JP2003345808A - Information sharing system, information provision promoting method used for the same, and program therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an informations sharing system which can strengthen the motivation of users to send more information. <P>SOLUTION: An information sending motivation managing means 3 registers what information users desire in a need information database 32 and a motive increase message generating means 31 generates a message increasing the user's motive for sending information from need information in the need information database 21 and sends it to a terminal 1. On the terminal 1, an information retrieving means 12 retrieves information from the information database 12 of the information sharing server 2 and enables it to be viewed and a motive increasing means 13 present the motive strengthening message received from the information sending motive managing means 3 through a network, to the user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information sharing system, an information provision promotion method used therefor, and a program therefor, and more particularly to information transmission of users in an information sharing system such as the Internet for sharing information among a plurality of users.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of the Internet, users of the Internet have been able to share various information. As one of them, a service for sharing information (local information) about an actual town is widely disclosed.

[0003] Examples of this service include Digital City Kyoto (Satoshi Koyama, Kaoru Hiramatsu, Koichi Yamada, "Digital City Kyoto: Aiming at Building a Public Information Space for Citizens" (bit, Vol. 33, No. .4, p
8 to 12, 2001) (hereinafter referred to as a first conventional technique) and the like. In the first prior art, a service is provided in which information such as sightseeing, transportation, and public information of Kyoto is obtained from public institutions, shopping streets, individual volunteers, and the like, and is organized.

[0004] In the above-mentioned first prior art, various regional information is widely provided, but there are many services nationwide that provide only a specific, for example, only traffic information using the Internet.

[0005] In particular, among service contents, the URL (Un
iform Resource Locations)
(Hereinafter referred to as a second prior art), in which a collection of links to these regional information services is organized by region.

[0006] To realize these services, means for collecting regional information and means for distributing the collected local information to the user are required. In the first and second prior arts described above, these means are used. However, there is a problem that the cost is high because the means is realized manually.

In order to solve this problem, a technique proposed by the applicant of the present invention for automatically collecting area information (hereinafter referred to as a third conventional technique) and a method of transmitting area information to a terminal in accordance with a user's situation are described. (Hereinafter, referred to as a fourth conventional technique).

In the third prior art, the WE of the Internet is used.
By extracting expressions relating to place names such as postal codes, telephone numbers, addresses, etc. from the B page and analyzing the extraction result and the link structure between the pages of the WEB, the WEB relating to any local information can be accurately obtained. It is possible to determine whether the page is a page.

In the fourth prior art, a GPS (Globa) is used.
When the user moves with a portable terminal having a device capable of measuring the current location such as l Positioning System, the history is stored in the server, and the user's preference is learned from the past user's travel location history. The local information is selected from the learning result and the current position and distributed to the terminal.

[0010]

In the above-mentioned conventional technology, there is a problem that the local information to be collected or presented is official information and informal information cannot be handled. For example, taking store information as an example, in the prior art, the store owner discloses official store information such as the store location, telephone number, and menu, and the user obtains this information.

However, from a user's point of view, it is often desirable to know not only official information released by the store owner but also informal information such as impressions of customers who have used the store.

In the first place, official information tends to be transmitted as advertisements, whereas informal information is often transmitted through daily conversations and e-mails, and is rarely disclosed to the public. Therefore, in the prior art,
The problem is that it is difficult to collect and present informal information about the area.

Furthermore, the above-mentioned area information handled in the prior art is fixed information, and there is a problem that time-varying dynamic information cannot be handled. For example, in the case of a store, the user cannot know information that changes every moment, such as the degree of congestion in the current store.

In general, transmitting information is costly. For example, if a store owner transmits information that changes every moment, a large amount of cost is required, which is not practical. Therefore, in the related art, there is a problem that it is difficult to collect and present dynamically changing information about the area.

In other words, it is difficult to collect or present information about a region in the related art. In particular, informal information or dynamically changing information about a region is collected or presented. There is a problem that it is difficult (a problem of lack of information).

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to enhance an incentive for a user to transmit more information, an information sharing system, an information provision promotion method used therefor, and a program therefor. Is to provide.

[0017]

An information sharing system according to the present invention comprises: a terminal for receiving a provided service;
An information sharing system in which an information sharing server including a database for storing information for providing the service to the terminal is connected via a network, and the information sharing system is provided for motivating information transmission to the information sharing server. An information transmission motivation management unit for generating a motivation enhancement message, and a motivation enhancement unit provided in the terminal and presenting the motivation enhancement message generated by the information transmission motivation management unit.

An information provision promotion method according to the present invention comprises connecting a terminal for receiving a provided service and an information sharing server including a database for storing information for providing the service to the terminal via a network. An information sharing promotion method for an information sharing system, comprising: generating a motivation enhancing message for motivating information transmission to the information sharing server, and presenting the motivation enhancing message to the terminal. .

A program for an information provision promotion method according to the present invention connects a terminal for receiving a provided service and an information sharing server including a database for storing information for providing the service to the terminal via a network. An information sharing promotion method for an information sharing system, comprising: causing a computer to execute a process of generating a motivation enhancement message to be presented to the terminal in order to motivate information transmission to the information sharing server. ing.

That is, the information sharing system of the present invention comprises:
The present invention is characterized by promoting the provision of information (local information) on actual towns using a mobile Internet environment in which terminals that can connect to the Internet are used outdoors.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information sharing system comprising: a terminal for receiving a provided service; and a database for storing information for providing the service. In a network including a server, an information transmission motivation management unit that generates a message that enhances motivation for transmitting the information, and a motivation enhancement unit that presents a motivation enhancement message generated by the information transmission motivation management unit. In addition to the terminal configuration.

As a result, in the first information sharing system of the present invention, the motivation of the user to transmit information is strengthened, and as a result, the user is encouraged to provide more information to the information sharing server. To play.

In the second information sharing system of the present invention, the information transmission motive management means includes a need information database for storing what information the user wants (hereinafter referred to as needs information), And a motivation enhancing message generating means for generating a message for enhancing motivation of information transmission of the user from the needs information of the information database.

Thus, in the second information sharing system of the present invention, it is possible to present to the user what kind of information other users want.
More effectively motivate information transmission, and as a result,
This has the effect of prompting the user to provide more information to the information sharing server.

[0025] In the third information sharing system of the present invention, the information transmission motive management means uses the reference status for detecting how many users referred to the information transmitted from the user (hereinafter referred to as reference information). It comprises an analyzing means and a motivation enhancing message generating means for generating a message for enhancing the motivation of information transmission by the user from the reference information detected by the reference situation analyzing means.

Thus, in the third information sharing system of the present invention, the user can recognize the reverberation of the information transmitted by the user, so that the motivation for transmitting the information is more effectively strengthened. This has the effect of encouraging the provision of more information to the information sharing server.

In the fourth information sharing system of the present invention, in the information transmission motive management means, a motive enhancement message evaluation rule which describes in a rule what motive enhancement message is effective is added to its configuration. .

Thus, in the fourth information sharing system of the present invention, even after the system is constructed, the system administrator can customize the information transmission motive management means by describing the rules. The motivation for information transmission is effectively strengthened, and as a result, the user is encouraged to provide more information to the information sharing server.

