News information analysis equipment, news information analysis program, and news information analysis method

Abstract

To provide browsing environment which matches the frequency of access to news information.SOLUTION: News information analysis equipment 1 comprises: a news information acquisition unit 110 which acquires a plurality of pieces of news information from a communication network, assigns news identification information to the news information, and stores the news information; an output unit 111 which provides the news information to users for viewing; a user information management unit 112 which identifies users who view the news information provided for viewing by the output unit 111 and tallies up the number of times the news information which has been viewed for each user; and an output control unit 113 which controls output in such a manner that the transmission speed for users whose number of views of the news information is equal to or more than a threshold is faster than the transmission speed of news information to which the news identification information is assigned and provided for viewing for users whose number of views of the news information is below the threshold.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a news information analysis device, a news information analysis program, and a news information analysis method that enable a more comfortable viewing environment for multiple news information distributed on the Internet to be provided to users who frequently access the news information. [Background technology]

[0002] There are services that aggregate huge amounts of news information distributed over the Internet and provide it to users. Such services are often provided free of charge to users, with the service provider covering operating costs by collecting fees from advertising companies as advertising fees, for example. For this reason, technology has been developed to give more points (benefits) to users who have more opportunities to view advertisements, i.e., users with more accesses. For example, although not related to the field of news information distribution, Patent Document 1 discloses a method for determining whether to award points (benefits), which aims to increase the number of user accesses to a website providing browsing information by awarding more points (benefits) to users who access the website continuously while maintaining a predetermined regularity, for example, in terms of access period conditions and access number of days conditions. However, in the system described in Patent Document 1, securing the funds to be allocated to the points (benefits) is an issue. In other words, if advertising fees are allocated as the funds to be allocated to the points (benefits), it may lead to a decline in the original service. For example, this may lead to a decline in usability for users who use the service infrequently, which may lead to a decline in the utilization rate of the service by users. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Patent Publication No. 2007-304659 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] Because the amount of news information distributed on the Internet is enormous, there is a demand for a news information analysis device, a news information analysis program, and a news information analysis method that can provide a viewing environment that is commensurate with the frequency of access, without making users who access news information frequently or infrequently feel a sense of unfairness in terms of usability.

[0005] The present invention has been made in consideration of such problems, and aims to provide a news information analysis device, news information analysis program, and news information analysis method that acquires multiple pieces of news information from a communication network and provides the news information to users for viewing, and that provides a more comfortable viewing environment for users who access the news information frequently, such as by increasing the transmission speed of the news information and / or increasing the amount of text that can be viewed on the screen, and also provides a viewing environment that matches the access frequency for users who access the news information infrequently. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] (1) A news information analysis device according to one aspect of the present invention (e.g., news information analysis device 1 described later) includes a news information acquisition unit (e.g., news information acquisition unit 110 described later) that acquires multiple pieces of news information including text information from a communication network (e.g., communication network 60 described later), assigns news identification information to each piece of news information, and stores the information; an output unit (e.g., output unit 111 described later) that controls the transmission speed of the news information stored by the news information acquisition unit and provides the news information for viewing by a user; and identifies a user who views the news information provided for viewing by the output unit, and The news information management system includes a user information management unit (e.g., user information management unit 112 described later) that tallyes up the number of times the news information is viewed for each user, and an output control unit (e.g., output control unit 113 described later) that controls the output unit to increase the transmission speed of the news information to users whose number of views of the news information is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, the news information to which the news identification information is assigned and provided for viewing by users whose number of views of the news information is below the threshold, and the news information to which the news identification information is assigned and provided for viewing by users whose number of views of the news information is below the threshold.

[0007] According to (1) above, it is possible to provide a comfortable viewing environment by controlling the transmission speed to be faster for users who frequently access news information, without causing them to feel a sense of unfairness.

[0008] (2) In the news information analysis device described in (1) above (for example, the news information analysis device 1 described below), the number of times the news information is viewed may be any one of the number of news information items with different news identification information accessed by each user, the number of accesses to the news information items accessed by each user, or the number of accesses to a news information providing site that provides the news information for viewing by each user.

