example of FIG. 11 and FIG. 12, the server 2 sets that there is a newly arrived content in the service. Therefore, when deleting the label tags in the service list 40 and the content list 42, the server 2 determines the timing. That is, the mobile terminal 1 does not delete the label tag. Therefore, in the example of FIG. 11, “new arrival content” can be said to be new content not only for the user of the mobile terminal 1 but also for the content distributor.

(New arrival setting by mobile terminal 1)
The mobile terminal 1 may perform setting of new arrival of service or content. At that time, the mobile terminal 1 uses updated tags included in the service list 40 and the content list 42. FIG. 13A is a diagram illustrating a service list 40 including a tag indicating an update date, and FIG. 13B is a diagram illustrating a content list 42 including a tag indicating an update date.

  The mobile terminal 1 displays the updated tag included in the entry tag related to the service included in the service list 40 acquired from the server 2 and the update date in the service table 90 related to the same service recorded in the internal storage unit 28. Compare. If the former is a newer date, a service new arrival flag is set in the service table 90 related to this service. This flag corresponds to a label tag in the service list 40. After setting the new arrival flag, the new update date is written in the service table 90. The mobile terminal 1 executes these processes for all services included in the service list 40.

  In addition, the portable terminal 1 includes the updated tag included in the entry tag related to the content included in the content list 42 acquired from the server 2 and the update date in the content table 92 related to the same content recorded in the internal storage unit 28. And compare. If the former is a newer date, a new arrival flag is set in the content table 92 relating to this content. This flag corresponds to a label tag in the content list 42. After setting the new arrival flag, the new update date is written in the content table 92. The portable terminal 1 executes these processes for all contents included in the content list 42.

  When displaying the service icon 60 or service icon 62 of a certain service on the display unit 34, the display control unit 32 accesses the database in the internal storage unit 28, refers to the service table 90 of the service, and sets the new arrival flag. Check if you are standing. When standing, as shown in FIG. 12, when the service icon 60 or service icon 62 of the service is displayed, a new arrival icon 80 is given and displayed.

  When the display control unit 32 displays the content thumbnail 64 of a certain content on the display unit 34, the display control unit 32 accesses the database in the internal storage unit 28, refers to the content table 92 of the content, and sets whether the new arrival flag is set. To check. When standing, as shown in FIG. 12, when displaying the content thumbnail 64 of the content, a new arrivals icon 80 is given and displayed.

  In the example described above, information indicating that the service or content is newly received is recorded in the internal storage unit 28, not in the service list 40 or the content list 42. Therefore, it is possible to control whether or not the mobile terminal 1 displays the new arrival icon 80. That is, it is possible to determine whether or not the display of the new arrivals icon 80 is to be erased at the timing when the user operates or reacquires the service list 40 and the content list 42. For example, if the new arrival flag of the content once selected by the user is deleted from the content table 92 of the content, the content of the content thumbnail 64 to which the new arrival icon 80 is assigned is still being played or viewed by the user. It can mean that there is no content. Note that when the mobile terminal 1 deletes the new arrival icon 80 assigned to the service icon 60 or the service icon 62 of a certain service, the new arrival flags of all the contents in the service disappear from the content table 92 of each content. Sometimes it is good.

(New and unread indications)
By including both the label tag and the updated tag in the service list 40 and the content list 42, both the new arrival setting by the server 2 and the new arrival setting by the portable terminal 1 can be performed. FIG. 14A is a diagram showing the service list 40 including both a tag indicating new arrival and a tag indicating update date, and FIG. 14B shows both a tag indicating new arrival and a tag indicating update date. It is a figure which shows the content list 42 containing. In this case, the display control unit 32 displays a new arrival icon 80 when the new arrival by the server 2 is set. On the other hand, when a new arrival setting is made by the mobile terminal 1, an unread icon 82 indicating that the content is unread is displayed instead of the new arrival icon 80.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a screen in which a new arrival icon 80 and an unread icon 82 are assigned to the service icon 60 and the content thumbnail 64, respectively. In the examples shown in these drawings, both a new arrival icon 80 and an unread icon 82 are assigned to the service icon 60. This indicates that the service SS1 represented by the service icon 60 includes content that has not yet been selected by the user. A new arrival icon 80 and an unread icon 82 are also assigned to the content thumbnail 64 in the upper left corner of the content list 42. This indicates that the user has never selected the content represented by the content thumbnail 64. In addition, when the unread icon 82 is given to the service icon 60 or the service icon 62 representing the service, it may be possible to include at least one new content in the service.

