WO2012132960A1 - Information readout device, information readout method, and information readout program - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is provided with: a selection unit for selecting, on the basis of priorities assigned to each plurality of preceding or succeeding content candidate data associated with content data, one piece of preceding or succeeding content candidate data from the preceding or succeeding content candidate data; and an identification unit for identifying the content data to be read out on the basis of the selected preceding or succeeding content candidate data.

Description

Information reading apparatus, information reading method, and information reading program

The present invention relates to an information reading device, an information reading method, and an information reading program.
This application claims priority on March 31, 2011 based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-79068 filed in Japan, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Electronic books are publications that can be read on the display of electronic devices, not printed materials using paper and ink that have existed for a long time. In an electronic book device, character information data and image data stored in a storage medium such as an IC card or a CD-ROM, or character information data and image data transmitted via a network are transferred to a liquid crystal display device or an organic EL display device. It is read and displayed as if it were a book. However, in the conventional technology, the client terminal device has a limitation such as a communication capacity, and is divided periodically such as divided content data transmitted from the server device via the network, or a periodicals or a specific article in a newspaper. In particular, it has been difficult to continuously display content data distributed via the Internet and read through a book page or a specific article.

In Patent Document 1, a computer accumulates book information for a plurality of books including magazines in a large-capacity file memory, and in a serialized article of a magazine spanning a plurality of books included in the accumulated book information, the next issue / previous issue or A serial display processing method for shifting to serialized articles of the serialization start / final issue is shown.

JP-A-7-230473

Here, for example, when the server device divides the content data of the newspaper article and distributes it to the client terminal (information reading device) used by the user, the server device replaces only a part of the divided content. In addition, when only the content data to be replaced is distributed to the information reading device, the technique of Patent Document 1 requires a process for updating the corresponding content data in the book information to the replaced content data, which is complicated. There is a problem that it requires a lot of processing.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique that can flexibly change the playback content by simple processing.

(1) The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and one aspect of the present invention is based on priorities determined for each of a plurality of previous and subsequent content candidate data associated with content data. And an information reading unit comprising: a selection unit that selects one before and after content candidate data from the preceding and following content candidate data; and a specifying unit that identifies the content data to be read based on the selected preceding and following content candidate data Device.

(2) Moreover, one aspect of the present invention is the above-described information reading device, wherein the selection unit is configured to perform the front-rear content based on event information indicating an event related to content distribution input from the outside of the device. One candidate content data before and after is selected from the candidate data.

(3) Moreover, one aspect of the present invention is the above-described information reading device, wherein the selection unit is configured to display the content before and after the predetermined time or when a predetermined time has elapsed. One candidate content data before and after is selected from the candidate data.

(4) According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided the above-described information reading device including a user attribute storage unit that stores user attribute information, and the selection unit is stored in the user attribute information storage unit. The user's attribute information is referred to, and based on the referred user's attribute information, one before and after content candidate data is selected from the preceding and following content candidate data.

(5) One embodiment of the present invention is the above-described information reading device, wherein the content data is displayed in the order of the display unit that displays the content data and the content data read by the reading unit. A display control unit to be displayed on the unit.

(6) Moreover, one aspect of the present invention is based on purchase information indicating whether or not the content data has been purchased in association with the content data and a plurality of prior and subsequent content candidate data whose priorities are determined. An information reading apparatus comprising: a selection unit that selects one before and after content candidate data from the preceding and following content candidate data; and a specifying unit that identifies the content data to be read based on the selected preceding and following content candidate data It is.

(7) One embodiment of the present invention is the above-described information reading device, wherein the content data is displayed in the order of the display unit that displays the content data and the content data read by the reading unit. A display control unit to be displayed on the unit.

(8) Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, the selection unit selects one of the preceding and following content candidate data based on the priority determined for each of the plurality of preceding and following content candidate data associated with the content data. The information reading method includes a procedure for selecting the previous and subsequent content candidate data and a procedure for the specifying unit to specify the content data to be read based on the selected previous and subsequent content candidate data.

(9) Further, according to one aspect of the present invention, based on the priority determined for each of a plurality of preceding and following content candidate data associated with the content data, one before and after content candidate among the preceding and following content candidate data An information reading program for executing a selection step of selecting data and a specifying step of specifying the content data to be read based on the selected preceding and following content candidate data.

According to the present invention, it is possible to flexibly switch and reproduce electronic book data of divided distribution or regular distribution as one data without bothering the user.

1 is a schematic block diagram of an information reading device 1 in a first embodiment. It is a figure which arranges and shows an example of the content information previously memorize | stored in the memory | storage part in order of the content for the purpose of description. It is the figure by which an example of the reading order of a content in case content information C_2 'distributed additionally from the server apparatus is added was shown. 5 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing of the information reading apparatus in the first embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram of the information read-out apparatus in 2nd Embodiment. It is the figure where an example of the reading order of the content information before the end of trial delivery and after was shown. It is the flowchart which showed the flow of the process of the information reading device in 2nd Embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram of the information reading device in the third embodiment. It is an example of table T1 memorize | stored in the user attribute information storage part. It is the figure by which an example of the reading order of the content information when a user's age is less than 20 years old and when it is 20 years old or more was shown. 10 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing of the information reading apparatus in the third embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram of the information read-out apparatus in 4th Embodiment. It is the figure where an example of the reading order of the content information in the user who purchased the content was shown. It is the figure by which an example of the reading order of the content information in the user who has not purchased the content was shown. It is the flowchart which showed the flow of the process of the information reading device in 4th Embodiment.

<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an information reading device 1 according to the first embodiment. The information reading device 1 includes a communication unit 5, a storage unit 6, a control unit 10, a display unit 8, and an input unit 7. Here, the control unit 10 includes a communication control unit 11, a reading unit 12, a display control unit 14, and a selection unit 15. The selection unit 15 includes a transition destination content candidate information presence determination unit 16 and a transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17.

The communication unit 5 communicates with a server device (not shown) that distributes content via a network in a wired or wireless manner, and receives a plurality of content information C_i (i is a positive integer) from the server device. . The communication unit 5 stores the received content information C_i in the storage unit 6 under the control of the communication control unit 11.

