Electronic leaflet distribution/browsing method and electronic leaflet system

• US 20020013816A1
• Filed: 07/25/2001
• Published: 01/31/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Hori, Noriyuki
• Granted Patent: US 7,197,532 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/00 Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications user-to-user messaging H04L51/00; network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

The electronic leaflet system includes an electronic leaflet generation unit for making contents data related to leaflets of chairs and lecture meetings into electronic information to generate and output an electronic leaflet, a selection supporting unit for selecting at least one electronic leaflet optimum for various conditions presented by the side of one who wants sending of a leaflet and presenting the selected electronic leaflet to a client terminal on the side of the one who wants sending of a leaflet through an internet, and an electronic leaflet browsing supporting unit for automatically reproducing contents of the selected electronic leaflet in question to promote understanding.

Claims

1. An electronic leaflet distribution/browsing method, comprising the steps of:

an electronic leaflet generation step of making contents data related to leaflets concerning a plurality of educational organizations into electronic information through designation of various kinds of selection items set in a web site on the side of a server to generate and output an electronic leaflet by the web site of said server,

an electronic leaflet data base management step of making said electronic leaflet generated and output into a data base having a predetermined layered structure and preserving the obtained electronic leaflet in an electronic leaflet data base,

a selection supporting step of selecting at least one electronic leaflet optimum for various conditions presented by one who wants sending of a leaflet among electronic leaflets and presenting the selected electronic leaflet to a client terminal on the side of the one who wants sending of a leaflet through an internet by the web site of said server, and

an electronic leaflet browsing supporting step of, in response to a request of one who wants sending of a leaflet, automatically reproducing the contents contained in a sub-menu prepared in advance in the selected electronic leaflet in question on a display of the client terminal on the side of the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question to promote understanding of the contents prepared in the selected electronic leaflet in question.

2. The electronic leaflet distribution/browsing method as set forth in claim 1, wherein

said electronic leaflet

relates to attending-school or correspondence-class chairs and lecture meetings of a plurality of educational organizations such as universities, preparatory schools, professional schools, cultural schools and private schools for elementary/junior-high/high schools.

3. The electronic leaflet distribution/browsing method as set forth in claim 1, wherein

at least one optimum electronic leaflet is selected from among electronic leaflets according to various conditions presented by one who wants sending of a leaflet through designation of various kinds of selection items set in advance related to icons in the web site of said server.

4. The electronic leaflet distribution/browsing method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising

a user access authentication step of, when said one who wants sending of a leaflet accesses the web site, checking right to access of the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question and when the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question has right to access, informing the web site of said server that access of the client terminal on the side of the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question to the web site of said server is allowed.

5. The electronic leaflet distribution/browsing method as set forth in claim 4, wherein

said selection supporting step further comprises:

a question step of receiving various conditions presented by one who wants sending of a leaflet and who is allowed to access by said user access authentication step by clicking an icon in the web site to designate each kind of selection items set in advance related to the icon in question, and

an electronic leaflet presenting step of searching said electronic leaflet data base based on the received various conditions to select at least one electronic leaflet matched most to the various conditions input by the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question from among electronic leaflets accumulated in the electronic leaflet data base and present, for the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question, the selected electronic leaflet to said client terminal on the side of the one who wants sending of a leaflet through the internet.

6. The electronic leaflet distribution/browsing method as set forth in claim 4, wherein

said selection supporting step further comprises:

a question step of receiving various conditions presented by one who wants sending of a leaflet and who is allowed to access by said user access authentication step by clicking an icon in the web site to designate each kind of selection items set in advance related to the icon in question through the internet, and

an electronic leaflet presenting step of searching said electronic leaflet data base based on the various conditions received from said question step to select a predetermined number of electronic leaflets in descending order of suitability for the various conditions input by the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question from among electronic leaflets accumulated in the electronic leaflet data base and present the selected electronic leaflets to the client terminal on the side of the one who wants sending of a leaflet.

