JP2007328537A - Event notification device, system, and method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To transmit notification which should be distributed by the Internet service in an appropriate timing. <P>SOLUTION: In an event notification device as shown in Fig.1, an event generation monitor part 1 monitors and detects that various events have occurred such as the writing of comments or the reception of a message on a Web site for managing a specific user. When an access circumstance monitor part 4 judges that a client 200 is performing access at present to a service server 100, an information distribution control part 2 stores information (distribution information) for notifying a specific client 200 that the event has occurred in the Web site of the specific user in a distribution reservation information management part 6. When an access circumstance monitor 4 judges that the client 200 is not performing access at present to the service server 100, a distribution part 5 acquires the distribution information stored in the distribution reservation information management part 6 to a mail server 7, and commands the mail server 7 to transmit the distribution information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for notifying an event that has occurred in connection with a network service.

  In Internet services such as social network systems (SNS) and weblogs, when receiving a new message to your management site or receiving a new comment, it has a function to notify the user of an event using e-mail There are many things.

Patent Document 1 discloses a technique related to mail delivery control, acquires the status of the receiving server at the time of mail delivery, and if the receiving server cannot receive, puts it in a delivery waiting queue and resends it after a certain time. .
JP 9-62594 A

  In an information terminal (client) having a limited display area such as a mobile phone, a single window system is often adopted. In such a client, when an event notification mail or other mail is transmitted while accessing a site with a Web browser, a mail display window is displayed each time, and the site window display is interrupted.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to transmit a notification of necessity of distribution in an Internet service at an appropriate timing.

  The present invention relates to an event notification device used in a network service server that provides or updates various contents including contents managed individually for each user in response to access from one or a plurality of clients including a client used by the user. About.

  In this device, an event occurrence detection unit that detects an event that occurs in response to an access from a client to specific content managed by a specific user, and the event occurrence detection unit detects the occurrence of an event. In response, a notification unit that distributes an event occurrence notification indicating that an event has occurred to a specific client used by a specific user, and an event occurrence detection unit that identifies an event occurrence An access determination unit that determines whether or not a client of the network is currently accessing content provided by the network service server, and at least access in response to the determination that the access determination unit is currently accessing the content from a specific client The decision part accesses content from a specific client. Comprising until it is determined that no longer, and the notification control unit that controls so as to suspend the delivery of an event occurrence notification by notifying unit.

  According to the present invention, when an event occurs in content managed by a specific user, a notification indicating that the event has occurred is distributed to a specific client used by the user. If various contents are being accessed, delivery of the notification is suspended at least until the access is completed.

  In this way, even if the client is a single window system, the notification is not displayed during the display of the content, and the display of the content is not hindered.

  The notification control unit generates a single event that indicates a plurality of events that occur between at least when the access determination unit determines that the content is accessed from a specific client until it is determined that the content is no longer accessed The notification unit may be controlled to distribute the notification.

  In this way, multiple events occur while notification delivery is suspended, multiple notifications are delivered at once after the access to the content is completed, and the user is troublesome to browse each one individually. There is no.

  In response to determining that the access determination unit is currently accessing the content from a specific client, the access determination unit further includes a type detection unit that detects the type of the specific client, and the notification control unit includes the specific detection unit detected by the type detection unit. Based on the type of client, it is determined whether or not it is necessary to hold the distribution of the event occurrence notification to the specific client, and at least the access determination unit according to the determination that the distribution of the event occurrence notification to the specific client is necessary. Until it is determined that the content is no longer accessed from the client, it may be controlled to suspend the delivery of the event occurrence notification by the notification unit.

  Depending on the type of client, such as a personal computer or PDA that can display a multi-window, the display of the content may not be hindered even if a notification is distributed during access to the content. Therefore, it is determined whether or not the client is a type of client that needs to hold the distribution, and the distribution is held if necessary.