[0029] In the fifth information sharing system of the present invention, the information transmission motive management means comprises a needs information database, a reference situation analysis means, and a motive enhancement message evaluation rule. The relation of the reference information detected by the situation analysis means is described as a rule of the motivation enhancement message evaluation rule.

As a result, in the fifth information sharing system of the present invention, the motivation enhancement message using the needs information and the reference information can be generated more effectively, so that the motivation for information transmission can be more effectively motivated. Is strengthened, and consequently,
This has the effect of prompting the user to provide more information to the information sharing server.

In the sixth information sharing system of the present invention, the terminal has a user status acquisition means for estimating the current status of the user such as the user's current location, and the like, In addition to its configuration, an information transmission behavior model that describes what kind of information should be shown at the time of the situation to enhance the motivation of the user to transmit information is added to the configuration. A motivation enhancement message is generated from the model.

Thus, in the sixth information sharing system of the present invention, the motivation for information transmission from the system according to the user's own situation is enhanced for the user, and the motivation for information transmission is more effectively provided. As a result, the effect is obtained that the user is encouraged to provide more information to the information sharing server.

In the seventh information sharing system according to the present invention, a virtual city space in which a real city space is virtually realized in a computer is added to the configuration of the terminal. Virtual-real position correspondence means for managing the correspondence between the position in the virtual space and the position of the real city.

Thus, in the seventh information sharing system according to the present invention, similarly to a user who walks around an actual city with a terminal, a user who travels around the city using a virtual space can store his / her location. Motivation can be enhanced accordingly.

As described above, according to the present invention, in an information system for sharing information between users, in order for the user to transmit more information, information sharing with a mechanism for strengthening the motivation of the information transmission is provided. It becomes possible to provide a system. In particular, according to the present invention, it is possible to promote provision of information (regional information) about actual towns using a mobile Internet environment in which terminals that can connect to the Internet are used outdoors.

[0036]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information sharing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, an information sharing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention provides a terminal 1-i for a user to receive a service.
(I = 1, 2,...), An information sharing server 2 that is a database of information to be provided to the user, and an information transmission motive management unit 3 that generates a message that enhances the motivation of the user to transmit information. It is configured by connecting with a network 100.

In FIG. 1, two terminals 1-i are described, but this is a general usage method of the present invention.
This is because it is assumed that a plurality of users use different terminals 1-i. That is, the information sharing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention means that a plurality of terminals 1-i having the same configuration are connected to the network 100.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the information sharing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the network 100 is realized by the Internet which is generally widely used.

The terminal 1-i is a client computer 1 used personally by a user such as a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer) or a mobile phone terminal connectable to the Internet.
Operating on 0-i. Terminal 1-i is network 1
00 and an ID (identification information) for identifying the terminal 1-i on the network 100 is allocated.

For example, as described above, the network 10
0 is realized on the Internet, the terminal 1-i uses TCP / IP (Transm.
issue Control Protocol / I
An IP address, which is a number for identifying a specific computer, is assigned on a communication protocol (Internet Protocol).

The information sharing server 2 and the information transmission motive management means 3 operate on the server computers 20 and 30. The server computers 20 and 30 are computers for responding to service requests from a plurality of client computers 10-i connected via the network 100, and generally include a memory, a hard disk, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), and the like. And is always available. Further, the server computers 20 and 30 are provided with the IP address and the like in the same manner as the client computer 10-i.
D is allocated.

The information sharing server 2 and the information transmission motive management means 3 operate a program for accessing information in the server machine in each server machine in order to make the terminal 1-i accessible via the network 100. It should be done. This access program is WW
On the W server program, CGI (Common Ga
A method for operating a (teleway interface) program is widely known.

From the client computer 10-i, a URL (Universal Res) which is an address allocated to each CGI program is sent to the access program.
Source Locations) can be accessed. The URL is created from the IP address allocated to each computer and the file path in each computer.

The terminal 1-i and the information sharing server 2
And the information transmission motive management means 3 are a hard disk and a CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Re
This is realized by reading and executing the programs stored in a storage medium such as adOnly Memory) on each of the client computers 10-i and the server computers 20 and 30. In FIG. 2, only the recording medium 4 connected to the server computer 30 is shown as the recording medium.

The above-described hardware configuration according to the first embodiment of the present invention is merely an example.
And the information transmission motive management means 3 are separate server computers 20,
It is not necessary to realize the functions in the server 30, and they may be operated on the same server computer.

Further, as another example, the terminal 1-i, the information sharing server 2, and the information transmission motive management means 3 are realized on one client computer, and an OS (operable on a personal computer as a network) Operating Sys
tem) may be implemented using an inter-process communication program or the like.

Further, in general, the distinction between a client computer and a server computer is not clear, and it is possible to use the client computer as a server computer, or vice versa.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration example of the information sharing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, a terminal 1 includes an information registration unit 11 for a user to register information, an information search unit 12 for searching information stored in the information sharing server 2 via a network 100 and enabling browsing, The motivation enhancement message generated by the
And a motive enhancing means 13 for receiving and presenting the information to the user via the Internet.

The information sharing server 2 is an information database 21 for storing information to be provided to the user.
It is composed of The information transmission motive management means 3 generates a message that strengthens the user's information transmission motive from the needs information database 32, which is a database in which what information the user wants is registered, and the needs information of the needs information database 32. Motivation enhancement message generation means 31.

Note that the illustration of the network 100 is omitted in FIG. This is because, as shown in FIG. 1, the terminal 1-i, the information sharing server 2, and the information transmission motive management means 3 are physically connected to each other via the network 100, but in FIG. This is because the network 100 is not shown in the drawings and the respective units are directly connected to each other in order to explain the proper connection state. FIG.
1, the terminal 1-i in FIGS. 1 and 2 is collectively illustrated as a terminal 1, and the configuration of the terminal 1-i is the same as that of the terminal 1.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a user interface according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 4, a screen A of the terminal 1 has an information registration area A1 and an information search area A2.
And a guidance area A3.

The guidance area A3 is an area for presenting the user with the motive enhancement message of the motive enhancement means 13, and is composed of an area A31 in which the message is displayed. In this area A31, a question such as "Does anyone know a recommended banquet hall around Kawaramachi?" Is displayed. The user may answer this question in the information registration area A1 or ignore it.

The information registration area A1 is an area for registering information in the information sharing server 2, and includes three areas: a subject description area A11, a text description area A12, and a registration button A13.

The subject description area A11 is a field for inputting a subject of information to be registered. For example, a subject such as "Shopping in Kawaramachi" is input. Body description area A
Numeral 12 is a field for inputting a text to be registered. For example, a text such as "a pretty good lucky bag was sold at OO department store in Kawaramachi" is input. The registration button A13 is a button for activating the process of registering the input subject and text in the information sharing server 2.

The information search area A2 is an area for searching and browsing information of the information sharing server 2, and is composed of three areas: a keyword input area A21, a search result display area A22, and a search button A23.