7. The electronic leaflet distribution/browsing method as set forth in claim 5, wherein

said electronic leaflet browsing supporting step comprises a movie reproduction step of, when an electronic leaflet in which moving picture data, voice data and/or document data are prepared as contents in advance is selected by one who wants sending of a leaflet, automatically reproducing the moving picture data, voice data and/or document data in question on the display of the client terminal on the side of the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question to promote understanding of the contents prepared in the selected electronic leaflet.

8. The electronic leaflet distribution/browsing method as set forth in claim 7, wherein

said moving picture data, voice data and/or document data include data generated by editing scenes of school lessons recorded in the past in attending-school or correspondence-class chairs and lecture meetings held by educational organizations such as a university, a preparatory school and a private school.

9. The electronic leaflet distribution/browsing method as set forth in claim 7, wherein

said moving picture data, voice data and/or document data include data generated by editing interview scenes recorded in the past of lecturers in charge of attending-school or correspondence-class chairs and lecture meetings held by educational organizations such as a university, a preparatory school and a private school.

10. The electronic leaflet distribution/browsing method as set forth in claim 7, wherein

said moving picture data, voice data and/or document data include data generated by recording and editing interview scenes of students who took attending-school or correspondence-class chairs and lecture meetings held by educational organizations such as a university, a preparatory school and a private school in the past.

11. The electronic leaflet distribution/browsing method as set forth in claim 7, wherein

said moving picture data, voice data and/or document data include data generated by editing teaching materials and transcripts of lectures for attending-school or correspondence-class chairs presented by educational organizations such as a university, a preparatory school and a private school in the past.

12. The electronic leaflet distribution/browsing method as set forth in claim 5, wherein

various kinds of selection items set in advance at said question step include a condition related to at least one of ability and qualification required for taking attending-school or correspondence-class chairs and lecture meetings held by educational organizations such as a university, a preparatory school and a private school, budget, school lesson schedule and qualifying schedule.

13. The electronic leaflet distribution/browsing method as set forth in claim 12, wherein

said question step comprises:

a mock examination sending step of, when one who wants sending of a leaflet and who is allowed to make an access by said user access authentication step clicks a mock examination icon enabling selection of a mock examination for supporting self-determination of basic scholastic ability and/or aptitude required for taking attending-school or correspondence-class chairs and lecture meetings held by educational organizations such as a university, a preparatory school and a private school, sending question data of the mock examination to the client terminal on the side of the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question through the internet, and

a mock examination determination step of receiving answer data from one who wants sending of a leaflet to mark the answer data, generating various conditions including current ability of the one who wants sending of a leaflet, ability required for taking a chair or a lecture meeting, a kind of chair or lecture meeting recommended and a specific name of a chair or a lecture meeting based on the marking result and outputting the conditions to said electronic leaflet browsing supporting step.

14. The electronic leaflet distribution/browsing method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising

a charging step of charging an educational organization according to the volume of data at new registration or updating of contents data of an electronic leaflet conducted at said electronic leaflet generation step.

15. The electronic leaflet distribution/browsing method as set forth in claim 14, wherein

said charging step charges an educational organization according to the volume of data at new registration or updating of contents data of an electronic leaflet made in said electronic leaflet data base.

16. The electronic leaflet distribution/browsing method as set forth in claim 14, wherein

when one who wants sending of a leaflet accesses the web site of said server side and right to access of the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question is checked, if the one who wants sending of a leaflet has chargeable right to access, said user access authentication step informs said charging step and said selection supporting step that access of the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question to chargeable moving picture data, voice data and/or document data is allowed,

said selection supporting step receives, through said question step, various conditions presented by one who wants sending of a leaflet and who is allowed to access by said user access authentication step by clicking an icon in the web site to designate each kind of selection items set in advance related to the icon in question, and searches said electronic leaflet data base based on the various conditions received through said electronic leaflet presenting step to select a chargeable electronic leaflet matched most to the various conditions input by the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question from among chargeable electronic leaflets accumulated in the electronic leaflet data base and present, for the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question, the selected electronic leaflet to said client terminal on the side of one who wants sending of a leaflet through the internet, and

said charging step charges the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question according to conditions of access to a chargeable electronic leaflet.