[0009] According to (2) above, it becomes possible to calculate the frequency of access to news information from various perspectives.

[0010] (3) In the news information analysis device described in (1) or (2) above (e.g., news information analysis device 1 described later), the output control unit (e.g., output control unit 113 described later) may further control the output unit (e.g., output unit 111 described later) so that the amount of text information included in the news information assigned with the news identification information and provided for viewing by the users whose number of times the news information has been viewed is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value is greater than the amount of text information included in the news information assigned with the news identification information and provided for viewing by the users whose number of times the news information has been viewed is below the threshold value.

[0011] According to (3) above, it is possible to provide a comfortable viewing environment by controlling the amount of text information contained in news information for users who access news information frequently, without them feeling a sense of unfairness.

[0012] (4) A news information analysis program according to one aspect of the present invention includes a computer device connected to a communication network (e.g., communication network 60 described below), a news information acquisition unit (e.g., a news information acquisition unit 110 described later) that acquires multiple pieces of news information including text information from a communication network, assigns news identification information to each piece of news information, and stores the information; and an output unit (e.g., an output unit 111 described later) that provides the news information stored by the news information acquisition unit to a user for viewing after controlling the transmission speed of the news information; The device functions as a user information management unit (e.g., user information management unit 112 described later) that identifies users who view the news information provided for viewing by the output unit and tallys up the number of times the news information has been viewed for each user, and an output control unit (e.g., output control unit 113 described later) that controls the output unit to transmit the news information assigned with the news identification information provided for viewing to users whose number of times the news information has been viewed is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, and the news information assigned with the news identification information provided for viewing to users whose number of times the news information has been viewed is below the threshold, so as to increase the transmission speed to users whose number of times the news information has been viewed is equal to or greater than the threshold.

[0013] According to (4) above, the same effects as those of the news information analysis device according to (1) above can be achieved.

[0014] (5) The information analysis method of the present invention is a news information analysis method executed by a computer, and includes a news information acquisition step of acquiring a plurality of news information including text information from a communication network (e.g., communication network 60 described below), assigning a news identification information to each piece of news information, and storing the news information; an output step of controlling a transmission speed of the news information stored in the news information acquisition step and providing it to users for viewing; a user information management step of identifying users viewing the news information provided for viewing in the output step and tallying up the number of times the news information is viewed for each user; and an output control step of controlling a transmission speed of the news information assigned with the news identification information provided for viewing to users whose number of times the news information is viewed is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold and the news information assigned with the news identification information provided for viewing to users whose number of times the news information is viewed is below the threshold, so as to be faster for the users whose number of times the news information is viewed is equal to or greater than the threshold, in the output step.

[0015] According to the method (5) above, the same effects as those of the information analysis device (1) above can be achieved. Effect of the Invention