The keyword input area A21 is a field for inputting information to be searched by expressing the information by a keyword.
For example, “movie” or the like is input as a keyword. The search button A23 is a button for starting a search process of the database of the information sharing server 2 by the keyword input in the keyword input area A21.

The search result display area A22 is a field for displaying a list of the titles of the information matching the keyword from the information of the information sharing server 2, and each line corresponds to the search result. For example, as a search result, "□□□□
The subject information such as "was interesting", "○○ has been extended due to favorable reception!", "△△△ seems to have released DVD", etc. are displayed.

The above example is an example of the user interface of the terminal 1. For example, the image data may be attached to the text of the information registration. A method of registering the obtained information in the information sharing server 2 or the like is also conceivable.

Next, the internal processing of the user operation performed on the terminal 1 will be described. The user performs an operation of registering information on the screen A of the terminal 1 and an operation of searching for information. First, the flow of processing when registering information will be described.

The user inputs the subject of the information to be registered in the subject description area A11 of the information registration area A1 of the terminal 1, enters the text in the text description area A12, and then enters a registration button A13.
Press.

When the registration button A13 is pressed, the information registration means 11 transmits "command, network address of terminal 1, value of subject description area A11, value of text description area A12" to information database 21.
However, the command transmitted to the information database 21 is
There are two types, "registration" when registering information and "search" when searching for information.

In the case of the above example, if the network address of the terminal 1 is “111.223.333.444”, “register”, “111.223.333.444”,
Data such as "Shopping in Kawaramachi" and "At the XX department store in Kawaramachi, a very good lucky bag has been sold now" are transmitted.

Incidentally, actually, by calling the CGI program for registration in the information database 21 with the above-mentioned parameters, the data is transferred to the information sharing server 2 via the network 100.

In this embodiment, in order to simplify the description,
Although the transfer of data via the network 100 is simply described as transmission, the data is actually transferred using a CGI program. However, this data transfer method is an example, and in the case of the Internet, FTP (File
Data may be transferred by using another communication protocol such as Transfer Protocol (Transfer Protocol).

The format of the transfer data is also an example. In the present embodiment, the text is transmitted in a text format for easy understanding. However, the text may be transmitted in a binary format, and if necessary, may be encoded and transferred to another code.

The information database 21 stores information registration means 11
If the command name of the data sent from is "register", the data is registered in the database.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the information database 21 of FIG. In FIG. 5, the information database 2
1 is an Info-ID area B1, a registered terminal area B2,
It is composed of a subject area B3 and a body area B4.

The Info-ID area B1 is an ID (“001”) for uniquely determining a record in the information database 21.
It is sufficient to increase the integer by one. The registered terminal area B2 is the network address (“111.223.333.444”) of the terminal 1 that registered this information, the subject area B3 is the subject of this information (“Shopping in Kawaramachi”), and the text area B4 Is the text of this information ("The XX department store in Kawaramachi now sells a great deal of lucky bags").

In the case of this example, an example in which the information sent to the information database 21 is added is shown in the first record of FIG. However, “0” is set as the Info-ID area B1.
01 ".

Next, the flow of searching for information will be described. The user inputs a search keyword of information to be searched in a keyword input area A21 of an information search area A2 of the terminal 1, and presses a search button A23.

When the search button A23 is pressed, the information search means 12 transmits the command, the network address of the terminal 1, and the keyword input area A21 to the information database 21.

In this example, “search” is used as the command, and “11” is used as the network address of the terminal 1.
1.222.333.444 ”and“ movie ”as the keyword input area A21, respectively.
Sent to. The information database 21 is the information retrieval means 1
If the command of the data sent from 2 is “search”, the database is searched.

The database search is performed by performing a text search on the values of the subject area B3 and the body area B4.
nfo-ID, subject of the first search result, text of the first search result, Info-ID of the second search result, search result 2
The subject is the subject, the second text of the search result, ... ". If there is no search result, it is sufficient to simply reply "no search result" or the like. The information search means 12 stores search results in a memory (not shown),
The subject field is displayed in the search result display area A22.

Thereafter, the user selects the search result and refers to the content. This user interface may open a new window and display the content sent to the information search means 12.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the first embodiment of the present invention. With reference to FIG. 6, a description will be given of a process of strengthening the motivation of information transmission so that the user can transmit more information.

First, the motivation reinforcement means 13 controls the start timing of the motivation reinforcement processing (step S1 in FIG. 6). This start timing is performed at a timing when the user starts the terminal 1, performed at a timing when the user registers information in the information registration area A1, at a timing when the user searches for information in the information search area A2, and the like. Various methods are conceivable. However, these are merely examples, and the motivation enhancement processing may be started simply at the timing when a certain time has elapsed.

When the motivation enhancing means 13 comes to the timing to start the motivation enhancing processing, the motivation enhancing message generating means 3
Request 1 to generate a motivation enhancement message. This request may be made, for example, in the format of “message update” and “network address of terminal 1”.

Upon receiving the request from the motivation enhancing means 13, the motivation enhancing message generating means 31 generates a motivation enhancing message based on the data in the needs information database 32 (step S2 in FIG. 6).

FIG. 7 shows the needs information database 32 of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of FIG. In FIG. 7, the needs information database 32 includes a Needs-ID area C1 and a needs information area C2.

The Needs-ID area C1 is an ID (“0”) that uniquely determines a record in the needs information database 32.
01 "), and the integer may be increased by one.
The needs information area C2 is a field for recording a description about the needs, and stores, for example, "Does anyone know a recommended banquet hall around Kawaramachi?"

The motivation enhancement message generation means 31 randomly selects one record from the needs information database 32 and uses this as a response. However, this selection method is an example, and as another method, for example, in order to prevent the same need information from being frequently transmitted, it is necessary to remember which terminal has responded to which terminal, There is also a method of responding to needs information that has not been answered yet.

The motivation enhancing message generating means 31 transmits the answer created as described above to the motivation enhancing means 13 (step S3 in FIG. 6). For example, when the first record in FIG. 7 is selected, the motivation enhancing message generating means 31 replies to the motivation enhancing means 13 with a message “Do you know any recommended banquet hall around Kawaramachi?”

Upon receiving the answer from the motivation enhancing message generating means 31, the motivation enhancing means 13 presents a message to the user (step S4 in FIG. 6). The motivation enhancing unit 13 presents the message to the user by displaying the received message in the guidance area A3.

As described above, by storing what kind of information another user wants in the needs information database 32 in advance, this information is stored in the motive enhancement means 1.
3 displays to the user at an appropriate timing. As a result, the motivation for transmitting information to the user is strengthened, and as a result, the user can transmit more information to the information sharing server 2.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration example of the information sharing system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 8, a second embodiment of the present invention
The first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 3 except that the access log database 22 is provided in the information transmission motivation management means 3, the reference situation analysis means 33 is provided, and the processing of the motivation enhancement message generation means 31 is made to correspond to them. The configuration is similar to that of the example, and the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals.
The operation of the same components is the same as in the first embodiment of the present invention.

