Program creation support system

• US 20040250271A1
• Filed: 07/15/2004
• Published: 12/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiji Kawano, Yukiko Inada
• Original Assignee: Seiji Kawano, Yukiko Inada
• Inventors: Kawano, Seiji, Inada, Yukiko
• Application Number:
  US10/488,404
• Publication Number:
  US 20040250271A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0283 Price estimation or determination
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing

Abstract

A server 100 of a program creation company presents program plan information representing a program plan displayed in a form of a list, to a terminal 200 through Internet 10. A user of the terminal 200 browses the program plan information. In a case where there is a program plan that the user desires to invest, the user informs the server 100 of information representing that the user desires to invest and representing a desired investment amount. The server 100 accepts subscription for investment from the terminal 200 for a predetermined period of time. The server 100 compares the total amount of investment and the estimated creation cost, and determines whether or not the program can be created. In a case where the program can be created, a predetermined billing process for an investor is carried out. The program creation company creates the program using the collected investment, and distributes the program to the terminal 200 through the Internet 10 from the server 100. The server 100 sends a predetermined page for participating in planning a program to the terminal 200 of the investor.

Claims

1. A program creation support method comprising:

a plan presenting step of presenting plan information representing a plan of a program through a communication network;

an investor inviting step of inviting an investor who invests in a creation cost of the program represented in the plan presented in said plan presenting step, through said communication network;

a creation cost collecting step of billing and collecting the creation cost of the program from the investor who has subscribed to invitation in said investor inviting step, through said communication network; and

a program creation step of creating the program represented in said plan information, spending the creation cost collected in said creation cost collecting step.

2. The program creation support method according to claim 1, wherein:

said investor inviting step includes presenting a predetermined unit amount of investment; and

said creation cost collecting step includes billing said investor for said predetermined unit amount of investment so as to collect it.

3. The program creation support method according to claim 1, wherein:

said investor inviting step includes registering said investor in advance and collecting information representing a program for which the investor desires to invest and a desired investment amount from the registered investor; and

said creation cost collecting step includes assigning the investment amount that the registered investor desires to invest to the creation cost for the investment-desired program.

4. The program creation support method according to claim 1, wherein

said creation cost collecting step includes collecting information representing an investment amount that said investor desires to invest, determining whether or not the program is created based on a total amount of investment represented in the collected investment-desired amount information, and billing said investor for the desired investment amount and so as to collect it in a case where it is determined that the program is created.

5. The program creation support method according to claim 1, further comprising

an advantage providing step of providing said investor with a predetermined advantage, and wherein

said advantage providing step includes collecting a comment on the plan presented in said plan presenting step from said investor.

6. The program creation support method according to claim 5, further comprising

a plan acquiring step of acquiring the plan information representing the plan of the program, and wherein

said plan acquiring step includes acquiring the plan of the program from said investor.

7. The program creation support method according to claim 6, wherein:

said plan presenting step includes presenting information representing proposed elements for creating the planned program; and

said advantage presenting step includes collecting information specifying a desired one of the proposed elements from said investor.

8. The program creation support method according to claim 1, wherein:

said communication network is Internet; and

said program creation step includes creating the program in a form that the created program is distributable as program information through said Internet;

said method further comprises a program distributing step of distributing said program information through said Internet.

9. A program providing method comprising:

a first plan presenting step of presenting first plan information representing an outline of a plan of a program through a communication network;

an investor inviting step of inviting an investor who invests in a creation cost of the program represented in the plan presented in said plan presenting step, through said communication network;

a second plan presenting step of presenting second plan information representing proposals of elements for program creation to the investor who has subscribed to invitation in said investor inviting step, through said communication network;

a plan acquiring step of acquiring elements designated based on the second plan information presented in said second plan presenting step by the investor who has subscribe to invitation in said investor inviting step and/or a plan of the investor for program creation;

a creation cost collecting step of billing and collecting the creation cost of the program from the investor who has subscribed to invitation in said investor inviting step, through said communication network;

a program creation step of creating the program represented in said first plan information based on information acquired in said plan acquiring step, spending the creation cost collected in said creation cost collecting step; and

a program distributing step of distributing the program created in said program creation step through said communication network.

10. The program providing method according to claim 9, wherein:

said communication network is Internet;

in said program creation step, the created program is further created as program information in a format distributable through said Internet; and

in said program distributing step, the program information is distributed through said Internet.

11. A program creation support system for supporting creation of a program to be distributed to a plurality of terminals from a center through a communication network, said center comprising:

a first plan information acquiring unit which acquires first plan information representing an outline of a plan of a program;

a first plan information sending unit which sends the first plan information acquired by said first plan information acquiring unit together with invitation information for inviting an investor investing in this plan, to said plurality of terminals through said communication network;

a subscription information receiving unit which receives subscription information for subscribing to invitation represented in the first plan information sent by said first plan information sending unit, from said terminals through said communication network;

a second plan information sending unit which sends second plan information including information representing at least proposals of elements for program creation to a terminal which has sent the subscription information received by said subscription information receiving unit, through said communication network;

a second plan information acquiring unit which acquires elements designated based on the second plan information by said terminal and/or a proposal presented by said terminal for program creation;

a billing processing unit which executes a billing process for billing the investor who has sent the subscription information received by said subscription information receiving unit for a program creation cost, through said communication network;

a program information creating unit which creates program information representing the program created based on the first and second plan information, using the program creation cost collected through the billing process by said billing processing unit;

a program information storage unit which stores the program information created by said program information creating unit; and

a program distributing unit which distributes the program information stored in said program information storage unit through said communication network.