[0016] According to the present invention, there is provided a news information analysis device, a news information analysis program, and a news information analysis method which acquire multiple pieces of news information from a communication network and provide the news information to users for viewing, thereby providing a more comfortable viewing environment for users who access news information frequently, and also providing a viewing environment commensurate with the frequency of access for users who access news information infrequently, without making them feel a sense of unfairness in terms of usability. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0017] [Figure 1] 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a news information analysis system according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2A] 1 is a diagram showing an example of a news information viewing screen for a user with low access frequency in the news information analysis device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. [Figure 2B] 1 is a diagram showing an example of a news information viewing screen for a user with a high access frequency in a news information analysis device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. [Diagram 3] 1 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of a news information analysis device according to an embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 4] 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of the news information analysis device in the embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0018] A preferred embodiment of the news information analysis device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Fig. 1 shows the basic configuration of a news information analysis system 100. Note that in this embodiment, the number of news information items with different news identification information viewed by each user is shown as an example of the number of views of news information tallied for each user. Hereinafter, the number of news information items with different news identification information will simply be referred to as the number of news information items, unless otherwise specified. 1, the news information analysis system 100 includes an external system 5, a news information analysis device 1, and a communication network 60. Note that the system may also include a client terminal 2 (an information processing device such as a mobile terminal, a tablet terminal, or a PC). Examples of external systems 5 include web media sites (primary media sites), web media sites (secondary media sites), technology and business information media sites, financial information media sites, web media sites (social media sites), government agency media sites, corporate media sites, research institute media sites, etc. The news information analysis device 1 acquires a plurality of pieces of news information distributed on the Internet by an external system 5, assigns news identification information to each piece of news information, and provides the news information to users for viewing, while identifying the users viewing the news information, tallying up the number of pieces of news information viewed by each user, and controlling the transmission speed of the news information when providing the news information to users whose number of viewed news information exceeds or is equal to or greater than a preset threshold so as to increase the transmission speed and / or the amount of information that can be viewed and provided on the screen (e.g., the number of text characters) when providing the news information for viewing. Conversely, for users whose number of viewed news information is below or equal to the preset threshold, the transmission speed of news information assigned with the same news identification information as the above news information is slowed down and / or the amount of information that can be viewed and provided on the screen is reduced, thereby making it possible to provide a viewing environment according to each access frequency.

[0019] The client terminal 2 can display the news information output by the news information analysis device 1 on the display unit of the client terminal 2 according to the user's viewing frequency of the news information. Specifically, the client terminal 2, for example, controls to increase the transmission speed of news information and / or increase the amount of information that can be viewed and provided on the screen when providing the news information to a user whose number of viewed news information items exceeds or is equal to or greater than a preset threshold, and controls to decrease the transmission speed of news information to which the same news identification information as the news information is assigned and / or reduce the amount of information that can be viewed and provided on the screen when providing the news information to a user whose number of viewed news information items is below or equal to the preset threshold, thereby providing a viewing environment according to the user's access frequency for the news information to which the same news identification information is assigned. In this way, a viewing environment according to the user's access frequency can be provided.

[0020] FIG. 2A is a diagram showing an example of a news information viewing screen for a user who accesses the news information analysis device 1 in this embodiment 1. FIG. 2B is a diagram showing an example of a news information viewing screen for a user who accesses the news information analysis device 1 in this embodiment 1. As shown in FIG. 2A, for a user who accesses the news information infrequently, the transmission speed of the news information 1 to which the same news identification information as the above-mentioned news information 1 is assigned from the news information analysis device 1 to the client terminal 2 is slowed down, and the amount of text that can be viewed and provided on the screen is reduced, thereby providing a viewing environment that allows the news information 1 to be viewed relatively efficiently as a user feels. Specifically, for example, when transmitting the news information 1, the display speed is slowed down so that the small number of characters contained in the text information included in the news information 1 can be displayed. On the other hand, as shown in Fig. 2B, for users who access frequently, a comfortable viewing environment can be provided by increasing the transmission speed of news information 1 from news information analysis device 1 to client terminal 2 and increasing the amount of text that can be viewed on the screen. Specifically, for example, when transmitting the text of news information 1, the display speed is increased so that a large number of characters can be displayed from the number of text characters contained in news information 1. In this way, for users who access frequently, the display speed is increased, making it possible to provide a viewing environment equivalent to the viewing environment experienced by users who access infrequently. The above has described an outline of the system configuration in the present embodiment 1. Next, the news information analysis device 1 will be described.

[0021] As shown in FIG. 3, the news information analysis device 1 includes a control unit 11, a storage unit 12, a communication unit 13, a display unit 14, and an input unit 15.

[0022] Control unit 11 is composed of an arithmetic processing device such as a microprocessor, and controls each unit constituting news information analysis device 1. Details of control unit 11 will be described later.