The access log log database 22 records a log of a process in which a user registers information in the information database 21 from the terminal 1 or searches for the information. The reference situation analyzing means 33 detects how many users referred to the information transmitted by the user. The motivation enhancement message generation means 31 generates a message for enhancing motivation of the user to transmit information from the reference information detected by the reference situation analysis means 33 and the needs information database 32.

FIG. 9 shows the access log database 2 of FIG.
2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of FIG. 9, the access log database 22 includes a Refer-ID area D1, a date and time area D2, a processing type area D3, and a processing terminal area D4.
And a processing target area D5.

The Refer-ID area D1 is an ID for uniquely determining a record in the access log database 22.
(“001”, “002”), and the integer may be increased by one.

The date / time area D2 is a field indicating the date and time when the record of the access log database 22 was created, and the processing type area D3 is a field indicating the type of processing performed by the user from the terminal 1 to the information database 21. And “register” which is a value when information is registered, and “search” which is a value when information is searched.
Takes two values.

The processing terminal area D4 is a field indicating from which terminal the processing was performed, and uses the network address to distinguish the terminals. The processing target area D5 is a field indicating which data of the information database 21 has been processed.

As described in the first embodiment of the present invention, the information database 21 receives the information from the information registration means 11 and registers it in the database, and receives the search keyword from the information search means 12 and stores the information in the database. A search process for searching is performed.

In the registration process, after the registration process is completed, the access log database 22 stores the Refer-ID
A serial number is assigned to the area D1, the current date and time is recorded in the date and time area D2, and “registered” is recorded in the processing type area D3,
Information registering means 11 in processing terminal area D4 reads "command, network address of terminal 1, subject description area A1
1, the "network address of terminal 1" in the received data in the format of "value of text description area A12" is recorded in the information database 21 immediately before the processing target area D5.
The record is added by recording the value of the Info-ID of the information registered in.

In the above-described first embodiment of the present invention, “registration”, “111.22.33”
3.444 "," Shopping in Kawaramachi ", and" Regular lucky bags are now sold at OO department stores in Kawaramachi "are as shown in the first record in FIG. Is registered as Info-ID = 001.

In the case of this example, as a log of the processing, as shown in the first record in FIG.
“001” is stored in the ID area D1 and “200” is stored in the date and time area D2.
2/03/18 10: 00: 00: 00 ”,“ registration ”in the processing type area D3, and“ 111.22 ”in the processing terminal area D4.
2.333.444 ”is set to“ 00 ”in the processing target area D5.
1 "will be recorded.

In the search processing, after the search processing is completed, the access log database 22 stores the Refer-ID
A serial number is assigned to the area D1, the current date and time is recorded in the date and time area D2, "search" is recorded in the processing type area D3,
Information registering means 11 in processing terminal area D4 reads "command, network address of terminal 1, subject description area A1
1, the "network address of terminal 1" in the received data in the format of "value of text description area A12" is recorded in the information database 21 immediately before the processing target area D5.
The record is added by recording the value of the Info-ID as a result of the search. However, when there are a plurality of search results, they are connected by commas.

For example, if the network address is “55”
5.666.777.888 ”, and the Info-ID of the information database 21 is“ 00 ”.
When records No. 1 and No. 005 are the search results, “002” is stored in the Refer-ID area D1 as a log of the process as in the second record shown in FIG.
Is displayed in the date and time area D2.
00:00 ”is“ search ”in the processing type area D3, and“ 555.666.777.888 ”is in the processing terminal area D4.
“001, 005” is recorded in the processing target area D5.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the second embodiment of the present invention. The information transmission motivation enhancement process using the reference information will be described with reference to FIG. In the processing according to the second embodiment of the present invention, a reference information creation step S13 is added to the information transmission motive enhancement processing according to the first embodiment of the present invention. It should be noted that steps S11, S12,
Steps S14 and S15 are the same as steps S1 to S4 of the process according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and a description thereof will be omitted.

The reference status analyzing means 33 obtains the reference log of the information database 21 from the access log database 22, and counts how frequently the information transmitted by the terminal 1 is referred to (Step S13 in FIG. 10).
This step S13 is composed of two processes: a registered information search step S131 and a reference number counting step S132.

In step S13, the reference situation analyzing means 33 searches the information database 21 for information on the terminal requesting generation of the motivation enhancement message (step S131 in FIG. 10). Hereinafter, this search result is referred to as registration information.

As shown in the above-described first embodiment of the present invention, the information transmission motive management means 3 transmits
Requests are received in the format of “message update” and “network address of terminal 1”.

The reference situation analyzing means 33 searches for a record in which the value of this network address is equal to the value of the field of the registered terminal area B2 of the information database 21.
For example, if the network address of the terminal 1 is “111.2
22.333.444 ", and when the information database 21 is the example shown in FIG. 5, the value of the Info-ID area B1 is" 0 ".
01 "is retrieved.

The reference situation analyzing means 33 executes step S131.
The number of references to the information of the search result is counted (step S132 in FIG. 10). In this case, the reference situation analyzing means 32 searches the access log database 22 for a reference log of the registration information of the terminal 1.

In this search method, the value of the field of the processing type area D3 of the access log database 22 is “search” for each registration information (first condition), and the Info-ID of the registration information is the access log database. A record that satisfies the two conditions (second condition) included in the field of the 22 processing target area D5 is searched. Hereinafter, the number of the search results is referred to as the reference number of the registration information.

If there are a plurality of pieces of registration information in step S131, the above search process is performed using the Info-ID of each piece of registration information, and the number of references is obtained for each piece of registration information.

The reference situation analysis means 33 sends the number of references to the registration information to the motive enhancement message generation means 31 as “Info-ID of the first registration information, In-ID of the first registration information”.
Reference number of fo-ID, Info-ID of second registration information
ID, reference number of Info-ID of the second registration information,
... ”. If there is no reference information of the registration information, “0” is set as the reference number, and if there is no registration information, “no registration information” is transmitted.

The motivation enhancing message generating means 31 transmits the created answer, that is, the answer including the reference information, to the motivation enhancing means 13.
(Step S14 in FIG. 10). This answer is
"Needs information message, first registration information In
fo-ID, the reference number of the Info-ID of the first registration information, the Info-ID of the second registration information, the reference number of the Info-ID of the second registration information, ... ". Sent.

This transmission is performed, for example, by saying “Do you know who is the recommended banquet hall around Kawaramachi?”, 00
The message "1,3" is transferred. This is because the needs information "Do you know any recommended banquet hall around Kawaramachi?" And the Info-ID value is "001"
, Ie, the information of the first record shown in FIG. 5 is referred to by three users.

Upon receiving the answer including the reference information from the motivation enhancement message generating means 31, the motivation enhancing means 13 presents a message including the reference information to the user (step S15 in FIG. 10).

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a user interface according to the second embodiment of the present invention. 11, the user interface according to the second embodiment of the present invention has the same configuration as the user interface according to the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 4 except that a reference information display area A32 is provided in the guide area A3. Has become.

Needs information display area A31 in guidance area A3
Is the same as that of the first embodiment of the present invention, and the display method is to display a message of the answer need information from the motivation enhancement message generating means 31.