  In FIG. 15, the server 2 determines the timing for deleting the new arrival icon 80. On the other hand, the timing for deleting the unread icon 82 is determined by the mobile terminal 1.

(Separate use of virtual shopping malls)
In the content distribution system 100, virtual shopping malls having different configurations can be realized by changing the service list 40 to be distributed to other contents. At that time, the service list 40 to be distributed can be changed depending on whether or not the user is in the specific area. Even when the user is in a specific area, the service list 40 to be distributed can be changed according to the user's specification. With these ideas, the user can use a virtual shopping mall suitable for the type and location of the user.

  FIG. 16A is a diagram illustrating an example of a service list 40 that the server 2 distributes to general users in a specific area. FIG. 16B is a diagram illustrating an example of a service list 40 that the server 2 distributes to employees within a specific area. FIG. 16C is a diagram illustrating an example of the service list 40 distributed by the server 2 outside the specific area.

  When a general user is in a service station that is a kind of specific area, the server 2 distributes the service list 40 shown in FIG. A service station here is a facility that provides a public wireless LAN to visitors, such as an airport, a station, a gas station, or a restaurant.

  The mobile terminal 1 searches for a wireless LAN in the vicinity of itself. Further, an identifier for identifying the wireless LAN is obtained from the found wireless LAN router. If a plurality of wireless LANs are found, an identifier for identifying each wireless LAN is acquired from each router, and thus a plurality of identifiers are acquired.

  The portable terminal 1 holds a list table that stores identifiers for identifying wireless LANs in a specific area. This list table is provided in advance from the server 2 to the mobile terminal 1. The mobile terminal 1 determines whether or not each identifier acquired from each router matches any identifier included in the list table.

  When it is determined that the plurality of identifiers match any one of the identifiers included in the list table, the mobile terminal 1 compares the radio field strengths of the wireless LANs identified by these identifiers with each other. Then, the wireless LAN having the highest radio field intensity is specified, and an identifier for identifying the wireless LAN is selected as an identifier to be transmitted to the server 2. As a result, the mobile terminal 1 selects an identifier for identifying the wireless LAN having the highest radio field intensity among the plurality of wireless LANs in the specific area.

  When it is determined that only one identifier matches any identifier included in the list table, the mobile terminal 1 selects the identifier as an identifier to be transmitted to the server 2. Further, when the mobile terminal 1 determines that all the acquired identifiers do not match any identifiers included in the list table, the mobile terminal 1 sends an identifier indicating the outside of the specific area (for example, “other”) to the server 2. Select the identifier to be transmitted.

  The mobile terminal 1 connects to the server 2 through some communication line. This communication line may be a wireless LAN selected by the mobile terminal 1 or a wide area communication line (such as a 3G line) that can be used by the mobile terminal 1. When the mobile terminal 1 accesses the server 2, it transmits the selected identifier to the server 2. The server 2 selects the service list 40 corresponding to the received identifier and transmits it to the mobile terminal 1. When this identifier is an identifier indicating a specific area (specific service station), the user can provide various services provided by the service station such as “recommendation”, “coupon”, “flyer”, etc. in the service station. Available at.

  On the other hand, when a user who is an employee of a business operator who operates a service station is in the service station, the server 2 distributes the service list 40 shown in FIG. In addition to the identifier for identifying the public wireless LAN, the user's portable terminal 1 also acquires identification information indicating that it is an employee and transmits it to the server 2. Such identification information for identifying the type of user is stored in advance in one of the storage units in the mobile terminal 1. The server 2 selects the service list 40 corresponding to the received identifier and identification information, and transmits it to the mobile terminal 1. Thereby, the user can use services such as “manual”, “sales catalog”, and “service menu” in the service station.