The input unit 7 includes, for example, a touch panel and / or a keyboard, and receives information input by an operation by the user of the own device. The input unit 7 receives a signal (designated content display request signal) for requesting display of content designated by the user's operation of the own device, and outputs the accepted designated content display request signal to the control unit 10.

In addition, the input unit 7 receives information (next content display request signal) for requesting display of the next content input by the user (for example, if it is a serialized article, the next issue article), and receives the received next content display. The request is output to the control unit 10.
In addition, the input unit 7 receives information (previous content display request signal) for requesting display of the previous content input by the user (for example, the previous issue if it is a serialized article), and the received previous content display The request is output to the control unit 10.
The control unit 10 sends the next content display request signal or the previous content display request signal input from the input unit 7 to the communication unit 5 via the internal communication control unit 11, and the communication unit 5 transmits this signal wirelessly. Alternatively, it is transmitted to an external server via the network by wire.
The server returns the corresponding content information C_i to the communication unit 5 of the information reading device 1 by wireless or wired via the network.

The communication control unit 11 controls the communication of the communication unit 5 and causes the storage unit 6 to store the content information C_i received by the communication unit 5.
The reading unit 12 reads the first content data of the content specified by the specified content display request input from the input unit 7. The reading unit 12 outputs the read content data to the display control unit 14.
The display unit control unit 14 controls to display the content data input from the reading unit 14 on the display unit 8 in the form of text or image. Thereby, the display control unit 14 can cause the display unit 8 to sequentially display the content data read by the reading unit 12. As the display unit 8, for example, a liquid crystal display device or an organic EL display device can be used.

Further, the reading unit 12 reads the content data immediately after being extracted by the transition destination content designation information extracting unit 17 of the selecting unit 15 described later from the storage unit 6. Then, the reading unit 12 outputs the read content data to the display control unit 14. The display unit control unit 14 controls to display the content data input from the reading unit 14 on the display unit 8.

The process of the selection unit 15 will be described using the example of FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of content information stored in advance in the storage unit 6 in order of content for the purpose of explanation. In the following, content information refers to a specific newspaper editorial for a specific date, political article, social article, etc., for each piece of newspaper article (one article completed at once, This will be explained assuming a single article).
In FIG. 2, as an example, content information C_1, content information C_2, and content information C_3, which are information for each set of newspaper articles stored in the storage unit 6, are read from left to right in the reading order. Is shown in

In the figure, each piece of content information C_1, C_2, and C_3 includes content data (for example, text data) for each set of newspaper articles as content data, and before and after content candidate data for identifying the immediately preceding and immediately following content data. It is included.
Here, as an example of the preceding and following content candidate data, the immediately preceding content candidate array PCC (Previous Contents Candidate) in which the number for identifying the candidate of the immediately preceding content data (newspaper text data) is stored, and the immediately following content data ( Immediately after the content candidate array NCC (Next Contents Candidate) storing the numbers for identifying candidates of newspaper article text data), each content information C_i (i is an integer from 1 to 3, “the last number of the content information”). Is sometimes included.) Here, each element of the immediately preceding content candidate array PCC is defined as the previous content candidate information, and each element of the immediately following content candidate array NCC is defined as the next content candidate information. Immediately after that, among the elements of the content candidate array NCC, the second row rather than the first row is the identification number of the content data having a higher priority.
The server device adds the content candidate data before and after the content information included in the content information to the content information, and assigns the number at the end of the content information, which is identification information for identifying the content, to the added content information.

Since the content information C_1 is the first newspaper article, the preceding and following content candidate data does not include the immediately preceding content candidate array PCC, but includes only the immediately following content candidate array NCC.
Here, the immediately following content candidate array NCC is represented by a table of n rows and 1 column, where n is an integer, and each element of this table has the number at the end of the content information as the content information to be displayed next. They are arranged in order from low to high priority. Specifically, the first row (the top row) stores 2 which is the last number of the content information C_2 to be displayed next, which has the lower priority, and the second row displays the next. 2 ′, which is the last number of the content information C_2 ′ having a high priority, is stored.
Note that, as in the third embodiment described later, in the present invention, the “priority” is not simply the meaning of “priority” in a general sense, but simply “order” in the preceding and succeeding content candidate data. In this case, the “priority” means the number of data in the content candidate sequence.

Thus, the number identifying the next content (a group of newspaper articles) stored in the immediately after content candidate array NCC is higher in the number of rows of the matrix as the priority to be displayed next is higher. That is, it is located on the lower side.

Content information C_2 is the second newspaper article, and the preceding and following content candidate data includes both the immediately preceding content candidate array PCC and the immediately following content candidate array NCC. The immediately preceding content candidate array PCC includes, in descending order of priority, the number 1 at the end of the content information that identifies the content information C_1 that is the immediately preceding newspaper article, and the number 1 ′ at the end of the content information that identifies the content information C_1 ′. Is stored. However, FIG. 2 shows a case where the content information C_1 ′ does not exist, and the number 1 ′ at the end of the content information is not shown. On the other hand, the immediately following content candidate array NCC has, in order from the lowest priority, the number 3 at the end of the content information for identifying the immediately following newspaper article content information C_3 and the end of the content information for identifying the nonexistent content information C_3 ′. The number 3 ′ is stored. However, FIG. 2 shows a case where the content information C_3 ′ does not exist, and the numeral 3 ′ at the end of the content information is not shown.

On the other hand, since the content information C_3 is the last content (newspaper article), the immediately preceding content candidate array NCC is not included in the preceding and following content candidate data, and the immediately preceding content candidate array PCC is included.
Here, the immediately preceding content candidate array PCC is represented by a table of n rows and 1 column, and a number for identifying the previous content (newspaper article) is stored in an element of this table. That is, the number 2 at the end of the content information C_2 with low priority displayed immediately before is stored in the first row (top row), and the content with high priority displayed immediately before is stored in the second row. The number 2 ′ at the end of the information C_2 ′ is stored.
That is, in the immediately preceding content candidate array PCC, the number that identifies the previous content (newspaper article) is located at a position where the number of rows in the table is larger, that is, the lower, the higher the priority to be displayed before. .

