Contents creating device and contents creating method

• US 9,015,158 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2011
• Issued: 04/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KDDI Corporation
• Original Assignee: KDDI Corporation
• Inventors: Ono, Chihiro, Ishizaki, Hiromi, Hoashi, Keiichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Liu, Hexing
• Application Number:
  US13/221,644
• Publication Number:
  US 20120072466A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,330 Days
• Field of Search: 707/737, 707/738, 707/748, 707/749, 707/710, 707/752
• US Class Current: 707/732
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/35 Clustering; Classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute

Abstract

To provide a contents creating device and a contents creating method capable of distributing contents having an article arrangement with high relativity to a user as distribution destination. A contents creating device 100 to create contents to be distributed within a predetermined group, including a material evaluation unit 130 configured to evaluate relativity of material data of contents to a user as contents distribution destination, and a contents editing unit 140 configured to determine an article arrangement within contents according to an evaluation, wherein contents based on the article arrangement are created. Due to this, it is possible to distribute contents having an article arrangement with high relativity to a user of the distribution destination and it is possible for the user as distribution destination to browse an article in which the user is highly interested.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented contents selection system including a server in data communication with user terminals through a network to create content data to be distributed within a group, the group including at least a first user and a plurality of other third party users, the content to be distributed to the first user based upon interests determined from the third party user, the server comprising:

physical processor;

memory storing instruction executable by the processor to perform content selection;

a material management unit in data communication with at least one of said user terminals, the material management unit including a user database and a material extraction unit, wherein;

the user database includes third party user account information data and group user operation data corresponding to actions of one or more users within the group;

the material extraction unit includes a module extracting user data and material content data from associated third party user operation data;

a material database in data communication with the material management unit receiving and storing said material content data;

a material evaluation unit in data communication with the material database, the material evaluation unit configured to evaluate relativity of the material data to the first user, and assigning a relativity ranking of items of the material data for the first user, the relativity ranking determined based on user interest indicating data including information corresponding to content data based upon interests or operates of the third party user, wherein;

the material evaluation unit comprehensively evaluates the relativity using a basis for evaluation held by each user as the contents distribution destination, updated according to browsing of an article, and used for evaluation of relativity each time, a relationship between a user as the contents distribution destination and a user as a supply source of the material data as a basis for evaluation, and a relationship between a category to which the material data belongs and a user as the contents distribution destination as a basis for evaluation; and

a contents editing unit in data communication with the material evaluation unit, the contents editing unit configured to determine an article arrangement of a plurality of output content articles for the first user in accordance with evaluation data received from the material evaluation article unit, wherein;

the contents editing unit evaluates the total relativity as a vector by weighting the relativities, respectively, to extract the material data;

a reaction management unit configured to receive a reaction to the material data from a user within the predetermined group;

an interview execution unit configured to notify the reaction to a user as a supply source of the material data and receive a reply from the user as the supply source, wherein contents are created by making use of the material data including the reply; and

wherein contents constituted by the contents article displayed at least one user terminal corresponding to the first user by transmitting corresponding data from the server to the at least one user terminal via the network.

2. The contents selection system according to claim 1, wherein

the material evaluation unit makes use of a basis for evaluation held by each user as the contents distribution destination and updated according to browsing of an article to evaluate relativity each time.

3. The contents selection system according to claim 1, wherein

the material evaluation unit evaluates the relativity using a relationship between a user as the contents distribution destination and a user as a supply source of the material data as a basis for evaluation.

4. The contents selection system according to claim 1, wherein

the material evaluation unit evaluates the relativity using a relationship between a category to which the material data belongs and a user as the contents distribution destination as a basis for evaluation.

5. The contents selection system according to claim 1, wherein

the contents editing unit evaluates the total relativity as a vector by weighting the relativities, respectively, to extract the material data.

6. The contents selection system according to claim 1, wherein

the contents editing unit evaluates the relativity by weighting it according to the state of a user of the distribution destination to extract the material data.

7. The contents selection system according to claim 1, wherein

the contents editing unit evaluates the relativity by weighting it according to the state of a user of the distribution destination to extract the material data.

8. The contents selection system according to claim 1, wherein

the material evaluation unit evaluates the relativity using a relationship between a feature amount of the material data and a user as the contents distribution destination as a basis for evaluation.

9. The contents selection system according to claim 8, wherein

the contents editing unit evaluates the total relativity as a vector by weighting the relativities, respectively, to extract the material data.

10. The contents selection system according to claim 8, wherein

the contents editing unit evaluates the relativity by weighting it according to the state of a user of the distribution destination to extract the material data.