  When the user is in a place other than the service station, the server 2 distributes the service list 40 shown in FIG. 16C to the user's portable terminal 1. The user accesses the server 2 using some communication line (for example, 3G line or home wireless LAN) that can be used outside the service station. The portable terminal 1 searches for a wireless LAN existing around itself and acquires an identifier for identifying the wireless LAN. However, since the mobile terminal 1 is outside the specific area, the mobile terminal 1 never determines that the acquired identifier is included in the list table. Therefore, the mobile terminal 1 transmits to the server 2 an identifier indicating that the mobile terminal 1 is outside the specific area. The server 2 selects the service list 40 corresponding to the received identifier and transmits it to the mobile terminal 1. The server 2 does not have a special service list 40 corresponding to this identifier. Therefore, a general service list 40 is transmitted to the server 2. Accordingly, the user can use services such as “SS1”, “SS2”, and “SS3” outside the service station. These represent one of the service stations. That is, it is a service in which contents that can be provided by each service station are aggregated.

(Screen in a specific area)
FIG. 17 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen when a general user is in the service station. In the example shown in this figure, the user selects the “recommended” service. As a result, the content thumbnail 64 of the content related to the “recommended” service is displayed on the screen. The content represented by each content thumbnail 64 is divided into several types. First, common content is content without any restrictions. SS1-limited content is content that is distributed only within the service station. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 17, the content thumbnail 64 of this content is displayed on the portable terminal 1 of the user who uses the service in the service station.

(Screen outside specific area)
FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen when the user is outside the specific area. When the user moves outside the service station, the screen in FIG. 17 changes to the screen in FIG. In FIG. 18, the user has selected the service “SS1”. This service is a service in which services provided in the service station SS1 are aggregated. Therefore, the content thumbnail 64 of the common content without any restriction among the content distributed in SS1 is also displayed on the screen of FIG. In addition to this, a content thumbnail 64 of “exclusive to SS1” content, which is exclusive content distributed outside the service station, is also displayed on the screen of FIG. The user can obtain this content only from outside the service station, such as at home.

  Content distributed within the service station includes content for which “area limited” is set. Such content can be distributed and viewed within the service station, but cannot be viewed in addition to distribution outside the service station. Therefore, even if the user downloads content for which “area limitation” is set in the service station, the content cannot be browsed outside the service station. When the user moves out of the service station, the mobile terminal 1 deletes the content for which area limitation is set from the external storage unit 36, or does not display it at all on the display unit 34, or displays it in light gray To do. The user cannot select or reproduce the area-limited content displayed in this way.

(Service list 40 acquisition processing)
FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing a processing flow when the mobile terminal 1 acquires the service list 40 from the server 2.

  First, the service list acquisition unit 18 of the mobile terminal 1 acquires information indicating the current position of the mobile terminal 1 (step S1). In that case, the address of the place where the portable terminal 1 exists is acquired using GPS, for example. Alternatively, an identifier of a wireless LAN router used by the mobile terminal 1 or an identifier for identifying one wireless LAN selected from a plurality of wireless LANs existing around the mobile terminal 1 is used as the current position information. It is good.

  The service list acquisition unit 18 of the portable terminal 1 requests the server 2 to distribute the service list 40 by transmitting the acquired current position information to the server 2. Thereby, the service list acquisition part 18 acquires the service list 40 from the server 2 (step S2). Here, the server 2 should just perform the process of step S2 when the position of the portable terminal 1 changes. Or you may perform when the communication state of the portable terminal 1 changes from offline to online, or when it changes from offline to online.

  Here, the service list acquisition unit 18 may request the distribution of the service list 40 triggered by a change in the current position of the mobile terminal 1. Or it is good also as a trigger that the communication state of the portable terminal 1 changed from online to offline or from offline to online.

