JP2003122786A - Information sharing system between users and information sharing method between users - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] Conventionally, in a mobile environment, if you want to exchange topics and information that match your current situation, there are many ways to find bulletin boards etc. that meet that purpose. Needed operation and time. Also, topics such as bulletin boards are constantly changing, and in some cases, information having contents that are not so related to the title of the bulletin board is exchanged. An information sharing space for each content to be shared.
1a and a tag 11b indicating the content thereof, the correspondence between the situation and the information sharing space is prepared in advance, and a standard preference dictionary 12 is prepared and registered. The information sharing space 11a recommended to the user is selected by referring to the standard preference dictionary 12, the user registration information 13a, and the tag 11b of the information sharing space based on the information on the current situation of the user. Present.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a user-to-user information sharing system and a user-to-user information sharing system for providing a place (also called "information sharing space") for sharing information or exchanging information between users' terminals. More particularly, the present invention relates to a user-to-user information sharing system and a user-to-user information sharing method for presenting an appropriate information sharing space according to the current situation of a user of a terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been a system for exchanging information by directly connecting terminals of users. Web pages on the Internet have bulletin boards with various titles, and information is actively exchanged between users who are interested in the bulletin boards. Also, as a mobile community, an idea is presented that presents an appropriate place for exchanging information according to the position of the user and sensor information. However, in a mobile environment, if you want to browse the information that matches your current situation or exchange information, to find a bulletin board that suits your purpose, you need to perform many input operations on the terminal. Took a lot of time. Also, topics such as bulletin boards are constantly changing, and even if a bulletin board with a desired title is found, there are many cases where information having contents that are not very related to the bulletin board title is exchanged.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an appropriate place for sharing information (also called "information sharing space") according to the situation of users. It is an object of the present invention to provide an information sharing system between users and a method for sharing information between users.

[0004]

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an inter-user information sharing system of the present invention provides a user terminal and information sharing between the user terminals. In a user-to-user information sharing system in which a server of an information management center that provides a group of information sharing spaces for exchanging information is connected via a network, the information management center has contents for each of the information sharing spaces. Means for adding tag information indicating, a standard preference dictionary predetermined so that an information sharing space having a predetermined content corresponds to a predetermined situation, and a situation and a content of information required in the situation, Based on the user registration information registered by the user in advance, the user's environment information received from the user's terminal, and the environment information acquired by the server of the information management center, And user status information generating means for generating status information, based on the current status information of the user,
Information sharing space selecting means for selecting an information sharing space recommended for the user by referring to the standard preference dictionary, the user registration information, and tag information of the information sharing space, and information of the selected information sharing space for the user. Information sharing space presenting means for notifying the terminal of
In the user terminal, means for acquiring environmental information in the user terminal and notifying the server of the information management center of the environmental information, and for the server of the information management center,
Means for requesting presentation of information of the recommended information sharing space, and information of the information sharing space presented by the server of the information management center is presented to the user, and selection information of participation or non-participation of the user in the information sharing space Is provided to the server of the information management center.

With this, it is possible to provide an information sharing space having contents suitable for the current situation of the user based on the standard preference dictionary and the registration information. Further, by setting the user registration information in detail, it is possible to create an information sharing space selection criterion not based on the standard preference dictionary.

Further, in the inter-user information sharing system of the present invention, the server of the information management center, the user's reaction information to the information sharing space presented on the user's terminal, and the user's access to the server of the information management center. User bias information registration means for obtaining and recording the bias information of the user indicating the characteristics of the user based on the history information and the analysis information of the content of the user's statement in the information sharing space,
When selecting the information sharing space recommended to the user by the information sharing space selecting means, the information sharing space selecting means further comprises means for referring to the user bias information.

Thus, when the information sharing space is selected, the access history of the user to this system is referred to, and the selection of the information sharing space is customized.

Further, in the information sharing system between users of the present invention, in the server of the information management center, the tag information of the information sharing space is generated based on the user registration information of the user who belongs to the information sharing space. Is further provided.

As a result, the tag information can be set in accordance with the user who has a higher degree of use, so that the change in the tag has significance and corresponds to the change in the content of the information shared in the information sharing space. Tag information can be added.