  The notification control unit performs control so as to immediately execute distribution of the event occurrence notification by the notification unit in response to determining that it is not necessary to hold the distribution of the event occurrence notification to a specific client.

  That is, if it is determined that the client does not need to hold the distribution, the notification is immediately distributed even when the content is being accessed.

  A distribution hold rule setting unit for setting a distribution hold rule for an event occurrence notification for a specific client is further provided, and the notification control unit responds when the access determination unit determines that content is currently being accessed from a specific client. The delivery of the event occurrence notification may be suspended to a specific client in accordance with the rules set by the delivery rule setting unit.

  When distributing a suspended notification, for example, it is distributed only during a time zone arbitrarily designated by the user, or forwarded to a terminal arbitrarily designated by the user (a terminal not in content access is preferable) By doing so, it is possible for the user to avoid the time zone when the user does not want to receive the delivery, or to view the content immediately on another terminal that is not accessing the content, which is convenient for the user.

  The present invention relates to an event notification system including a network service server that provides or updates various contents including contents managed individually for each user in response to access from one or a plurality of clients including a client used by the user. .

  In this system, an event occurrence detection unit that detects an event that occurs in response to an access from a client to specific content managed by a specific user, and the event occurrence detection unit detects the occurrence of an event. Accordingly, an access determination unit that determines whether or not a specific client used by a specific user is currently accessing the content provided by the network service server, and the access determination unit currently accesses the content from the specific client. If it is determined that the event has occurred, a link for transitioning to the detailed content indicating the details of the event is embedded in the content currently accessed by the specific client, and the detailed content indicating the details of the event that has occurred is created. A service service Bas, it transmits the specific content with embedded links to a particular client, and transmits the detailed content created content creation unit in response to the link from a particular client is specified for a particular client.

  In this way, it is possible to transition from content currently accessed by the client to content indicating details of event occurrence by specifying a link, and to know details of event occurrence without interrupting access to the content.

  An event notification method according to the present invention provides a network service server that provides or updates various contents including contents managed individually for each user according to access from one or a plurality of clients including a client used by the user. Used.

  This method includes a step of detecting an event that occurs in response to access from a client to specific content managed by a specific user, and a specific user in response to detecting the occurrence of the event. Distributing an event occurrence notification indicating that an event has occurred to a specific client used by the client, and in response to detecting the occurrence of the event, the specific client currently accesses content provided by the network service server. Event generation by the notification unit at least until it is determined that the content is no longer accessed by a specific client in response to determining that the content is currently being accessed from a specific client Control delivery of notifications on hold Including the step, the.

  According to the present invention, when an event occurs in content managed by a specific user, a notification indicating that the event has occurred is distributed to a specific client used by the user. If various contents are being accessed, delivery of the notification is suspended at least until the access is completed.

  In this way, even if the client is a single window system, the notification is not displayed during the display of the content, and the display of the content is not hindered.

<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a service system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The service system 1 is configured by connecting a service server 100 and a client 200 via the Internet or other network 50.

  The service server 100 includes an event occurrence monitoring unit 1, an information distribution control unit 2, a Web server 3, an access status monitoring unit 4, a distribution unit 5, a distribution hold information management unit 6, and a mail server 7.

  The client 200 includes various information terminals such as a mobile phone, a PDA, and a personal computer having a communication function and a display screen. The client 200 accesses the Web server 3 via the network 50 to acquire and display information.

  The Web server 3 transmits to an unspecified number of clients 200 that have accessed a social network service (SNS) site managed individually for each user or other simple Web site.

  FIG. 2 shows a display example of the SNS site provided from the Web server 3 to the client 200. In the SNS site, messages and comments can be written from the client 200 used by users belonging to the same community.

  When an event such as message writing occurs for the content provided by the Web server 3, the mail server 7 registers in advance a mail (event occurrence notification) describing that the event has occurred in the mail server 7. To the address of the client 200 that has been sent.