[0023] The storage unit 12 is composed of a semiconductor memory, etc., and stores various information such as control programs called firmware or operating systems, programs for causing the control unit 11 to function as news information acquisition functions, output functions, user information management functions, output control functions, etc., as well as connection information required for connection to an external system 5 from which news information is acquired via a communication network 60, news information acquired from the external system 5, news identification information for identifying each piece of acquired news information, and a collection of news identification information of news information actually viewed by a user for each user identification information, which is linked to the user identification information of the user (hereinafter also referred to as "user-specific viewed news information") For this reason, in addition to the program, the memory unit 12 is equipped with an external system connection information memory unit 120 which contains connection information necessary for connecting to an external system 5 from which news information is obtained, a news information storage memory unit 121 which stores news information obtained from each external system 5, and a user-specific viewed news information memory unit 122 which stores a set of news identification information of news information actually viewed by a user for each user identification information ("user-specific viewed news information").

[0024] The external system connection information storage unit 120 stores information required for connecting to an external system 5 that acquires news information via the communication network 60 (e.g., a connection URL, authentication information, timing information for acquiring newly created and / or updated news information from the external system 5, etc.). As mentioned above, examples of the external system 5 include mass media sites, technology and business information media sites, financial information media sites, corporate sites, research institute sites, government agency sites, social media sites, etc. News information is not limited to Japanese, and news information in English, Chinese, and Korean may also be acquired. In this way, the news information acquisition unit 110, which will be described later, may refer to the external system connection information storage unit 120, connect to each external system 5 at a predetermined timing (e.g., time information, receiving notifications of information creation and update from the external system 5, etc.), and acquire new and / or updated news information provided by the external system 5.

[0025] The news information storage memory unit 121 is a memory unit that stores new and / or updated news information acquired by the news information acquisition unit 110 from each external system 5 after assigning news identification information that identifies the news information.

[0026] In addition, the user-specific viewed news information storage unit 122 is a storage unit that links the news identification information of news information actually viewed by a user among the news information provided to the user for viewing by the news information analysis device 1 via the client terminal 2 to the user identification information of the user, and stores a set of news identification information of news information actually viewed by the user for each user identification information ("user-specific viewed news information"). As described later, the user-specific viewed news information may be a set of news identification information of news information actually viewed by the user during the period from when the user logs in to the news information analysis device 1 until when the user logs out. The user-specific viewed news information may be a set of news identification information of news information actually viewed by the user during the period from when the user logs in to the news information analysis device 1 until a predetermined time has elapsed. The user-specific viewed news information may be a set of news identification information of news information actually viewed by the user after logging in to the news information analysis device 1 within a one-day period. The specified period, the specified period range, etc. are not limited to the above examples. Any period may be set as the specified period as necessary. The storage unit 12 has been described above.

[0027] The communication unit 13 has a DSP and the like, and realizes wireless communication and wired communication with the external system 5 via the communication network 60 in compliance with standards such as LTE (Long Term Evolution), 4G (4th Generation), and 5G (5th Generation) and Wi-Fi (registered trademark). The communication network 60 is realized by a network such as the Internet or a mobile phone network, or a network that combines these. In addition, a LAN (Local Area Network) may be included as part of the network.

[0028] The display unit 14 is configured with a display device such as a liquid crystal display or an organic electroluminescence panel. The display unit 14 displays an image upon receiving an instruction from the control unit 11. For example, the display unit 14 may display a message to be output to an operator. The input unit 15 is composed of an input device (not shown) such as a physical switch called a numeric keypad or a touch panel provided over the display surface of the display unit 14. For example, an operator may input processing commands and the like to the control unit 11 via the input unit 15.

[0029] Next, the control unit 11 will be described in detail. The control unit 11 is composed of a microprocessor having a CPU, RAM, ROM, I / O, etc. The CPU executes each program read from the ROM or storage unit 12, and during execution, reads information from the RAM, ROM, and storage unit 12, writes information to the RAM and storage unit 12, and transmits and receives signals to and from the communication unit 13. In this way, the processing in this embodiment is realized by the cooperation of the hardware and software (programs).

[0030] The control unit 11 includes, as functional blocks, a news information acquisition unit 110, an output unit 111, a user information management unit 112, and an output control unit 113.

