JP2014095976A - Content distribution device - Google Patents

Abstract

A content distribution apparatus capable of improving the fairness of billing is provided.
When an application for joint purchase of electronic content is accepted, it is determined whether or not user location information stored in a storage unit matches, and joint purchase of electronic content is permitted based on the determination result. A content distribution apparatus that provides electronic content purchased jointly to a terminal associated with the user who made the joint purchase when it is determined whether or not joint purchase is permitted.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a content distribution apparatus.

  Currently, services that distribute electronic content such as electronic books via a network are used. For example, the content usage right management system described in Patent Document 1 permits a plurality of users to use electronic content that can be purchased jointly on each terminal device under conditions such as “up to five at the same time”. .

JP 2010-198228 A

  However, in the system described in Patent Document 1, the usage mode of electronic content by the system and the usage mode of books, newspapers, moving image DVDs, music CDs, and the like (hereinafter referred to as actual content) printed on paper. In comparison, usage benefits may differ. For example, a family member or friend who purchases a single newspaper in a household can share the newspaper (span and read), but when living in a remote location, the family or friend can share the newspaper. It cannot be used. As a result, in the system described in Patent Document 1, the fairness of charging may be lost as compared with the case of purchasing actual content.

  In other words, when two or more people (two people) who live in remote places jointly purchase an electronic newspaper, if it is a paper newspaper, only two copies can be sold, and the actual content is purchased. As a result, there is a disadvantage on the seller side. On the other hand, if multiple people (two people) living together have to purchase the same electronic newspaper separately, they have to pay for two parts of the paper newspaper if they only need to purchase one part. . For this reason, compared with the case where real content is purchased, a disadvantage occurs on the user side.

  The embodiment of the present invention determines whether the location information of users who apply for joint purchase of electronic content matches, and determines whether to permit joint purchase of electronic content based on the determined result. A determination unit that determines, and a distribution control unit that provides the jointly purchased electronic content to a terminal associated with the user who has made the joint purchase when the determination unit determines to allow joint purchase It is a content distribution device.

  According to the content distribution apparatus of the embodiment of the present invention, the fairness of billing can be improved.

1 is a system configuration example of a content distribution system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is an example of a data structure of a content management table, a user information table, a group management table, and a purchase history table. It is a figure which shows the flow of the payment of the purchase price by a postpay system. It is an example of the flowchart which shows the flow of the process performed by the joint purchase permission determination part of EC store server. It is an example of the flowchart which shows the flow of the update process of a location reliability rank performed by the user management part. It is an example of the sequence diagram which shows the flow of the process performed by a content delivery system, when a user purchases electronic content independently. It is an example of the sequence diagram which shows the flow of the process performed by a content delivery system, when a user purchases electronic content jointly. It is another example of the sequence diagram which shows the flow of the process performed by a content delivery system, when a user jointly purchases electronic content afterward.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
<First Embodiment>

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration example of a content distribution system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The content distribution system 1 includes a plurality of terminal devices 10 # 1 to 10 # n that receive content distribution, an EC (Electric Commerce) store server 100, a charging proxy server 200, and a payment proxy server 300. . When the EC store server 100 receives an application for joint purchase of electronic content from the terminal devices 10 # 1 to 10 # n, the EC store server 100 determines whether the location information of the n users who make the application matches, It is determined whether to permit joint purchase of electronic contents based on the determination result. Then, when it is determined that joint purchase is permitted, the electronic content purchased jointly is provided to the terminals 10 # 1 to 10 # n associated with the user who made the joint purchase through the communication line. The terminals 10 # 1 to 10 # n may be collectively referred to as “terminal device 10”.

[Configuration of Terminal Device 10]
The terminal device 10 is, for example, a mobile phone, a tablet terminal, a personal computer, a company computer, or the like. The terminal device 10 performs bidirectional communication with a CPU (Central Processing Unit), various memories and storage devices, an image and audio output device, a touch panel and buttons, a keyboard and other input devices, and the EC store server 100. Communication interface. The illustration of these devices is omitted. A terminal application program is stored in the storage device, and the function as the terminal application function unit 12 is performed by the CPU executing the terminal application program. In addition, a user ID 14 is stored in the storage device.