In summary, the priorities are determined for each of the previous content candidate information included in the content information. In addition, a priority is set for each of the next content candidate information included in the content information.
The first content information includes only the immediately following content candidate array NCC, and the last content information includes only the immediately preceding content candidate array PCC. Therefore, in each piece of content information, at least a priority is set for each of the previous content candidate information, or a priority is set for each of the plurality of next content candidate information.

FIG. 2 is a premise that the content information C_2 ′ does not exist. Therefore, the content information C_2 ′ indicated by the element “2 ′” in the second row having the highest priority among the elements of the content candidate array NCC immediately after the content information C_1 is not read, and the content information C_2 having the next highest priority is not read. Read out. In FIG. 2, an arrow A31 means that the selection unit 15 selects 2 in the first row of the content candidate array NCC immediately after the content information C_1, and transitions from the content information C_1 to the content information C_2. is doing. The arrow A32 means that the selection unit 15 selects 3 as the element in the first row of the content candidate array NCC immediately after the content information C_2, and transits from the content information C_2 to the content information C_3. That is, the reading order is the order of content information C_1, content information C_2, and content information C_3.

Thus, the content data C_1, the content information C_2, and the content information C_3 are read in the order of the content information C_1, the content information C_3, and are displayed on the display unit 8 in the text format or the image format in the read order.

As described above, the selection unit 15 selects the previous content candidate information from the previous content candidate information based on the priority set for each of the previous content candidate information. In addition, the selection unit 15 selects the next content candidate information from the next content candidate information based on the priority set for each of the next content candidate information.

Hereinafter, processing of each unit included in the selection unit 15 will be described.
When receiving the next content display request from the input unit 7 according to a user instruction, the transition destination content candidate information presence determination unit 16 determines whether or not the next content candidate information exists in the content information to which the currently displayed content data belongs. judge. Further, when the transition destination content candidate information presence determination unit 16 receives a previous content display request from the input unit 7 according to a user instruction, whether the previous content candidate information exists in the content information to which the currently displayed content data belongs. Judge whether or not.

When there is no next content candidate information, the transition destination content candidate information presence determination unit 16 determines that the content data currently displayed on the display unit 8 is the last content data. Moreover, the transition destination content candidate information presence determination part 16 determines with the content data currently displayed on the display part 8 being the first content data, when the previous content candidate information does not exist.
On the other hand, when the next content candidate information or the previous content candidate information exists, the transition destination content candidate information presence determination unit 16 sets information indicating that the next content candidate information or the previous content candidate information exists, respectively. The information is output to the content designation information extraction unit 17.

Hereinafter, the processing of the transition destination content candidate information presence determination unit 16 will be described using the example of FIG. It is assumed that the content data included in the content information C_1 is currently displayed on the display unit 8.
When receiving the next content display request from the input unit 7, the transition destination content candidate information presence determination unit 16 determines whether or not a content candidate array NCC exists immediately after the content information C_1 to which the currently displayed content data belongs. In FIG. 2, since the content candidate array NCC exists immediately after in the content information C_1, the transition destination content candidate information presence determination unit 16 determines that the next content candidate information exists.

On the other hand, when the transition destination content candidate information presence determination unit 16 receives the previous content display request from the input unit 7, it determines whether or not the immediately preceding content candidate array PCC exists in the content information C_1 to which the currently displayed content data belongs. To do. In FIG. 2, the content information C_1 does not include the immediately preceding content candidate array PCC, so that the transition destination content candidate information presence determination unit 16 has the content data currently displayed on the display unit 8 as the first content data. Is determined.

Subsequently, processing of the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17 will be described. The transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17 receives information indicating that the next content candidate information or the previous content candidate information exists from the transition destination content candidate information presence determination unit 16.

First, a process when the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17 receives information indicating that the next content candidate information exists will be described. When the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17 receives information indicating that the next content candidate information exists, the content information pointed to by the next content candidate information in descending order of priority among the next content candidate information. It is determined whether or not it exists in the storage unit 6.

When there is no content information C_i indicated by the next content candidate information having a certain priority, the transition destination content designation information extracting unit 17 stores the content information C_i indicated by the next content candidate information having the next highest priority in the storage unit 6. Determine if it exists.
On the other hand, when there is content information C_i pointed to by the next content candidate information of a certain priority, the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17 determines that the next content candidate information is content information C_i to be displayed next. Then, the selected content specifying information is output to the reading unit 12.
In other words, the transition destination content designation information extracting unit 17 selects one previous / next content candidate data from among the previous / next content candidate data based on the priorities determined for each of the plurality of previous / next content candidate data associated with the content data. Select. The reading unit 12 functions as a specifying unit that specifies content data to be read based on the selected previous and subsequent content candidate data.

The processing of the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17 will be specifically described with reference to the example of FIG. The transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17 determines whether or not the content information C_2 ′ indicated by the element 2 ′ having a higher priority in the content candidate array NCC immediately after the content information exists in the storage unit 6.

In FIG. 2, since there is no content information C_2 ′, the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17 next determines whether there is content information C_2 pointed to by the element 2 with the lower priority in the immediately following content candidate array NCC. . In the figure, since content information C_2 exists, the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17 outputs the element 2 having a low priority to the reading unit 12 as the subsequent content designation information.

Thereby, as indicated by an arrow A31, the reading unit 12 reads the content data of the content information C_2 indicated by the subsequent content designation information from the storage unit 6, and outputs the read content data to the display control unit 14. Then, the display control unit 14 displays the content data included in the content information C_2 to be displayed next on the display unit 8.

Subsequently, processing when the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17 receives information indicating that previous content candidate information exists will be described. When the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17 receives information indicating that the previous content candidate information exists, the content information indicated by the next content candidate information in descending order of priority among the previous content candidate information. It is determined whether or not it exists in the storage unit 6.

When there is no content information indicated by the previous content candidate information having a certain priority, the transition destination content designation information extracting unit 17 has the content information indicated by the previous content candidate information having the next highest priority in the storage unit 6. To determine.
On the other hand, when there is content information indicated by previous content candidate information of a certain priority, the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17 indicates that the previous content candidate information is content information to be displayed next. The content designation information is selected, and the selected previous content designation information is output to the reading unit 12. Thereby, the reading unit 12 reads the content data included in the content information indicated by the previous content designation information from the storage unit 6 and outputs the read content data to the display control unit 14. The display control unit 41 controls to display the content data supplied from the reading unit 12 on the display unit 8.