[0031] The news information acquisition unit 110 connects to each external system 5 that distributes news information (title, text, photos, drawings, etc.) via the communication network 60 at a predetermined timing based on a connection URL, authentication information, etc., and acquires newly created news information or updated news information distributed from each external system 5. Here, examples of the predetermined timing include a preset time, a preset time interval, or receipt of a distribution notification from each external system 5 (including receipt of breaking news, special editions, etc. in addition to news information that is distributed periodically). As described above, the news information distributed from the external system 5 is not limited to Japanese, and may be acquired in other languages ​​such as English, Chinese, Korean, etc., as required by the user. In this case, the news information acquisition unit 110 may generate a Japanese translation in addition to the original language. The news information acquisition unit 110 assigns news identification information to each piece of news information acquired from each external system 5, and stores the news information linked by the news identification information in the news information storage memory unit 121. Note that the site name of the external system 5 from which the news information was acquired, distribution time information (date and time), etc. may be added to the news information linked by the news identification information and stored in the news information storage memory unit 121.

[0032] The output unit 111 provides news information stored in the news information storage memory unit 121 for users to view. Each user has user identification information (e.g., a login ID) and logs in and accesses the news information analysis device 1 via the client terminal 2, causing the output unit 111 to provide the news information stored in the news information storage memory unit 121 for the user to view (via the client terminal 2). The output unit 111 provides the news information stored in the news information storage memory unit 121 for the user to view via the client terminal 2. The output unit 111 may provide a list of news information assigned the same news identification information to each user as a top news screen (hereinafter also referred to as a "default viewing and provision screen") for each user to view. Furthermore, the output unit 111 can provide each user with a comfortable viewing environment commensurate with the number of times the news information has been viewed by controlling, via the output control unit 113 described later, the transmission speed when outputting news information to the client terminal 2 and / or the amount of text that can be viewed on the screen in accordance with the number of times the news information has been viewed by that user, as described later. The output unit 111 may be configured to control the amount of information to be transmitted via the output control unit 113. The functional details of the output control unit 113 will be described later.

[0033] The user information management unit 112 links the news identification information of news information actually viewed by the user among the news information provided to the user for viewing by the output unit 111 via the client terminal 2 to the user identification information of the user (e.g., login ID), and stores a set of news identification information of news information actually viewed by the user for each user identification information ("user-specific viewed news information") in the user-specific viewed news information storage unit 122. As described above, when creating the user-specific viewed news information, the user information management unit 112 may set as the user-specific viewed news information a set of news identification information of news information actually viewed by the user during a period from when the user logs in to the news information analysis device 1 until when the user logs out. Also, when creating the user-specific viewed news information, the user information management unit 112 may set as the user-specific viewed news information a set of news identification information of news information actually viewed by the user during a period from when the user logs in to the news information analysis device 1 until a predetermined time has elapsed. Also, the user information may set as the user-specific viewed news information a set of news identification information of news information actually viewed by the user after logging in to the news information analysis device 1 within a period of one day. Note that the predetermined period, the predetermined period range, and the like are not limited to the above examples. Also, an arbitrary period may be set as the predetermined period as necessary. The user information management unit 112 may refer to the user-specific news information viewed storage unit 122 and calculate, for each user identification information, the number of news information viewed by the user within a specified period based on the user-specific news information viewed.

[0034] For each user identification information, the output control unit 113 identifies user identification information (hereinafter also referred to as a "user with high access frequency") for which the number of news information items actually viewed by the user within a specified period is equal to or exceeds a predetermined first threshold value. In addition, for each user identification information, the output control unit 113 identifies user identification information for which the number of news information items viewed by the user within a specified period is below a second threshold value set in advance (hereinafter also referred to as a "user with low access frequency"). Here, the predetermined period may be a period of a predetermined time that has elapsed since the user's most recent login (or the period up to the current time), or conversely, a period of a predetermined time going back from the current time of the user's access (or the period up to the most recent login). Furthermore, users with high or low access frequency may be identified based on a statistical value such as the average number of news information items accessed during a number of predetermined periods in the past. The first and second thresholds are as follows: First threshold value ≧ second threshold value It is assumed that the following condition is satisfied. Note that the first threshold value may be equal to the second threshold value.