  In the terminal device 10, the terminal application function unit 12 functions by starting a terminal application program for purchasing electronic content. The terminal application function unit 12 performs processing such as user authentication using the user ID 14 stored in the storage device.

[Configuration of EC store server 100]
The EC store server 100 includes, for example, a CPU, a drive device, a memory device, a storage device, an output device, an input device, a communication interface, and the like. The drive device includes, for example, a floppy (registered trademark) disk, cards such as an IC card (memory card) / optical card, a CD (Compact Disc), a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory, etc. A portable storage medium is loaded. The memory device is, for example, a RAM (Random Access Memory) or a ROM (Read Only Memory). The storage device is, for example, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or an SSD (Solid State Drive). The output device includes, for example, a display device that displays an image, a speaker, and the like. The input device includes, for example, a touch panel, buttons, a keyboard, and the like. The communication interface controls communication performed bidirectionally with the terminal device 10, the billing proxy server 200, and other communication entities.

  There is no particular limitation on the communication performed between the terminal device 10 and the EC store server 100, the EC store server 100 and the billing proxy server 200, and the billing proxy server 200 and the payment proxy server 300. Any aspect can be adopted. For example, these communications include the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication network, ad hoc wireless communication. A network or the like is available.

  The EC store server 100 includes a storefront processing unit 102, a product / content management unit 104, a user management unit 106, an order / settlement status management unit 108, a joint purchase permission / inhibition determination unit 110, and a charge agent processing unit 112. Is provided. These functional units function, for example, when the CPU executes a program stored in the storage device. Note that these functional units do not have to be realized by independent programs, and may be a part of another program. Further, part or all of the functional units of the EC store server 100 may be realized by independent hardware (for example, a CPU, a large scale integration (LSI), an integrated circuit (IC), etc.). Further, the EC store server 100 includes a storage unit 115.

  The EC store server 100 also stores content data 120, a content management table 122, a user information table 124, a group management table 126, a purchase history table 128, and the like in the storage unit 115.

[Functional configuration of EC store server 100]
Storefront processing unit 102 includes a purchase application receiving unit 102A and a distribution control unit 102B. The purchase application receiving unit 102A receives an application for purchasing electronic content from the terminal device 10 via the network. Then, the storefront processing unit 102 converts the data (application data) received in the application into a product / content management unit 104, a user management unit 106, an order / settlement status management unit 108, and a joint purchase permission / inhibition determination unit as necessary. 110, to the billing proxy processing unit 112. Passing data means writing to a dedicated buffer area in the memory device, for example. In the application data, the user ID, the user's name, gender, age, address, content ID that is an identifier of the electronic content, a flag indicating whether or not to perform joint purchase, and the user ID of the joint purchaser when performing joint purchase Etc. are selected and included as necessary.
Further, the distribution control unit 102B controls a communication interface (not shown) so as to provide electronic content to the terminal device 10 associated with the user ID of the user who has made a purchase. It should be noted that either the download type or the stream type may be adopted as the provision mode of the electronic content to the terminal device 10, and another provision aspect may be employed.
The product / content management unit 104 manages the content data 120 and the content management table 122. The content data 120 is a main part of electronic content distributed by the EC store server 100. The content data 120 may include URL information for accessing another server that actually stores electronic content.

  FIG. 2 is a data structure example of the content management table 122, the user information table 124, the group management table 126, and the purchase history table 128.

  The product / content management unit 104 adds various types of information regarding the electronic data added to the content data 120 to the content management table 122 in response to an operation of the operator or automatically. As shown in FIG. 2, the content management table 122 includes information such as a content code, which is a content identifier (content ID), a content name, a price, and group availability indicating whether joint purchase is possible.

  The user management unit 106 manages the user information table 124 based on the application data passed from the purchase application reception unit 102A. As shown in FIG. 2, the user information table 124 includes information such as a user ID, a user name, a gender, an age, an address, a location reliability rank, and a credit rank. For example, the user's name, gender, age, and address are included in the application data.