Subsequently, only content in which some kind of problem (for example, a photo published in a group of newspaper articles infringes the portrait right of another person) has occurred after the content (for example, a specific newspaper article) is distributed. The processing of the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17 when replacing the will be described with reference to the example of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a content reading order when content information C_2 ′ additionally distributed from the server device is added. The content information C_2 ′ is stored in the storage unit 6. In FIG. 3, content information C_2 ′ is added compared to FIG.

In FIG. 3, arrow A33 indicates that 2 ', which is the element in the second row of the table of the content candidate array NCC immediately after the content information C_1, is selected by the selection unit 15 and the content information C_1 transitions to the content information C_2'. Means. An arrow A34 means that the selection unit 15 selects 3 as the element in the first row of the content candidate array NCC immediately after the content information C_2 ′, and transits to the content information C_3. That is, the reading order is the order of content information C_1, content information C_2 ′, and content information C_3.

As a result, the content data C_1, content information C_2 ′, and content information C_3 are read from the storage unit 6 in this order by the reading unit 12 and input to the display unit 8 via the display control unit 14, respectively. Content data included in the content information is displayed on the display unit 8 in that order.

In FIG. 3, the numbers of the first and second elements in the table of the immediately preceding content candidate array PCC are 2, respectively, and the numbers of the first and second elements in the table of the immediately following content candidate array NCC are respectively 3. That is, while the number of elements of the immediately preceding content candidate array PCC and the number of elements of the immediately following content candidate array NCC of the content information C_2 is 1, the elements of the immediately preceding content candidate array PCC of the newly distributed content information C_2 ′ And the number of elements of the content candidate array NCC is 2 immediately after.
In this way, as the content information is newly distributed, the number of elements of the immediately preceding content candidate array PCC and the number of elements of the immediately following content candidate array NCC included in the content information are increased.

Thus, when the reading unit 12 reads the second content data independently, the number of elements of the immediately preceding content candidate array PCC or the elements of the immediately following content candidate array NCC among the content information C_2 and the content information C_2 ′. Content information C_2 ′ having a large number is extracted, and content data included in the extracted content information C_2 ′ is read. That is, the reading unit 12 most recently distributes content information C_i having a large number of elements in the immediately preceding content candidate array PCC or a large number of elements in the immediately following content candidate array NCC from content information having the same number at the end of the content information C_i. The extracted content information C_i is extracted. The reading unit 12 can always read the latest content data from the storage unit 6 by reading the content data included in the extracted content information C_i.

The communication unit 5 receives the content information C_2 ′ from the server device outside the device itself, and the communication control unit 11 causes the storage unit 6 to store the received content information C_2 ′.
The following description is based on the assumption that the content data of the content information C_1 is displayed on the display unit 8.
The input unit 7 receives information (next content display request) requesting display of the next content (for example, a newspaper article) from the user, and outputs the received next content display request to the control unit 10.

The transition destination content candidate information presence determination unit 16 outputs information indicating that the next content candidate information exists to the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17 because the content candidate array NCC is present immediately after the content information C_1 in FIG. To do.

When the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17 receives information from the transition destination content candidate information presence determination unit 16 that the next content candidate information exists, the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17 refers to the storage unit 6 and prioritizes the immediate content candidate array NCC. It is determined whether or not the content information C_2 ′ indicated by the element 2 ′ in the second row having the highest degree exists in the storage unit 6. In the case of FIG. 3, since the content information C_2 ′ exists, the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17 outputs the element 2 ′ to the reading unit 12 as the subsequent content designation information.

Thereby, the reading unit 12 reads the content data included in the content information C_2 ′ from the storage unit 6 according to the post content specifying information, and outputs the read content data to the display control unit 14. Then, the display control unit 14 controls to display the content data input from the reading unit 12 on the display unit 8.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing flow of the information reading apparatus 1 in the first embodiment. In the figure, on the assumption that content information C_1 to C_3 and replacement content information C_2 ′ are stored in the storage unit 6, the information reading apparatus 1 starts from the first content information C_1 to the last content information C_3. The process of displaying the content data up to will be described.

First, the input unit 7 receives a specified content display request. And the communication control part 11 memorize | stores the content information C_2 'for replacement | exchange received by the communication part 5 in the memory | storage part 6 (step S101).
Next, the reading unit 12 reads content data included in the first content information C_1 (step S102). Next, the display control unit 14 displays the read content data on the display unit 8 (step S103).

Next, the control unit 10 determines whether or not a next content display request has been received by the input unit 7 (step S104). When the next content display request has not been received by the input unit 7 (NO in step S104), the control unit 10 continues to monitor whether or not the next content display request has been received by the input unit 7. On the other hand, when the next content display request is received by the input unit 7 (YES in step S104), the reading unit 12 refers to the previous and subsequent content candidate data included in the content information to which the currently displayed content data belongs ( Step S105).

Next, the transition destination content candidate information presence determination unit 16 determines whether or not the next content candidate information exists (step S106). When the next content candidate information exists, the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17 determines whether there is content information indicated by the next content candidate information having a higher priority among the next content candidate information (Step S1). S107).

When there is content information pointed to by the next content candidate information having a higher priority (YES in step S107), the transition destination content designation information extracting unit 17 selects the next content candidate information having a higher priority (step S108), The process proceeds to step S110. On the other hand, if there is no content information pointed to by the next content candidate information having a higher priority (NO in step S107), the transition destination content designation information extracting unit 17 selects the next content candidate information having a lower priority (step S109). ), The process proceeds to step S110.

Next, in step S110, the reading unit 12 reads content data included in the content information specified by the selected next content candidate information, and proceeds to the process of step S103.
If the next content candidate information does not exist in step S106 (NO in step S106), the transition destination content candidate information presence determination unit 16 determines that the read content data is the last content data (step S111). Above, the process of this flowchart is complete | finished.

As described above, the information reading device 1 according to the present embodiment is configured to select the next content from the next content candidate information based on the priority assigned to each of the next content candidate information included in the content information received from the server device. Select candidate information. Then, the information reading device 1 reads content data based on the selected next content candidate information.