[0035] For users who access frequently, the output control unit 113 controls the output unit 111 to speed up the transmission speed of news information from the news information analysis device 1 to the client terminal 2 and / or to increase the amount of text that can be viewed and provided on the screen. This makes it possible to provide a comfortable viewing environment for users who access frequently that allows them to view news information quickly and efficiently. On the other hand, for users who access the site infrequently, the output control unit 113 controls the output unit 111 to slow down the transmission speed of news information from the news information analysis device 1 to the client terminal 2 and / or reduce the amount of text that can be viewed and provided on the screen. By doing so, it is possible to provide a viewing environment that allows even infrequent users to view news information in a reasonably efficient manner.

[0036] In addition, when evaluating the access frequency of a user, multiple access frequencies may be set. Specifically, multiple different thresholds may be set, for example, Threshold 1 > Threshold 2 > . . . > Threshold n (n is a natural number greater than or equal to 2) It may be set as follows. In this way, the output control unit 113 can identify, for each user identification information, the user identification information for which the number of news information viewed by the user within a specified period exceeds or is equal to or greater than a preset threshold 1 (hereinafter also referred to as the "user with the highest access frequency"). Similarly, it can identify the user identification information for which the number of news information viewed by the user within a specified period is equal to or less than a threshold (i-1) and equal to or greater than a threshold i (i≧2) (hereinafter also referred to as the "i-th most frequently accessed user"). As a result, the output control unit 113 can control the output unit 111 to increase the transmission speed of news information from the news information analysis device 1 to the client terminal 2 and / or increase the amount of text characters that can be viewed and provided on the screen in order of users with the highest access frequency. Conversely, the output control unit 113 can control the transmission speed of news information to be slower and / or the amount of text characters that can be viewed and provided on the screen to be smaller in order of users with the lowest access frequency.

[0037] In this way, the output control unit 113 can control the output unit 111 to control the transmission speed of news information assigned with the same news identification information from the news information analysis device 1 to the client terminal 2 according to the user's access frequency to the news information. Also, the output control unit 113 can control the output unit 111 to control the amount of text characters of news information assigned with the same news identification information that can be viewed and provided on the screen according to the user's access frequency to the news information. The configuration of each functional unit of the news information analysis device 1 exemplified as the present embodiment has been described above.

[0038] Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the news information analysis device 1. Note that the process shown in Fig. 4 illustrates an example of a processing form in which output control is performed to increase the transmission speed of news information viewed by a user with a high access frequency and / or to increase the amount of text characters included in the news information that can be viewed and provided on the screen, and conversely, output control is performed to decrease the transmission speed of news information to which the same news identification information is assigned and viewed by a user with a low access frequency and / or to reduce the amount of text characters included in the news information that can be viewed and provided on the screen.

[0039] Referring to Figure 4, in step S10, the news information analysis device 1 (news information acquisition unit 110) connects to each external system 5 that distributes news information via the communication network 60 at a predetermined timing based on a connection URL, authentication information, etc., and acquires newly created news information or updated news information distributed from each external system 5, and assigns news identification information to each piece of news information and stores it in the news information storage memory unit 121.

[0040] In step S11, the news information analysis device 1 (output unit 111) provides the news information stored in the news information storage memory unit 121 for viewing by the user.

[0041] In step S12, the news information analysis device 1 (user information management unit 112) links the news identification information of the news information actually viewed by the user among the news information provided to the user for viewing by the output unit 111 to the user identification information of the user, and stores a set of news identification information of the news information actually viewed by the user for each user identification information ("user-specific viewed news information") in the user-specific viewed news information storage unit 122.

[0042] In step S13, the news information analysis device 1 (user information management unit 112) refers to the user-specific viewed news information storage unit 122 and calculates, for each user identification information, the number of news information items actually viewed by the user.