  As shown in FIG. 3, when the client 200 receives an event occurrence notification from the mail server 7 via the network 50, the client 200 displays this on the display screen.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of event occurrence notification processing executed by the service server 100 according to the first embodiment.

  In S <b> 1, the event occurrence monitoring unit 1 monitors and detects the occurrence of various events such as writing comments and receiving messages on the website managed by the user of the specific client 200.

  In S2, the access status monitoring unit 4 determines whether there is no access from the client 200 for a predetermined time (for example, 5 minutes) or not, or whether the client 200 is executing logout processing. When it is determined that there is no access from the client 200 for a predetermined time or when it is determined that the client 200 is executing logout processing, the process proceeds to S7. When it is determined that the time when there is no access from the client 200 is less than the predetermined time and the client 200 is not executing logout processing, that is, it is determined that the client 200 is currently accessing the service server 100 If so, the process proceeds to S3.

  In S <b> 3, the information distribution control unit 2 stores information (distribution information) for notifying the specific client 200 that an event has occurred on the Web site of a specific user in the distribution hold information management unit 6.

  In S4, the access status monitoring unit 4 makes the same determination as in S2. If it is determined that the client 200 is currently accessing the service server 100, the process proceeds to S5. If it is determined that the client 200 is not currently accessing, the process proceeds to S6.

  In S5, it waits for a fixed time and returns to S4.

  In S6, the distribution unit 5 acquires the distribution information stored in the distribution hold information management unit 6 to the mail server 7 and instructs the mail server 7 to transmit the distribution information.

  In S7, the mail server 7 transmits the distribution information acquired from the distribution hold information management unit 6 to the client 200 by electronic mail.

  In this way, while the client 200 is accessing the service server 100, the content display of the client 200 is switched to the mail reception screen by the information distribution from the mail server 7, and the content display is not hindered.

Second Embodiment
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a flow of event notification processing executed by the service server 100 according to the second embodiment.

  In S <b> 11, the event occurrence monitoring unit 1 monitors and detects the occurrence of various events such as writing comments and receiving messages on the website of the web server 3 managed by the user of the specific client 200.

  In S12, the access status monitoring unit 4 determines whether or not the client 200 is currently accessing the website. If accessed, the process proceeds to S13, and if not accessed, the process proceeds to S19.

  In S <b> 13, the information distribution control unit 2 stores the distribution information in the distribution hold information management unit 6.

  In S14, the access status monitoring unit 4 makes the same determination as in S12 again. If accessed, the process proceeds to S15, and if not accessed, the process proceeds to S16.

  In S15, it waits for a fixed time and returns to S14.

  In S <b> 16, the distribution unit 5 instructs the mail server 7 to transmit the distribution information stored in the distribution hold information management unit 6. The mail server 7 acquires the distribution information stored in the distribution hold information management unit 6.

  In S <b> 17, the mail server 7 determines whether there is a plurality of pieces of distribution information addressed to the same client 200 among the distribution information acquired from the distribution hold information management unit 6. If there are a plurality of pieces of distribution information addressed to the same client 200, the process proceeds to S18, and if there is only one, the process proceeds to S19.

  In S <b> 18, the mail server 7 merges (integrates into one) the distribution information addressed to the same client 200 among the distribution information acquired from the distribution hold information management unit 6.

  In S19, the mail server 7 transmits the distribution information integrated into one or the original distribution information to the client 200 by electronic mail.

  For example, when there are two pieces of distribution information m1 and m2 as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, the mail server 7 creates new distribution information m3 by merging these two pieces of distribution information. Send to client 200.

  FIG. 6C shows a state in which the distribution information m3 obtained by merging the two distribution information m1 and m2 is received and displayed by the client 200. In the client 200, even when there are a plurality of pieces of information to be distributed during access to the Web server 3, the information is not distributed during access to the Web server 3, but is distributed after the access is completed. In addition, since a plurality of pieces of distribution information can be browsed on one screen, it is not necessary to receive a plurality of mails after the access is completed and open each one of them.