The information sharing method between users of the present invention is
A method for sharing information between users, wherein a user terminal and a server of an information management center that provides an information sharing space group for sharing and exchanging information between the user terminals are connected via a network, The management center registers, for each information sharing space, a standard preference dictionary which is predetermined so that the information sharing space having a predetermined content corresponds to a procedure of adding tag information indicating the content of the information sharing space. The procedure, the procedure in which the user himself / herself registers beforehand a certain situation and the content of information necessary in the situation as user registration information, the user's environmental information received from the user's terminal, and the server of the information management center. The user status information generation procedure for generating the current status information of the user based on the acquired environmental information, and the standard preference information based on the current status information of the user. An information sharing space selection procedure of selecting an information sharing space recommended for a user by referring to a dictionary, the user registration information, and tag information of the information sharing space, and information of the selected information sharing space to a user terminal. An information sharing space presentation procedure for notifying is performed, the terminal of the user acquires environmental information in the terminal of the user, and the procedure of notifying the environmental information to the server of the information management center, and the server of the information management center A procedure for requesting presentation of information of the recommended information sharing space, and presenting the information of the information sharing space presented by the server of the information management center to the user, and participation or non-participation of the user in the information sharing space. And a procedure for notifying the server of the information management center of the selection information.

With this, it is possible to provide an information sharing space having contents suitable for the current situation of the user based on the standard preference dictionary and the registration information. Further, by setting the user registration information in detail, it is possible to create an information sharing space selection criterion not based on the standard preference dictionary.

Further, the information sharing method between users of the present invention is
By the server of the information management center, the reaction information of the user with respect to the information sharing space presented on the user's terminal,
User bias information registration that records the user's bias information indicating the characteristics of the user based on the information of the access history of the user to the server of the information management center and the analysis information of the content of the user's statement in the information sharing space The procedure and the procedure of referring to the user bias information when selecting the information sharing space recommended to the user by the information sharing space selection procedure are further performed.

Thus, when the information sharing space is selected, the access history of the user to this system is referred to, and the selection of the information sharing space is customized.

The information sharing method between users of the present invention is
The server of the information management center further includes a step of generating tag information of the information sharing space based on the user registration information of a user who belongs to the information sharing space.

As a result, the tag information can be set in accordance with the more highly utilized user, so that the change in the tag has significance and corresponds to the change in the content of the information shared in the information sharing space. Tag information can be added.

Further, the computer-readable recording medium of the present invention comprises a user terminal and a server of an information management center that provides an information sharing space group for sharing and exchanging information between the user terminals. A procedure for adding tag information indicating the content of each information sharing space to a computer in a server of the information management center in an information sharing system between users connected via a network, and a predetermined condition. The procedure for registering a standard preference dictionary that is predetermined so that the information sharing space of the content of the above corresponds, and a certain situation and the content of the information required in the situation,
A user situation in which the user's current situation information is generated based on the procedure in which the user himself / herself registers as user registration information, the user's environment information received from the user's terminal, and the environment information acquired by the server of the information management center Information sharing for selecting the information sharing space recommended to the user by referring to the standard preference dictionary, the user registration information, and the tag information of the information sharing space based on the information generation procedure and the current situation information of the user It is a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for executing a space selection procedure and an information sharing space presentation procedure for notifying a user's terminal of the information of the selected information sharing space.

The computer-readable recording medium of the present invention includes a user terminal and a server of an information management center that provides an information sharing space group for sharing and exchanging information between the user terminals. A procedure for acquiring environment information in the user's terminal to a computer in the user's terminal in a user-to-user information sharing system connected via a network and notifying the server of the information management center of the environment information; A procedure for requesting the server of the management center to present the information of the recommended information sharing space, and the information of the information sharing space presented by the server of the information management center is presented to the user, and the user to the information sharing space is presented. Information on whether to participate or not
It is a computer-readable recording medium recording a program for executing the procedure of notifying the server of the information management center.

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an information sharing system between users, and shows a portion directly related to the present invention. In FIG. 1, 10 is a server of an information management center, 11 is an information sharing space registration unit for providing an information sharing space such as a bulletin board, 11a is an information sharing space for each content, and 11b is a tag indicating the content of the information sharing space. , 12 is a standard preference dictionary, 13 is a user profile, 13a is user registration information, 13b is a user bias value, 14 is an information analysis unit, 15 is a server side sensor, 16 is an information sharing space selection unit, 20 is a mobile phone, A mobile terminal (also simply referred to as “terminal”) of a user such as a PDA or a car navigation system (a car navigation system), 21 is a selection result presentation unit, 22 is a terminal side sensor, 23 is an information presentation unit, and 24 is an information input unit. Shows.

Although only one information sharing space 11a in the information sharing space registration section 11 is shown as a representative, in reality, it is composed of a plurality of information sharing spaces different for each content, and the tag is also used. As for 11b, one or more are added to each information sharing space. The user registration information 13a and the user bias value 13b in the user profile 13 are also recorded for each user.