17. The electronic leaflet distribution/browsing method as set forth in claim 7, wherein

when chargeable said moving picture data, voice data and/or document data are sent to chargeable one who wants sending of a leaflet through the internet, said charging step executes processing of charging the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question.

18. An electronic leaflet system, comprising:

an electronic leaflet generation unit for making contents data related to leaflets concerning a plurality of educational organizations into electronic information through designation of various kinds of selection items set using icons in a web site on the side of a server to generate and output an electronic leaflet,

an electronic leaflet data base for making said electronic leaflet generated and output into a data base having a predetermined layered structure and preserving the obtained electronic leaflet,

a selection supporting unit for selecting at least one electronic leaflet optimum for various conditions presented by one who wants sending of a leaflet in question among said electronic leaflets and presenting the selected electronic leaflet to a client terminal on the side of one who wants sending of a leaflet through an internet, and

an electronic leaflet browsing supporting unit responsive to a request from one who wants sending of a leaflet for automatically reproducing the contents contained in a sub-menu prepared in advance in the selected electronic leaflet in question on a display of the client terminal on the side of the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question to promote understanding of the contents prepared in the selected electronic leaflet in question.

19. The electronic leaflet system as set forth in claim 18, wherein

said electronic leaflet

relates to attending-school or correspondence-class chairs and lecture meetings of a plurality of educational organizations such as universities, preparatory schools, professional schools, cultural schools and private schools for elementary/junior-high/high schools.

20. The electronic leaflet system as set forth in claim 18, wherein

said selection supporting unit

selects at least one optimum electronic leaflet from among electronic leaflets according to various conditions presented by one who wants sending of a leaflet through designation of various kinds of selection items set in advance related to icons in the web site of said server.

21. The electronic leaflet system as set forth in claim 18, further comprising

a user access authentication unit for, when said client terminal of one who wants sending of a leaflet accesses the web site of said server, checking right to access of the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question and when the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question has right to access, informing the system side that access of the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question to the system is allowed.

22. The electronic leaflet system as set forth in claim 21, wherein

said selection supporting unit further comprises:

a question unit for receiving various conditions presented by one who wants sending of a leaflet and who is allowed to access by said user access authentication unit by clicking an icon in the web site of said server to designate each kind of selection items set in advance related to the icon in question, and

an electronic leaflet presenting unit for searching said electronic leaflet data base based on the received various conditions to select at least one electronic leaflet matched most to the various conditions input by the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question from among electronic leaflets accumulated in the electronic leaflet data base and present the selected electronic leaflet to the client terminal on the side of the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question through the internet.

23. The electronic leaflet system as set forth in claim 21, wherein

said selection supporting unit further comprises:

a question unit for receiving various conditions presented by one who wants sending of a leaflet and who is allowed to access by said user access authentication unit by clicking an icon in the web site of said server side to designate each kind of selection items set in advance related to the icon in question through the internet, and

an electronic leaflet presenting unit for searching said electronic leaflet data base based on the various conditions received from said question unit to select a predetermined number of electronic leaflets in descending order of suitability for the various conditions input by the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question from among electronic leaflets accumulated in the electronic leaflet data base and present the selected electronic leaflets to the client terminal on the side of the one who wants sending of a leaflet.

24. The electronic leaflet system as set forth in claim 22, wherein

said electronic leaflet browsing supporting unit includes a movie reproduction unit for, when an electronic leaflet in which moving picture data, voice data and/or document data are prepared as contents in advance is selected by one who wants sending of a leaflet, automatically reproducing the moving picture data, voice data and/or document data in question on the display of the client terminal on the side of the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question to promote understanding of the contents prepared in the selected electronic leaflet.