Thereby, the information reading apparatus 1 can change the order of reading the content data based on the priority assigned to each of the next content candidate information. Since the information processing apparatus 1 does not need to additionally perform a dedicated process for changing the order in which content data is newly read, the information reading apparatus 1 can reduce the amount of processing when changing the content reading order compared to the conventional technique. Can be reduced.

Further, when the information reading apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment receives a series of content data and then receives replacement content data for replacing a part of the content data, the user's operation procedure is not changed. Since the content data for replacement can be displayed, there is an advantage that it does not bother the user.

Further, the information reading device 1 of the present embodiment can display the content data for replacement without rewriting the content data itself already received by the device itself. 6 has an advantage that the data stored in 6 is not rewritten.

Note that the information reading apparatus 1 in the present embodiment selects the previous content candidate information from the previous content candidate information based on the priority assigned to each of the previous content candidate information included in the content information. May be. Thereby, the information reading apparatus 1 can read content data with high priority among the content data displayed before certain content data, and can display the read content data with high priority on the display unit 8.

Summarizing the above, in the information reading apparatus 1 in the present embodiment, a priority is determined for at least one of the previous content candidate information and the next content candidate information. Then, the selection unit 15 selects the previous content candidate information from the previous content candidate information based on the priority, or selects the next next content candidate information from the next content candidate information. Do at least one of the selections. Further, when replacement content data for replacing a part of content data is received, the replacement content data can be displayed without changing the user's operation procedure.

<Second Embodiment>
Next, the information reading device 1b in the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of the information reading device 1b according to the second embodiment. Elements common to those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and a specific description thereof is omitted. 5 is different from the configuration of the information reading apparatus 1 in FIG. 1 in that the communication unit 5 is changed to the communication unit 5b, and the transition destination content designation information extraction of the selection unit 15 in the control unit 10 is performed. The unit 17 is changed to the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17b of the selection unit 15b in the control unit 10b.
The communication unit 5b receives a signal of event information I (for example, information indicating that the delivery period of the trial article (trial reading article) has ended) from an external server and outputs the signal to the control unit 10b. To do. The control unit 10b outputs the event information I to the display unit 8 and displays it in a text format. Thereby, the control part 10b can display on the display part 8 that the delivery period of the trial article was complete | finished, for example.

In addition, the control unit 10b outputs the received event information I to a transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17b described later of the selection unit 15b. In the present embodiment, as an example, event information I will be described below as information indicating the end of delivery of a trial article (trial reading article).
The event information I may be information indicating delivery of the first trial article (trial reading article) of serialized articles. Reading through a trial article is free, but reading through the next issue following the first issue of the trial article may be either paid or free.

The transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17b selects the next next content candidate information from the next content candidate information based on the event information I supplied from the communication unit 5b. The transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17b outputs the selected next content candidate information to the reading unit 12.

The processing of the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17b will be described with reference to the example of FIG. FIG. 6 shows the reading order of the content information before and after the trial distribution ends. In FIG. 6, content information C_4, content information C_5, and content information C_6, which are information for each set of newspaper articles stored in the storage unit 6, are shown from left to right in the reading order. ing. The content information C_4, the content information C_5, and the content information C_6 are continuous readings. However, the content information C_5 is distributed free of charge only during the trial distribution period, and is not displayed after the trial distribution period unless the user purchases the content information C_5. That is, before receiving information indicating the end of trial distribution, the reading order is the order of content information C_4, content information C_5, and content information C_6. On the other hand, after receiving information indicating the end of trial distribution, the reading order is the order of content information C_4 and content information C_6. Such a method is particularly useful when the content information C_5 is sequentially updated.

Before the communication unit 5 receives the information signal indicating the end of trial distribution, which is an example of the event information I, the second highest-priority element among the elements of the immediate content candidate array NCC included in the content information C_4 The element 5 is selected, and the content data included in the content information C_5 is then read by the reading unit 12 as indicated by the arrow A51.

Subsequently, the element 6 of the immediately after content candidate array NCC included in the content information C_5 is selected, and the content data included in the content information C_6 next to the content information C_5 is read by the reading unit 12 as indicated by an arrow A52. It is.
Thus, the reading order of the content data before receiving the information signal indicating the end of the trial distribution is the order of the content information C_4, the content information C_5, and the content information C_6.

On the other hand, after the communication unit 5 receives a signal indicating the end of trial delivery, the element 6 in the first row having the lower priority is selected from the elements of the immediately following content candidate array NCC included in the content information C_4. Then, as indicated by the arrow A53, the content data included in the content information C_6 is read by the reading unit 12 next. Thus, the reading order of the content data after the information indicating the end of trial distribution is received is the order of the content information C_4 and the content information C_6.

The operation of the information reading device 1b when performing the above processing will be described below. When the communication unit 5 receives a signal of information indicating the end of trial distribution, the communication unit 5 outputs information indicating the end of trial distribution to the control unit 10b.
When the content data of the content information C_4 is displayed on the display unit 8, when the input unit 7 receives the next content display request signal, the input unit 7 outputs the next content display request signal to the control unit 10b. .

The transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17b selects the element 6 in the first row having a low priority from the elements of the immediately following content candidate array NCC included in the content information C_4, and reads out information indicating the selected element 6 12 is output. The reading unit 12 reads content data included in the content information C_6 indicated by the information indicating the element 6 from the storage unit 6, and outputs the read content data to the display control unit 14. The display control unit 14 controls to display the content data supplied from the reading unit 12 on the display unit 8.

Thus, the information reading device 1b can display the content data included in the content information C_5 during the trial distribution period, and is included in the content information C_5 after the trial distribution period ends. The content data cannot be displayed.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing of the information reading device 1b in the second embodiment. In the same figure, on the assumption that the content information C_4 to C_6 is stored in the storage unit 6, the information reading device 1b will explain the process of displaying the content data from the first content information C_4 to the last content information C_6. To do.
The processing from step S201 to step S206 and the processing from step S211 are the same as the processing from step S101 to step S106 and the processing from step S111 in FIG.