  The service list acquisition unit 18 determines whether acquisition of the service list 40 is successful (step S3). When the result of the determination in step S3 is “true” (Yes), the service list acquisition unit 18 determines whether or not the mobile terminal 1 exists in the specific area (step S4). When the determination result in step S4 is “true” (Yes), the service list acquisition unit 18 sends the acquired service list 40 to the data list management unit 26 and the display control unit 32 via the service list control unit 22. Respectively. The data list management unit 26 stores the received service list 40 in a database in the internal storage unit 28 (step S5). Next, the display control unit 32 displays the received service list 40 on the display unit 34 (step S6). Thus, the process shown in FIG. 19 ends.

  On the other hand, when the result of the determination in step S4 is “false” (No), the process of step S5 is skipped. As a result, the display control unit 32 displays the received service list 40 on the display unit 34 (step S6). Thus, the process shown in FIG. 19 ends. Thereby, when the portable terminal 1 exists in a specific area, although the portable terminal 1 acquires the service list 40 according to the specific area, it does not preserve | save in a database. Therefore, even if the user moves out of the specific area, the service list 40 corresponding to the specific area is not stored in the database, so the service corresponding to the specific area cannot be used offline.

  When the determination result in step S3 is “false” (No), that is, when the service list 40 cannot be acquired from the content, the service list acquisition unit 18 acquires the service list 40 from the database (step S7). The service list acquisition unit 18 determines whether acquisition of the service list 40 from the database has succeeded (step S8). When the result of the determination in step 8 is “true” (Yes), the service list acquisition unit 18 outputs the acquired service list 40 to the display control unit 32 via the service list control unit 22. The display control unit 32 displays the received service list 40 on the display unit 34. As a result, the user can execute a process of selecting a service even when the mobile terminal 1 is in an offline state.

On the other hand, when the result of determination in step S <b> 8 is “false” (No), the service list acquisition unit 18 acquires the default service list 40 stored in any storage unit in the mobile terminal 1. . The service list 40 is data to be displayed when the mobile terminal 1 has never been connected online. The service mainly includes information for prompting connection to the network and simple instructions. The service list acquisition unit 18 outputs the acquired service list 40 to the display control unit 32 via the service list control unit 22. The display control unit 32 displays the received service list 40 on the display unit 34. Thus, the process shown in FIG. 19 ends. `
(Content list 42 acquisition processing)
FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing when the mobile terminal 1 acquires the content list 42 from the server 2.

  First, the content list acquisition unit 20 determines whether or not the user has instructed to update the content list 42 (step S11). When the result of determination in step S11 is “false” (No), the content list acquisition unit 20 determines whether or not the user has switched the service (step S12). When the result of determination in step S12 is “true” (Yes), the content list acquisition unit 20 determines the service after switching as the display service (step S13).

  The service list acquisition unit 18 determines whether or not the display service content list 42 is expanded in the main memory of the mobile terminal 1 (step S14). When the determination result in step S is “true” (Yes), the content list acquisition unit 20 determines whether or not the new arrivals icon 80 is displayed on the service icon of the display service (step S15). When the result of determination in step S15 is “true” (Yes), the content list acquisition unit 20 determines that the content in the display service has changed. Thereby, the background image 66 and the content list 42 of the display service are acquired from the server 2 (step S16). The content list acquisition unit 20 determines whether the acquisition process is successful (step S17). When the result of determination in step S17 is “true” (Yes), the content list acquisition unit 20 determines whether or not the mobile terminal 1 exists outside the specific area (step S18).