<Third Embodiment>
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a flow of event notification processing executed by the service server 100 according to the third embodiment.

  In S <b> 20, the event occurrence monitoring unit 1 monitors and detects the occurrence of various events such as writing comments and receiving messages on the website of the web server 3 managed by the user of the specific client 200.

  In S <b> 21, the access status monitoring unit 4 determines the model of the client 200 from the model information transmitted from the user agent of the client 200. FIG. 8 shows an example of model information. In this figure, “Docomo / 2.0 N901iS” indicates the model of the client 200.

  Then, the access status monitoring unit 4 determines from the determined model whether the client 200 is a terminal that needs to be controlled for mail delivery suspension. For example, if the model is a mobile phone, it is determined that the terminal needs to control mail distribution, that is, a terminal that prevents content display when mail is distributed during content access, and the process proceeds to S22. If the model is a terminal such as a personal computer or PDA that does not require control of mail delivery suspension, the process may proceed to S27, but here the process proceeds to S28 in order to notify an event occurrence more easily than mail.

  In S <b> 22, the access status monitoring unit 4 determines whether or not the client 200 is currently accessing the Web server 3. If it is being accessed, the process proceeds to S23. If it is not being accessed, the process proceeds to S27.

  In S <b> 23, the information distribution control unit 2 stores information (distribution information) to be distributed by the mail server 7 to the client 200 that is determined to be currently accessing the service server 100.

  In S24, the access status monitoring unit 4 makes the same determination as in S12 again. If access is in progress, the process proceeds to S25, and if not, the process proceeds to S26.

  In S25, it waits for a fixed time (for example, 1 minute), and returns to S25.

  In S <b> 26, the distribution unit 5 instructs the mail server 7 to transmit the distribution information stored in the distribution hold information management unit 6. The mail server 7 acquires the distribution information stored in the distribution hold information management unit 6.

  In S <b> 27, the mail server 7 transmits the distribution information acquired from the distribution hold information management unit 6 to the client 200.

  If various delivery rules such as a mail delivery prohibition time zone and a delivery destination (or forwarding destination) have been registered in advance from the client 200, the access status monitoring unit 4 can perform the access status monitoring unit 4 at a time other than the delivery prohibition time zone accordingly. Deliver mail to the specified destination. The distribution rule can be input from, for example, a distribution control setting screen (see FIG. 9) provided from the Web server 3.

  In S <b> 28, the access status monitoring unit 4 determines whether the client 200 is currently accessing the Web server 3. If access is in progress, the process proceeds to S29, and if not, the process proceeds to S27.

  In S29, the Web server 3 embeds a link indicating that an event has occurred in the content currently accessed and displayed by the client 200, and the client 200 such as a personal computer or PDA that is accessing the embedded content. Send to.

  On the other hand, the Web server 3 generates content indicating that an event has occurred, and transmits content indicating that an event has occurred to the client 200 in response to the link being designated by the client 200.

  FIG. 9 shows how event occurrence information is combined with content. For example, it is assumed that an event occurs while a content screen as shown in FIG. In this case, event occurrence information “There is new information” as shown in FIG. 9B is embedded in the currently displayed content screen and transmitted to the client 200. In the event occurrence information, a web page link indicating the content of the event to be notified to the client 200 when the event occurs is embedded. When a link for newly arrived information is clicked, a detailed Web page showing the contents of the event as shown in FIG. 9C is transmitted from the Web server 3 to the client 200.

  If the event occurrence information cannot be embedded in the content for some reason, instead, information obtained by digesting the distribution information may be generated and transmitted from the mail server 7 to the client 200 by email.