[0043] In step S14, the news information analysis device 1 (output control unit 113) identifies, for each user identification information, user identification information ("users with high access frequency") for which the number of news information items actually viewed by the user within a specified period of time is equal to or exceeds a preset threshold value.

[0044] In step S15, the news information analysis device 1 (output control unit 113) identifies, for each user identification information, user identification information for which the number of news information items actually viewed by the user is below a preset threshold value ("users with low access frequency").

[0045] In step S16, the news information analysis device 1 (output control unit 113) performs output control for a user who accesses frequently to increase the transmission speed of news information viewed by the user and / or increase the amount of text included in the news information that can be viewed and provided on the screen.The news information analysis device 1 (output control unit 113) performs output control for a user who accesses infrequently to decrease the transmission speed of news information viewed by the user and / or decrease the amount of text included in the news information that can be viewed and provided on the screen.

[0046] As described above, the news information analysis device 1 acquires multiple news information distributed on the Internet by the external system 5, assigns news identification information to each piece of news information, and provides the news information to users for viewing, and controls output to speed up the transmission speed of news information from the news information analysis device 1 to the client terminal 2 and / or increase the amount of text characters that can be viewed on the screen for users who access the news information frequently, and controls output to slow down the transmission speed of news information assigned the same news identification information from the news information analysis device 1 to the client terminal 2 and / or reduce the amount of text characters that can be viewed on the screen for users who access the news information infrequently. As a result, the news information analysis device 1 can provide a comfortable viewing environment to the user in accordance with the user's access frequency.

[0047] Each of the devices can be realized by hardware, software, or a combination of these. In addition, the navigation method performed by the cooperation of each of the devices included in the navigation system can also be realized by hardware, software, or a combination of these. Here, "realized by software" means that it is realized by a computer reading and executing a program.

[0048] The program can be stored and provided to the computer using various types of non-transitory computer readable media. The non-transitory computer readable media includes various types of tangible storage media. Examples of the non-transitory computer readable media include magnetic recording media (e.g., flexible disks, magnetic tapes, hard disk drives), magneto-optical recording media (e.g., magneto-optical disks), CD-ROM (Read Only Memory), CD-R, CD-R / W, and semiconductor memory (e.g., mask ROM, PROM (Programmable ROM), EPROM (Erasable PROM), flash ROM, RAM (random access memory)). The program may also be provided to the computer by various types of transitory computer readable media. Examples of the transitory computer readable media include electric signals, optical signals, and electromagnetic waves. The transitory computer readable media can provide the program to the computer via a wired communication path such as an electric wire and an optical fiber, or via a wireless communication path.

[0049] The above-described embodiment is a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the present invention can be implemented in various modified forms without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[0050] <Variation 1> In the first embodiment described above, the user information management unit 112 uses, for example, a login ID to identify the user, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the user information management unit 112 may use cookie information to identify the user.

[0051] <Variation 2> In the above-described embodiment, the number of news information items with different news identification information viewed by each user was exemplified as the number of views of news information tallied for each user. Specifically, based on the number of news information items with different news identification information viewed by the user during a specified period, a user who frequently accesses news information or a user who accesses news information infrequently is determined. In contrast, instead of the number of news information items with different news identification information viewed, the number of accesses to news information may be used as the number of views of news information tallied for each user. Specifically, when the same news information is accessed multiple times (n times; n>1), the number of news information items with different news identification information is calculated as 1, but the number of accesses to the news information is calculated as n.

[0052] <Modification 3> In the above-described embodiment, the number of news information items with different news identification information viewed by each user was exemplified as the number of times the news information was viewed by each user, which was counted for each user. In contrast, the number of times the news information was viewed by each user, which was counted for each user, may be, for example, the number of times each user logged in to a news information providing site provided by the news information analysis device 1 during a predetermined period of time. In this case, for example, if the user logs in but does not access any news information within a preset time, the user may be automatically logged off and the number of accesses may be set to zero. For example, users who access the site a specified number of times or more each day may be designated as rank A, those who access the site every day as rank B, those who access the site four or more times a week as rank C, those who access the site two to three times a week as rank D, and those who access the site once a week or less as rank E. In this case, for example, the transmission speed of the news information can be controlled to be faster and / or the amount of text that can be viewed and provided on the screen can be controlled to be larger for users with higher ranks. Conversely, the output control unit 113 can control the transmission speed of the news information to be slower and / or the amount of text that can be viewed and provided on the screen can be controlled to be smaller for users with lower access frequency.