  When the result of the determination in step S18 is “true” (Yes), the content list acquisition unit 20 passes the acquired background image 66 and content list 42 through the content list control unit 24 and the data list management unit 26 and display control. To the unit 32. The display control unit 32 stores the received background image 66 and content list 42 in the database in the internal storage unit 28 (step S19). On the other hand, the display control unit 32 first displays the received background image 66 on the display unit 34 (step S20). The received content list 42 is displayed on the display unit 34 on the network processing unit 14 (step S21). The display of the content list 42 here is not to display the content list 42 as it is, but to specify the address of the content thumbnail 64 from the tag included in the content list 42, and to display the content thumbnail 64 from the address. This is a process of acquiring and displaying on the display unit 34. Thus, the process shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, when the result of determination in step S15 is “false” (No), that is, when the new arrivals icon 80 is not displayed in the service icon of the display service, the content in the display service remains unchanged. Therefore, the content list acquisition unit 20 acquires the background image 66 and the content list 42 of the display service from the main memory (step S22). Thereafter, the processes of steps S20 and S21 are executed, and the process shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, when the result of determination in step S17 is “false” (No), that is, when the background image 66 and the content list 42 of the display service cannot be acquired from the server 2, the content list acquisition unit 20 stores them internally. Obtained from the database in the unit 28 (step S23). Next, the content list acquisition unit 20 determines whether acquisition of the background image 66 and the content list 42 has been successful (step S24). When the result of the determination in step S24 is “true” (Yes), thereafter, the processes in steps S20 and S21 are executed, and the process shown in FIG. 20 ends. As a result, the background image 66 and the content list 42 in the database are displayed on the display unit 34. Thus, even when the mobile terminal 1 cannot acquire the content list 42 from the server 2 due to an offline state, the mobile terminal 1 can use the content list 42 of the display service stored in the past in the database of the mobile terminal 1. Therefore, the user can execute processing such as browsing the content of the display service even in an offline state.

  On the other hand, when the result of determination in step S24 is “false” (No), that is, when the background image 66 and the content list 42 of the display service are not acquired from the database, the content list acquisition unit 20 The default background image 66 and the content list 42 recorded in any of the storage units are acquired. Thereafter, the processes of steps S20 and S21 are executed, and the process shown in FIG. As a result, the default background image 66 and the content list 42 are displayed on the display unit 34.

  The content list acquisition unit 20 may periodically acquire the content list 42 corresponding to the current display service from the server 2 even when there is no instruction from the user and the display service is not switched. Good.

(Table data structure)
FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example of the structure of a table formed in the database in the mobile terminal 1. As shown in the figure, a service table 90, a content table 92, and a list table 94 are formed in the database in the internal storage unit 28 of the portable terminal 1.

  The service table 90 is provided for each service included in the service list 40. The service table 90 stores a service name, a service icon address, a service icon push address, a service update date, and a service arrival flag as values. The content table 92 is provided for each content included in the content list 42. A content ID, a thumbnail path, a main body URL, a trial reading URL, an explanation (long), an explanation (short), a file size, an update date, and a new arrival flag are stored as values. The list table 94 stores service names and content IDs as values. The content IDs of all the contents in a certain service are stored in the same list table 94. Therefore, the list table 94 can store a plurality of different content IDs.

  The service name in the list table 94 and the service name in the service table 90 are associated with each other and take the same value. The content ID of the list table 94 and the content ID of the content table 92 are associated with each other and take the same value. Therefore, the mobile terminal 1 can access the service table 90 and the content table 92 by referring to the list table 94.

  In the portable terminal 1, the data list management unit 26 uses the service list 40 and the content list 42 to form a service table 90, a content table 92, and a list table 94 in the database. The value of each item in these tables is acquired from the service list 40 or the content list 42. For example, the value of the title tag in the service list 40 is acquired and stored in the service table 90 as the value of the service name. Further, the value of the identifier tag in the content list 42 is acquired and stored in the content table 92 as the value of the content ID.

  The mobile terminal 1 can obtain a list of content IDs of all contents in a certain service by referring to the list table 94.

(Program and recording medium)
Finally, each block included in the mobile terminal 1 may be configured by hardware logic. Alternatively, it may be realized by software using a CPU (Central Processing Unit) as follows.

  That is, the mobile terminal 1 includes a CPU that executes instructions of a program that realizes each function, a ROM (Read Only Memory) that stores the program, a RAM (Random Access Memory) that expands the program into an executable format, and A storage device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing the program and various data is provided. With this configuration, the object of the present invention can be achieved by a predetermined recording medium.