The operation of each section shown in FIG. 1 will be described below. (1) The information sharing space registration unit 11 is a database, and a plurality of information sharing spaces 11a for users to share information are set for each content of information to be shared (for example, "bulletin board"). This information sharing space 1
1a includes a tag 11b for each information sharing space 11a.
Is included. This tag 11b is an index indicating the contents of the information sharing space, and is a tag for searching for, for example, "sports", "cars", "Japanese cuisine", etc. Therefore, a plurality of tags 11b may be added. In addition, this tag 1
1b is a keyword for searching the information sharing space 11a, which is a searched tag.

(2) Further, this tag 11b is the user registration information 1 registered by the user who belongs to the information sharing space.
3a, etc., and changes dynamically. That is, a higher weight is added to the registration information 13a of the user who speaks more actively to increase the influence on the tag 11b.

(3) The standard preference dictionary 12 is a dictionary in which general behavior patterns corresponding to the environmental condition of the user are recorded. The input is "the current condition of the user" and the output is "the ID of the information sharing space 11a." (Identification number) "or the like.

(4) In the user profile 13, the user registration information 13a and the user bias value 13b are recorded. The user registration information 13a and the user bias value 1
3b is recorded for each user. User registration information 13
In addition to “the type of information that the user is generally interested in”, “a” can also be set in detail, such as “the type of information required for each user situation”. The user bias value 13b is the reaction of the user when the server 10 of the information management center recommends and presents a certain information sharing space 11a to the user's terminal 20 (the intention to share information in the proposed information sharing space 11a is Answer whether there is)
And user access frequency (acquired information and statement contents)
Thus, the bias (displacement) from the standard preference dictionary 12 is learned and recorded as the user bias value 13b. When the user bias value 13b is recorded, it is referred to as user customization information when the information sharing space is proposed thereafter.

(5) The information analysis unit 14 in the server 10 of the information management center analyzes user information (statement information) and the like recorded in each information sharing space 11a, and features such as keywords of the information. And manages the thread of each utterance information. A keyword (tag for thread management) is also added to each thread.

(6) The various sensors 15 on the server side acquire information such as "weather forecast" and "traffic congestion situation". In addition, the terminal-side various sensors 22 in the user's terminal 20 are used to determine the situation obtained by the terminal, such as the moving speed of the vehicle and the position (G
The user environment information (such as PS) is acquired and notified to the server 10 of the information management center. The server 10 of the information management center generates the current user situation information of the user based on the above environment information.

(7) The information sharing space selection unit 16 in the server 10 of the information management center uses the user registration information 1 in the user profile 13 based on the current situation information of the user.
3a, the user bias value 13b, the standard preference dictionary 12, and the tag 11b of the information sharing space 11a are referred to, and the information sharing space 11a to be presented to the user's terminal 20 is selected. Then, the selected information sharing space 11a is notified to the user's terminal 20.

(8) The information sharing space 11a presented by the server 10 of the information management center is presented to the selection result presentation unit 21 in the user's terminal 20. The selection result presenting section 21 can present information to the user by a liquid crystal display or the like, and can also notify the user by voice by the voice synthesizing section 25.

(9) When the user selects participation in the information sharing space 11a presented in the selection result presenting section 21, the information in the information sharing space 11a is displayed in the information presenting section 23 such as a liquid crystal display screen. To be done. The user uses the information input unit 24 such as a touch panel and a keyboard to exchange comments and information in the information sharing space 11a. In this case, the presentation of information and the input of information can be performed by voice by the voice synthesis unit 25 and the voice recognition unit 26.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the operation flow of the inter-user information sharing system, and the operation flow will be described below with reference to FIG. (1) First, various sensor 15 on the server side in the server 10 of the information management center acquires general environmental information (mainly information sent by public institutions). For example, "time information",
The information includes "weather forecast" and "traffic jam information" (step S1).

(2) The user terminal 20 also acquires the environmental status. For example, if the terminal 20 is a car navigation system, “position (by GPS)”, “travel speed, direction”,
This is information such as "temperature" (step S2). The status information of this terminal is transmitted to the server 10 of the information management center.

(3) In the server 10 of the information management center,
The environmental information is integrated to generate the current situation information of the user (step S3).

(4) The user registration information 13a, the user bias value, and the standard preference dictionary 12 are referenced based on the current situation information of the user (steps S4, S5, S6).

(5) The information sharing space 1 recommended for the user is searched for the tag 11b of the information sharing space based on the reference results such as the user registration information 13a and the standard preference dictionary 12.
1a is selected (step S7).