The reference information display area A32 of the guide area A3 displays the number of references of information registered by the user in the information database 21, and the display method is based on the Info-ID of the registration information of the answer from the motivation enhancement message generating means 31. To the information database 21 to obtain the subject,
Display with reference number.

For example, the motivation enhancement message generating means 31
If the answer is "Do you know any of the recommended banquet rooms around Kawaramachi?", 001, 3 ", the needs information display area A31 says" I don't know any of the recommended banquet rooms around Kawaramachi. ? "Is displayed. In the reference information display area A32, first, the Info-ID is “001”.
Is retrieved from the information database 21.

In the example shown in FIG. 5, the first record matches, and the subject is “Kawaramachi Shopping”. Since the number of references is “3”, a display “Shopping in Kawaramachi [3 people have referred]” is displayed as shown in FIG. However, the above user interface is an example, and the reference number may be represented by an icon, a bar graph, or the like, instead of being represented by a number.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to know the reverberation of the information transmitted by the user himself, so that the motivation for transmitting the information is more effectively strengthened, and the user can share more information. This has the effect of transmitting the call to the server 2.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration example of the information sharing system according to the third embodiment of the present invention.
12, the second embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. 8 except that the information transmission motive management means 3 is provided with a motive enhancement message evaluation rule 34, an evaluation result temporary storage means 35, and a motive enhancement history 36. The configuration is the same as that of the second embodiment of the present invention, and the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals. The operation of the same component is the same as that of the second embodiment of the present invention.

In the motivation enhancement message evaluation rule 34, rules describing what motivation enhancement message is effective are stored. Evaluation result temporary storage means 35
Temporarily stores the evaluation result of each motivation enhancement message. The motive enhancement history 36 stores a history of what motive enhancement message was transmitted to the user.

The motivation enhancement message generation means 31 uses the motivation enhancement message evaluation rule 34 to determine a motivation enhancement message to be presented to the user. In order to perform this processing, the fields of the needs information database 32 are configured to describe various rules in the motive enhancement message evaluation rule 34.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the third embodiment of the present invention. With reference to FIG. 13, the flow of the motive enhancement process according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described.

First, the motivation enhancing means 13 controls the start timing of the motivation enhancing process (step S21 in FIG. 13).
This start timing is performed at a timing when the user starts the terminal 1, performed at a timing when the user registers information in the information registration area A1, at a timing when the user searches for information in the information search area A2, and the like. Various methods are conceivable. However, these are just examples,
The motivation enhancement processing may be started at a timing when a certain time has elapsed.

When the motivation enhancing means 13 reaches the timing to start the motivation enhancing processing, the motivation enhancing message generating means 3
Request 1 to generate a motivation enhancement message. This request may be made, for example, in the format of “message update” and “network address of terminal 1”.

The motivation enhancement message generation means 31 evaluates all the needs information by using the motivation enhancement message evaluation rule 34, and stores the result in the evaluation result temporary storage means 35 (step S22 in FIG. 13).

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the needs information database 32 of FIG. In FIG. 14, the needs information database 32 includes a Needs-ID area E1,
It comprises a needs information area E2, a validity period area E3, and a keyword area E4.

Here, the Needs-ID area E1 and the needs information area E2 are the same as the Needs-ID area C1 and the needs information area C2 in the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. And a keyword area E4.

The validity period E3 is a field for describing a period in which each piece of needs information has a meaning. For example, as shown in the data of the second record, a meaningful period is set to “3 months to
"April", and the value of the validity period area E3 is described as "None" in the case of the need information for which the period does not need to be limited.

The keyword area E4 is a field in which a keyword representing the content of each need information is described as a value. A plurality of values may be input in the field of the keyword area E4. Alternatively, a group of keywords that can be used may be defined in advance, and a keyword representing the content may be selected from the group. A free keyword may be assigned without any particular limitation. That is, as shown in the first and second records, the keywords "banquet" and "cherry blossom viewing" are assigned to the needs information.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the motive enhancement message evaluation rule 34 of FIG. In FIG.
The motive enhancement message evaluation rule 34 includes a Rule-ID area F1, a condition area F2, and a point area F3.

The Rule-ID area F1 is an ID for uniquely determining a record of the motive enhancement message evaluation rule 34.
(“001” to “006”), and the integer may be increased by one.

The condition area F2 is a field for designating attribute values relating to needs information and registration information. In the case of needs information and registration information matching these attribute values, the value set in the next field, the point area F3, is used. Is added.

The following types are described as attribute values. The “reference number of registration information” describes a condition that the reference number of the registration information is a certain value, is equal to or more than a certain value, and is equal to or less than a certain value. For example, a first record (if the number of references is 3 or more), a second record (if the number of references is 1 or more and less than 3), and a third record (if the registration information has 0 references). ) Is this type of condition.

[0130] "Necessary information validity period" is described on condition of the relationship between the current date and time and the need information validity period. For example, the fourth record (if the validity period is the needs information with a deviation from the current date and time) is this type of condition.

“Whether the needs information has already been presented to the user” is described as a condition regarding the number of times the needs information has been presented to the user. For example, a fifth record (if the number of times of presentation to the user is one or more needs information) is this type of condition.

As to “whether the need information is related to the registered information of the user”, the need information is described on the condition that the similarity between the registered information registered by each user and the content is the same. In this case, the content similarity may be calculated based on the number of times that the keyword of the need information appears in the registration information registered by the user.

Note that this motivation enhancement message evaluation rule 3
4 is an example. For example, a keyword group of the needs information may be expanded using a synonym dictionary or the like to calculate an appearance frequency in the registered information. For example, the sixth record (if the needs information is closely related to the registration information) is this type of condition.

In the example shown in FIG. 15, the field of the condition area F2 is described in a natural language. However, this description example is for the sake of simplicity, and may be actually described in a computer language.

In the point area F3, this value is added to each need information and registration information as a point when the condition is matched. When a plurality of rules are matched, the values of all the point areas F3 are added.

The motivation enhancement message generating means 31 sets the total of the points of the records that match the motivation enhancement message evaluation rule 34 as the evaluation value of the need information for each needs information. The motive enhancement message generation means 31
This evaluation value is stored in the evaluation result temporary storage means 35.

FIG. 16 shows the temporary storage of the evaluation result 3 in FIG.
5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of FIG. In FIG. 16, the evaluation result temporary storage means 35 stores the Estimate-ID area G1.
, A type area G2, an information ID area G3, and an evaluation value area G4.

The Estimate-ID area G1 is an ID for uniquely determining a record in the evaluation result temporary storage means 35.
(“001”, “002”), and the integer may be increased by one.

The type area G2 is a field indicating the type of the evaluated information. In the case of the needs information, “needs information” is set, and in the case of the registered information, “registered information” is set as a value. The information ID area G3 is a field indicating the ID of the evaluated information. In the case of needs information, Needs-I
D is a value of Refer-ID in the case of registration information. The evaluation value area G4 is a field for recording an evaluation result.

The reference situation analyzing means 33 searches the information database 21 for information on the terminal that has requested the generation of the motive enhancement message (step S in FIG. 13).
231), the number of references to the information of the search result is counted (step S232 in FIG. 13).