The location reliability rank is a rank that increases as the number of times electronic content is purchased by application data applied with an address that matches the address stored in the user information table 124. In the user information table 124, for example, the address when it was most recently received as application data is overwritten and saved. Instead of this, the user information table 124 may store the address when it was most recently received as application data and the previous address so as to be distinguishable. The location reliability rank is counted up by a predetermined value when, for example, the address at the time of the previous purchase matches the address at the time of the current purchase, and is set to a predetermined value when the addresses do not match (for example, to the minimum value of zero). Returned. The location reliability rank counted up in this way functions as an index value representing the reliability that the corresponding user resides at the address, that is, the reliability of the address. A detailed method of using the location reliability rank will be described later.
Further, the credit rank rises and falls according to the past purchase price payment results of the user. For example, the credit rank transmitted from the charging proxy server 200 is held.

  The order / settlement status management unit 108 manages the purchase history table 128 based on the payment status notification from the billing proxy server 200. As shown in FIG. 2, the purchase history table 128 includes information such as a user ID, a content ID, a purchase date, a purchase amount, a payment status indicating a payment status, and a payment date.

When the purchase application acceptance unit 102A accepts an application for joint purchase of electronic content from the terminal device 10, the joint purchase availability determination unit 110 displays “group availability” in the content management table 122, the address included in the application data, the user Based on information such as “location reliability rank” in the information table 124, it is determined whether to permit joint purchase of electronic contents. Details will be described later.
The charging agent processing unit 112 receives information (hereinafter referred to as order information) such as a user ID, an address, a price, and presence / absence of grouping when the purchase of electronic content is established by single purchase or joint purchase. Send to.

  The billing proxy server 200 includes, for example, a management tool 202 and a DB (database) 204. The payment agent server 300 is a device connected to a computer provided at a store such as a convenience store, a bank, or a post office.

[Postpay method]
In the present embodiment, payment for the purchase price of electronic content is performed, for example, by a post-payment method. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a flow of payment of a purchase price by a post-payment method.

  As shown in FIG. 3, first, the user transmits application data to the EC store server 100 using the terminal device 10 ((1) in the figure). The application data is data for applying to purchase electronic contents. The EC store server 100 transmits the order information to the billing proxy server 200 (2). At this time, if the application is a joint purchase, the EC store server 100 registers a user ID and the like related to the joint purchase in the group management table 126 and transmits the contents of the group management table 126 to the billing proxy server 200. .

  The operator who operates the billing proxy server 200 checks the credit status of the user who made the application, and transmits the credit result (credit rank) to the EC store server 100 (3). When the credit rank is preferable, the EC store server 100 provides the electronic content to the terminal device 10 (4). Next, the EC store server 100 transmits shipping information indicating that the electronic content has been provided to the billing agent server 200 (5). The operator who operates the billing proxy server 200 sends a bill to the user's address, for example, by mail (6), and pays the advance to the operator of the EC store server (7).

  Thereafter, when the user pays the purchase price at a convenience store or the like (8), the payment acceptance server 300 transmits the payment information indicating that the purchase price has been paid to the billing agency server 200, and the operator of the payment acceptance server 300 Pays the purchase price to the operator of the billing proxy server 200 (9). The operator of the billing proxy server 200 sends a reminder to the user's address if payment for the purchase price is delayed (10). Further, the billing proxy server 200 transmits settlement completion information indicating that the purchase price has been paid without delay or with delay to the EC store server 100 (11).

[Processing flow]
Hereinafter, the flow of processing executed in the content distribution system 1 will be described in more detail.

[Joint purchase availability determination processing]
FIG. 4 is an example of a flowchart showing a flow of processing executed by the joint purchase permission determination unit 110 of the EC store server 100. The flowchart in FIG. 4 is executed, for example, when the purchase application receiving unit 102A receives application data with a flag indicating that joint purchase is performed.

  First, the joint purchase availability determination unit 110 searches the content management table 122 using the content ID as a key, and refers to the obtained group availability to determine whether or not the target electronic content can be jointly purchased. (Step S400).