Service system configuration diagram The figure which shows the example of a display of SNS site Figure showing a display example of event occurrence notification The flowchart which shows the flow of the event generation notification process which concerns on 1st Embodiment. Flowchart showing the flow of event occurrence notification processing according to the second embodiment The figure which shows the example of a display of the single event occurrence notification showing multiple event occurrence The flowchart which shows the flow of the event occurrence notification process which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. Client model information conceptual illustration The figure which shows an example of a delivery control setting screen The figure which shows the display example of the detailed Web page which shows the contents of the event which occurred

Explanation of symbols

1: event occurrence monitoring unit, 2: information distribution control unit, 4: access status monitoring unit, 6: distribution hold information management unit, 100: service server, 200: client

Claims (7)

An event notification device used in a network service server that provides or updates various contents including contents managed individually for each user in response to access from one or a plurality of clients including the client used by the user. ,
An event occurrence detection unit that detects an event that occurs in response to an access from a client to specific content managed by a specific user;
A notification unit for delivering an event occurrence notification indicating that the event has occurred to a specific client used by the specific user in response to the event occurrence detection unit detecting the occurrence of the event;
An access determination unit that determines whether the specific client is currently accessing the content provided by the network service server in response to the event occurrence detection unit detecting the occurrence of the event;
In response to determining that the access determination unit is currently accessing the content from the specific client, at least until the access determination unit determines that the content is no longer accessed from the specific client. A notification control unit that controls to suspend delivery of the event occurrence notification by the notification unit;
An event notification device comprising:   The notification control unit is a unit that indicates a plurality of events that have occurred at least between the time when the access determination unit determines that the content is accessed from the specific client and the time when the access is determined not to be accessed. The event notification device according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit is controlled to distribute one event occurrence notification. In response to determining that the access determination unit is currently accessing the content from the specific client, the access determination unit further includes a type detection unit that detects the type of the specific client,
The notification control unit determines whether it is necessary to defer distribution of the event occurrence notification to the specific client based on the type of the specific client detected by the type detection unit, and generates an event for the specific client In response to determining that it is necessary to hold notification distribution, control is made to hold the event occurrence notification distribution by the notification unit at least until the access determining unit determines that the content is no longer accessed from the client. The event notification device according to claim 1 or 2.   4. The notification control unit according to claim 3, wherein the notification control unit controls the event generation notification to be immediately distributed by the notification unit in response to determining that the distribution of the event generation notification to the specific client is not required. Event notification device. A distribution hold rule setting unit for setting a distribution hold rule for event occurrence notification to the specific client;
In response to determining that the access determination unit is currently accessing the content from the specific client, the notification control unit is configured to notify the specific client of an event occurrence notification according to a rule set by the distribution rule setting unit. The event notification device according to claim 1, wherein distribution is suspended. An event notification system comprising a network service server that provides or updates various contents including contents managed individually for each user in response to access from one or a plurality of clients including the client used by the user,
An event occurrence detection unit that detects an event that occurs in response to an access from a client to specific content managed by a specific user;
An access determination unit that determines whether a specific client used by the specific user is currently accessing the content provided by the network service server in response to the event occurrence detection unit detecting the occurrence of the event When,
When the access determining unit determines that the content is currently accessed from the specific client, a link for transitioning to the detailed content indicating the details of the event is added to the content currently accessed by the specific client. A content creation unit that embeds and creates detailed content indicating details of the generated event;
With
The service server transmits the specific content in which the link is embedded to the specific client, and the detailed content created by the content creation unit in response to the link being designated by the specific client. An event notification system for transmitting to the specific client. An event notification method used in a network service server for providing or updating various contents including contents managed individually for each user according to access from one or a plurality of clients including a client used by the user. ,
Detecting an event that occurs in response to access from a client to specific content managed by a specific user;
Delivering an event occurrence notification indicating that the event has occurred to a specific client used by the specific user in response to detecting the occurrence of the event;
Determining whether the specific client is currently accessing content provided by the network service server in response to detecting the occurrence of the event;
In response to determining that the content is currently being accessed from the specific client, at least until it is determined that the content is no longer being accessed by the specific client, the event occurrence notification is delivered by the notification unit. Controlling to hold,
Event notification method including

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