25. The electronic leaflet system as set forth in claim 24, wherein

said moving picture data, voice data and/or document data include data generated by editing scenes of school lessons recorded in the past in attending-school or correspondence-class chairs and lecture meetings held by educational organizations such as a university, a preparatory school and a private school.

26. The electronic leaflet system as set forth in claim 24, wherein

said moving picture data, voice data and/or document data include data generated by editing interview scenes recorded in the past of lecturers in charge of attending-school or correspondence-class chairs and lecture meetings held by educational organizations such as a university, a preparatory school and a private school.

27. The electronic leaflet system as set forth in claim 24, wherein

said moving picture data, voice data and/or document data include data generated by recording and editing interview scenes of students who in the past took attending-school or correspondence-class chairs and lecture meetings held by educational organizations such as a university, a preparatory school and a private school.

28. The electronic leaflet system as set forth in claim 24, wherein

said moving picture data, voice data and/or document data include data generated by editing teaching materials and transcripts of lectures for attending-school or correspondence-class chairs presented by educational organizations such as a university, a preparatory school and a private school in the past.

29. The electronic leaflet system as set forth in claim 22, wherein

various kinds of selection items set in advance in said question unit include a condition related to at least one of ability and qualification required for taking attending-school or correspondence-class chairs and lecture meetings held by educational organizations such as a university, a preparatory school and a private school, budget, school lesson schedule and qualifying schedule.

30. The electronic leaflet system as set forth in claim 29, wherein

said question unit includes:

a mock examination icon which enables selection of a mock examination for supporting self-determination of basic scholastic ability and/or aptitude required for taking attending-school or correspondence-class chairs and lecture meetings held by educational organizations such as a university, a preparatory school and a private school,

a mock examination sending unit for, when one who wants sending of a leaflet and who is allowed to make an access by said user access authentication unit clicks the mock examination icon in the web site of said server side, sending question data of the mock examination to the client terminal on the side of the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question through the internet, and

a mock examination determination unit for receiving answer data from said client terminal on the side of one who wants sending of a leaflet to mark the answer data, generating various conditions including current ability of the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question, ability required for taking a chair or a lecture meeting, a kind of chair or lecture meeting recommended and a specific name of a chair or a lecture meeting based on the marking result and outputting the conditions to said electronic leaflet browsing supporting unit.

31. The electronic leaflet system as set forth in claim 20, further comprising

a charging unit for charging an educational organization according to the volume of data at new registration or updating of contents data of an electronic leaflet conducted at said electronic leaflet generation unit.

32. The electronic leaflet system as set forth in claim 31, wherein

said charging unit charges an educational organization according to the volume of data at new registration or updating of contents data of an electronic leaflet made in said electronic leaflet data base.

33. The electronic leaflet system as set forth in claim 31, wherein

when said client terminal on the side of one who wants sending of a leaflet accesses the web site of said server side and right to access of the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question is checked, if the one who wants sending of a leaflet has chargeable right to access, said user access authentication unit informs said charging unit and said selection supporting unit that access of the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question to chargeable moving picture data, voice data and/or document data is allowed,

said selection supporting unit receives, through said question unit, various conditions presented by one who wants sending of a leaflet and who is allowed to access by said user access authentication unit by clicking an icon in the web site of said server to designate each kind of selection items set in advance related to the icon in question, and searches said electronic leaflet data base based on the various conditions received through said electronic leaflet presenting unit to select a chargeable electronic leaflet matched most to the various conditions input by the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question from among chargeable electronic leaflets accumulated in the electronic leaflet data base and present the selected electronic leaflet to said client terminal on the side of the one who wants sending of a leaflet through the internet, and

said charging unit charges the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question according to conditions of access to a chargeable electronic leaflet.

34. The electronic leaflet system as set forth in claim 24, wherein

when chargeable said moving picture data, voice data and/or document data are sent to said client terminal on the side of chargeable one who wants sending of a leaflet through the internet, said charging unit executes processing of charging the one who wants sending of a leaflet in question.