  When the target electronic content can be jointly purchased, the joint purchase permission determination unit 110 determines whether or not the addresses of the users who make the joint purchase match (step S402). Here, the address of the user who makes joint purchase is, for example, when the application data includes the addresses of all users who make joint purchases, “the purchase application acceptance unit 102A makes a dedicated buffer area in the memory device. “Address of each user included in written application data”. In addition, the address of the user who makes the joint purchase is, for example, when the address of some users related to the joint purchase is omitted in the application data, “the purchase application receiving unit 102A uses a dedicated buffer in the memory device. The address of the user included in the application data written in the area and the address registered in the user information table 124 for the omitted user are defined. A specific example of a scene in which the addresses of some users are omitted in the application data will be described with reference to FIG.

  When the addresses of the users making the joint purchase match, the joint purchase permission / inhibition determining unit 110 determines whether or not the “location reliability rank” in the information table 124 for all the users making the joint purchase is greater than or equal to a predetermined value. Is determined (step S404). The location reliability rank is changed in, for example, five levels of 0 to 5, and the predetermined value is set to 1, for example.

  When the “location reliability rank” for all the joint purchasers is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the joint purchase availability determination unit 110 determines to permit joint purchase (step S406), and the distribution control unit 102B indicates that permission has been granted. Or the billing proxy processing unit 112 or the like. On the other hand, when a negative determination is obtained in any of steps S400, S402, and S404, joint purchase permission determination unit 110 determines that joint purchase is not permitted (step S408), and distribution control unit 102B indicates that permission is not permitted. Or the billing proxy processing unit 112 or the like.

[Location reliability rank update processing]
As described above, the location reliability rank is a rank that increases as the number of times electronic content is purchased by application data at an address that matches the address stored in the user information table 124. The initial value of the location reliability rank (set value at the time of initial registration of the user) is set to, for example, zero, and is counted up, for example, by one when the processing from purchase of electronic content to payment is completed without delay. As described above, the location reliability rank is changed, for example, in five stages of 0 to 5, and the predetermined value is set to 1, for example.

  In addition, the location reliability rank functions as an index value indicating the reliability that the user resides at the address. Therefore, as described below, the location reliability rank is increased or decreased according to various events. It's okay. FIG. 5 is an example of a flowchart showing the flow of location reliability rank update processing executed by the user management unit 106. Each determination step in the flowchart of FIG. 5 is activated by, for example, an event notification.

  Upon receiving the payment completion information from the billing proxy server 200, that is, when the purchase is completed (step S500), the user management unit 106 increases the location reliability rank by 1 when the payment is completed without delay (steps S502 and S504). ) When the settlement is completed with a delay, the location reliability rank is decreased by 1 (steps S502 and S506). When the location reliability rank is zero, the location reliability rank may not be negative and may be maintained at zero.

  In addition, when the purchase application receiving unit 102A receives the application data, the user management unit 106 determines that the address included in the application data is different from the user's most recent address, that is, when the user moves, etc. Sets the location reliability rank to the smaller one of the latest location reliability rank and 1 (steps S508 and S510).

  In addition, when the addresses and surnames of a plurality of users who have performed user registration are the same, the user management unit 106 increases the location reliability rank of each of the plurality of users by 1 (steps S512 and S514).

[Sequence; Single purchase]
FIG. 6 is an example of a sequence diagram showing a flow of processing executed by the content distribution system 1 when a user purchases electronic content alone.

  First, the terminal device 10 receives an input such as a user ID by the user (step S600), receives a content selection (step S602), and transmits application data to the EC store server 100 (step S604). The EC store server 100 holds application data in a memory device or the like, and updates each table based on the application data (step S606). Next, the EC store server 100 transmits the order information to the billing proxy server 200 (step S608).

  The billing proxy server 200 transmits, for example, a credit result (credit rank) made by the operator to the EC store server 100 (step S610). The EC store server 100 determines whether or not the credit rank is equal to or higher than the predetermined rank (denoted as credit OK? In the figure) (step S612). If the credit rank is lower than the predetermined rank, the EC store server 100 cannot be purchased. The fact is transmitted to the terminal device 10 (step S614). If the credit rank is equal to or higher than the predetermined rank, the purchase history table 128 is updated and the content is transmitted to the terminal device 10 (step S616). The subsequent processing is the same as the processing (5) and subsequent steps in FIG.