11. The contents selection system according to claim 1,

wherein

the reaction management unit receives a specification of an article within the created contents by the user of the distribution destination, and

contents for the user of the distribution destination are created newly using the specified article received by the reaction management unit.

12. The contents selection system according to claim 1, wherein

the contents editing unit, when material data is added at an update, evaluates relativity of the material data to a user as contents distribution destination and dynamically determines the arrangement of the contents article according to the evaluation;

wherein the contents are created so that the contents article is displayed at the contents distribution destination by the determined arrangement.

13. The contents selection system according to claim 1 wherein the third party associated user data comprises information updates provided by said third party users.

14. A computer-implemented contents creating method of a contents creating system, the system including a server in data communication with user terminals through a network, the method to create content data to be distributed within a predetermined group of user terminals, the method comprising the steps of:

evaluating relativity material data indicating user community information, wherein;

the user community information includes usage information from third parties other than a specific user, wherein at least one of the specific users has associated third parties, each respective specific users and their associated third parties comprising the respective community associated each respective user,

the evaluating relative material data comprehensively evaluates the relativity using a basis for evaluation held by each user as the contents distribution destination, updated according to browsing of an article, and used for evaluation of relativity each time, a relationship between a user as the contents distribution destination and a user as a supply source of the material data as a basis for evaluation, and a relationship between a category to which the material data belongs and a user as the contents distribution destination as a basis for evaluation;

the material data supplied from at least one of said user terminals via the network, by at least one specific user having an associated personal account of a user; and

editing content for distribution by determine an article arrangement of a plurality of output content articles for the user in accordance with evaluated material data wherein;

editing content evaluates the total relativity as a vector by weighting the relativities, respectively, to extract the material data;

receiving a reaction to the material data from a user within the predetermined group;

notifying the reaction to a user as a supply source of the material data and receive a reply from the user as the supply source, wherein contents are created by making use of the material data including the reply; and

distributing contents data including contents article data so that a contents article is displayed at a user terminal based upon the community information.

15. A computer-implemented content selection and delivery system including a server in data communication via a communication network, with a plurality of user terminals, the server comprising:

physical processor;

memory storing instruction executable by the processor to perform content selection;

a material management unit in data communication with at least one of said user terminals, the material management unit including a user database and a material extraction unit, wherein;

the user database stores community account information data, including a first community account information data, the first community account information data including information from a first sub-community, the first sub-community including a first user, and a plurality of third party users each being designated as associated with the first user;

the material extraction unit configured to extract the first community account information user data corresponding to the first user, and sub-community material content data from the plurality of third party users in the first sub-community;

a material database in data communication with the material management unit receiving and storing said sub-community material content data;

a material evaluation unit in data communication with the material database, the material evaluation unit configured to evaluate relativity of the sub-community material content data to particular users, and assigning a relativity ranking of items of the sub-community material content data for particular users, the relativity ranking determined based on user community information corresponding to associated user information data, and outputting evaluation data, wherein;

the material evaluation unit is configured to evaluate relativity of the sub-community material content data to the first user and assigning a first relativity ranking of items of the sub-community material content data for the first user in generating the evaluation data;

wherein;

the material evaluation unit comprehensively evaluates the relativity using a basis for evaluation held by each user as the contents distribution destination, updated according to browsing of an article, and used for evaluation of relativity each time, a relationship between a user as the contents distribution destination and a user as a supply source of the material data as a basis for evaluation, and a relationship between a category to which the material data belongs and a user as the contents distribution destination as a basis for evaluation; and

a content editing unit in data communication with the material evaluation unit, the content editing unit configured to determine an output article arrangement of a plurality of output content articles in accordance with the evaluation data received from the material evaluation unit, wherein;

the contents editing unit evaluates the total relativity as a vector by weighting the relativities, respectively, to extract the material data;

a reaction management unit configured to receive a reaction to the material data from a user within the predetermined group;

an interview execution unit configured to notify the reaction to a user as a supply source of the material data and receive a reply from the user as the supply source, wherein contents are created by making use of the material data including the reply; and

wherein content constituted by the content articles displayed at least one user terminal by transmitting corresponding data from the server to the at least one user terminal via the network.

16. The content selection and delivery system according to claim 15 wherein:

the user database stores second community account information data, the second community account information data including information from a second plurality of third party users, each being designated as associated with a second user; and

the material extraction unit being configured to extract the second community account information user data corresponding to the second user, and second sub-community material content data from the plurality of third party users designated as in a sub-community associated with the second user.