The motivation enhancement message generation means 31 evaluates all the registered information using the motivation enhancement message evaluation rules 34, and stores the result in the evaluation result temporary storage means 35 (step S233 in FIG. 13).

The motivation enhancement message generating means 31 uses the sum of the values of the point area F3 of the record that matches the motivation enhancement message evaluation rule 34 as the evaluation value of the need information for each piece of registration information. The motivation enhancement message generation means 31 stores this evaluation value in the evaluation result temporary storage means 35.

The motivation enhancement message generating means 31 selects which motivation enhancement message to transmit to the motivation enhancement means 13 based on the evaluation value stored in the evaluation result temporary storage means 35 (step S24 in FIG. 13).

The motivation enhancement message generating means 31 stores a certain threshold value, and transmits information of points equal to or greater than the threshold value as a motivation enhancement message. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 16, when the threshold is set to 1, information of the first record is transmitted, but information of the second record is not transmitted.

The motivation enhancing message generating means 31 returns only the information selected in the above processing to the motivation enhancing means 13 (step S25 in FIG. 13). The motivation enhancement message generation means 31 registers the history of responses to the motivation enhancement means 13 in the motivation enhancement history 36, and clears the data in the evaluation result temporary storage means 35 (step S26 in FIG. 13).

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the motive enhancement history 36 in FIG. In FIG. 17, the motive enhancement history 36
Is the History-ID area H1 and the processing terminal area H2
, A type area H3, and an information ID area H4.

The History-ID area H1 is an ID (“00”) that uniquely determines the record of the motivation enhancement history 36.
1 "," 002 "), and the integer may be increased by one. The processing terminal area H2 is a field indicating to which terminal the motive enhancement message has been replied, and describes the network address of the terminal 1.

[0148] The type area H3 is a field indicating the type of the motivation enhancement message that has been replied, and the value is "needs information" in the case of needs information and "registration information" in the case of registration information. The information ID area H4 is a field indicating the ID of the answered motivation enhancement message. Needs-ID is used for Needs-ID, and Refer-ID is used for registration information.

Upon receiving the motivation enhancing message based on the evaluation value from the motivation enhancing message generating means 31, the motivation enhancing means 13 presents the user with the motivation enhancing message based on the evaluation value (step S27 in FIG. 13).

Here, the effect of the motivation enhancement message of the first and second embodiments of the present invention will be considered. In these embodiments, the motivation is not always enhanced. That is, in the motivation enhancement messages according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention, if the user is notified that the number of references is small, the motivation may be reduced, and information such as information with an old date and time is already valid. Presenting information that is not has no effect on enhancing motivation.

In the motivation enhancing messages of the first and second embodiments of the present invention, if the same motivation enhancing message is displayed many times, there is no new information from the viewpoint of the user, and the motivation is enhanced. The information cannot be transmitted even if the motivation enhancement message that the user does not know at all is displayed.

On the other hand, in the third embodiment of the present invention, by describing a rule in the motivation enhancing message evaluation rule 34, the motivation enhancing message to be presented to the user can be controlled.

[0153] When the user is informed that the number of references is small, there is a possibility that the motivation may be reduced. The first record, the second record, and the third record shown in FIG. As described above, since the evaluation value corresponding to the number of references can be described, it is possible to prevent the adverse effect of enhancing the motivation due to the small number of references.

The problem of presenting information that is no longer valid, such as information with an old date and time, does not have the effect of enhancing motivation. For example, as shown in the fourth record in FIG. Since the evaluation value according to the expiration date can be described, presently meaningless information is not presented.

If the same motivation enhancement message is displayed many times, there is no new information from the user's point of view, and there is no effect of enhancing motivation. For example, as shown in the fifth record in FIG. Since the evaluation result can be described according to the number of times of presentation to the user, it is possible to prevent the same information from being repeatedly presented.

The problem that the information cannot be transmitted even when the motivation enhancement message which the user does not know at all is displayed is solved by the information similar to the information registered by the user as shown in the sixth record in FIG. Can be increased, and therefore, a motivation enhancement message relating to information known to the user can be presented.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration example of the information sharing system according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 18, the fourth embodiment of the present invention adds the user situation acquisition means 14 and the user profile 15 to the terminal 1 and adjusts the motive enhancement message evaluation rule 34 accordingly.
The configuration is the same as that of the third embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 12 except that the contents of the needs information database 32 are changed, and the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals. The operation of the same component is the same as that of the third embodiment of the present invention.

The user status acquisition means 14 manages the status of the user, which changes from moment to moment, such as the current location of the user. The user profile 15 contains the user's gender, place of residence,
Manage age, preferences, etc.

A motivational enhancement message evaluation rule using a user status managed by the user status acquisition means 14 and a user profile managed by the user profile 15 is added to the motive enhancement message evaluation rule 34, and the needs information database 32 stores the needs information in the needs information database 32. When recording the needs information, the place where the needs information is closely related is described.

FIG. 19 shows the user status acquisition means 14 of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a table used in FIG. In FIG. 19, the table used by the user status acquisition unit 14 is St.
It is composed of an atus-ID area I1, a location area I2, and a date and time area I3.

The Status-ID area I1 is an ID (“00”) for uniquely determining the record of the user status acquisition means 14.
1 "), and the integer may be incremented by one. The location area I2 indicates the location of the user by latitude and longitude ("35.
0.1.709, 135.46.17.586 "), and the value of this field is GPS (Globa).
l Positioning System) or the like is used to automatically determine this.

However, this method is an example, and a method of displaying a map to a user and inputting a current position, for example, may be used. The expression format is also an example.
It is also conceivable to use addresses instead of using longitude.

The date and time area I3 is a field for storing the date and time ("2002/03/19 15:00:00") when a record is added.

The user status acquisition means 14 periodically detects the location of the user using the above-described GPS or the like, and adds a record based on the location and the date and time obtained by the detection to the table.

FIG. 20 shows the user profile 15 shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of FIG. In FIG. 20, the user profile 15 includes an attribute area J1 and a value area J2, and the characteristics of the user are described by a plurality of attributes.

The attribute area J1 is a field indicating an attribute, and includes, for example, four attributes such as "sex", "place of residence", "age", and "preference". However, this attribute is merely an example, and an attribute such as “employee” may be added.

The value area J2 is a field for storing a value for each attribute of the attribute area J1. For example, each value can be described in text or expressed by a keyword as in the example of “preference”, and a plurality of keywords can be connected by commas.

In the present embodiment, a motive enhancement message evaluation rule using the user status managed by the user status acquisition means 14 and the user profile managed by the user profile 15 is added to the motive enhancement message evaluation rule 34.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the needs information database 32 of FIG. In FIG. 21, a need information database 32 is obtained by adding a field of a related place area E5 to the need information database 32 in the third embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG.

The related place area E5 is a field for describing a place related to the needs information. For example, the latitude and longitude of the center point of the related place (“35.0.0.1123, 13
5.4.17.123 "," 35.0.1.456,
135.46.16.456 "," 35.0.1.78
9, 135.46.17.789 "). However, this description example is merely an example, and may be represented by an address.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the motive enhancement message evaluation rule 34 of FIG. In FIG. 22, the user status managed by the user status acquisition unit 14 is:
An example of a motive enhancement message evaluation rule using a user profile managed by the user profile 15 is shown.