In step S206, when the next content candidate information exists (step S206 YES), the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17b determines whether or not the event information I is received by the communication unit 5b (step S207). When the event information I is received by the communication unit 5b (YES in step S207), the transition destination content designation information extracting unit 17b selects the next content candidate information having a higher priority (step S208), and performs the process of step S210. move on.

On the other hand, when the event information I is not received by the communication unit 5b (NO in step S207), the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17b selects the next content candidate information having a lower priority (step S209), and step S210. In step S210 proceeding to the process, the reading unit 12 reads the content data included in the content information designated by the selected next content candidate information, and returns to the process of step S203.

As described above, the information reading device 1b according to the second embodiment selects the next content candidate information from the next content candidate information based on the event information I input from the outside of the device itself. Then, the information reading device 1b reads content data included in the content information indicated by the selected next content candidate information from the storage unit 6 and causes the display unit 8 to display the read content data.

Thereby, since the information reading device 1b can change the order of reading the content data based on the event information I, the information processing device 1b newly adds a dedicated process for changing the order of reading the content data. There is no need to do it. As a result, the information reading apparatus 1 can reduce the amount of processing when changing the content reading order.

Further, the information reading device 1b according to the present embodiment can change the display order of the content data without changing the user operation procedure when the event information I is received after receiving a series of content data. Therefore, there is an advantage that the user's hand is not bothered.

In addition, although the information reading apparatus 1b in this embodiment showed selecting the next content candidate information from the said next content candidate information based on the event information I, it does not restrict to this but event information I Based on the above, the previous content candidate information may be selected from the previous content candidate information. Thereby, the information reading device 1b selects the content information C_i to be displayed before certain content data based on the event information I, reads the content data included in the selected content information C_i from the storage unit 6, and reads the content data The content data can be displayed on the display unit 8.

To summarize the above matters, the selection unit 15b of the information reading device 1b in the present embodiment is based on the event information I indicating the event related to the content input from the outside of the own device, from among the previous content candidate information. At least one of selecting one previous content candidate information or selecting one next content candidate information from the next content candidate information is performed.

Note that the selection unit 15b of the information reading device 1b according to the present embodiment selects the previous content from the previous content candidate information when a predetermined time is reached or a predetermined time has elapsed. At least one of selecting candidate information or selecting one next content candidate information from the next content candidate information may be performed.

<Third Embodiment>
Next, an information reading device 1c according to the third embodiment will be described.
FIG. 8 is a block diagram of an information reading device 1c according to the third embodiment. Elements common to those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and a specific description thereof is omitted. The configuration of the information reading device 1c in FIG. 8 is different from the configuration of the information reading device 1 in FIG. 1 in that the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17 of the selection unit 15 in the control unit 10 is different from the selection unit in the control unit 10c. 15c is changed to the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17c, and the user attribute information storage unit 18 is added.

The user attribute information storage unit 18 stores identification information unique to the user and user attribute information (for example, the age of the user and the gender of the user) in association with each other. Further, the user attribute information storage unit 18 stores identification information of a user who is currently using the information reading device 1c. User attribute information stored in the user attribute information storage unit 18 will be described with reference to the example of FIG.
FIG. 9 is an example of a table T1 stored in the user attribute information storage unit 18. In the figure, a user ID, which is identification information unique to a user, a user's age, which is an example of user attribute information, and a user's gender, which is an example of user attribute information, are associated with each other. For example, a person with a user ID of 00000001 has an age of 25 and a gender.

Returning to FIG. 8, the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17 c refers to the user attribute information stored in the user attribute information storage unit 18, and the next content candidate is based on the referred user attribute information. The next content candidate information is selected from the information.

The processing of the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17c will be described using the example of FIG. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the reading order of content information when the user's age is less than 20 years old and when the user is over 20 years old.
In FIG. 10, as an example, content information C_7, content information C_8, and content information C_9, which are information for each set of newspaper articles stored in the storage unit 6, are read from the left in the order of reading. Shown to the right. Further, content information C_8 ′ is shown below the content information C_8, and the content information C_7, the content information C_8 ′, and the content information C_9 are directed from the left to the right according to another reading order. Is shown in That is, when the user's age is less than 20, the reading order is content information C_7, content information C_8, and content information C_9. On the other hand, when the user's age is 20 years or older, the reading order is content information C_7, content information C_8 ′, and content information C_6.

In the figure, the number 8 is stored in the first row of the immediately after content candidate array NCC included in the content information C_7. This number 8 is the next content candidate information selected when the user's age is less than 20 years old. In the second line of the immediately after content candidate array NCC included in the content information C_7, a number 8 with a dash code 'appended to the right shoulder is stored. This symbol is the next content candidate information that is selected when the user's age is 20 years or older.

In the figure, when the user's age is less than 20, the element 8 in the first row of the immediately following content candidate array NCC included in the content information C_7 is selected by the transition destination content designation information extracting unit 17c, and is indicated by an arrow A61. As described above, the content data to be read next is the content data of the content information C_8. Further, the element 9 of the immediately following content candidate array NCC included in the content information C_8 is selected by the transition destination content designation information extracting unit 17c, and the content data to be read next is the content data of the content information C_9 as indicated by the arrow A62. Selected.

On the other hand, when the user's age is 20 years old or more, the element 8 ′ in the second row of the immediately after content candidate array NCC included in the content information C_7 is selected by the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17c, and is indicated by an arrow A63. As described above, the content data to be read next is the content data of the content information C_8 ′. Furthermore, the element 9 of the immediately following content candidate array NCC included in the content information C_8 ′ is selected by the transition destination content designation information extracting unit 17c, and the content data to be read next is the content data of the content information C_9 as indicated by an arrow A64. It becomes.

In the example of FIG. 10, the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17 c refers to the user attribute information storage unit 18 and reads the identification information of the user who is currently using the information reading device 1 c. And the transition destination content designation | designated information extraction part 17c reads the information which shows the user's age corresponding to the identification information of the user who is using the information reading apparatus 1c now.

The transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17c selects the element in the first row of the content candidate array NCC immediately after the read-out user's age is less than 20 years old. On the other hand, when the read-out user's age is 20 years old or more, the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17c selects the element in the second row of the immediately after content candidate array NCC. The transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17c outputs information indicating the selected element to the reading unit 12.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing of the information reading apparatus in the third embodiment. In the same figure, it is assumed that the content information C_7 to C_9 is stored in the storage unit 6, and the process in which the information reading device 1c displays the content from the first content information C_7 to the last content information C_9 will be described. .
The processing from step S301 to step S306 and the processing of step S311 are the same as the processing from step S101 to step S106 and the processing of step S111 in FIG.

In step S306, when the next content candidate information exists (step S306 YES), the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17c determines whether or not the user's age is 20 years or older (step S307). If the user's age is 20 years or older (step S307 YES), the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17c selects the second row element of the subsequent content candidate array (step S308), and proceeds to the process of step S310.

On the other hand, when the user's age is less than 20 years (NO in step S307), the transition destination content designation information extracting unit 17c selects the first row element of the subsequent content candidate array (step S309), and the process of step S310 is performed. move on.
In step S310, the reading unit 12 reads content information specified by the selected next content candidate information, and returns to the process of step S303. Above, description of this flowchart is complete | finished.

As described above, the information reading device 1c in the third embodiment selects the next content candidate information from the next content candidate information based on the age that is the attribute of the user who is currently using the device. . Then, the information reading device 1c reads content information indicated by the selected next content candidate information from the storage unit 6 and causes the display unit 8 to display content data included in the read content information.

Thereby, the information reading device 1c displays the content for adults if the age of the user who is currently using the device is 20 years old or more, and displays the content for minors if the age of the user is less than 20 years old. can do. As a result, the information reading apparatus 1c can display information suitable for the user's age with simple processing and without bothering the user.

Note that the information reading device 1c in the present embodiment switches the content data to be displayed based on the age of the user who is currently using the device, but is not limited thereto, and is based on other user attribute information such as the user's gender. The content data to be displayed may be switched.
As a result, the information reading device 1c can change the content of the content to be displayed based on the attribute information of the user who is currently using the device, and therefore provides information suitable for the user for each user. Can do.

In addition, when the previous content data is read, the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17c in the present embodiment selects one previous content candidate information from the previous content candidate information based on the user attribute information. May be.

That is, the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17c of the selection unit 15c refers to the user attribute information stored in the user attribute information storage unit 18, and based on the referred user attribute information, the previous content candidate At least one of selecting the previous content candidate information from the information and selecting the next next content candidate information from the next content candidate information is performed.

<Fourth Embodiment>
Next, an information reading device 1d according to the fourth embodiment will be described.
FIG. 12 is a schematic block diagram of an information reading device 1d according to the fourth embodiment. Elements common to those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and a specific description thereof is omitted. In the configuration of the information reading device 1d in FIG. 12, the storage unit 6 is changed to the storage unit 6d with respect to the configuration of the information reading device 1 in FIG. The unit 17 is changed to the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17d of the selection unit 15d in the control unit 10d.

In the present embodiment, a server device outside the information reading device 1d centrally manages user purchase information. Then, for each predetermined content (for example, a predetermined article in a serialized article or an economic article in a newspaper), the server device includes purchase information indicating whether the user has purchased the content data. Information is distributed to the information reading device 1d via the Internet.
Thereby, connection information including the previous content candidate information and the next content candidate information, content data, and purchase information indicating whether or not the content data has been purchased are associated with each other in the storage unit 6d. Is remembered.

The transition destination content designation information extracting unit 17d reads out purchase information associated with predetermined content data from the storage unit 6d, and based on the read purchase information, the next content candidate from the next content candidate information. Select candidate information.

The processing of the transition destination content designation information will be described with reference to the examples of FIGS. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the reading order of the content information for the user who purchased the content.
In FIG. 13, as an example, content information C_10, content information C_11, and content information C_12 are shown from left to right in the reading order. For example, the content information C_10, the content information C_11, and the content information C_12 are serialized articles serialized in each magazine issue. In the figure, each piece of content information (C_10, C_11, C_12) includes content data, content candidate data before and after, and purchase information. Here, since the user of the device has already purchased each content, the purchase information in each content information is 1. When the user has not purchased, the purchase information is 0.

When the purchase information is 1, the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17d selects the second row element of the previous content candidate distribution PCC or the second row element of the immediately subsequent content candidate array NCC.
In the figure, the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17d selects the second row element of the immediately following content candidate array NCC in the content information C_10, and the reading unit 12 follows the content information C_10 as indicated by an arrow A71. The content information C_11 is read out.

Then, the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17d selects the second row element of the immediately following content candidate array NCC in the content information C_11, and the reading unit 12 includes the content included in the content information C_11 as indicated by an arrow A72. Next to the data, content data included in the content information C_12 is read. That is, the reading order is the order of content information C_10, content information C_11, and content information C_12.
Thereby, the reading unit 12 reads the content data included in each content information in the order of the content information C_10, the content information C_11, and the content information C_12.
As a result, the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17d is associated with the content data and the plurality of previous and subsequent content candidate data whose priorities are determined, and based on the purchase information indicating whether or not the content data has been purchased. , It functions as a selection processing unit for selecting one preceding and following content candidate data from the preceding and following content candidate data.
Then, the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17d functions as a specifying unit that specifies the content data to be read based on the selected previous and subsequent content candidate data.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of the reading order of content information for a user who has not purchased the content. In the figure, each piece of content information (C_10, C_11, C_12) includes content data, content candidate data before and after, and purchase information. Here, in each piece of content information, since the user of the device has purchased each piece of content, the purchase information is 0.

When the purchase information is 0, the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17d selects the first row element of the immediately preceding content candidate array PCC or the first row element of the immediately following content candidate array NCC.
In the figure, the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17d selects the element 0 in the first row of the immediately following content candidate array NCC in the content information C_10. Since the content information indicated by the element 0 does not exist, the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17d outputs information indicating that the content is not purchased to the reading unit 12, and displays this information on the display unit 8. That is, the readable content is only the content information C_10.

When receiving the information that the content is not purchased, the reading unit 12 displays the information that the content supplied from the transition destination content designation information extracting unit 17d is not purchased without reading the next content information. Output to the control unit 14. And the display control part 14 displays on the display part 8 that it cannot browse, unless it purchases.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a process flow of the information reading apparatus 1d in the fourth embodiment. In the figure, on the assumption that the content information C_10 to C_12 is stored in the storage unit 6d, a process in which the information reading device 1d displays the content from the first content information C_10 to the last content information C_12 will be described.
The processing from step S401 to step S406 and the processing of step S412 are the same as the processing from step S101 to step S106 and the processing of step S111 in FIG.