12. The program creation support system according to claim 11, wherein:

the subscription information includes information representing an investment amount that the investors desire to invest;

said system further comprises a creation determining unit which determines whether or not the corresponding program is created, based on a total amount of desired investment represented in the subscription information received by said subscription information receiving unit; and

said billing processor executes said billing process, in a case where said creation determining unit determines that the program is created.

13. A server device comprising:

connection means for connecting with a communication network;

plan acquiring means for acquiring and storing a first plan representing an outline of a program and a second plan regarding program creation;

plan presenting means for presenting first plan information representing the first plan acquired by said plan acquiring means and second plan information including at least proposals of elements for program creation through said communication network by controlling said connection means;

invitation information presenting means for creating investor invitation information representing invitation to a person investing in a plan represented in the first plan information presented by said plan presenting means, and presenting the created investor invitation information through said communication network by controlling said connection means;

subscription information receiving means for receiving subscription information representing a subscription request on the investor invitation information presented by said invitation information presenting means through said communication network by controlling said connection means;

additional information sending means for sending information representing a predetermined input form for inputting elements selected from the proposals included in the second plan information, to sender of the subscription information through said communication network by controlling said connection means; and

billing processing means for executing a billing process for billing said investor for a creation cost of the program represented in the first plan presented by said plan presenting means through said communication network by controlling said connection means,

wherein said plan presenting means presents the second plan information to only the sender of the subscription information; and

said plan acquiring means acquires desired elements input based on the second plan information by said investor in the input form sent by said additional information sending means, as the second plan, through said communication network by controlling said connection means.

14. The server device according to claim 13, wherein:

said subscription information includes information representing an investment amount that said investor desires to invest;

said subscription information receiving means further includes

total amount calculation means for calculating a total amount of desired investment represented in the received subscription information, and

creation determination means for determining whether or not the program is created, based on the total amount of desired investment calculated by said total amount calculation means; and

said billing processing means executes said billing process in a case where said creation determination means determines to created the program.

15. The server device according to claim 14, further comprising

mail server means for creating a predetermined e-mail, and controls transmission of the e-mail through said communication network by controlling said connection means, and wherein

said mail server means creates an e-mail representing a determination result of said creation determination means, and sends the e-mail to the investor.

16. The server device according to claim 13, wherein:

the subscription information includes information specifying a program that the investor desires to invest; and

said additional information sending means sends information representing an input form for selecting an element that said investor desires, of the proposed elements corresponding to the program represented in the subscription information received by said subscription information receiving means.

17. The server device according to claim 16, wherein

said additional information sending means sends information representing an input form for inputting a comment on the second plan information presented by said plan presenting means.

18. The server device according to claim 17, wherein

said plan acquiring means acquires the comments input in the input form sent by said additional information sending means as the second plan, through said communication network by controlling said connection means.

19. The server device according to claim 13, further comprising:

investment history storage means for storing information representing an investor'"'"'s history of investment; and

investment tendency interpreting means for interpreting each investor'"'"'s tendency to investment, based on the investment history information stored in said investment history storage means, and wherein

said plan presenting means selects and presents a program'"'"'s plan based on an interpreted result of said investment tendency interpreting means.

20. The server device according to claim 13, wherein:

said communication network is Internet; and

said server device further comprises

program information creation means for creating program information, in a form that is distributable through said Internet, representing a program created based on the first and second plans using a creation cost collected based on the billing process of said billing processing means,

program information storage means for storing the program information created by said program information creation means, and

program distribution means for distributing the program information stored in said program information storage means through said Internet by controlling said connection means.

21. The server device according to claim 20, wherein

said program distribution means distributes the program information to said investor.

22. A computer program product which is obtained by embedding a computer code program in a computer-readable medium, said computer code program controlling a computer to function as:

connection means for connecting with a communication network;

first plan acquiring means for acquiring and storing a first plan representing an outline of a program;

first plan presenting means for presenting first plan information representing the first plan acquired by said first plan acquiring means through said communication network by controlling said connection means;

invitation information presenting means for creating investor invitation information for inviting a person who invests in the plan represented in the first plan information presented by said first plan presenting means, and presenting the created investor invitation information through said communication network by controlling said connection means;

subscription information receiving means for receiving subscription information representing a subscription request on the investor invitation information presented by said invitation information presenting means through said communication network by controlling said connection means;

second plan presenting means for presenting second plan information including at least proposals of elements for program creation to only sender of the subscription information through said communication network by controlling said connection means;

additional information sending means for sending information representing a predetermined input form for inputting elements selected from the proposals included in the second plan information to the sender of the subscription information through said communication network by controlling said connection means;

second plan acquiring means for acquiring desired elements input by said investor in the input form sent by said additional information sending means based on the second plan information, as a second plan for program creation through said communication network by controlling said connection means; and

billing processing means for executing a billing process for billing the investor for a creation cost of the program represented by the first plan presented by said first plan presenting means, through said communication network by controlling said connection means.