[Sequence: Joint purchase (part 1)]
FIG. 7 is an example of a sequence diagram showing a flow of processing executed by the content distribution system 1 when users purchase electronic content jointly.

  First, the terminal device 10 # 1 accepts an input such as a user ID by a user (step S700), accepts content selection (step S702), accepts designation of a joint partner (step S704), and applies application data to the EC store server 100. (Step S706). Here, it is assumed that the user of terminal device 10 # 2 is designated as the joint purchase partner. The EC store server 100 holds the application data in a memory device or the like and updates each table based on the application data (step S708). Next, the EC store server 100 determines whether or not joint purchase is permitted based on the flowchart described with reference to FIG. 4 (step S710).

  If the EC store server 100 does not permit joint purchase, the EC store server 100 notifies the terminal device 10 # 1 that joint purchase is not possible (step S712). On the other hand, when permitting joint purchase, the EC store server 100 transmits an email or the like for confirming the intention of joint purchase to the terminal device 10 # 2 (step S714). When the user of the terminal device 10 # 2 inputs that the joint purchase is accepted (step S716), the EC store server 100 updates the group management table 126, and the user of the terminal device 10 # 2 accepts the joint purchase. A notification indicating that it has been sent is transmitted to the terminal device 10 # 1 (step S718).

  Next, the EC store server 100 transmits the order information to the billing proxy server 200 (step S720). The billing proxy server 200 transmits, for example, a credit result (credit rank) made by the operator to the EC store server 100 (step S722).

  The EC store server 100 determines whether or not the credit rank is equal to or higher than the predetermined rank (indicated as “credit OK?” In the figure) (step S724). If the credit rank is lower than the predetermined rank, the EC store server 100 cannot be purchased. Is transmitted to the terminal devices 10 # 1 and 10 # 2 (step S726). When the credit rank is equal to or higher than the predetermined rank, the fact that the purchase is possible is transmitted to the terminal devices 10 # 1 and 10 # 2. (Step S728). Then, when the users of the terminal devices 10 # 1 and 10 # 2 input a purchase confirmation (steps S730 and S732), the EC store server 100 updates the purchase history table 128 and stores the contents in the terminal devices 10 # 1 and 10 #. 2 (step S734).

[Sequence: Joint purchase (2)]
In addition, the joint purchase of electronic content can be performed in a form in which a follow-up application is made so that already purchased electronic content can be used by other users. FIG. 8 is another example of a sequence diagram showing a flow of processing executed by the content distribution system 1 when the user jointly purchases electronic content as a follow-up.

  First, the user of terminal 10 # 1 purchases content X according to the sequence shown in FIG. 6, for example (step S800). Thereafter, the user of the terminal 10 # 1 applies to make the content X available to the user of the terminal 10 # 2 (step S802). The EC store server 100 determines whether or not joint purchase is permitted based on the flowchart described with reference to FIG. 4 (step S804). Here, the address of the user of the terminal 10 # 2 is not included in the application for joint purchase this time. Therefore, what is compared with the address of the user of the terminal 10 # 1 is the address of the user of the latest terminal 10 # 1 registered in the user information table 124.

  If the EC store server 100 does not permit joint purchase, the EC store server 100 notifies the terminal device 10 # 1 that joint purchase is not possible (step S806). On the other hand, when permitting joint purchase, the EC store server 100 updates the purchase history table 128 and transmits the content to the terminal device 10 # 2 (step S808). In the case of this sequence, a record such as “user ID; user 2, content ID; content X, purchase amount: 0 yen,...” Is added to the purchase history table 128.

[Summary]
The content distribution system 1 and the EC store server 100 of the first embodiment described above determine whether or not the user addresses stored in the storage unit 115 match when an application for joint purchase of electronic content is accepted. Since the determination is made and it is determined whether or not the joint purchase of the electronic content is permitted based on the determination result, the joint purchase can be permitted for a user who is likely to live together. As a result, the content distribution system 1 and the EC store server 100 according to the present embodiment can reduce the difference in the benefits of using electronic content from books, newspapers, moving image DVDs, music CDs, and the like printed on paper. Can be improved.