(6) The selected information sharing space 11a is presented to the user's terminal 20 (step S8). The user selects participation / non-participation in the presented information sharing space 11a (step S10).

(7) When the user "participates" in the information sharing space 11a, the server 10 of the information management center provides the information sharing space 11a to the user terminal 20 (step S11). The user exchanges information in the provided information sharing space 11a with other users who have participated in this information sharing space 11a (step S12).

(8) When the user refuses to participate in the recommended information sharing space 11a, the selection result is reflected in the user profile 13 (step S13).

(9) When the user participates in the recommended information sharing space 11a, the tag 11b is updated and the learning effect is given to the tag according to the user's comment contents.

Although the embodiment of the inter-user information sharing system of the present invention has been described above, each processing unit in the inter-user information sharing system shown in FIG. 1 may be realized by dedicated hardware. Of course, a program for realizing the function of each processing unit is recorded in a computer-readable recording medium, and the program recorded in the recording medium is read by a computer system and executed to perform processing. Good. The “computer system” mentioned here includes an OS and hardware such as peripheral devices.

The "computer system" is WW.
If the W system is used, the homepage providing environment (or display environment) is included. The "computer-readable recording medium" means a flexible disk, a magneto-optical disk, a ROM, a CD-
It refers to a portable medium such as a ROM or a storage device such as a hard disk built in a computer system. Further, the "computer-readable recording medium" means that a program is dynamically retained for a short period of time like a communication line for transmitting the program through a network such as the Internet or a communication line such as a telephone line. Things (transmission medium or waves), such as volatile memory inside the computer system that serves as the server or client in that case,
Those that hold the program for a certain period of time are also included. Further, the above-mentioned program may be a program for realizing a part of the above-mentioned functions, and a program that can realize the above-mentioned functions in combination with a program already recorded in a computer system, that is, a so-called difference file (difference file). Program).

Further, the inter-user information sharing system of the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned illustrated examples, and it goes without saying that various changes can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[0041]

As described above, in the inter-user information sharing system and the inter-user information sharing method of the present invention, the information sharing space is provided for each content to be shared, and the content is provided for each information sharing space. A standard preference dictionary is prepared by adding tag information to indicate the situation and the content of the information sharing space that corresponds to the situation, and the correspondence information between the situation and the information sharing space is pre-registered by the user as user registration information. Register and refer to the standard preference dictionary, user registration information, and tag information of the information sharing space based on the information on the current situation of the user, and select and present the recommended information sharing space to the user. As a result, this makes it possible to provide an information sharing space having contents suitable for the current situation of the user. Further, by setting the registration contents in the user registration information in detail, it is possible to create an information sharing space selection criterion not based on the standard preference dictionary.

In the information sharing system between users and the information sharing method between users of the present invention, the reaction information of the user with respect to the information sharing space presented to the user by the server of the information management center and the information management center of the user. Based on the access information and the content of the user's statement in the information sharing space, the user bias information indicating the characteristics of the user is recorded, and this user bias information is also referred to when selecting the information sharing space. Therefore, when the information sharing space is selected, the access history of the user to this system is referred to, and the selection of the information sharing space is customized.

Further, in the inter-user information sharing system and inter-user information sharing method of the present invention, the tag information of the information sharing space is generated by also referring to the registration information of the user who belongs to the information sharing space. Because I did
This makes it possible to set tag information tailored to more highly utilized users, so tag changes have significance and tag information that corresponds to changes in the content of information shared in the information sharing space can be set. Can be added.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an inter-user information sharing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a flow of operation of the system shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Information management center server 11 Information sharing space registration department 11a Information sharing space 11b tag 12 Standard preference dictionary 13 user profile 13a User registration information 13b User bias value 14 Information analysis section 15 Server side sensor 16 Information sharing space selection section 20 terminals 21 Selection result presentation section 22 Various sensors on the terminal side 23 Information presentation section 24 Information input section 25 Speech synthesizer 26 Speech recognition unit