In the example shown in FIG. 22, the rule of the seventh record is a rule using the situation of the user. In this case, the motivation enhancing message generation means 31 sends the user status acquisition means 14 to the user status acquisition means 14 when evaluating the rule using the user status in step S22 for evaluating the needs information and step S233 for evaluating the registration information in FIG. Inquire about your current location.

In response to this inquiry, the user status acquisition means 14 retrieves the most recent record from the field of the date / time area I3, and replies the field of the location area I2 of the record as the current location. The motivation enhancing message generation means 31 compares the location of the answer with the value of the field of the related location area E5 of the needs information database 32, and if the answer is within a certain distance, determines that the information is of the same location.

For example, the answer of the user's location from the user status acquisition means 14 is “35.0.1.796, 13”.
In the case of “5.4.17.586”, the need data of the first record illustrated in FIG. 21 is the value “3” of the related location area E5.
5.0.1.123, 135.46.17.123 ", which is very close. Therefore, the evaluation value of the needs information is added by 5 points.

In the example shown in FIG. 22, the rule of the eighth record is a rule using the profile of the user. In this case, the motivation enhancement message generation means 31 sends the user status acquisition means 14 to the user status acquisition means 14 when evaluating the rules using the user's profile in step S22 of evaluating the needs information and step S233 of evaluating the registration information in FIG. Query the profile.

For example, in the case of the example shown in FIG. 22, since the user wants the user's preference data, the user inquires about the user's “preference”. In response to this inquiry, the user status acquisition unit 14
Matches the contents of the inquiry in the field of the attribute area J1, and returns the value area J2 of the matched record. In the case of this example, since “preference” matches the fourth record, the user situation acquisition unit 14 answers the value “car, gambling”.

[0177] The motivational enhancement message generating means 31 sends this answer and the keyword area E of the needs information database 32.
Compare with the value of the field No. 4. In the case of the example shown in FIG. 21, since the third record matches, the evaluation value of the needs information of the third record is increased by 5 points according to the rule of the eighth record of the example shown in FIG.

As described above, in the present embodiment, with the above-described configuration, the motivation for information transmission according to the user's own situation is enhanced, so that the motivation for information transmission can be more effectively achieved. There is an effect that the user transmits more information to the information sharing server 2.

FIG. 23 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration example of the information sharing system according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 23, the fifth embodiment of the present invention has the same configuration as the fourth embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 18 except that a virtual city space 16 and a virtual-real position correspondence means 17 are added to the terminal 1. The same components are denoted by the same reference numerals. The operation of the same component is the same as that of the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

A virtual city space 16 is a virtual realization of an actual city space in a computer.
Instead of moving outside with the virtual city space 16. The virtual-real position correspondence means 17 manages the correspondence between the position in the virtual city space 16 and the position of the real city.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an example of the virtual city space 16 in FIG. In FIG. 24, the virtual city space 16 includes a set of nodes and arcs, a map a1, and coordinates a3.

A node represents a position on a certain map.
Arcs represent the path from node to node. FIG.
In the example shown in FIG. 4, nodes correspond to intersections and arcs correspond to roads. The user can move from one node to another through the arc. That is, the location of the user is represented by which node it is.

The coordinates a3 are coordinates in the virtual city space 16, and nodes, arcs and the like are represented by these coordinates. In the example shown in FIG. 24, the node a2 is (x,
y) = (100, 40).

FIG. 25 shows the user status acquisition means 14 of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a table used in FIG. In FIG. 25, the field of the whereabouts area K2 of the table used by the user situation acquisition means 14 is represented by coordinates in the virtual city space 16. For example, when there is a user at the node a2, the value of the location area K2 is (100, 40) as in the first record shown in FIG.

FIG. 26 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a table used by the virtual-real position correspondence means 17 in FIG. In FIG. 26, the table used by the virtual-actual position correspondence means 17 includes a virtual space coordinate area L1 and a real city position area L2.

The virtual space coordinate area L1 is the virtual city space 16
And the real city position area L2 is the latitude in the real city corresponding to the position of the virtual space coordinates L1.
Expressed in longitude.

In the fifth embodiment of the present invention, when the motivation enhancement message generating means 31 obtains the user's location from the user situation obtaining means 14, the virtual-real space correspondence means 17 is used for the virtual city space. The coordinates in 16 are converted to the actual city position.

For example, in the case of the example shown in FIG. 25, the user status acquisition means 14 returns the current location as (100, 40), and the virtual-real position correspondence means 17 sets this to "35.0.
1.456, 135.46.16.456 "
Return to the motivation enhancement message generating means 31.

As described above, in the present embodiment, with the above-described configuration, the virtual city is moved using the virtual city space 16 in the same manner as the user who walks around the real city with the terminal 1. It is also possible to enhance the motivation according to the place where the user is.

As described above, in the first information sharing system of the present invention, the information transmission motive management means 3 for generating a message for enhancing the user's information transmission motive is connected to the network 1.
00, and presents the generated motivation enhancement message from the terminal 1 to the user, thereby enhancing the motivation of the user to transmit information. As a result, the user can transmit more information to the information sharing server 2. You can encourage them to offer.

In the second information sharing system according to the present invention, by generating a motivation enhancement message from needs information indicating what information a user wants, other users want what kind of information. Therefore, it is possible to enhance the motivation of the user to transmit information, and consequently to encourage the user to provide more information to the information sharing server 2.

In the third information sharing system according to the present invention, reference information indicating how many users referred to the information transmitted by the user is detected, and a motivation enhancement message is generated from the detected reference information. As a result, it is possible to understand the reverberation of the information transmitted by the user himself, so that the motivation of the user to transmit the information is strengthened, and as a result, the user is encouraged to provide more information to the information sharing server 2. it can.

In the fourth information sharing system according to the present invention, by adding a motivational enhancement message evaluation rule in which rules describe what motivation enhancement message is effective to the configuration, the system can be maintained even after the system is constructed. Since the administrator can customize the generation process of the motivational enhancement message by describing the rules, the motivation of the information transmission by the user is enhanced, and as a result, the user can send more information to the information sharing server 2. You can encourage them to offer.

In the fifth information sharing system according to the present invention, the relationship between the needs information and the reference information is described as a rule of the motivation enhancement message evaluation rule, so that the motivation enhancement message using the needs information and the reference information is provided. Can be generated, the motivation of the user to transmit information can be enhanced, and as a result, the user can be encouraged to provide more information to the information sharing server 2.

In the sixth information sharing system of the present invention, the user status obtained from the user status obtaining means 14 of the terminal 1 for estimating the current status of the user such as the current location of the user, By generating a motivational enhancement message from an information transmission behavior model that describes in what rules what information is shown to enhance the motivation of information transmission, the motivation of information transmission according to the user's own situation can be enhanced. As a result, the motivation of the user to transmit information can be enhanced, and as a result, the user can be encouraged to provide more information to the information sharing server 2.