  In addition, the content distribution system 1 and the EC store server 100 of the first embodiment have a location reliability rank that functions as an index value representing the reliability that the user resides at the address, that is, the reliability of the address. To allow group purchases when the reliability rank of all users who hold and group purchases is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, allow group purchases between users who are likely to live together Can be. As a result, the content distribution system 1 and the EC store server 100 according to the first embodiment can further improve the fairness of accounting.

  In addition, the content distribution system 1 and the EC store server 100 of the first embodiment actually live together because the location reliability rank is increased or decreased based on the payment status related to the purchase of the electronic content of the user and the personal information of the user. It is possible to allow joint purchases between users who are likely to be present. As a result, the content distribution system 1 and the EC store server 100 according to the first embodiment can further improve the fairness of accounting.

Second Embodiment
The user management unit 106 according to the second embodiment performs the following processing in addition to the processing of FIG. 5 in the first embodiment. When the user management unit 106 according to the second embodiment receives the payment completion information from the charging agent server 200, the payment place of the purchase price included in the payment completion information is close to the address at the time of purchase application The user's location reliability rank is increased by one. Here, “adjacent” may mean, for example, that it is within an area within a predetermined distance centered on the user's nearest address, and administrative districts such as municipalities match. It may mean that.
As described above, the content distribution system and the EC store server according to the second embodiment increase or decrease the location reliability rank based on the payment status regarding the purchase of the electronic content of the user. It is possible to allow joint purchases between high users. As a result, the content distribution system and the EC store server according to the second embodiment can further improve charging fairness.

<Third Embodiment>
As in the second embodiment, when the user management unit 106 according to the third embodiment receives the payment completion information from the charging agent server 200, the payment place of the purchase price included in the payment completion information is If it is close to the address, the location reliability rank of the user is increased by one. Here, the storage unit 115 according to the third embodiment stores, for example, a table in which the payment place of the purchase price included in the payment completion information is associated with the allowable range information determined to be “close”. Is done. Then, when the address at the time of purchase application is included in the range indicated by the allowable range information, the user management unit 106 according to the third embodiment determines that the payment place of the purchase price included in the payment completion information is the purchase application. It is determined that the user is close to the current address, and the location reliability rank of the user is increased by one.
As described above, the content distribution system and the EC store server according to the third embodiment increase or decrease the location reliability rank based on the payment status related to the purchase of the electronic content of the user. It is possible to allow joint purchases between high users. As a result, the content distribution system and the EC store server according to the third embodiment can further improve the fairness of accounting.

<Fourth embodiment>
When the terminal device 10 is a mobile phone, the user management unit 106 according to the fourth embodiment detects for the first time that a plurality of users have the same address and a family discount is applied to the mobile phone usage fee. In this case, the location reliability rank of each of the plurality of users is increased by one.
As described above, the content distribution system and the EC store server according to the fourth embodiment increase or decrease the location reliability rank based on the user's personal information, and therefore, between users who are highly likely to live together. You can allow group purchases. As a result, the content distribution system and the EC store server according to the fourth embodiment can further improve charging fairness.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various substitution and deformation | transformation etc. can be performed.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, “where the location reliability rank for all users who make joint purchases is equal to or greater than a predetermined value”, the location reliability rank is set for some users. If the value is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, joint purchase may be permitted (for example, two or more of the three people, or one person may be OK if the rank is the highest).

  The electronic content payment method is not limited to the post-payment method described with reference to FIG. 3, and the user's payment may be received by any method.