[0053] <Modification 4> In the above embodiment, the news information analysis device 1 is described as being realized by one server device or the like, but the functions of the news information analysis device 1 may be appropriately distributed across multiple server devices to form a distributed processing system. Furthermore, each function of the news information analysis device 1 may be realized by using a virtual server function or the like on a cloud. [Explanation of symbols]

[0054] 100 News Information Analysis System 1. News information analysis device 11 Control section 110 News Information Acquisition Department 111 Output section 112 User Information Management Department 113 Output control section 12 Storage section 120 External system connection information storage unit 121 News information storage unit 122 User-specific news browsing information storage unit 13. Communications Department 14 Display section 15 Input section 2. Information processing terminal (client terminal) 5 External Systems 60 Communication Network

Claims

1. a news information acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of pieces of news information including text information from a communication network, assigns news identification information to each piece of news information, and stores the news information; an output unit that controls a transmission speed of the news information stored by the news information acquisition unit and provides the news information to a user for viewing; a user information management unit that identifies users who view the news information provided for viewing by the output unit and tally up the number of times the news information has been viewed for each user; an output control unit that controls the output unit to transmit the news information to the users whose number of views of the news information is equal to or greater than a preset threshold value and the news information to the users whose number of views of the news information is less than the threshold value so as to increase a transmission speed of the news information to the users whose number of views of the news information is equal to or greater than the threshold value; A news information analysis device comprising:

2. The news information analysis device of claim 1, characterized in that the number of times the news information is viewed is either the number of news information with different news identification information accessed by each user, the number of accesses to the news information accessed by each user, or the number of accesses to a news information providing site that provides the news information for viewing by each user.

3. The output control unit further The news information analysis device of claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the output unit is controlled so that the text information contained in the news information assigned with the news identification information and provided for viewing by the users whose number of times the news information has been viewed is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold is greater than the text information contained in the news information assigned with the news identification information and provided for viewing by the users whose number of times the news information has been viewed is below the threshold.

4. A computer device connected to a communications network, a news information acquiring unit that acquires a plurality of pieces of news information including text information from a communication network, assigns news identification information to each piece of news information, and stores the acquired news information; an output unit that controls a transmission speed of the news information stored by the news information acquisition unit and provides the news information to a user for viewing; a user information management unit that identifies users who view the news information provided for viewing by the output unit and tally up the number of times the news information has been viewed for each user; an output control unit that controls the output unit to transmit the news information to the users whose number of views of the news information is equal to or greater than a preset threshold value and the news information to the users whose number of views of the news information is below the threshold value so as to increase a transmission speed of the news information to the users whose number of views of the news information is equal to or greater than the threshold value; A news information analysis program characterized by functioning as:

5. 1. A computer-implemented method for analyzing news information, comprising: a news information acquiring step of acquiring a plurality of pieces of news information including text information from a communication network, assigning news identification information to each piece of news information, and storing the acquired news information; an output step of controlling a transmission speed of the news information stored in the news information acquisition step and providing the news information to a user for viewing; a user information management step of identifying users who view the news information provided for viewing in the output step and tallying up the number of times the news information has been viewed for each user; an output control step of controlling, in the output step, the news information provided with the news identification information and provided for viewing by the users whose number of times the news information has been viewed is equal to or greater than a preset threshold, and the news information provided with the news identification information and provided for viewing by the users whose number of times the news information has been viewed is below the threshold, so as to increase a transmission speed for the users whose number of times the news information has been viewed is equal to or greater than the threshold; A news information analysis method comprising:

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