In the seventh information sharing system of the present invention, a virtual city space 16 in which an actual city space is virtually realized in a computer, and various services are provided by a user moving in the virtual city space 16. In addition, by adding to the configuration of the terminal 1 a virtual-real position correspondence means 17 for managing the correspondence between the position in the virtual city space 16 and the position of the real city, the actual city with the terminal 1 Like a user who walks around, a user who is traveling in a city using the virtual city space 16 can enhance motivation according to his / her location.

[0197]

As described above, the first information sharing system of the present invention provides an information sharing server including a terminal for receiving a provided service and a database for storing information for providing the service to the terminal. In an information sharing system that is connected to a network, a motivation enhancement message for motivating information transmission to the information sharing server is generated, and by presenting the motivation enhancement message to the terminal, the number of users is increased. The effect that the motivation for transmitting this information can be strengthened can be obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an information sharing system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the information sharing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration example of the information sharing system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a user interface according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an information database of FIG. 3;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a needs information database of FIG. 3;

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration example of an information sharing system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of an access log database of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a user interface according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration example of an information sharing system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a needs information database of FIG. 12;

FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a motivation enhancement message evaluation rule in FIG. 12;

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an evaluation result temporary storage unit in FIG. 12;

17 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a motivation enhancement history of FIG. 12;

FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration example of an information sharing system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a table used by the user status acquisition unit in FIG. 18;

FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a user profile in FIG. 18;

21 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a needs information database of FIG. 18;

FIG. 22 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a motivation enhancement message evaluation rule in FIG. 18;

FIG. 23 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration example of an information sharing system according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating an example of the virtual city space in FIG. 23;

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a table used by the user status acquisition unit in FIG. 23;

26 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a table used in the virtual-real position correspondence means of FIG. 23;

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1,1-1,1-2 terminal 2 Information sharing server 3 Information transmission motive management means 4 Recording medium 10-1, 10-2 Client computer 11 Information registration means 12 Information retrieval means 13 Motivation strengthening means 14 User status acquisition means 15 User Profile 16 Virtual city space 17 Virtual-real position correspondence means 20, 30 server computer 21 Information Database 22 Access log database 31 Motivation enhancement message generation means 32 Needs information database 33 Reference situation analysis means 34 Motivational Message Evaluation Rules 35 Evaluation result temporary storage means 36 Motivation History 100 network A screen A1 information registration area A2 Information search area A3 guidance area A11 Subject description area A12 Text description area A13 registration button A21 Keyword input area A22 search result display area A23 search button A31 Needs information display area A32 Reference information display area

   ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page    (72) Inventor Hirofumi Yamaki             NEC Corporation 5-7-1 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo NEC Corporation             In the formula company F term (reference) 5B075 KK07 PR08 UU40

Claims (25)

[Claims] 1. An information sharing system comprising: a terminal for receiving a provided service; and an information sharing server including a database for storing information for providing the service to the terminal. Presenting an information transmission motivation management means for generating a motivation enhancement message for motivating information transmission to the information sharing server; and presenting the motivation enhancement message provided in the terminal and generated by the information transmission motivation management means. An information sharing system comprising: a motive enhancing means. 2. The information transmission motive management means includes a needs information database that stores needs information indicating what information is desired, and generates the motive enhancement message from the needs information of the needs information database. 2. The information sharing system according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The information sharing system according to claim 2, wherein said needs information database has an expiration date added to said needs information. 4. The information transmission motive management means includes a reference situation analysis means for detecting a reference frequency of information transmitted to the information sharing server, and the motive enhancement message is obtained from the reference information detected by the reference situation analysis means. The information sharing system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein 5. The information transmission motivation management means includes a motivation enhancement message evaluation rule for storing a preset rule for generating the motivation enhancement message, and The information sharing system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the motivational enhancement message is generated. 6. The motivational enhancement message evaluation rule includes:
6. The information sharing system according to claim 5, wherein the reference information detected by the reference situation analyzing means is added to the rule as a condition. 7. The information transmission motivation management means includes a motivation enhancement history for storing a transmission history of the motivation enhancement message, and a restriction by the transmission history of the motivation enhancement history is added to the rule. The information sharing system according to claim 5 or 6. 8. The information sharing system according to claim 5, wherein a relation between the needs information and the information transmitted to the information sharing server is added to the rule. 9. The information sharing system according to claim 1, wherein the motive enhancement message is transmitted based on the location information of the terminal. 10. The information sharing system according to claim 1, wherein the motive enhancement message is transmitted based on personal information of a user. 11. The information sharing system according to claim 10, wherein the personal information includes user preference information, and transmits the motivation enhancement message based on the preference information. 12. Transmitting the motivation enhancement message based on the position information of the actual city space corresponding to the position information in the virtual city space in which the actual city space is virtually realized in a computer. The information sharing system according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein: 13. An information sharing system in which a terminal for receiving a provided service and an information sharing server including a database for storing information for providing the service to the terminal are connected via a network. A method for promoting information, comprising: generating a motivation enhancing message for motivating information transmission to the information sharing server; and presenting the motivation enhancing message to the terminal. Method. 14. The information provision promotion method according to claim 13, wherein the motivation enhancement message is generated from need information in a need information database that stores need information indicating what information is desired. 15. The information provision promotion method according to claim 14, wherein said needs information database has an expiration date added to said needs information. 16. The method according to claim 13, further comprising a step of detecting a reference frequency of information transmitted to the information sharing server, wherein the motivation enhancement message is generated from the detected reference information. Information provision promotion method described in any of them. 17. The motivational enhancement message according to claim 13, wherein the motivational enhancement message is generated based on a rule of a motivational enhancement message evaluation rule that stores a preset rule for generating the motivational enhancement message. 1
6. The information provision promotion method according to any one of 6. 18. The information provision promotion method according to claim 17, wherein said motive enhancement message evaluation rule is added to said rule on condition of said reference information. 19. The information provision promotion method according to claim 17, wherein a restriction based on a transmission history of the motivation enhancement history storing the transmission history of the motivation enhancement message is added to the rule. 20. The information provision promotion method according to claim 17, wherein the association between the needs information and the information transmitted to the information sharing server is added to the rule. 21. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the motive enhancement message is transmitted based on the location information of the terminal.
The information provision promotion method according to any one of claims 3 to 20. 22. The system according to claim 13, wherein the motivation enhancing message is transmitted based on personal information of the user.
22. The information provision promotion method according to any one of claims 21 to 21. 23. The information provision promotion method according to claim 22, wherein the personal information includes user preference information, and the motive enhancement message is transmitted based on the preference information. 24. Transmitting the motivation enhancement message based on the position information of the actual city space corresponding to the position information in the virtual city space, which is a virtual realization of the actual city space in a computer. The method for promoting information provision according to any one of claims 13 to 23, wherein the method is characterized by: 25. Information provision of an information sharing system in which a terminal for receiving a provided service and an information sharing server including a database for storing information for providing the service to the terminal are connected via a network. A program for a propulsion method, the program causing a computer to execute a process of generating a motivation enhancement message to be presented to the terminal in order to motivate information transmission to the information sharing server.