(1) A determination unit that determines whether or not location information of users who apply for joint purchase of electronic content matches, and determines whether to permit joint purchase of electronic content based on the determined result When,
A delivery control unit that provides the jointly purchased electronic content to a terminal associated with the user who made the joint purchase when the determination unit determines to permit joint purchase;
A content distribution apparatus comprising:
(2) The content distribution device according to (1),
The determination unit determines to permit joint purchase of electronic content when the location information of the users matches.
Content distribution device.
(3) The content distribution device according to (1) or (2),
A storage unit for storing location information of users registered at the time of past purchase;
The determination unit
If the application data relating to the joint application for electronic contents includes the location information of all users making joint purchases, it is determined whether the location information of each user included in the application data matches. ,
In the application data, when the location information of some users among the users making joint purchase is omitted, the location information of the users whose location information is omitted is read from the storage unit, and the application data is stored in the application data. Determining whether the location information of the user included and the location information of the user read from the storage unit match,
Content distribution device.
(4) The content distribution device according to any one of (1) to (3),
A storage unit for storing auxiliary information indicating the reliability of the user's location;
The determination unit determines whether to permit joint purchase of electronic content based on the auxiliary information stored in the storage unit.
Content distribution device.
(5) The content distribution device according to (4),
In the storage unit, location information of a user registered at the time of purchase of past electronic content is stored,
The determination unit creates a rank that increases as the number of times electronic content has been purchased with application data whose location information matches the latest location information stored in the storage unit, and serves as the auxiliary information. Whether or not to allow joint purchase of electronic content based on the result of the determination as to whether or not the user's address stored in the storage unit matches and the rank of the user making the joint purchase To decide,
Content distribution device.
(6) The content distribution device according to (5),
The determination unit determines to permit joint purchase of electronic content when the rank of all users making joint purchase is equal to or higher than a predetermined rank;
Content distribution device.
(7) The content distribution device
Determine whether the location information of users who apply for joint purchase of electronic content matches, determine whether to permit joint purchase of electronic content based on the determined result,
Providing the jointly purchased electronic content to a terminal associated with the user who made the joint purchase when it is determined to permit joint purchase in the determining process;
Content distribution method.
(8) In the content distribution device,
Determine whether the location information of users who apply for joint purchase of electronic content matches, and determine whether to permit joint purchase of electronic content based on the determined result;
When it is determined that joint purchase is permitted in the determining process, the terminal associated with the user who made the joint purchase is provided with the electronic content purchased jointly.
Content distribution program.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Content delivery system, 10 (10 # 1-10 # n) ... Terminal device, 100 ... EC store server, 102 ... Storefront processing part, 102A ... Purchase application reception part, 102B ... Delivery control part, 104 ... Goods Content management section 106 User management section 108 Order / settlement status management section 110 Joint purchase permission / non-permission judgment section 112 Charging proxy processing section 115 Storage section 120 Content data 122 Content management table 124... User information table 126. Group management table 128 Purchase history table 200 Billing proxy server 300 Payment proxy server

Claims (5)

A determination unit that determines whether or not location information of users who apply for joint purchase of electronic content matches, and determines whether to permit joint purchase of electronic content based on the determined result;
A delivery control unit that provides the jointly purchased electronic content to a terminal associated with the user who made the joint purchase when the determination unit determines to permit joint purchase;
A content distribution apparatus comprising: The content distribution device according to claim 1,
The determination unit determines to permit joint purchase of electronic content when the location information of the users matches.
Content distribution device. The content distribution device according to claim 1 or 2,
A storage unit for storing location information of users registered at the time of past purchase;
The determination unit
If the application data relating to the joint application for electronic contents includes the location information of all users making joint purchases, it is determined whether the location information of each user included in the application data matches. ,
In the application data, when the location information of some users among the users making joint purchase is omitted, the location information of the users whose location information is omitted is read from the storage unit, and the application data is stored in the application data. Determining whether the location information of the user included and the location information of the user read from the storage unit match,
Content distribution device. The content distribution device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
A storage unit for storing auxiliary information indicating the reliability of the user's location;
The determination unit determines whether to permit joint purchase of electronic content based on the auxiliary information stored in the storage unit.
Content distribution device. The content distribution device according to claim 4,
In the storage unit, location information of a user registered at the time of purchase of past electronic content is stored,
The determination unit creates a rank that becomes higher as the number of times electronic content is purchased with application data whose location information matches the latest location information stored in the storage unit, and increases as the auxiliary information. Whether or not to allow joint purchase of electronic content based on the result of the determination as to whether or not the user's address stored in the storage unit matches and the rank of the user making the joint purchase To decide,
Content distribution device.

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