  This recording medium only needs to record the program code (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of the program of the portable terminal 1 which is software for realizing the above-described functions so as to be readable by a computer. This recording medium is supplied to the portable terminal 1. Thereby, the portable terminal 1 (or CPU or MPU) as a computer may read and execute the program code recorded on the supplied recording medium.

  The recording medium that supplies the program code to the portable terminal 1 is not limited to a specific structure or type. That is, the recording medium includes, for example, a tape system such as a magnetic tape and a cassette tape, a magnetic disk such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk / hard disk, and an optical disk such as a CD-ROM / MO / MD / DVD / CD-R. System, a card system such as an IC card (including a memory card) / optical card, or a semiconductor memory system such as a mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM / flash ROM.

  Moreover, even if the portable terminal 1 is configured to be connectable to a communication network, the object of the present invention can be achieved. In this case, the program code is supplied to the mobile terminal 1 via the communication network. The communication network is not limited to a specific type or form as long as it can supply the program code to the mobile terminal 1. For example, it may be the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication network, and the like.

  The transmission medium constituting the communication network may be any medium that can transmit the program code, and is not limited to a specific configuration or type. For example, wired communication such as IEEE 1394, USB (Universal Serial Bus), power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) line, infrared rays such as IrDA and remote control, Bluetooth (registered trademark), 802.11 It can also be used by radio such as radio, HDR, mobile phone network, satellite line, terrestrial digital network. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above. Those skilled in the art can make various modifications to the present invention within the scope of the claims. That is, a new embodiment can be obtained by combining appropriately changed technical means within the scope of the claims.

  The present invention can be widely used as a system for operating a virtual shopping mall and a terminal device (such as a smartphone) for using the virtual shopping mall in the system.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile terminal 2 Server 4 Network 10 User input acquisition part 12 User input process part 14 Network process part 16 Data list process part 18 Service list acquisition part 20 Content list acquisition part 22 Service list control part 24 Content list control part 26 Data list management Unit 28 internal storage unit 30 download content management unit 32 display control unit 34 display unit 36 external storage unit 100 content distribution system

Claims (9)

Service list acquisition means for acquiring a service list including information on a plurality of services from a server;
Service selection means for causing the user to select one of the plurality of services by presenting the acquired service list to the user;
Content list acquisition means for acquiring from the server a content list that is separated from the service list and includes information on a plurality of contents related to the service selected by the user;
Content selection means for causing the user to select one of the plurality of contents by presenting the acquired content list to the user;
A content reproduction apparatus comprising: content acquisition means for acquiring the content selected by a user from the server. Service list storage means for storing the acquired service list in a non-volatile memory;
2. The content reproduction according to claim 1, wherein, when the service list cannot be acquired from the server, the service list acquisition unit acquires a service list having the same contents as the service list from the non-volatile memory. apparatus. A content list storage means for storing the acquired content list in the nonvolatile memory;
3. The content reproduction according to claim 2, wherein, when the content list cannot be acquired from the server, the content list acquisition unit acquires a content list having the same content as the content list from the nonvolatile memory. apparatus. It further comprises position information acquisition means for acquiring position information related to the position of the content playback device,
The content reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the service list acquisition unit acquires the service list corresponding to the position information from the server. It further comprises identification information acquisition means for acquiring identification information for identifying the user of the content reproduction device,
The content reproduction apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the service list acquisition unit acquires the service list corresponding to the identification information from the server. The content reproduction device according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
A content distribution system comprising: a server that distributes the service list, the content list, and the content selected by the user to the content reproduction apparatus. A service list acquisition step of acquiring a service list including information on a plurality of services from a server;
A service selection step for allowing the user to select one of the plurality of services by presenting the acquired service list to the user;
A content list acquisition step of acquiring from the server a content list that is separated from the service list and includes information on a plurality of contents related to the service selected by the user;
A content selection step of causing the user to select one of the plurality of contents by presenting the acquired content list to the user;
A content reproduction method comprising: a content acquisition step of acquiring the content selected by a user from the server.   A program for operating the content reproduction apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the program causes a computer to function as each of the above means.   A computer-readable recording medium in which the program according to claim 8 is recorded.

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