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. Information sharing between users in which a user terminal and a server of an information management center that provides an information sharing space group for sharing and exchanging information between the user terminals are connected via a network. In the system, in the information management center, means for adding tag information indicating the content of each information sharing space and information sharing space of predetermined content corresponding to a predetermined situation are set in advance. The standard preference dictionary, a certain situation, and the content of information necessary for the situation are acquired by the user in advance by the user registration information, the user's environmental information received from the user's terminal, and the server of the information management center. User status information generating means for generating the current status information of the user based on the environment information obtained, and the standard preference dictionary based on the current status information of the user. , Information sharing space selecting means for selecting an information sharing space recommended to the user by referring to the user registration information and tag information of the information sharing space, and notifying the user terminal of the information of the selected information sharing space And an information sharing space presenting means for acquiring the environmental information in the user's terminal and notifying the environmental information to the server of the information management center, and the server of the information management center. A means for requesting presentation of information of the recommended information sharing space, and presenting the information of the information sharing space presented by the server of the information management center to the user, and participation or non-participation of the user in the information sharing space. Means for notifying the server of the information management center of the selection information of the information sharing system between users. Temu. 2. The server of the information management center, the reaction information of the user to the information sharing space presented to the user's terminal, the information of the access history of the user to the server of the information management center, and the information sharing space A user bias information registration unit that obtains and records user bias information indicating the characteristics of the user based on the analysis information of the user's utterance, and the information sharing space selecting unit selects an information sharing space recommended to the user. The inter-user information sharing system according to claim 1, further comprising: a unit for referring to the user bias information. 3. The server of the information management center further comprises means for generating tag information of the information sharing space based on the user registration information of a user who belongs to the information sharing space. The inter-user information sharing system according to claim 1 or 2. 4. Information sharing between users in which a user terminal and a server of an information management center that provides an information sharing space group for sharing and exchanging information between the user terminals are connected via a network. In the method, the information management center adds a tag information indicating the content of each information sharing space to each information sharing space, and a standard predetermined so that the information sharing space of the predetermined content corresponds to a predetermined situation. Procedure for registering preference dictionary, procedure for pre-registering a situation and content of information required in the situation as user registration information, environment information of user received from user's terminal, and information management A user status information generation procedure for generating the current status information of the user based on the environmental information acquired by the server of the center, and the current status information of the user. Based on the standard preference dictionary, the user registration information, and the tag information of the information sharing space, based on the information sharing space selection procedure of selecting an information sharing space recommended to the user, of the selected information sharing space An information sharing space presentation procedure of notifying information to the user's terminal is performed, a procedure of acquiring environmental information at the user's terminal by the user's terminal, and notifying the environmental information to the server of the information management center, A procedure for requesting the server of the information management center to present the information of the recommended information sharing space, and presenting the information of the information sharing space presented by the server of the information management center to the user, and to the information sharing space And a procedure for notifying the server of the information management center of selection information regarding participation or non-participation of the user. User-to-user information sharing how to. 5. The reaction information of the user with respect to the information sharing space presented to the user's terminal by the server of the information management center, the information of the access history of the user to the server of the information management center, and the user in the information sharing space. Based on the analysis information of the utterance content of the user, the user bias information registration procedure of obtaining and recording the bias information of the user indicating the characteristic of the user, and the information sharing space selection procedure select the information sharing space recommended to the user. The method for sharing information between users according to claim 4, further comprising the step of referring to the user bias information. 6. The server of the information management center further includes a step of generating tag information of the information sharing space based on the user registration information of a user who belongs to the information sharing space. The method for sharing information between users according to claim 4 or claim 5. 7. Information sharing between users, in which a user terminal and a server of an information management center that provides an information sharing space group for sharing and exchanging information between the user terminals are connected via a network. A procedure for adding tag information indicating the contents of each information sharing space to a computer in the server of the information management center in the system, and an information sharing space having predetermined contents corresponding to a predetermined situation. A procedure for registering a predetermined standard preference dictionary, a procedure in which the user himself / herself registers a certain situation and the content of information required in the situation as user registration information, and environmental information of the user received from the user's terminal. And a user status information generation procedure for generating the current status information of the user based on the environmental information acquired by the server of the information management center, An information sharing space selection procedure for selecting an information sharing space recommended to the user by referring to the standard preference dictionary, the user registration information, and tag information of the information sharing space based on the current situation information of the user; A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for executing an information sharing space presentation procedure for notifying a user terminal of information of a selected information sharing space. 8. Information sharing between users, in which a user terminal and a server of an information management center that provides an information sharing space group for sharing and exchanging information between the user terminals are connected via a network. A procedure of acquiring environmental information in the user's terminal to a computer in the user's terminal in the system and notifying the environmental information to the server of the information management center, and information sharing recommended to the server of the information management center The procedure of requesting the presentation of space information, the information of the information sharing space presented by the server of the information management center is presented to the user, and the selection information of the user's participation or non-participation in the information sharing space is referred to as the information. A computer-readable recording medium recording a program for executing the procedure of notifying the server of the management center.