Voice banner advertisement system and voice banner advertisement method

• US 20020059398A1
• Filed: 11/14/2001
• Published: 05/16/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Shimabukuro, Moriaki
• Application Number:
  US09/987,407
• Publication Number:
  US 20020059398A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/218
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0277 Online advertisement

Abstract

A user transmits the designated information of Web page data desired to be browsed to a Web server through a network by using a user terminal. The Web server constitutes Web page data by advertisement data of a advertiser and contents data to transmit the Web page data to the user terminal, and records history information of banner advertisements. The user terminal which receives the Web page data extracts the banner advertisement data from the Web page data, and read the banner advertisement by voice synthesis the moment a Web page is displayed. An information offerer who manages the Web server demands payment of an advertising charge from the advertiser on the basis of the history information of the banner advertisement.

Claims

1. A voice banner advertisement system for performing an advertisement with voice comprising:

(a) a Web server constituted by

Web page data transmission means for constituting contents data and advertisement data to be offered to a user to transmit the Web page data and

history information recording means for recording the number of times at which a banner advertisement is transmitted as history information; and

(b) a user terminal constituted by

communication means for performing data communication with the Web server through the internet,

Web page browsing means for browsing a Web page offered by the Web server, and

voice synthesis means for extracting banner advertisement data from the received Web page data and converting the banner advertisement data into voice by voice synthesis to utter the banner advertisement data.

2. A voice banner advertisement system according to claim 1, the user terminal further comprises:

voice synthesis operation setting means for setting whether the voice synthesis means is made valid or not and transmitting the setting contents to the Web server, and

the Web server transmits the advertisement data to the user terminal only when the voice synthesis means is valid.

3. A Web server for performing an advertisement to a user terminal connected to the Web server comprising:

operation setting information reception means for receiving operation setting information representing whether voice synthesis is valid or not in the user terminal;

Web page data transmission means for constituting Web page data including advertisement data on the basis of the operation setting a information to transmit the Web page data; and

history information recording means for recording the number of times at which a banner advertisement is transmitted as history information.

4. A user terminal for uttering received advertisement data with voice comprising:

communication means for performing data communication with a Web server through the internet;

Web page browsing means for receiving Web page data offered by the Web server to browse the Web page data; and

voice synthesis means for extracting banner advertisement data from the received Web page data and converting the banner advertisement data into voice by voice synthesis to utter the banner advertisement data.

5. A user terminal according to claim 4, further comprising:

voice synthesis operation setting means for setting whether the voice synthesis means is made valid or not and transmitting the setting contents to the Web server.

6. A voice banner advertisement method for performing an advertisement with voice comprising:

the Web page data transmission step of constituting contents data and advertisement data offered to a user to transmit the Web page data;

the history information recording step of recording the number of times at which a banner advertisement is transmitted as history information; and

the voice synthesis step of extracting banner advertisement data from the received Web page data and converting the banner advertisement data into voice by voice synthesis to utter the banner advertisement data.

7. A voice banner advertisement method according to claim 6, further comprising.

the operation setting step of setting whether advertisement data is uttered with voice by the voice synthesis or not, and

wherein the Web page data including advertisement data is transmitted only when the voice synthesis operation is valid.