In step S406, when the next content candidate information exists (YES in step S406), the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17d determines whether the user of the device has purchased the content based on the purchase information ( Step S407). If the user has already purchased the content (YES in step S407), the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17d selects the element (next content candidate information) on the second line of the immediately after content candidate array NCC (step S408). ). Then, the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17d reads the content information indicated by the immediately selected content candidate information (step S409), and returns to the process of step S403.

On the other hand, when the user has not purchased the content yet (step S407: NO), the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17d selects the element in the first row of the subsequent content candidate array (step S410). And the display control part 14 displays on the display part 8 that it cannot browse without purchasing (step S411). Above, the process of this flowchart is complete | finished.

As described above, the information reading device 1d in the fourth embodiment reads the purchase information associated with the predetermined content data from the storage unit 6d, and selects one of the next content candidate information based on the read purchase information. Next content candidate information is selected. Thereby, the information reading device 1d can display the next content data only for the purchased user.

The transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17d of the selection unit 15d selects the next next content candidate information from the next content candidate information based on the purchase information when reading the content data next time. The present invention is not limited to this, and when reading the previous content data, the previous previous content candidate information may be selected from the previous content candidate information based on the purchase information. Thereby, the information reading device 1d can display the previous content data only for the purchased user.

That is, the transition destination content designation information extraction unit 17d of the selection unit 15d reads the purchase information associated with the predetermined content data from the storage unit 6d, and based on the read purchase information, At least one of selecting the previous content candidate information from the first content candidate and selecting the next next content candidate information from the next content candidate information.

When the processing of the selection units (10, 10b, 10c, 10d) in all the above embodiments is summarized, the selection units (10, 10b, 10c, 10d) can generate the next content candidate information based on a predetermined rule. The next content candidate information is selected from among the above, or at least one of the previous content candidate information is selected from the previous content candidate information.

In all the embodiments of the present invention, the connection of data in one content data may be indicated by connection information. That is, the connection information is information that determines the front-rear relationship between content data having a predetermined capacity.

Further, a program for executing each process of the information reading device (1, 1b, 1c, 1d) of the present embodiment is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded on the recording medium is stored in a computer system. The above-described various processes relating to the information reading device (1, 1b, 1c, 1d) may be performed by causing the information reading device to read and execute.

In all of the embodiments of the present invention, the next content candidate information is a content data candidate displayed immediately after, but not limited to immediately after, but as a content data candidate displayed after a predetermined page. Also good.
Further, in all the embodiments of the present invention, the previous content candidate information is set as the content data candidate displayed immediately before. However, the content data candidate is not limited to just before and is displayed only a predetermined page before. It is good.

Note that the “computer system” referred to here may include an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices. Further, the “computer system” includes a homepage providing environment (or display environment) if a WWW system is used. The “computer-readable recording medium” means a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, a writable nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory, a portable medium such as a CD-ROM, a hard disk built in a computer system, etc. This is a storage device.

Further, the “computer-readable recording medium” refers to a volatile memory (for example, DRAM (Dynamic) in a computer system serving as a server or a client when a program is transmitted via a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. Random Access Memory)), etc. that hold a program for a certain period of time. The program may be transmitted from a computer system storing the program in a storage device or the like to another computer system via a transmission medium or by a transmission wave in the transmission medium. Here, the “transmission medium” for transmitting the program refers to a medium having a function of transmitting information, such as a network (communication network) such as the Internet or a communication line (communication line) such as a telephone line. The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

As described above, the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and includes design and the like within a scope not departing from the gist of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 1b, 1c, 1d Information reading apparatus 5 Communication part 6, 6d Storage part 7 Input part 8 Display part 10, 10b, 10c, 10d Control part 11 Communication control part 12 Reading part 14 Display control part 15, 15b, 15c, 15d selection unit 16 transition destination content designation information presence determination unit 17, 17b, 17c, 17d transition destination content designation information extraction unit 18 user attribute information storage unit

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A selection unit that selects one before and after content candidate data from among the preceding and following content candidate data based on the priority determined for each of the plurality of preceding and following content candidate data associated with the content data;
A specifying unit for specifying the content data to be read based on the selected preceding and following content candidate data;
An information reading apparatus comprising: The information according to claim 1, wherein the selection unit selects one before-and-after content candidate data from among the before-and-after content candidate data based on event information indicating an event related to content distribution input from the outside of the device. Reading device. The said selection part selects one before-and-after content candidate data from the said before-and-after content candidate data, when predetermined time comes or predetermined time passes. The information reading device described in 1. A user attribute storage unit for storing user attribute information;
The selection unit refers to the user attribute information stored in the user attribute information storage unit, and based on the referred user attribute information, one before and after content candidate data among the preceding and following content candidate data The information reading device according to claim 1, wherein the information reading device is selected. A display unit for displaying the content data;
A display control unit for displaying the content data on the display unit in the order of the content data read by the reading unit;
The information reading device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: One before and after content among the preceding and following content candidate data based on purchase information associated with the content data and a plurality of prior and subsequent content candidate data determined in priority and indicating whether or not the content data has been purchased. A selection unit for selecting candidate data;
A specifying unit for specifying the content data to be read based on the selected preceding and following content candidate data;
An information reading apparatus comprising: A display unit for displaying the content data;
A display control unit for displaying the content data on the display unit in the order of the content data read by the reading unit;
An information reading apparatus according to claim 6. A step of selecting one preceding and following content candidate data from among the preceding and following content candidate data, based on the priority determined by each of the plurality of preceding and following content candidate data associated with the content data;
A step of specifying the content data to be read by the specifying unit based on the selected preceding and following content candidate data;
A method for reading information. A selection step of selecting one preceding and following content candidate data from among the preceding and following content candidate data based on a priority determined for each of the plurality of preceding and following content candidate data associated with the content data;
A specifying step of specifying the content data to be read based on the selected preceding and following content candidate data;
For reading information.

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